The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 5, 1920, Page 11

Bit down, hold tight to your chair And get ready to believe the Incred ible, For here come “Pacts and Figures” compiled annually by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce—enough to make a fellow @imzy at the thought of them ond Dave him realize what a small part the individual plays in this motor searred world Your automobile is onty one out Of 6,808,848 now in the United States. That excludes the trucks which make the total number of motor vehicles in the country 7,558 $48. Think of them lined up five feet apart, along the equator, and you ‘Wil bave a complete ring of motor fare around the earth Or figuring another way—now hold t—at a canservative average mo. r tor car mileage of 3,000, the total mileage is 22,667.544,000 annually ch multiplied by an average of = three passengers means a total pas * senger mileage of —whew!—68.003 $32,000 miles. What are your mere Stutz tours to this? During 1919 alone, manufacturers B «produced 1,657,652 passenger car: Hand 316,364 trucks. The value of this output is placed at $1,985,112 Oh, Boy! How Gas Wagon Biz Has Grown These Last Years! 846. And this amount, says “Fae nd Figures,” is equal to one-third the money in circulation in the United States at the end of 1918, or double the amount of gold the United States treasury at that time Adding the cost to wholesalers of | motor vehicle parts, tires and acce |sortes, you have the astounding vol ume of $3,166,834,594 in total output for 1919. Connected with this is gasoline, Of the million barrels produced in 1919, 52 million we consumed by motor vehicles And. in passing, tires produced last year amounted to 33,000,000 | After playing with these figures, one |tire manufacturer has caloulated the total mileage for the year at 99,000 000,000 miles—enough to make 198 009 round trips between the earth and the moon! So the city folk may not swell thelr heads too much about their part in these big figures, let it be known that one-third of all automo bile owners in the country are farm ers. In proportion to the population. the farms of iowa and Nebraska with the fruit California for the greatest number of cars compete valleys of q ‘ Canada is now the second nation j im the world in the manufacture of ig automobiles, number of cars owned nd the per capita distribution. The United States takes first rank. Figures compiled show that one person in every 15 in the United tates owns an automobile, while one in every 23 is the percentage in Canada. In Great Britain but one Person in every 268 owns a car. The Percentage in France is one to 102 | One to 684 in Germany, one to 1,000 © im Italy, one to 2,700 in Austtia and © One to 5.300 in Russta. SEVEN MILLION CARS HERE The totaf number of cars regis tered in this country is approximate Ty 7,100,000, in the Dominion 350,000. and in England 180,000. Canada showed increased registration in 1919 of 13 per cent. Ontario was the banner province, with a registration Of 127,360 passenger cars and 11,428 trucks, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Man ftoba and Quebec rank in the order named. Canada employs 15,000 workers in the automobile industry, which rep- resents an investment of $50,000,000 Ip 1919, 94,000 automobiles were manufactured in the Dominion. with ® total sales for the year of approxi. Mately $100,000.000. The annual S SHORTAGE ; FAVORS CLUADEL The pseudo gnsoline shortage is Proving a big boost for the Claudel carburetor, which the Master Elec tric company is introducing to Seat tle after its successful manufacture nd operation in France fo a Period extending over 20 years. - Every car on which the Claudel hag been {nstallied has been given the most gruelling tests and the Unanimous reports of perfect serv fee and a surprising saving on gas have been turned in in each case One feature that has favorable comment is the fact that it is impossible to chake the motor with the Claudel. No matter suddenly the gas is advanced, the carburetor continues to function Without stuttering. This one point lone is enough to win myrisds of converts to the Claudel type Additional shipments nave ‘agers been Mand before many weeks i" The Patented Vacuum Bar Chamber is the ex- clusive feature of the Sterling Vacuum Bar Tread. Releases at the point smoothly and even- ly. Conducive to easier riding and greater tenac- ity to the road without any hindrance to trac- | tion. Cord or Fabric. CANADA NOW SECOND IN MOTO CAR OWNERS AND MANUFACTURE | wages of persons in the industry totals $16,000,000 Rural Canada owns more than half the cars operated in the Do minion and in the prairie provinces the percentage is greater. It is estimated that the total Cana dian production of automobiles in 1920 will be increased 35 per cent jover 1918. 'URGES TREE ‘LINED ROADS Lined with memorial trees a Roosevelt Koad of Remembrance | would be the greatest of all memor fals in hanor of the former president Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American orestry Association of Waahing declared Mr. Pack was the speaker at the memorial tree planting for Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosey the Park N.Y. He spok educational | value of Ship By Truck Week and | said In a Roosevelt Road of Remem brance every citizen of the United s would have a part and no , finer memorial could be erected than such @ memorial highway it wou be another sign to the world that we are Americana all and that we {live in @ united country. But e yestere greater than that would be the edu-| cational value of such an undertak ing. As never before the United States need a great outstanding les son in forest conservation for this | country today faces one of tx gra ext problems; the perpetuation of its Greatest natural resource, the far. ents. Millions are to be spent on tm proved highways that the producer and consumer may be brought close [ROAD SURVEY | | RECOMMENDED} Agitation by transportation |perts of a movement | dustrial surveys of highways, parth ularly those linking towns and munities, for U taining thelr truck tranny | duty asar conditions has arous terest among shippers, manufactur Jers and truck makers, The general Jooncensus of opinion of those inter ested men who know the importance [of the transportation system tn the country’s commercial activity ls that ox to weoure In purpowe of a laptability to moter ation for short haul lef to congested railroad da wave of in the plan will do more than any ether factor to solve the abipping problems with which big business is con | tronted Motor truck manufacturers, who probably are in a better positfon than anyone else to visus the na tional transportation needa and who know the tremendous demand for trucks to handle inter-city and inter community hauling, are unqualified jly in favor of the project. One of the strongest recommendations for it has been given by the president of 4 large truck company, whose plant ob ve been over is one we that ti }taxed with males that have out | stripped production. | “The acted upon plan is one that should be irmediately official it will, of course. permanent retiet from railroad con but It is drastically needed right now to take care of the situa tion that will prevail during the next | few years Rallroads are not in normal shape, Private owners, to whom they recently have been returned after more than two years of gov jernment control, will be hampered by red tape in restoring conditions that will even approach normality jin the meantime the motor truck must fill in the gap left in transpor tation facilit | “The freight car shortage now, ac Jcording to official figures, ts nearly and the American Railway” associa 1722 BROADWAY 600,000 cars. That, in iteelf, is an jit is dotng In this way is the building in the world. 1t ham, in my opinion, (generously used in plecemeal by rich tion against the curtailment of cars Phone Kast $20 appalling problem to think ‘lof good roads, The federal! govern-|constitutignal authority to improve | counties matching their dollars for the shipment of materials and Better Tops tor Less Former Director General Hail} ment has the cleanest, finest, ablest|the post foads of the country. Hut | against the general government's dol machines necessary to highway | roads Walker 1D. Hines, is authority | and moet disinterested rand engineeralthe aid heretofore given has been lars work for the statement that the next sev: | eral years will see « avalanche of railroad traffic ount of the re sumption of the many construction | on oe Land kindred activities which were| |held in abeyance or went undone during the war because of public needs.” ‘The truck overcomes the expense in cash, Ume and labor of loading, unloading and handling of short | haul freight and express shipments ‘This ts the greatest form of relief }to railroad terminal congestion, An | eminent railroad man was quoted re | an declar 1 in * | cent? Railroad Age ficient terminal fac ute one of the weakest in the national railroad ays links | tem.” As yet a definite movement for a country-wide industrial survey of highways has not been launched | The plan has been employed very | suceeaxtully, however, in scattered communities. | | MARSHALL: | ON ROADS! | WASHINGTON, June $.—In con-| nection with the hearings begun this | | week before the senate posteffice and |postroads committe: on & goodly |number of highway bills, the com |ments of Viee President Thomag It. Marshall at Hot Springm Ark., just | |approved and released for publica- |uon, are regarded as highly signific | jant, coming from the former gov. | ;ernor of a northern state. The ad-| attracted! Dow | Wired for, and it is hoped to have) @mough carburetors to supply the de! dress was delivered at the big joint) convention of the United State Good | Roads Amoctation and Bankhead Highway, held at the Arkansas re sort, and attended by several thou: | sand delegates, mostly, of course. | from southern states, The vice pres dent of the United States was the! chief speaker of the gathering, and he thus made pointed reference to| federn participation in highways im provement: “While I feet that the general gov ernment, by ite benefactions to the he called the first conference of gov-| several states. in usurping the func- ernors at the White House He pic-| tions and killing the initiative of the tured to them a warning that no| individual «tates, I am quite con man present cauld forget.” vinced that the one good thing which together. Next week a. Ship by Truck drive will be launched. Let us beautify these highways in the building. If there could be a great forward movement such as I pic ture in tree planting the result would be a citigenry awakened to t vahse of trees as a national aneet This would direct the thought of the citizen to saving the forests. If Theodore Roosevelt were alive he would indorse heartily such a move. He saw the danger years ago when Reduce Tire Expense There is no more economical tire than the Sterling. You never bought any cheaper tire that onnts so little per mile, and it's the cost per mile, not the price per tire, that counts when you pay the piper, No higher priced tire can be any better, no matier who's the maker. That's why Sterling users always come back for more. You who have never been within nodding distance of tire satisfaction, or only three-quarters pleased with other makes, you are the man to whom we recommend Stertings. We guarantee that Sterlings will please you wholly. Freedom from tire troubles is assured once you purchase Sterling Tires. 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Mth and Burnside, - - PORTLAND, ORE. ‘The Spreckels “Savage” Tire Company rmr STATTLYE STAR 4 CAGE IStringent Traffic Laws Urg ; wnew ? for National and State Roaé TD Like To of NEW YORK, June 6.—-Ample pro| The early completion of A cOoP roe tection -of life and property and « ing links on main routes and AweOoUT Piva more stringent control of traffic to proper maintenance of roads all MINUTES poure hafety and adc comfort | built, it is contended, will help” have become necessary © more nolve the present-day transports important national and » high. | problem. way systema ia the belief the « = ——— American Automobile aasociation. Designed to haul trailers with plies about factories and yards, gasoline-propelied tractors expremed in action taken at its an nual meeting just held in New York City, To its cluw thruout the coun-, 9% In Industrial plants are try and to members generally, tho ine popular A. A. A. decided to recommend the emtablisbment in their respective states of state constabulary or other ‘ natinfactory methods to provide daily and nightly patrol of the most im portant thorofares. Opposes Extra Burden Referring to the tendency in cer tain states to finance road programs entirely from the fees paid by motor car owners, the users’ organization reiterated it# opposition to what it Does your car And are your lights dim? INVESTIGATE considers an iiogical plan, and will IP THAD ACA - LOOK OUT 4] urge everywhere the necessity for To at Least WHAOBDA Yum ° | fair dealing in matters affecting highways taxation. It is the ¢onten. on of the motorists that the state rystems shoul be built thru general taxation, and with the registration and other automobile taxes reserved as 4 general rule, for maintenance PUrpowes Bince congress has not found time to anrwer the plea of the motorists for the acceptance of @ single state tration in all other #tates for the entire twelve-month, it was voted that renewed efforts be made to se cure the passage of the Sweet-Pit man bills during the present year, * that only one number plate would be required in 192) Main Highways Recommended In the belief that the construction of main highways is an economical Properition at the present time, the meoung decided to protest to the Interstate Commerce commission, the Railway Executives association WANNA Grr — Be consiereare [USIFID CAI SERVICE guarantee to to raise AUTO TOPS AND SEAT COVERS | MATERIALS Pickard & Trail AGAIN The Rugged Splendors and Beauty of the Yosemite are Better Seen and Enjoyed Because of Savage Tires ; The only tire concession in the Park has been awarded for the second time in two consecutive years to the makers of “Savage” tires ---The Spreckels “Savage” Tire Company of San Diego, California. In 1919 the .forty-four stages of the Park Company were “Savage” equipped, and the performance given by those tires on the rough, tire-consuming roads of Yosemite, then proved their worth. Today, in 1920, these same tires are giving all-around perform- ance day in and day out, the like of which has not been equalled by any other fabric tire covering the same roads and given the same Sos et ie watt FACTORY BRANCH 918 East Pike Street, Seattle