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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
INTEREST NOW TURNS
FROM PLEASURE CARS
TO THE BIG TRUCKS
Show Opens in Overland Warerooms
Monday Morning at 10 A. NJ. for
Benefit of Work-a-day Folk
IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWN IN
THE MANY NEW WORKING CARS

Out with the pleasure cars, and in with the tractors
and trucks the sharp order the tip OF J. Clyde
Mytons tongue, hinged, usual light, make the
announcement carry all over the huge Overland plant
this evening after the passenger show event
OF history. Hundreds of extra help notified to-day
to be the job for the whole of sedan mou
Snes and roadSters had to be moved to give the
first traCtOrtruCk exhibition staged in Harrisburg
1t will through three days OF week and, while
the passenger week beat all records it is believed that
agricultural and industrial Pennsylvania will go after
this as Mr.. Myton aptly puts it, like Great Dane
eating cream puffS. Do asked whether this that
make is view. The who cannot be satisfied with
this display never will shake the cods from his feet
New and Up-to-dae
Everything about the machines is and
OF the improved features manifested by dozen
bts OF enclosure friction parts weight
$500 5000 pounds drop-orged roiedeel gears acces
by parts price of Sl0O $1,000 three-plow machine
hitting to local conditions; antcon bearings
vast application Of automobile knowledge.
Everybody interested in this the first show its kind
here realizes that transportation and distribution
VIII be largely by automobile service thus relieving the short
motor is no longer an experiment Uncle Sam evidently
believes for he intends to distribute S2oOOO0 in the three
ea III aauIo 10 the 9ooOCoU already provided among the
several States engaged in road building Each State be re-
Warded IN proportion to its expenditure highways.
Recognize Need of Good Roads
Are the local dealers of this? You bet
erno and legislators responsible for passing the $0OOOO roads
bond appear the they would get an inn
petuous reception Help yourself and III help YOU saws Uncle
sam who will probably appoint Federal Commission to insure
high standard OF road building repair everywhere
Contemplating this the truck dealers confident OF great
factories should be working night and day recent wear
or many producing companies showing here now on
50 to o per cent Government work and they that the
etng OF these orders will all interfere with resumption
OF normal production
Work Take New Life
Contracting all kinds
one manufacturer will take lie and here big
field for those who fitted for this work But GOOD
roads may do more than all indicating demand trucks
OF all sizes"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22

met all requirements, and thus we
have Cleveland caterpillar. feet
by 4 ~ capable of turning on a ten
cent piece. or thereabout.
What can these tractors do?"
grinned Mr. Watts. why, plough,
harrow, cultivate. plant, haul; any
thing and everything. On ordinary
soil they will average acres a day;
on some soil 10 acres. The con-
sumption of gasoline is ten gallons,
the oil. two quarts. 1t costs $500
to plough five acres. and the best
team of horses that ever kicked can
not do more than two acres per day.
What's that. narrowing and seed
ing? Why, those demons can cover
80 acres in 10 hours on eleven gallons
of gas and two quarts of oil. IL
takes mighty good pair of horses
TO narrow acres in 10 hours. Three
teams could barely equal the tractor
IN pioughing and five in narrowing"
How about home folks. the man
with couple acres?"
Gee whtz! Nothing but eats for
this country. Garden tractors have
only been with US year and they've
made the greatest hit of any motor
machine. We are sending them out
by the dozen and there are hundreds
OF inquiries. This Beeman tractor
will do as much cultivating in ten
hours as two horses: the West got
onto this long before the East, but
she's there now with both feet The
first time we showed these garden
tractors here folks called them a
toy. Too small; too foolish look
ing they criticised. Pretty soon the
truck men at Penbrook, Linglestown
Enola and Shiremanstown and all
about began to take an interest. espe-
cially when they were assured that
a gallon of gas will run one of these
clod- busters for hours. Buying
one for group is getting common.
and the man with 10 or Is acres
finds that he can prepare and culti-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
RECORD MADE BY
ARMLEDER TRUCK
Run 21 Months With Less
Than Fifty Dollars Re-
pair Bill

One of the best records made in
truck operation in this vicinity re-
Gently was that made by an Arm
| leder Truck and reported to the
local distributors for Armleder
trucks, The Harrisburg Welding and
Machine Company at 9S South
Cameron street.
The particular truck in question
was purchased from the HARRISBURG
Welding and Machine Comnanv
twenty-one months ago and has
been in constant operation since
covering a distance of more than
eighteen thousand miles. It is an
express truck and is Used in haul
ing Practically all kinds of materials
and in talking to Mr.. Hayward. the
manager of the Harrisburg Welding
and BraZing Company he saws. This
truck usual hauls considerable
overload. Recently it made a trin
to Philadelphia and return in one
day and on the road home there
was S,4O0 pounds which is consider
able of an overload. The actual
repair work on this truck has been
less than fifty dollars since we sold
it and it is in splendid condition To-
day."
Armleder trucks are built in two
different sizes the two-ton and tbe
three and half ton models bv the
Armleder Motor Truck Company of
Cincinnati. Ohio. The local dis
tributors have been handling these
trucks for a couple of years and
are enjoying an increasing business
One of their spccialties is the dunn
models used in hauling river coal
and sand. Several of these trucks
are now in operation and are prov
ing highly satisfactory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
GENERAL USE FOUND
FOR BIG TRACTORS
Clod Busters Have 1t the Cloud Busters For Bringing
Returns Investment

Talk about cloud-busters, those
nervy lads who flip and flop up in
the air ten thousand feet. well, they
are exciting. but have you ever seen
Shirley b. Watts at his steady job
of clod-busting, busting the placid
earth'with tractor, the animal which
is going to make America the gar
den spot of the world. An humble
employe of the Harrisburg Automo-
bile Company, at Third and Kelker
streets. Mr.. Watts took it upon him.
self only one year ago, so young a
monster is the tractor in these parts.
this demon of the soil and last
Spring saw him ploughing up war
gardens for the citizens. 1t was
only a teaser. The tractor will be
a cynosure for thousands at the auto
show. beginning Monday at 10 a. m.
Those long wide spaces will be given
up to myriad styles of trucks and
tractors which have proven their
value and only wait now to be gath
cred in by the ambitious public.
Armed with Cleveland and Bee
man tractors, Demonstration Watts
will have plenty of company, for all
the big manufacturers are on eX-
hibit at the show, but it is Harris
burg judgment that he will hold his
own, having drummed through the
Susquehanna and surmounted the coal
pile of the Harrisburg Power and
Light plant. What tractors mean is
a big topic and the best way for an
amateur to learn something is by
concentrating on one person who
knows the facts.
Mr.. Watts does not mind telling
that he is but an amateur; the first
companies to inject the tractor in
this section were the Frick Com
pany, Huber and International. The
beginning saw big clumsy four
wheeled affairs and builders soon
discovered they must produce some
thing smaller and more economical.
Only about two years ago Rollin
White discovered the animal which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
PRODUCTION OF
AUTO TRUCKS IS
ON THE INCREASE
1919 Will Be Banner Year of
Ever-Growing Industry
Now on Peace Basis
BY Windsor T. White, Chairman
Motor Truck Committee, National
Automobile Chamber of Com
mCrcc

So great was the demand for mo-
tor trucks during 1918, that the
annual production of American
makers increased from almost 45
per cent over the previous year,
making sc, ,410 for the war and more
than 175,000 for civilian use as
against 10000, including 1928 for
the war during 1917.
While the War Industries Board.
to conserve iron and steel required
for shipbuilding, railroad work,
guns, munitions, etc, required truck
manufacturers not to exceed during
the last half of 1918 one third of
their individual production during
1917 and the first half of 1918 for
essential civilian uses, the aggregate
output for all of last year was large
ly in excess of that for the preceding
year. This was due principally to
the great increase that had occur
red in the first six months. How
large this increase was is indicated
by the fact that from January l to
June 80. 1918, there were produced
for civilian purposes 9O,917 COM
mercial vehicles as compared with
109,S65 during the twelve preceding
months-more than 80 per cent as
many in one-half the time.
lnSlStcnt Dcfnanu
Production in the last half of last
year was, because of the limita-
tions set by the Board and the in
ability of manufacturers to secure
parts and materials. just about the
same as during the first six months,
the total output of civilian trucks
for the year being very close to
$4,000.
This does not, however, represent
the sum total of activity of the
industry. In the twenty months
from the entrance of the United
States in the war to the signing
of the armistice, the truck manu-
.acturers accepted contracts for the
production of 204,760 military
trucks. During 1917 they delivered
1928 and in 1918 completed &C.,
410 on war contracts up to Decem-
Der 1.
There was an insistent demand for
many more civilian trucks than
could be supplied last year and
there was ample capacity to build
them had the materials been avail
able. Many of the leading manu-
facturers were devoting all their
facilities to war work. so that they
were unable to fill even the urgent
demands of city street cleaning de-
partments. public service companies.
[Continued OH Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
THE DAY OF THE
OLD GRAY MARE
HGONE FOR GOOD
Enter the Horseless Wagon
and the Mighty Truck in
Industrial Fields
90 the old grey mare

90 the old grey mare
She kicked against the 1ChiGlc- tree ?"
Yes, sir. the old gray mare was
a-plenty in those days, some 20 years
ago." narrated Andrew Redmond. Har-
risburg distributor of the Chandler car
and the Vim truck, n pioneer agent for
horse-less wagons, as lie cooked up n
foot inside one of his dossy touring cars
at the big show. And you may give
credit for the fact that this city now
has a matter of roo motor trucks to
the men who were formerly in the
carriage. harness and bicycle business.
We were the fellows who had the vision.
the faith and persistency. Why. I re-
member attending the national conven-
ton at Terrace Garden in New York.
carriage men, SO per cent, and all but
two of us were afraid to mention the
word automobile Orders were given
not to print it in the trade journals
for fear the carriage builders would
be offended. also that advertising would
collapse. Upon taking a vote only three
OF us opinioned that the motor would
replace Dobbin and the old grey mare
I take some pride in recalling that the
Harrisburg representative had enough
un-horse sense to declare before the
assembly: Figure as you will. gentle
men the auto is CoIIlllS W stay anu lle
carriage man, with his establishment
his paint. tools. furnace, likewise the
bicycle man and the hardware stores.
they are the people TO handle this new
American activity
Filled with this determination 1 came
back home, but met with little en-
coura cement, starting out with a piano
box Waverly electric, which l converted
into a truck and which attracted the
attention of Herman Astrich. who was
finally persuaded to use it for carting
millinery About the same time Harry
Dodge embarked in one and we used to
stand at Third and Reilly to see if he
could negotiate it as far as Sixth street.
II did not bother with gas at this
time for the explosions were not satis-
factory and 1 waited for some standard
system to heave in view. Harrisburg
simply would not have a heart in the
novelty. l put on a one-ton fiat bot
toned electric truck to haul the horse
vehicles from freight trains which once
unloaded here plentifully; bolted the
machine right on to the vehicles, erected
a paid of skids and you should have
heard the kidding; Bats in the belfry,
he's got they yelled. selling carriages
and hauling them with an auto
Nevertheless. the wise ones began to
take notice and as gas became usable.
quite n few made trucks out OF their
passenger cars and l believe that the
first one 1 accomnnoda ted was Mr. Aber-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22

Taken for granted that the auto
truck is firmly and for ever with us,
vast interest in the tractor is appar-
Not a stone is being left unturned
10 accommodate the purchaser,
whether farmer or truckman. Direc-
tons to dealers of this wonderful
Implement remind them they should
select a tractor of right design for
handling; get proft-paying dis
count; decide to become educators;
educate the farmer in care and
operation; give prompt service; get
pay for service; and lastly, have
backbone and common sense
The Old and the New
The enterprising squad of sales
men at the show appear to have all
kinds of common sense, one appeal
ing to the purchaser by showing the
difference between the old and the
new, and the latter do not vary
much. They are pretty nearly as
uniform in outside appearance as
the new model motor truck.
Most of the new types have
four wheels.
They have vertical four-cyl-
inder engines in front.
They have an enclosed cone
OF disk clutch.
They have a gearset that is
unit with the back axle with
every gear enclosed.
The rear wheels are driven
through n live axle shaft just
as in a truck or motor car.
1t is true in not n few cases
the gearsets arc pretty heavy
and the gcarbox housing the
gears is very bulky, but il is
great tractor improvement to
sec the gears all housed and
oiled as in n motor truck and
to find the shafts carried on
roller or ball bearings.
The unparalleled record for sales
right off the bat in the passenger
car show is taken as sure indication
by the Harrisburg dealers that the
same will take place at the three
days exhibition beginning Monday
morning, with trucks and tractors,
so it's farewell Friend Horse.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
WAR TRANSPORTATION
PROBLEMS SOLVED BY
MOTOR TRUCK CORPS
Delivered Men and Supplies to Gen.
Pershing a Critical Times With
No Delay and at All Times
BATTLES WON ON A WAVE OF
OIL, BRITISH CABINET TOLD
BY GEORGE VI. GRAHAM
Chairman, National Motor Truck Committee of

o
The story of the truck in the could best be told
by the Motor Transport Corps France Numerous
the work of the trucks abroad have appeared the
newspapers cabed written by American correspondents
ached the complete story appear
will have be in the form OF book, will be
extensive for publication in newspapers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22

THE TRUCK SHOW AT A GLANCE
Auspices-Harrisburg Motor
Manager. Clyde
DaeS-NarCh
Hours-Monday Il. nd Wcdnc
VI. VI.
Piacc-Overland Harrisburg
Accessory Exhibits included.
MuSic-Municipal
Special Exhbs-army Tank Aeropancs, Liberty and Rotary
Motors
IIummelstown o
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
Please Read Carefully

Let these points sink in and
then you will fully realize what
far-rcaching benefits are en-.
bodied in the Abner Davis Trus-
tee Plan:
1. I am your Trustee.
:. I receive no commissions.
>. receive no salary.
4. I take no profits from leases
turned into the Trust.
.. positively agree TO return
YOU a full 100 per cent OF your
money by paying to you % per
cent OF the first profits and re-
investing the other 90 per cont.
8. ] then positively and defn-
iteiy agree to pay you another
100 per cent in the way of divi-
bends, the same TO be out: Of the
next 80 per cent OF profits and
the remaining 80 per cent to be
again rcinvested or pyramid ed in
the extension OF the business,
and for earning more profits.
:, BY this means all OF your
money is made to work for you
from the start.
s. zoo per cent is to be actually
returned to you In cash.
Q. a handsome sinking fund or
REIMBURSEMENT fund is put back to
work for you out Of the profits
earned.
10, And then all ask is an
equitable and fair share Of the
profits TO be earned from that
time on.
II. 1t is. am sure. plain 10
YOU that | am giving you more
for your money than anyone ever
offered you before.
Il. WHY
II. Because this is my Plan.
and it IS tho last word in fair.
square dealing-proht-s sharing
Man TO Man"
II. Ny plan. enables me to
build from the start and not
cripple the investment by taking
my profit before any profit is
earned.
Is. Ny Plan means that ] can
build q great institution that will
live and prosper, and will make
all the money ! need. and viii.
mako money for every investor
16. II means that success Is
made certain because the causes
OF failure have been eliminated
at the start.
II. There remain but two
things 10 conaider--they are the
two big things:
Have got the foundation: Can
| set the money to build with
is. Abner Davis Wells Nos. 4,
and demonstrate the founda-
ton is Well laid: and my bank
account proves that I ann getting
the money in abundance TO carry
out nv Plan
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
Dividend Payments and
Extensions

as per cent OF first profits goes
direct 10 those who furnish mo
money, % per cent reinvcsted for
extending the business until the
whole principle invested by
every one is returned,
When all your money has been
returned, then so per cent OF ali
profits goes direct to you as di-
vidend and SO per cent Is used
for further development and 10
earn tur,her dividends.
l hold oil property as Trustee
for YOU just the same as all
money ] receive. Trust funds
must he handled a. such | make
no reservations, / claim nothing
as my own. Until have re-
turned YOU two dollars for every
one you invest, ask nothinK--.I
claim nothing---I want nothing
for myself, l have unlimited
confidence in my Plan. know
what ! can do. know success
is assured and have removed
every temptation and swept aside
every entanslinE alliance, leav-
ing SUCCESS ONLY a. tho means
OF proht to me,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24

snec.stiu. operst!cns an The long side From
:. ., ~! aGSliuc o! .! 70 " points there wa. =
To-. Irrr "ss,erdsys ana prices. Iuv
o. me- gain: or 32 To 81 points
.op' c.bics and = favorable weather rlap
VT I' tpohsioie FOR lower opening ana
.1lhE increased following the read!r- OF
NJ WceklS crop reports 4; 10 O'Clock While
tHts" reports were no: !4VOrab bic enough TO
s so .AHeine h.ariSh opinion, they sill mad
L'etu'en IN themselves sufficient good TO o n .
courage moderately heavy selling Bulii,h
r-nctS to!nte'i out that Texas MAS too az,
ara thst There was cutie general complni T.
pt inc cn"ct or cold weather. Du: no rra /!
hour. " NV"
~. ne MARIE advarced &, was widen.
'nst tHH '!nG had been caught short M
.imo-t scnsa t!ongt .purt. I'm the nrir. -,
cured, Tow. ri the end there w.s les a..
highest. " ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
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COTTON LES

new YORK. April :3.-lIcavy ami general
yirS. led by Wall Street and Western
|rrators. promoted 4 strong advance In The
Ii:on market IN the last half Of the session
|dSy. aud prices sold into new high ground
|r the contracts following heavincss due Ia
Hing ina: was encouraged by ables iron,
f,ris telling OF less favOra bic DEVELOPMENTS
the peace conference. The name OF q
continent SPECTATOR connected with
(c purchasing movement in gossip around
10 ring. News from tho spot markets o;
be South and from the goods trade hcipc,
restrict fresh selling for short account
Cioalng pricps were practically ~ tho
Sh. representing a not advance OF Is 10 ;,
bintT on now contracts: o.d stNe contracis
|SpGt at New orleans quiet: rnid,Ii!nc nm.
|,auGed 1T :.h cents. The sales were Ia.
'ics. Snnt hire was, auie; at 2S75. an al.
|Ttcceipts 81 ports: Galveston. lI.St0: Now
|rieans, 1851: Mobile, III. Savannah. liS.:
!lnInEton. IS: Boston. 10: Augusta l. 1872
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
|ULl MARKET ADVANCE
MAKES TRADERS DIZZY
ost Stocks Arc Selling for Less
Than They Arc Worth, Ono
View OF Deals.
HORT INTEREST WIPED OFT
|o'iccs Arc Operating and Their Er.
rorh Arc beginning To Show Up.
fouth Starts With $1,000 and Now
Controls Many Shares.
ny ultoAnAN MAII

NnEW YORK. April .3.--Th.s is -
red m ,etrisar an right but !, has en-,
iy skit.ish. inexperienced traders
aaSS,, become dizzy when the ,nnrsin
erk makes his rounds, II is true
Ian they are worth wien measured In
w KIND OF money that Is In circula.
pn now. But when thcro is such
'' ,S az IS going, on now II Is welt
i ,nt not mislaid the aavinks bank
,Upening irregular .oday. the s,oc.
aahtt turned weak in several depart
t, mh's. bug IN tie afternoon had a
iu advance into new high prices fo.
imsrous securities. This advance was
rsely at the EXPENSE or shorts II
ems, that nearly everybody had sold
little steel short ms a hedge. The
'n,d movement in the market
t"o, oui this short interest 70 large
lca the, stock sank 20 i0l Tho
noie market turned weak. and tho
Csc Was confusing
fnalicr. but IT IL becoming notorious
3at inexperienced traders are over
acenacd; In several houses today
Inc volume or stocks they wanted
carry. In ono Office the hcavicsi
aaer Is a young man, VINO started In
'nuary With only $1,000. He's carry
thousands OF shares nov. He has
, idea that he knows how Rockcfciicr
cory. "'F
specIaIties Arc strong.
Snecia!ties were particularly strong
Jay, new high record prices being
united BY the dozen. Among them we're
ch securities as Missouri, Kansas and
s Nas. hJHH, Cs!ilorn;a Packing. Mali
on Fipc, philadelphia Company.
hiy--somc o. them most excellent
cufit!cs. but none Of them a stock
AZ Would DC considered a substantial!
arnet leader. The rails which were
arked UP the day before were irrcEu.
them.
Warming 10 Spectators.
,ohserNativc banncrs feet that Il is
ne 10 yarn the public aSains, the
~ hoth!n3 now 20 maze million share
tys OH inc curb or TO have stocks
ublc their prices from one week 10
fother. Many OF the stocks thar
VIC made these wild advances are
out under cover OF the
ats and dogs tina; vii! bring oniy
rroW TO the homes into which ,rci
Ic being introduced The mining and
lists should be scru,nized by pur-
The mere fact that stock has adj
.tcrcncc 10 the mining stock quota :
ms oi Twelve years ago would be
eful 10 the present traders.
E L. YORK Anfil 2, .,Merc.au,e PAPER
mmst.,.! sis,y-dsy biii. or banks, Hsi,.
s9lim ri, s.H'%.d.Y oi. ...,,.: demand
by days. ninety t.ya ana six months i,
az g.. nh1nry hrm; ruling RATE. ;. BsnE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
Finally

II live ! will carry out my
plans. will succeed beyond
your fondest exnectati tons. lr !
die ! have prepared TO take care
of you. and am ma sing applica-
ton for quarter or 4 million
dollars in life insurance TO be
paid to you whom ! am acting
for as your trustee.
II live will redeem every
promise.
if die the Insurance Com
NAMES Will indemnify you. There
will be but few days or hours.
perhaps. before actual dividends
are bo!ng earned from We'll No.
4, and the others will then come
right along.