The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-12
F. 0. B. The FACTORY

The Importance Of export trade in
ne general business of the Barley
Motor Car company, Kalamazoo, is
shown by the fact that during the last
be lays this concern has shipped to
foreign lands no less than rs motor cars,
built to special order. These automo-
blles were consigned to dealers In IA
cities in II countries beyond the con
fines of the United States. The
'koamer' Is growing in popularity, as
shown by the fact that agencies in
Osaka, Japan, Bombay, Calcutta and
Madras, India, Havana, Cuba; San Juan,
Porto Rico; Pernambuco and Gao Paulo,
Brazil; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Copen-
hagen; Denmark; Athens, Greece; Lis.
bon, Portugal; London, England, and
~Sourabava. Java, have received cars and
most OF them have large standing orders
remaining to be filled. Mexicans have
placed orders for these cars, which are
to be shipped as soon as 1t is safe to
send goods into that country.
The 20O-mile national championship
motorcycle race at the Ascot speedway,
Los Angeles, Cal, was the most spec
tacular and greatest national cham
pionshtp ever held there. Ralph Hep
burn on a Harley Davidson shod with
GOODYEAR motorcycle cord tires, estab-
lished a new worlds mile track record
for the distance-time 1 hour, IS min
utes, 81 S-5 seconds. All eight ma
chimes finishing were on Goodyear
motorcycle cords.
The Jordan Motor Car ompan of
Cleveland, has just distributed SIS, 900
IN premiums to its employees. This dis
tribution is in fulfillment of an ar
Tangement announced by Edward S.
Jordan, president of the on
Jan, |, in consideration of efforts to
improve and increase production. All
employees who have been in the Jor-
dan service two years or more, received
a premium of Is per cent on their pre-
vlous years compensation. They are
designated as the blue ribbon en-
ployes' Those who have served the
organization n year or more but less
than two, are designated the green
cent. Other Jordan employees whose
term OF service has been less than one
year are In the white ribbon class"
and received 10 per cent. The Jordan
company began business less than three
years ago, and a majority Of its origin
al personnel are still with the o~rganiza-
ton. TIL distribution of premiums is
the latest evidence Of their marked
success. The company recently doubled
It's capitalization and declared a stock
dividend OF 90 per cent.
ITO determine the average mileage
the auto Wner in a pleasure trip in
the evening after the days work is over,
an investigation among $50 owners / in
a mlddle western city of around 300
600 population, resulted in an average
OF 81 miles, says w. l.. Kissel, secre-
tary and treasurer Of the Kissel Motor
car company. SiXty-two per cent stated
that they would make longer trips If
the roads permitted. IS per cent stated
they usually made their trips out into
the country. From these figures 1t Is
easy to see that more good roads will
increase the growing popularity of the
automobile which will in turn HELM to
guild up communities. relieving conges-
ton In the crowded cities, create a wild
er circulation OF money, increase real
ty values, lower transportation costs
people"
Mr., A. T. O'Connor, secretary and
treasurer Of the Columbia Motors com
pany, manufacturers Of the Columbia
SIX, says That their record of drive
aways offer very convincing proof of
the tangible value which has been re-
sulting from the tremendous amount of
good roads propaganda. Before the
war said Mr.. 0'Connor, "a drive
away was a rare thing even to close by
points. Along with other companies. we
adopted this method of delivering cars
as an eXpedient during the war time
freight congestion. Instead of discount
ing, however, when this congestion was
relieved our shipping department
records show that at present a little
over 30 per cent of all Of our produc-
ton Is being driven away from the fac
tory by dealers. We have carefully
charted the country and have proven
mat within a radius of from 400 to 600
miles 1t is much cheaper to ship cars
by drive-aways than by freight.
When Americas great transconti-
mental transport train gets under way
over. the Licoln highway, two Cadillac
touring cars will be included In its van
guard. Never before has such an as
sembiy OF motor cars and trucks at
tempted to cross the continent. Bear
ing the Indian names Navajo" and
Apache the Cadillac cars cali to
mind those darn skinned Americans
who blazed our first trails and high
ways. This tour Is expected to serve
as an extended service or performance
test Of the several standardized types
of motorized army equipment, and will
start from Washington with san
Francisco as d destination, The
great strides in motor manufac.
turing and transportation during the
past few years were well demonstrated
by the performance Of the American
automobile in France. The Cadillac
cars which will participate in this
epoch making journey are of the same
model as those chosen as the standard
seven passenger car for the army.
The Franklin Automobile company
has Just been awarded a government
citation in recognition of It's policy Of
re-employing without question all men
aud women h left their work with
the company for wal service. More
than soc returned service men have been
given jobs since the signing of the ar
mistice,
Were not afraid of telling what