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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
SOME TIPS ON
TIRE BUYING
A Few Practical Suggestions
for the Man Who Wants
Mileage.

Whenever a business fiourishes there
always spring UP, as II overnight, dog
ems OF cut-rate shops which sell similar
products at such attractive prices that
ready sales are made. We have to-day
over one hundred legitimate tire manu-
facturers and OF this number perhaps
fifteen supply practically the whole in
dustry and all motorists. The smaller
ones remaining and the cut-rate shops,
the seconds shops, the retread shops,
take care Of what little business the
legitimates do not handle. But that
business Is growing and each year new
motorists and even thousands Of old
ones buy cheap" tires Buying cheap
tires Is like looking around for the
cheapest doctor in the neighborhood
when some ono IL dying. The value you
get from a tire Is expressed In cost per
mile. not in cost per tire. At the outset
then let 1t be emphatically stated that
the best tire will be found to be the
cheapest in the end, that the man who
looks for cheap, cut-rates. obscure-make
tires, &C.. can get them but Ais cost per
mile will usually be higher than that OF
the owner using standard make first
grade tires.
In every large city to-day there are
along motor row and sometimes away
from the row. shops which display the
slogan: STANDARD makes SO per cent
of" or something OF the sort. Tho un-
wary Is led to believe that he will get
let us say, a regular first grade Good
year or Goodrich or Firestone or Re.
public at so per cent. or 80 per cent
less than the branches of these repu'
table concerns can sell them. Entering
some OF these shops (not all OF then
do business on this scale) you may f1nt
that the tire has a name embossed upor
II, but the name Is strange to you 1
might be Jones or Smith or some nam'
you never heard OF In connection with
tire. You are told. however. that 4
is q standard make and that the Smitl
| company is one OF the largest in thu
business. Or. you might be told tina
the tire Is made by one OF the larg'
makers but simply branded differently
Il is not. Reputable makers take prid,
In stamping their name on the tire. SOM
tire manufacturers 90 good part o
| their regular business with these con
| Germs making up tires with any nam
| the dealer wants. embossed on the side
Some factories market tires through va
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
CORNELL BACK WITH DIAMOND
war Hero Comes Home When
Fighting Ends.

p, L. Cornell has returned to the
Diamond Rubber Company as New York
advertising manager. the position he
held before enlisting in the army. He
will resume his work tomorrow, devot-
ing his time to bringing about closer
cooperation between dealer and jobber
Before coming to the Diamond. Mr..
Cornell was manager Of the George A.
westerman Advertising Agency. Later
with J. Emmett Cade, who came to the
Diamond in September. 1917, and who
Is now with the A. e. +. In France, he
handled the New York end OF the big
gest and best advertising campaign ever
carried out by the Diamond.
When this country entered the war
and called for volunteers. Cornell de-
cided his place was at the front, and
waited impatiently until the time came
when he could leave his work. He
Joined an ambulance unit made up sole
ly of college men and trained at Allen
town, Pa. He was with the first detach-
ment Of the A. z. F. that landed In
italy. and his section, together with sew
enteen others. was attached to the Ital-
ian armies 1t was not long before the
Austrians began their triumphant march
down the plains OF Italy with Venice
as their goal. Mr.. Cornell saw action
in some of the hercest fighting along
the Piave and in the battles of Vittoric
Veneto. Asiago Plateau and Monte Ca
velleto He was cited by the Italian
| Government shortly before the Aus.
| TRANS gave in. and received the Italian
War Cross
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
TRAILER PEOPLE
NOW ORGANIZE
Hold Interesting Meeting Here
and Make Many Important
Recommendations.

After an all day session of the execu-
tive committee Of tho Trailer Manufac-
turers Association. held Thursday in the
headquarters for the organization
opened May at 10 West Fortieth
street, resolutions were passed indors-
ing the Townsend bill. providing for
the creation OF Federal highway COM
mission and tho construction of a ma
tional system of highways; ex-
tending a vote of thanks to
the National Automobile Chamber
Of Commerce for its efforts in point
ing out to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue that traiiers and semi-trailers
are not taxable under the revenue act
OF 1918: directing the general manager
to draft provisions regulating the use
of trailers and endeavor to secure their
Incorporation in the uniform traffic bill
prepared by the joint committee OF the
Association Of State Highway Ofiicials
and the Highway Industries Associa-
ton empowering the manager to work
In conjupnction with other organizations
in the matter OF endeavoring to secure
reasonable and Just legislation affecting
trucks and trailers in the States of the
Union instructing the manager to make
a study OF the subject Of uniform bills
the adoption OF such bills Of ladlng by
users of trucks and trailers, and to in
vestigate insurance as relating to trail
ers.
Interest and discussion centred chiefly
on adverse legislation and ways and
means o. educating the public to the
advantages and economies Of the use
of trailers and highway transportation.
The trailer standards committee was
appointed to confer with the truck
standards division OF the Society OF
Automotive Engineers In the matter OF
Standardization as related to trailers.
The committee consists OF w. r. Hud-
son, engineer for the Troy Wagon
Works Company, chairman; II. @. Farr.
engineer for the Martin Rocking Fifth
Wheel Company. and H. W. Perry. gen.
eral manager Of the association.
The campaign to interest other trailer
manufacturers In the activities OF the
association and to increase the member
ship was outlined. and the committee
irdorsed the use Of q standard cost &C
counting system by truck and trailer
of controlling trailer brakes pneumati'
caily.
Members of the executive committed
In attendance at the meeting were a,
| follows: w. z. Ferris tOhio). presi
| dent; r. c. Sykes (Troy). vice-presl
dent; w. r. Bonds (DetroiD, c. H
Martin (Martin). and H. M. Wood
| tTrailmobile). representing ]. c. Ende-
! brock, secretary-treasurer.
There were also in attendance 1oca
representatives Of several Of the com
panies. including IL r. Miller. Phlla
| delphia representative for Troy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
A Dodge Used for Bulk Goods.

goods. The space back of the drivers
seat measures nine feet. This one ton
car is equipped with 35x5 Firestone
pneumatics that enable 1t to develop
great speed.
One of the reasons for the popularity
Of this type OF Dodge car, as well
as the others, Is its ability to render
continued service and to reduce main
tenance and operation expense to the
minimum
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18

in the United States a. wonderful per.
formers. but which have not been buIlt
with view to economy.
The foreign customer has inherited 4,
certain sense for the beautiful which
makes him desire q car OF pleasing an.
pearance. AS far as cleanness, style ana
dash are concerned, tine medium priced
automobiles Of the country are not al.
ways equal to the British French ana
italian makes. Those who are in touch
with oversee buyers know that the pros.
pective purchaser " not satisfied with
quality alone, but also exacts beauty
of design, a certain attention and car.
to detail and fitting Of component parts
and a high class finish throughout.
Black chassis and black or very dart
bodies are not popular abroad. Bright
colors appeal to the foreign taste. II IL
requisite that parts be polished. bur-
nished, nickel plated or otherwise painted
and finished neatly and carefully, To
the American buyer this may appear in.
significant, but the foreign trade will.
ingly and gladly pays for the "attractiy.
appearance"
There IL a big opportunity for iron.
erly designed American export automo.
bile to enter the foreign markets and
establish itself thoroughly.
The American Motors Corporation has
in the recent months devoted its atten.
ton to the development OF foreign trade
and IL now marketing for export a car
to fill the requirements OF the oversee,
markets.
This car Is assembled from guaranteed
units and is built ITO stand up" in coun-
tries where service Is not always A,
readily, obtainable as In the United
| States.
AS an instance, in some foreign coun
| tries where cars are hundreds Of mills
from service stations or garages, Il 4,
| difficult to obtain distilled water for
the maintenance Of battery equipment
| While one could at a pinch do without
lights, ID is impossible to do so without
a motor The American Six export car
IL provided with a double ignition, tho
motor being equipped with high ten
| sion magnetic, thus affording an inde-
| pendent ignition; this feature is in ad-
dillon to the usual battery and distribu-
tor ignition which is also maintained
The American Six combines the good
features of the European and American
makes. It has been designed to win In
the scramble for foreign trade now that
Europe. having donned its working
clothes, competition of the keenest kind
Is bound to follow. American Six carr
are now running in Australia, Japan,
Java and Peru and other foreign coun-
tries and are meeting with great suo-
| cess
The American Motors Corporation IN
shaping its export campaign along me
broadest lines possible, making every eff
fort to get close to what the foreign
trade requires.
BY presenting car comprising beauty,
quality and economy Il will leave no
4 lingering, hankering after the former
European sources of supply and will
succeed in establishing its product thor
oughly in the principal cities abroad,
bringing credit to American industry In
every quarter of the globe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
GRIP LOCK A REQ FEATURE.

To the average man WHO has never
used commercial vehicles in his business
a motor truck is simply a motor truck,
light or heavy as the case may be. I'm
I'll he studies the matter of delivery Of
goods by motor vehicles instead Of by
horses he usually harbors some erro-
neous ideas. These are changed only by
actual experience.
James ]. Hunt. general manager OF
the REQ Motor Car Company OF New
York. in speaking Of this matter a few
days ago cited several examples Of
truck construction details that may not
occur to the average prospective buyer.
For example, q buyer OF a stake truck
may not stop TO think that stake con-
strrction on a model motor driven wagon
has to be different from a horse wagon
of similar type" he said. NOW. wood
swells and shrinks. and any fixed form
of socket therefore fails to hold a
wooden stake solidly. II made tight At
II is hard to release in wet weather
IL loose At It gets too lose in the hot
morths or in a dry climate.
ITO overcome this difficulty the REQ
engineers have devised a grip lock. The
stakes onto which the various body at
tachments nre built are set in sockets
formed by the extremities of the pressed
steel body braces. Each socket is split
to permit the aperture to spread and ad-
NIT the stake. The socket Is then drawn
together by a thumbscrew or wing
nut which clamps the stake firmly in
place. This Is a thoroughly mechanical
and therefore thoroughly satisfactory
solution OF the problem. II always holds
and yet the stake is easily and quickly
released.
"A stake truck which Is merely
equipped with ordinary sockets inva-
riably permits the load to wabble and
l sway from side to side. with rattle and
wear resulting"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
AMERICAN SIX Is
BUILT FOR EXPORT
Meets Exacting Requirements
Demanded by Motorwise
Foreign Buyers.
ny c. E. MERTzANoFF.

Export Mondoer, American Motors Corp.
The average American automobile
manufacturer, working the lines Of least
resistance, has devoted himself entirely
to the domestic requirements, paying but
little attention to the demand for ca
suitable for export Every exporter In
the United States knows perfectly well
that It is useless to point out to the
manufacturer that special attention must
be given to cars ordered for export Al
though. happily, the former idea OF the
manufacturer that anything is good
enough for export" is gradually dying
away.
with tho supply Of European automo-
biles cut Off during the past four years
Of war. all foreign dealers have been
compelled to import American automo-
biles, whose attraction was the low price
as compared with the European pre-
war makes. The home markets are 30
huge that the American manufacturers
still continue tot study the needs OF the
American markets first, with the result
that the modern car manufactured In the
United Statea though wonderful value
at the price, does not I'LL the require
ments of the colonial buyer to the ex-
tent inc nSuropoth car uiu liz pie"e'
times.
It has exacted too high a maintenance
price. It has been too big, too power
full. too extravagant on fuel, oil and
tires, and too frequently In need OF re-
pair. The kind of automobile the ex-
port wants is one in which economy
| Is q strong feature. The foreign buyer
! will gladly pay a higher initial price
| for the right car IL one could be made to
! suit his requirements; a car In which
great attention and care has been paid
| to appearance, one whose maintenance
| cost over a period of years will make a
good showing. not one which Is at for
the Junk man twelve months after ser
vice.
with the foreign purchasers It is not
so much what will she do on high" but
what will she do to the gallon" In
many countries automobiles are taxed
according to the cubic displacement OF
their engines; also 1t must be remem-
bered that gasolene abroad costs two
to ave times as much as in the United
States From the aboveNjt will be readily
understood why those cars which have a
reputation for an economical operation
are preferred In the above mentioned
markets to those which may be known
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18

Dodge Bros. business car chassis are
adaptable for all motor transportation
that requires carrying capacities rang
ing from thousand pounds to two and
o half tons
The accompanying photograph shows
a special one ton panel delivery car
purchased from the Colt-Stratton Com
pany by F. A. Ringler. The chassis
has been heightened to a 144 inch
wheelbase, on which IL mounted body
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18

rious channels of trade and sell as many
as six different brands of tires. and
these may all be Of the same stock and
design yet differing in list price. Tho
list Is really a joke because the tires
never are sold at list at all. II the
tire is listed at $50 you are told you get
so Off and you pay s25, which is per-
haps more than the tire IL worth.
Then there are the seconds to be con-
sidered. Practically every manufacturer
Of tires has a certain number OF RE-
jects'' which he disposes of In the best
way possible. These rejects are bought
up by dealers. who purchase In large
lots. Included with the rejects are "old"
tires or those which have remained In
stock or on shelves for a long time. When
you buy second" you take a chance,
and II you like TO gamble, buy seconds
Such a tire may last ten miles or 1t
may run 1000. II the tire blows out
in a short time you lose, though 1 have
known OF some dealers In this class Of
goods who guarantee a certain reason
able mileage. II you can get a guaran-
tee from a dealer whose word you can
accept and the price Ia right figure tho
cost per mile on a basis Of the mileage
mentioned and compare 1t with the cost
of a first grade tire made by a reputable
concern.
There is another class OF tire shop
which handles used tires which they PICK
up from dealers along motor row, from
junk SHOPS where cars are turned In
with one or two presentable castings.
from owners who have a few spare
tires and then buy other cars with diff
ferent size tires, &C. The only bad
feature about buying a second hand
casing Is that you can't tell how far 1t
has bnU
in 1t. You can't tell by looking at 1t
or even examining 1t closely. fabric
break may not be visible, and such a
break may cause a blowout in a few
miles.
| Retreads are in another class. One
| firm / understand was in the business
| OF actually manufacturing retreads and
| selling them to owners as new castings
AS matter of fact an old tire carcass
properly retreaded may. from the ex'
terror look like a new tire. The tread
may seem new, but what good is G
tread? In the first place the tread merely
protects the fabric. The fabric is tn,
zeal tire. Secondly. there are goot
treads and bad ones, and the motoris
cannot tell what he Is getting by look
ing at the tread. This is not a con
demnation Of retreading. because a goot
carcass Is worth retreading. There are
many frms which retread old casingi
in which the fabric is still good. and tn,
owner gets a good return for his money
am pointing out the error of buying tire,
the very cheapest sort which apparently
are new but which are merely redresset
old tires. The best advice regarding
tires is worth repeating-buy the bes
you can afford. initiate and care fo
them properly, and you will get thu
greatest service per dollar expended
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18

the nt IL too loose. The ring must 90
freely. In its groove and at the same
time not show any UP and down play.
Some workers place red lead over the
ring sides SO that after ut OF this
kind the ring may be removed and the
shiny high spots noted and fled down
and another At tried. This is all right
and may even be done in the first in
stance when the ring Is fitted in the
cylinder. In this way tapping the ring
in the cylinder is avoided. though with
most rings 1t is almost impossible to get
a perfect fit without tapping.
After the bottom ring has been fitted
It would be q good plan to again check
the end clearance by squeezing the ring
as tightly as possible in its groove and
measuring the clearance with a gauge.
Then fit the next higher ring In the
same way, and so on up to the top.
When you have fitted a piston move the
rings around so the ends are not in
alignment. squirt some oil all over the
rings and piston sides and the work is
done.
There are two or three points that
the owner might consider as regards
fitting and in relation to the rings them
selves. Never stretch a ring too much
because most rings when stretched ex-
cessively are so out OF round they won't
At. Don't try to buy the cheapest rings
| OF course II Is a difficult thing for the
owner to be able to determine q good
design; but as q matter Of fact some OF
the patent rings on the market are nc
better than the ordinary diagonally-spli
or step-joint rings. In fact the latter
are to be preferred to some of the patent
ones, at any price. On the other hand
there are certain patent piston ringt
which are ideal. the writer having one
in mind which seems to fulfil every
need Of such a part
Readers desiring any assistance in the
selection of rings should not hesitate &c
write to this department
As a last bit of advice. do not star
any of the work until you have found
out all about your particular engine. Il
might have aluminium pistons of a GER
tain type and require totally different
clearances than another engine. Thu
top ring in some engines is fitted differ
entity than the rest. These are thing
which cannot be indicated for ever,
engine in one article, hence It will b
necessary for the owner to ask the deale
or maker for the ring clearances for hi
particular engine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
LUBRICATING SPRING LEAVES.

The Job OF lubrlcating the leaves OF
AM automobile spring is not an easy
task as 1t !s usually carried out with
leaf spreader. BY placing two jacks
under the frame OF the car and lifting
tho end up, the weight of the vehicle is
removed from the springs, so that II Is
eaEy to work grease and graphite in
arnong the leaves by means OF a hack
saw blade or similar tool.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-05

Owing to prevailing high prices the
market value of our eggs last year
was much more than that of all the
precious metals we mined In 1918. It
was indeed much more than five times
the value OF all the gold and silver
mined in America. II the figures were
at hand 1t is not unlikely that we
would md that all the gold and silver
mined throughout the world during
the past four years would not equal
In minted value the output OF Ameri-
can eggs.
When one considers, not only the
food value OF the eggs, but also of the
meat, the Importance Of this farm
home side line" looms larger in per-
spective. 1t tempts one to cast pru.
dence to the winds and lay aside the
cares of state or Office and factory
and to forwith embark in the chicken
business.
But not so fast, friend Some of US
must keep store and others run the
postofhces and mail trains. Still 9th
ers must man the freight trains and
others build autos for those among Us
who must perforce find some means
Of disbursing our untold wealth.
business at the same time. What II
eggs should fall to cent dozen and
fat hens go begging at nickel apiece
Gaze on that side of the picture be
fore everlastingly tying up all your
money in anything which wears
feathers.
Still. at that, few contented hens
will make a cheerful noise in any
home yard. II you take care of your
chickens they will help take care oil
you and yours. This idea is spread
| ing and we shall undoubtedly continue
to produce more poultry and more
eggs from year to year.
And there can never be an over
supply Our wants have been increas
ing faster than the supply has grown
and the future promises to be no ex
ception to the past in this regard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-05

Miss Effie Wilson, teacher OF the
Economy school, came to spend the
summer with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. A. o. Pierce. Miss Katherine
Pussey of Greenfield attended the
commencement and spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs Kelso Menden-
hail.. A large crowd ATTENDED he
commencement dance Friday evening
at theis place. The Dixon orchestra
furnished thte music. Those from out
of town were: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sherry of Hagerstown, Miss Esther
Burroughs of Jacksonburg, Misses
Blanche and Elmieda Linderman, Lee
la Kitterman, Helen Roller, OrvilIe
Beeson, of Richmond: Walter Renner,
and Mr.. Stegall of Williamsburg, Mr..
and Mrs. Emory Bowman of Cen
terville and Harry Hatfield OF Dayton.
-. Miss Leila Kitterman of Center
vile spent the weekend with her
parents south Of town. !. Miss Flos-
sic Men and mother attended the
music convention held at Muncie.. :.
Virgil Coddington of Winchester,
is spending a few days here. Miss
Geneva Brown of Indianapolis is
spending few days with Miss Iva
Margaret Nicholson. DR.. and Mrs.
Neff and daughters, F1ossie and Lou
Use, left Saturday morning for Gren-
field 60 spend the week end with
Mrs. ..eff's sister, who is seriously
ILL.,. Carl Sanders Of Centerville Is
| spending the weekend with Ray
Wise. Mrs. Myrtle Stamow of Cali
fornia and Mrs. Marie Maxwell Of Will
liamsburg spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Nicholson and
daughter. 80. Miss Myrtle Mendenhall
received lacerated wrist when the
| horse she was driving ran away,
| throwing her and Mrs. Eli Bane out
| OF the buggy on to a barbed wire
fence. -. '"he Missionary society of
the Christian church met with Miss
Linnie Hatfield Thursday afternoon.
The program follows: Devotional,
Linnie Hatfield; Organized Efforts of
the Eastern Women, Mrs. Elvin Ben
son; Oriental Women Working To
gether part y Mrs. Laura Hoover;
part p Mrs. Alpheus Martindale;
! Book Review (Chapter g. Women
Workers of the Orient, Mrs. Thomas
| Gunckle; quiz, Mrs. Harry Pagan;
Reading, The Painter of Sebille. Mrs.