Evening star., 1917-09-09
N. A. C. c. Directors Vote They
Are Useful Chiefly as
Noise Producers.
GASOLINE SAVING FAVORED

With more than 1000. 600 cars in use.
tation of the individual and of mate
rails. the use of muff1er cut-outs is un-
fair to the public, and adds an unneces-
sary noise to American life. Cars have
ample power SO that the slight increase
in speed which may come from the use
of cut-outs is of no importance. There
may be times in adjusting motors
where a cut-out is useful, but in such
cases it can be operated from under
the car.
Almost half of the 10 makers in the
chamber do not At muffier cut-outs to
their present cars. and all makers voted
that they should be eliminated in the
rev products.
Directors Vote Opposition.
The directors at their meeting in New
York Yesterday voted that members Of
the National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce are opposed to the attach
ment of mufiier cut-outs to motor We
hicles.
They also decided that the use of the
cut -out is unnecessary, ANNOYING and
dangerous to other users Of the high
ways and Objectionable to residents
along them.
that hereafter all members of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber OF Com
merce refrain from attaching mufner
cut-outs to their cars for the season OF
1918 and thereafter and that no cars be
sold by them after January 1. 1918,
with 'cut-outs attached, or where cut
outs are attached they be made inop-
erative from the drivers seat
At the meeting the directors elected
Hugh Chalmers president of the Chal-
mers Motor Company, first vice presi-
dent of the N. A. c. C., taking the place
of Wflfred c. Leland. who leaves auto
mobile making to enter the aeronauti-
cal motor industry as one of the own
ers of the Lincoln Motor Company Of
Detroit H H. Rice Of the General Mo-
tors COMPANY vas. was elected s,,e;.;o vice presi-
The directors fndorsed the Webb
Pomerene bill now before the Senate,
having for its purpose the encourage
ment of combinations Of American
mote American trade abroad. The eN-
port committee feels that that measure
would materially help In securing the
worlds trade for motor car makers.
The placing of embargoes by certain
foreign countries cut down export pas
senger car and truck business, the
gross valuation of s133. o00, 900 for the
past twelve months being slightly less
than for the previous year. although
the number of cars was greater
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! The increase is coming from countries
not engaged in the war and it is worth
! noting that American products last
| wear were shipped to more than eighty
different countries.
Don't Waste Gasoline"
The directors also perfected plans for
Don't Waste Gasoline" campaign in
| cooperation with the government au-
thorities at Washington. While Van H
Manning of the bureau of mines says
| that there is ample gasoline for all
needs the directors of the National
| Automobile Chamber of Commerce con-
tend that the uncertainties Of war are
such that campaign against waste is
/ a patriotic measure, and one in which
| every motorist will be glad to engage
| The campaign is to be carried on in
vigorous fashion, even to the extent OF
encouraging city ordinances to make
| unlawful the running of motors when
cars are standing still. practice which
consumes a great amount of gasoline
every year.
In. attendance at the meeting were
Charles Clifton (Pierce-Arrow), c. C
Hanch tStudebaker). Hugh Chalmers
| (Chalmers). r. D. Chaplin CHudson)
W. T. White (White). J. Walter Drake
CHupp), VIM. E. Metzger (Columbia)
r. E. Olds (Reo), Alvan McCauley
(Packard). John F. Dodge Dodge), H
II. Rice General Motors). c. w
| Churchill (Winton) and Alfred
Reeves, general manager.
Last night at the Biltmore Hotel. New
| York. President Clifton rendered his
annual dinner to the directors and other
prominent men who now or have
been connected with the automobile in
dustry.