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CHESS LEADERS. IN BATTLE.
BrOokly ms May Tie PrOgrcsaiS 80
when Adjourned Games End.

While the Manhattan and Staten
Island Chess clubs disposed of the two
college teams. city College and Colum-
bia, respectively. the Brooklyn and Pro-
cressive Chess clubs. leaders in the Met
rOpolitan Chess Leagues championship
series. had a battle royal In the hfth
round az the rooms OF the Brooklln
Chess Club Two OF the games were
adjourned at an early hour yesterday
morning. and on these the outcome AZ
the match depends
The Proyressives lead by az 10 2i2.
but the indications were that Brooklyn
might tie the score. y kostic and G.
JANE. with victories over X. T. Black
and G. j. Schweitzer respectively. were
the winners on the Progressive side,
while NJ. Schroeder scored for BROOKLYN
against NJ. ID. Hago. Drawn games
We're recorded on three OF the boards.
At the fourth board. where the game
was adjourned, Oscar Chajes OF the Pro-
gresslves has difficult position. for ne
took half an hour to seal his move. His
opponent. II. Helms. has a dangerous
pawn on the seventh row. At the NTH
board a. &. Cass OF Brooklyn had won
the exchange against s. LubovSky, hut
III" latter has the superiority in pawns.
The two unfinished games will be com
pleted next Saturday night.
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WITH THE DISTANCE MEN.

Tho Harlem Athletic League run wa.
won by the team Of the Glencoe \. e. It's
score vas 36 points, AZ against ~ Tor the
Mscombs \ e, which WAS seroNd. e.
Mitchell OF st. Marks 4. G.. with min
utes handicap, finished first and also ma dc
the hest actual time. IS 20. 7. Mullane, q
Glencoe man, WAS second.
Hugh Honohau OF the New York A. c.
was the victor In the ten mile run of the
Pennant 4. g. II McGnnN Of the raul!st
A. &. took tn" four mile event aud W.
Martin Of the Pennan, \, G. was first IN
the four mile walk
The Union settlement 4 e held ~ three
and half mile event which resulted In q
victory for \. W. Fcher of the Hungarian
American 4 &.
Mohawk a, 9. plodders took the team
honors in the three aud half mile con
test ~ the 81 AHselms A. e., in which
George Mazzucca ~ the winning ciul,
crossed the line In front,
james Fl-ti"y ~ the ~ hnsrlms Attn
letic cub won tho first haGdicap race NJ
tho Young Mems catholic Archdioo csnu
Union held over the three aud three quar-
ter mile course OF the Victorian 1.yceum IN
The Br6IA. Mike Colling, a rlubmatc. I'm
ished twenty-five yards behind.
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SCRATCH GUNNER WINS.
Foster Cram pton Leads for Monthly
Cup at Knollvwood.

WHITE PLAINS. ". Y, Jan. Al
housh he shot from scratch. Foster
Champion led in the competition for the
monthly cup at the Knollwood Country
Club to-day. He broke ~ targets W.
II. Merrall. 80. t-&3, was second. aud
Austin n. Brixey. ss. 40 third. The
winner of the rs bird shoot for the
Cowperthwait cup was Nerrall. whose
score was 55. l0-S5. T. +. Wilcox
So, 0-5s. finished second. and Brixey.
IS. ll--56. was third. In the shoot for
the season cup the leaders were Brixey.
43. 4--+7; Merrall. Al. 5-4S. and Will
cox, ~, 0--44
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Commission SENDS
REPLY TO PROTEST
Writes Washington Height,
Ministers Why It Fa,ors
Bouts in ArmOrics.

Having cOnsidercn the recent I,.YI..
tiuns of the Washington Heights m,r...
ters protesting against alleged prz..
fights in the city arinDrics, a rcply t..
been drafted by the state A,hlctt. cou,.
mission. 1t is in the form of lct',rpt.
dressed 20 the secretary of the Ct.r.
Association and copies have hv,n mt.l.l
to Gov. Whitman. Major-Gcn. OInsr
and Adjt,- -'icn. Stotesbury. The nee.
ing at which this course Of action V...
agreed upon was held Saturday. attended
by Commissioners Fred \ Wenrk. Foam.
Dwyer and Deputy A,turucy.Genor,l
Leonard j. Obermeicr Copies OF t.. ....
ter were circulated last night II r'.
lows.
Ddrid Hoffman Martin. Esq. Se,,.
fdry chUrCh association. Tpp,
Washington heights District N.,
iojk Chv:
DrAR SIR: On behalf of the S'a.u
Athletic Commission beg 10 achuow..
edge the receipt of the resolution u,ur.
imJusly passed by the churches o.
the upper Washington Heights di.'r.r,
on sunday evening last. In s.'iur
that Acknowledgement. however. ! de-.
side - call attention to one OF two uer
tinert facts which seem not 20 5c
clearly understood by those associated
with yourself. In the first place. Won
speak of "produGing series Of prize.
fights this winter in your op,u.tv
preamble. You are probably aware
that prizefghts are prohibited WitHn
this state. What our statute author.
ICES aud what the commission = I.r.
mitted Il regulate and supervise Is e
conduct OF boxing or srHru-
matches or exhibitions" Thrsr must
under the statute, be held Ia buildings
properly ventilated, properly provided
with hre exits and fire ESCAPES. must
he OF l.nited duration and cpudu,ted
IN accordance with the rules aud r'EI.
iatlons esta olished by this cumm,s.l'u
inc fuhctlohs OF the stat" Athlete
commission are limited TO issuing r
Granting Hcehscs 10 cluos corporations
or associations which apply for 81.
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The executive committee also has
named four courses for the women ;
national championship. Three of them.
New Haven. Belmont Spring and ,;rrou-
wich, were on the list first announced
and the fourth Baltusrol. was added
only last week, All four courses are
good ones aud amy one of tho four
except possibly belmont Spring has an
excellent chance to win The Boston
course seems likclv to be overlooked
beCaus" of the attitude of the leading
women golfers of the Boston district last
year, when IL was first proposed to
send the womeus tourney to chicago
the ROStou women announced that they
would not go 30 far from hom" To- play
and when the time for the tourney ar
rived RpStou was represented By only
one golfer of prominence. For that rea-
son Rostou'S claim TO the I9l6 cham
pionship is likely 10 he treated with
indifference.
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Johnnie Dundee and his manager,
Scot,y Mon'eith. are hoping that the
Boxing Commission Will adopt the
referees decision scheme before Thurs
day night, ON that evening Dundee will
meet Freddie Welsh in the SoNcnty-hrst
Regiment Armorv and Dundee IS sure
that he Is going to win. Moutoith IL so
sure OF tn" same thing that he has col
lected number of signature. AZ the
foot % petition praying for decisions
and will hand the petition, signatures
and AL TO the commission
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NickIas to Quit Baseball Too.

Felix Nicklas. who resigned as captain
OF the St. Johns College basketball team
80 that he might play with the Crescent
Athletic Club Ave. is to sever all his ath-
letic connections with the college. He Is
captain or the ST. Johns baseball team.
and this ne said ne will resign shortly.
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able, and II "a said that they improve
with age. Certainly the cloth retains
an unequalled elasticity under pressure
and the balls apparently never wear out.
Old coats OF soldiers are procured by
the ball makers at sales OF army stores
and these furnish the major part OF the
strips.
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MORTIMER DOUBLE
TUXEDO CHAMPION
Beats Pcll in Final Match Of
Racquets and Goelet
in Tennis.
MANY WATCH BOTH TILTS

TUXEDO PARK. n. Y. Jan. s.--The club
racquets championship for 1916 was de-
cided to-day on the courts OF the Tuxedo
Tennis and Racquet Club when Stanley
Grafton Mortimer defeated Clarence
Cecil Pell three games TO one in one
Of the fastest contests Of the season,
The score was 15--j, 15-3. SIS,
16-l2.
The galleries were filled with a large
gathering of people who are here for the
week end Mortimer won the first two
games In whirlwlnd style by scores OF
15--5- and l5--3. Pell. who knew the
waiting for his chance to come in after
his club mate had shot his bolt. thit
to-day he was mistaken. Mortimer
played the game Of his life and won out
with ease scoring 81 aces to his op-
ponent's 3j. The score
FIRST GAME.
Mortimer, ,.................... S-ie
Pell..... 10 ''s'''''''' ~
SECOND GAME
Mcr'imer' r'.''''''''''''''''''. Liss
THIRD GAME.
HGfi''n'!: F.ii...'.:::....: s-is
FOURTH GAME
Mortimer. : o 0 : 2-l5
Pell.......... 01 II 3 0---l2
Totals--Aces by service. Mortimer. 80 (.
PelL 10. Aces by opponents miesee, Nor
timer. 2: Poll Aces hy placement, Nor
timer. IL. Peil, 10. Referec-William
Post. Marker-Eobert Moore.
Among those IN the gallery we're Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Mortimer, Miss
Eleanor Mortimer. Mr.. and Mrs G. s.
Lee. George 81 George. Mrs. Stanley G.
Mortimer. Preston Davies. Mir. and Mrs.
Gerard Comfy. Richard Talbot. Addi-
son Canmack. Griswold Lorillard. John
Elliot. Mr. and Mrs. r. Abbott Ingalls,.
John Munroe, II. W. Goelet. G.. s. cut
ting and II. c. Pell
In the final round Of the first class
court tennis handicap. which also was
decided this afternoon. s. q. Mortimer
was again victor. He defeated Rob-
crt W. Goelet in an exciting two set
match by a score Of 6--1, 81. Yester-
day Goelet won from r. r Frellnghuy-
sen and Mortimer defeated e. :. Lee in
the semi-fnals Among other entrants
in this class were L. Lorlllard. Jr.. Will
lam Post. g. $. Cutting, Lloyd Warren.
Newell W. Tilton. John Munroe. George
st. George and Maurice Roche.
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scene Of many Championsh ps I'm the
past No course N the country is kept
~ better condition ;han IS Englcn ood,
and If uncNp"ctedly tn" national open
should he son; there 1t would be we'll
taken ear" OF, The course:
Hole ....... Alta
Drs,an,r. - -, -" g., "a ~ ~ ~ 8, a.os
Par . = -
Hole ..... O.. ln II T. ~ "A I, - !. y.
Distances ''& saS 39i 4oa a-o l2S il3 - IN :s1
Par .... q.
Total distance. SOS yards Far, =
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Few courses change from year to year
aS little as does Baltisrol Minor
changes are made. but IN the main il
has been tho same for MANY years
The women have played there twice in
TN" past. and although they have found
II 10 h" 4 pretty hard test Of their skin
they never have expressed ANYTHING hut
approval Of the big New Jersey club
The course
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he course {.

For the open championship three
Western courses have been named and
one In the East. "A tho open tourney
was in the East last year the chances
are that one Of the three Western
courses. Minikahda OF Minneapolis. the
Country club Of Detroit ami the Kent
Country club OF Grand Rapids The
Englewood country club lust across The
Hudson is tho single Eastern club pro-
posed. The courses;
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EAST COURSE


Nassau presents a course that has
been materially changed and heightened
within a wear. ONE entirely new hole,
the short but rather terrifying fourth
and two or three holes have been
leur'h"ued, notably tho fifteenth. which
now ., 575 wards IN length and ends IN
q h.nl or pocket that demands an eN-
,"emely accurate approach As il now
is Nassau's 0ourse I. of champ iouship
calibre IN every sense or the word. The
course
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GrrcnNtch COuntr, club.

The women golfers of EoSion, New
No'i and Philadelphia played the iris-
com cup matches of 1871, at Greenwich
aud they all llhod the course, which AZ
THAT Tim" proved itself suital" for
wom"u's golf, II is intended to make
q number Of changes in the course during
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the coming spring, so II the womens
championship ia sent to Greenwich Il
viii he played on thoroughly good and
u0 to date links the course
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Belmont spring country Club.

Belmont Spring is one of tho newer
Boston courses, II has ouly three short
holes and there are six holes in So
uucncc. from the eighth tn the thirteenth
inclusive, that are all about the same
length, th" longest ON" Of tho six being
only seventeen yards longer than the
shortest. Tho course:
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The course is a. Whitncyvilo. Conn.
Just outsid" Of New Haven, 80 ua 70
tonal championship over has been held
there in fact the club was transferred
from allied 10 active membership in tho
l.. : q. A only a short time ago aud
40 never before has been cligible TO
hold "A national tourney Th" course
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WILL CHOOSE LINKS
FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Golfers at L. 8. g. A. Meeting
Will Consider Claims Of
Eleven Clubs.
DATA on RIVAL COURSES

When the United States Golf Associa-
ton meets In Chicago on Friday eve
ming OF this week one Of the chief duties
of the delegates will be the selection Of
the three national championship courses
for 1916. They must conflne their choice
TO the liat which will he presented to
them at the meeting by the executive
committee. and that list as 1t stands at
present contains the names of eleven
clubs. II may be added to during the
week. but Il probably will be presented
clubs are applicants for the national
amateur championship. four for the open
and the remaining four for the women's.
The facts and figures which follow will
show as well as mere facts and figures
can the merits OF the courses which have
been approved by the executive COM
mittee II IL impossible 10 give a de-
tailed description Of eleven courses in a
limited space. but any golfer will he
able TO learn great deal about them
by an inspection OF the tables Of dis
tances and par which follow
In many caeea such figures fall farshort
! OF telling the whole story. especially in
the case of courses where there are two
or three tees for every hole and the length
OF hole may be changed from day to
day, but they do AFFORD an opportunity to
9
courses. the number of short holes the
general length of the second shots and
other similar featires
For the amateur championship the
three clubs on the executive committee =
list are the Merton Cricket Club near
Philadelphia and the Nassau Country
club and the Piping Rock club. which
are only about IA mile apart on Long
/ Island II no other club is named the
executive committees action will as
sumo the playing OF the amateur tourney
in the East The courses
Merton Cricket CIab.
The proud boast OF Merton is that It
is the possessor OF two eighteen hole
courses Both are new. having been
/ constructed within the last four or fve
years The west course is the one
which 10 almost certain 10 he used II
Merton gets the championship. II is not
80 fat as the east course, which Is laid
out on meadow land. The Lesley cup
| matches of 1918 were played on Merton <
west course and the golfers who took
part in them we're practically unanimous
in their approval of the links. Tho
courses
WEST COURSE
bGlr b'.',nc.. .. so ii, sss l.s u. Is 10 Is
Par.........i , : 81
Di-, an,~. $40 ~ 70. * 40 "a az la a'-:aS
+ Par ...........' 80
/ Total distance. s"lj yards Par. y.
/ The cas-, course at Merton. although
cons iierab,y longer than the west
course. is by no means as hard. the Sec
ond nine being particularly easy. The
| course
EAST COURSE
Hole , T'a
DISTANCES. az, Gl3 ~ s. hS en- 80 a5o 10 33cO
par........... Sc
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TIGERS SCORE AT WILL
AGAINST EAST ORANGE
Home Team Tallips Eighteen
Goals to Visitors None
in Indoor Polo.

shift in the arrangements brought
the East Orange team against the Tigers
instead OF the Essex Troop trio In the
afternoon practice game OF the Indoor
Polo Association yesterday at Durland's.
The Slayer1 from New Jersey, who rolled
up with many friends in big touring cars
from the Oranges had pleasant visit
but met with defeat by "A one sided scor"
OF IS goals TO 0. II was not such q
bad defeat as the figures would indicate,
for under the handicap list to govern
the match series TO start At West FONT
next Saturday the Tigers would have
had to concede about thirteen goals
II was an open. long hitting game,
with an absence OF the close formation
plays over the ball that sometimes
spoil the interest for tho onlookers. The
mounts were above the average and or
class enough FOR Meadow Brook or Point
Judith. Herman : Crossrnan's first and
second prize winners at the recent ma
t!onal horse show in the class for light
weight polo mounts Comet and Meteor,
both thorouGhbrcds. were ridden respect
lively by the owner and Archer w. kinny.
Kinny on Meteor WIS the shooting star
OF the game. The lineup:
TIGERS EAST ORANGE
I Herman ; 'rosman T Marshall
Max Phillip. Ia, y. Hay
. Archer " Kinny H. g. Shackclton
3 George 4. sherman
goal. kinny. 10 % sherman :: phllip.. ''s, :,
Crossman. No p~usltieA Time Two ten min
ute periods Referce-Cyril Carr Scorer and
timer-w. A. Bartic.
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EUHirwOOd Country club.
Every Metropolitan golfer knows the
knglewood course. which has been the
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Although It held the 1915 amateur
championship, Detroit wants the open
this year, Length wide fairwsys and
wonderful turf are the out tstanding fca-
lures of the Detroit links. II ia the
extreme length more than any other
thing that makes II so difficult tn make
low scores. The course
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Two years ago the MIuikahds club
was proposed for the open champion
ship, hut received oul, u few votes at
the meeting. Its chances should he
better this year. although reports from
the West say that Kent or Detroit are
more likely to he chosen. II IL said that
many OF the professionals do not wish
to go AS far west AZ Minneapolis II they
can avoid doing 80. Tie course:
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Hole 10 ~ ~ ~ II - iS u "a
Distances
t,7 cal Ss5 $40 gOa3 3"5lSa.e7 "a 3,I
Far i 2 2 : ! ---3s
Total dlstsure, G,il7 wards Par. 73
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lo'sl uNan~' '"'" S"r'-' rN' 90
The east course at Merton. although
cons iderably longer than the west
course. is by no means az hard. the Sec
ond n'ne being particularly easy. The
course
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the world For fifteen years he has concentrated
upon this one dominant idea, and at last ha. DER.
feeted car so cheap to buy and 80 economic al
10 operate that il can be owned and used bv
practically every family head in thi. country
This new design, approved by Mr. Hupp, is
the result of hftcen years effort to make low
priced car and car that can be operated at a
low cost and that will stand up and give greater
service Tor the money than any other automobile
made. The car itself is well built good 10 look
ct and easy TO ride in its higher priced com.
pettors II is a pure stream line body, with al
late improvements. and will 40, only appeal to
the public at large, but will prove q consistent.
sshsfsctory method Of trans sportation suitabI.
Tor the man woman in any walk of life. Will.
the car will particularly appeal to those of linn
tied means because OF its low price, yet its grace
ful lines, ample power and economical expense
OF operation will create for the car demand
among every class.
An itemized estimate OF the cost Of msnuf.e.
turing and marketing these cars, based upon .
production Of $4,000 per .nnum be ginning
in 1917, indicates . net profit of S69 per car.
after making q liberal allowance for the cost IF
manufacturing. advertising. selling, overhead .rs
Penses. DC. After allowing the 7qe dividend on
the entire issue Of Preferred Stock, il indicate,
net profit Of 81 1886, 900, or sufficient to nav
dividends Of 2o% per snnum on the Common
Stock. besides setting aside $460, 900 to ,urplu,
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especially 10 the shsrehoiders Of STOCK In The
hmsrvon Motors Co, Inc, that Is TO say By
selling the first 500 cars. which Ia all the
cars NE 'cnPsuy proposes mspufsc cturtur
WI BE- ssVinr Of the d.stributors profits
70 The company which will amount on the
no can 10 sl0ut thirty thou.and dolls~
snd fbis adSs to the viden nd 80 ruing power
wsicS VIII be sD-cially advsntareUls and
nxsercial to the shareholders Of sleek In
iDtenftes 81 the eompsny to contipu. tins
p~it~y udsfiDitely. hut the appiica ions are
% numerous fren individuals for the pur-
chase OF the car, The New Emerson -Four,
tbat " veuld es pa,ps hy usJu.f not TO
comply % the indiv iduatv' request rather
than 10 the distributors' dsns sna especially
ss " 10 Just 30 much more profitable 10 the
soarehofders OF on- company. The rcmpany
lcchs npcs - cry shsrebcide- as su lndi-
,idssl t[1psr 10 fodndins the company a,
Ore sStomctil. agent. the distributor Of
ears 10 eertsis city, II 10 said, came all
the vaJ 10 Nes Yort to Interview Prexi-
dent CsmpbelI snj offered to buy one thou
- nd sars and put me money IN the bapt "
be could have tie first oae tbouse nd cars
fused. sltbsusb the smcnni Of mcner 10
s4oD nOO
H"~s,ef. on and after January Ist. 1917,
tbs cen % ny eIpects 10 be ready End fully
.ouipLed 10 turn out 100 cars per day, and
held In the esnpspy's office viii be givrs
fte fullest ocnsiders tios end aessts ap-
p"iniei throughout ne eosstry. 10 the
fo-s s'ims the 100 eop ubirb the conpnny
y eo- building ard prorSsips TO sell drect
Be regarded 80 ssnples Of the sscds With
The RuIssses Go'srs Co.. ,n~.. Il aAAwsc.
turins
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le Lowest Priced 5 Passenger Car in the World

THE EMERSON MOTORS COMPANY 1. In.
ssrPoratsd with . capital stock Of one n,ilo.
shares, each OF q par value Of $1,000 Three
hundred thousand 600. .oOO) share, Of thi, stock
10 7% preferred, but at the present time al tho
Preferred Stock is in the TreasurY. The Treasury
also holds at present 81 900, 600 par value Of tho
common Stock. The company has no debts. has
. substantial cash treasury and 10 actively On
ssged in manufacturing its first cars at its fee.
tory in Long Island City. New York.
DEMONSTRATING CARS ON DISPLAY IN
NEW YORK CITY TO-DAY AT SHOWROOM
l'74s BROADWAY, CORNER 56TH ST
The Officers and Directors inelude:-
Willis Geo. Emerson, Chairman Board Of Ot.
rectors.
7. A. Campbell, President (fo.nsri, Ty,.,urey
and General Manager Of the Imperial Autom ob;l.
Company.
r. c. Hupp, Viee.Pre,ident (formerIy Vice.
Pr"sident and General Manager Of th. Hupp Mo.
tor Go. and automobile engineer Of international
reputs).
George N. C.mpbeu. Secretary and Tre.,ure,
Qormsriy Secretary and Factory Manager In.
perisl Automobile Coz.
N. L. Shanks. Assistant Tressvrer Qoru.r,,
Secretary Of the Monarch Motor CaS C.up.nv.
Of Detroit. Mieh.).
J. L. Sullivan. Assistant Secretary.
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these figures are based estimate carefully
compiled by men who know the automobile bust.
nes, and successful pioneers in the industry.
ihis new car should average 20 to 27 mile,
or more to gallon Of Rasolene, and at the pres.
ent high price Of Rasolene this in itself i. a de-
e'ded argument in favor Of the use Of this car
ihe profits in the automobile industry are too
well known to require comment. The day of
experiment has passed. To-day tho industry the
third largest in the United States ia on substan.
haI and highly profitable basis The greatest
pro''t Is being made in the manufacture of low
priced cars The demand for the car that we
propose to build is apparent to everyone The
cost OF manufacture has been carefully worked
out and after proper allowance has been made
Tor the increased price of raw material and for
any e1igeneies that may arise, there yet remain.
. net profit Of $50 per car, based upon an an
nusl production Of only 80, 900 cars That thi.
profit can be and should be increased by the in.
ersssed production is self-evident That the sale
OF the Preferred Stock at par will insure 4. ,uf.
hcient capital to enable this company to 10 ON .
profit earning basis seems an assured fact. That
the Common Stock will soon become more v.Iu.
able than the Preferred seems inevitable
Tho Company proposes to adopt the most
modern business methods paying cash o. il soes,
and pursuing a conservative. businsss-like admin.
"trah"n. The most progressive methods Of man.
ufaeturing and selling will be adopted.