The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1919, Page 19

ction of the big “Ship By Truck” parade coming down First avepie last Saturday, Over 1,000 took part in this big denionstration for the furtherance of the motor transport idea. actical Demonstration to Be Made by Truck Companies (Formerly Captain Motor BY WARREN B. BULLOCK Transport Corps U. S. A.) A new vision of the possibility of the motor truck be given to the Middle West in a few days, when the mobile truck sales managers of the big motor truck nies of the country, inc luding representatives of a big of the manufacturers of the nation, will start out onstration tour of motor trucks, from Chicago, | ' @ spellbinding tour of the central states. trip is proposed, but the journey of the trucks will | suié 97 to ‘Atirast 2 Practical demonstration to farmers of several states | cess a ‘i possibilities of the tr of t of bert and for the farm user g E Will bé an experiment only from FMtandpoint of the public, It will &n experiment from thé point ot the manufacturer, for he ly knows the possibilities of the truck. The experiment, how- Wes i the carrying out of a ke® Motor selling campaign, by prac- Heal stration to the possible Beef of the value of the truck for all 8 Of uses. x: Motor truck men will not cén- fin® their work to motor trucks alone, jewever, for they will demonstrate BAA as a producer of power to op- the farm machinefy instead of + Old type of stationary ges engine. vee motor truck trip, however, industry than the conducting 3 demonstrations, for it will|fY¥pe of truck. The tests will include | curately the effect that safety edu- Pt the proving to the farmer of | both high and low cost vehicles, and| cation as disseminated by the in- a as ue of properly organized truck to get the farm produce to ket. It will show to the far he can profit by motorized nt by the high prices ath and will mean eventually a in truck utilization on campaign will “be conductea tely from any advertising cam om the patt of the manufac- who participate. There are so different types of vehicle in- in the organization which is the trip that the demon- Will be standard, with no to throw business to any m turer, or to make sales of # while on the trip. Some of the H may accompany the Hon fleet with a typical p selling their own ptod- but the main purpose of the strati trip is to prove t! It thotor truck and of high- transport to the farmer. trip will cover 3,000 miles and i in_the central states, with established at such as Milwaukee, Des 8, Indianapolis, St. Louis and ther in the central states, the stration trips will be g into tNe country from these ts. of the demonstration trip t as yet been completely given ‘Ba much of the proposed work is 5 | as a secret by the truck One thing that will be of 1 interest t6 truck usérs ‘the demonstration is completed, + will be the compilation of statistics ahout the use of ck, the cost of operation and and of maintenance, and the rf of a new standard set of ‘statistics for highway transport ning regions. figures aré already in exist: | in the ¢ity fields, where the is @ known factor in the cost of Of @ delivery or city trans: tion systém. There is a short- however, of complete figures on peration costs of trucks engaged en- * a [HEARTS OF uck, both for highway trans of motor machinery, | Members A_ 3,000- | MUST GIVE THEIR AID of Automobile Club of Western Washington Urged Support “Safety Week” Movement BY DOUGLAS SHELOR (Manager Automobile Club of West- ern Washington.) ‘This is @ direct and personal ap- peal to every member of the Auto- mobile Club of Western Washing- ton to co-operate with the safety first department of the club in thelr efforts to make the week of & great suc- cess as SAFRTY WEEK. Mr. R. M. Dyer, the president of the club, wants Seattle to go on record , rent tirely on farm work, and the manu- |facturers with the demonstration trip | j with a fleet of vehicles of different | | typés involved Will be able to get a) jcompletely charted series of cost’ Statisties which win be of great fu |ture value in talking truck sales to | | farmers. | These figures will be compiled and | will probably be available to the pub-| |lie soon after the demonstration tour | |has been completed. The truck dem: | jonstration will be the finest type of ictical use of the truck on the | service experiment yet undertaken fn | lic jthis country. Individual manufactu- | fers have tmhade extensive tests of | jthe possibilities of their own ma. | chines, but the associated cothpariies | for a bigger phase of the |are now making @ consolidated study | name of the. Careful Drivers’ club. of the problem without regard to} will be thé biggest general test of the | motor vehicle problem ever made, ex cept that of tricks for war wses,| which Involves so many problems of | in}a war character that much of the| work is an assured fact tn Western | in city markets for country | data is of little value for peace pur-| Washingtéh frofi now on, it is unt- | pose. | The main feature of the demonstra- | tion trip will be the placing of the} truck problem beforé thé farmer in a | wholesale manner, with enotigh com: | panies interested to relieve him of |the suspicion that the campaign is to sell him anything except the the- ory of truék service, and the results ENLARGED AUTO PLANT ON AUTOMOBILE ROW NOW OPEN | Broadway. For a small shop catering only to thé repair and adjusting of radiators and fenders, the North- west Radiator and Fender Works has grown to a point where not| only the rhodern two-story building on Broadwity between Pike and Union has been enlarged by an-| other full stofy, but the name of the firm has been changed to Ren- ners Auto Rebuild company. The hew namé more accurately describes the scope of the firm's business, and, as ©, A, Renner, the ownet and manager of the concerh, says, “L have advertised the Northwest for a long time, and feel that 1 ould pay a little attention to king the fact known that I am| shops, and here are found two of Coast. ThreeStory Building Occupied by Renner’s Auto Rebuild Company (Insert) C. 8,’ Renner, Owner and Manager. with @ clean slate from all auto- mobile accidents, This record can- fot be accothplished without the hearty co-operation of every mem- | ber of the club and every driver of | & thotor vehicle iH the elty, Detroit and other cities thruout | the East have just closed success- ful safety drives, all of which havé met with wonderful success—now it is up to Seattle to become 100 pet cent efficient in the prevention of automobile accidents Mr. Dyer also wishes to take| this opportunity to thank the pub- and many cl¥ic and social of- ganizations of the city for thelr splendid help ahd aasistance to the safety first department of the auto- mobile club, operating under the} it Will bé impossiblé to ju@ge ac- to) THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1919 tensive campaigning will have on the public until another year when comparative figures and results} may be noted, Ofganized safety | versally admitted. The campaign has been endorsed by thousands who voiced thelr approval in tet. ters matled officials Airecting the safety drive. of educating the public to the value, of the truck for country work will be beyond estimate, the man behind the work we turn out.” In the enlarged building a total floor space of 21,600 square feet gives ample facilities for handling any clas# of work, and a very great amount at one time. The first floor is devoted to the radiator and fettder departments, and all service of this kind i given here. On the second floor the wood-working, sheet metal, top and curtain departments, afd the bullding and rebuilding of bodiés ia all accomplished without going off this flovr. The third floor, which has just been added to the building, Is given over in its entitety to the ‘paint WAR ADVERTISED AMERICAN TRUCKS in the trenches of Europe, side by sidé th the transportation of materials to the front, were men of every nationality of the world, who untdtisciously, it may be, or with foresight, gained working knowledge of the produce of the Améritan inakers. These men, traveling to their homes at the close of the war or settling in other countries, have with them knowledge of Americammade trucks — which could never have been obtained by them in the ordinary rdf of their work and knowledge which will, in the natural course of time, cause them to turn to America for their otitfit of trucks for business. They will natural- ly recommend the vehicle which stood them in such goéd part in the trying days of the great war. the most iodern enamet baking ovefis in the country. Any form of automobile painting is done by ex- perts, and some of the jobs turned out hay? created enthusiastic com- ment in various parts of the coun- try. Spécial Ford bodies are fin- ished in this shop, and Renner spe- cial jobs are well known on Se- attle streets, The great growth made by Mr. Rennet's btsiness is due in the greater part to his foresight into the future of the automobile, and his plant as it stands today is a credit to Seattle and the Pacific The World’s Most Hand Guaranteed Large Sizes—6,000 Miles 407 East Pine St. Built Tire; ughout of Best Materials Thermo; in Writing Small Sizes—7,500 Miles UNITED MOTORS COMPANY Distributors ———A. F. Hawkinson, Mgr. East 9 Act Now! : FREDERICK-METZGER CO. Mutual Life Building Plone Main 1372 AMERICAN INSU 1003-4 American Phone J. M. E. ATKINSON & SON Burke Building | planta, z | we NHS AROMNTENTN sand WH WOSAan WOONONA RATT SONATE, YAW . ENN AN NNO Stands between YOU and Which Side Are You On? Telephone! RANCE AGENCY Main 7056 NO SIGN OF PRICE DROP The long expected July decrease in motor cars prices ‘‘back fired." The decrease was an INCREASE. Several advances were annouriced the first of the month and still) more are coming. In some in- stances wheft cats récently an- nounced cuts, prices have gohé up again, The day of the declining price seems long deferred. Only few cars can be had on immediate deliveries at any price. There never has been, ever In the direct days of the war and cur- tailed productions, such a shortage | of cars—aind stich a dériand, Every factory is oversold and this condi- tion is reflected upon the order books of practically every automo- bile distributor in Seattte. But it is not the fact that there is such an extraordinary demand for cars that is shooting up the prices. The motor car makers are finding that they can not market their products at prevailing prices. Lose on Model One of the largest manufacturers | of motor vehicles produced a cer- tain model at a net loss of §65/ on @very car that was turned out. | The reason—the price was an-| nouneed and production begun. But labor and other costs Increased so rapidly that the original small mar- sin of profit was wiped out and} the three months’ output represent- | ed a loss of several thousand dol- lars on that particular model. ‘The purchasing power of the dol- lar has decreased in all lines faster than the motor car. The dollar of today will buy more automobile proportionately — than shoes, sugar; clothes or any of the necessities. And, compared to Inxuries—which the motor car is not—the motor car prices have remained at rock bot- | tom. ‘ Big Scramble A desperate seramble tn | to bring up production. are somé very trouble- somé olistructions. | Detroit alone needs thousands more workers in the atitomobile but théy dare not bring moré then to the city because of in- adequate housing facilities. With the resumption of manu- facture, what surplus did exist in Detroit after the exodus of Its war wotkers was quickly assimilated by the industries, As production in- creased a shortare soon developed, and the employers’ assoclation took action to bring more workers into Detroit. FOR FORD HOUNDS To avoid accidents when crank- ing the car by hand place the thumb against the index finger and take the handle between the four fingers and thé palm of the hand. In this Way the hand opéns readily if a back ki¢k oceurs, Also alWays crank up, never down, 208 Columbia Street STUART G. THOMPSON AN INSURANCE POLICY Money Loss, Calamity, Trouble Insurance cannot check accidents, but it relieves you of financial responsibility. Fire and theft, collision, property damage and liability insurance are a complete protection. Without any one of these you are trusting to luck. Can you AFFORD to trus t to luck? Luck will net pay you for your loss. : To any one of these agents andfind how small is the cost of security and peace of mind. CARTER, MACDONALD & MILLER, Inc. Agents Auto Department; Standard Accident Insurance Co., National Union Fire Insurance Society 207 American Bank Building Phone Eltiott 5568 ON WASHING The body of the car should be cleaned with castile soap and water. Mud should not be rubbed off, but rather should be washed off by flowing a gentle stream of | water oveMthe spot. This floats the mud off withont injury to the polished surface. If mud is per- mitted to remain on a new body until it dries hard it almost always | leaves a spot, consequently removal should be immediate, If spots of Toad oil get on the body they| EmMiott 5870 co. should be removed by an applica- tion of sait butter, which loosens FRANK WATERHOUSE & Department—Eiliott co. 1 WM. H. RITTER & CO. (Incorporated) BRGADWAY AT PIKE—Phone East 777 GOTTSTEIN’S, INC. 109 Colunibia Sireet—Fiott 3240 Copyright, 1919, Edw. 8 Jonés Sons Co., Providence, R. I. the ofl, or by ‘ocal application of kerosene. Be careful not to rub them too much. The top should not be cleaned with gasoline or similar liquids, Soap suds and water should be used inside and out, FOR SLIPPAGE In the absénce of Fuller's éarth ordinary talcum powder may he used to stop cone clutch slippage. Sprinkle the talcum over the sur- face of the leather or fabric after having first cleaned the surface with gasoline. WATCH PLUGS When the owner removes @ spark plug and finds the porcelain ff lator broken the portion which fallen off may have made its down between the piston and ¢ der, where it will cause scoring the metal. This possibility be taken into consideration, more often the broken piece blow out with the exhaust. A pertinent query is s kick in suise. Let's eat at Bold 1414 3d Ave; downtown, business. také any make of automobjle, of out a new car in every respect. O* MODERN EQUIPMENT, scription, whether wrecked or not, and turn it the first floor is the radiator and fender department, where every kind of fender arid radiator work is done by a large force of experts. ing, departments, rebuilt. & We can now any kind or de- We Have Outgrown Our Name and Our Building The Northwest Radiator and Fender Works, long known as the largest and most modern plant of its kind in tne Northwest, has takeh another forward step, keeping pace with Seattle’s wonderful growth, Our two-story building at 1406-8 Broadway has been enlarged by the addition of another full story, giving us three floors, .60 by 120, for the operation of our Realizing that the name Northwest Radiator and Fender Works does not lend full significance to the scope of our business, we have adopted a new firm title, and after August first will be known as Renner’s Auto Rebuild Company TIS name, we believe, explains very clearly HE sebona floor is devoted to thé wood-work- the functions of our business. the top and curtain and sheet metal Here the bodies are built or ‘VEN over entirely to the paint department, the third floor, just completed, {s the most modern on the Pacific Coast. enarhel baking ovens, the rooms for preparing the work, and the three finishing rooms, + Here ate the big * & INVITE YOU TO INSPECT OUR PLANT, AND SEEK FOR YOURSELF THE COMPLETE AND 1406-8 Broadway. S. C. Renner, Owner, Seattle, Washington. Renner’s Auto Rebuild Co. Formerly Northwest Radiator and Fender Works