Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1926, Page 57

RUBBERHARKE ALVAYSINACTON Three Cities Keep Buying and Selling for 24 Hours Every Day. Sleep is the greatest inconvenience for a rubber manu rer who desires 10 kaep up with the market. He must is the one commodity whose uying and selling is on the basis of a First there is the Lon. don market opening at am. Next New Y continuing its ac. ¥ until 5 pan. ew York time. That is followed by ngapore swing- ing into action at 7 p.m. at the place where rubber comes from. When prices soar in New York Singapore gets the news just in time | to send the figures skyw . Little rubber can be kept in storage at any time in the Indian rubber center, a faet which causes constant activity in tnat q ter. Peculiarities Increased These market pecultarities discussed recently by William O'Neil, president of the General Tire Rubber Co., in an address to tional association of b plaining the unusual rubber market Mr. O'Neil said “Here, we could keep crude rubber for vears in good condition if we used proper methods of protection against light and heat. But they c keep rubbe t there at the sou se to the Equator, and they simply have to get rid of it promptiy when they get excited, at the source supply, prices go away up and the rubber market is just as sleepless prices go down shifts to work it down. YOUR CAR and MINE A Weekly Department of Helpfulness, Information and Entertainment for Motor Car Owners. By WILLIAM ULLMAN. does the possessor|a very smooth finish is desired, how- ever, it is important to thin it down with special thinners that are also sold at the paint shops and in many drug stores. In working with lacquer some difficulty is encountered in get- ting it on smooth Ouly to the coj of a_trick speedometer ever admit that it is “way too fast.” Capitol Hill's Motor Maze. Although they may be in the in- terest of traffic safe nd there cer- s tainly is ropm for argument on that . score—the markings on the Capitol Now You Have It! Mall are not such as to evoke over- | Angwers to Last Weel's Questions. whelming enthusiasm from the thou- | 7. ; . o . Compression ratio is the propor- '".""‘5“,','{ tourists ‘T:l',““’:( "‘;;L"‘:;:;,"‘ | tion of total cubic area of one cylinder year from every O o the (ra- |f an engine while fts piston iu at s o o % “" | the lowest point to the area of that d“l‘,‘,‘l‘:"z’"::““:‘” :‘;B“'(‘,‘rf("“‘;‘r‘h',;““‘.“"":n same cylinder when its piston is at Capitol Hill after coming from San e T o . i Dicgo on & Bai (il WEmeaS: What |0t weakened ar greatly diluted e e b0 the other way, [throughEsmlmanthly adaitions atile X o - | tilled water beca t is water that s, don't follow | u . : ! jas through the charging process man to wave you over, no parking. | D s o any ALLURING ROUTES OPEN TO WEST FOR AUTOIST SEEKING SCENIC RIDES (Continued from Fifth Page) Mo.. to the Willamette Valley south from Portland. But the official high- way guide says It runs from Wash- ington, D. €., to Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia, while at the same | time admitting that it uses the right 1of way and road markings of other highways east of Idaho. Up in Seat tle they say that the Oregon Trail is a road from Salt Lake City to Olym pla._the southernmost tip of Puget | | given speed when the tire: because low>red ai pr ure de- s the diameter of the tires, , together with the hub, rim and wheel spokes constitute the’ effective wheel 1. Water escapes from the doors of a closed car through holes in the bot tom when rain on the window panes has leaked through 5. Al magnetos are not highten sior generators. There are low-ten vion magnetos whose current must be stepped up by meuans of induction or ignition coils | (Copyaght are softer 26, Sound. As a matter of fact, Salt Lake is about 200 miles off the official route, but for practical purposes Seattle is right. “The road is a splendidly organized, development, and probably the best transcontinental to date as regards scenery and cllmate and even road- bed, although last year the 800 miles of the Trall in Montana were reported very bad from excessive traffic. For its final 400 miles into Seattle it is practicaily 100 per cent good, ending in two mountain passes of surpassing beauty—the Blewett and Snoquolamie. over boulevard roads of engineering perfection. % Getting Into Canadian Rockies. “Lastly there is the matter of Canada. In the past the chief mag- nets for the Pacific-bound New Yorker have been two--southern California and the Canadlan Rockies. The latter were accessible only by the Canadian Pacific Raflway until’ a short time ago, and foreign motor cars had not | nrade their appearance until the open ing of the Banff-Windermere High- way in 192 The Rritish Columbia coast country is still pocketed fre the East, although by June, 1926, th Fraser Canyon Highway 18 due fo completion, and & through road will be open frum Winnipeg to Vancouver. “For practical purposes the Trans. canada Highway, or the King's Cana dian Hizhwa may be called when completed on British soil, is a good road from Halifax, through New Brunswick, Quebec City, Montreal, up the Ottawa River and across Ontario to Sault Ste. Marie. From the Soo you must take the south shore of Lake Superior through Minnesota to Winnipeg, for there Is no coach road north of Lake Superior. As on the Yellowstone, Midland and all Southern roads, dry weather is almost an es. sential he truth is, nevertheless, that the nada in spots is a mere trail the bald, fenceless, rollipg, greatest wheat fleld. Over the Rockies proper the Crow’s Nest Pass is a well made road crossing the Great Divide at the low altitude of 2,400 feet, the lowest of all transcontinental high ways. And there I8 the alluring alte native of going over the top via the fncomparable Banff-Windermere, covering en route Lake Louls the Valley of the Ten Peaks. Compieting New Road. “Beyond these one hops westward over range after range on splendid roads with the valleys between well wettled and garden-like until the Fraser River Canyon through the Cascades is reached. For 100 miles the new road is naw being completed on most mod- ern lines. The final 100 miles into Vancouver is on the flat over pave: ment and good road. “There need be tween riva cause each little feeling be- routes to the Pacific, he will eventually be ad | for | were | up”enough to play | and | jand all of them vt | ever | parking, and so on and on and on' aggerated? Place vourself in | the stranger’s position and see if yvou think so. And how does the visitor | to Washington feel when he finds that the first time in history the Capitol's front vard has been marked deck croquet on &4 i Halts Flow of Trafic. | ores of editorials are written vearly on the evils of grade erossings, re laudable in pur One point is emphasized— that of xafety. There still is another, how- which in these days of wide ) use must be taken into consideration. The question of ex- | pediting traffic is the point in mind An illustration is found in the Hyatts- ing. between Wasl timore is heavy every Busses using the boule pose. spread au *Next to rubber, the commodity of | *h we buy the al e H cotton res ar; ok | . they never can equal rubber in | that’ respect—And e | have a chance to sleep if cotton were | our only concern. The cotton market | pens in London at 5 in the morn-| ing. New York time, and closes in New York about the time New York ers usually quit s<s. Then the market is re: or that ¢ It may run an hour or so longer iy Chicago or farther West. but abou 12 hours constitute a co day rumor of a change in cotton prices arises during the day, people have down that r banks, to prevent hanges in short. that to consult each other and usually we are radical. cotton. If the crop is is known months in ad- ances due to crop scounted to a t the rubber mark that is the elastic, bouncing mark of them all. because fuccess may be involved decision whether not to buy what figure and how much Comes From Europe. “Tt may be new a great dea! of our cotton for cord tire fabric is a British Colonial product. .as well as rubber. Most of the long staple cot- ton required for highgrade tires comes from Egypt We do not grow in this country anywhere near enough ple cotton for American tires. 1 American long sea island. and: wa on some islands vast of Georgia ets in it work. the to sea island is small A the annual American crop now does not exceed 10,000 tons. “There is little chance Britain will ever try ply Egyptian cotton. be Treat in is among ou | largest customers for the short staple | cotton grown in our Southern . | England needs our cotton for her cot ion goods as badly as we need her Egyptian cotton for our tires “All these things arve in proof u({ our contention,” says Mr. O'Neil, “that to restrict our Ause no matter what may be our politid | ude about participation in werA rs. the successful American rub * manufacturer must and does take | active interest in the natural es of many countries 'd he is alive to every political devel ent that may affect the avail v of those L resources to American puh WHY THE éAR BUCKS. Worn Valve Guides Often Prevent | Driving Slowly With Ease. | In trying to find out why the car | will not throttle down to a creeping | speed without bucking, many owners forget to consider the possibility of vorn valve guides. Just one worn ruide is sufficlent to cause dilution of | he gas mixture with too much air. | Xhen an intake valve guide is worn, | iir is sucked around it and into the eviinder every time the respective valve is opened ! Accidents usually are caused by persons. nd generally both ymments the National s two Give Your Auto a New Coat before you start on your - holiday trip over the Fourth. One is judged by the app drives—a dull. dingy finish makes a bad impression. It takes only ONE DAY OF TIME for Crawford Quick Coat To give the dullest auto a SMART and GLOSSY FINISH that will put it in the class with new cars in appearance. Lasting and Protecting. Tan 39 to %1 chance to get quieted | estion which udden | safety element er | psychology that Great | qipers have held to their c { would their own bodie | can be had with less effort, in some in- { of the | clear | slo: It is inning on schedules, and thousands | of persons depend on getting hetween the two cities in a stated—and brief time. At Hyattsville is found the only stoppage on the entire route. | rains sometimes stop right at the | crossing, holding up constantly growing stream of cars for many | minutes. { The elimination of the Hyattsville | inig would cost a great deal. But ddition to cutting a nger spot out of the Baltimore-Washington route it also would result in smoother flow all along the line. Of . the railroad company cannot xpected to take kindly to a Sug ultimately would mean in favor of a compe vet it should recogni la factor fluence, Too Many Spare Cars. e is something wrong With the | of automobile ownership, | laccording to a new view on an ol subject. Yet this “sometRing wronx is entively logical stension for autom ved only feeble suppor n that automobiles ditfer 1 sin respect from huma | When the old « one can always go out and get a new one. When the human body gives trouble there is no handy salesroom where new versions can be acquired. | One thing that causes so much neg- | lect of cars today is the ease with which new ones Le purchased Show rooms are ha Makes and models are plentiful. The inst: ment plan is convenient. One wonders what the situation | would be if owners felt that they could | not get new cars and that the old | ones would have to do for life. There | few isolated instances where s as they but the in- The usual Th are a stances are painfully rare custom is to bang the car around, fully aware of the existence of an enormous supply of new cars that stances, than it requires to polish and pamper the old one. This May Help You Park. 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O - for America a revolutionary European-type Light Car high-speed This New (ar Ofers: 30 miles on a gallon of gasoline 55 miles an hour—5 to 30 milesin 13 seconds 4.wheel brakes—stops in 51 feet from 40 miles an hour - c .. Turns in 34-foot circle—easiest car in America to park : 5 feet 8 inches high—lower gravity center— greater safety " Eyiropean-type body—more inside “room than any other light car A three-minute xtudj of these remarkable facts may save you from buying an obsolese automabile Y . “ HIS is the announcement of a revolutjonary new-type car, l different from anything you have ever known beforc. A car that combines the advanced engineering practice of Europe with new and improved standards of American performante. This new car has a low, European-type body. With height and length in true symmotrical propartion. -~ - It is 5 feet 8 inches high . . . not as tall as the average man. Yet it provides more room and comfort than you've ever found in any automobile of this class before. It has a high-torque, 31 horsepower motor of small bore and long stroke—the same enginecring principle used in the fastest racing cars of America and Eufope. ; ok 1t tarns in a 34-foot circle . . . that’s less than the width of an avcrzfic city street. You can park in 14 feet . . . which is much Iess tha n the space required for the ordinary car. 4-wheel brakes are an integral past of this ncw car's chassis design...anccessitywhich light car owners have not heretofors enjoyed. Measured tests show. that it will stop in 51 feet from a speed of 40 miles ad hour. Its center of gravity is ex- tremely low, with ample road clearance . . . thus giving a sense of security you have never found in any light car before. - Two enginepring ideals combined The Overland Whippet repre- sents a combination of the most advanced European and Amer- ican engineering thought. It is @ complete new car . . . de- signed and built as a unit . . . not an old-fashioned recon- structed chassis. For over three years, Willys-Overland engincers in Europe and America have been developing it. Over 360,000 miles of road tests proved the practical advantages of this car before it was released for uction. The distinctive body lines of the Overland Whippet frankly resemble the smartest automobiles of America and Continental Europe. Stand in front of this car and you can imagine yourself on the boulevards of France. The radiator is typically foreign . . . every linc, curve and contour of the bady is the result of pa.ixfiakin g craftsmanship and study. Low-swung . . . rakish . . . graceful as a whippet . . . that’s the only way to describe it. Complete symmetry of design has been achicved with compact external dimensions. Compared with contem; big, bulky cars the Overland Whippet ?F:ars smarter mpsfnachh more grka{c(ul. That'’s because height and length are in true artistic proportion. In the Overland Whippet you have the fecling of riding closer to the d .. . with the resultant sensc of solidity and abscnce of that sidesway so noticeable in the conventional . Branch Salesroom 10th and H Sts. N.E. Used Cars 1515 14th St. N. 21-inch 4-wheel brakes enable this car to stop’ n 51 feet from 4 spesd of 40 miles per bour type of car. That high-up-in- thsfzir fecling is gone . . . here is a new kind of riding comfort. 36 miles.on a gallon of gasoline Here at last is an automobile AN that will run 30 miles on a gallon of gasoline . . . well over 1,000 miles on a gallon of oil .. . with extraordinary mileage on tires . . . and the smallest tax rating of any car in America today. Imagine if you can what this savidg will mean to the average owner in a single year. 1t cuts present operating costs just about in half. Doubles the valuc of every dollar you spend for upkeep. Exhaustive tests so far indicate that the average year's operat- ing cost of the Overland Whippet should save you from $75 to $150 in gas, oil, tircs and mechanical upkeep. New standards of mechanical design’ The new principles . . . the new ideas . . . the new standards of design in the Overland Whippet are bound to change your whole concep- tion of light car mechanical features. Its high-torque motor of 3 Vg-inch bare by 43 é-inch stroke, is by far the most economical| light car engine made in America. Itactually develops more horsepower per cubic inch of piston displacement and pound of car weight than any other light 4-cylinder engine. It has an 8o-lb. torque . . . this means greatee pulling power . . . the ability to master hills without shift- ing gears: cause of this greater cfficiency, the motor of the Overland Whippet costs more to build yet less to main- tain than any other light car engine made today. The Overland Whippet is the onl: light 4-cylinder car that has the mocK crn force-feed oiling system through- out the engine, instead of the old-fashioned splash. It is the only 4-cylinder light car that combincs genuine Chrome silicon stecl valves with silent chain front- end drive and pump water circulation. The position of the steering wheel is ad- justable to fit the requirements of the in- dividual driver. The worm and gear irreversible steering mechanism is typical of this car’s quality and is especially designed for full balloon tires and 4-wheel brakes. Timken bearings are used throughout the front and rear axles. Compared with old-fashioned, bulky cars the Whippes appears smaller and much more graceful OVERLAND One of the first Whippets being inspected by Miss Lois Wilsen at ber New York motion picture studie The rear axle housing is banjo-type pressed steel. All 4-wheel brakes are 11 inchcsmumctcr, of the mechanical internal type. They provide 192 square inches of braking surface . . . far more per pound of car weight than any other American light car built today. Each is completely encased, thus not sus- ceptible to weather conditions. Designed and built without restrictions The engineers who designed this car . . . and the men who bailt it . . . have worked without restrictions. Nothing has been spared that would improve its engineering or its quality. The Overland Whippet is not a 1 or 2 year car. Instead, it has been honestly built to give years and years of satisfactory service . .. todeliver thrilling and trouble-free performance for thousands and thousands of miles. This new-type car has such costly equipment as a one-piece windshield, cowl ventilator, quick-acting crank-type regulators on doors and windows. Alchough the car is very low, windows are unusually broad and hii'h . . . the exposed glass area is approximately 1614 square feet 'he doors of this new car are 33 inches wide . . . thus providing casy entrance and exit. A beautiful cut velour trimming is used for scats and cushion backs . . . with sides and head-lining to match. A dome-light and a handsome walnut-finished instrument board add to its unusually attractive and complete interior equip- ment. ‘To millions of American women this car will bring an entirely new pride of ownership—a new delight in its comfort and re- finements. You can compare the Overland Whippet with all other Amer- ican light cars on the basis of price alone. But from the standpoint of enfmccring, rformance, comfort and quality, it has estab- lished an entircly new critcrion by which all other light cars must be judged. The Overland Whippet is Sedan, Touring and Coupe. furnished in threc body types . .. Jee this new-type car Come, sce this car. 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