The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-04
KISSE[ DECLARES
YANKEE PEP IS
BIC WAR FACTOR

1t mas Deen SAID lhat the american
ambulance and truck transport drivers
we're the most efficient Of any Of the
armies that took an active part in the
war" says w. l., Kissel, secretary and
treasurer OF the Kissel Motor Car COM
pany.
Quick thinking. quick acting and a
cool head at all times were the natural
results Of owning and driving either
an automobile or motor truck. The
American people as nation use more
lautomotive units In both their industrial
and social activities than any other ma
ton on earth. America has become mo-
torized. There Is one automobile for
every IS persons in the United States,
| The nearest any other country comes
to this Is that Of Great Britain with
one automobile to every 22S people,
This familiarity Is responsible for what
has been termed Yankee pep and
over half are acquainted with the intri-
cacies OF the mechanical construction Of
american snap judgment.
| Driving an automobile has become
second nature to over 5000, 900 owners
| in this country and Of that number
automobiles. This ability creates con-
| fidence-rhakes one unconsciously self
reliant II you don't believe it. stop
on some of the busy corners at the
noon hour and watch the cars wind
in and out Of the traffic, almost rubbing
| tenders with each other and where the
variation of a couple Of inches to either
the right or the left might mean serious
| accident
1T is due to the ingenuity of the
American motor car manufacturer that
his product today represents as near 100
per cent mechanical efficiency and per-
lection as engineering skill can make 1t,
This influence of the automobile Is
naturally felt In whatever other actiyi-
ties owners or drivers engage In For
instance, 1t Ia related that during the
drive on Paris that saved that Won
derful city from the hands of the Ger
mans long stream of motor transports
| which had been blowing through the
dark night In an unending stream, sud
denly came to halt On investigation
1t was found that the truck at the head
of the line could not pass through an
unusually narrow passage between the
| camouflage partitions on either side OF
the road without danger of touching
one of the sides To make the passage
more difficult there were reversed turns
| In the passage. One Of the ambulance
drivers walked on ahead to investigate
| came back and stated that he could
drive a truck through. which he did by
the simple means OF see saving back
and forth along the same lines he used
to employ when getting his car away
from parking spaces in New York city,
II was merely a matter of the other
drivers watching how the first one did
1t and following his example, On in
| vestigation 1t was learned that this par
| ticular driver formerly ran taxi serv-
| ice In New York city, where tight
places in traffic zones were common
occurrence.
! THE railroad situation today has cre-
! 49, -. t.. fan
| tically made to order for the hundreds
and thousands OF doughboys returning
| from France, who after many months OF
| experience In handling motor transports
are DESTROYS Of continuing this line Of
| work at home,
| THE needs for peace-time and in
| dustria motor transport corps Is great
err than ever now that the war Is over
and we have started on the work OF re-
construction. Americas industries are
| over loaded with orders, The demand
| for increased transportation facilities for
| this increased production Is vital and
| It is up to industrial America to en-
| ploy the motor truck
| "Kisse distributors In all parts of the
| country are reporting that the returned
| soldiers in their localities are greatly
| interested in motor truck operations and
| 1t Is not uncommon for such dealers
| to interest parties In forming a trans
| portat1on company which they operate
along military lines. This Is great
| thing for the transportation world and
is one OF the good by-products OF the
war. A knowledge Of motor mechanics
| Is an asset to any man who Is In the
business where the motor truck con be
adapted to his Transportation require
ments, This Is as true OF agricultural
| America as OF industrial America.
Distance today Is measured by sec
onds instead OF miles 1t has no longer
become question OF what can a firm
produce as what can be shipped or de-
| livered.
| Even the government recognizes the
| necessity Of promoting interest In the
operation and the maintenance OF the
| motor truck, The Transcontlnental
! Truck Train that is making the first
| overland trip from the Atlantic to the
| Pacific sea coast is conducting a re-
crulting campaign en- route for the ex-
press purpose Of interesting young men
to take the government course In truck
maintenance and operation. The gov
| eminent feels that men with such
| knowledge are an asset to the country
| AN asset that could be quickly real
| lied in case of war and one that can
/ be cashed In on during peace time to
help Industrial America meet the trans
| portation problems which 1t now faces
| and which 1t will have to face for some
| time to come