The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

ment. In the extension of his duties
he brings with him the benefit of long
experience in an executive capacity.
In 1901, the year the American Loco
motive Company was Incorporated in its
present form, Mr.. Best joined the or
ganiZation as secretary. Previous to
| that time he was connected with the
New York Central lines, where he first
| was associated member of the legal
department in 1892, and later as assistant
to the president while S. r. Galloway
! was president.
Miller Brothers announce the sale of
Ford touring cars to the following: La
| fayette Leaman, F. Enders, II. A. Farm
ham, John II. Small, ]. 7. Childress, DR..
| w. f. Taylor, S. j. Hess, w. 5. Abra-
hams, Richard l.. Lamb, w. p. Carr, No
bic Lewis, John NJ Cort, r. +. Boyd, and
NJ. c. Hooker. Ford torpedo cars We're
delivered to William A., Small & Co., r.
II. Norton, August Lindbergh, NJ. p. Ki--
by, Thomas ]. Fuller, and the Tolman
Laundry. A Ford town car was deliv-
cred to DR.. Neil F. Graham.
The Washington Automobile and Supply
Company made the following deliveries
during the past week: r. B. Lord, Stude-
baker 90" Frederick e. Voigt. Stude-
go delivery wagon to George M. Oyster.
Emerson & Orme, local agents for the
Detroit Electric, received two carloads of
electrics yesterday and will make num-
Der of deliveries this week. Last week
they delivered a Detroit electric roadster
to John c. Sewer.
Owners of pleasure cars and motor
| trucks will welcome the joyous tidings
| from Akron Ohio. The Goodrich Tire
Company is responsible for it. Its new
price announcement, coming as its does
from so dominant factor in the tire
| field, has led to speculation as to
whether other tire companies will follow
the Goodrich lead.
No explanation or reasons why are
given in this announcement" said a
prominent tire man. But with crude
rubber selling at somewhat lower figure
than that prevailing for a year or more
past and the constant devising and APP
plication of new higher efficiency meth
DDS of tire manufacture, the reduced
Goodrich tire prices are but a natural
outcome.
This instance shows the willingness
of great corporation to give the buying
public the benefits derived from changed
and improved conditions.
we understand that the reduction
betters the present price 10 the user
per cent. This coupled with the reduc-
ton first put into effect by the same
company nearly a year ago, enables the
purchase of tires by the user now at
a material saving over prices prevailing
prior to April of last year"
Mr.. f. c. Tibbitts. advertising manager
of the b. F. Goodrich Company, statess
our factories at Akron have not been
hurt or nterfered with by the flood,
while other factories there have been
less fortunate. The Goodrich plants are
working to the full capacity night and
day. Many workmen from others cities
have been attracted to Akron because
of the published reports of testimony OF
Mr.. f. &. Shaw. vice president of the
Goodrich Company, before the Senate
committee investigating conditions at
Akron, showing that workmen at the
Goodrich plants receive a higher average
of compensation than in other cities
throughout the country.
Our announcement of a reduction in
prices for tires to the user, made this
week, shows also the great advantage
to the public in a company with such
great facilities. A year ago We led in
announcing lower prices for tires. This
year, because of lower prices for rubber.
and increased manufacturing efficiency,
we Were able to announce still another
reduction, carrying out our policy of CIV
ing real public service, and giving the
tire user the benefit of our savings in
manufacturing cost
T. o. PRODIGY, local agent for the Mich
igan &C., is enthusiastic over the Michi-
gan's showing in foreign countries. Mr..
Lott los
from Victor L. Palmer, secretary and gen.
eral sales manager of the Michigan
Motor Company, in which he stated that
Michigan cars were to be found in
twenty-one foreign countries
Mr.. Prodigy quotes Mr.. Palmer's letter
as follows:
I'VE have splendid distributing agen-
cies for Michigan cars in twenty-one
different countries, and that notwith-
standing the fact that we have never
made what could be called campaign
for export business. This year the in
terest of foreign dealers exceeds any.
thing we have ever known. Men promi-
nent in the automobile business have
come to our factory from South America
England. Scotland, France. Germany
Russia, and China. And they have left
orders with us and are sending larger
repeat orders since their return home
A recent days orders illustrates the as
tonishing growth of the foreign demand.
We had orders for ten Michigan cars
from Shanghai, three from Yokohama,
four from Moscow, six from Ponce, and
eight from Dusseldorf, all on the same
day. These foreign dealers, we find, are
very eXacting men. Some Of them--like
our Chinese dstributor-spent weeks
here to watch the construction and to
test the cars. The Europeans come from
countries where engineering practice has
reached it's highest development. In the
cars of their native lands many features
new here are almost universal. Take,
for instance, the four-forward-speed
transmission with direct drive on fourth.
The fact that this feature gives the
motor much higher efficiency at much
less expense has long been recognized in
Europe. At the Olympia show in Lon
don last November 3lS of the cars shown
had four-forward- speed transmission,
against 229 cars that had the three-speed.
Many of the leading high-priced cars Of
America have used the four-speed gear
set for several years. But with the 1913
Michigan, Engineer Cameron pioneered
this improvement among American me-
dium-priced cars, and its widespread
adoption is already following"
I'm addition to equipment that used to
be found only on high-priced cars, to-
eether with the best there is in electric
lighting and starting systems. our me-
dium-priced 40-horse-power cars excel
in serviceability on every kind of road.
They are built for speed with safety on
rough roads as well as oiled boulevards
They are equally at home on the famous
roads Of Europe or in the sloughs Of