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Evening star., 1919-03-09
DRIVERS BONUSES
ELATEST MOVE
Works for Economy of Truck
Handlers, Says w. /.
Wacksmuth.

Bonuses for truck drivers who
operate their machines efficiently and
economically is the latest" said ]. L,
Wacksmuth, manager Of the 3. n.
Goodrich Rubber Company. "Thlf
method is being adopted, by scores OF
motor truck owners in getting the ut
most value from motor hauIage.
Various systems of paying bonuses
to drivers have been successfully in
stalled. The plans cmbody a div,-
sion OF the savings effected by yigi-
lance, judgment and restraint exsr-
cised by the drivers, In which both
the driver and the owner of the truck
share.
The driver is in unique position
He is almost free agent. Big truck
operators have found the investment
at stake iustifies bonus plan. The
truck owner realizes the fact that the
driver Is doing nine-tenths of his
work outside of the supervision of his
employer, and that the driver controls
the destiny of an Investment worth
from $1,000 to $4,000.
Trucks are heing discarded every
day which. with good care--interestee
care-might have lasted not two, but
three or four years longer. Not only
the life of the truck is to be con
sidered. but also the cost of repairs
during it's use.
THE owner might object to paying
bonus of a dollar or two week,
but he will usually pay without hesi-
tatien bills of from $50 to $500 for
broken parts, because there Is no es-
tions as accidents. litigations. cost of
tires and fuel, and the amount OF
work accomplished daily, the adyai.-
tages OF enterinG into the bonus part
nershtp with his driver will become
obvious to the truck owner. The
two successful bonua plana.
"A prominent eastern building sup
ply company rewards it's driver for
two things: first. his activity. that is,
the miles of useful work which he has
covered in the time at his disposal;
and, second, his economy in using oil
and gasoline in performing that work.
THE two results are expressed in
percentages, which are mixed and al
average percentage taken, which ex-
presses the drives efficiency. Before
driver can collect a bonus he mus,
show at least 50 per cent efficiency.
Between so and 80 per cent the driver
receives a premium of 50 per week
and between 90 and 100 per cent an
additional dollar, and for 100 per cent
he receives 81.
Another admirable bonus system, re-
Gently Installed by the owner of q
fleet OF motor trucks in the middle
west, is based on the ton-mile. This
means the hauling of one ton one mile
Thus, If you take one ton five milef
you will have five one-miles; likewise
if you carry five tons one mile you win
get the same result.
by dividing the total costs over
which the operator has controi, suci
as gasoline and oil consumed. driv-
ers' and helpers wages, repairs, tire.
renewals, etc, by the number of tor
miles delivered, = rate per ton-miie is
found which may be compared with a
fixed rate established by the company
The drivers are then given bonuf
amounting to 80 per cent OF the saw
ings they can effect below the stand.
ard cost fixed by the COMPANY"
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have been stolen in this city within
the past year than in any other city
Of Baltimore's size. The great ma
jority of cars reported missing or
Stolen are recovered.
THE number of auto larceny cases
would be even greater were proper
legislation enacted by Congress" said
Detective Cooney "Only last week We
arrested a man for receiving a stolen
car from another city. He stated that
he took the car with the owners per-
mission for the purpose of defrauding
an insurance company The insurance
company failed to prosecute the case
against him and he was dismissed"
Detective Cooney stated II interstate
Evening star., 1919-03-09
AUTO STEALING GROWS

BALTIMORE, March s-Detective
Cconsy, who 10 the head OF the local
automobile squad. Is emphatic in his
dsnuaciation Of the present laws
which permit automobile piracy to
continue. He said last night that Con-
gress should pass interstate legisla-
ton to combat this aIarmingly grow
inc -rena ce The local police depart
ment boasts of the fact that less cars
Evening star., 1919-03-09

automobile laws were In force the al
legged offense could have been tried in a
federal court
ssrhe automobile larceny game he
said, sis becoming very popular with
men of shady character. Burglars
have the advantage of being able TO
escape IN the machine. thus getting
away very rapidly, Automobiles can
easily be remodeled 50 that the own
ers cannot identify their cars"
Evening star., 1919-03-09

On March II. 1909. eighty persons
had been licensed to drive automo-
biles in Chicago. including one woman,
who was the first of her sex to secure
a license to drive motor vehicle In
that city.
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An early motor enthusiast went on
record with the statement that he
would buy a motor carriage imme-
diately if he were not afraid of fright
ening horses and incurring the risk
of a. damage suit.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Solves Big Problems.

81 mean this:
TN those weeks from the middle OF
November to the present day the
automobile industry has faced and
conquered task as huge, in many OF
it's aspects. as was our work OF
erowding the fighting fronts with Its
instruments that brought success to
our armies.
tThat Is, we have made ready for
peace-ttme production and nave
switched our plants from war work
to schedule of regular production
which we hope will be sufficient TO
keep up with the demand for passen-
ger cars and trucks until we have
mastered the next big task ahead OF
us. which Is to further EXPAND our
manufacturing resources to meet the
demands that will accrue from the
greatest era of prosperity this coun-
try has ever seen.
II question right now II there Is an
other predominant industry In the
country that has grasped the task OF
reconstruction and readiustment
within itself and accomplished 1t as
our industry has. The automobile in-
dustry has marched steadily on-mi-
nus the beat of the martial air, but in
step with the spirit of the day and
pretty well keyed up right now for
the demands of the future.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
us. .AUT0|NDUSTRY
ABLE TOCOME BACK
7. ]. Toner Notes '"Return
From War" Conditions and
the Results Accomplished.
HUGE PROBLEMS SOLVED

According to T. J. Toner, director of
sales for the Maxwell Chalmers Motor
Corporation, when hostilities ceased
in Europe last November the auto
mobile industry of America found IT.
self standing in something of q daze
at the station platform, SO to speak,
suit case in hand-just back from a
long trip away from home.
"All the world knows now" he said.
that it had been away to war, and
when l say went away to get into
the war I mean that it not only got
in but it got clear in. No industry
back of Uncle Sam gave more than
the automobile industry. and our in
dustry gave doubly. since it gave
quickly and effectively,
What the aggregate production OF
the motor car factories amounted to
in turning the tide to victory already
is pretty generally known 1t was
big job well done.
so much has been said about 1t,
however. that the average man in the
street probably has lost sight of one
factor which has been of transeen-
dant Importance during the last ten
weeks.
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should be classed with Santo Domingo
and Costa Rica and excluded from the
league of nations. And l told them
Mexico had her own policy to blame.
She pursued a policy during the war
which Americans generally inter-
preted as against the allies and ia
vorable to the Germans. And now,
when the war 10 won and the whole
world recognizes the Monroe doc
trine, her government openly iaunts
the decision of the peace conference.
Italy and France have refused to re-
cefve Mexico to the league, of nations
But some assurance must come flrst
that Mexico recognizes her financial
obligations of recent years: that she
intends to pay them. and intends to
protect the lives and property of ma
tionals. Thus far Mexico has calmly
ignored her foreign Indebtedness. 1t
would be a big help to France IL in
her present .distressful condition she
could collect some of the money OWED
her by Mexico
Evening star., 1919-05-06
VICTOR BERGER DRAWS PAY.
House Alone Has Authority to Bar
His Salary.

Victor Berger. socialist, of wiscon-
sin. now in a federal prison. for vio-
lating the espionage law, has been
paid $3.50 as member-elect to the
next Congress. Bob Gordon. SER
geant-at-arms of the House, explain
ed that 1t is the custom to start bay
ing members on April 4, and that now
Mr.. Berger has had sent to his home
address two months pay checks.
This money was paid because a GER
tiicate of election of Mr.. Berger,
signed by the Governor of Wisconsin,
has been filed with the clerk of the
House.
AS the House is the Judge of fitness
>of ats own membership. and as Speak
er-elect Gillett- Immediately after the
election of Berger announced that he
would offer a resolution to unseat the
Wisconsin socialist, and as the mem :
bership of the House generally is de-
marding that Berger be not seated.
the members today are incensed that
Berger should be receiving $625 a
month. They said today that an early
call for an extra session would al
low them to oust Berger.
Evening star., 1919-05-06
What Mexicans Realize.

The encouraging thing is that par
tisans of President Carranza and
friends of Mexico's future are begin
ming to realize the embarrassing situa-
ton IN which the foreign policy of
their country has led them. l talked
with Mexicans here, friends of MIR.
CarranZa, and they confided to me
their sorrow and shame that Mexico
Evening star., 1919-05-06

the neighbor of Mexico, namely, the
United States; second, more branches
of American business financial houses
in both the border states and in Mex
leo itself; third, government assist
ance from Washington in the matter
of loans and rolling stock.
President CarranZa could have had
all this long ago. Maybe he will
never put himself in position to re-
ceive the help he has needed Ar
maybe-and this seems more certa'
than anything about Mexico seems
Evening star., 1919-05-06

represents federal aid. have been ap-
proved by Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston. isr,
The estimates for this work were
submitted during the past month
under the fedaral aid road act OF
March. 1919. The work calls for the,
improvement of e2353 miles OF road
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An 1nescapable Fact.

The big fact, inescapable and i'm
pressive. is that somebody in the next
twelve months is going to get Mexi-
cos trade and keep it for many
rweivemonths afterward. If British
and French enterprises can take risks,
America. with system of insurances,
can do the same. Mexico today has
everything the world needs and needs
many things that the United States
can furnish her more cheaply and
more rapidly and more efficiently than
any other country.
Conditions are far from normal in
these regions of Mexico which were
traversed by the business men of this
city, but they do warrant an active
trade campaign. Sentiment toward
the United States has undergone a
healthy change. Those Mexicans who
had views at all on the merits Of the
late war, realized that they were
badly informed about the United
States. They now have a wholesome
respect for the fighting ability of an
greatest military enterprise in all his
tory. Threats mean very little to
Mexicans and bulldozing policy will
not get any more results than a policy
OF conciliation with the republic to
the south of US, but facts are facts
and Mexicans are hearing from many
sldes that returning American SOL
diers are restless
Hundreds of thousands didn't get in
the fray and would welcome an on
portunity to get into some other fray
preferably one near a thome. Pub
Tic sentiment in the United States is
rapidly crystanzlng to the point
fhere it will demand a clean-up. pref
erably by the Mexicans themselves.
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the present time-it probably will fall
to the next administration in Mexico
to esta b1ish reciprocal understand
ing and business contact that will be
of profit and advantage to both coun-
tries.
Copyright. 1919, by n Y. Evening Post. Incj
Evening star., 1919-05-06
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Manufacturers,
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Evening star., 1919-05-06
Hotbed Of Mexican Politics.

This is a hotbed of Mexican poll
tics. Already there is much talk of
the presidential elections in June,
1920. Either Gen. Pablo Gonzalez or
Gen. Alvaro Obregon will succeed Mr.
Carranza. II an election is held Soma
Evening star., 1919-05-06
APPROVES ROAD PROJECTS.

One hundred and twenty federal
aid projects for road improvements
involving the expenditure of $l6.2s1.-
326.o1. of which total S1,5cS55O
Evening star., 1919-05-06
lements,Necessary to Success.

But of all the elements which seem
most necessary for successful CO.
operation between the two countries.
these seem paramount: First, flex-
ibility in the Mexican central gov
ernment and adaptation at once to
the conditions throughout tho world.
and particularly to the growth in i'm
portance as an economic fiscal power.
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wv much would you have been WILL
e to pay for 1t: Invest that much In
liberty loan notes.
Evening star., 1919-05-06

The real patriot helps pay for his
liberty. Invest I'm the liberty notes.
Evening star., 1919-05-06
Excursions From Other Cities.

Trade excursions nave gone INTO
Mexico from Chicago and st. Louis
has visited Jalisco. Is all this SIN
cere? Do the Jexicans really have
changed feeling for the United
States? One doesn't have to delve
very far into the problem to discover
that whatever their affections may
business with the country north of
them for simple and obvious reasons
they can get their goods shipped
more rapidly and exercise wider
choice. But the United States has no
more regarded the wishes of Mexican
purchasers heretofore than of the
purchasers from other Latin Ameri-
can countries. For example. here in
San Antonio, which is on the direct
route from Mexico City and other
points. Mexican representatives can
find no central agency or group Of
What better means of showing
Mexico the wares of the United States
than by placing statesmen in San
Antonio and other Texas cities. so
that the Mexican buyers can come
here and place their orders?
Perhaps these things will come
Certainly the trip taken by the San
Antonio business men did result in a
decision to cultivate closer relations
with view to beginning business in
tercourse on large scale when the
occasion is favorable. Everything, Of
course, depends upon the establish
ment of peaceful conditions. but the
big fact is that peace is inevitable
and must come sooner or later, and
whether Mexico pacifies itself or some
outside source does 1t, preparedness
for a trade campaign would not be
in the least a superfluous policy.
am told that the. English and French
already are selling goods on six
months credit
Evening star., 1919-05-06
CHAS. D. SAGER

SHe OPe/ISSey " "VS W
fees. ground floor. Da-
v1dson building. 923 18th
st. n.tD.
Mr.. Sager extends to his
many friends and clients
an invitation to visit him
in his present quarters,
.where>a general real estate
business will be conducted,
each and every transaction
receiving his individual at
tention.
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Who remembers when you had
t take patent medicine t git
your picture in tn newspaper?
Th' trouble with most people
is that they prepare fer tn best
instead O tn worst.
Evening star., 1919-05-06

who are not particularly friendly to.
Mr.. Carranza claim ne intends pro-
claiming martial law and deferrlng
the elections. SO he may stay in power
indefinitely. On the other hand. the
chances are that this would provoke
a revolution against him and provide
his opponents with the first real issue
they will have had since Carranza
came into power.
One gets the impression that there
vii be an election and that it Will De
begun. Adolfo de la Huerta has
Just been elected governor Of the
state Of Sonora by an overwhelming
vote over Ignacio Pesquiera. The re-
suit is recognized as a triumph Tor
to push the electoral campaign OF the
Obregon party in Sinaloa and Chi
huahua. Thus far everything has
been peaceful.
Better General Conditions.
General conditions in many parts
of Mexico are better than is the COM
mon impression in the United states
Crops are fairly good. many mills
turing. mining and smelling indus
tries are operating part time. Roll
ing stock is lacking. Until the United
States government devises some way
to remedy this condition there can
be no great. volume of business. Many
banks are closed. and it may be
necessary to establish branch banks
throughout Mexico by financial con-
Germs of this country. so long-term
credits may be made possible.
Mexico, viewed from San Antonio,
and that means through the eyes OF
business men who have just returned
from a careful obseTation of the
whole republic, is a good business
prospect. There are some risks in
yolved, but isn't that true of all bust
ness? There are some hazards, but
they can belovercome.
Evening star., 1919-05-06
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THR ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE SHARE
thclds9S Of the East Washington Savings Bank
Of Warrington. D. C., will be held in the
boardroom Of the bank. 312 Pennsylvania ave
Sc, Washington. ID. e., on Wednesday. June
4, 1919, at Y O'Clock noon.
. CHARLES A. MCCARTHY. Sec.-Treas.
THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
and directors of the Washington $50 Perma-
Sent Building Association will be held at the
sfnce Of the association on Wednesday. May
e. 1919. Polls open from 10 Am. to pm.
L. G. OSTERMAYER. Secretary.
YOUR BUILDING REMODELIN0 MUST BE
Snished with 100T satisfaction to you. Ask
FOR an estimate. WM. sERBY. Builder. Ill
18th ct. NV. Main 1894.
Evening star., 1919-05-06
TRADE WITH MEXICO
FUTURE PROBLEM
Texans Discussing Recipro-
cal Relations and Mutual
Business Opportunities.
SEE BIG CHANCE FOR U. S.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. May 6.-Some-
what more hopeful is the view OF the
Mexican situation which one en-
counters in San Antonio than In Ell
Paso. Possibly it's because this city
is not 80 close to the border and such
contact as it has with Mexico Is with
those regions through which freight
and passenger travel has been re-
sumed. and conditions are hardly to
be compared with the sections where
Villa holds sway.
Nevertheless. the business men mere
reveal a nervousness about investing
capital Immediately. which perhaps
tells their underlying thought ABOUT
Mexico 1t is true that party or
sixty business men f-om TINS CITY
toured Mexico recently, travelling q
922 miles and visiting the princlpas
cities. 1t is true that they were
splendidly entertained. and anybody
who dropped in on the JoFial ban-
ouets might have wondered If he was
dreaming here where Americans
and MeXicans We're toasting eacn
other and pledgin-c cooperation in
the resumption of business relations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-28
CHAPTER LXXV

Copyright, 1919, Star Company
Henry Andrews regarded David
DeLaine gravely and thoughtfully.
He saw that the young man was
] much agitated. He remembered
that, only yesterday, he, Andrews,
had told his new client that he did
not detect in him any of the &c
centric qualities which his uncle
and aunt had possessed. He won
dered now If he had been premature
in forming this opinion
Then he remembered that within
the past year this fellow had been
through a great mental strain. Not
only had he been in France, wound
ed and ill, but he had found him
self penniless, had sought work un-
der an assumed name, then, sud-
denly, become the heir to large
| fortune.
1t was not to be marveled at that
| his nerves were in a state TO make
him a bit unreasonable.
Andrews reread once again the
paper David had written. OF course
it was not legal. He had explained
! this to the writer. Yet no harm
| could come of compliance with his
clients request If DeLaine changed
his mind and regretted that he had
ever signed the document it could
| be destroyed. 1t was improbable
now that David would ever meet
Miss Leighton. If he did not, the
: estate would never be his, anyway.
If he did, and married her-why, as
Andrew had just remarked, the for
tune must come to him in spite of
all protests he might prepare now.
Vha1n If hn X1riShad 40 nnI1ld dis
pose of the entire property 1t
| would be his to do as he pleased
with. But that was a very remote
contingency,
David might as we'll be humored
in his whim. It would soothe his
wounded pride and re-establish his
damaged self-respect-
"You insist upon this?" Andrews
asked now. "After all that I have
told you?"
ct do" was the decided reply.
Every WELL" Andrews agreed. '1
will have my stenographer draw up
the document"
Ten minutes later the paper was
| handed to David for his signature,
which was witnessed by the office
boy.
Putting 1t or
'I will keep this" Andrews said.
until you ask me for it 1 hope
you will think better of it later on"
"I never SHALL" was the obstinate
reojinder. 'T know you consider me
a fool. Probably 1 am. But do
feel better for having set down in
black and white positive proof of
the sincerity of my convictions and
intentions.
And now" with a quick change
| of tone, 81 ami going to promise not
to trouble you again for few days.
I think" nonchalantly, that I will
! run to New York and get some
decent Clothes"
'1 was just thinking how we'll
dressed you are" the lawyer re-
marked.
David smiled as he glanced down
| at his well-fitting garments.
This is the spuit 1 bought when
| I first struck this country some
weeks ago-before I learned how
! poor I was. Then, when 1 went
to work at a job, I took another
name and put on other clothes"
He did not say what kind of work