The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 7, 1919, Page 17

factory in St, Louts. two and one quarter million | worth of Traffic trucks were | Between May 9 and 15, by the) Motor Truck Corporation as_ it of their national meeting of | held in St. Louis last week, | which time Mr. Hartford | the contract. Hundreds of | from the United States and | ‘were present. In addition | regular company dealers 102 [dealers were added to the list. | spect ions of the new dealers | called for an additional output | 2,000 trucks immediately, be- | p the regular output which has Deen taken covering the new | per day plant recently built | St. Louis. | growth of the Traffic corpor has been phenomenal in the Of the truck industry. The ef the company have set} pecome the largest manufac- fe of motor trucks in the world, confident St. Louis, from a standpoint particular- B the best location in America ‘a half years ago the Traf tion was organized by St and opened a plant on ave. The output became so the officials of the company | ft imperative to build a new Wm order to take care of re-/| As a result a new plant recently at 5200 N. Second the entire output for 1919 has been taken and the demand > @ precedent during by breaking ground and) down buildings for the ot | ef erecting another enormous of one block ad- it Contains fhether you lose 40% f the liquid itself by $ from the tank of its POWER Wdeakage” through carburetor |: The Effect on Your Purse Is the Same. if THE SECRET OF i | PERFECT CARBURETION IS BREAKING UP THE GASOLINE “The fuel atomizer in the MASTER CARBURETOR | puts gas into your en- ine, not gasoline, which the secret of economy | and power. (MASTER AELECTRIC CO. 703 East Pike St. SEATTLE, WASH. State Distributors HARTFORD CLOSES BIG ‘Wiitiam M. Hartford, Genera! Sales Manager of the Shields Livengood Motor Company, closes the deal tion of Traffic trucks in Washington and Idaho with a handshake, CLEVELAND IS No longer need the curious ones of Seattle rack their brains trying to puzzle out the identity of the automobile firm which the uew Cleveland line. It all came out last Tharsday, when the various officers of the company gathered in solemn con- clave, and decided that the time dent of the company, the treasur- States, Canada and southern coun- tries. ‘The Traffic Corporation is first in the truck world to follow | thought to the care of their speed the principle adopted by the passen-|OM*ters, now make keen inquiries on |more profit i# because it eliminates ger car manufacturers; that is, ad- hering to one model, manufacturing | The capacity of the ‘Traffic was decided after an exhaustive teat of over 5,000 individual loads which |proved conclusively that a pound capacity truck fulfilled over $0 per cent of the hauling require menta in Traffic Corporation were pioneers in| establishing Guy W. prediction jointly that St. Louis will be turning out 190,000 Traffic trucks per annum within thr ‘asters ee cle TRUCK DEAL The picture was snapped at SITUATION NOW CLEAR T. G. Young, local distributor of the Duplex truck line, is of the opinion that the truck situation [has come down to a business basis “Now that the government has announced a definite policy for the ! | OPEN SECRET will sell ripe for an announcement of | disposal cf iia surplus trucks, [ the new car. look for distinct increase in At the meeting were the preal || truck sales,” says Mr. Young. “The various sto! the government was going to do hurt the truck business, Many business men who were ready to buy trucks held off in the hope of getting an army trick cheap. proa Now that it has been decided | point. as to what to be used postoffice work, and will not be offered to the public, I betieve that | the truck prospects who have been! holding off will now purchase, ‘The bad weather of the spring jhas also hurt all business, but this jis passing “Despite the government trucks that are going tnte road work, the | highway butiders who have had ex- in road bullding and felda. the Duplex will go through with @ load where the ordinary | Would be stalled light.” SERVICE MEANS _ SOMETHING MORE “Since the war we have noticed that the word ‘service’ seems to |mean far more to motorists than it | ever did. The war made people think |—Motoriats began to pay more at- | tention to their cars and wanted all ithey could get out of them—and in | general the public demanded efficien- cy.” says Mr. Hanson, of the Stew |art Products service station, inde |pendent distributors of Stewart | Warner speedometers and parts, and maintaining what is maid to be one of the best service stations of its kind on the Coast, Hahson declares that many motor- iste whe before gave litt or no truck hand. the | thia point when they apply for serv. | wants, truck |the war taught many a lesson,” hi adda. 4.000- the United States, The | Pacific Coast. point. pounds capacity basis. | fison, president, and T. | Don't let your motor pound | if the retarding of the spark does | ket. [not remedy it one should look for| |loose crankshaft bearings or a loose flywhee! loosen motor, and should bel | remedied at once. ‘56. years. ipidinininsttaaiataninats you think of advertising, think of The Star. Motor EB Ranches of 1 were money sive hauling device than a teacn. “Motor trucks will travel in the fields. They will gather the hay and - grain and do all the other odd job about the farm in addition to cover ing the longer distances to town and | railroad in quick order and at a big maving of time and money over horses. Moreover, motor trucks do not draw on the resources of the farm for food directiy. “During the last year or so the prices for farm products hare been such as to make @ farmer bebrudge the fodder for his live stock. could better ull the soll for products that could be sold and buy gasoline | than to feed his team from bis own THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1919. ITRUCK IS FARM NEED nent on Farms and his Country Right now farmers are taking more interest in motor trucks than ever before, and the next few years bide fair to see a large number of trucks Join the equipment of farms in all parte of the country Eldridge for nce to and from the ahtpping| A clone acquaintance with that the surplus army trucks areltne passenger automobile has shown the farmers the economical advan tage of a motor vehicle and the way in which the farm tractor has demon. strated ite uuility has offered a aplen- | did example of the gasoline éngine as| & motive power for work in th ‘| “So, gradually, it has come to the farmer that the motor truck is more| than a@ freight bearing automobile, | He sees now that a motor truck ts, perience are buying Duplex 4-1 in reality, a hauling unit, practically | wheel drive trucks because they equivalent to a team of horses; know that where the going is bed! Moreover, it is a better, leas expen-| Many farmers even bought their hay and grain and thought they | ahead by doing Meanwhile, they did a little more fig | uring and then they saw the light on| the motor truck. | “Chiefly, the big reason why a mo-| ) torized farm yields more crops and ‘The foodstuffa that are dam- |thousands of people. ‘The Seattle store now hae what is crops must be estimated in terme of said to be the largest stock of Stew: | money with a wastage allowance, jart-Warner speedometers and parts | where horsea are used to haul them ever carried by any concern on the) with one truck, the speed alone will | save money, and that is but a single kee. “There is @ tnarked change and | aged during hauling by horses be in volume, selling at a low price.|*"yone with half an eye can see that | cause of the slowness with which the! carne must travel, alone would feed Perishable In hauling hogs or cattle to Pounding wilt soon | When you think of advertising, think of The Star. The Rickard Wheel Company, lnc. 1619 Westlake Avenue J. d. Rickard, Pres, Seattle, Wash. THE WHEEL OF WHEELS, made of steel, ABSORBS ALL THE SHOCK AROUND THE HUB, cushions the entire car, stronger than wood wheels, no punctures or blowouts, no broken wheels on the curb. Rides easier and lessens the strain on the transmission and motor. THE RICKARD WHEEL CO., INC but just a plain business proposition. IT’S IN THE HUB. is not a wild-cat, get-rich-quick scheme, We have the WHEEL OF WHEELS, but we need a little money to put them on the market and we are willing to sell you an interest in our business to do so. Once we start the ball rolling, nothing can stop it and big profits are sure to result—just how big we don’t know, but we are staking all our time and money on this enterprise. A limited amount of stock is selling now at par, $25.00 per share. There are more than 6,000,000 automobiles and trucks in operation in the United States today and approximately 3,485,000 being produced this year. If one per cent of this total were equipped with Rickard Wheels it would equal $10.00 PER YEAR ON EVERY DOLLAR INV TED NOW. We are open for inspection, and court the fullest investigation either in the past or as to our future course. The Rickard Wheel Company, Inc. 1619 WESTLAKE AVENUE OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9 O'CLOCK | market this same speed eliminates a On| large percentage of the shrinkage in C. Brandle, vice-president, make the| nitis thia is generally due to the| Weight that every cattle man figures npark being too far advanced, and |on when he takes his animals to mar. | The truck carries them ewiftly “There is & good reason for thin,” mays A. 8. 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