The Washington times., 1916-07-29

The gas-saver IL f1rst cousin to the
two-in-one tire.
And because most OF the sheep IN
the herd are black. It must be con-
sidered a black herd.
In these days gssoiene 10 more ex-
pensive than ever before In the his
tory of motordom In these days
the gasolene engine Is most econom-
icai In fuel consumption.
Every week The Times automobile
editor receives reports OF new fuel
records made by motorists through
out the country. Tests OF various
cars by experts. under the strict reg
uIation OF A. A. A. officials, are con-
'stantIy going on. The mark Is plain
that longer gasoiene mileage 10
simply matter OF care, skill ana pa
thence on the part OF the driver.
No one may say what the ultimate
will bring to motordom in fuel econ
omy. But whatever Is accomplished
by engineering genius to make longer
gasolene mileage possible II will not
be through the use OF an auxiliary.
This Is not to say that there may
not be one or two gas savers which
have proven efficient in some In
stances. some OF them have given
remarkable results under favorable
conditions. But there 10 not one. so
far Is we have been able to learn
that is invariably successful. Rather.
q comparison OF the number OF salts
fied users with those who found the
gas saver resuitiess shows inef-
ficiency in fully 10 per cent OF the
cases.
m. A.. m -. 49,. 80 .uocasoao
does not Justify gullibility on the
There are probably nifty gas
savers in the market.
There is not one which has been
accepted Ior standard equipment by
an automobile manuiactp hnd o.r,.,,>
definite merit; II there was one
which invariably and surely effected
"a saving Of from 30 to GO per cent
in gasolene. how long would It take
for the engineers Of some big an-
Chalmers, Chevrolet. or Saxon. to
adopt It. II any Of these cars aver
aged from thirty-nve to nifty miles
on a gallon Of gas. In one years
time 1t would quadruple the business
OF It's nearest competitor. supposing
ca cal eV excellence . OF, OF the present car
prevailed In the gas saver equipped
R mis,uT.. breaking ap he ss.olsne
giobules." introducing air Into the
Intake manifold" were successful
ing brains OF motordom Incorporated
them in 1917 models. rapidly coming
into the selling market?
Why have the gas saver manufac-
turers waited until the arrival OF
warm weather before sdy VERT I'M;
the winter months
The Times Automobile Editor would
like to have the opinions Of motorists
on this question. Particularly he
wants to hear from those owners
one to two thousand miles and have
tested them in the cold winter
weather. Those letters will be pub
lished in next Saturdays automobile
section.
The Chalmers Motor Company be-
lieves implicitly In the square deal
scheme. There Is something compell-
ing. something inspiring In Its latest
offer to Chalmers owners In the
Clubman for July. ITO every member
of the Chalmers Club who sends us
five prospects. we will send by return
mail one of our monogram key-rings.
To every automobile dealer who
sends us a full-page motor advertise
ment we will send by return. mail one
of cur beautiful. manipulated wrist
warmers.
Claude has a car" writes @. A. NJ.
HE always drives his car within the
speed limits. in the District. On the
other hand ne has a wrist watch"
We went on a ten-mile tour recent
". Our host made all arrangements.