Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 72

! assurance is held out by the Depar ** some experimental tapping recently in RAISING OF RUBBER - INFLORIDA URGED Department of Agriculture Experts See Chance to Aid Auto Industry. and the ne- ence on re- Increased rubber pi eessity for complete deper mote sectlons for this prod sentlal to the automobile ind be combated by Florida or in t cording to experts ¢ of Agriculture whe actical adapted to 1 veloped and applied. Cite Source of Rubber. At present the r s 10 should use of rub- | of the world in- | in the United | of conditio ber in other 1 America, in ble t dertakings b: says the Department of than for the more cosi non-resident land own cess depends so much on to meet economic conditions peculia to the locality. Grow Well in Two States. Some of the tropical specles of rub ber-producing plants are said to grow well in Florida and some of the dry. country species in California, but no ment of Agriculture that commercial | cultivation would be profitable in com- petition with the East Indian rubber industry. Experiments are being . made now with Hevea, or the Para rubber tree of Brazil, in southern Florida, Haiti and the Canal Zone by the Bureau of Plant Industry to de- termine the range of adaptation of the various species. The northern limit THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, OOTOBER 18 1925—PART 5 O, | DOWN THE ROAD—The Most Irritating Motorist in the World. —By BECK I WAN]- SIGN ALS PU]. WHEN THE DUMBBELL TO BACK UP SO You BEHIND _YOU REFUSES” - CAN GET AROUND THE STALLED CAR IN FRONT OF YOU— farmers encouraged, or that planta- tion areas might be found in the ad- jacent Dominican Republic. The automobile tire is the large item in the list of rubber uses, and tire manufacturers are studying the situa- tion closely fn an_ effort to avold a diminution of supply for this purpose in later years. From the standpoint for Hevea still 1S unknown. A small lanting near the north coast f| Biaiti, mow about 20 years old, has | grown well and produces good rubber, | the_department says. Correspondents | in Mexico, Cuba or Porto Rico are en- | couraged by the department to make | small plantings of Hevea in sheltered | places where the native vegetation | does not suffer too severely from | drought. :. The Department of Agriculture tried Haitl. Its report is that the produc- tlon of individual trees recorded for several months shows ylelds like those of the East Indian plantations, but with & shorter tapping season. Tests are said to have shown the rubber to be of good quality. Labor is abundant in Haiti and production of rubber is possible, but areas are limited because the fertile districts are densely popu- lated. Agriculture Department spe- of conservation, rubber manufacturers are continuing their endeavors to make tires wear longer, and have ef- fected improvements in processes that have increased the life of tires fiom a few hundred miles, which originally was the maximum, to several thou- | sand miles today. Of materfal assistance Iin the im- provement of manufacturing processes has been the Increase of the number of uses to which rubber is put. It is now used for & great varlety of pur- poses, a few of which are bathing ar- ticles, automobile fan belts, vacuum sweeper belts, lining for refrigerator doors and heels for shoes, a use which became widely popular after the cush- ioning effects of automobile tires were observed. —_— The Baltimore-Washington Speed- way, banked 48 degrees at the curves, cialists report that smalier units might be organized and production by native has the steepest motor race course yet constructed. Four detours have been established in Montgomery County by the Mary- land State Road Commission. The longest is 6% miles long, from | Clagettaville to Kemptown. It runs north on Ridgeville road to Penns Corner, then left for 3 miles and right to Kemptown. A Ridgeville-Kemp- !town detour begins at Penn’'s Corner and turns to the right 1 mile south of Ridgeville, then right again at the end of 3 miles. FOUR LONG DETOURS LISTED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. A mile south of Laytonsville begins a detour from Laytonsville to Clays- ville. The temporary route turns left into County road at the detour sign, then bears to the right at the end of | the % -mile stretch. A detour 5.8 mlles; long begins at Potomac, where traffic| is to turn right on the Rockville road, then left 8-10 of a mile beyond, and | again left at the end of 2.6 miles. The | detour then ft at a fork in the | road about rther and con- tinues to the Seneca road. WHEEL ALIGNMENT. Vital Matter Often Left to Chance, Easy to Determine. Many car owners do not take the trouble to see whether their front wheels are in proper alignment, be- cause they have no convenient means !of measuring distance between the wheels. They may know that the fronts of the front wheels should be closer together than their rears, but it is a difficult thing to measure ac- curately, and alignment {s an accurate matter. A handy solution to this problem 1s to use a conventional two- section curtain rod such as any house- wife uses to hang up a lace curtain. Slide the rod in or out until it fits the respective spaces and then meas- ure the distance from one of its ends to the other. Better a Few Days’ Delay Than Months of Bitter Disappointment If you are disposed to be im every new 90-de tient because Titleholders in Race. Two world record holders for long- distance automobile races will com- pete at the Laurel speedway next Saturday. Peter De Paolo, who set the 500-mile pace at Indianapolis this year, will return to the Maryland track AWAY FROM TURNS Should Enable Driver to Tell in Advance Which Way to Turn, Autoists Say. Safety in signs is the theme of a new angle to sign posting as offered by several local automobile men. Commenting upon the suggestion that signs should not be placed di- rectly at intersections and cross-roads, one iocal motorist declares that many accldents could be averted if drivers knew which way to turn before com- ing to the crossing. His contention is that the signs, as placed nowadays, occasfon considerable congestion at crossings and that many collisions occur as a direct consequence. “The tourist ought to know which way to go before actually reaching a cross-roads,” he explains. “This could be accomplished by placing signposts at points several hundred feet before intersections and cross-roads are reach- ed. The worst the careless driver could do in reading these signs would be to stop abruptly. But when ho reads the customary signs at the in- tersections he not only stops abrupt- ly, but often makes sudden turns. “Even where drivers are careful to slow down and warn others that they are going to hesitate long enough to read the signposts a certain amount of congestion develops under existing conditions. While this is In process some speeder comes along and pre- cipitates an accident. “If signposts were displayed before intersections are reached tourists would enjoy the further advantage of making better time, because they | could keep movin, a fairly good | speed even while ing the signs.” DRAIN PLUG ADIUSTING. | Much Elbow Grease Prove Disastrous. Too May If there is one place where too much elbow grease is fatal, it is at the| crankease di plug. If the plug is [Guners of ather makes! i trade guichlyfor i Studebaker Power.Burabiity finish. i L to repeat his victory in the inaugural | race there. Tommy Milton, who holds the 250-mile record, also is entered. 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