The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

| citing adventures during the fighting
| His place of business was alternately
| within the lines of Madero and Diaz
though protected from artillery fire by
higher structures on three sides. Ir
visiting II during the bombardment he
had several narrow escapes. being COM
PEELED at one time to take shelter be.
hind a low walk of masonry that was
hit many times by rife fire. He also
acted as the personal chauffeur of Paul
| Hudson, editor of the Mexican Herald
and carried him about the zone of action
| in Studebaker 30"
| While maintaining a strictly neutral
attitude, Mr.. Richardson deeply regretted
the death of Gen. Ruiz, who was cap.
tJred in the first attack on the national
| palace, and was promptly executed. Gen.
Ruiz was a live prospect and was
only waiting to see a Studebaker ''35' be-
| fore buying
Three Studebaker 800 delivery cars,
owned by the postal service, distinguish
/, ed themselves, carrying ammunition
| first for the government and then. after
their capture. for the revolutionists.
Mr.. Richardson expects to return tn
! Mexico City as soon as traffic conditions
| i'm Northern Mexico will permit his get
| ting through with a trainload of auto
mobiles
| In the building of automobile tires Eu-
rope had the start of this country by
several years.
The industry abroad was we'll matured
before we even got out Of our swaddlng
clothes. But American manufacturers
| have progressed so substantially in the
development Of pneumatic tires that to-
| day they have proven themselves keen
contenders in the foreign field. In fact.
wherever our tires are placed. they soon
! command a respectful hearing.
One is very apt to hear all sorts Of
arguments about the comparative merits
of American and European tires. Both
! have their adherents. And perhaps con-
ditious here and abroad are so vastly
different that there Is little enlighteN
ment to be gained from wide generali-
ties.
However, when native and foreign
tires are tried out together on common
ground, some more or less authentic
conclusions may be arrived at.
No one will seriously question the fact
that American tires are making good In
Europe; in fact. all around the world
wherever the motor car hourishes. And
they are making good strictly on a quail
ity basis. for in a majority of Instances
il is necessary to charge more for them.
owing to duties and other foreign costs,
than European tires can be sold for.
However. in spite of this extra cost,
there exists at the present time quite a
big foreign demand for our tires, and
shipments abroad are growing each
year.
The United States Tire Company, rep
resented in Washington by T.. II. John
son, recently sold large quantity Of
Nobby Trcads to dealer in st. Peters
burg. Russia, and firm in Stockholm.
Sweden. has installed $50 sets Of our
tires in taxicab service. We also ship
rather extensively to Porto Rico, South
America, Mexico. and the Orient.
Tires manufactured in this country
have the advantage OF a rugged con-
struction Aade necessary by the wide
variety of road conditions, Which must
be met in our native service.
When a man starts touring in the
United States. taking the highways as
he finds them. mile in and mile out.
he must be prepared to negotiate roads
ranging from good TO extremely bad.
And if he is to get anywhere he must
have tires sufficiently strong and adapt
able to Withstand the strain of ex
tremely hard service. The American
manufa cturer must build tires of this
charactss if he expects to satisfy the
consumes
In Europe it is different. You may
tour for hundreds of miles without en-
countering a bad stretch of road. Con-
sequently the strain on tires over there
is not so great. Therefore when Amer
lean tires are placed in service on Euro
pean roads and against European tires.
the rugged qualities built into them to
meet our native conditions assert
themselves in increased mileage.
Experts who have made comparative
studies of manufacturing methods and
results in Europe and America fail to
see wherein Europe, in spite of its
long experience. has any advantage
over us in tire building. And the more
we compete in foreign countries the
more this conclusion seems to be borne
out.
The tire product of this country is
making good all over the world, and
with the wonderful export business
done in American cars, I see no rea-
son why the native tire trade abroad
should noe broaden out every year.
When a driver gets into his car he
wants to feel that when he pushes the
button the engine is going to start" re-
marked Joseph Stoddard. of Cook & Stod-
dard, local agents of the Cadillac Motor
Car Company, recently. There is not
much comfort in being compelled to climb
out again and crank the car by hand.
A starter that is not practically 100 per
cent efficient, the one that sometimes
stays and sometimes doesn't is more of
an aggravation than a convenience
The motor car industry has progressed
SO far in refinements that add to me-
chanical efficiency and to comfort that
the car whose starter suggests a question
mark is under a severe handicap. few
years ago If a car ran good distance
without expert attention, ii accomplished
a lot. Now certainty of operation in q
motor car is demanded just as it is In
any other well established product, and
an automatic cranking device must be
as efficient as the engine ITSELF
On Tuesday, March %, the Cadillac Mo-
tor Car Company shipped the 10, 0oOth car
of the 1913 model
r. G. Neighbors. sales manager of the
Hupp Motor Car Company. left Wednes-
day night for the Coast on his annual
tory. Mr.. Neighbors will visit Denver,
Salt Lake City Phoenix, Ariz.; Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland. Spo-
kane, and Washington.
Last year, said Mr.. Neighbors, in
a letter to Charles Kloppmeyer of the
Washington Service Corporation, II
visited the West just about the time
when the season Of the new Hupmo-
bile 49, with the radical long stroke
motor, was at its height The point
that struck me most forcibly about this
car was that it seemed to hit the re-
quirements of so many motorists who
had formerly demanded a car of much
greater size and higher price.
This impression has been firmly drilled
into me during the past year by cor