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The Washington times., 1921-02-26
AUTO FACTOR In MORALS,
SAYS EX-COV. E. STOKES

Says E. c. Stokes. former governor
OF New Jersey. and president OF q
bank In Trenton, N. j.:
"Next to the church there Is NO
factor In American life that does so
much for the morals OF the public a
does the automobile. Formerly the
pleasures Of life divided the family
The father had one avenue OF recre.
alton. the mother another the child
rem another. Today our roadsides ar
crowded with the family picnic par
ties, carrying their lunches with ther'
and taking their outing as a unit
Any device that brings the family to.
gether as a unit in their pursuit c
pleasure 10 a promoter OF good moral
and yields a beneficient influence that
makes for the good OF American
civilization. II every family In the
land possessed an automobile family
ties would be closer and many of the
problems OF social unrest would be
happily solved. The banker who says
that a device of this kind Is non-es-
sential possesses q narrow vision and
falls to see the far-reaching influ-
ence II has for good. The automo-
bile Is one OF the country's best min
listers and best preachers"
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
ROADS WEAR QUICKLY
WHEN THEY LACK REPAIR
Maintenance Is Weakest Link In
American system.

The weakest link in our American
system of improved highways Is its
method of maintena writes Alex
,nder Johnston In oanuary MOTOR.
re shall never achieve real progress
good roads development until we
medy this condition,
II Is the present habit among road
,uIlders In this country TO lay down
hard surfaced road and then leave
3 trustingly in the hands of Provi-
ence. This bespeaks bland and
lildlikc habit OF thought which is
spring. but unhappily IL is costing
le country a good many hundreds of
Millions OF dollars in pre- nature re-
pair expenses and needless rebuild
Ing costs. No other product of mans
constructional genius Is subject TO
quite as many vicissitudes of wear
and exposure as the highway surface.
Millions Of vehicles of varying weight
are passing over the road surface each
year. In addition 1t is subject 10 con-
stant attack by the elements, rain,
snow. sun. cold and heat All are
free to do their worst. And they take
full advantage OF their license. The
total cost OF repair rnd rebuilding
operations thereby made necessary
would stagger not humanity. but the
taxpaying section thereof. II pa
trolman Is constantly watching any
given strip of highway and on the
frst sign of a break gives first-aid
or summons the repair gang to do
somewhat more ambitious Job, there
will be no potholes to dev lop into
great gashes that necessitates re-
1t Is the old saying Of the
stitch in time" Amy one of our
really effective road surfaces will last
for years enough to make an ade
quate return on the money Invested
in II, II II Is given proper attention
II the "if" could be eliminated there
be no more stories of high
ways built from the proceeds Of bond
issues and rebuilt long before the
amortization of the original bonds.
And that is precisely the sort OF
financial wildcatting that makes good
roads progress difficult.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
IMOTORI /
l'DIOEST |
X,AAP

In Tokyo. Japan. there 10 a reEistra-
ton OF a2l2 automobiles.
Approximately 100000 bankers and
brokers In the United States own
| motor cars.
or the 1900 motor vehicles stolen
In New York last year. fewer than
5000 were recovered
Legislatures In forty-t three States In
the Union are working on 5000 bills
for the regulation OF motor vehicles.
In Washington, a bill authorizing
appropriation OF 500. ZOO. 900 for road
Improvement was passed by tho
House.
A fye-gallon can OF gasoline retails
In the Argentine at anywhere from
. pesos to l6 pesos Zone peso equals
SO.424o).
To relieve the traffic congestion In
the ctnter CT the city OF Philadelphia,
all ieft-hand turns In the business dis.
trict are prohibited.
While the United States has one
automobile for every IA Inhabitants,
England has one for l60 inhabitants,
and France one for 1oS.
According TO estimates. fourth
OF an American citizens income Is the
limited means to spend on the upkeep
OF a passenger automobile.
The toolmakers are the highest paid
or any automobile workers, making
from $50 to $40 a week, plus time and
half for overtime and holidays.
A background OF gold and numerals
and letters OF black is the color COM
bination adopted by Tennessee for the
1921 automobile license plates.
In Belgium. the three largest auto
mobile factories In the country are at
present capable OF turning out weekly
between twenty-five and thirty nm
ished cars apiece.
Between 800, 900 and $50, 900 people
were employed in automobile factories
roll amounted to moro than $780,
00O, 900.
Spark plugs of British manufacture
are made to nt the American automo-
bile, while the American spark plugs,
as rule. will not serve for British
made cars or motorcycles.
In the states OF Victoria and Tas-
mania, the consular district OF Aus
tralia, there Is a registration OF ap-
proximately 22.265 motor cars and
trucks. and 1926 motorcycles.
. Eight attendance officers in Seattle,
Wash, constantly search the city in
7"sse rar automobiles and roadsters
Tor school children who have a
tendency - play hockey"
Insurance. companies in New York.
in the future, will pay rewards only
for the arrest and conviction of
thieves Of automobiles, instead of Of
fering rewards for the return Of stolen
cars
or the 3.o51 automobiles imported
into Belgium during the nrst ten
months of 1920, 1905 were from the
United States, 903 from France, 152
from Italy. 40 from England, and I3o
from other countries.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
CAR GROWTH PROPHECY
MORE THAN FULFILLED

Not many years ago a student OF
transportation announced that even
tually there would probably be as
many as 100000 me tor vehicles in
the United states. The wcll-known
welkin rang with the oerisivo laugh
tee that this prophecy evoked.
Reliable statistics just complied by
tfc Goodrich organization show rat
there are now 9,29r 252 motor h'cles
: In operation throughout the several
States. This means that there IL a
car for every 1I.S Inhabitants Of this
more or less free republic. Does
anyone care To prophesy as to what
the end VIII be7 Not we forsooth,
remembering the previous efforts Of
the welkln ringers.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
ONE GOOD ADVICE
ON AUTO REPAIRS
{ zen Letter to Those Who
Want Practical Electrical
Service.

Dear siT-You have en- sutomooils
d n Ia electrically equipped. res
iat 10 correct. Nearly every automo
ie has some Kind OF electrical equip
snt: and you say that you have hsc
Ouble with yours, too. Well. that IL
Z unlikely. as no matter what sys-
m II may be, there is always pos
bility OF IL being rendered inenicleni
some such calamity ss an accident,
sleet, abuse or ordinary wear and
'ar.
MATTER OF ADJUSTMENT.
Perhaps the nature OF your troubls
as only the matter OF a little sd-
stment. or perhaps the replacement
an inexpensive part; but anyhow
hatever IL may have been. II was
cessary for you 10 have II rectineo
some service station. IL is not un-
tely that a few days after the re-
ir was made some more trouble de
loped that made IL necessary for
"a TO return TO the same service
ltion to have them look into the
liter once more. Perhaps you took
rs good -naturediy, or perhaps you
re dissatisfied with the original
rvice that had been rendered ana
u began to imagine that they were
quite givinI you q fair deal, or
at perhaps they were not quite COM
tent to take care OF your apparatus
umsn beings are strange creatures.
rent they2 Did you ever realize that
iirectly we come In contact with
omething we do not understand. our
imagination begins to work. and we
hink all manner OF things. and the
'xtent OF those thoughts vary In pro-
,ortion to the size of our imagina-
'ion3 Some of us have abnormal
maginations. haven't we?
Tho very first thing that you must
earn Is TO have faith and confidence
IN the concern that 10 doing your
work for you. II you employ them
handle your repairs. trust them
The Washington times., 1921-02-26

human. We can all make mistakes.
and Ia many cases that lack Of sers-
Ice which is blamed on the repsirm2n
may not be his fault At all. because
the cause that may have made the
frst repair necessary Ia all probabti-
- ssAksAs6 soAzs etk1f peftts1N ~
the system which never made itself
evident until the machine wss put
back into service again
The mex thine that you have any
trouble with your electrical squir-
ment and Il IL necessary 20 have IL
repaired. let them know where you
take II that you are going TO donate
your share OF the service as we'll 90
they. and you can rest assured that
the results will be entirely TO your
Satisfaction.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
9 1926
o bs9.T6
1 202.e 90

81 I 202 90
We are Informed that the list price
less the sale price should be divided
by the total list price. which in this
case would mean that 81, ,202. go divided
by $6,792.36 would be equal lS%.
using this ngure on a sale at retail,
listing at $40 less 1Sz, leaves an
amount of $500 subject to tax fgured
at 0% would make the excise tax col
lected Al cents.
Is this your understanding OF the
application OF the excise tax law in so
far as sales of parts at retail q e
concerned. or do you understand that
We are to collect 5S on the retail
price OF the article?
Your advice and Interpretation will
6s greatly appreciated.
AUTO DEALERS REPLY.
Our reply follows:
You are advised that the procedure
outlined by you for determining the
TAX on an article sold at retail In
entirely proper. but when the tax Is
averaged in this manner II is n, ces-
aary, OF course. that the average tax
DC collected not only upon the articles
seld at retail but upon all articles
seid whether wholesale or retail.
The regulations as drawn contem-
upon like articles for example, SPOT
lights. wind shields. axles, each as in
dividual Items. Your letter does not
explain whether you mean by "iike
articles" Identical articles. Tho reg
ulations were framed to cover only
such Identical articles, but IL. as you
apparently have done. you have av-
oraged your articles over all that you
sell, which shall be either manufac.
tured by you or bought upon cer'ifi
cate, while the regulations do not
specifically allow such latitude, we
are advised by the depart ment that
such general averaging will be al
lowed.
TO DETERMINE AVERAGES.
In determining your averag s. how
ever. you should figure them on the
basis OF the monthly sales for a
month, preceding by the next two
months, the month for which the re-
turn is to be made and while no diff
bculty will arise in the event that
averages once determined are con-
tinued for at least a year thereafter
1T an examination of your books by
the tax inspector indicates that the
ratio of your sales is changed so that
you have not collected sufficient tax
the Government will hold your firm
for the above amount. There is no
criminality, however, in over collect
ing the tax, provided 1t is based on
average figures and provided further
that all Of the tax collected is re-
turned.
The net result is that you average
these taxes at your peril and II your
ratio should change SO that the Gov
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
Auto Exports Grow.

The export of automobiles from
the United States in 1920 was double
that of 1919, amounting to 142.50s
passenger cars and 29,126 trucks,
which Is four times the number ex-
ported in 1918. They were shipped
to all parts OF the world.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
Figuring TAX ON
i /! SALES DIFFICULT
National Auto Dealers Tell How
81 Retailers May Determine
,ss ,s Their Averages.

1.-THE following communication has
hson received from the willys-over-
iond Company branch. Denver. Colo; I;
sSrhs question has arisen at this
trench as to the correct manner OF
Computing Goverpment excise tax on
automobile parts delivered at retail.
lit has been explained TO US that tax
should he computed on the average
Wholesale price for which like articles
are sold at wholesale. for example /:
II during a month We made sales as
follows and at discount shown:
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
Wanted to Match His Name.

OF the many odd requests for mo-
tor licenses received In Wisconsin.
corresponding to street addresses,
telephone numbers, ske OF the owner,
etc, 70. Tsusend. OF Madison, specified
his desire for license No. 1000 because
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
AUTO PL0TTERS SENTENCED.

Two men and o woman, members
of band OF International automobile
thieves, were sentenced to two-year
terms by tho Federal Court at Detroit,
when they pleaded guilty to plotting
TO steal cars and ship them to
Sweden.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26

ernment does not receive the full tax
you will be held for II. while IL you
over collect II the Government win
take 1t all. - National Automobile
Dealers Association
The Washington times., 1921-02-26


and give them your conndsnes. and n
5ou cannot do that. then have moth
ng 10 DO with them. Electrical sery-
oe can never be rendered alone. its
uccess depends upon the co-Opera-
ion OF the man who gives ID and tho
aan who wants a. A Esil&os ssssies
tation will do its utmost, otherwise
would not be In businessi but ~
you are not willing 20 Cooperate and
hslp them. then you can never expect
o get IL. Let me tell you a few ways
that you can help. In the nrsts place,
keep your engine reasonably clean.
Don't expect a mechanic 10 spend .
couple OF hours cleaning away the
mud and grease before he can md
what he 10 looking for. Good men
resent this class OF work and Il helps
10 lower their interest In the Job
and why shouldn't Il. toor
SHOULD GIVE 1T BATH.
II you think that much OF your ma
chine not to give Il . bath occasion
ally. why should you expect someone
'lse 20 take an interest In IL for your
And again, IL you respect your engine
IN that manner. what's the use OF
making a nice Job for you. because
YOU would never appreciate IL. You
must get away from the idea that all
work 10 rated In terms of doliara
That 10 entirely wrong. While there
Is a necessity TO have q money value
to place on work. yet there is an In
terests that Is taken by q man that
money does not buy. IL should be
your aim to stimulate that interest In
stead OF suppressing IL. When you
are advised as to the necessary repairs
that should be made. abide BY them.
You must learn 10 submit TO superior
knowledge, and q concern that has
devoted its business TO that branch
OF the automobile 10 better able to
tell you what is needed than you are.
Never stand near . man while he
Is working on your car and offcr your
advice. because he In no way needs
H. Remember. you are buying his
skill. not his society. When you come
TO look over things. you cannot help
but marvel at what has been done for
your convenience and comfort. Think
Of all the functions that are per-
formed and then look at the size OF
the units performing them.
Never think that you are being neg
iected when you have to go back twice
over the same Job. because you can
rest assured that the concern has as
little desire to see you as you have
70 see them. You know that we are
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07
WHAT EFFICIENCY IS AND ISN'T

Efficiency" is at once the most abused and the most important word in the dictionary. It is upon every bodys tongue, but unfortunately not in everybody's practice. For real eff ficiency of the individual, in spite of 3u the talk upon the subject in re- cent years, is rara avis. Many have take it to mean a kind of noisy bustl- ing of which an important accompani- tnent in business life seems to be the giving of much sage advice and the writing of many letters filled with striking statements that mean noth- ing on analysis, and many epigrams that are catchy but untrue.
 Real efficiency, however, consists wholly and solely in doing your job to the very best of your ability all the time, and trying to improve your ability-and that's all. It isn't any of those mysterious things you have been led to believe. Many who never read a single book upon the power of the will or upon how you can transfiX the world with your mag netic eye after perusing Professor Somebody or others volumes, possess it in high degree, while others whose systems are fairly saturated and reek- ing with professional, magazine-ad. efficiency, are rather worse off at the end of their days work than at the beginning. They are over-trained.
 The true test of efficiency is pro- duction and not oratory The man who mauls two rails a day where his companion mauls one; the laborer who is so interested in turning out paper-board-if paper-board is the thing he is paid for turning out-that he forgets to watch the clock; the lawyer who so systematizes his day that he gives needed attention to all his clients without sighting any-all these persons are efficient
 Efficiency, in truth, is not a recent discovery It is as old as mankind. Noah never had read a single book on how to pierce the populace with look or hold it spellbound with his voice, yet good old Noah in building the ark and getting all his family and two members of each kind of ami mals aboard, displayed efficiency, of high order And perhaps he didn't know he was efficient. And neither do those who are that way today.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07

and part of three summers. Judge Bunnell has been on the bench in the Fourth division five years. In that time he has been outside three times twice on orders from Washington. He has really had but one vacation. He has three times left his division to help other judges in their divi- sionS. He is known from one end of his division to another as a very hard working official. Once he was ordered to visit the department at Washington after he had called a term of the district court and caused jurors and witnesses to be sum mOned. He wired the department, protesting against leaving his work, representing that to leave at that time would cost the government $20,000 or $25,000 and cause lot of inconvenience to the people, liti- gants and lawyers of his section. His request was granted, and he re- mained on the job.
 The Alaska district judges have set very high standard for faithfulness to the public service. In fact, they ought to have more vacations than they take-they are entitled to more under the law and regulations that govern their employment, The situ- ation would be improved for all con cerned if an extra judge were given the terriory.-Juneau Empire.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07
BRITAIN SHOWS BIGGEST PRO-
 FITS FROM WAR

The British empire profited most in great war. Financial reports from foreign and domestic sources re- ceived by the Savings Banks Associ- ation of the state of New York show this.
 In 1914 the total estimated wealth of the principal countries involevd later in the war was $698 100000, GOO. The total aggregate wealth of these same countries today is approximate ly $S19,0 9,00O,O00,00O, an increase of S121 100000, ,000. At the beginning of the World war the bulk of the worlds wealth-$509, ,00O, 900, ,OOO-be- longed to the entente and the United States. The central powers held $129, OOOO0,OO0, and Russia $5O.O00,- 000,00O
 Today the estimated wealth of the United States is $30O0O0, 100000, a gain of O,OOOO0O,OO0 since 1914 The estimated wealth of Great Brit ain now is approximately $230,O0O,- 000,000 as against $1300O0, ,OO0, ,0OO when the war started. This big gain is due to the wealth added by the MesOpotamia oil fields, African terri tory taken from Germany and elim- ination of Germany as a trade com petitor.
 The addition of Alsace-Lorraine, re- duction of German competition and the German indemnity has added ap- proximately 35,O0O,OOO,OOO to the wealth of France, which is now es- timated at ,OOO,OOO0OO, as against $65 900, 100000 in 1914.
 Italy and Belgium have added about one-third to their national wealth, while Japan has gained about 50 per cent.
 Germany, of course, was the heaV- jest loser in aggregate wealth. By the loss of territory, investment, merchant marine, foreign trade, to- CT, her pre-war wealth of $85,000 O00,- 900 has, according to one authority, probably been reduced to about $20,- 900 0O0O,0O0. Austria-Hungary also lost heavily. Her present condition is such that it is doubtful if she is worth $1,o0o,00O,OOO, although before the war she was worth $40,000, ,000,- 900, Turkey and Bulgaria have been reduced from about $4,000, 100000 to $1 900 100000 or less.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07
ALASKA NEEDS ANOTHER JUDGE

Lawyers and others are again dis cussing the question of a floating" jRdge for the United States district court in Alaska-that is, a judge-at- large who could be sent to assist one Of the regular district judges when in need of assistance. And there is merit in the contention that an extra judge is needed, though it is probable that if all the work on the territory could be centered so as to eliminate the difficulties arising on account of the distances in the territory that four judges could do all the work.
 The present United States district judge ill Alaska have given a good test to the capacity of four men to do the work, because they have been on their jobs. With the possible ex- ception of Judge Brown, who has been away from the territory a few times on account of illness, the judges in Alaska have not utilized an average of the allotted thirty days va cation year Judge Jennings is now on his first vacation in more than year, and he has gone, dur ing the nearly eight years he has been on the bench, two years at a time without vacation at all. Usual ly his vacations are short. He has earned a reputation as a hard work ing court. Lawyers have complained that he worked too hard. In the Sec ond division, Judge Holzheimer has been on the bench for more than three years, and he has had just one trip outside in that time. He has been at Nome four winters, all of two
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07
THINGS WE THINK
Things Others Think and What We Think Of the Things Others Think.

A sharp is not necessarily man with good points.
 There are some things anyone can noise, for instance.
 Apparently some people ask ques- tions merely for the pleasure of an- swering them.
 Some folks think they are putting one over on a corporation that in sures them for 5000.
 A prominent man recently made an address in which he said, No people can rise higher than it's womanhood " Well, that's high enough for us.
 If fish bait would only grow in the same place that the garden needs dig ging, wifey would not need to worry about getting that part of the work looked after.
 There are very few people in this wicked world who have become so hardened that they will not admit that at least a reasonable amount of religion is good for person.
 Men make fun of women because they stick so close to the fashions yet how many men are there going around without hats Ga certain pre-,
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07

Ventative of baldheadedness) or wear ing decllette shirts (which would be a very comfortable, and not i'm modest, mode of dress for summer wear).
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-28
GRAND RIDGE

The cold weather last week did a
good bit of damage to little crops in
this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Porter were VS.
iting relatives in Georgia last week.
end.
School closed at this place last Fri
day after n very successful term.
Mr.. Woodward, travelling salesman,
was interviewing our merchants Tues
day.
Mrs. ]. C. Trammell. Of cambridge,
returned to her home last Sunday, af-
ter spending the week with her sister,
Mrs. z. B. Bradley.
Mrs. Alice Singletary is the guest
of her daughter. Mrs. c. n. Horne, at
Blountstown-
Prof c. B. McKeown and his estin-
able family, have moved back to their
home at Sneads.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. B. johnson sympathize with them
in the death of their baby, which oc-
CURED last Tuesday. The remains
were laid to rest at the Shady Grove
cemetery.