REASON FOR THE RISE IN PRICES, Backs Up Prediction That Mo tor Car Announcements Will Show Increase in Price i "Next July's automobile announce ments will be, not of new models, but , of new prices—and they'll be higher," ! .says R. C. Rueshcaw, sales manager I of ttie Roo Motor Car Company. Mr. Rueschaw, who is the oldest ! sales manager in the automobile in- j dustry, bus acquired the reputation as. a prophet because of the accuracy of, predictions he has made from year to year as a result of his long; association with the industry and his intimate knowledge of the inside affairs there of. His statement quoted about will, therefore, be given more than usual credence by men in and outside of the automobile industry. "There are many reasons why few.. if any automobile concerns will an-1 nounce new model* at t lie usual time I next July, and there are quite as many reasons why prices will have to be j tilted," continued Mr. Rueschaw. "First, is the increased cost of ma- J terials because of the shortage of many kinds that are absolutely essen tial to the making of an automobile. < if course litis shortage is due to the Koropcan demand and tiie unprece dented prices munitions makers are willing to pay to obtain quick deliver ies. ".lust consider the following for which George 10. Smith, manager of the purchasing department of the Keo Motor Car company, is authority: "Metals of all kinds have at least doubled in value in the past six months, and in some instances, the advances have been much greater, ibis applying particularly to tool steels. High speed steels have in creased in price from 4. r >c per pound to S3 and over, and this figure is a nominal one, high speed steel being utmost unobtainable; this lias affected the cost of in..is made from such steels, to an even greater extent than represented b) the advance in the cost of steels, due to large increases in labor costs. "High speed drills, which we form erly purchased at 65 per cent, discount from list, are now printed at list plus 1 ■'} per cent., tip to %-inch diameters; above this diameter, they are list, plusi ::o per cent, up to 1-inch, above which i ■-■ize the price is double the list. "('utters, reamers and small tools ire now sold on the same basis, and ire extremely difficult to secure. We ! lire compelled to buy in small lots! from different manufacturers and job-j Iters wherever we can lind a small; supply. "Bar steels, used for making parts rif cars, have more than doubled in price, and prices are advancing rapid ly, and the, scarcity is increasing even more rapidly. Orders placed with the mills in December last, are scheduled for delivery in January, 1917. "Ordinary cold rolled bars cannot lie secured from mills in less than six months. Steel tubing required one year for delivery on mill specifica tions, and this item is also unobtain iblc from jobbers' stocks. "Odd lots of bar steel and forging! <tecl can still be secured from jobbers ind mills in small quanaitites, and in irder to maintain our supply, we are to purchase wherever ma rfhil can be found. For example: Sfo have just completed a run of! 11.000) six-cylinder crank shaft forg-! ngs, made from steel that was pur- i based while in transit, to another •ustomer, this purchase having been nade by paying a stiff premium for h< steel. For our next lot of 1,200 of hese cranks, we have just succeeded n placing an order for steel with a mall mill in Cumberland, Md., which hey promised to ship immediately, lie cost being just double the mill iriee on contracts for this period, and learly three times the cost of this, rteel in normal times. This condi- j ion applies to all kinds of steel pro- j lu Ct.s. "Other metals are in the same i ■hape. The price of copper at the i iresent time being 27c against 13c before the advance began. This also s practically unobtainable, except by turchaslng at least six months in ad ance of our requirements. This af ects all brass good, such as casting sheets, tubes, rods, etc. "The aluminum situation is the same, the metal for immediate deliv ery being unobtainable, and the price it least three times above normal. "Zinc, which is largely used in the nanufacture of war material, Is sell ng at 20c per pound, against Gc to Tc in normal times. "Rubber advanced from 50c per j >ound to $1 per pound, but has since ■eeeded to about 80c. The supply is absolutely uncertain and unreliable >wing to lack of ocean transportation 'acilities. "Leather remains extremely scarce. ] ind difficult to secure in satisfactory luality, the price being correspond-' ngly high, costing at least one-third nore than in the preceding season. "With the possible exception of taints, there is not a single item used n our factory that has not advanced rom 10 per cent, to 300 per cent, in •ost. "Wo Reo folks are fortunate, if ou want to put it that way, in having jractically everything that we will iced for our factory run up to the •lose of our fiscal year, already on the loor, and we are comfortably covered or most everything for a year beyond hat. "In these times we never feel sure if anything unless it is in our own varehouse, and Mr. Smith was sutti •iently foresighted to procure his re- Hiircments some months ago and to ibtain deliveries before most men in lis position realized that there was to ie a shortage. "Of course Reo ready cash was a tig father in that operation, as It is tow, for we are frequently able to tick up lots of materials that are des ined for others who are less certain o pay or who are unable to pay cash m tho nail. "Another reason on which i base ny assertion that next July's an touncements will not he of new mod ls but. of new prices, and that the trices will be higher, is the railway nr. shortage that obtains at tho pres nt moment. No manufacturer is lite to ship cars as fast as he can trpduce them, and that is going to re in the slowing down of a number f factories and the consequent oxten ion of the date on which the present actory runs can be completed. In ther words, many factories that have tanned to complete the present run y July 1 will probably have to ex cm! the time over Into next autumn, 'hat also will affect the price. "At first blush that last statement lay seem illogical, but a moment's hought will show the force of it. 'or every day over that originally es imated as necessary to complete a ertain number of cars, tho "over ead" cost on those cars will increase, 'hat increase added to the excessive ost of materials that makers who are ot already protected will have to ay, is bound to Increase the cost of reduction very materially, and, inas luch as the percentage of profit on utomobllex is small anyway, there an be only one answer—to tilt the rice. "Just watch and see if I'm not isht.'" concluded the Reo sales man ger. SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 4; 1916. THE KODAK AT THE FRONT; j jt may not be generally knowj that most of the war pictures appearing in newspapers and illustrated weeklies are Kodak pictures and in the ma jority of cases are taken by soldiers, doctors. Red Cross nurses and even ambulance drivers. This unofficial practice of Kodakery is winked at by war offices because It provides an excellent diversion for the men and also because of the val uable war data being collected in this way. The Kodak has also an official place in the war service, as the accom panying illustration shows. This picture, made in Mcssapotamia. shows a British officer with the aid of a periscope making a film record of his obser-| vations for the headquarters' staff. With a thread attached to the shutter It is a simple matter to make the exposure quite unobserved by the enemy. MOTOR CAR HAS MANY MISSIONS Gives Healthful Pleasure and Increases Commercial Possibilities By T. 10. \. Harthel, Vice-President and General King Motor j Car Company. The automobile lias solved many ] problems. The growth of the indus try during the past year has been be- | yond expectations. The future no one | can prediet. Automob.'.lo manufac- j turers have laid their plans for thej coming year on huge production fig- I urcs. The motorcar occupies a unique po- ! sition in the mechanical locomotion j family to-day. because it largely coun- | teracts the ill effects that followed the introduction of other forms of trans- i portation. It has given to municipal!-; ties the biggest problem they ever i tackled —the solution of street traffic | regulations. There is not a city in the j country where this problem is not serious and the subject of great j thought. No one now regards the motorcar i as a mere fad. The world knows it ; has fullilled its mission. That it is a real necessity for comfort, health and j business progress. With millions of: American-made automobiles for this; country, the expectation that the for- i eign demands the coming year will j be greater than ever, the automobile j industry is counted upon as advanc- j ins the business of the country Ken- t erally. For the automobile to-day is | a financial investment. With all different types to choose ! from—small or large, from two to I sev.en-passenger capacity, with either | four, six, eight or twelve cylinders— j overhead expense cut down, simplic- j ity the keynote of construction, the I field for the automobile is larger to- j day than ever before. The fact that j ; the American public has money, the j | banks have let down the bars for the j ! purchase of automobiles, gives to the j i automobile manufacturer every op portunity to market big production. I The motorcar has many missions, j ; It lirst gives to the public the health- j ful and stimulating pleasure of flying j | through beautiful country scenes and ' delightfully fresh air. Second, it fur- j , nlshes a perfect flexible means of i | transportation iliat is exactly adapt able to the public's wishes; that is, j | to go and come when and where one j likes. Third, it relieves the burden ! from the horse; and, finally, to banish ! him entirely from the city streets, en | larges the radius of commercial opera- j lions and makes two engagements grow for the busy American public 1 where but one grow before. And when a Rood motor is running under full speed it makes the least fuss about it. This Is an adage that can also be applied to many a young man who is striving for his start in life. Enger Distinctive in Its Overhead Valves It. lie Hart, 131 South Third street, local distributor for the linger Twin Six, iu speaking of the popularity of the car ho represents, snUl to a Tele graph representative, to-day: "The first day the factory announc ed the Twin Six they literally and actually received thousands of long distance telephone calls, telegrams and special delivery letters from dealers and consumers who wished to pur chase immediately. The Twin Six ful lilled a popular demand for a car with flexibility, fast get-away, quick pick up. speed, power, Silence, and freedom from vibration, "Think of driving a car In which all gear shifting Is eliminated! Think of driving a car that with perfect pre cision and smoothness takes all hills on high! A car that just purrs along, at walking speed or racing sped, with scarcely a perception of vibration." The Enger is distinctive ih that it has overhead valves, operated from a camshaft located in the usual place, by long push rods and rockers, the valve tappet adjustment thus being very accessible, and it consists of cap screws in the rocker ends. All twelve cylinders are cast. In one single block I with the upper part of the crankca.sc, [ and the cylinder rows are staggered to J admit side-by-side connecting rods. LEGION OF HONOR 15 NOW GROWING IN POPULARITY Red Ribbon Greeted With Much Deference in France; j Membership Limited | Paris, March 4. (Correspondence j lof the Associated Press). —The red | ribbon on increasing numbers of j weather-trained blue jackets and the frequent appeals to popular imagina tion by the military parades behind j | the war zone incidental to the decora- I ; lion of heroes from the front, have' I given a remarkabel increase In j I popularity to the Legion of Honor, j This imperial institution, handed! down through the Restoration, the Second Republic and the Second Em- j pire, was not accepted without re- j serve by the more democratic Third j j Republic and has gone through some j j vicissitudes since. Napoleon's lirst idea was to reward military devotion and gallant services t on the field of battle. It was only! , later, when he realized the importance ! jof making war on Great Britain's I ] commerce as well as upon her fleet and army, that he used the declara-j tion to incite civilian effort. Warnings | were given at the time that abuses j would result. There was no scandal, however, during the Empire and the | first known traffic in the decoration I came to light, in 1822, when an agency j i engaged in the selling of false decora- . lions was unearthed. The scandal of; INS 7 was more serious. In that case: |it was a question of the sale of real j | decorations, Involving a son-in-law of ! the president of the republic, Jules i | Grevy, and finally bringing about the t latter's resignation. Sotne less con spicuous cases have developed since, ' but the supposition put forth at dif- j j ferent times, that the Legion of Honor ; was always for sale at a price, was i | certainly exaggerated. There was, | perhaps, more foundation for the , opinion of ihe undecorated, that poli tical influence had a great deal to do | with the distribution of the honor among civilians. Membership Limited At its origin the Legion of Honor 1 comprised a Grand Council or direc tory, composed of 7 grand officers and 16 cohorts, each cohort counting 7 grand officers, 20 commandants, 30 i officers and 350 legionaries named for j ' life by the grand council. The grand j 1 council and the cohorts were sup- | pressed by a law reorganizing the 1 order In 1816, and the dispositions of i that law were mostly incorporated | into the present charter of the order, 1 ; which dates from March 16, 1852. i The president of the republic, is the j I grand master of the Legion of Honor, ! whose affairs are now administered by : a grand chancellor named by the chief executive of the republic, and a coun- I , ell of the order comprising a General ; Secretary, vice-president und ten 1 members. The corps of legionaries is composed of chevaliers, officers, j commandants, grand officers and I grand crosses. The membership is limited to 20 grand crosses, 50 grand | officers, 250 commanders, 2,000 offi j cers and 12,000 chevaliers or knights. ; Foreigners on whom the decorution is I conferred do not figure in this limited membership, according to the rules. In time of peace, to be admitted to ■ the Legion of Honor, one must have .! exercise civilian or military func tions during 20 years with honor and ■ distinction. To be promoted to any I rank superior to that of knight it is indispensable to have passed through 1 the grade immediately inferior. The ' period of four years as a knight, two ' years as an officer, three years as a , commander, five years as a grand offi . cer. For exceptional cases of. gal i lantry or extraordinary services in time of war or peace these periods i may be reduced, but in no case may : a knight be advanced to the grade " of Commander without having first ' been promoted to the rank of officer. \ The decoration o ftho Legion of Honor is a five double-pointed star, t with a medallion in the center with > the head of the republic in relief, and , the words, "French Republic, 1870" in a circular border. On the other side : the medallion bears two tricolor flags 'with the device, "Honneur et Patrie." : : The star which is enameled in white is of silver for the knights, and gold i I for the officers. The only distinc -1 tion made in the form- of the decora- Bosch Magnetos Atwater-Kent Ignition System Leak-Proof Rings Lynite Pistons J—JAVING Outgrown our present loca tion we have leased for a term of years the building at 109-1 1 1 Market Street, opposite Board of Trade. FRONT-MARKET \ Motor Supply Co. Hess-Bright Ball Bearings Ford Parts Keystone Springs Mobil-Oils tion itself for the different ranks is that of size, being 1 1-3 inches in diameter for the knights and officers and 2 1 / i inches in diameter for the commanders. The knights wear the decoration on the left side of the; client, attached to a red moire ribbon, the officers wear it the same place and with the same ribbon, but with a red rosette attached. Commanders wear the decoration around their neck, at tached to a red moire ribbon wider than that or officers and knights. Grand officers in addition to the cross wear on the left side of the breast a five double pointed silver star set with 1 diamonds. The Grand Crosses wear the decorations attached to a red sash, passing over the right shoulder and also on the left side of the chest another double pointed star similar to that of the grand officers. Carries Pension It is not generally known that membership in the Region of Honor carries with it a pension to soldiers or officers who have lost, a member or have lost the use of a member as the result of wounds received in battle. Knights receive-230 francs a year, offi cers 500 francs, commanders 1.000 francs, grand officers 2,000 francs and grand crosses 3.000 francs. Membership in the Legion of Honor is lost for the same causes that a man i is liable to lose his civil rights, that 1 is to say, in cases of conviction for , criminal offenses or in case of bank | ruptcy. The palace of the Legion of Honor, i called generally "the Chancellerie," is ! a beautiful structure on the left bank of the Seine, facing the Tuilleries Gar dens. The original structure was erected between 1782 and 1789 by Rousseau for the Prince Frederic of Salm-Kyrbourg. It was inhabited by Madame de Stael lor a time and was bought by the Legion of Honor in 1804 to be used us headquarters of the order and as the residence of the Chancellor. Burned during the Com mune in 1871, it was rebuilt on the original plans by voluntary subscrlp | tions of members of the order. In the i salons of the palace are gathered a i great many interesting works of art, among them a splendid full life por- I trait of the "First Consul" by Yvon, i an apotheosis of Napoleon, by Maillot, I and a ceiling by J. P. Laurens rep resenting the creation of the Legion of Honor. Six Battleships Off Duty in Atlantic Because of Shortage of Sailors j Washington, D. C., March 4.—Only I fifteen of the t wenty-cne battleships I of (he Atlantic fleet are on active duty ; in West Indian waters, three of the other six being so crippled for lack of officers and men fliat they cannot op erate with the fleet, and the other three are either awaiting or under going extensive repairs--. The fifteen active ships are short from eight to seventeen officers each of tho number assigned to 'hem by the Navy Depart ment and 1,000 coal passers, elec tricians, fifunners' mates and other trained enlisted men, although they have aboard about 100 more men than the total personnel allowed by the regulations. This was the situation of the fleet as I pictured yesterday by Admiral | Fletcher, commandgr-in-chief, before 1 the House" naval committee. AS PLATED BY | Why are you j prejudiced against golf? You K» never saw a |0 heard Dart of one. NOW IS TIME TO PLANT FLOWERS ; Many Early Blooms Should Be Started in Hot Beds; Others in Open Washington, D. C., Fe"fi. Many garden lovers who are envious of their I neighbors' earlier blooms fail to j realize that they can do many things even in February to give some of their plants an earlier start. Those! who own hotbeds or cold frames, the specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture say. should see to it that their annual flowering plants are started at once. This advice applies to those flowers to be used later in beds and to those grown for cut flow ers. Some of the flowers which give particularly good results if started in hotbeds or cold frames are: Agertum, Cosmos, Alyssum, Four-O'clock, Aster, Uodetia, Calendula, Marigold, Calliopsis, Petunia, Campanula. Sweet William, Castor bean. Scotch pink. Chrysanthemum, Scarlet Sage, Cockscomb, Verbena. I m. <n " Sown In Open The seed of some of the flowers listed below need not be started in hotbeds but can be sown later in the season in the open ground and then j transplanted to their permanent, loca- I , ona ' Fh© seed of these flowers | should not be sown untii the ground jis in condition for making a good ?«, and until thGle no longer I , of a heav y frost in the I , A good test to determine ed 'toU I« h in K t a 'l-' e " SOil can bc Wo ' K- I f»,. * i to take up a mass of it in if »H an( ! f! compact it into a ball. |lf this ball readily falls apart the l lt °ts n n„rH , en '? l,Kh to b e worked, in J ! ar y im P° r, ant in plant i u u 0 v M , pn<3p U|) 'he ground, I Hne it thoroughly with hoe and rake stones and lumps from it. The actual surface should be made very fine and soft. In , planting each kind of seed the diree ; tions as to depth of planting should |bo carefully followed. Flowers that | can be sown in this wav are: Agertum. Godetta, Alyssum, Gaillardl, Aster. Mignonette, Pot marigold, Pansv, Calliopsis, Pinks, Campanula. Rudbeckia. Clarkia, (shade) Snapdragon, : Cockscomb, Stocks, Dahlias—single. Zinnias, Most of these may be sown earlier In a hotbed or cold frame and thus be made to bloom earlier. | Certain oilier flowers die or do not jdo well if they are transplanted. | These therefore should be sown only |in the open ground or bods where I the plants are to grow. The varieties t \ ENSMINGER MOTOR CO. THIRD AXI) CUMBERLAND STS. Distributor*. which it is best to sow in a permanent location are: California poppy, Nemophila (shade) Candytuft, Phlox drummondii Corn flower, Sunflower, Forget-me-not, Sweetpeas. Lobelia, Sweetpeas should be in the ground as soon as it is dry enough to work. The soil should be spaded up and well prepared and then a trench should be dug four inches deep; In the bottom of this the peas should be planted about 2 inches apart. When the peas are to be grown over chicken wire or brush stuck in the ground it is customary to sow them in two parallel rows, 6 to 8 inches apart. In this way on the same amount of trellis double the number of plants can be grown with satisfactory re sults. Sweetpeas thrive best In a cool, moist climate. Because of this it is especially desirable to sow very early in the Spring. Poppies Poppies may be sown directly on the surface of ground that was pre pared last Fall. If the bed was not prepared at that time, it should bo spaded up as soon as the ground is dry enough, and the poppy seed sown [ evenly over the surface. The seed should be slightly covered by draw ing the back of the rake over the bed. Poppies do not ctand transplanting, and must be sown where they are to bloom. Care should be taken to dis tribute the seed evenly and not in bunches, for if there is much disturb ance of the roots at the time of thin ning, the plants will not do so well as when left undisturbed. The Shirley poppy, a very showy and attractive variety, may be obtained in many colors. The individual blossoms, IS^wSuniUfJ | I || "Cadillac Eagßnf' f| «jj = V TOTE the large number of new 1 | |\| Eight-Cylinder Cadillacs constant- E•& Jj | ly appearing on the street*; and j| -5 : jjj «j the calibre of the owners as being || Ui •h | competent Judges of motor car merit. 11 ti| W | Then ask yourself if this is not suffl- f§ >2S I clent assurance that you will not go 1| | wrong In deciding that your next car p !•£] | will be a Cadillac. If I Cfaspsm M©toir 1 I Caff C®. I M 413-17 S. C&mesr©n Sftreeft H * M&melbusrg, Pa. < | 15 however, are very short lived, and as compared with many other plants its blooming season Is short. The plants are so attractive when in bloom, how ever, that they are well worth plant ing. A succession of sowings will prolong the blooming season. The California poppy should also be sown early but does not require as early sowing as the other poppies. It is handsome ana will bloom during n longer period than the Shirley poppy, May Be Transplanted The other plants In the list may he sown in a seed bed and be transplant ed from there to the permanent loca tion, but it is usually better to sow the seed In the permanent location. Balsams or lady's slippers, casloi beans and Portulacos also are best sown where they are to grow but they should not be put In the ground until It Is warm enough to grow beans and tomatoes well that is about the time corn is coming up or oak leaves are half grown. These plants could be grown in a cold frame previous to this date, but there is little to be. gained from this method Farmers' Bulletin 195 treats fully o! : these plants. 1 >• Men** 9 <U -W l.uop U3H.L fj Ft -48dB pu» X]MO|K ?1 }ua oj 9ui sasiA, -p« jopop aiu, I Jj®' «qj vaHi ox sKvait
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