The Washington herald., 1916-01-14


believed, during the next few days the
dealer with the closed type car will be
in his element.
Patrick Bowling, the old Georgetown
first baseman, but now the Eastern rep
resentative of the Ajax Tire and Rubber
Company, Is in the city for short stay.
Leroy Livingston, distributor Tor Hood
Tires, journeyed to Philadelphia yester-
day to take in the automobile show and
lay in a line Of accessories, as he Is con-
templating putting In an accessory de-
partment.
The style in hood covers changes just
the same as 1t does in motor cars. 1t
was formerly fashionable to have a cover
that extended over the entire hood of the
machine. The 1916 style covers only the
radiator itself. The reason given for the
change-is that the old style had a tend
ency to scratch the radiator IL dirt was
allowed to get underneath. Besides, IL
the radiator is kept warm the motor will
do its work efficiently and the smaller
does this well, in addition to making a
neater job.
the Loz.er Motor Car Company, Is In the
the city In the interests of his firm.
Cleared to the Road is the title of the
monthly publication issued by the Miller
Tire and Rubber Company. 1t contains
much interesting information as to the
use and abuse of tires.
waiting, fondly waiting, on the fac
tory" is the way Chester Warrington re-
piled when asked II his new Chandlers
haR ha toJo 80
believed, they have at last been shipped"
said Chester.
Any time that you are in the mood to
start an argument on the relative merits
Of the different makes OF tires, drop into
the Chew Goucher Company and ask for
Harry Goucher.
Dad" Emerson was the happiest man
In town yesterday afternoon when the
sun came out. 1t will enable the work
men to go back to their labors of build
ing the new home for the firm of Emer-
son & Orme, the local representatives
for this car. Dad" is naturally inter-
ested.
Though he has had his new Stearns-
Knight but short while, Frank Smoot
has put 1t to some hard tests and is most
enthusiastic over the way 1t works.
The rumor will not die that there will
be general advance in the price of tires
very shortly. Already some of the COM
panies have put up their price. Others
are waiting.
1t is understood that one company has
notified its territory men to remain at
their branch houses until they receive
instructions. Crude rubber has been on
the increase for some time as have other
ingredients that go into the manufac-
ture of the automobile tire. These
things considered, 1t seems but natural
that there should be an increase. How
much it will be is also a puzzle.
Though the 1917 selling season is still
In the dim, distant future, the manu-
facturer is already laying his plans for
the putting out of his machines. On all
sides 1t is predicted that this year will
be the banner one in the motorcar world.
Statisticians figure that there will be
car to every eight families in the United
States by next July, If the entire output
for This year Is sold, and there is every
reason to believe that all will be mar
keted. What will happen next season is
the question. The securing of an ample
supply of raw material is the point at
issue. Those who already have contract
ed for their wants will no doubt be cared
for. but those who have delayed taking
this important step are very apt to find
themselves in bad way. The steel
mills are all busy on war orders at
price far in excess of what they ever
hoped to get. and many of them are re-
fusfng to accept contracts for any more
work. Aluminium, which is alse an i'm
portant part Of the motorcar has been
on the rise for some time. and even at
the top quotation is hard TO get Copper
and brass are also scarce, as is nickel