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The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
MOTOR CAR WORTH
DOUBLE TO OWNER
NOW, SAYS MAKER
Modern Automobile Il
Being Used Almost
Continuously.

The motor car Is worth at least
twice as much to it's owner today
as It was only few years ago"
said A. p. Kemp. president OF the
Auburn Automobile Company, sim
ply because the modern motorist
uses II more, intelligentiy.
"Just a few years ago the car
was used for the little fresh air
drive every day or so, and for nee
essary business trips around the
community. II was 9, novelty and
was taken out only on such semi
special occasions. Folks considered
IL enough enjoyment merely to ride
along the road. OF course, thou
sands OF motorists. seem to be using
their cars TO-DAY merely for getting
fresh air, but they are doing more.
making their cars more valuable,
They run all sorts OF errands. go
to market, take the children TO
school. make shopping trips. take
trips to neighborhood places, to
visit old friends, and for picnek-
ing. Most any motorist can tell
you of at least one or two wonder
full picnic places that heN has
searched out. perhaps twenty-five
miles or more from his home.
THE modern motor car Is used
therefore its full
est value is realized. This explains
why IL has come to be recognized
as a necessity in most homes"
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24

when homes and other buildings
are under way the basic industries
such as brick. lumber and cement
are active, together with the thou
sand and one speciality Industries.
such as hardware. electrical supplies,
routing, plumbing. glass. paint. etc.
When the buildings are finished and
ready for occupation another and
much longer list of industries is set
going. Furniture. linen. clocks, mu-
sical instruments, books, rugs, sill
verware, kitchen utensils, stoves,
curtains. chinaware and an innumer-
able variety of other products are
required.
Nothing could he more evident
than that a slowing up of business
means decreased demand for
everything required to furnish new
buildings, while an active building
industry quickens a surprisingly
large group of Industries and ben
efits myriads of people who hardly
realize that their prosperity or 9TH
erwise is largely related to the ques-
tion of whether or not the builders
have been busy. 1t Is therefore to be
hoped that II present conditions
should unfortunately require some
restriction of transportation before
they are settled, that such regula-
| tions should bear lightly as possible
upon the transport of building ma
! terials.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
GARAGE DESIGNED
TO HOUSE 3OOCARS
Ontario, on Kalorama Road,
Offers Latest in Convent
ence and Service.

The last word in modern garage
construction and equipment has
been added TO the service offered to
Washington motorists with the
opening of the new Ontario Garage.
street. The building was designed
after a careful study of similar
establishments throughout the
country. and II embodies many
features hitherto unknown In this
city. It Is constructed to provide
the utmost convenience for the
public and the utmost efficiency In
garage service. II will provide
ni.ht storage for between $50 and
3Ge motor cars.
By reason of the site chosen.
every automobile In the establish
ment will be at all times immedi-
ately accessible TO an entrance d.
rectly to the street. This is made
possible by reason Of the fact that
the lower floor Is on the Kalorama
roal level, while the entrances to
the second floor are on the level of
Seventeenth street. BY a unique
arrangement OF pillars and aisles
all automobiles will be in position
to drive out at Gry time. 1t is
estimated that any car stored In
the establishment can be delivered
on the street within one minute.
The new garage has been pro-
vided with the very latest equip
ment for the care and maintenance
of automobiles. New designs in
wash-racks have been installed and
tho Ontario will snecialiye In n new
method of motor car rejuvenation
called Simonizing, which Is claimed
to restore any automobile to the
appearance II had when II left the
factory.
A complete line OF accessories.
tools. and appliances will be Of
fered, and gasoline and oil tanks
have been conveniently located on
a street to street driveway.
The building has been leased and
equipped by DR.. F. Menefee. for
merly president Of Washington Col
lege at Third and r streets north
east. While DR.. Menefee will have
charge Of the business. he states
that he has undertaken the lease
specially in the interest OF his two
sons. r. C. and F. Menefee. jr. The
former Is an expert accountant and
will have charge of the accounting
department and assist in other de-
partments Of the business. r.
Menefee. jr.. has been proprietor
and manager of a large garage in
Chicago. and is an expert in every
feature that pertains to the garage
and in satisfying patrons.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24

Accidents on-the Highways could
be greatly decreased by the passage
OF uniform State laws requiring
every truck to carry a mirror. Civ
ing view OF the road Immediately
TO the rear. and by requiring every
horse-drawn vehicle. as well as su-
tomobiles. to display some sort Of
light when using the roads at
night.
This is the opinion Of n. o. El-
bridge. director of roads of the
American Automobile Association
good roads board. after making a
careful digest Of the trafic laws Of
all the States of the Union. Mr..
Eldridge. In a report to the secre.
tary Of Commerce. sets forth that
thirteen States haev laws requiring
the mirror on trucks. but that very
few have any regulation for horse
drawn vehicles. The States re-
quiring mirrors on trucks are ver-
mont. Washington. California, Con-
necticut. New York. Indiana, Ken
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
WATER IN "GAS"
EASILY DETECTED

In one respect INSCRIPTIONS gas
oline dealers and milk dealers COM
pare-they water" their stock.
Many autoists are being cheated by
having watered gas" passed of on
them. Minnesota's oil inspectors
have devised a simple test for dis
covering water in gasoline.
On the theory that water is
heavier than gasoline and will sink
to the bottom. 1t naturally follows
that a plain pine stick daubed in
cheap molasses will glide through
gasoline without having any effect
on the sticky substance, but on
encountering water the molasses
will come off. By dipping such a
prepared stick in a tank supposed
to contain only gasoline. the ex-
act amount of water in the bottom
will be revealed.-Pathfinder.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
TARIFF ASSURES
EQUALITY, THINKS
tWALTER DRAKE
Foreign Trade Expert
Discusses Conditions
So
Created by New Law.
RATE is LOWERED
American Makers Handicap
ped in Many European
Countries.

The newly agreed upon export
features of the U. S. tariff. assuring
equality OF treatment in non-manu-
featuring as well as industrial
countries. will stimulate American
automotive trade abroad" accord
ing to ]. Walter Drake. chairman Of
foreign trade committee of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce.
Under the general export fes-
ture the newly lowered automobile
rate of 25 per cent. IL conditions
warranted. could be increased by
one-haIf bringing it up to a maxi
mum of 37Iz per cent. If some
manufacturing country were un-
willing to allow a duty as low as
sS per cent on American vehicles in
return for an equally low rate on
It's automobiles brought into the
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
BRICK INDUSTRY
REMAINS ACTIVE

The most striking feature Of a
recent report is that in spite Of
great obstacles and much discour-
agement the brick industry has by
herculean efforts, kept up its VOL
ume OF production surprisingly
well. This was necessary to salts
fy the vigorous and sustained de-
mand for brick. The principal ad-
verse factors are the mounting cost
and scarcity of coal. unsatisfactory
transportation conditions and in
some localities scarcity of labor.
Meanwhile there has been only a
slight increase in the average price
of brick. A little short of 112.OOo.-
600 brick were produced by ninety
four manufacturers in the month re-
ported, as against 5000, 900 pro-
duced the month before by ninety
five manufacturers.
II present conditions continue
much longer the brick industry and
building generally must be disturbed
in ever-increasing ratio. While coal
Is now being mined In many dis
tricts, transportation is not satisfac-
tory. four out of the ten shutdowns
reported being because Of the lack
OF coal. In addition. five moe plants
report that they must close shortly
for this reason.
The surest indication that under
ying economic conditions are funda-
mentally sound is shown by the
great volume of building contracts
now being let in spite of unsettled
conditions; and it Is to be hoped that
the rail and coal difficulties will be
disposed of before they adversely
affect the construction Industry
more seriously than now.
The building industry is the kew
industry of the nation, and II ia 10
'e regretted that this fact is NOT
more widely recognized. especialIv
: many who WELD considerable in
uence in forming nuhlic nnininn
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
FINDS MAXWELL
LIKED in EUROPE
A. E. Barker Concludes Tour
OF Principal Countries
In Sedan.

A. r. Barker. vice president Of
the Maxwell Motor Corporation. has
just returned from Europe. where
he made a thorough survey of au-
tomotive trade conditions.
During the course of his visit Mr..
Barker. accompanied by London
representatives. travelled by Max
well sedan more than 1000 miles
throughout England. satisfying
himelf of the actual state of the
motor car market by visiting Max
well dealers.
The cars were almost Invariably
referred to as the most striking IL
lustration America has ever sent
abroad of the possibilities OF
massed manufacture when concen-
trated upon the production OF really
beautiful aid finely finished cars.
Mr.. Barker says that for o-.vious
reasons England is not for the mo-
ment and cannot be. until recovery
is more complete. a large market
for A american cars.
In France conditions are of
course prohibitive. and the same is
largely true of the rest OF Europe.
English business. big and little.
is fighting vigorously and doggedly
for a return to better conditions
and Mr.. Barker believes that Great
Britain will ultimately furnish a
demand for the good Maxwell far
larger than any developed in the
past. ut would be presumptious,"
says Mr.. Barker. ito offer any COM
ment on European political or eco
nomic conditions. The most that
can or should be said is that under
meath discouraging surface condi-
tions there undoubtedly exists q
realization on the part Of the ma
tions most concerned OF the des-
perate necessity OF continuing TO
struggle toward a solution"
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
EAT "LONG PIG" YET
IN NEW HEBRIDES

LONDON, Sept. 23.-Cannibalism
is still a fiourishing industry in the
New Hebrides, Western Pacific
islands. not for from Fill.
Ofiicers of the diminutive Sved-
ish motor-ketch, Fidrs. who have
just arrived in England after a
voyage of $4,000 miles around the
earth. declare they found the ma
tiyes Of the New Hebrides so keen
on their cennibal sports that travel
into the interior was abandoned as
an extremely dangerous under
taking.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
ALL BREAK LAWS
OVER IN GERMANY

BERLIN, Sept. 23.-war-time and
postwar restrictions are making a
nation of gentlemen law-break ers
out of the German people much the
same as prohibition in the United
States.
Restrictions against the use 60
hot water for bathing, laws gov
erning the distribution of apart
ments. distribution of coal, milk.
etc. have tended to make IL almost
impossible for the man without
money to get anything at all. But
the man who can slip a few hun
dred marks "hinten herum" OF "un-
derder hand has a better chance.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24

United States. steps could be taken
to have a higher rate up to STA
per cent apply.
In the extension of our trade
with non-industrial countries. the
general export feature Of the tariff
will also prove helpful. Finland Is
one of these countries. At the pres
.ent time American manufacturers
are at a handicap there. because
Frerch exporters pay duty OF 10
per cent compared with 90 per cens
assessed on U. S. automobiles. With
means now being provided. such a
discrimination would be discouraged
either by concessionary or higher
duties on paper and other pr roducts
imported into the United States
from Finland"
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24

to this waste oil an excellent spring
lubricant Is obtained. The method
of using the mixture Is to spray it
over the springs once a week. The
old furnishes the lubricating
while the kerosene keeps the
springs free from rust
The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
Utilizing Old Oil.

Most car owners drain the oil out
OF the crank about three times a
year, and as a general rule this
used oil is simply thrown away.
BY adding so per cent of kerosene
The New York herald., 1922-08-21
Professional Baseball.
Described rs a Commercial Exhlbi-
lion OF Highly Specialized Skill.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: With reJ
gard to your editorial article entitled
"Another Idol Falls let me say Il would
seem that there still exists belief that
baseball of the professional variety Is
a sport.
THERE'S a certain type of person bo"n
every second, and it must be from the
class composed of that type that the
fans are recruited misguided persons
who think they are witnessing sure
enough competition in the so-cailed races
in the various leagues.
The incident which called forth your
editorial article is only a symptom OF
the general disease of commercialized
sport. So long as the public persist N
believing that they are witnessing gen.
uine competition and fail to estimate
professional baseball for what it actu-
ally is. that is. merely an exhibition OF
highly specialized skill. to that extent
il will continue to furnish happy hunt
ing ground for that class who prey upon
the credulity of weak public and
weaker players.
Aside from such incidents as the
Douglas case it strains credulity to the
breaking point, notwithstanding Judge
Landis and other scenery arranged by
the ma agnates. to ask any one to believe
that the championship or world series
would, except by accident. be allowed 70
lodge in a city that did not provide the
certainty OF big gate. To throw games
to accomplish that would of course be
too crude and SAVIOR of rough stuff. The
astute business men who control profeS-
sional baseball are far too skillfui 10
permit the appearance of arrangement.
They therefore have rules which are
enforced with meticulous care under the
direction of a highly paid and respecta-
BILE commissioner; rules which even
moron must see are drawn with view
to the greatest possible financial return.
AS 4 competitive sport professional
baseball is n joke. AS an exhibition or
highly specialized skill it is great
spectacle, but let no one be misled that
II is anything more than that.
A LOVER OF BASEBALL.
STocKBRIpGE, Mass, August Is.
The New York herald., 1922-08-21
A Lie Rolls On.

THE New YORK HERALD directed
attention to a falsehood to which
circulation was given in the NeaC
English Reuieac in an article by an
anonymous contributor who under
the pen name "A New York Special
ist" declared that 1900 Harlem
school children were drug addicts.
The difficulty of stopping such a
lie after it has gained publication is
shown by the appearance in the
Times OF Bellows Falls, Vermont, on
August II. of the subjoined para
graph:
More than 1900 school children
in Harlem, borough of New York,
populated chiefly by aliens, are ad-
dicted TO the use Of drugs. according
to police statistics"
The Bellows Falls newspaper does
not give credit to any other publica-
tion or authority for this assertion,
which is as inaccurate as genius for
misstatement could make it.
Harlem is not borough of New
York; its population is not in any
recognizable particular more alien
than the populations of other geo.
graphically comparable districts OF
the city; there are not 1900, or
100, or II drug addicts among the
school children of the section SC
designated, and there are not now
end there never have been, police sta
tistics to support such a SANDER.
THE New YORK HERALD does not
believe the Times of Bellows Falls
deliberately ISLANDERS the school chill
dren of Harlem. The Vermont news
paper is the victim of an atrocious
propaganda OF deceit; but neverthe.
less it has misrepresented a clean
living, decent population.
The New York herald., 1922-08-21
Poland's Hopeful Outlook.

The American Commercial Attache
at Warsaw in his latest report upon
conditions in Poland cites the pros
pect of q decided increase in the
grain crop as the most encouraging
feature of the present economic sit
ration in that country. This in
crease in production, he says, prom
ises to be about 20 per cent. above
the production of last year and offers
the possibility of a good surplus of
wheat, rye and barley for export.
IL would appear from this report
that the Polish farmer was not
greatly disconnected by the recent
political upheavals in his country.
Cabinets have fallen in the past few
months and the President himself
offered his resignation rather than
accept the parliamentary recommen-
dation for the Premiership. The
Ministerial crisis, which reached it's
most intense moments in the months
of June and July, passed finally with
the formation OF coalition Cabinet
and the selection Of DR.. NowAK as
Premier. And while Europe may
lave watched the progress of the
political strife with interest, the Po-
lish farmers kept steadily on their
job and justified the hope so often
expressed that they were really the
balance wheel OF the new nation.
The financial condition, however,
the report says. continues unsatisfac-
tory, with rapid decline of the Polish
currency. The American Attache
makes a statement regarding the
state finances which offers an expla-
nation for the somewhat puzzling
condition Of State finances. The
budget calculation of NIcHAELsKI,
the former Minister of Finance. was
based upon the assumption that there
would be no important increase in
prices and consequently in the cost
of operating the Government. On
this point he was mistaken. "The
internal Polish prices had previously
been out of line with world prices,
says the report. "and they have
risen more rapidly during 1922 than
the amount Of currency in circula-
tion." The cost Of operating the
Government necessarily increased
and the revenues consequently be-
came inadequate to meet this in
creasing expenditure. The readjust-
ment which has become necessary
was one OF the matters fought over
w the Government and Parliament.
Il is doubtful II any step toward
The New York herald., 1922-08-21
To Get the Coal Facts.

President HARDING has made a good
short cut toward solving the prob
lens of the coal industry by accept
ing Senator B.oRAH's Coal Commits
sion bill. This measure provides for
finding all the facts about the coal
business. The commission will look
into the productive capacity of the
various mining fields and mines;
into the wages and living conditions
of the miners; into the costs of pro-
duction and delivery; into the FEAST
bility or necessity of Government
control.
This kind of inquiry, if carried Non
by men of real business capacity
will get somewhere.
Last April, just after the strike
began, THE NEW YORK HERALD pointed
out why the coal industry was so
constantly sick. We are working ten
thousand, mines, some fat, some lean.
A fat mine may produce coal five
times as cheaply as lean mine. If
the lean mine charges fair<brofit
the fat mine charges the same price
and takes an excessive profit.
There are too many men in the in
dustry to provide constant work for
all Holidays, vacations and strikes
derange production and decrease the
individual earnings. The work is
seasonal and it should not be.
AS THE New YORK HERALD said on
April z: "The coal business of the
country should be so organized that
every mine will do it's part in sup
plying the nation with it's needed
coal, so organized that all coal min
ers the country over will get sub
stantially the same return for given
amount of man power, whether that
given amount produces one ton of
coal or five tons"
Naturalization of the coal mines
is not necessary. 1t will be sufficient
to consolidate them into few groups
operated by private ownership under
the control of the Government. The
fat mines can carry the lean ones.
The costs can be averaged and stand
ardized. The miners can have steady
work and q living wage. The owners
can have a reasonable and dependa-
BILE profit. And the public, which is
the chief sufferer from coal troubles
year after year, can be assured of a
steady supply at price lower than
ii now pays.
Senator BoRAH's bill paves the way
for the reform OF tue coal industry.
but ultimate success will depend
greatly upon the personnel OF the
Coal Commission.
The New York herald., 1922-08-21

effective legislation can be made be-
fore the general elections this fall.
The manufacturers, like the farm
ers, seem to have stood up well un-
der the political discomfort in the
country. The cotton mills, one of
the first of Poland's industries to be
reestablished after the war, have
been operating practically at their
full pre-war capacity, and they have
maintained their production during
the entire month of July. Polish
industry says the report, lis accus-
toned to instability of foreign ex-
change and of prices. and has been
affected less by recent financial con-
ditions than might have been ex-
pected."
The report as whole would seem
tc be gratifying to friends of the
rev Polish State in this country.
President PILsUDsKI has been max
ing strong fight against ultra milf
tarism and in favor of economy in
governmental affairs. He has been
ably seconded in both of these re-
forms by Dr.. NowAK's Government.
The present indications are that the
forthcoming elections will bring no
radical changes and that they will
rather have a tendency to stabilize
political conditions in the country.
The New York herald., 1922-08-21
New York City's 1923 Budget.

The departments and bureaus which
have their expenses paid out of the
New York city budget have submitted
preliminary estimates for 1923 which
amount in the aggregate to consider
ably more than $400,000,000. In some
quarters it is figured that the Board
of Estimate and the Board of Alder
men can not or will not bring the
total of the budget for next year un-'
der $400, 100000.
The grand total of the budget for
1922, including all county expenses
and the direct State tax, was $780,
516,52 or practically S5,000,000 more
than the grand total of the budget OF
1921. If the fears of pessimists are
justified the 1928 figures will exceed
the 1922 figures by more than Ii per
cent.
New Workers are not niggardly.
They do not object to paying well
for what they want. They demand
free spending on schools, good pay
for policemen and firemen. adequate
expenditures for the. protection of
health. This year their city govern
ment is costing them $62.31 head
and there is little grumbling.
But the enlightened attitude of
New Workers toward necessary and
desirable city expenditures does not
mean they would look with COM
Ilacency on Ia per cent. boost in
the cost of city government at time
when war inflated prices are coming
down and there is chance to re-
duce expenses In every city depart
ment and bureau.
The Board of Estimate does the
substantial chopping of department
estimates, which sometimes are
puffed up out of all reason. It's work
this year on the budget will be
closely and critically watched.