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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.