The Washington herald., 1919-02-09
NEWS OF THE
AUTOMOBILE WORLD

There is in our midst a parsonage
none other than DR.. w. B. Buckley.
the inventor of the tire ease. and
which Up to a very recent date, was
manufactured In the District. Doc"
is now engaged In the business
and has a proposition which listens
J as follows: He has tire named Old
Hickory and DOC is authority for
! the statement that the tire Is all that
the name implies and that 1t Is Just
as tough as Old Hickory. too. He ha~
formed a company styled as CO.
operative profit-sharing company of
car owners united in an ideal plan of
saving money on the cost of their
; guaranteed 60O0-mile tires by cutting
oat the middle man and saving his
large yearly profits. A cash discount
of IS 1-3 per cent is given by the COM
pany on all sale of tires to original
holders of not less than two shares of
its capital stock. This discount to
stockholders means a big yearly saw
ing on tire cost. 1t represents a cash
dividend of sl7.5S on each average
sized tire purchased. doc" states
; that figuring six tires to each car as
the yearly need the above average
cash discount will amount to S105 As.
!, This is equivalent to a yearly divi-
; company's capital stock. a big item,
, eh In order to increase membership
in this proflt-sharing plan the COM
pany has set aside a portion of its
full paid and nonassessable stock to
be given rs bonus with each sale of
tires until this bonus stock offer is
withdrawn. The amount Of bonus stock
to be given i'm each case will equal 40
!; per cent of the purchase price of the
tire. For example the car owner buys
tires when needed at list prices less
5 per cent until his purchases amount
, to sl25.O0. The company thereupon is
sues him two fun shares of its capi-
tai stock-amount 5000. The bonus
given is equal to a dividend of 10 per
cent on each tire purchased. All
stockholders therefore have a financiaI
interest in the success of the business
: and the volume of profits/to the COM
pany may be indicated BY the magni-
tude of their Cooperation. This looks
J like an unusually attractive propos-
ton TO the discriminating tire user
Earl Edgerton, of the Harper
Overland Company, stated that IL
business was any better it would
not be right. More power to you.
, Earl
We won't mention any names, but
} a certain local dealer stated that
any man who couldn't sell cars now
couldn't sell bread in a famine.
Noticed a sign in a certain sales
: room today which read as follows:
Don't smoke-If your life isn't
| valuable. gasoline is" Looks like
| said dealer is firm in his belief that
an ounce of advice is worth many
gallons of gas.
You can never win the heavy
weight title by doing lightweight
stunts, SO "Bil' keenan,. they tell
us, Is now selling five-ton trucks.
Luck TO you, Bill. in your new line
: of cndCavOr.
Even an electric button won't ac-
camplish anything unless it is push
, led and many times the same thing
applies to certain machines. How
about it?
A certain wclI-known dealer start
cd out on a trip to Baltimore the
other day and got stuck in the mud
just outside of Laurel, Md. Remem-
Der, that men who do things by
halves. will always find themselves
: in hole.
Mr.. Hurley. of the Hurley Motor
Company. is selling Nash cars like
hot cakes. Ten new cars have been
| sold since the 18th of January.
Nicholson. a very recent acquisition
to Mr.. Hurley's sales force, Is incl
IDENTIFY proving very adept and ef-
( ficient salesman and is more than
: holding up his end of the game. Go
to it Nick.
, Had a letter from Frank G. Stew
: art the other day and Frank states
) that just as soon as Uncle Sam gives
him his freedom Papers he is going
to get things underway towards the
. promoting of a racing meet to be
held at Bennng track in the near
, future. Frank always was strong
on the racing stuff and has taken an
active part in the pulling off of sew
eral very successful meets in the
past.
The Warrington Motor Company.
agents for the Chandler. report the
!, sales of three cars during the past
i week. coupe. a sedan and a dis
patch car to Mr.. C. w. Hamilton,
president of the Capital Traction Com
pany: Mr.. NJ. Block, of 1853 Park
Road northwest. and Mr.. F. s. Hol-
brook. OF 24l5 Twentieth street north
4 west respectively. Mr.. Warrington.
. president of the firm is in New
York attending the auto show now IN
. progress and likewise to attend a
meeting of the Auto Engineers So
! ciety. Our old friend T NJ Mudd is
holding down the fort in Mr.. War
; rington's absence. Thomas says cv-
erything is lovely in his line
Just because a camel can go eight
days without wafer don't think that
your car can do the same. Give it a
drink occasionally, even If Washing
ton is dry.