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The Washington times., 1924-06-25
EXPERT URGES
NEED Of GOOD
BRAKES
Joseph McReynoIds, stude-
baker Distributor Here,
Writes About Problems
By JOSEPH M'REYNOLDs,
StudebaIker Distributor.

There are two impressive ways
Of emphasizing the need Of good
brakes on all motor vehicles inves-
tigating the startling statistics Of
brakes-wouldn't -hold accidents and
examining the chart Of stopping
distances at relative speeds. When
the chart is first studied, invariably
the ordinary driver asserts in more
or less authoritative tone, that he
can make the stop in half the dis
lance.
We have frequently heard the
statement that a stop at twenty
miles an hour can be made in a
cars length with rear wheel brakes
only. The average man Is poor
judge of distance, which is why 70
per cent Of golfers puts are short
and the present foaming beverage
is called near" beer. A car length
at '20 per-" is impossible as almost
all Of the cars energy must alb
sorbed between the lining and the
drum or, in case of locked wheels,
by the friction of the tires on the
pavement.
Road Friction.
It is hard to realize that in brak-
Ing, all retarding effort must de-
pend on the friction of tires on road.
This fact can easily be grasped by
running your car over pond Of
Ice and applying brakes.
We now have nearly $4,000, 900
motor vehicles using the roads and
investigation shows that about 20
per cent of them have defective
brakes. Motor driven vehicles are
killing men, women, and children
every day and in some of our large
cities the average mortality from
motor accidents is more than one a
day.
All car owners and drivers should
test their brakes frequently.
Brakes can be tested very easily
by the following method. When
the car is running about twenty
miles an hour, apply brakes to lock
wheels and then examine the marks
on the pavement. If they are
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DEVICE IS DESCRIBED
TO LIFT AUTO FROM HOLE

A device for getting the car out
Of mud under its own power can
be made from a plank about four
feet long. one foot wide and two
inches thick. A chain is fastened
at two corners of the plank, and
when laid in front of the sunken
wheel the chain is passed around
one of the spokes.
BY this means the car will climb
on to the plank and out of the
mud hole. This device is not bulky
and should be carried along as one
of the most useful tools.
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chanical advantage between pedal
and drum or what is commonly
called leverage; (S) the force applied
to the pedal; az the fractional eff
cheney or lining on drum; (5) the
proportion Of weight on rear wheels;
(6l the character of pavement, tire
initiation, etc.; ca brake equalization;
(8) the average clearance of lining
and drum. and (9) the extent CT
wrapping which the brake permits.
In stating these factors we are as
Stunning the ordinary type Of service
brake external on rear wheels only.
It is evident that but three Of
these factors can be controlled,
namely, the pressure applied to the
pedal, the clearance between lining
and drum, and equalization.
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sALVAGED PARTS
PROVE PROFITABLE

The scrap pile about the garage
and shop often proves a source of
income that amounts to consider
able during the year. Many parts
may be converted with a little adj
ditional labor. Bolts and studs are
an examples; those with poor
threads can be shortened and re-
threaded. When the heads are
damaged they can be removed and
the bolt converted into a stud.
Drive shafts are Of such material
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BRAKE NEcLEcToR IS
POTENTIAL KILLER

The motorist who has q con.
science does not have to be told he
should have his brakes inspected
at periodic intervals. He knows he
is potential killer-more deadly
than the deadliest gunman.
He IL aware that the hapless pc
destrian has no protection from the
menace Of brakeIess car other than
The agility Of two legs.
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Nina Brake Factors.

The efficiency Of brake depends
upon nine factors, /. e., ~ the diam.
eter Of the brake drum; (2) the me.
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mate speed Of the the engine
Doc explains the accompanying strip just how make the
shift After moving the shift lever neutral position
preparatory to making the shift be to let the clutch pedal
speed engine should boosted approximately the
speed it would
second Then the clutch and shift into
second gear.
your a side try this you have
already minutes practice will enable
make the shift speed within
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that they can readily be converted
into crowbars and also used for
making other small parts. A little
thought will readily show the vari-
Gus parts would prove profitable
when salvaged. This is also true
Of old tools, which may be con-
verted for many uses and some
times sold to owners who do their
own repair work-Automobile DI.
gest.
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This is called cen.

Of revolution. This is called cen
trifugal force
1.-THE Essex is now equipped with
the same type of shaft as the SUI
per-Six and reports from owners
give ample evidence Of its increased
power per gallon of gasoline, which
is not unusual for the new six.
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about equal, you may be sure that
your brakes are efficient.
Failure to Lock.

about equal, you may be sure that
your brakes are efficient.
Failure to Lock.
In case you fail to lock either
rear wheel, and fail repeatedly,
your brakes have not their maxi
mum efficiency. Please observe
that we say maximum. We do not
claim that they are inefficient. In
fact, 1t is possible to have brakes
that will not lock wheels just as
efficient as those that viii lock
wheels, but this is like calculating
in advance the exact amount OF
money required to make pro.
jected trip and have nothing in re.
serve. 1t is really worse in case OF
brakes, as you have no ready means
Of judging your efficiency unless
you have the maximum.
With all these objections to lock.
ing wheels, why do we recommend
it as test?
Just because it's the maximum
limit of efficiency; however, con.
sidering the dangers of locking
wheels in traffic, brakes are most
efficient Immediately before lock.
ing.
Nine Brake Factors.
The efficiency Of a brake depends
upon nine factors, /. e., ~ the diam.
eter OF the brake drum; (2) the me.
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Shifting from high to second gear while the rolling along
at fair rate Of speed simple operation it is
tered When is mastered will find that have
complete control of the able down long grades with
out strain and will much brake Innings. It will also
enable you make shift second when approaching stiff
pull without cashing.
The clash in shifting into any speed because
the engine not turning at speed that the speed
Of the propeller drive shaft shift from high
second without clash speed which within the of
second gear driving you able Judge approx
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Walter CllrYSler
SdYSMaXWeuNoW
Sets a New Pace

The good Maxwell is displaying
the possibilities of the four
cylinder car, in the very things
people want in motor cars, in a
way they have never been dem
onstrated before.
With the active participation of
the Chrysler Six engineering
staff, the process of betterment
begun three years ago was ire
mendously accelerated.
Knowing that the latest Max
well developments approach the
revolutionary in both practice
and results, / have every justif-
cation in the world for calling
Maxwell a most wonderful four.
cylinder car.
The difference in the way the
Maxwell rides and drives and
steers will impress you instantly.
You will be expecting the vibra.
ton you've always felt behind a
four>cylinder engine.
But you will be delightfully."- dis
appointed-and surprised. For
we have taken that vibration
away from Maxwell. It's gone.
The device which accomplishes
this result in Maxwell-for the
first time, we believe, in a four
cylinder CARS nothing more
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We are pleased to extend the con-
venience Of ime-payn1ents Ask
about MaxweRs attractive plan.
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than a floating platform spring
under the front end Of the motor
but it is exclusive to Maxwell.
You carfsafely count on ID miles
to the gallon or better, and 49, 900
milesper setof tires. Those figures
are not ours, but the average of
Maxwell owner reports.
Main bearings rarely if ever re-
placed; a longer>lived, smoother.
running car because vibration is
practically eliminated.
That's the way we are building
the good Maxwell today-with a
far greater proportion Of costly
alloy steels than is usual at Its
price.
Those are the results which I
want to drive home to every
man and woman who is In the
market for car.
You probably have your own
ideas about a motor car and
what you want it to do.
The most ask is that you COM
pare Maxwell riding and driving
and performance with those
ideas of yours, and then decide
for yourself whether any other
four you know of can match up
70 Maxwell. 1zQ9MzeA
President and Chniv,rnr NJ eh~ Rov.I
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day. This is the rule for the farm
ers. There are three classes of stu
dents - industrial workers, farm
workers and officials. The others
are paid wages; the farmers take
their chances Of making what they
can OF the crops. They practically
lease the land of the school for
three-fourths Of the crop. This is
when they furnish no tools or the
does all the hauling. If they furnish
the carabao they get 90 per cent of
the crop, and If they can supply
both the carabao and their farm tools
they receive 95 per cent. On some of
the tracts I have visited the boys
have bought their own carabaos, and
on some they own both this animal
and the farm tools. In addition. some
have pigs and chickens as live stock.
L tered far and wide over the school
lands. There is one on each tract,
and we shall have no trouble in max
ing = visit. The home we select is
typical shack made of grass and
bamboo. 1t is of one story, 81 feet
wide and % feet in length. The
floor is about four feet from the
grounds, fastened to posts which ex-
tend up and support the roof. The
roof is Of grass thatch. and the walls
are Of grass or of bamboo basket
work, the partitions separating the
rooms being bamboo. In fact, bam-
boo and grass make up the whole
house. The floor is of bamboo poles,
and the house has a bamboo porch.
The boys sleep on beds of rattan,
which are cooler than feathers. No
one thinks Of using soft beds here in
the Philippines, but over the rattan
these students stretch straw mating,
which is beautifully woven. The
white clothes of the boys are hung
up on hangers to wooden hooks in
the walls. Everything looks neat
and clean.
The kitchen is in q lean-to even
with the floor Of the houses 1t is
about feet by 10 in size. The
stove Is a box three feet square, and
about a foot high. filled with ashes
or sand. Within it upon three legs
stands the clay cooking pot. and
nearby is an old Standard Oil can.
which is used to boil the food for the
pigs.
The floors and walls are 50 open
that the air blows freely through.
This Is important in a tropical eli
mate. There is no glass in the win
dowS The shutters consist of sheets
Of woven bamboo splints hung by a
string so that they can be raised or
lowered at will.
Under the floor Of this house, where
the farm implements and other tools
are kept, I saw some green bamboo
poles about 20 feet long and as thick
as my wrist. When asked DR..
Wright to show me how they make
their building material he spoke to
one of the students. The boy pulled
out q pole and with one stroke of his
bolo split 1t from end to end. He
then went over 1t with q bolo, max
ing cuts at the knots. In a short
time he was able to flatten out each
half of tho cane into q board not as
thick ~ . lead pencil and about three
inches wide. Such boards form a
large part Of the building material
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lege in the United States. I have
five volumes Of the magazine lying
before me, and I consider them q val
liable addition to my library.
The boys are enthusiastically proud
Of the institution. Every class has
Its organization and upon graduating
leaves a monument of some kind or
other. One has made two ornamental
gateposts to the college grounds, and
another has erected staute to the
first pioneer who came into this
Munoz valley. The statue Is Of stone
and was carved by one Of the stud
ents. 1t is 1ife-size figure welding
bolo, and 1t stands on q concrete
pedestal. The graduating class Of
this year has put up q finely decorat-
ed bulletin board as its memorial.
THE boys have constructed q large
L part Of the school buildings, many
Of which have the area Of q good
sized city lot. The academy contain
ing the class-rooms where they spend
half of each day covers perhaps
three:fourths Of an acre. It has q
walls, and steel roof which over.
hangs. giving . most artistic effect.
The doors are Of Philippine hard
wood, and the windows are Of pearl
shell which admits the light and shuts
out the heat.
The classrooms are large and airy
with high ceilings and with furniture
made by boys
was interested in the library and
reading room which Is about thirty
feet by nifty in size. It has oyster
shell windows, most Of which were
half open and the air was delightful
ly cool. The walls are lined with
books, and the long tables are COW
cred with papers and magazines.
There were perhaps fifty boys in the
room at the time Of my visit, reading,
studying, and making notes. It was
with the principal, Paul A. Can't, q
graduate Of Ames College in Iowa,
the alma mater Of our present Sec
retary Of Agriculture, that I went
through this part Of the institution.
My guide through the workshops,
the bank and over the farm proper
was DR.. James Wright. New Yorker,
who is the head and superintendent.
1t was he who organised the school
for the ex-Igorot head hunters of the
Trinidad Valley, in the mountains Of
northern Luzon, and he has had q
wide experience in this sort Of edu-
cational work. With him I visited
the blacksmith shop. the wagon shop
voted to manual training.
Leaving the workshops. I went
through tho printing once, stopped
at the photograph establishment,
where the boys make pictures, not
only for the school but for the sur
rounding country; inspected q store
where they get things practically at
cost, and then went on to the bank,
where the accounts Of these 500 boys
are kept.
This bank Is run entirely by the
students. It occupies the second story
Of large rooted building,
and the counting room IL as well
equipped as that Of the ordinary small
bank at home. 1t has its cashiefs and
tellers and its clerks, with the usual
typew1iters and adding machines.
Every student has IN account He y
creditsd with the sale Of his oEeDs
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"

THE government Of tho school is
L run by the boys. They elect their
president and vice president. They
make the laws, and policemen are
chosen by them to enforce them.
They have what is called q students
council for each group of boys. and
each of these groups elects members
to the general council, which has
regular meetings. Most Of tho pun
ishments are by fines, and this works
well, for the loss Of money means
more hero than it does in Q school
where the boys get their expenses
from home. Once every week there
is . program Of debates, speeches and
music, and business meetings may be
held at any time out Of school hours
at the call Of the student president.
The judicial branch consists of a
judge and an assistant appointed
from the student body by the SUPER
intendent Of tho school. The student
president appoints q chief Of police,
who chooses his own patrolmen. The
police 90 around the grounds day
and night. They arrest any who
break the laws Of the school and
summon them to the school court
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IF EVER COT THAT HALF MILLION BEAT OUT OF
BANK LIKE CAT GOING OVER FENCE"

nah jonE and smoke opium. I've
had the same idea again and again
The most essential feature of mod
ern business ia I imagine, sales
manship. My readers may not appre-
ciate this at once-they seldom seem
to get anything readily-and so I
will explain some of the reasons
which lead me to think so. With
out salesmanship We could not sell
anything. If we could not sell any
thing we might as we'll not make
anything, because If we made things
we couldn't sell. then 1t would be as
bad as if we sold things we couldn't
make.
Hence the most terrible danger
which the world can face is that
everybody will buy things and mo-
body able to sell them. This dan
ger Of not selling anything, which
used to threaten the world with
disaster only a short time ago. is
now being removed. salesmanship,
my readers will be glad to learn-at
least, If the miserable creatures ever
get thrilled at anything-is being re-
duced to q science. A great number
Of Manuals of Salesmanship are now
being placed within reach of every
body and we may indicate here a few
of the principal points
1t Is essential that tho salesman
should have charm If he wishes to
sell anything-let US say lead pipe
for use in sewers and house drains
he will find that what he needs most
in selling is personal charm, a sort
Of indef1nable manner, with just that
little touch of noblesse which sug-
gests the easy camaraderie OF the
menagerie. In other words. he must
diffuse wherever he goes. in selling
sewer pipes, sense of sunshine
which makes the world seem a little
brighter when he is gone.
In person the perfect salesman
should be rather tall with a figure
which suggests, to his customers, the
outline of the Venus de Milo. Ac-
cording to the manuals of salesman
ship. he can get this figure by taking
exercises every morning on the floor
Of his hotel bedroom. But the dis
cussion Of that point belongs else
where. Let US suppose him then with
the characteristic figure of Venus
de Milo, or, If one will. of Paduan
Mercury, or Of a Bologna sausage.
We come, in any case, to the all i'm
portant point Of dress.
Every manual on the subject en-
phasizes the large Importance of dress
for the salesman. Indeed. there is
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Yet no soonly our ship were in
harbor than 90 X-cannibles all
dressed in hay with shark-tooths,
violets & nail-files in their hair, ar
rive aboard boat to teach US their
national anthem, of title 100 ma babi,
ah ma loola!" Qeave the work to
mother). The top of their heads looks
like mattresses with the hair on the
outside. A lot of that hair are sand
paper blonde-it arrive to that color
from rubbing it with chemickal mud
what kill all kootikooti ineex residing
there. Those Fiji natives are very
beautiful. except for their faces &
other qualifications.
When this native quire sing song
they accomply it with Walter Camp
exercises of wrist, thumbs. STUN
macks & other contortions while
chawing American gum. 20 sava
leela pie, eeni-mini-mo" they
sing-song until my heart jumped
over.
What sweetish manly voices those
gentlemen on front row have got" I
cxclam to q English speaking Eng
lishman benext to me.
Those are not gentlemen. ignoral
American" report Hon. English
They are ladies from our island"
My heart stepped down & got sour.
X X X X
pRETTY soonly an enlarged gentle
L man with more hair than ever
came around. He had a respectable
face like a Irish clergyman shoveling
coal. He wore a American college
coat & a lace petticoat with nothing
else axcept his barefoot.
Come G. meet Sir Howli-Wooli, the
last of the Gamble Kings" dictate
W. sch h,,<k
so I would not look too appetizing &
tender. and with slightly quaker
knees I walk uply.
"Sir Howli-Wooli," commence Hon.
English. when I were glad Hon. Can
nible King stopped holding my hand.
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Marines stood in rows to make us
look pleasant There also were Gov.
Sharp in pure white militia uniform.
acting very kindhearted because SIS
ResoIute were biggest excursion boat
ever arrived to that dock before.
From around every palm & toolub
tree approach a flivver to took us
somewheres & back again free. This
were extremely axciting.
''But where are She?" I hummer
lowly.
"Where are Herr 81 Nogi back
wards.
Around corner of Gaum Steam
Laundry and Dying Works we observe
several shapes. Perhapsly they was
femaline. Some of them were smok-
ing cigars. By closing my eyes and
going swiftly I could imagine that
one % of them were beautiful.
aXcept for smallpox which she had
got.
And so onwards. When afternoon
pm arrive up and we must go back
to boat one short Admiral, who look
more sinful than others, snatch me
secretively aside & report for happy
whisper. There are one Sight maybe
you boys would miss boat to see."
His eyes make wink.
"Oh eggerly!" 1 pronounce. What
are it?"
The First Methodist Church" he
dictate.
Therefore we escape away from
there & in or Z days we arrive up
to Fiji Islands.
Mr.. Editor, from your wise diction-
ary maybe you have heard consider
able gossip about Fiji Islands &
those cannibleS what prefer mission
aries to other beef. 1 go there ak
pecting to enjoy some delight from
this. But what l find? Missionaries
are no longer chewed there. l think
I could tell why. Those missionaries
what 1 saw look kind of tomaine &
cold storage
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Copyrighted, Carpenters World Travels.

where the accused can conduct his
own case or have an attorney from
the student body II he prefers. Some
cases Of dispute are settled outside
the court. and this is attempted
where possible by the Judges. All this
is serious, and it Is carried on in an
orderly manner. The officials are
paid, the chief Of police getting 8
cents an hour.
But come with me over this great
farm of fifteen hundred acres and let
US see how the boys handle their
property. Much Of the farm is first
broken by tractors, but all the tilling
is done with the ordinary plow and
a bullock or carabao. The tract is
divided up into allotments Of three
hectares, or seven and a half acres,
each, and every allotment is assigned
to four boys, who build q house on
il, in which they live, do their study
ing, cook their own meals and sleep
at night. They cultivate the land
under the direction of the superin-
tendent ana get practically all the
reoeiptA
They put In tour hours Of farm
work and four hours Of study each
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been built and great concrete dam
is now being made in the hills to
store water that will irrigate $4,000
more acres, or something like 5000
more farms.
The school lands were cleared by
the students themselves. The work
at first was SO appalling that at the
end of two weeks they threw down
their axes and fed from the task.
But the school authorities gathered
together another body of student re-
cruits. and month by month, under
the stimulus of good American teach
ers, they went on until every acre
was cleared. Now the water flows
from level to level through these
many small fields which are worked
by Filipino boys who are educating
themselves.
For the past few days 1 have been
going over this large agricultural
school, tramping from farm to farm,
studying the various institutions and
chatting the while with the students.
The boys all speak English, and all
their study is in that tongue. The
students have a printing shop where
they set English type and issue the
various forms, blanks, and pamphlets
required. For long time they have
published "The Student Farmer" a
little monthly magazine to which
they contribute the articles and for
which they do all the press work.
The motto of the magazine is as fol-
lows:
BE strong!
We are not here to play,
To dream, to drift.
We have work to do
And loads to lift
Each number is full of inspiring
suggestions and it has good farm
stuff as well and parts of it would
be a credit to any agricultural COL