Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1924, Page 53

e — 00D ROADS ISSUE UP T0 MOTORISTS How Network of Highways ~~ Shall Be Used Stated as New Problem. | Determining how the modern net- Work of good roads shall be used is the new problem for organized motor- 1 i the opinion of officials of the Natlonal Motorists' Association. This Was the view expressed yesterday by “Executive Secretary Fred H. Caley, who added: “We are turning the entire power of our organization upon thé prob- Jem of making the roads of the coun- Ery serve the motorist in the most manner. Now that we . getting the roads we have been & for, the next step Iy to keep them.” Jational Motorists’ Assoclation { outlined for 1924 in con- jon with this subject, 1t was nointed out, is the result of a re- Quest put at the recen nnual meet- {Ag by Jud Walter D. Meals, presi- det of the organization. Views of Judge Quoted. Me: sald: entiment today is such the fight for good roads that has n muade h Leen won. The grea froblem of the future will be in the ise of them and the maintenance of them; and the k of automobile Fubs. ax I conceive it, trom now for- Fard will to sce to it that the @any milllons of dollars that have Peen expended in this country, and il be hereafter expended In the {mprovement of roads, are not wasted and lost through misuse or failure to Jeeen repair the roads that have Reen bui = According to Secretary nf the biggest problems in connec- 1don with the use of the roads s the Proper regulation of the motor truck. dut a feat V. Maotor- ts' Association wi these nes, he explains, is that it will be carriad on | peration with trick | motor vehlcle Caley. one ple s to is to get out and co-operate m and huve them co-operte & abowt conditions nd the public in gen- That is the to get got neerns san the resuits trom it we will 1 lines, 3 ways are. » Most part. a nuisance and a . but nothing can be accom- d’ by attempting arbitrarily to r off the roads, 1 o more-to safe= 1 make them more rough his organization. vor to show the bill- and (he manufacturers % that jeopardizes the & at all. but ost power- | fiver who rams 4 bliiboard ob- view of the road ahead is 1o regard the advertizer ss-producing respect. Con- the maln highways aure the r must give his mattar of oper- any thought he ng 1s decidedly al Motorists' Associa- presenting the matter the Inadvisability of tiyIng to gain the motorixts’s alten- | tion when ba Is driving will be evi- When an_ advertiser attracts ver's artention au accldent Is the result, not a sale. Accidents Minimized. i tion with the ratironds is minimizing _grade-cross- ts on Long [siand, as a | result of the efforts of the Long ls- | land Automobils Club and the Auto- | city official: of the good roud: ¢ o Natlonal Assocation. Tha invest! vealed the fact tiat o the rallroads had not been previously it is this which there blg res ration that be obtained “The National tion intends pr lines in at road use, i Motorists’ Assocla- »ding along 1iberal king this problem of cauge it is the biggest problem the motorist has on his hgnds and because the subject touches upon 80 many interests as to render co-operation the only feasibls way of obtalning results.” Auto and Train Indispensable to Each Other Soon An 10w the various forms of transpor- tation are now in process of Co- cperating with each other {s found In_the following observations The frelght car delivers the auto- niobile to its destination, the autors firet view of the country being its trip by rail The automot n at the ers ting demonstration of | meeta the steam minal, offering pas- cither the firut leg or the 15t of their long-distance journey. se facts as evidence of the ing of a new era In which car transportation experts polnt train will be even more indis- R | | F:)rd ‘t‘l'op Service 1 Revolutionized! A New Top On Yeur Ford in 15 Minutes No More Waiting for Days Rebuild job, includ- ing new Pads, re-cov- ered Bows, etc— $15.00 Re-cover Job, $10.00 Door Opening Side Curtains for Buick, Dodge, Oak- land, Maxwell, etc. Reduced from $3500 to $2500 109% Discount Where New Top is made for Car. REBUILT TOP CO. 3412 Ga. Ave. NW. Col. 10082 OPEN NIGHTS OPEN SUNDAYS 27 A A T R The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Like the worm, turm—if you let settle on fr. Make Remedy Needless. It may surprise a great many car owners to know that the Amerfcan Medical Assoctation is giving a great deal bf time and thought te the prob- lem of reviving victims, or rather near-victims, af automoblle exhaust asphyxia, ‘ A commission on resuscitation has been at work on the subject since November, 1921, which 18 ali the more surprising in view of the fact that there were enough warnings broad- cast ten years before to give every motoriat at leadt a falnt idea that it is risky, {f not fatal, to run an en+ Rine in closed garage. The work of the commission is most valuable to clence, for it shows t more resuscitation can be effected with more skillful use of and. that treatments consisting of in halation of carbon dioxide and axy- gen are being employed successtully to cure putients wao have been ®assed. But it would be better if the motoring public could have the mat- ter of prevention kept before them rathcf than the remedy. The simplext way problem will alwars be to refrain from running the engine in a closed garage. Keep out of the shops and garages where they are running en- gines. You have no way of telling when carbon monoxide is attacking y0u. That's the amusing danger of it. This and That. One never can tell when it may be necessry to fight an automobile fire, comparatively rare as they now afe, and so0 it Is well to have in mind tie fact that mud s very effective as an emegency extinguisher. By accldent it was discovered that mud couid be used to fight ofl-well fires very ef- fectively. Thus it might be well to remember that. given a choice of dirt, water &nd mud, the last shouid be pre- ferred when fighting a fire in the car, provided the fire has originated from fuel or Iubricant. The warning never to use water In an automobile fire has prevented some owners from saving thetr cars When fire started in the upholste While the antomobile dealers of the country are being given an oppor tunity to view the progress made b the thres outstanding pians for the solution of the used-car problem— the Appleby plan, the Atlanta Statis- tical Bureau and the Green Seal Merchardising plan—it would be well for the motorists of the country to be formulating a plan of theif own that will keep the dealers from getting off the track, a8 Was the case & year or &0 ago when un attempt was made to fix prices on allowances. Such a motor- ists’ plan fact that regardless of all the diffi- culties encounterad by the automotive trade, a used car s worth what it's worth as unused transportation, plus | the owher's success In salesmanship. The motorist should not countenance any plan that reduces Ris car to the ! level of the “usual rum.” nor rq overwork his salesmansh point where he weakens the dealer's financial position by foréing him to buy used cars that he cannot sell ex- cept at a loss. rould The farmer has been h iivest prospect for 132 but 50 to 74 per cent of his cl cars. for auto insurance, accessorfes and the lke. Few farmers are Insured. few use closed cars, few uge delivery cars, few have equipped garages. The low-priced touring car has gerved all purposes, and served it well, but the world moves on to complexity. Fhe-farmer cannot escape It. The 0ld Mechanic Says: It's just as important to know own what nolses about a car mean nothing as| to know those that ars warnin's of real trouble. Motoriats are alwaye runnin’ In here with weird tales jabout strange nofses, and thay're usu- the rusty bolt will ally puesled just because they start a IMtile keroseme positive pressure ventilation—the pulmotor— of solving _this would give publisity to the | But he is also a live prospect | R, WASHINGTOX, . €, JANUARY e e PROPOSED TAX DROF APPROVED, K\ T ! But Motor Company Manag motor Gan mate. 1o true causes ny o Insists Excise Tax on Autos Should Cease. SHpPIA fan Belt (n cold weather. leather or the belt will slip over the | metal pulleys and czuse a noise that | counds like real troublo unless you stast out by sssumin’ it | thing serious. . 2 ¢ A kink fn the specdometer shart| In @ letter swritten some few weeks will cause a terrible racket, and the | ago by Secretary of the Treasury Mel- remedy Is often simply a matter of | 1on to Itepresentative W. C. (ireen, T Smer it o e & heks% | acting chalrman of the House ways or the other In an effort tq make it run more nearly straight. !and means committee, recommenda- | isn't any- | T T Eriyay | Amounting to more than 300,000,000, kind of frouble, but the experfenced |says H. H. Rice, president and general 1Crivar usually finde the cause among | manager Caddllac Motor Car Com- simple things, because ha knows that | =" the simplest troubles have the loud- | Pany. est bark. As government receipts from taxes Congextlon of staam around a water ow several hun@red millions 1n pump sets up about as had u rucket ax any one would want to hear. And as fof a stuok valve, that can be coun upon to send most any ower hurry to the repair shop. But they're all minor troubles, and can ba remedied easily. - Like deep wi'ter. the real froubles run smooth and slient. You've actu- ally got to look for ‘em in many In stances. Keep this in mind the ncxi time some sudden racket in the car puzzles you lpnkini of I mendation has received genmeral ap- | proval throughout the country. Presi- {dent Cooldge has also committed | nimsels unqualifiedly in favor of the | Secretury’s suggestions. One Ominsion 14 Cited. 1t was & matter of great surprise to motor cur owners and manufacturers | that the recommendations did not in ude the abolition of the present d criminatory exelse taxes on-autome ¥ bite: 11 thut these tuxes were no " ,‘5.3’.:‘:;""'\‘—.1;"'{115 S PR h_:!ummh.md in Preside Coolidge's the world would heat a path to his| MESSaRo 10 Congress. = - L Goor. This may fie true, but the man | The oxclse tax om automobiles who makes a_speed trap better than, Was imposed = in the first bl AR oo Clre TAVAEIA DI fadn the world | along with many others to meet & beating {1t in the other direotion. el L A B o { found itself face to face with & great | war, d needing revenues from Save Wear and Tear. {every possible source. The questfon Quite some wear on the tran | of justice injustice was not con- £ g . mis- | gjgered. Congress saw fit to impose slon geaks can be saved when using | quxes along ines of least resistance, tha car in the garuge If the driver will shift back into neutral the mo- und the classification of certain com- Tent he has Biven the car suffctent|modities and services us luxuries, and momentum to roll. tha taxation of them as such, He will find. that | the taxation of 3 to run forwarl prior to bicking again | Manifestation of that thought. It requires just a momentary connec- | Cluswed an Luxury. tion with the power plant to give the | diien: wete Biteid car all the epee Under this p for most of the manew the garage, (his' savine mission and pinion e ably. If the car is back about with the wears constantly in | low o reverse. applica- tion of powet. aither from the engag- | fng of the cluich or the the engine, results in strogses on t drive. Furthe handied s coasting in Traps. ir Auto! in the H the % consting ring around the trans- consider- ad and moved 1 turers and users | made no complatnt, { view of the { portation, of particularly motor cars in egrams, telephone mes- of leased s | ady removed the on rafiroad transportatfon, ten- kets, tollet £ogps, sporting { goo cwing gu 4 the ertireland portable sleotric: faus. The Sec- a1 e lretary of the Trensury has partiou | 1atly recommended decreases on sur- taxes and income taxes and’ the abo- liton of taxes on -admissions, tele- | phones, telegrams, leased wires ane Jewelry of general use, such as taole ware and watches and of o when garage. Tt ca trought stop with the actly desfred and w! any of the customary jerking and | backing ohserved v iha car is left {in gear is revenues. Motor Tax Obuoxious. h the A { ‘Watch the Curtains. When Jeaving a curtained car ¢ night In a publte garage, bo sura that none of the curtains are fastened so that it dees not open with its- door. 1t sometimes o MOS necessary to |moee a car, and faw peopls will re- membar 1o enter it through the exit used by the dr T For Neat Backing. Ha ing a car around the garage when the eneine is cold can be sim- plified by allowing the engine to run a little faster than usual while only partially engaging the oluteh. A= {there s no heat in the power plant 2nd little effort roquirad to roll the | car around u level garage floor, no {harm is done to the clutch by doink [this when necessary. n the other | band, for neat backirg into tne| | garage stall when the car hae jest | {been brought in and the eugimw 1s thoroughly warmed up. tifo idea is to Tun the engin@ as slo v possihle | {and avoid siipping the clutch, which {is then operating at normal tempera- e accomplished by | spark. With the ! ture. This can fully retarding t engine warm wnd runaing slowest, |the car can invarlably Le handled beautifully in a tight place. 1 excise taxes became diserimin tory, and ax such should now be en- tirely removed. With taxes already removed, many others {moval, ars, parts and ticularly obnoxlous. It s c: tinued urpose for which it not imposed, and direct penaii 4 necessary and highly form of is almost universally used. day has passed when ary to ce performed by the motor car. ita utility and neces- only to imagine what would happen portation throughout the should stop:for just one day. A bill already has been introduced into the national House of Represen- | tatives by Michigan calling for the repesi of th tax on automobile trucke'and wagons, other wutomobiles, parts and acces- sories. ‘tirex and inner tubes. While mention of motor cars conspicuously absent from the Presi- nation P Over 907% orF ONE MiLLION ST ILL IN SERVICE Since delivering their first car, early in De- cember, 1914, Dodge Brothers have manu- fac Over 90% of all these tured and sold one million motor vehicles. cars are still in active service. This striking fact stands alone-a unique and overwhelming tribute to the principles and meth- ods responsible for a worth. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY 8 Dupont Circle Main 6660 er motorlist A valve stem that needs ofl will tjons were made of tax reductions| { H jexcess of fiscal needs, the recom- it nceds to be meved.{extegury of luxurics, but the manu- | act that raliroad trans- | wires | of the other taxes lmposed as War thermos bottles wiwle | ®roup of taxes bringing in only minor. ending of the necessity the war, all’of these spe- it was | demonstrate /the true rganized Amerfcan life if” automotive trans- | Representative Clancy of 18 1924 PART 3 1" suvine waron cars BHICK ANNGUNCES Motor Company to Spend $11,0080,000.on" New Gonstruction. Oscar Coolican. Declares: Their De- mands Have Helped De-. velop Auto. There is much of interest for the in tlie statement made by’ Oscar Coolican, local automobile dealer; in which he declares that the: points considered by the average woman in buying a car are no longer to be laughed'at. According to the' dealer, man's methods of selecting the car are now superfluous, while those employed by woman ard of special importance. and are- growing more importamt every iy “Several years ago we smiled when our wives considered seating capacs |1ty, upholstery and other so-called frills,” saye the Packard deuler. “These polnts were of minor consider- ation then; and we were justified in overlooidtig them becausé the ims pOTfant features to be considered were power, economy, uccessibility, design and materials. Now the situ ation has changed so radlcally that the car buyer constders a reliable make sold by a veliable dealer as be- ing ‘right’ mechanically. The Doints to o' consldercd are very largely the polnis which the woman has al- ways: considered. “Naturally she is the Letter judge; for xhe observes many detafls which the average man overlooks. “A man's consideratfon of car-coms | Additions authorized for the com- {fort hinges upon the design _and.|pletion prior to June 1, 1924, include length of the springs, the wheel- |the following: 210x360-fout addition | bade, the balancimg of weight. A |te motor plant; 55x120-foot addition woman's consideration of this same |to the heal treat. plant; 50x120-foot point hinges on the tilt'of the seats, [additton to the motor test bullding: thelr arfangement, leg room, the po- (125080 square feet added 1o sheet sitlon of the steering iwheel, and so [metal plant;.140x200-foot addition tu on. It is obvious then that with such | completed car wurchouse; Sx240 fect { radical improvements gn chassis the {added to tool-making siop. {man haw little to iuquire ubout, once | The above additions natura | having decided upon w rellable make, | quire increased spauve for execu while the woman has much to cone-|functlons, and for the luter purposes sider before actually huying. {a number of entirely new buildings “The womaw's method of Luying|will be provided at Flint has.had.inuch to do with the develop- Among these, two arc ment of the ideal car” vbted, reepectively and personal serv another entirely new plant will be erected for the: manufacture of automeiic screw- machine parts. | The engineering building, which will houss the laboratories.as well its all ongineering personnel and cquip- meet,. will embedy four stories, $0x260 feet. It will be an up-to-datc struc- ture of re-inforced concretc. Three Stories High. The: personal service building will be threo stories in heigit upying a ground space of 50x cet. This bullding will bring together all de- partments relating to personal serv- ico, such as medical, legul, savings, employment, etc. The new building In order to bring capacity to 1,200 cars® i Bulck Motor Company will cxpend $11,000,000 in new bvuildings, addi- tlons aud equipment for its mauin plant at' Flint, Mich, and sub- sidiary plant at Detroit The above news was authorized yesterday by President H. H. Bassctt, who was In New York for the auio- mobile show. Already nearmg completion is a | stock storage bullding 1,004x63. feet; also 41,000 square feel added to the | gray iron foundry: 8,000 square fe to the forge shops and incr W"mu" dbying faclilties for the bedy | its production | day, the | ! hop. Additions Authorized. 7 to be de- | to engineering ce. Wwh | | {dent’s messagoe, the Clancy bill is in |close keeping with the apparent spirit | of his recommendations. Reduction |of taxes is the outetanding note of |that portion of his message deallng | With: flseal affairs. Tt calls for the rellef of farmers, 3,500,000 of whom are motor vehicle owners. It stresses the need for efficlent tramsportation, which the automobile certainly Is in view of the impending removal I measures, it is to be hoped that the tax on individual transportation—the automoblle—will likewise be removed. The Cost for automatic nany of these and with réecommended for re- the remaining tax on motor |' accessories becomes transportation | { { gineers, with our cost of a car depends in large I ;m on: volume and efficiency. t iz no- criterion of value. Studehaker builds 150,000 fine cars yearly. All of them are Sixes. The main costs are divided by that enor- mous output. Thus at prices of $975 and up we offertheutmostinquality. We offer maximum valml;' . Don’t judge these cars: Under othier conditions tey might cost twice as much, yet offer less than these. . Some major cesty Quali require coutly facili- ties. S'!’u:.m has : i Each {s best suited | there. Ld We machine the Just Go and See * - Studebaker is today the leader in the to carry out thie There are 12,580 up- to-date muckines em- ployed to build these fine-car field~ trebled in three years them out. Then go see them. engineer- ing costs $500,000 per year. That to us is $133 per car. Our Di of Re- search and Esperiment 1125 skilled men. It 500,000 tests per year to muintain our starderds. Our Buresu of Methods and Standards fixes ths for g:denu. ‘we probably know what is st. We use 35 formulas for steels. as proved by years of tasts. On some steels we pay the makers a bonus of 15% to get them exactly right. There is no room to.excel us each crank shaft, as was done on Liberty Airplane Motors. That ex- tra cost is heavy. But thus we get Studebaleer builds more quality cars than of fine cars last year spent $200,000,000 for Studebaker models. The demand for Studebakers has almost any car you will. Don’t spend $1,000 or over without knowing what Studebaker offers. You owe that to yourself. We use more Timken bearings e e s [ eerew parts manufacture will ocoupy | Not included in the $11,000.000. aps | propriation is the vast amount of 30x400 feet of ground with thre stortes. This will allow Lulc make stlll more of the serew-machine | MOnCy expended and fo still be ex- parts rtuulrml’-a " i pended in providing additional fa- The main office bullding is to have | cflities for Buick Wranches-n: various two. udditional floors, addin 30,000 | purte vt the cammtor e o square feet Lo the: present office: floor | these are entirely. wew service build space. | in_greater New Yorlk, Indian- ‘There will be a material Pittsburgh and Jacksonvill of present loading facilit | Fla. 'The erection .of a. commodious ing special features to meet the rap- | building at the latter peint probably dly. growing cxport. trade. | best illustrates the importance with Of course this extensive building|which service is regarded by Buiek. plan calls for a large investment in | This branch building is designed, pri- muchinery and equipment. Not only | marily, to serve tourists to- Florida, 46 expenditures for the Jaiter involve | Who drive Buick cars, thus affording the matn plant at Flint, but the plant | those away from home the same at Detroit, which will have a produc- | prompt and Intimaté factory atten- tion capacity of 450 umits & day in-|ton as that enjoyed I the. larger stexd of 200 as ut present. | clties. Qe The most important quality in an automobile is dependability, which it is universally acknowledged is found in its highest degree in the V-63 Cadillac. ' The Washington Cadillac Company Rudolph Jose, President 1138-1140 Connecticut ‘Ave. Frank. 3900-3901-3802 T. W. BARRETT, Associate Dealer, 24th and M' Sts. West 2880 -* of a Car is ne measure of its value | * These are the things to consider wealth of ex- ations, including 15 coats of paint - and varnish. . Open cars have real: leather. cushions. They. cost, over imitatfor leather, about $23 per car. ; No closed cars conld be more hexu- rious. That lining of Chase Mokaic is made from the soft fleece of An- . gora goats. A velour lining would save about two-thirds that cost—up to $100 per car. e Note how every detail denotes in- finite care. That, as you know, is. Note the completensss - of our larger models. The nickel - plated bumpers, extra disc- wheels with cord tires; a steel trunk, a courtesy light. These are rare extras, even on the costliest cars: - Nothing is stinted Compare part by part with any rival cars. Studebaker will -show you somie scores of ad- vantages. Then consider Stude- baker history.. For 72 years this name has stood for quality. When peo- ple rode in carriages, Studebaker built the best. Now those sames traditions are applied to motor cars alone. - Consider Studebaker records. Marie how these cars in service have mui- tiplied demand, until people last year paid $200,000,000 for Studebaker to cestain = entire surface of any other concern in the world. Buyers over —as people found them with requirements every part and detail. 12,000 imspec- tions are necessary for each car to insure against flaws and mistakes. than any other car which costs un- der $5,600. They cost 3 to 4 times over ball bearings. These facts apply to all Stude- bakers, of all styles and sizes. The cars. - = x Consider their service records. We employ 1,000 men to ke them. : materials used in alike. Beauty—Luxury—Finish The Studebaker been famous for decades. No one excel it. The finish is produced by 26 oper- One Studebaker car, built in 1918, has run 475,000 miles. It is stll in active-service. It lately made a mid- winter trip from Los Angeles to New: York. That.means 80 years of aver- age service, of 6,000 miles per year. ‘What more can you dream of in a motor car than the Studebakers offer? all chasses are coach work has SPECITAL-SIX S-Pass. 1197 W. B. 50 H. P. _ Coupe (5-Pass.) Sedan (Ast prices {. 0. b. factory.. Tm 10 meet yowr convenience.) Joseph McReynolds Commercial Auto and Suppiy Company : 14th and R Sts. T U D E B A K E-R