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6 - MANUFACTURERS ARE CONSERVATIVE| “Controlled Production” Is Watchword for 1930, Leaders Agree. Bpécial Dispateh to The Star. DETROIT, Mich, December 21— “Controlled production” will be the watchword 6f automobile manufactur- ng for 1930. Profiting by the experi- efice of this year, when the close of the greatest volume output period the in- dustry has ever known came at the samé time as the stock market slump, représentative “opinion of the larger makers is in favor of working within normal limite for the next 12 months. ‘This will mean a voluntary scaling down from theé high peak of the last 12 months, in which total output of all factories have approximated 5,600,000 oar and truck units. One o6f the automobile magnates who sponsors this o?omy i8 Joseph B. Graham, idént Graham-Paige Motors ration. In a statement he has put his company on record as favoring con- trolled juétion. The policy, he says, has béen adopted as a solution of the labor turnover préoblem. Price Trend Is Upward. “By &hij cars only as juired m’x:;medfl,ti:. wholesale and retail de- livery and regulating production during the off selling periods to build up & reasonable reserve stock to meet seasonal peak démands, it is hoped to vide steady employment,” ong:%n adds. At the sameé time Mr. Graham has stated that Graham-Paige would make effectivé an increage of prices on all its models Janu: 1. This brings the num- ber of companies that are revising prices upward to six in Tll., Eln:; lllstmw;ek !fmlp, originally formed of Stude- baker, Cadillac and Buick, has had Olds- mobile and Nash added to it. The Olds- mobile boost was $100 on the Viking modeéls and that of Nash Motors was $25 to $140 on three lines, consisting of two sixes and one eight. Miller Is Conservative. Collective opinion favoring controlled Gutput of cars has been in process of i6rmation for the last month. The first THAE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., DECEMBER 22, 1929—PART FOUR.' AMERICAN HISTORY BY MOTOR—via the Old FARM HIGHWAYS NETWORK URGED Bulk of Traffic Flows Over State Roads That Need Surfacing. What is a farm-to-market road? A simple question, yet much is dgpe%dem upon the answer, accor to E. E. Duffy, highway educational writer, Obviougly a farm-tg-market road is one that leads from farming aréas to the nearest market where the demand for produce is good and rail shipping ©f the chief executives to sponsor con- servatism for the next year was L. A. Miller, president of Willys-Overland, Ine. Mr. Milk statement was ler’s supplemented by d_one a few that keeping a sécont days ago in which he said prau ion within rétail demands should Tesult in & moderate upward trend in| pricés. He estimat t automobile oucnv;t in the United States and Canada would range 4,600,000 to 5,000,000 unité, but was inclined to believe the lower figure 8 e luction ibilities of ., president of . He ates that the W‘ market of the ent year ited for sales of 3,000,000 cars and céléulates that such demand next year should resch a total ciose to 3,390,000 n | that the States and the United facilities are adequate. On that basis most all of the roads -|in the United States could be called | O case. farm-to-market roads, for even oéut in the sparsely populated sections of the West farms may be found at fairly fre« quent intervals, Cannot Improve All In considering the wholesale improve- ment of farm-to-market roads it is clear that all of them cannot be given equal attention. It is further a 'r'e‘n.n ates, through Federal aid, can improve and maintain in a good condition only a portion of the total road length of 3,000,000 miles. This means that full attention can be given only to those roads that carry the most traffic. Investigations have revealed that bout 85 per cent of the motor traffic is carried over the 300,000 milés em- ds, | braced in State systems. These 300,000 t with the pass! of & few more years the reoord-hru“i‘- ction of 1929 '“:dtn esent place performance, a sta- Bilised uj trend year after year in "llfllh the' growth of population The position taken by President Mil- ler of -Overland found an écho up the production rec- érds by constantly obsoleting mechan- ically good automobiles it may have a temporarily deterrent effect on volume of sales, but it will ultimately prove a blessing t6 manufacturer, dealer consumeér alike. o Chevrolet Reaches Goal. Ohevrolet, according to a com statement, Nas achieved its objective of 'mmu‘mm hl‘l’.m .&wugomm for l'?.v e largest year for the e&nm sinoe it hn'been in ex- The péik of the year's operations in iy last. The total for that ith up t0 160,895 cars. New monthly records were established évery month except January. The of the six-cylinder series were keted '“onk .{;nx-ry thf the ;lme ugus! passed 1.- of them had been placed in figures of the past six that Chevrolet output has ,000 in 1924 to ,850,000 in 19! was 927. There was & jump to 1,200,000 in 1928, and another jump in 1929 has exceeded all previous year volumes. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- Daper Alliance.) _AUTO SEEN AS FASTEST TRANSPORTATION METHOD Manufacturer Says Parking Facili- ties and Roads Must Keep Pace With Cars. The mfi increass in the use of the sutomol in business has called atten- tion of authorities of municipalities in 8l parts of the United States to the necessity of an early and Tracucal 50~ lution of the ,Efnkxng problem, accord- ing to H. H. Franklin, president in the automotive industry, who has driven his car more than 25,000 miles in a dozen States year on business journeys. The flexibility of the automobile as & transportation medium assures its in- use, Mr. Franklin states. With the faster and more luxuriant cars now being manufactured and the building of Detter roads, he declares automobiles will become the fastest as well as the safest means of travel, averaging better time from starting point to destination than either train or plane. The auto- mobile’s great advantage, he says, is that it need not wait for favorable wea- ther, requires no transfers and is al- <11 EH g8 3 to go. as well as State and Fed- eral authorities are recognizing the need for better roads to keep up with this increasing automobile traffic. Mr. Pranklin declares that the next few years will see cars capable of speeds in @xcess of 100 miles &n hour with safety, the road bullding program in Unif States keeps pace with the improvement in motor cars. This in turn will see a greater expansion in the use of sutomobiles than ever before. Mechanic I; _Like Doctor. Make a study of your regular me- ehanic as well as your car. Like a family physician, he must be absolutely pany | get busy—and 18 80 miles of roads are through routes; they connect all principal towns and cities; the bulk of the farming population lives along them or but a short dis tance back on secondary routes. Inasmuch as the State systems are still far from complétion, the first job is the improvement of thése roads to & point where car operating costs and road upkeep costs are lowest. A skele- ton system of pavements, wi easy access of most farms, will cut transpor tation costs far more than a spread- out system of inferior roads, which in themselves would consume great blocks of cash in maintenance. Must Consider Bulk. Roads must be built that will permit the greatest number of farmers to have year-round transportation without the load limitations demanded of light- surfaced highways when rain and thaws n the case on State routes in agricultural States. The high cost of light surfacings i8 demon- strated in Minnesota and Wisconsin, ‘where even trucks collecting milk mus’ afiduce their loads when the roads are Farm-to-market roads vaty widely in trafic burden and no blanket rule for their improvement can be adopted ‘There are roads, of course, not included in the State systems over which rural traffic is heavy. These roads should be well paved—even if only a 9-foot strip of rigid pavement can be laid. —_— - MIDWEST FARMERS HELD PROSPEROUS Automotive Executive Declares Millions in Buying Power to Be in 1930 Markets. America’s Mlfl%humwme:wmm xu-mn;: are prosperous. ying power such that industry throughout the country will {eel"t;'noa e:;tee 01( ‘th&l‘ prosperity dur . only auf mobile manufacturers, but the produc- ers of everything that is used on the farm will find gflt markets through- out the Middle West next year. These dictions were made R T odgkins, general sales manager in the automotive industry, on his return Fri- day to Detroit from one of a series of trips that during three months have taken him into nearly every one of the great agricultural States of the Missis- sippi Valley. “Prosperity is general from Chicago to Denver, from Canada to the Gulf, thanks to a mammoth wheat harvest and a corn crop that in Iowa alone is valued at $800.000,000,” Hodgkins said. “Hence the backbone of America's con= suming power is in & buying mood, already evidenced by record-making purchases of radios, farm implements and other articles.” In additicn to predicting that the automobile and other manufacturers will gain rich returns from this pros- perity of thmprt Valley farmers during 1930, he pointed out that the agricultural regions had not been hit by the recent stock market collapse. He called on businéss men ten g toward discouragement to recognize the [, inherent soundness of American pros- perity and to build for the future with that in mind. “President Hoover shows great wis- dom in matshaling the active wealth of the country to combat the pessimism caused by the stock market antics,” said Hodgkins. “The speedy accept- ance of his suggestion by the Nation's great employers is overpowering testi- ;nony of their own confidence in the uture.” dependable, because he does, or doesn’t & lot of things you probably don't If you find you another doctor for Tire Pressure Important. Underinflation; overinflation and un- even inflation all cause discomfort and trouble. The instruction book that ocomes with your ear tells you at what mure to keep your tires. Follow in- ctions. Gauge Calibrated for Tires. A Ppressure gai is calibrated for wflfl of M tires. That | fe that if you have séeveral cars A" dftt o R it CARS EXCEED BABIES. Motor Vehicles Increase Faster Than Nation’s Population. Motor vehicles are being manufac- tured in the United States at the rate of one every seven seéconds, while the | population is increasing at the rate of one person every 26 seconds, according to George E. Keneipp, manager of the District of Columbia division of the American Automobile Association. At the. population of the_couns act N try 18 increasing at the rate of l.m,ogg persons m ‘while a ml. ,601,1! motor were X4 ' bl find. his wap info the e RSOl gy, MILADY’S MOTORING By Frederick C. Russell So long as she's at the wheel of & car and in traffic § woman doesn’t have to know a thing about golf to miss the green. Women are playing a very significant role in checking mistakes in the design of modern cars. Recently 6ne of the leading companies lengthéned its big- gest job and anticipated enthusiastic public reception of the new models, but soon women were complaining of a peculiaf upthrow at the rear seat. An investigation followed, only to reveal the fact that the engineers had lost the combination of easy riding by the slight but incorrect increase in wheel- ‘When dl‘mpln‘ in for service at some garage or shop not authorized by the maker of your car be careful that the advice passéd, out is suitable for the particular make of car you drive. In , for instance, it is all right to operate the automati¢ chassis lubri- cating system whenever you think of it, but on another car there is danger of getting ofl on the front brakes if you overdo it. The first car has hydraulic, while the second carries mechanical brakes with automatic ofling. ‘There never is any need to wonder if the rear wheels have locked during a sudden stop on slippery streéts. The speedometer dial tells the story, for it will swing back to zer6 the moment the driving wheels stop turning. It may seem more convénient to run the car into the service station when you hngfien to think about it, but the automobile dealer's exlnn of regular in- nmcmm at specified dates is far and above the usual way. In going by dates car arrives at the shop in dry weather or wet, on o0ld days or warm, in sunshine or snow. Under such vary- in‘l weather conditions the car behaves differently and it frequently happens that the service men may see some need for attention which might easily escape their notice if the car always arrived at the shop in fair weather. These three-cornered hats that are causing such a stir on Fifth avenue suggest a timely warning about the three-cornered traffic situation. When- ever a third party appears at an inter- section new complications arise. Three usually is & crowd. Recently I saw one woman walt to let another complete a left turn. Just then & third party cameé up from the right to make a left turn on the theor: that the driver to the right of her was standing by to offer this courtesy. Both of the moving cars collided merely be- cause the drive involved were two- car minded insf of a la mode. The ammeter is one of those instru- ments on the dash that tells a new story almost every time you look at it. To. the néwcomer at the wheel, how- ever, there are a few primary stories which must be digest before there can be assurance that the car is get- nnl? & square deal. the indicator points constantly above 12 or 14 on the “charge” side of the scale, for instance, the generator is producing too much current and should be adjusted for a lower charg- ing rate. On the other hand, if the ammeter shows constant discharge the aennnwr isn't up to snuff. lways luring idling the ammeter shows dis- charge, however. Many women who can read the am- meter to good advantage in daytime allow themselves to become puzzled by it _at night because they do not take into account the efféct of the head- lights. When the lights are “on” the ammeter never shows as high a charg- ing rate and reveals a greater discharge when the engine idles or the car is running fast. The speed of the car is another point to watch. At higher speed more cur- rent is consumed by the engine for ignition and the generator does not make up for this because it is adjusted to waste current over a certain car spéed. At too low a speed the charging rate also diminishes. The highest rate, and the one that is best for the battery’s good health, is usually somewhere be- tween 25 and 35 miles an hour. Women are credited with having brought about the great change in cars whereby the feminine touch is all that’s needed to get the best results from them. Oddly enough, many women lgou the effect by trying to handle the! in a more masculine manner, P way at the s and actually handicapping themselves by resortin to main force when the lighter touc would do. Surely the popular phrase, “Be your= self!” was never more apropos than in milady’s motoring. i The idea that the rear bumper, tire and other paraphernalia at the back of the car will offer full protection if it rams into something when backing up 18 one that has caused many a woman considerable embarrassment when tr‘ylnl to convince the men folk of the family what & good driver she is. If the backing is downgrade, as often 18 the case, the back e,rtho top ml; b:fin::"th; %hn&u:twn before the 5 lented body is & mean thing to repair. v (Copyright by the Russell Service.) PLANS HUGE GARAGES. spare One of Chain of “SBkyscrapers” Un- der Way in Chicago. The érection of the stéel work of th first unit in & chain of automatic lkys scraper garages has just been ocom- leted in Chicago in the record time of 3 days by the Starrett Building Co. of Chicago. The new 20-story struce ture, which will have capacity Tor over 1,000 cars, will be devoted solely to the glrklfll of automobiles, which will be andled on three double elevators by the Kent mrklng.unn system, ‘The National Parking Garages, which was organized by & grou utility men of New Yotk the owners of the chain. The building progtam, which will be handled by the Starrett firm, will be country-wide and will probably extend over a tén-year period. of public ————— . hy tomotive engineers operate in every | ana the mr_, ity, will be | & Spanish Trail = 2 of sea robbers of (Title ragistered U. 8. Patent Ofce.) W & e oW but —BY his S| Chartr Orlehn. G s e ~m(m;§o’§ Ll i 0 [ 1€y adventure it m&n! Th:irivtelccggfllfiyuit © Anerieas ighway Bhseation! Beras, Weshington, .. SAFETY-RESPONSIBILITY LAWS HELP SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEM Provide Valuable Experience in Nation's Question for Solution of Reckless- Driver Issue BY THOMAS P. HENRY, President American Automobile Association. There is ro royal road to safety. No single panacea has been adwanced and probably never will. But the fact that the close of the year 1920 finds the country confronted with a gigantic toll of automobile fatalitiés and injurles, well as a_considérdble sum in unco: nsated damages, challénges an éxam- t:nlon of the efficiency of such definite steps as have been taken for the amel- ioration of conditions. It is generally known that the safety- responsibility laws now in effect in 1. States were heralded as promising the maximum benefits along sane and prac- tical lines. It is inevitable that their operation will be watched with the keénest interest from Maine to Cali- fornia and gflnfl.. It is well that this should 50, In the meantime, however, some oritis cism has been levéled at the safety- responsibility prineiple. This eriticism falls into two categories. First, it rep- resents the viewpoint of special inter- ests whose business they feel might be adversely affected, who have consistent- 1y opposed all forms of “responsibility” and who, as far as 1s known, have never brought forward a constructive alter- native. Second, it comes from sources whose object it is either to misrepresent legislation and its aim or who have not taken the trouble to distinguish between thn it provides for and what it does nof Legislation Is Summarized. ‘The all-important thing now is that the American people should learn something about what is going on in the Sta where the safety résponsi- bility law ot visions thereof have béen enacted, since manifestly it is this practical test rather than what pro- ?onenu or opponents of the legisla- ‘mtn have to say that will decide the re. uture. Before proceeding to ascertain what the States experimenting with the leg- Y | islation have to say, let us summarize his I will take the ciation safety-responsibility law, because of any proprietary interest I claim in it, but bécause it is the most comprehensive statement of the prin- ciple. Now, what exactly does it - vide for? It embodies four cardinal principles, as follows: First, & universal drivers’ license law, and in this day and age it is difficult to believe that this demand will meet with any sound opposition. Second, & mandatory suspension of the driving privileges of all persons con- victed of seriotis violations of the motor vehicle laws until proof of future.finan- cial responsibility has been established. This is in addition to penaities under the State motor véhicle code. Third, it provides for the suspension of the driving privileges of all persons against whom a final judgment estab- lishing the driver’s igence has been legally rendered and who have failed to meet the judgment, this suspension to remain in effect until the judgment has been satisfied and a guarantee of fu- ture responsibility established. 'ourth, it provides for the insertion in the drivers' license law of ever: State a proviso which will prevent the issuance of a permit to6 any person whose right to” drive is at that time suspended in any other State, thus in | b effect providing for the interexchange of suspension rulings as between tHe | f States and rendering the disability na- tionally reciprocal. Responsibility Is Fixed. One of the commonest arguments ad- vanced against the legislation is that it does not make the financial responsi- bility operative at all until & man or a woman has had an accident. A glance at provision two, above stated, will show that this is not the case. act, & rson never need have had an accident come under the penalties of the leg- 1slation. Now, what offenses against highway safety bring these provisions in opera- tion? Briefly summarized, they are: Reckless drlvm’. lgflvmg while “under of the Yukon to the Rio | C! the influence toxicating liquor of narcotic drugs, leaving the scene of an automobile accident in which nal injury occurs without making identity Road Building Keeps known, such othér viclations as consti- tute cause for suspension or révocation of licenses in the State, a conviction of an offense in any other State which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of any of the aforesaid pro- visions of the motor vehicle laws of this State. It has been charged that the legis- lation might be used by the police as a weapon to compeél motorists indis- criminately to assume financial respon= sibility by the threat of suspension of license because of petty offenses against the motor vehicle code. This cl r‘e entirely overlooks the fact that only perpetrators of major violations as cited above are affected. It is true that one State in enacting the law went further than the provisions of the model satety-responsibility law in the itation of violations. But there is every reason to beliéve that in this par- ticular State the law will be m ed. The law, in whole or in part, in effect in the following 12 New York, Rhode Island, Con: is now States: , Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampehire and Min; b Results Are -Encouraging. t should be sald in fairness that sufficlent time has not yet elapsed to rmit of clear-cut conclusions. te, however, the experience of those responsible for the administration of the laws 18 most encouraging. Not one State has taken a backward glance, while several States are seriously con- sidering the enactment of additional provisions of the legislation and the strengthening of some provisions al- ready in effect. As might be expected, since the com- mitments of the States in respect to the law vary, they are not in accord in the stress they place on the various ad- vantages accruing, but they are in ace cord on the proposition that the laws mean a great forward advance for mo- tordom. And there is a very general belief that their cumulative éffect will be to establish moral responsibility at the wheel of the automobile and to make this responsibility compulsory, Let us hear from some of the officials or the spokesmen of officials who have committed their commonwealths to exrerlment in safety responsibility. The roll call is unquestionably impressive. Says Gov. Young of California: “As soon as tHe public becomes miore fa- miliar with the full meaning of the law we will see a material decrease in acci- dents on the highways.” QGov. Shafer of North Dakota: “Law requiring reckless automobile drivers to file bond as a security for the pay- ment of damages is the only practical way of protecting the public from the dangers of reckless and financially irre- sponsible persons who use the high- ways” (;‘uv. Walter J. Kohlet of Wisconsin: “My attitude towatd revocation of driv- ers’ licenses on account of failure to pay judgments incurred through negligence :&A:xyrmdln“‘nln]lbflltothlt ect.” Law Held Adequate Weapon. Gov. Norman 8. Case of Rhode Island regards the law as an “economic prop- osition,” as primarily an effort to solve & difficult economic problem, rather than as an effective means for reduc- y |ing high%ay accidents. But, he adds. “I do not think there is any foundation for the belief that the law will lead to the use of the power of the State to get usiness for insurance companies, nor that such a law will penalize car owners or_petty offenses.” slmnkmg in the name of Gov. Trum- bull of Conneéeticut, Robbins B. Stoeck- el, commissioner of motor vehicles, whose experience with a financial re- sponsibility law dates to January 1, 1926, and who is usually regarded as one of America’s ablest administrators, ex- presses himself thus: “This law provides an effective weapon for the motor vehicle depart- ment to use against offenders. It is really an aid to the suspension powers. Unt‘uestlomhly the next session of the Legislature_will broaden the scope of this law. Its moral effect on those to Whom 1t is applied s bound to be good. The experience of an undesirablé going from one insurance company to another trying to find some one who will guaran- tee in the light of a bad record is bound lto“!:e educational to him, to say the east » Cash Circulating As Revealed by Survey Made in Iowa Is money spent like water over the dam? Fortunately not, for the work of s dotllln 18 never don:éd Agl oo fre- quently money expen )y govern- mental bodiés is régarded by the tax- payer as money that is gone forever, when as a matter of fact, the spendin y by the Government gives the dollar at least a double value. First of all, a convenience or im- provement is purchased which enables the Government to better serve its cit- izens. Secondly, money spent for im- provements goes into the pockets of in- dividuals, and not unstrangely labor geéts more than any other factor. In the matter of paved highway con- struction, for instance, labor receives mote than half of the total di- ture, as is shown by an anal; costs made by the Iowa State Highway Com- mission. In Iowa the construction cost, of & mile of concrete pavement has averaged $36,184, of which 62 cent, of $13,706, goes to labor through various channels. Costs for a mile of hi tributed as follows: Stone i cement, ng $850; freight, 85,620 grading, $2,000; miscellaneous eontractors' costs, including profits, $8,517. From these items labor following amounts = Ston , 81,500, 't“h“u"&mmm ghway ate dis- te, reoeives the e al ite; [ smell badly the steel, | cool Money's greatest value can only be Acmsvea b&‘ keeping it in circulation and to do fhis the stimulating hand of aovemmenul activity is needed. There not a single wrnmunur in this coun- try that 18 not in need of important ding | improvements—some communities need dozens. Planning, although essential, can be unn’eraun if projects are left in the paper stage too long. Since government 1§ the one thing which all support, it must naturally be the bulwark in times when clouds gather over the ‘economic £ky. Well planned construction programs which embrace only those Proj!fl.l that will be of actual value to the community are now needed. Florida Counts Tourist Cars, JACKSONVILLE, Fla, (#—New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio are the greatest sources of tourist revenue for Florida, the American Automobile As- sociation has established counting . | cars crossing the Jacksonville bridge. Car Heater Oleaning Urged. If you don't want r car heater to rst time you use it in weather, ¢lean it out thoroughly now. It's the dust and other dirt mo- 2nnum¢d in heaters that couses them WINTER DRIVING Shift gears a little fastér when the lubricant in the transmission is cold and stiff. The same applies to most cars when brand new. In cold weather the hand brake never should Beé used to stop the car prior to parking, as this may cause 'fl-ho brake shoes to frée.e against their irums. Beware the front-wheel skid which occurs wheén the wheéls aré cut too sharply for a turn and the car slides straight ahead. ‘Wheén the car i8 parked out in an ice storm slip a of thin card- board under the blade of the wind- shield wiper. Removing the cardboard later will leave a clear section for vi- sion. " If forced to run on a flat tire because it is too eold t6 change to the spare on the road, complete ruin of the shoe mav be avéided by being careful not to start and stop suddenly. ‘The habit of letting the engine idle for short stops in order to “save” the b.ttery is unwise because this simply discharges the cells. ‘The engine temperature gauge should be a guidé to ting car speed, espe- cially in cold weather. The speedome- ter should not register over “30” until the gauge reads at least “130.” One finds that many owners of cars with four-wheel brakes forget that they can ome trapped in 4 serious skid if thev start to stop suddenly without no- ticing that the wheels on one side of the car are running over a wet or slip- ‘TO | pery portion of the street. Modern engines requires the tion to be fully advanced at the hand con- tro! during cranking. Retarding after starting will, of course, help to warm up the engine. Slow driving is apt to give a false impression of oil economy because there mlg be more crankecase dilution. It will help save the battery to switch off the :m;uh twhmnver cranking the n . COETens. "1 by The Russell Service Wi MARYLAND READY TO SPEND $631,911 the |gtate to Offer Road Fund in Order to Obtain Like Amount as Federal Aidi Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, December land will offér to spénd $631911 on road construction, béginning June 1, 1930, in order to obtain that amonut from the $73,125,000 authorized by Con- gress as Federal ald throughout the country, acoordmg to @. Clinton Uhl, ct‘:;lrmln of the State Roads Commis- slon. The Federal appropriations nounced in_conriection with Hoover’s general call of publi¢ works. - Mr. Uhl 3 said “I have 21.—1 were an- President for the speeding been informed that there is also available $28,000,000 of Federal aid funds previously apportioned. Appar- ently some of the States did not take advantage of the appropriation. “If the balance is available, Mary- land will be glad to make application for a &omon of its share of the balance, in addition to the $631,911.” Check Tires Regularly. It has been predicted that the price of tires is !!.oalnn. ug, That means that the destruct of tires through under- inflation will be more expensive than éver. And you can't maintain the right inflation unless you check your with a gauge regularly. says Mary | mobile dealer, JAMES W. BROOKS. (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) IBANAI]A FIGHTS DRUNKEN DRIVING 1930 License Plates Bring Blotters Telling Dangers of Intoxication. ONTARIO, Cana car license plates the Province of Ontario carry with them a large yellow blotter. That liquor and gasoline make & poor mixture 1§ the text of the blotter. ‘Motor dtivers, attention! Don't col- lide with scientific facts! Motor acci- dents like the above,” says the caption bélow the picture of a wrecked automo- bile, “are occurring on our highways every day, Many of them are the direct result of Nquor.” The blotter, published by the Tem- perance Education Council of Toronto, goes on to admonish the drivers of the province where liquor ean be bought under the Ontario liquor control act. In red type along the bottom of the blotter, “Don't take the risk!" Then follows a quotation from Police Magis- trate Browne of Toronto: “After drink- m’. it is impossible to drive carefully.” n smaller type the motorist is told that while it takes one-ffth of a second for a normal man’s mental processes to stimulate him to brake his car in an emergency, the same process, according to6 high medical authority, takes from two-fifths to three-fifths of a second with a man who has taken no more al- cohol than is contained in two ounces of whisky. “A drink or two of liquor means a logs of two-fifths of a sécond in an emergency,” the blotter continues. “When it is recalled that a car going at 35 miles an hour will travel between 20 and 21 feet in two-fifths of a second, one sees how sériously the margin of safety is impaired. Your own life and the lives of others are at stake.” Drinking in motor cars is forbidden by law in Ontario. T AUTO OWNERS WARNED OF WINTER PROBLEMS Lubrication !hould_l!: as Carefully Applied Then as in Bummer, View of Expert. Car owners who into effect a belief that lubrication for their auto- mobiles 1§ less essenitial during the Win- ter than in the Summer are likely to pay dearly as a result. Oscar Coolican, local auto- in pointing out that the motorist has quite as much of a lubri- cation responsibility now as he had a féw mont! a ‘when temperatures were higher and touring trips longer. “There is a disposition on the part of many motorists to drop the sched- ulé which they may have followed re- liglously during the Summer,” Mr. Coolican states. “Just wl this should be so is a little bit difficult to say, although there are any number of reasons one might assign for it. However, the cause is not nearly 80 important as the effect. The fact remains that countless car owners who would not fail to keep their cars well lubricated in Summer already have departed from the rigid routine which then obtained. “This {llogical practice can have but one result—rapid depreciation, with its attendant costly repairs, dissatisfaction and eral unpleasantness. “The advice to mortorists to remain conscientious in the lubrication of their cars during the cold months which lie before us is based on experience. And, experience is an exacting teacher. “Don’t forget that the car needs ofl and greass no matter how cold the s | weather and no matter what the sea- son.” ~The 1930 motor | 1 MARYLAND AUTO DEATH TOLL GAINS 412 Are Killed Despite State “Save-a-Life” Drive, Baughman Reports. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 21.~—"T re- ’ret to report a marked increase in atal accidegts during the year, not- withstanding the effectiveness of the ‘Save-a-Life’ campaign,” says E. Aus- tin Baughman, motor vehicle commis~ sloner, in his annual report submitted to Gov. Ritchie this week. “Throughout the State, 412 persons lost their lives in motor vehicle acci- dents, as compared to 302 during the preceding year. ~During the campaign, 281,269 motor vehicles of all types, comprising 94 e ent of all vehicles registered in the tate, were inspected,” the report con- tinues. This year's gross income exceeded that of last year by $255,279.21, the re- ceipts this year being $3,278,136.19, as compared with $3,022,856.98 for 192¢. More Cars Are Registered. This increase in income, the report explained, was due to the fact that 16,019 more motor vehicles were regis- tered this year, the number being 329,962, as against 313,943 in 1928, “The titling of motor vehicles, new and used, shows an increase of 28,081, the total for the just-closed year being 162,562, as compared to 134,481 for the previous year,” the report continued. “The total receipts of the title depart- ment amounted to $169,391.82, as com. pared to $141,639.62 in the year pre vious. “The fines imposed in the Baltimore City Traffic Court and before rhagis- trates in the other cities, towns and rural sections totaled $240,314.40, as compared to $235962.45 for the year 1927-1928—an increase of $4,341.95 1,220 Lose Permits. “During the year 1,220 drivers sut- fered revocation of their licenses, while 661 were suspended for varying pe- riods, and 2,161 applicants for licenses were refused temporarily. These figures show ah increase in the revocations and slight decreases in the suspensions ana refusals. “In addition, 39,220 drivers were rep- rimanded for minor infractions of the law. Of these reprimands, 29,581 were administered directly to the drivers on the highways by State police officers; 985 were the result of highway activities of the corps of special deputies of the department, and 1,445 were entered against drivers’ records in the depart- ment, following summons and hearing before the legal examiner of the de- partment. “The legal examiner conducted 2,011 hearings, administered 1,454 reprimands, revoked 154 and suspended 384 licenses and dismissed 19 cases.” Speed Tip Given Drivers. When driving through unfamiliar c.untry, it's ao safe practice to main- tain the average speed of the other cars on the road. Most of them are prob- ably local cats and their drivers know what speed the traffic policemen permit. 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