16 ~\ C THE I A powerful and efficient motor with AL.L BRAKINGS ROI-XiKR BEARING. AI,L STEEL CLUTCH RUNNING IN OIL, can be oiled from seat while riding; an UNDERGEARED TRANSMISSION with ONLY ONE CHAIN, no SHORT CHAIN to GIVE TROUBLE. ALL STEEL BRAKE, no LININGS to BURN OUT. HALL AND SOCKET JOINT Inlet. A TWO-SPEED PLANETARY TYPE, GEARS ALWAYS IN MESH, two speed and clutch controlled by ONLY ONE LEVER, the only correct practice. A MECHANICAL OILER TO MOTOR that Is the HIGHEST DEGREE OF PERFECTION, a THOR rider never need turn on his oil. for the moment the motor starts the oil is fed to crank case and gears. Compare the THOR FEATURES with all other makes. You can not And any make with such real improvements. When you buy a THOR you buy 100 per cent, efficiency. 4-5 H. P. S2OO 7-9 H. P. $250 5-7 H. P. $225 9-14 H. P. $275 Two apeeii 940 extra on all model*. YALE TWO-SPEED The man who wants this sort of machine will And every require ment more than fulfilled in the new Two-Speed Yale. Model 47-7-8 H. P. 2 Cyl. $285 Model 45-5-6 H. P. S Cyl. $235 See These Models at the Auto Show Chas. H. Uhler 1317 Derry Street mmmmm ____ mmm _______^^ — J ' r « ;'I i THE DOMINANT SIX Sold by I. W. DILL Wmf Your visit to the Harrisburg Auto mm. Show, March 14th to 21st, would .jBflH not be complete without seeing jraH| |H the 1914 Oaklands—especially— BBB| H the New Light Six—sl7Bs JS^H H which has revolutionized six- 9HE BB cylinder values. tmEm HUE Fours and Sixes 227 North Broad Street -• « ' •• 1 ••• ' ■ r v:: .• v, v-r;>... . ••• • •' , '• \ 1 ' ' ' • ';, % V. : •■""• ', " . THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPIi ' MARCH 19, 1914. COST OF SMALLEST 1 ARTICLES FIGURED Abbott-Detroit's President Tells of Efficiency Methods Employed in Figuring Expenses "Few dealers in automobiles, and practically none who use them, ever stop to consider the enormous amount of detail necessary to arrive accurately at the factory cost*of a car." This is the observation of Edward P. Gerber, president of the Abbott Motor Car Company, who within the few months has acquired a control ling interest in this concern. "To secure the exact cost of each of the 3 5,000 parts entering into an automobile requires more detail, more labor and more vexation of spirit than the average man can readily under stand. And yet for any manufacturing concern to be a success It is absolutely necessary to have some good system of arriving at the cost of its product. "Cost records can be maintained by many small manufacturing concerns without much trouble and expense, where their products do not differ ma terially. But with a big automobile concern the ease is different. Its out put is large and extensive, every car being made up of innumerable pieces | and small parts. This makes neces sary the installation of a very com prehensive department to correctly de termine the cost of every finished car. "To arrive at these figures, many actual tests must be made, especially in the machine shops and in the paint ing and trimming departments. Not only the amount of material used In the construction of each part must be figured, but also the labor cost. And any waste in materials used must be correctly determined. "While there Is no particular waste in the larger Items entering into a car, yet the percentage runs high in a great many things. For instance in cutting up hides of leather for up holstering purposes the waste is very large. This is also the case with many of the smaller items, such as tacks, bolts, screws, rivets, paints, etc. An accurate account is kept of each test, so that a fair and safe proportion of waste may be determined, and proper allowances made therefor. "A large record book is kept so the cost of each part of each model, and of the entire automobile itself, may be known at a glance. Not only are we able to determine the cost for any one period of time, but also for a series of preceding periods, so that proper comparisons may be made with former figures. "Every month the records of the past month are checked over and variations are noted in the record book, so that figures are always up to date. The work requires men of much experience in cost accounting, and In addition to this they must have a prac tical knowledge of the automobile business. It would not bo possible for any novice to furnish even a close estimate of the shop cost of different parts, for many details have to be I taken into consideration which one can master only in years of experi ence. "A large percentage of orders re ceived at our factory do not follow the regular method of construction, and the cars have to be made special. This is true with a few other high grade automobile manufacturers, but ■ as a rule does not apply to low-priced 1 concerns. In these cases it is the I duty of the cost department to figure II the extras or the reductions in con : -.traction cost, based on the price of I regular work. After this new cost is j ascertained, the selling price is deter mined. I "In my opinion manufacturers are coming to realize more and more the great importance of accurate cost rec ords, and i believe that the next year or two will see more comprehensive systems established in many automo bile concerns than in tlie past." Bear in mind that the Hugo offer that the Harrisburg Telegraph is mak ing to its readers is a most unusual lone. Right now you can get a beau- I tiful six volume set of imported books t'or only a coupon and 98c. This op portunity should not be neglected. QUITE EVIDENT The Sunday school lesson was con cerning the afflictions of Job and his wonderful patience during all his | trials. "And now," said the superintendent at the close of the lesson, "who can tell what condition Job was in at the end of his life?" "Dead!" answered the sad-looking boy in the back seat.—ln National Monthly. * / \ Auto Tires- Firsts Extra Heavy Casings, double curve, wrapped tread. SIZES _ PRICE: 30x3 plain tread $7.86 plain tread ... $10.28 32x3J/2 plain tread ... sll.lß 33x4 plain tread $15.73 34x4 plain tread $16.33 OTHER SIZES QUOTED OX REQUEST These casings are manufac tured by a large and reputable factory and nave been on the market for several years, giving good service. Will ship C. O. D., subject to examination J, A. THE TIRE MAN 80 SOUTH CAMERON ST. | HARRISBURG, PA. Phone 458 R A DEALER WANTED I.\ EACH TOWN Ensminger Auto Show Green & Cumberland Sta. Admission Free Ohio-Apperson aid Mitchell Pleasure Cars—Dart Trucks 1014 Hupniohlle at Coat. WOULD PUBLIC BUY 150 111 YEAR? Haynes, Pioneer Automobile Man Once Hesitated Over Build ing Fifty Automobiles ■ ' EL WOOD HAYNES Father of the American Automobile Industry President, the Haynes Automobile Company, Kokomo, Ind. As early as 1898, when the Haynes Automobile Company was still in its infancy, we decided to build for the following year about fifty cars. About I the same time I learned that another J firm was expecting to build 100 ma chines for the same year, and we won dered if both companies would sell the entire output of 150 cars. It was not a question in my mind whether the American people could buy these machines, but whether or not they would buy them. • To my sur prise we sold all we could make, and the public still clamored for more. Notwltlistandlngthetremendous strides which have been made in the business, this experience has been repeated each year without exception ever since. The automobile has so established itself in thousands of American homes, , and so endeared itself to those who use it, that it will not be given up • excepting In certain cases where dire necessity demands it. ; Not only does the owner of a ma chine take his own family out for 1 pleasure driving, but frequently takes ■ the children of his neighbors, so that ! it is now rather difficult to find a boy ■ or girl in the more populous districts " who has never had a ride in an auto mobile. The motor car will no more go out ' of style or out of use than the beauti i ful home ,the piano, the Brussels car . pet or a hundred other things that l contribute to the joy of life. It has t become the basis for outdoor life for 1 thousands of families, contributing not j only to their enjoyment, but to their ; health, peace of mind and general well . being, affording, as It does, a long f wished for pleasure and utility, which i it has only been possible to realize . I within the past ten or twelve years. The latest Haynes cars consist of three models. In brief, the principal changes are: Pressure gasoline feed with tank, equipped with gasoline gauge, suspended at rear of chassis, and air gauge on cowl board; auto matic air pressure pump driven from cam shaft, and auxiliary hand pump on cowl board; motor-driven tire pump; ample storage space under both seats for tools, pump, jack, etc., bat tery box is under front seats, leaving running boards clear, and leather kicking pads on lower rear half of front seats. The greatest of all motor refinements added to the new Haynes models, however, is the Vulcan elec tric gear shift, standard equipment. The Vulcan electric gear shift em ploys the well-known principle of electro-magnets, or solenoids, as they are technically called. By these electro magnets are operated the sliding gears of the usual selective transmission. On the steering wheel is a dial of push buttons, known as the "selector" switch. In order to engage any de sired gear it is only necessary to push the proper button and depress the clutch pedal. When the clutch is out, a switch attached to the pedal makes an elec trical contact and sends current from the battery to the solenoid controlled by the button pushed. The propei gear is instantly pulled into engage ment. The entire operation takes only a fraction of a second. As the switch between solenoids and battery can only be closed by depress ing the clutch pedal, the danger of stripping gears is absolutely elimi nated. The Vulcan electric gear shift is i decidedly simple, both electrically and j mechanically. It is "fool proof." It was given the most exacting tests | and its reliability proven before Its | adoption. Hundreds of Haynes cars so equipped are in use all over the coun try at the present time and in no single instance has it been necessary to resort to the use of the hand lever. However, for emergency use, a hand shift iever is provided, the same as a crank is provided for emergency with the electric starter of any make. The use of the Vulcan electric gear shift is bound to lengthen the life of the car. Careless handling of any transmission will wreck it in time. With this device the automatic shift ing of the gears by the solenoid colls is a precise operation which eliminates the familiar "burring" of gears. The amount of current used foi shifting the gears is so small that it can scarcely be measured. Current is used only for a fraction of a second at times when gears are being shifted. Haynes cars are on exhibition at the auto show under the direction of the Harrisburg Automobile Company, | Haynes distributors in this territory. Yes, the Harrisburg Telegraph of fers you a set of Hugo, six beautiful volumes, over 3,000 pages, bound in English ribbed cloth, stamped in gold, for a coupon and 98c. If you are prompt you can get these imported books for the price of one. Come to the office and see this wonderful bar gain. A GOOD OLD WORLD This is a good old world to live in.— The Hon. Thomas Riley Marshall. Well said, old truepenny. A good old world, even if inheritances— soundly taxed—are still permitted In It and an all wise government hasn't yet wholly succeeded in preventing pros perity.—New York Sun. CONDENSED TRAGEDIES [From the Boston Transcript.] "I frequently find my wife poring over that volume of sad Action, the cook book." "Why do you call it that?" "Because not more than one in ten of those pieces come out rig-ht." AFTER six years' study of the light delivery problem and more than two years' rigid testing of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle truck, as ? it now stands, we are offering a proposition that has actually demonstrated /, its worth. In the hands of retailers and wholesalers all over the United j; States, as well as in the Government service and general parcel delivery. Gasoline consumption, 30 to 40 miles per gallon with full load. Speed, j| I 2 to 35 miles per hour. >; MT SEE US AT AUTO SHOW \ j HEAOY BROS. i OPEN EVENINGS 1204 N. THIRD ST. } THE YEAR OF THE SIX CYLINDER MOTORS Automobile Shows Are Usually Dominated by Some One Idea, Says 1. W. Dill "The slogan at the automobile shows of the season is 'The year of the six-cylinder'," says I. W. Dill, Hudson representative. "Automobile shows have usually been dominated by some one strong idea. One year it was fore doors. Another the self-starter held the prominent position. This year mo torists are agreed that a strong note in all the motor car shows, Including the present show in Harrisburg, Is the advent of the six-cylinder car into a price class and an efficiency class where it Is expected from now on to dominate the automobile industry. There have been sixes before this year. But they have been, in most cases, merely the adding of two cylinders to a four. Which induced excessive weight, high cost of manufacture and expensive operation. This year sees sixes manufactured as cheaply, in some cases more cheaply, than fours of comparable power. It sees some sixes at prices even lower than com peting fours. It sees economy of gaso line, tires and general repair reduced to a point where the four is no longer supreme. Discriminating motor car buyers who want a car of reasonable size, power, beauty and efficiency and who can pay from 51,2 50 up consider only the six. At the shows the four cylinder car is comparatively incon spicuous. The bulk of the exhibit is six-cylinder cars. Even makers who list both models keep their fours In the background. And the public en dorses this verdict. The exhibits of the sixes are so crowded that one has difficulty In getting near them. Evi dently 1914 is to mark the rise to sov ereignty of the six-cylinder car and the decline of the fours, thus repeating the record of the fours when the two cylinder went out of use." (RSiehler. ! 1-ton gasoline commercial cars. Suitable for any business 9730 Stanley Steam Cars Pleasure anil Commercial. UniOO.OO to 9U,500.00, fully equipped. Equipped to burn kerosene. Paul D. Messner 1118 JAMES STREET Hell l'houe. The See It at the Show Most Completely Equipped Car Ever Offered Cose T Head Motor, Bore, 8% Inches; Stroke, 4% inches; Bosch Magneto; Kay (lob I Carburetor: Wfit inghouse Electric Starter; Westinghonse Dynamo Electric Lighting, 110-Inch Wheelbase; Demountable Rims; Electric Horn; Warner Speedometer; 8-day Clock: E.cetric Lamp on Ix>ng Wire; Set Weed Tire Chains; Extra Rim; 2 Extra Tubes; One Extra Tire; Cover for Sparc Tire; Rain Vision Wind Shield; Top; Curtains; Boot. ' : NO EXTRAS TO BUY, FULLY WARRANTED; COMPANY'S OWN BRANCH IN HARRISBURG. J. I. CASE T. M. CO. 429 South Second St ] 5 th ANNUAL Auto Show NOW OPEN ARENA—REX GARAGE, Harrisburg, Pa. North Third and Delaware Sts. WHAT YOU SAVE in the operation and upkeep of a METZ "22" as compared with other cars, eventually equals the purchase price. The original cost of a METZ is actually returned to you in econ omies. You save monpy when you buy it, and every hour you run it. METZ "2:2" $475 WINNER OF THE GLIDDEN TOUR The Gearless Car—No Clutch to Slip—No Gears to Strip The METZ "22" is the most economical car on the market to operate. It travels from 28 to 32 miles on ONE gallon of gasoline, 100 miles on ONE pint of lubricating oil, and from 10,000 to 12,000 miles on a single set of tires. It is speedy and stylish, and exceedingly durable—« thoroughly PRACTICAL car. The METZ team of three cars 60 miles per hour on the high won the last Glidden Tour. In hn.. f „ y fa ß t « competition with cars costing anteed car, torpedo semi-encldsed from five to ten times as mich; body, left-hand drive and center and the three MET/! cars were control, fitted with standard the ONLY team that held a PER- equipment throughout, includ- FECT SCORE, without a