The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

Indigenous rubber produced in th' great Amazon Valley will reach a to- tai of approximately 10000 long tons
 during 1912, according to the opinior ,iI Of experts, delegates and officials as-
 signed by the Brazilian Government te
 attend the international rubber expo sition, at thes Grand Central Palace
 New York
 All colors, or practically all colors used upon automobiles at the present
 time are ground in Japan and h
 preparation for require only to be
 thinned with turpentine. For every
 seven parts of turpentine use one part
 raw Hnseed oil as a binder for the
 pigment. For the second coat of col
 or use ten parts turpenttne and one
 of oil does not materially delay the drying of. the color, and it gives it a gripping power and an elastic property which are vital to it's durability. Ap- ply the color with 12 inch camePs hair fiat brush. If a lake pigment
 is to be used the second coat of fiat
 the flat lake-that, is lake beaten up with turpentine to dry without gloss l applied. Over this use 8, glazing of
 lake made by first breaking the lake 1 up with turpentine to a, brushing con- sistency and then adding the rubbing varnish in sufficient quantity to give
 or to a full pint Of rubbing varnish. Apply this varnish color or glaze coat in the same manner that you would flow on the varnish coat. Knock the | rubbing it with a soft sponge dipped l first in water and then in pil1rlice the surface and apply a coat of clear
 rubbing varnish. Give this coat. at the proper time. a solid rubbing with water and purnice stone. flour, and f1n-
 ish with a hard-drying yarniSh spe- cially designed for autorn obile work.
 Sacl1 is the rather brief outline in the
 operations along in proper order.
 The automobile license plates for
 1913 will cost New York State s27,-I 150. at the rate Of 30 cents a pair,
 which will make the amount ss0, 900 if the registration figures reach 100, 0e0 as expected. The plates are to be fin ished in baked enamel.
 As & means of regula ting the price Of gasoline in difeeren, localities a Ger man company has instituted a, coupon parenase ata z systen Eo9ks f e6nealnlng p5a nl1
 orders, and also containing a list of authorized distributing depots in diff to motorists at fixed prices. In re- plenishing his tank, the customer 1 merely detactes the required number | Of coupons and turns them over to l them in full payment. The system 1 not only serves as a convenience to the tourist, but acts as 8 cheek on the dealers, of whom there are about 700 l in the coanpanys territory.
 Instead Of being injuriously affected 1 by the presidential campaign the mo-
  ed by it. Never before have so many cars been used for campaigning pur- poses, and the State organizations Of the three leading parties have made wide use of automobiles to transport i speakers from point to point. particu- larly in districts not tapped by rail- l roads This in turn has served to | arouse interest in rural localities in | the establishment of motor stage lines to. railroad points, as the. quickness and ease with which cam paign orators 1 have reached isolated localities has af- forded a striking example of the utility pf the motor car as a substitute for train or horse-dra.Wn stage routes.
 AS. safeguard against the serious effects of failure of the lubricator sup ply consistent use of graphite ire quently has been recommended. In the results of experiments made to determine it's 1ubracating val 1e, one authority has stated that the cation than flake graphite the journal and brass may be run together for hours at a time. heating up to a high temperature, and this may be done re- peatedly, and yet the rubbing surfaces of athe bearings remain unscored." Un- like the oils, graphite possesses a pc and by knitting over them a tough, thin and highly unctuous covering, serves to keep the surfaces apart, even when heated to high temperatures. It Is this property which renders it use ful a lubricating standby
 Although there are upwards of 5000 nanufacture talrllf of this class f'. of cars in che Enaeraid Isle at present is conf1n- 4d to single factory, located in Bel last An additional motor-car fac tory is, however, to be built in Dublin [ n the near future. Irelands buSf- ness firms make use of great numbers on of commerce This is highly prac- dcabIe, for the reason that of the l 54,0O0 miles of public roads. Ut least 50.0Oo miles are in splendid { condition for traffic, and the county are making them better daily l 0y the application of the steam-ro1ler. i've service. The advent of the rail- i way in Ireland resulted in much neg I ect in the upkeep of the public roads. Again, by reason Of the old Grand I Turies acf, bar was placed upon ev- l sry description of power propelled .oad-nnaAing machinery prior to 1898. t 8 ideal country for motorists and 3 Or the carrying on Of motor traffic. t The fire brigades both of Dublin and Belfast have fallen in with the pro- It ,ressive idea The type of motor fire l 'ngine used in both cities is identical Very soon Cork and Londonderry will l Llso be able to boast Of a motor fire t brigade.
 That the recently completed tour of s Bert c. Smith, of Los Angeles, from 6 he Pacific to the Atlantic Coast-the irst of it's kind on record-has been 3 productive of widely increased public t interest in the construction of a. first ' ddSS LELSCOnIlI0LDLdd nISnWay mas 'een clearly apparent during the past g week.. A number of motoring organ b cations in Eastern and Middle West e Tn States have endorsed the highway,
 nd sent resolutions favoring the pro e ect to Congressman from their res t 'ective districts. The scheme origin t ted by Carl G. Fisher, who has won s
 name in motoring circles by his ac- ivtties in connection with the Indian o polls Speedway has likewise received iz n impetus from the Smith tour. MT. ii isher's plan proposes the raising of 1 a 10, 900, 600 from the motor industry, the s urn to be collected by January 1, il 913, and from car dealers and own II rs- A campaign for this object has u ready been instituted in Detroit, and rom thence will be transferred to u