Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 61

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 16, 1925—PART 3. R A CAR OWNER BEARS BRUNT | OF HIGH PRICE OF RUBBER| FOR THOSE WHO WOULD GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN MOTORS 'iATLANTIC CITY AND RETURN TRIP OF MANY DELIGHTS The SHunday Star's e Fen [375.Mile Week End Journey, Suggested for Motorists, Traverses Sections Rich in History of America. Motorists, Tired of Being Pawns in Situa- tion. Start Practicing Economy. Britain Losing Its Market. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN It is the car owner's deal in the rub-| ber tire situation That is the conclusion reached World production at present is about holding its own against world | consumption of rubber, of which vl Am a takes more than 75 per cent ot ol oo, e ot | Consumption of crude rubber 10 have studied the rubber slt'| ,orted to be increasing at the r uation from the motorist’s angle and 000 tons annually, and at thi ;‘}?I‘x:g“y'” ende: "‘”""" "'"y" ‘\””“ Rubber Association of _\mev‘ o s Pt emedy | estimates that by 1928 consumption Fe ahad = oo While the rubber 1dmit- | \ill have passed production. Neither gy i, r;! jetighttnl mato tedly complicated in-| rubber companies nor Wall Street, B 2 Pennsylvania, Delaware and New dications tha | however, appear to be greatly : Jospa - uching Baltimore, Philadel ous cerned over the situation, and the c Jersey, touching Baltimor i FRosedale To most Washington motorists the mere mention of Atlantic City ca tinuously improved by widening an resurfacing in the last few vears one of the most popular in this section of the country. Running time between Camden Atlantic City usually considered han equal distances on other portions of the route because of the unwritten rule to speed on the e Horse pike Returning by wa the trip to Washington mately miles shorter miles across New Jersey passes the S While p e road of gravel oiled so that nish. permitting ies with it visions of vacation time, bath ing b the | walk little more | experienced in* motor travel, Atlantic | City means the Eastern terminus of nd famous Board thi . »f Wilmington is approxi Sixty-three the route most ns of t Thes present of fast th many seri to be ade caiar lerably il owner must need do a little | phia and Wilmington and crossing the | four for ¥ e renowned Delaware and Susquehanna for himself | Rivers. Shove at” the Perhaps mo other route in the gen S eral vicinity of the National Capital remain | presents such a panorama scenic ner beauty as that indicated the ; companying map: Washington—F more — Philadelphia — Atlantic Cj Wilmington. The entire circu | proximately 375 miles, may be m. | comfortably on a week end trip. | star's motor tours guide her suggests optional routes to the fan seaside resort, both of which, how may be included in the journe The route follows the Wa Baltimore boulevard to the Monu | mental City, the lower ifiset sh detailed routing out of Baltim: the Belair road. In t been the more popular road to Phila delphia, although. with the recent completion of the new road extending | from Fayette street and Philade avenue, it is likely that motorists Baltimore will take advantage | additional routing in their eastern Pennsylvania aps uy ractive towns ibber section of t are heavily smooth avel At Penns Grove the river reaches the conclusion itish restrictions cannot indefinitely, for Britain is 2 its place in the sun as a rub producer, just as Brazil was doing rs ago. In 1920 Britain pro 1 74 per cent of the world's total plantation rubber. In 1924 this e had dropped to Il cannot o higher unless France and Holland cease competing. This is very unlikely. for Dutch growers whose production was not bought up | by British interests, are being urged to increase production in Holland's ast Indian possessions and, while takes six or seven years for a rub ber tree to come into bearing. the British may be expected to look ahead | and read the handwriting on the wall. | Britain's Place Self-Inflicted. ‘ other Britain's smaller s seltin- | that the | will permit such | norm L manufacturers 7 1ti ion from s loaded prices h 4 little prot the Wi motorist ferrie mington. Fer the hour, and er. I approx e at thi torists may ve some t their lunch- eon ahoard the ferry instead of stop. ping to eat before crossing. To get on he Wilmin < de The with | er per . Economy 1s in Order. ngtor the map. 4 e Joon Historic Town on Route WASHINGTON Starting point Star Building the Delaware-Maryland ds to Elkton, one historic towns suses to interest hich date prior where is hospital ¢ the motort River by roximately In words stock tire ¢ should ir The trade before the about the rubbe: | place in the rubber flicted British government restrictions to extend heyond such a | { period as is necessary to stabilize the rubber market in so far as it is neces. ry to assure British colonial grow s a fair profit. | ind| In view of the unprecedented de .| mand for rubber. particularly in | America. the general opinion is that | the stabilization demands have been net, though the British government | is doubtlessly justified in announcing | it will remove restrictions as it sees fft and not as the “speculator- deceived” public will have One of the interesting features in nnection with the situation, from | notorist’s angle, is the possibility favorable competition in the tire market. In 1921 there were 250 tire | builders, as it less than 100 to day. The newcomers spr up as a | result of the shipping facilities, fol low the war, and the slump in | > rubber. The big tire manufac- | = had loaded up with rubber at higher prices With the we nd it is not likely lo- \ of the their loaded the Passes Rich Maryland Farms. Traversing some of richest agricultural country, the Belair BRITON FINDS SIGNPOSTS IN U. S. |DOUBLE-DECK STREETS ENTERTAINMENT FOR TOURISTS| ~ PLAN IN BALTIMORE oo iy, o | v | birthpiace of Edwin Bootk | Opper Road Would Be Used for)Jr ot imespian. Near Ma land State line the rcad scrosses the | Susquehanna River to Conowin whence it bears in a northeasterly | s direction into Pennsylvania. For | wash about 50 miles the road. good concrete | Ellicott for the most part. touches sect e S ront interesting countryside R the Fredemicle turesque tow e = Entering Philadelphia via Baltimore ot bidis xty-first and Chestnut streets, the motoriat whe motorists will find the ferry the foot of Market street operating ) TDeatisate. schedule oc e ware to Camden. | From Camden to run of approximately 60 route follows the historic Wh pike. This road, which has way mile of long PADLOCKING OF AUTOS PLAN TO CURB SPEEDER Driver's Car Would Be Locked Up : [ s a Wi o erica_are | and Key Given Coust Atter Signposts add interest to motoring| “When the roads of Amer lin the United States, according to Da-|800d they are very, very good. but | vid-wWarrall, who weites fn. the Lon.|Yhen they are bad they are wicked! | v arrall, who writes ’ Some of the main highways in Ari. | don Mail of his motoring experiences |zona give real Wild West thrills, and on American trails anv one craving excitement should from an entirely different standpoint |chains and traveling in low gear. it is of traffic congestion the than that of Americans accustomed to | impossible to avold going crab fash- | downtown section of this city. The variety in giving warnings by the |ion, with an occasional excursion into|plan provides that the upper deck use of signs, the British writer con-|the ditch.” |shall be used for fast passenger fesses to finding considerable enter- - | vehicles, while the lower deck is to| tainment as well as helpful guidance | be reserved for slow, heavy traffi in pithy lines on the signposts. The | Because the sun is skining at the be-| “Traffic experts here believe that more picturesque legends, containing ginning of an extended motor trip is|double decking the downtown streets grim humor, particularly caught his|no sound reason for leaving the hip| would be more economical than the | eve. He makes some adverse critl-|boots at home. ! construction of subways big tire companies con-|of the court the owner would obtain |cism, but appears to have had con-| »d investments and the | his keys and in drive his car. siderable enjoyment in touring on| ks in demand in Wall Street, many | With this law in effect and more | American highways. \ srested in the situation are wonder- | grastic action in the courts the num. | “Not until vou have toured the| = whether the smaller compahies | her of speed violators would be|United States by road do vou realize will not ain figure and, benefittir reatly diminished, in the opinion of | much signposts can do to help Maryland's sit to followe! as he the turf ad passe: nds for motorist enters Philadelphia road a When . tend should be they come Fast-Moving Passenger Cars Under Unique Project BALTIMORE, August 15.—Double- deck streets have been suggested by Commissioner Gaither as a o bec kept me v timore by yeite street returning to ake the Baltimore Conviction on Violation. BALTIMORE, locking of automobiles mvicted of speeding erious traffic_offenses vocated by E. Austin Maryland commissioner hicles. Under the proposed law, after con- viction of a driver on a serious charge, or a series of minor charges, his ¢ uld he driven to his garage | and ked up” and the keys kept in possession of the court. At the end |of the time designated by the judge 15.— Pad- “of drivers and other is being ad- Baughmann of motor ve August eaving fons of d Police and pic = on of the road permit of and even tk imited w solution in avel Prudent into Dela Atlantic Motorist Rebellin w Opin last few of cruc a matter else. Under son act e the prod tion (The normal of 192 o1 the 1de rubber market conditions may develop at any time, start utting Clearly the situation is too compli ated for the car owner to proceed on 1y assumption other than to try to ever mile out of his to provide nst the possi of further increase in tire and to discount much that he In 190 ny Britons be ie that the production of “wild rubber was adequate for the world's And then came the American ssible a 1utomobile! Regardless of how the tide t what the future brings by v surprises. the car ner stands to zain if he buys the best tires, under stands the principles involved in the illoon type and then does everything in his power to make each tire give naximum mileag, ot rns - of THE OLD MECHANIC AY I always owner how formance and 1y ke ust one of told one ban ir 1 sign that This same money to ha where the test. He tter he had and of course v the h One of the the compre: a troublem under di Dheen talking t old me abc ine had on out the whether the ¢ ance enough t pression. He idea and withi back to tel vas O. K T happened the test on a ¢ engine was of muscle The test me One way brake brakes and wheels locks qu but there's about divulging once and he tric one of the reur flerer djustment i note n idea a 1 good feel the some | put he back made right i steep hill t tests I know of i this can be had when power suggested nk and Yered resist 1 cor v fin ompression 1at he made ng when the quired nothir equality of slam on the w ther one of the than the other I'm always leary I told it to a chap 4 it at a point where wh as running icker MR. MOTORIST Save why repair bills. That's EBONITE Protection is so vital to the proper op- eration of your motor car or truck. EBONITE your of smooth, slips between gears; a lasting fllm ofly Ilubricant that puts friction and noise out of business. Buy up. with your mind made Demand EBONITE. Take no substitute. At dealers in five-pound cans, and the stations from 3 Kerboard EBONITE servic chy pump only. EBONITE (ITS SHREDDED 0OIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND REAR AXLES BAYERSON BiL HARK ~COLUMBIA 5228 lot | er wet of the spot test the thrill skid. He went r nd to tHe service station to h the brakes put in order. Of course there was nothing to do. The brakes were all right to start with One test never tells the story just gives the dangerous half truth A sliced onion rubbed up and down on the windshield will keep the glass clear of mist on a rainy day At ut all he got of an ht It e s 25 8035 %o MoREPEP-MURE POWER- MORE MILES LIGHTNING is the vital stuff that puts force and strength Commissioner Baughmann — FINDS DRIVER’S TRICK. | Cylinders Scored by Driving Car Too Fast From Factory. Maybe vou will never be so unfortu nate as to buy a car that develops an early piston -slap as a result of scored cylinders. But it is well to be prepared by considering the ex perience of a buyer whose knowledge of the car proved to be a decided a asset Some careless employe had driven the car In over the road too fast, the owner believed. Howeve v for him to prove his supposition This he did by showing that while the cylinders were scored, the rings were perfect. The careless employe had stopped by de repair shop, foMowing ze-up of the engine, and had installed new rings which had temporarily covered defeet. If the owner had scored the cvlinders after havin car the rings would have been worn t was neces- | Sparing Clutch Springs. | 1f one coasts much order to save gas. it is wise to get the habit of shiftin, to neutral when waiting in traffic rather than to hold [out the cluth. Constant declutching | weakens the clutch springs. in driving. in Speeds Them on Their Wa i MOTOR into every heart-beat of your motor. one know better than you the importance of keeping that = vital part under tt Our high-test LIGHTNING will keep your car humming along he hood purring at its best. invariably at its best. PENN OIL CO. West 166 Fuel Oil Our Fuel 0il Department specializes i quick service for all types of burners. Phone Franklin 391 Rosslyn, Va. the purchased the | and make the journey interest * writes Mr. Warrall. “Every State has ideas of its own in the matter, but | most of them are effective enough and {many have a grim irony that fixes them in the memory. “On one precipitous road in Colo-| |rado and arrow points straight into an abyss, where rest the mangled re mains of dozens of car: far below | that they look like toy Under the ar- | row is a sign which says: ‘Step on |the gas and follow these.’ A frequent railroad crossing sign bears the skull and crossbones, while a popular small town sign reads: ‘Go slow and see our town. Go fast and see our jail’ ‘Don't be a speeding fool’ pleads another type of signpost, which sometimes adds: ‘How would you like to Kkill your own children?" ““Although it is doubtful if there is la village or town in the United States | whic does not impose a speed limit of 15 miles, very few inform the {motorist when he may speed up again A few do, adding the universal slogan ‘“Thank you: come again.’ “It is possible to travel through al- most every State without maps and know at each milepost how far you are from all the adjacent towns, and | citles. One bad exception is Iowa which still has mud roads and bad | signposts “Detours are the worst things a motorist has to face in America. It is heart-breaking sometimes to have to lleave a wonderful concrete road for {a crumpled sidetrack. But even these detours are plainly marked at frequent |intervals with an arrow and the word |“detour.’ FILLING STATION NEAR YOU THERE'S A | y! 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