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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
TARIFF NOT TO
AFFECT PRICES
Schedule shows That New Duty VIII
Not Reduce Cost OF
1914 Cars.

Anyone who thinks that the new
tariff is going to make any great
amount Of difference in the 1914 cars
is very much mistaken, says Motor
The duties on car parts as applied
by this new schedule show so little
difference in the important and more
costly parts that the total difference
in a completed vehicle viii not be
noticeable Thus, bearings have been
reduced from As to IS percent duty
magnetOs and speedOmeters from As 70
20 to so. tires and tubes from IS to 10.
sprOcket chains from As to p, fOrgings
from so to u and other manufactures
of metal from As to 20.
Considering all these Il IS doubtful
II any maker by using all imported
goods in these reduced classifications
could save a total OF $50 over CORE
spondingly good units or home manu-
facture, unless possibly q large num-
Der Of parts not now thought OF could
come in under the last classification.
If any maker should go so lar as 10
save this $50 or $50 BY using i'm
ported parts, IL is doubtful II he would
not take this as additional profit or
give It to his agents in that form
Moreover, more than 30 percent OF
the car makers plans were laid and
material ordered under them a good
many months ago. while these matters
were still under discussion The result
is that the downward revision comes
too late to be taken advantage OF for
the 1914 models The present outlook
is that the new tariff win have no
effect whatever on the price OF the
1914 cars.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

Of FL Paso; New Mexico and Arizona to
California.
While plans have only been made
tentatively, Mr. Morgan says that he
believes that it will be a good idea
to arrange the schedule so that the
caravan will take three days in pass
ing through most Of the country, the
smaller cars the first day, the middle
class the second day and the higher
class the third day.
The running hours for each division
viii be arranged carefully and the
smaller cars will be given seven days
per week in which to travel while the
larger cars viii travel butsix. Arrange
ments for camps enrOute and for the
cOmmissary viii be carefully made, and
the tourists will be able to enjoy their
trip with a maximum OF enjoyment and
a minimum Of discomfort
The journey being made during the
latter portion Of the year viii be more
comfortable than was the case with the
late Indiana trip.
Morgan believes that this caravan
should include not less than 400 auto
mobile parties and perhaps many more
The tour viii not interfere with the
plans for the Glidden tour, which viii
be competitive and under the direction
Of the American Automobile associa-
ton In that event the manufacturers
will enter and the running time will
be very fast
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
Underinflation Cause of Most
Of Motorists Tire Troubles
PNEUMATIC tire consists of tv

PNEUMATIC tire consists Of two
n things of which one is as i'm
L A portant as the other. One of
these is an air cushion; the other is
an enVelOp for retaining air under
pressure and making this air cushion
possible. This enVelop is spoken OF
by the trade as the tire and as every
mOtOrist knows, consists Of a casing
and an inner tube; the casing to resist
road wear and the tube to furnish an
air tight inclOSure for the air inside
The casing is made of rubber and fab
ric, and the tube of rubber. This mass
of rubber and fabric construction will
not sustain the weight of any car; it's
the air cushion it retains, that sup
ports the cars weight
Naturally a-4arger car will require
more of an air cushion than a smaller
and in the same way, larger tire TO
carry this larger air cushion A car
of given weight requires a tire Of a
given size containing air under a given
pressure.
Let US consider the result when the
tire does not contain proper air pres
sure. 1t has already been pointed out
that the tire itself can't sustain weight
but that this is the purpose Of the air
cushion inside. But when this air
cushion consists of air under insuffic-
lent pressure, the tire is forced to SuS-
tain part of the weight itself, exactly
in proportion to the deficiency in the
air pressure, something it is not built
to do.
The first result is that the weight
above being no longer properly sus-
tanned, 1attens the tire out where il
rests on the ground Then, the car is
put in motion, every part of the tire
on reaching the bottom must assume
this unnatural flattened shape. Each
side must bend out and then back
again at every revolution.
The body Of the casing consists Of
several plies OF fabric united as
whole by the rubber which has been
vulcanized through and through And
when the side walls bend in and out
because of under inflated condition
these fabric layers do not unite their
strength and act as unit as they
are meant to, but the unnatural bend
ing makes one layer pull against the
one next to 1t. They fail to reinforce
each other as they should.
Continually pulling against each
other, these fabric layers in time pull
apart separating from each other.
The same conditions which caused
them to pull against each other now
cause them to rub and chafe. This
produces friction and heat The diff
ferent layers soon wear each other out,
and so soon as some one place becomes
too weak to sustain the inside air
pressure, the tire gives way with
blow out"
Theitire manufacturer tries to make
perfect castings and tubes. A perfect
casing and tube is one of the factors
OF good tire service The other factor
is correct air pressure and this is up
to the mOtOriSt
There are several kinds Of tire
abuses, but as proper initiation is so
vitality important, insufficient infla-
ton is more damaging than anything
else. The statistics compiled by all
the leading tire manufacturers. indi-
cate that more than 70 percent Of tires
that have gone out of service prema-
tuFely, did so because of insufficient
imitation
There are several indications Of IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
Many Body Changes Noted In 1914
New Cars Without Fancy Furbe1ows

for information concerning the prod
uct Of the coming year must be pre-
pared to see infinite pains taken with
details. Thus, only can superior
1914 are simply a step forward over
all that las gone before. They must
be seen side by side in order that
their comparative beauties may be
fully grasped and appreciated
Dash Disappears.
EN- general bodies have been round
ed out until there is hardly a corner
or projection in sight on the outside,
yet there is not the freakish boat or
fish shape commonly supposed to
represent stream lines. The dash has
pra ctically disappeared so far as the
outside Is concerned There is, OF
course, a. break at the junction of the
hood with the cOwl. but the tendency
IS to Obliterate this and present
smooth surface to the air as the We
hicle speeds on its way. The body
sides and doors have been brought up
till even the seats are not prominent
and the sides Of the body form an
almost straight line the full length
OF the body
1.-THE hinges and locks are of the
concealed variety, and even the
vacuum once formed at the rear has
been largely relieved by filling this
space with an extended rear end IN
which tires anE supplies are carried
No longer does the tire at the side
suggest TIRE trouble, nor does II IN
terfere with ingress and egreSs. It
interfered with stream lines and IS
much better out Of sight at the back
pans underneath and tops, over
head all fall into this general scheme
Of smooth, rounded beauty. Harmon
izing with them is the finish Quiet
cOlOrs on beautifully smOothed sur
faces brought out with just a touch
of nickel seems to be the thing now
adays. No longer does the gaudy
brass, prominent at every joint. Of
fend both the eye and the sense Of
fitness Nickel is practically non
corrosive and, with a white finish to
the parts that must be made with a
metal finish, is not only more beau
tiful, but easily kept so. The gen
eral effect in motor cars IS to com
bine beauty, taste, service, speed and
other desired features into one har-
monious whole The seekers for auto
mobile information must attend the
coming national shows to be fully
posted on what the motor world Of
fers for 1914"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

VI 18TH the approach of the Ma
w tionaI Automobile show to be
held in the Grand Central Pal
ace. New York, during the week OF
January $40, automObilists are again
looking forward with interest to the
exhibits, many Of which viii be en-
tirely new to the public
Mechanical Improvements Of many
sorts have been ADDED to the 1914
cars. and these, together with the
wide variety OF bodies which car man
ufacturers are offering on their new
types, undoubtedly will be the Tea
lures which viii attract the motor
lists attention at the show.
Charles E. Durvea, a technical ex-
pert who has been identified with
the automobile industry since its
inception, has made a brief forecast
of what the makers viii offer in body
improvements for next season. says
Mr.. Duryea:
only a few years ago the auto
mobile was a single shape and style
vehicle. A car had to be red and
have a rear door or 1t was not ad-
mitted in society circles As the mo-
tor car became more widely used It
was fitted with bodies adapted TO
daily use and the process has been
going forward ever since
Attention to Bodies.
TO many motor car users Ine Dooy
is the whole thing This they see
faithful engine that pulsates under the
hood may be more necessary to their
enjoyment than the body, but being
out of sight it is out of mind This
year bodies are being given more at
tention than ever Inside and out
fore and afE top and bottom the body
is being studied and bettered-
perhaps it IS only a line changed
or a shade Of color has been modified
Maybe q little of the width at the
seats has been added to the dash
or the curves have been made more
graceful The half top of last year
has become the full top Of this. The
crude protection from the weather of
other years has become the finished
product Of this The quick detach-
able or folding curtains form a no
ticeable contrast to the separate and
detached ones OF the past, when one
got wet trying TO get up his curtain
that he might keep dry
1T may be that most Of these
things aAe only details, but perfection
IS made Up Of details, and the seeker
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

, derinflation The most common one
is the condition of the inside fabric.
differentiation separates the fabric
layers and this separation shows itself
by means of ridge or roll of fabric
on the lower part of the side wall on
the inside of the casing This is be-
fore the tire is ready to give away
completely. After a tire with separ-
ated fabric is run a while and then re-
moved, it will be found that the fabric
at-the place it was rolled up into a
ridge before, is now cracking and be-
ginning to break In this condition
it is soon ready to give way.
Another condition is the lOOsening
at the tread differentiation produces
a little roll right in front of the point
of contact with the ground which in
time4tends to separate the tread.
In the case Of a chncher tire, IN
derinflatiOn usually permits the tire
to be rim cut before the fabric gives
way of itself. Bending in and out in
creases the normal action Of the hook
of the rim against the clincher bead
of the tire.
It viii be interesting to know how
to determine the right pressure. Use
20 pounds for every inch Of width.
For example, use so pounds in a tire
8 inches wide, 20 pounds in a 8 IL
inch tire, so pounds in inch tire,
etc.
As underinfIation is such a univers-
al cause of trouble, it develops that
the reason the average mOtorist does
the attention he should, is because he
does not realize its Importance.
In addition to pointing out the
danger of underinflatiOn it is neces-
sary to show how to guard against it.
There are two precautions the motor
ist can take which viii do this; one
is to initiate the tire properly at first
and the other is to add to the tire
every few days enough air to balance
what has been lost in the meantime.
No tire is absolutely air tight so it
should be inflated every few days To
be sure of the proper pressure, the
motOrist should use a pressure gage
4 number of reliable and inexpensive
cages are on the market which viii
pay for themselves several times in
reducing tire expense.
To summarize then, an analysis of
the causes of deficient tire service by
the leading tire manufacturers, shows
that in over IS percent of the cases,
underinflation is responsible. I'm
derinflation ruin can be avoided by
observing the following rule. Cut this
out and carry it in your pocket or
paste it up in your garage Keep
tires inflated according to the follow
ing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
w =
the right or left
hand drive on an automobile


IS best has been a question
of moment for many months. The
cars with right and left drives are
about equally divided now Many
advocates declare the new left side
drive IS all wrong; many who have
cars with the left side drive declare
they would have no other. Below is
given the argument Of the left hand
drive disciple-
IF, in the early days Of automobile
building the majority of makers had
designed their cars with left hand
control they undoubtedly would have
been accepted without comment, and
right hand drive would never have been
popular but all followed the custom
common with the horse drawn vehicle.
The drivers seat was located to the
right, almost without exception
Learning to drive a car in this po-
Ei1on, and not being offered a bet
ter control for some years at least,
81 naturally followed that the right
hand drive came to be considered the
best and IN fact, at that period Of
promiscUous driving previous to the
strict regulation of traffic in our cities,
either side was about equally salts
factory Being used to sitting on the
right hand side, 1t was only natural
that the automobile driver should pre-
fer to continue that custom, even af-
ter the traffic regulations made it
most convenient.
'As soon as the law in most cities
prescribed that all vehicles keep
strictly TO the right, turn square cor
ners and stop on the right hand side
of the street, the need of something
different in the way of control was
felt Nearly everyone has experienced
the disagreeable condition of stopping
at the right hand curb, possibly in
the rain and having to get out on the
left IN the rain and mud. At such
times the disadvantage of the old
style control was forced home.
1t has been held as an argument
that II would be dangerous to sit on
the left as one could not see to stop
at the curb or TO cut in close to a
country ditch in passing an approach
ing vehicle. Previous to traffic regu-
iationss no difficulty was experienced
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
Start on 1000 Mile Journey
IL IL il IL IL
viii Live In House on Wheels

Travelling in their mouse on wheels 81
Mr.. and Mrs Lee R. GridIey, musi-
Clans left Fond du Lac, Wis, Monday
Tor 40G0 mile trip. Their destination
IS San Bernardina, California, but they
intend to make an extended journey
through the states Of the south and
southwest before reaching that city,
coming by way Of FL Paso
The entire trip will be made in their
automobile, which is large enough for
Mr.. and Mrs Gridley to live in while
en- route. The auto besides carrying
the couples instruments is furnished
with davenpOrts, chairs, table and
all of the furniture Of an ordinary
living room
The car has been built like a big
moving van instead of after the usual
form of automobile.
1t is Illuminated with electric lights.
the current being furnished by a bat
terry in order that the bulbs can be
lighted when the engine is not run
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
AUTO SALES WILL
DOUBLE NEXT YEAR
Stu5ebaker Man Says People VIII Find
a Way to Get Money, Even Though
1t Is Scarce.


That the volume of automobile sales
in FL Paso for 1914 will be double
that of 1913 is the opinion OF c. J.
Pottberg. sales representative of the
Studebaker corporation who is here
from his headquarters in Phoenix.
suending several days with the local
agency.
ct know It is stated that money Is
tight, but the fact remains that peo-
pie viii find way to get the money
with which to buy automobiles, for
automobiles have ceased to be regard
ed as a luxury and are now recog-
nized, in many quarters, as necessities
Delivery trucks, especially, are finding
favor. Merchants find that auto de-
livery wagons are so rapid and 50
economical that it pays to discard the
horses and wagons and substitute one
or two automobiles. It will be found,
also, that the volume of sales Of pleas
ure cars will be far larger than many
people anticipate.
On the subject Of the auto delivery
wagon, Pottberg cited the fact that his
company has brought out a new
wagon equipped with electric lights
and electric self starter. The self
starter is to promote economy, since
there will be no occasion for a driver
to levae the motor running while he
is out of the car making deliveries
There is also a speed governor, de-
signed to prevent irresponsible drivers
from speeding
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

ming. When the car is on the road the
engine furnishes sufficient warmth to
heat the room; at other times, a small
alcohol lamp is all the heating appar-
atus necessary.
From FOn du Lac Mr.. and Mrs. Grid
ley will travel through Illinois, Iowa
and northwestern Missouri, and then
through Kansas as far as Wichita
From that city they viii go southwark
through Oklahoma into Texas
From El Paso to Phoenix, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gridley will travel over the
same route used on the recent Ell
Paso-Phoenix race. From Phoenix
they viii go to San Diego and Los
Angeles They expect to reach San
Bernardino early in March and viii
spend several weeks there
Mr.. and Mrs Gridley viii give en-
tertainments in the various cities
through which they pass. They in
tend to return to Fond du Lac next
summe1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
MANY NEW AUTOS
FOR LOCAL DEALERS
Confidence in the Future Is Exhibited
BY Local Distributors in Large
0rHarn The Haze RlacaH-

tomobiles this week and those sched-
uled for next week show the conf
dence Of FL PasO dealers IN a winter
OF strong sales.
The Cadillac agency received a car
load OF machines Thursday and IN
loaded IL Friday. It contained two
cars a seven passenger and a five
passenger car. representing the best
OF the Cadillac 1914 models
The Richardson Motor Car company
bakers, and the Tri-State Motor com
pany unlOaded q car OF Fords FRI
day.
The Neff-Stles company has a car
load OF Chase trucks and a carload OF
REQ tourers due to arrive next week
The International Auto company has
three carloads OF Bucks on the road
A carload Of AbbOt-DetrOits and one OF
Hudson cars is also en- route
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

Use a pressure gage and test your
tires at least twice a week, pumping
in what they reed to bring the pres
sure up % the REQUIRED amount It is
not enough to initiate the tire properly
when you do initiate II. for If It isn't
inflated again soon. the pressure viii
drop far below the recommend
amount The average pressure should
be kept rs nearly as possible equal ID
the recommended pressure.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

The Zeiger dining room Is now open
until u o'clock each night for theater
parties. etc Entrance through the
observation-disclosures
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

a few hundred windows and odd sash
at a big saving to you Lander Lumber
CO.-Advertisement-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

A town surrounded with bad roads
is losing trade and standing every day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

How about some red fence? We have
just unloaded a car. Lander Lumber
CO.-Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
MOTOR MANFACTURER HERE.

MOTOR MANUFACTURER HERE.
W. S. Mead, vice president of the
Chandler Motor Car company, Of C1eve-
land, Ohio, was in the city Friday.
He called upon the Tri-State Motor
company, which handles the Chandler
output locally. Mr.. Mead is on a
southwestern tour, visiting the COM
pany's sales agents.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

Roads" sounds well, but federal aid
on a scale large enough to take care
of a million or more miles or farm
roads is obviously out of the question,
and if the farmers wait for results
from it most of them will die in the
mud" A system of $4,000 or 100, GOO
miles Of national highways. similar to
that advocated by the National High
ways association. will bring good
roads to the farmers far more quickly.
Good roads eliminate distances and
put the people in closer touch with
each ether.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
Rinehart Heads Auto Club;
NeuU Board OF Directors

Election of Officers Follows Passage of Various Resolu
tions of Thanks Discussion of Work Done in the Past
Year, and Decision to Issue Cards Which Mem
bers Can Use as Bonds if They Are Ar
rested For Violating Traffic Laws.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

Saturday and Sunday,
so clear Havana cigars, 10c size,
Special box price, $500.
Hotel sheldon Cigar Stand.
advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

SpeeiaI
Mexican and Spanish Dishes
Served at the Sheldon Cafe.
SOC Business Mems Luncheon, SOC,
served from II a. m. to D. m.
Delicious French Pastry, 1Oc an order.
ADVERTISEMENT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
Driving From the Left Side

Arguments Favor Of the New Methods Controlling Carr
ments Of One Who FavOrs It. His Reasons Why.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-01
ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGE
Isaiah Davis Held for Selling One Bale
of Cotton Twice-Trial This After.
noon.

Isaiah Davis, colored, was arrested
Saturday on the charge of selling one
bale of cotton once more than the law
allowed. 1t is alleged that Davis
sold the bale to O'Donnell 81 Company
and took the ticket which accompan-
les the sale of each bale to the cotton
weighers, had the bale weighed and
then came back to O'Donnell and
Company and asked for another slip.
saying that he had lost the first one.
With this second slip he went back
to the cotton weighers, il is alleged,
and by telling them that he had
lost the first receipt, he got a second
receipt for the bale of cotton. He then
had both of his receipts cashed
The negro was arrested on q war;
rant sworn out by Mr.. A. c. Thomp-
son and will be given preliminary
before Magistrate Wells this after
noon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-01
TOMATO CLUB NOTES
Beautiful Trophy Cup Ordcrcd-Miss
EuScnia Moore Cans Six Hundred
Quarts of Tomatoes.

Miss Mary Lennon, organizer of
girls tomato clubs in this county, is
busy preparing plans for putting an
exhibition at the State fair from the
Sumter County Girls Tomato CluD.
Several of the girls have done well
with their canning and Miss Lem
mon hopes; to succeed in getting UP a
good exhibit.
In order to encourage the girls and
to start friendly competition amone
the local clubs Miss Lennon has Or
dered a beautiful silver trophy cup
for the club which gets up the best
exhibit for the State fair and does
the best work in the growing and can
ming Of tomatoes and other fruits and
vegetables. This cup will be here
soon and will be a trophy we'll worth
the most earnest efforts of the clubs.
Miss Eugenia Moore of Oswego, is
the champion tomato Gamer of the
county in the girls club, up to date.
She has canned six hundred sixteen
quarts of tomatoes considerably
more than any other girl from whom
Miss Lennon has received a report.