Automobile Manufacturers Assist With War Work "Considering the nation's indus trial situation, it would seem that at no time were we better equipped than now for the conduct of our part in the world war," according to the view expressed by C. D. Hastings, general manager of the Hupp Motor Car Corporation. "For the purpose of contrast, visualize the factory and transpor tation facilities of the United States ten years ago, and compare them with our present manufacturing ca pacity and railroad facilities. The steel industry has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last ten years. The railroads have Invested millions of dollars in new mileage and new equipment. The automobile indus try lias sprung into full flower— and is now the third largest industry in the United States. "Consider, for example, the work of the motorcar industry in the con duct of the war. Motorcar manu facturers were among the tlrst. If not the very first, to offer their facili ties to the government. Many of them had already furnished care— passenger and freight—to the gov ernment of Europe. They were al ready engaged in war work. Others were willing and ready, at a mo ment's notice, to take up their part of the work. Preparation for the tremendous task before us must needs have been slow and toilsome without the vast facilities of the au tomobile industry to fall back on. "It would be difficult, perhaps, to name a car factory that is not en gaged to-day in war work. Some are building airplanes; some are building gun parts; some are build ing passenger airtomobiles; Kine, trucks. Almost over night, factor ies have been made over, in part or in whole, to give the government the benefit of the best that is in them. "I do not for a minute mean that the automobile industry has done or is doing more than its share. I do want to make plain the fact that the average manufacturer of motor cars has willingly turned his plant upside down. If necessary, to produce war materials for his nation' 3 need. "Meanwhile, the industry is carry ing on the production of passenger automobiles. Dealers who have in vested their capital and their busi ness experience are solid behind the manufacturers, and the public is able to buy the automobiles for which it has real need in its daily life." I°h OulT Track th.l loolndsi Uoit. Ch tad Body i* o Job t one Prioj Saras you $75 1 \ taOSombodr I • i ft I .qatpm.Bt, I "—"nHSKS / / \ e!CT'y # Miller Auto Co., Inc. 50-68 S. Cameron St. Btl! 4119 Dial 3660 > 6-Passenger Touring $725 3-Passenger Clover-Leaf C7OE Roadster 9 ! Ensminger Motor Go. TUJRD and CUMBERLAND STS. Bll Phnne 3515 V PILOT "The Car Ahead." sl29s—"Double Cowl," 6-pass. Touring and "Get - Chummy" Roadster. Unhesitatingly the choice of exclusive buyers, who demand in dividuality and personality in their possessions. Ensminger Motor Co. Green & Cumberland Sts. (KEEP IX^l ■| . Keep a strict eye on your car's storage battery these "cold months leave it's "vitality" get low and you'll have a ruin ed battery caused by freezing. Better have it tested regu- larly by us and have the neces ary "outside charge" given it here for batteries arc often • seri.ously weakened by cold engines, the long use of lights and no daylight running of the car. Battery work in all its branches by experts. A Man's Gift From a Man's Store 31 lok B* Wm. Strouse Jr] SATURDAY EVENING, Chandler Company Has Prosperous Development "The year 1917 has brought no slowdown in Chandler growth. On the other hand, in the face of the most unusual conditions which all industries have had to meet, the year has been marked by a very notable development of Chandler business," says James M. Dunlap, sales man ager of the Chandler Motor Car Company, Cleveland, in a letter to Andrew Redmond. "Times of stress are a te"st of strength. "The stability of the Chandler Company and the high standing of the Chandler car with the American public have been splendidly demon strated. "('handler sales during the first three-quarters of the year, January 1 to September 30, showed an in crease of forty-seven per cent over the same period last year, a remark able increase when one considers the big business into which the Chandler car had earned its way in 1916. "The Chandler has moved forward constantly ever since its introduc tion to the public four years' ago last July. There has never been a time when the Chandler position was weakened even temporarily. There has never been a time when the Chandlr position was not growing stronger and stronger. "In 1918 the Chandler stepped out into a front rank position, recognized everywhere as a leader among me dium-priced, high-grade cars. And now this year that position has been still further fortified. More careful buying on the part of the public has served to strengthen the Chandler's position in the industry. The su perior value of the car and the fair ness of its price have become more evident to more people. "Some makes of cars have been using price advances and threaten ed price advances as a leverage by which to sustain demand this fali. Whereupon we have endeavored to make clear to the public the very simple truth that marking up prices doesn't make cars better. "The public likes to have facts, too. And a large part of the public is being guided by facts in its buy ing. This is not only reflected in the present status of Chandler busi ness but assures the certainty of con fined Chandler leadership." Announces Special Patch For Jobbers' Distribution To meet the demand created by the many jobbing houses of the coun try for a special blowout patch de signed for distribution through them exclusively, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio, announces the production of a full sized patch of this description es tpecially deslgrted. Deliveries of this addition to the company's accessory line are already being made, according to C, H. Ger hold, western manager of the Fire stone company's accessories and cy cle tire sales division. Thousands Near Saloniki Aided by Red Cross Among the largest of war relief works being carried on at the pres ent time are campn for homeless thousands of persons in and around Saloniki, which were started by Dr. Edward W. Ryan, head of the American Red Cross in that region. There are 70,000 sufferers camping out in tents which have been set up. While the Saloniki Conflagration was still raging Dr. Ryan set up soup kitchens, and within twelve houis of the start of the tire he was feeding 2,500 people. The Allied military authorities came in later, and the work has been kept up ever since, with English, French and Americans co-operating. The problem now is what to do when the Macedonian winter pets in and the tents are no longer habit able. The afflicted people <ire in a hopelessly Improvident state of mind. They are a wretched lot, having lost everything in the fire, and they, refuse to do a stroke of work for themselves. There are many old women and children and hundreds of nursing babies living in the tents. In the haby's nursery Red Cross nurses bathe the children, with boy scouts as helpers. According to a late report not a baby had died at one of the camps which was inspec ted. In spite of the circumstances there also was little sickness In this ramp. AUTO INDUSTRY AMPLE FOR NEEDS Local Dealer Predicts That No Great Curtailment of Production Is Necessary Further talk in automobile circles of a cutting down of the output of factories is having a bad effect among the dealers and garagemen of this city. The publication frequently of contemplated action by the War Industries Board is having a disturb ing effect that Is regarded as not beneficial. The dealers believe It is not neces sary that factory outputs be cut down beyond certain very reasonable limits and regret that the pftblic has been given the impression that the entire car industry might be sup pressed as a non-essential. One factor in the situation is con sidered by the dealers to be the com parison by officials of the situations here and in. England, but without a sufficient analysis of the two situa tions. "In England," says H. W. Miller, of the Miller Auto Co., "the car Industry has been shut up en tirely, and the fact that it was 'shut up is considered by many as a rea son why the same industry should be put up in America. "But—the shutting up in each case should be founded upon the same reasons, and unless tho same neces sities exist in America the Industry should not bo suppressed here as it was in England. "In England the industry was sup pressed because the entire factory capacities were required for muni tions work. America's motor car in dustry is so much larger than England's that a part of it is able, say men who know, to handle all the munitions work that is necessary. Factory capacity therefore is not a great factor. "In England there were coal and steel shortages, which made it neces sary that everything except muni tions give way. But in America the big men in coal and steel say there is no shortage, and just a few days ago the government issued a state ment that there is plenty ofl gaso line for both war and peace activi ties if car owners economize and cut out waste. "Labor is, of course, a big prob lem. In England it was met by the eniplpyment of women—but at men's wages. This may have to be done in America. Transportation is a vital factor here, but the industry hopes to solve much of this problem by driving cars overland and by estab lishing intercity truck services. "Furthermore, the motor car is not the essential in England that it is in America. There distances are short. Between London and Edin burgh it is 360 miles in a direct line, between London and Manchester only 170. The air line between Lon don and Paris is only about 210 miles, about as far as from New | York to Boston. "It is 3,182 miles from New York to San Francisco. It is a night's ride [ between almost any two principal American cities, and sometimes more. Our wide country area makes America a land of distances. Take North Dakota with its 55,000 cars and 700,000 people, mostly farmers. Nearly all the cars are owned by farmers, who havfe to have them. Why "Because the railroads simply don't exist. The biggest city in the state has less than 20,000 people. Railroads run with infrequent stops through town after town of handfuls of houses and no officially listed pop ulation. Cars run across the prairies. [ "Between Grand Forks and Minot it is 200 miles and only one real stop. Between Minot and Bismark —the state capital—with populations of 0,000 or 6,000 each—it is 180 miles by rail, and the one train a day leaves at 9.15 and arrives at 5.50 p. m., eight hours and thirty-five miles, making all stops. The man in Minot can reach the state capital in a motor car ahead of the train, for his route is much shorter and he can go faster. And there are thousands of miles of country, popu lated b v thousands of farmers, whose only means of travel is the car. Imagine covering an 110,000 acre ranch without cars. "Farmers buy eighty per cent, of all cars bought in America and use them for business purposes. The re maining twenty per cent, is used for a goodly per cent, of business work. "Why is the motor car then a non essential?. And why does the gov ernment rate the piano as a neces sity? A hitherto unthinking public much change its views. It must not let itself believe that its third great est industry is in the perfumed soap and cosmetics class. "The farmers who own eighty per cent, of our cars and the thousands of businessmen who make their cars work every day might be able to get along without perfumed soap, but could they do w;ithout their cars and maintain that collective national efficiency which is needed for the winning of the war?" Stock Chalmers Smashes Oklahoma Road Record A Chalmers four-passenger stock touring car, driven by Joe Dawson, smashed the record between Okla homa City and Tulsa, on Friday, No vember 23. and the day and the date only added to his speed. The Chal mers covered the distance in three hours and twenty-eight and one-half minutes, in spite of the condition of the road, due to a protracted dry spell, which left it little better than a coun try road. The best previous record was five hours, made when the road was in much better shape. Bounding over the ruts and the dust holes and poor bridge approaches. Dawson cov ered the 180 miles at an average of over thirty-seven miles an hour. In order that there might be no dispute and in order to set a standard for any future attempts, the driver was check ed out of Oklahoma City by Charles W. Boggs, of the Oklahoma)), and checked into Tulsa by O. E. Shannon, of the Tulsa World, both of whom made affidavits to this effect. The motor wise said that tho trip could not be made under six hours, and tried to persuade Dawson not to attempt the trip, but the driver seem ed to think that the Chalmers was sturdy enough and fast enough to stand the terrific pounding to which it would be subjected. Tho trip takes on added interest, when it is known that it was made with the same four passenger Chalmers that made the record from San Antonio to Dallas, 303 miles, in six hours, fifty-five min utes forty seconds, and from Galve ston to Dallas 351 miles, in eight hours, thirty minutes, a few weeks ago. The motor used was the one with which all Chalmers are now equipped, containing the hot spot and ramshorn manifold, making it pos sible to attain maximum efficiency immediately, In spite of the cold weather. An ordinary grade of gaso line was used, but so well is it vapor ized and so quickly does it reach the cylinders from the carburetor that no energy is lost and no unconsumed gas remains to run down into the crank case, as In the case with so many mo tors, not equipped with the Chalmers | perfections. HARRISBURG & TKLEGRAPH VIGOROUS ARMY OF NETHERLANDS IS EVER GROWING Fresh and Formidable Force Has Not Yet Fired Single Shot in World War The Hague, Netherlands, Dec. 14. (Correspondence of The Associated Press).—Only some two days' march north of the battle arena in Flan ders slands a formidable army, in tact, fresh and vigorous, that has not yet fired a shot in the great ■war. I It is the army of the Netherlands, j That army is ever growing. Tho! work of training began feverishly ; back in August, 1914, and it has) been carried on without a break ever i since in all parts of the country. A special law was passed some two (jearts rfince greatly widening the circle of those liable to service, with the result that all the men under arms on August 1, 1914, have been relieved by newly-trained men and sent home, though they can be re called to the colors immediately should occasion arise. That the country's military lend ers have no intention to rest on their oars after the achievement is shown by a bill that has just reached par liament providing for a re-examlna tion of all men of the Landsturn born since 1885 who had been re jected for one reason or another. This measure is expected to yield a very substantial amount of fresh human material. How large a mass of trained men Holland could now place in tho field is easily discernible. There is lirst the army that was mobilized in the days of the war's outbreak, probably not far short of a quarter of a mil lion men, and now all at home on indefinite leave. Then there is the new army, now under arms, oY n, like size. Moreover, there Is a very considerable body of men who, prior to 1914, had finished their period t>f fifteen years in miiita, Landwehr and Landsturm, but who are subject to call should occasion require. Half Million Available This should bring the number of trained men available to half a .mil lion men and possibly well over that number, constituting a far more for midable and probably better-trained lighting force than the Netherlands has ever before possessed in her his tory. In equipment, too, the Nether lands army has made great strides during the past three years. The ammunition industry has been re organized and enormously extended. The artillery arm, in -which the country was notoriously weak, has been reintorced insofar as material was obtainable. Some guns are on order. The delivery of anti-aircraft guns is also in course of execution. Serious efforts are being exerted to improve Holland's aerial service. A reorganization is contemplated that is estimated to cost between $7,200,000 and *7,800,000. The new scheme provides for llfteen airplane divisions comprising fifty-eight bat tle planes and sixty-six scouting planes. Despite Germany's own big needs, the arrival of a dozen ma chines from that country was re ported a fe-A- days ago. Manufacturers Rush the Production of Aircraft Increased production is the watch word of the aeronautic industry throughout the entire country and many of the factories are working night and day to meet Uncle Sam's rigid demands for the airplanes that must win the war. The most rigid system has been introduced where hitherto production was a matter of guess-work and the most progres sive factories have laid out their plants along the lines established by the great automobile makers. In no factory is this better shown than that of the Standard Aero Corpora tion in Elizabeth, N. J., where Harry Bowers Mingle, its president, has de veloped the plan to the highest de gree. The great production building, 250 feet long and several stories high, will be finished by January Ist, and here the airplanes will be finished in a continuous stream. At one end the raw spruce and metal will en ter —at the other the finished air planes will come out all ready to take the air. Every stop in their manufacture is to be progressive no that there will be the minimum of lost effort and the maximum cf pro duction. The plant has a capacity of 60 airplanes a week now, the work being done in five great build ings, and the new building will great ly increase this number. The latest machinery, much of which has never been used before and which is being built especially for the work, will be used. Ofte of the most important of these new machines is that which makes seven propellors a time and whose capacity has never been listed. This is already in place wait ing for the other equipment. • The "barracks" with 250 looms and all modern conveniences, is nearly finished and will house about 1,000 men. It is inside the high stockade and the men engaged on certain work will never leave tne grounds until it is too late for ene my interests to avail themselves of any information they might care lessly impart. In addition, the ies laurant is being rushed to comple-' tion. This will have a capacity of 1,400 meals every half hour. Significant of the fight to gain in production are the number of women employed. Mr. Mingle was the first aero manufacturer to use them ex tensively In this country and in the beginning they worked exclusively in the wing-making departments. Now they are "doing their bit" in al most every department of the fac tory. They have replaced men in the woodworking, propellor, alum inum and small metal parts depart ments and their work is excellent. In many places they excel the men they have replaced. It is inspiring to see how the air plane makers have rallied to the call of the Government. Their factories are teeming with activitv and to know what they are doing is .to real ize that the United States is in the war to win and will never cease until victorious. Some idea of what our rubber manufacturers are contending with In the matter of transporting crude rubber from the eastern plantations to their factories may be seen in the present freight rates applying to this commodity. Before the war the rate on crude rubber from the ports of Singapore and Penang to our Pa cific ports was *24 a ton. This rate has since been increased to $95 a ton. About 70 per cent, of the rubber from the Straits Settlements comes to America, and half of this la used in the big factories at Akron, Ohio, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com pany alone using ten per cent, of the world's production. Japanese Motor Vehicle Experts Test Motorcycles A commission of motor vehicle ex perts sent by the Imperial Japanese Government, is now in the United States selecting suitable military ma chines for field and transport service. This Commission consists of Captain Mldzutania (in charge). Captain Iwaki, Engineer Murata and Mr. Ki mura, the first two being officers of the Japanese Army. While in Springfield. Mass, the com missioners tested several Indian mo torcycle machine gun outfits with a view to their adoption as the regula tion apparatus for the Japanese Army. The tests were made at a nearby U. S. War Department proving grounds and were conducted by Captain Wil helm, U. S. A. The commission is 110 way connect ed with the diplomatic commissions from the Japanese Government re cently in this country. The four ex perts will visit and make tests of a Inrge number of motorcycles, automo biles and motor trucks before leaving the United States, and will do the same in other allied countries during 1918. It is probable that after the war! a general standardization will be ef fected by European and American manufacturers, on the main features of motor cars. Tho need of this Is particularly apparent now in the confusion that has arisen because of the necessity in interchanging tires. American, French anii British sizes now form three distinctive series. A British rim of 650-65 millimeters is not the same size as a French rim of 650-65 millimeters. And neither has the same measurements aj) the American equivalent. American tire manufacturers, I however, and particularly t.lie Good year Tire and Rubber Company, make tires in millimeter sizes to fit European rims, but this necessitates I the maintenance of additional niold -1 lng equipment. Obviously universal standardization Is required to correct this condition. Twenty-five students of the Uni versity of North Carolina, who worked at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plant, at Akron, 0., have organized a Goodyear-Caro lina Club, at the university at Chapel Hill. This Car for Christmas Makes flr J 111 A More Useful Family! \ % TTERE is a Christmas gift The body is Brewster Green K ,---| My/ IJL that is essentially practi- with black top. \JujJ j I |jy =|| M wWI more than if your money is in- There is a dome ligh£ in ceil- J ;,--j vested less permanently. ing, three silk roller curtains, *- u It is a beautiful all-weather parcel pockets at both sides of \ T WmflW car. But more valuable than its seat, foot rail, windshield , \ TO| 'ff stylish design and fashionable wiper and nickel hanales to A l\ LM finish is its utility —which makes close doors from the inside. . \ <T the good from your Christmas „ _ yy- V expenditure lasting. There is spaaous room for five • , ~ , adult passengers. Your family needs this car p :° t r?° n^ and The two doors are staggered. accommodations to help them Therc are two individual front jfcx hve a more efficient life, to save seatJ aisle . between. ffh\ok time It iffotdicompleie satisfaction The windows drop into the A j MS&Bm because it supplies thefive basic sides of the body and doors, and hiTWVs essentials as does no other car — can be quickly opened or closed i ! Appearance, Performance, Com- as desired. fort, Service and Price. For example, its appearance: It has 4-inch tires, non-skid ■ j the entire top and sides are rear; 106-inch wheelbase: Auto- decorated with gray and black Lite electric starting and light- \ striped cloth. Every inch of the in B. and vacuum fuel system. /\ JC^L floor is covered with thick carpet M to match the walls and ceiling. Order at once! Hj jf iV*W7 THE OVERLAND-HARKLSBUKG CO., DIST. M \L|'/ |f opon F.venings 212-214 North Second Street Bou piues ill/ I Service Station and Parts Department, 26th & Berry Ste. 41J I Newport Branch > " York Branch v 'l I/, Opp. Railroad Station 128-130 W. Market St. J y .X hH j? \ O \ I I No Gasoline Shortage, but Saving Is Urged There is no shortage in gasoline, according to Fuel Administrator Garfield's announcement from Wash ington; but economy is both desir able and essential. The fuel administrator says that his survey reveals a plentiful supply of gasoline for present, needs, and that there is no prospect of imme diate restriction for transportation purposes. However, he heartilv en dorses the "Don's Waste Gasoline" campaign of the National Automo bile Chamber of Commerce and many manufacturers. Saving of gasoline now means not only more for future use. but may tend to keep prices at or about their present level. Gasoline, it is pointed ou4, is one of the few commodities that has not risen rapidly and re peatedly in price. It has remained practically stationary for the last four months; in some places the price is even lower than it was four months ago; and the raises have been at the rate of a half cent or a cent a gallon. Other necessaries have advanced by far greater per centages. In connection with Mr. Garfield's statement, it is interesting to note how Cadillac engineers have enabled Cadillac owners to join in the fuel conservation campaign. It is well known that the small cylinders in the Cadillac make pos sible high compression and gasoline economy. Economy, of course, was the goal of Cadillac engineers when they in corporated an automatic "leaning" device in the Cadillac curburetor. This is an integral part of the cur buretor and serves the same pur pose as the so-called "compensators," "vaporizers" and "gas-savers." With this device it is possible to have a lean mixture at average driv ing speeds, still permitting a mixture rich enough to insure good opera tion at very low and very high speeds. Being an integral part of the car buretor, probably not one Cadillac owner in ten is aware of this little device, which Is constantly on guard to prevent waste of gasoline. DECEMBER 15, 1917 Firestone Adopts New Wheel Sales Policy A new policy in the sale of de mountable rims and wheels for Ford cars has been adopted by the Fire stone Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio, and has already found favor with the jobbers throughout the country. Formerly these sales have been \ made, through Firestone branches, to both jobbers and retail dealers. Un der the new plan the Firestone com pany's sales force will still push the sales of wheels equipped with Fire stone Demountable Rims, but their orders will be turned over direct to the jobbers, who thus hold oontrol of a much larger and better market. The sales campaign, added by the national advertising of the company, brings the trained experts of the manufacturer to the direct aid of the individual jobber. "From reports we have already received, we believe that this new plan will be extremely successful," comments A. G. Partridge, general sales manager of the Firestone Com pany. "In addition to the direct value to the jobber, there is a great saving of 'lost motion' in shipments to and from the branches, as well as a 'do ing of one's bit' in relieving tho heavy strain upon the transportation systems of the coutry." Pennsylvania Indemnity Exchange PHILADELPHIA "RECIPROCAL AUTOMOBILETNSURANCE Harriwburg Branch, A. L. Hall, Patriot Building Manager For the Car Owner Who Knows How to Save 13 Police Use Motorcycles For Emergency Call Ever intent on Increasing: the efß cienc-y of their traffic s<Thad, th® Rochester, N. Y., police department has just added six Harley-Davidson motorcycles to the equipment. Each of the machines is equipped with & standard sidecar chassis upon whiah is fitted a special body designed by Deputy Chief of Police Zimmerman. It is a roomy box affair about 24x40 inches and 18 inches deep, in which is carried all the latest first aid equipment, including tlio pulmotor. The most improved apparatus for pulling disabled automobiles from tlio mud and ditches is also carried. There is also provided space in which, the officer may carry his rain coat,, report books, etc. Tiie cover of the bo* is fitted with | hinges and a cabinet lock so that It: may be closed and locked when car rying valuable articles. The top ot the cover is litted with a thick, leather cushion surrounded by a neat nickel plated railing for carrying an extra passenger. There is also a* compact folding footboard at thai bottom of the front end, wliiohi makes the sidecar comfortable to! ride in. The other six machines ther i now have in service will be equipped I with similar sidecars. A motorcycle so squipped wiltj prove a valuable asset in time otj emergency calls, when it would bei too dangerous to send on 6 officori alone. The motorcycles with the new equipment will be operated alt win ter.
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