.'Wn ri , .- ii PK-Ii mi" t 5W I f r I A ..W . - ,i 'I,Ai K !.'&' S a vv Us ?' .V - j- V flrTV'ttV . - iV rTir;wfiTH . .? i r - V M r . ' ,' i V,r . ji ' . .-, J !- ALa, Ax , lwa I'MJ ) " JV' '- ,': & Jm - s 3W - ,' ;1919 S - h . "1 ! Vl EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- PHILAIDEIJPHIA WEDNESDAY, MAKQff J 19, K r , ,t ''S 4 k ". vvVfr'ii)$ ri?! V f K , O A 4 1 . JL MlAGE FOLK DEVOTED fUSERS OF MOTORCAR :ii- ;4"Jolin A. Clcary Sends Imprcs TlW iVV. p ynt f 1. tsivc List of Those "Who &P Drive u Cadillac KW f 'yjfo inn SdHor o lie Kreiitno rii&Ho i ' V'Sir Not Uio least Interesting anions 5 the many readable stories In the Auto- L mobllo Show number of the Uvekixo '"Pubuc Jedger, Issue of Wednesday, March 12. was Mark Wilson's com 'mentary on the theatrical profession's devotion to King Gasoline. Perhaps It Is too much to expect that een a man of Mr. Wilson's Intimacy with footllght faorites should know the automobile cholco of every ono ot the stars of the profession, yet It sctms th.it any treatment of tho subject would be glaringly Incomplete without the men tion of at least a few of tho following names : .Actors Dai Id Warfleld, Kind Harr.i 'ntoro, Sam Bernard, lllcanor Brown, Jtfora Bayes, Bessio Clajton, Itussell flrlswold, Colt, Wallace Kddlnger, A. li. Field, Elsie Ferguson, Justine Johnun, Mrs. Oscar Lewlssohn. Ann M unlock, Fred Stone, Lou Tellcgen, Anna Wheaton, W C Fields, T. Hoy Barnes Producers and Playwrights Otto Hauerbach, Miss Elizabeth Marburv, I.ee M. Boda, Alf Has man, H.irrv .1 Power. , Henry W Sai age, Robert ti I.arren. Motion Picture Stars anil Producers Mary Pickford, Jack PlcUfoul. Charlie Chaplin. Douglas Fairbanks, Ilosioe Ai buckle, Dorothy C.Ish. .1 Warren Ker rigan, Kutliljn Williams, Clara Williams, Julian Klllnge, Vivian Martin, William S. Hart, Cecil DeMille, Thomas I nee, William Parsons. Constance Talmadge, Karle Williams Itobert Harron, Sidney Drew. Juno nivldgc. Dorothy Kelly, Edna Mayo, Bobby North, Olga Petrol a, Henry B. Walthall. Emily W.-hlcn, Karl Williams, Clara Kimball Young. Com ijnodore J. Stuart Blakton, nsanny Film Company. Hobart Bosworth. Oilier Morosco, Jcsso 1-asky Film l ompany. Miss Blanche Lasky, Donald L, Crmp, Mrs. G. W. Griffith. These are all satisfied motorists. (Each ono of them owns a Cadillac. Ttcspectfully ours JOHN' A. Cl.KAnV. Manager Sales Promotion. m ' INNOVATION IN MOTORS Fulton Locomotor, Truck-Tractor, on' Exhibit at Show A new product of .the Fulton Truck Company, 2330 Market street, and a de parture in motortrucks, being exhibited at the fifth annual truck show Is the Fulton locomotor, which was built In the factory at Farnilngdale, 1,. I It is a combination truck and tractor. The locomotor Is tho firrt vehicle of its kind to be produced in America It conslstn of the Fulton truck and the trailer attachment, with a capacity of three and one-half to four tons with its trailer unit It has n tractor and trailer In one, and Its uses are unlimited In the matter of hauling and tractor work. The Fulton locomotor, w 1th Its tractor and trailer attachment, can essay almost 100 rr cent of any job of transporting, hauling or pulling. The tractor has a wheel base of 110 Inches and will turn in n circle ot thlrty-flie feet. The frame Is of pressed steel, wnue tne transmission Is of the unit power-plant tjpe, with three fpeeds forward and one reierhe Its length is 17:',!. inches, its width Is sixty-six Inches. The extra, equipment for the tractor Includes metal doors -made to nt the clash, or seasoned panels or heavy glass, mounted in hardwood frames. Extra tractor wheels can bo attached over the holld rubber tires as qulcklv as Weed chains. The trailer has a wheel base of 1148 inches. Its tread is fifty s'x Inches, Its weight Is 2900 pounds The coupling unit Is made separate to mount on any length of body and aiold expensive subframes generally used In trailers. The dimension oer all of both trac tor and trailer is 30G inches, with a. maximum width of sei entv-t ix inches and turning radius of thirty-five feet. PARADOX IN PRICES Motorcars Cost More, but Sell for Less Than in 1911 Automobiles that halo not been priced fictitiously aro cheaper today that they wero four yenrs ago, sas tho president ot a motorcar concern. This stiilomont foumlB like a paradox, becauso there nave ncen some au lances m mat po lled Tho price lag on a car today as com pared with tho prlo on tho tramo car four years ugo docs not tell tho true story, he sas To get a fair Idea ot the present pi Ice them nrn Mlal facts to bo considered. These rrlato to the aierage Individual's earning power the prlco ho can get for the things ho sella to make a 111 lug and tho amount of tho commodity ho makes which ho must ex change In tho opert market for the ar ticle he wishes to purchase. The best Illustration to explain this IIUIIIl 13 IOUI1U III iiie uusuicn-i Ul um I ?.... nn , .. ....d .... 1.,,. !,,- power llo In his crop" or their market value Tho staple article on the Ameri can farm Is wheat In 19H, or about tour J ears ago, the farmer received ninety cents u bushel for wheal There fore, If ho wished to buy a cur that then sold for, sav J I (150, he. practical speaking, paid about 11C6 bushels of wheal for it Today if the car rost him as much nc $1553 he has to pay only about 700 bushels of wheat for It, becauso wht.it tocluj Is valued at J2 -'b a bushel. in other words, while the car has appar ently gone up 50 per cent. It costs the farmer onlv fio per ctnt as much as it did foui jenrs ago TRUCK DIVISION FORMED Slctlniait Hcnt Chairman of Com mercial Car Board New lork, March 11 Tho organiza tion of a mutortiuck division by the Americ-in Automobile Association por tends niLreased commercial nil uw in eierv slate in tho union Tho illusion Ik getlnc ill touch with clubi-. localised incitortni' k organizations and individuals who h.ne iiri-ninplisheil things in the truck field and is pri par ng to announce its full iwllcj in the near tuiurr. Truck ilevelonments already unit ..v hiiMi m ilin rur.ii motor evpre1 the Vn.iil hulldltig inoiemuit, i U . villi reulic tho co-operation aim neip ui the buie.iu. , A fact buieau villi bo established, through vihiih companies Interested In motorizing their busincss.es can obtain data free of charge Motoi truck conferences In the dlrier ent stale are being planned, nnd are designed as an educational movement of the economic: value of trucks for haul age. Stedman Bent, president of tho Auto mobile Club of Philadelphia. Ui chairman of tho motortruck board, and John R i:uslK hecretnrv. Ueori'" II Orannm. chairman nf tho motortruck lommittep of the National Automobile Chamber of commerce, has also been asked to serve on the board TRACTOR RESEMBLES TANK Lays Own Track and Does "Work of Several Horses and Men In a window on North Broad street is a shoit, stub-nosed machine, built on i same principle as the famous war 'nnks, and which is unlike anything in utomoblle Bow Tho machine has a hood like, that of anv automobile, nut mem me ic semblanco ceases. A straight steering wheel sprouts up from a barren bsck ground and a slender seat protrudes from the rear. The wheels, howeiei, ire the real curiosity, because there aren't any. Instead, a steel belt extends from stein to stern, llko tho cateipHlar tread on tho war tanks. Thus, the machine carries and lass Its own track, can go over anv kind of ground without sinking in. and. vihilo it looks clumsy and cumbersome, can turn around in n 12 foot circle. Tills Is the Cleveland tractor, on ex hibition In the offices of the Philadel phia. Tractor and Implement Company. Although only 96 Inches long. 50 inches wide and 52 Inches in height, it does the work ot teveral horses and men. HAVE DIRECT SALES PLAN HORSE TAKES COUNT WHILE MOTORTRUCK STANDS BY U'tlWAIJtf'.'M,lMJIIJJIJWi - ' 'glicKiSslllllllHllsHIHiilllHiHHIiilllHlllallllllllllHSHSsHII '-. U- .HIV IBHbiiiiiiH'- hUHBHBSIW HIiVHHiHlliifliflrlllliiiiilH I iir.;''- fHIHiHBBHS&iHiBillilillilSp " -vx.vSBBJlKfB H . s-fc j?" . tvs - jB Bv ' .jlHKjAb, .A. ''sw. ' v ii?"sW1Pt'9 ! ' , ls m' J i- iM5; Vo " ., '-;.t","'-'x,-!rv,'j, , -, - $ i.v.v ; -,1 NO DRUG OK MARKET FROM ARMY.TRUCKS This plioloprapli, made by an Evening Tublic Ledger ftaff pliolopraplier, strikingly porlravs the inevitable pajinp of the liorec as a beast of burden anil the supplanting of these long-sufferiiic patient, faithful animals by the more powerful, sure ami efficient motortruck. Scenes such as this arc the iinal argument ushering in ihe "horseless age" for road transportation t KNOW YOUR TRUCK NEEDS BEFORE MAKING PURCHASE Many Factors to lie Taken Into Consideration When Selecting a Machine, and Expert Advice Should lie Sought on Capacity and Haulage So many f.u-tors are to be tnken into certainly save the prospective purchaser" from making a serious nnd costly mis tako In selection of equipment. It la natural that the transportation engineer villi be inclined to maUe recom mendations in favor ot tho purchase of the make of trucks ho represents; but bejond this predisposition his recom mendations ate likely to bo unpreju diced. Many such expel ts are so honest and free from bias that they will tell a prospective purchaser that he. does not need a motortruck in his business it investigation shows that no advantage or economy will be gained by replacing horso equipment. However, the need for moie and better transiortatlon has become ' so imperative that eases In which ono or mure motortrucks cannot bo used lo advantage are rare. If he seeks the advice of a man con nected with a company that manufac tures a full line of trucks and delivery wagons (from, say, 11)00 or 1500 pounds if.,. I.,- .inn this nnd arriied at his lo liio tons capacit) and bearing a own conclusions, pethaps, as to what I good reputation for performance and kind and size of truck or delivery wagon durability, tho prospective tiuck user -,..,. i,i and how many, ho Mioilil may feel confident that the engineer Battery Service Corporation Deals With Ultimate Customer Elimination of agents and distributors and selling direct to tne consumer is me consideration In making tho purchase of a motortruck, or changing from horse drawn to motor equipment, that the p-ospectlve bujer will be well advised to avail himself of expert advice that is obtainable for the asking. No matter how much ho knows about hauling or delivery work with horses, ho li not qualified to mako a final decision re garding motortrucks or wagons unless ho has had experience with t tn or has such a simple proposition that there Is virtually onlv one answer. The careful purchaser will perhaps want to anal7e his own problem as a prcllnilnarv, with all the facts legard ing his p.uticul.ir business in front of him for fctndv. and to familiarize him self with all the conditions that have to he met. as viewed from his inner knowl edge of his trade taken into consideration aro tho follow ing: J''irst. Kinds and quantities ot ma terials or goods to be hauled. Second. Distribution area. Third. Highway surfaces, grades and climate. fourth. Frcquencv ;f achvery stops. Fifth. Property values nnd rentals. Sixth. Advisability of electric charg ing facilities and comparative prices of current and gasoline. Seventh. Manufacturer's service and repair stations. Kighth. Loading and unloading fa cilities. Ninth Drivers and battery and en gine experts. Tenth Dependence of business on railroad and btcamshlp freight and ex press service. Klevcnth. City ordinances and state laws. Tho Importanco of these points will vnry according to circumstances and the naluro of the prospective purchaser s business. If the Intending purchaser has a small retail shop, ono light delivery wagon may suffice and many of tho items can be ignored. If he maintains a large department store, he may need several largo trucks to haul goods to outlying distribution depots and h corresponding number of light delivery wagons for house-to-houso deliveries. AUTOCAR fhL .vMKif . Hi a Antnoa i fmnnnnv. of Ardmore. compnwn a tvyo-ton chassis, trlct distributor .to 4j dealer to (5j then invite the manufacturer of some make of truck, or the manufacturer's agent, to send a transportation engineer to make an Independent investigation of his needs. All leading truckmakers and their branch houses and principal dealers have traffic experts or engineer salesmen for tills special work, and they bic glad to make recommendations. Oct j:pert Adlice ilhnut Cost As these men are engaged constantly In the study of traffic conditions and re quirements in all lines of business nnd l.n.n nn intimate knowledge of the cana- method by which the Batten- Service unities and limitations of motortrucks Corporation, 615-19 North Fifth street, , , operation, they can almost thus sav.ng the customer three profits a,lu he otherwise would have to pay on his batteries it lias an accessory ex hibit at the fifth annual truck show. Hvery year automobile batteries re quire some repairs, sucli as new sepa rators, , new plates, jars, or cases Bought through tho ordinary rhannels, these parts would pats through tho fol lowing routine: (1) Manufactuier to (2) Territory representatives, to c.;s) uis villi lccommend equipment of the best size and tho correct number of units to do the required work moit efficiently. l'actors to Consider Every facility bhould be given the In vestigator to get full Information con cerning tho ccstomer's haulago or de livery needs, and tho data from which the Intending purchaser lias made his own analjsls should ho placed In his hands. In all probability he villi call for information nnd mako suggestions on matters that havo a bearing, but which havo not occurred to the business man. Among tho more Important Items to bo V Ri I :? 4 nnd nttipr nhasTes enulnned. resnectivelv with a large sW-post open body, a stand ard stake bodv. a high lift coal-chute tower hoist body and a three-way rotary tower hoist body. The motor is mounted on a subframe under the driver's seat, .making it readily accessible for adjust ment or repair. It Is of tho four-cycled, two-cylinder, horizontal water-cooled type. Its moderate power, ample for all normal conditions, it is claimed, makes for ' economy of gasoline, tire wear, mechanical leplacements and overhaul. It Is equipped with double fly wheels to Insure smoothness of action. Tho Strom berjr carburetor is used The front axle is of the Elliott type, the wheels being mounted on adjustable Tlmken roller bearings. The rear axle Is the Autocar double reduction, full floating construc tion, obtaining low reductions without the sacrifice of road clearance and re ducing tho angularity of the propeller enn.it. xjio moior siieeu ih wuuuucu ,., battery repairman, to (8) customer L'nder the Patters- Service Corpora tion's selling plan, the sale Is made di rect from the manufacturer to the customer. Will Make 15,000 Huppj Detroit. March 19. The Hupp Motor car Corporation will produce 15,000 cars In 1019 This is an increas-o of 5500 cars over last jear During the last half of January this company ran up its production to forty cars dally, and further increase Is contemplated. labor. WARNER TRAILERS "The Trailer Without a Suing" F Houghton . Co uso Warner Trailers, saving time, money and t-ee exhibit nt the hhow. JOHN W. ADAMS. 1427 Melon Street the thn high-te sion is The A onlv Ignition is effected by ti magneto and the transmis- hb nrotrressiie slide gear type icar utility three-way body Is built on the standard Autocar rotari 1 dump understructure especially useful for a variety of hauling. i ATTERBURY Cleveland Tractor Sit imi...'kmivp' fyKKvrjTuatoiBiittiBiTisrVkr rrf mw mWBS5am&ffi&-" - tKSevebiid Tractor Atterbury trucks, made at Buffalo, N. y.. are produced in four models, namelj. , one and one-half, two, three and one liclf and five tons capaclt.i, and their ex hibit at the show Includes the one-and one-half -ton model, a two-ton model With hydraulic dump liody ; three and one-half ton and five ton, all chassis These manufacturers particularly em-' pliaslze the sturdlness of their design i and the quality of the units which enter Into construction, as well as the vvell ' balanced tnakc-up in the general as semblage Ono feature that contributes to the Btrength of the Atterbuiy truck la tho Driegs-Seaburv hydraulic pressed steel frame, maue or camon-manganese i wteel plate The metal Is of equal thick ness throughout. The fianio construe-1 tlon as A unit is or the flexible type They also lay emphasis on tho uso of Archibald wheels made hv the same ror- jjoratlon that makes artil'erv wheels for SMS Wry8t?p7 an all-purpose machine that does a wider range JrtSST urns are" SViith"'A7buUr ami , of work than is possible with other types. It plows, the Continental motor ot proien four- i j i i; n v- j i ?, cylinder "i." head typo, of three-point narrows, sows, reaps, uues naming oi an mime, ana ltti, crknu cise arms and' general racking ot j in addition penorms a vast amount oi stationary ,"' """' I encine work. V ! BETHLEHEM , The! Bethlehem Motors Corporation, of I Allentown. Pa., produces three-different -, nf I- inodeln one and a half tons (wo audi ,, i, half tons and three and a half tons, i iwFThoy are mint in one or tne largest fif-t elusive trufck plants In America. All ' yiodeia of tins car s scries are uienticai ( t 111 urniKM i;AVCit iUI ma Ol.u .,.. n.icih.'l rtt the respective parts used, mid each. rnawis is a complete ciiubsis. uesigneu ,xtr the particular strain to no piaceu i h nnon it Th Bethlehem radiator Is a! ' Wtetlnctlva feature, being of the armored jiytypu. made by tho Fetters Manufacture f nine vionipany, if. is susneuueu on inmi. V Mated felt nnd coil siirlnca. The Mon- ,irch governor and Schnoebler carburetor r ami Atwater-Kent Ignition are standard , Vqulpnient. AH tranunisslon and shafts ' urii'oC cliroma nickel steel. They nre cijulppcd.wlth Gray and Davis electric atartins and lighting system, which they i ! i ii turn viiai in sl trncif an nn a. njix. ttcngsr. e!1, insuring gasoline economy ny Nimiwunir -via neeq pi runnmg mo ntuvtor i Utla. TJia wheel baula extends iz inpnM,. in n smaiwr moaei, -iM!kveland Tractor W TSSIm Wi I r - ljrvi2i CiyMpffiSijiBia ii j, ijppiii. ii if.i i mrrttf jn&MNSzL B&fcSH W?Y'iiH MTTJtt ', nit 'J'""- ) I I ' Available territory open for reliable, progressive dealers in Eastern Penn sylvania, South Jersey and Delaware. To tho right type of dealer this is an opportunity seldom equall ed, for tho continued demand for increased harvests and the wide ly known efficiency and acknowl edged supremacy of tho Cleveland Tractor aro certain to bring an ever increasing amount of busi ness to our dealers. By traveling on its own endless tracks tho Cleveland goes prac tically anywhere over practical ly any kind of ground without miring or packing tho ground. It is small weighing only 3200 pounds yet it develops 12 horsc ppwer, at the drawbar and 20 at the pulley. It is sturdy and durable, built to stand the strain of hard, continuous service. Call or Write for Agency Proposition Philadelphia Tractor & Implement Co. 31 8. N. Broad St., Phila. rUONESl BU locutt 4351 Kjilon Xica S02. Hard Usage Leaves Them in Junk Piles When Dis carded by U. S. , ' "Trucks used for tho transportation of men and materials during tho war will not find their way back Into tho mrirket," says a former member of the 102d Kn glneers, recently returned from Prance and now with tho International Motor Company. "There nro two reasons why this so," ho explained. "One is that tho trans portation problem Is equally ns difficult now as it was when the war wnB reach ing Kb climax. The other Is that the trucks have been Objected to such hard usago that when discarded from military servlco they aro Junk. ' "When units are broken up and re turned for muster out, motor transports aro turned over to a base motor depot Those that can be repaired are overhaul ed nnd Kept In service ; but many trucks are scrapped on the ground without even being taken to a salvage dump. Not Knough for Needs "These wornout trucks will have to tie replaced by new trucks and It Is doubtful If the number of trucks now contracted for will be sufficient to take caro of present needs. "The railroad system of France, even Including tho temporary military rall vinvs. Is hopelessly Inadequate, and motor transports nro overloaded and driven nt evccsslvo rates of speed ovsr roads that havo been worn out by trnfllo nlRht and day or ruined by bomburd-ment. "Tho cessation ot hostilities lias not relieved transportation difficulties. Troops must bo fed ami clothed, and the largo movements of troops now taking placo In Franco add to rather than les sen the demand for transportation. Tho feeding of the Central I'mplres also adds greatly to the burden of transportation, for they as well as tho Allies aro short of transportation. "Then the return of the refugees to the devastated regions vvhero railroads and nearly all roads have been badly dam aged by shell fire require-) an enormous amount of motor transportation. These people require supplies of nil kinds, In addition to clothing and food, with which to rebuild or restoro their ruined prop erty. "Factories, stores, homes nnd oven farms must bo rebuilt, and until tho entiro war-ruined area is restored there villi be no lessening of the tremendous demand for trucks." TRUCKING LINES' SUCCESS DUE TO MARKET BUREAU Nctv Concerns Advised How lo Keep Down Operating Costs untl Losecs New motor trucking concerns opcint Ing in tho Philadelphia district nro hav ing their problems solved for them by tho llurcnu of Mnrkctu, UnltoJ Stales pepartment of Agriculture, thiough Its Philadelphia olllce, which lias recently Increased Hi activities, by supplying sun concerns vvltli freo advice and forms on tho proper method 'or keeping nccount of operating costs. Tho motor transportation division has records of hundreds of motor trucking concerns and owner operators In thn Philadelphia district, shoulng how many trucks each concern operates, the total capacity, the principal rommodltlos hauled, to what points outsldo of Phil adelphia tho trucks are nerateil nnd n hither operated on regular routes mid dally scheduler Theso confidential rec ords nro carefully studied to assist In solving tho problems of the new motor trucking concerns, and such concerns ns would ho destined to failure, duo to the Insulllclent attention being given to the proper uso ot an operating cost sys tem. Itecognlzlng the Importance of the motortruck In transportation, the Uurenu of Mnrkcls, after catefully studying operating conditions and records In use, evolved a system of cost accounting which is simple, complete, enslly under stood, nnd requires only a small amount of time. Operators now using these ifcords know their cost of operation and aro able to fix their rates s oas to mako a profit and at tho snino llmo elvo service at equitable prices. Beam Starts Truck Lino Perry R. IJenm has resigned ns presi dent of tho Beam-Fletcher Transporta tion Company, nnd Is ilow conducting hit own organization at 425 Mnrket e(,rfet;, 1,,ls, New York f'd Philadel phia line Is known as "Ueam's Own." nt n nTirviM m?n A Mil I mu ruiiMuni vuniuw pi FOR AMERICAN TRUCKS 1 Industry Advanced Ten Ycnrs in Pour Years of War, Says J. E. Gomcry America's motortruck Industry lias been advanced ten jcars by tho war oier vi hat Its nonifal Incrcnso would liavo been, according lo J, U, Gomery, president ot tho Gotricry-Sehwartz Men tor Company, 140 North llroad street, distributors here for tho Stewart trucks. Tho war, Mr. Oomcry believes, made tho superior aunlllles of Amorlcan-mado trucks knpiin tho world over unci, as a result, largo orders nro being received by manufacturers hero for trucks and tractors from nil parts ot the globe. "Miliums of men tiom many coun tries saw the wonderful performances of American motortrucks on the fighting lines In Kurope," said Mr, (Joinery nt the truck show yesterday, adding that motorized transport servlco actually rev olutionized military tactics and maneu ver'. "Theso men," he continued, "aro returning to their homo landB and, of course, cannot help but ndv feat o tho uso of motortrucks In industry and trac tors In agriculture. "Nearly a million American boys hav8 been released from cantonments in tho United States. While In the camps they saw virtually all of the transportation work done with motortrucks, It is only logical, therefore, that every cno of theso men will become a big asset of tho mo tortruck Industry when they re-establish tlieuibclves In civilian life " Ilccent foreign orders for Amcrlcnn trucks In largo numbers have como from China. Culm, Japan. Argentine Philip pine Islands, Ucnmark, Dutch Kast lrf dies, Africa and Brazil, said Mr. Gomcry Highway Association Elects Detroit, March 19. At the annual meeting of the Lincoln Highway Asso ciation belli nt the Dntrnlt Athletic Club, tho followl"- ofllcers circled for the year 1910 F. A. Selberllng nresl dent; Henry B. Joy, Itoy 1) Chapln, Carl G. FWicr, II. C Osterman. vice presidents; A. F. Bement. vice nresldeiit and secretary, nnd Emory W. Clark, Crcasmer. TRUCK JESTS 18 MULES Truxtun Unit Can Be Attached to Any Passenger Cur Performing the work of eighteen mules Is a feat clnimed for n Truxtun two-ton truck, which Is on exhibit at the fifth nnnual commercial car show, by Matthews, Nock & Hales, of Onan rock, Vn , In a letter to the Trnxtnn Sales Company, distributors, 1714 North Broad Mreet. Nine hundred business firms In Phila delphia and eight hundred in New Jer sev use tho Truxtun truck. Tho Trutun unit consists of n fiame. which carries the load, springs, tear axle and wheels fitted with solid or pneumatic, tires. It can be nttached to any make of passenger car or small truck, thus converting, It Into a Truxtun truck of one nnd one-quarter, two or tin ee tons' capacity. Motor Thicks The choice of a dependable motor truck is a problem to most men until they see the Velie. At the Show of course La Roche Brothers, inc. 1214 N. Broad Street i! 1 : zr J 10 QUESTIONS for the Truck Buyer to Ask at the Truck Show Here's a word of advice to prospective buyers of motor trucks who have waited for the truck show'to reach a decision because of the opportunity it offers to study all trucks from the same viewpoint on one common ground. Don't allow salesmen to waste your time and their own with the recita tion of carefully planned "sales talks" made up largely of non-essentials. The ten questions which follow 'cover the essential features of a motor truck and the exhibitor who answers them most satisfactorily is fairly entitled to your business: No. 1 No.2- -How are you equipped to give me "SERVICE"? No. 6 What make of bearings do you user -What type and make of drive do you use? No. 3 What is the make of motor, its size? No. 4 By what means is the power trans mitted; what make of transmission? No. 5 Describe your rear axle, its make, size of spindles and tell how the load is carried. No. 7 What make of ignition? No. 8 What make of carburetor? No. 9 What type of radiator? No. 10 What is the make of your frame? Assume the initiative and "BUY" the truck you want. Do not allow yourself to be "s6ld." You will meet many clever salesmen at the truck show and see many good trucks but a quiet determination to get the most possible for your money will lead you from one booth to another and finally to the truck that you will BUY. Seven Models REpmmmrbKmK$ to S Tons Swain-Hickman Company, Inc. 21VD St 8EBYICE STATION 2117-1 Indlow M. TBENTON BAIXS OFCTOE American Mechanics Bolldlnr TIIENTON SEKVICE STATION i nnd 11 FaJr St. NJ . i s , , ' "1 161 Incite J- (U, Jargsir rooUeL ,: S'
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