The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 9, 1920, Page 7

E ay Must - Be Made to Pay for Themselves ‘Of all the various shortages har Massing this country today, none ts @more menacing to our national wel- Mare than the shortage of transporta It was largely the realisation ‘Of this fact that caused our govern. “trent to appropriate some $800,000,- $@00 to be spent in the course of the few years for the improvement highways to permit a more ex- ‘tended use of the motor truck. 7 In expending this amount the U States ia, In reality, buying ba certain number of ton-miles of load used In transporting the weight of the track. DESIGN OF VEHICLE IMPORTANT ‘The design of the vehich, as well as size, has an important bearing on the potantial returns of our $300, 000,000 investment. Certain teats conducted by the bureau of public roads at Washington show that road impact, which ts the princtpal cause of road wear, does not necessarily increase in proportion to the size of the truck, but is governed by the | Wearrying ability, or in other words. | amount of weight which a truck ways, the value of which will on the athount of material can be transported over them. 5 return on the investment will ‘De Getermined not alone by the type % constructfon of the highways Dut also by the capacity and of the vehicles operated over * As a first step toward securing greatest return in transporta- r from the money spent on high- ‘way improvement, the bureau of " public roads at Washington has con- @ucted extensive experiments in | @tder to determine the type of high- “way which will give the largest of ton-miles of load carrying " gbility per dollar extended How- _ @ver, the other phase of the problem 3 it of regulating motor vehicles aa to get the greatest tonnage ted with the least damage! much be the re 3 i i iF bral aul of thin traffic useful weight—or weight of seven and onehalf-ton than one ton of ve for each ton of enpacit: ere of seven and one-half tons capacity, then that dollar would pro vide for 500 ton-miles of useful load transportation. A one-ton truck, on the other. hand. ordinarily weighs Over two tons itself and so if this carries below its springs. For in- stance, a five and one-half ton ohain driven truck, fully loaded, delivered only 68% per cent of the road impact pressure produced by a three-ton shaft-driven truck operating under the same conditions and carrying the same tonnage. Im a ashaftdriven truck, all of the final driving mechanism is carried below the springs and this weight delivers a continual series of direct solid blows to the road, while in a chain- driven truck there is no weight be low the spri: except that of the wheels and comparatively light axle, That is why a seven and one half-ton chain-driven truck will pro- duce less road impact and conse: quently less ro&d wear than a five: ton shaft-driven truck. And, further. more, that ts why vehicle design should be considered In framing ,Jeg- islation to drive ‘the greatest possible benefit from our $800,000,- 000 highway investment: Unfortunately, this subject ef hicles exert the greatest road wear “static whether ft is chain or shaftdriven. But static weight does not wear out the roads, as was proven by the gov- ernment tests and as any one can readily see. It is the constant im- pressure caused by @ moving truck—the repetition of shocks or TF FELEET HT petit duce road wear is so conclusive, does it not seem that vehicle design is it not the duty of legislators to bithe |their efforts on something more | than awrumption—to analyze the ef | fect of substituting a greater num- {ber of high speed small tracks for fewer large trucks, and to listen or xtudy the teats made by government officials that a consideration of ve hicle design will Increase the effect iveness of our $00,000,000 highway investment by at‘ least 50 per cent? Kansas City was the first place to entablish an automobile service with | size were. used entirely, the same|the so-called jitney bus @ollar’s worth of road would give — only 333 ton-miles of usef@ lond| The allied countries of Eurepe transportation as two-thirds of the| have less than one-half as many Foad’s carrying ability would be|vehicles as the United States PARIS, France.—The latest fad for speeders is the air- plane-automobile invented by a Frenchman. An eight-horse- er motor is aided by a propellor in front to drive the ma- chine as fast as 55 miles an hour. And—they say—it will go ' (nearly 90 miles on a gallon of “gas!” j New Plan to |Expert Analyzes Causes Fill Radiator and Battery Motorists who have been troubled with rusty and dirtclogged radiat ora, and who have had to poe their storage batteries often, ou to gr ravenously at the Taeeet | Enthusiastic of Recent Price Cutting) OverGardner BY R. K. ROBERTS The sensational action of a few automobile manufacturers in making reductions at this time in the price jof their commodities has seemingly been accepted by the public as pres -OMOYNT Ul Awesq twsoues @ JAuysuw | bile prices, and in the minds of some, idea deaigned to relieve them of tbe View In taken that the whole a these worrtes, It's & plan to suppty automatically | all the water needed for the cooling | nystem and the etorage batteries and pure, fresh water at that. The designer guarantees this water ab- solutely free from any dirt or other substances that are tnjurious to the storage battery plates and the cool ing system. It is pure rainwater, To matn- tain a eupply of this water it te only necessary to build a gutter! around the top of the automobile and extended from each side to the radiator iniet. Another extension dowr from the front corners of the top can be made to lead to a tank underneath the driver's seat, or some such place, where the water can be stored for use when needed to fill the storage tank. Besides the benefit of ebdtatning pure water when it raina, there ts the added advantage to this system of keeping the rain from dripping down along the side curtains and mostly thru inte the car and on the passenger within, The attachment can be se con: structed as to allow ite being put mobile industry is approaching & mont desperate ertwla, and some | appear'to believe that terrible calam- {ity or even total extinction is awalt- ing Ula, the second largest Industry in the world today, It ts quite impossible te get euch & viewpoint by a superficial study of the facta, which certainly do not warrant any conclusions of thia nature, All the automobile fac: tories of standard makes of cars have been turning out the heaviest produc- tons for the last 60 days that have ever before been accomplished by them, and In many cases it is defin- itely stated that, notwithstanding these record breaking productions, there'are yet large unfilled orders, As to the recent price reductions, they are the natural outcome of the present economic conditions, induced by the general contraction of finance and credit by the banks of the country, It is to be expected that when the pinch, which must mevit- ably accompany such conditions, be- gins to be felt, the first thought of pinch mont is to cut prices for the purpose of stimulating selling activ- ity, then it must be admitted that the automobile industry, like all others, has, unfortunately, not been without its unscrupulous profiteers, who see that the time has arrived when all these surplun and Illegtti- the present offers an opportune thine to do ft. CAN REDUCTION BE JUSTIFIED? There is not one instance where a Price reduction has occurred that It has been attempted to justify the action by an effort to show that there has been any reduction in the cost of material, or of labor which comprines over $0 per cent of the cost of every automobile; up during rainy weather and taken down when the sun comes out SHOCK ABSORBERS MAKE TIRES MORE RESILIENT De you know that your tires are equipped with shock absorbers? This! Profit, and ft had to be In that profit, sounds unusual, but the fact is that Fight tn the heart of « tire ian strip of loomely woven fabric, thoroly im- this was admitted by the originator ot the lower price movement. How | else, then, the pubtic must naturally wonder, can such reduction be justi: | fied? It would seem that the only | Yogical conclusion is that it le not Justified, and that it ls necessarily jtaken out of the manufacturing before it could be taken out. It ts not difficult to tmagine that An abnormal demand for any com those who feel the effect of that] !*** mate profits must be abandoned, and | tions tn automobiles which we have wine are onty we arey ol §©6PPerformance hation of the abnormal profits which should never have existed. The nor-| EF. J, Cheatham, prominent dreds- mal and legitimate profit 1» still’ ing contractor of Spokane, is bub there, The automobile manufacturer| bling over with enthustasm for the whoee gooda have been priced on ac-| Gardner automobile, having teated tual cost, plus @ normal and fair rigorous experiences to profit, haa no Inflated figures with natisfaction. which to, appeal to the publie in sen-| Driving from Seattle to Portiand in sational announcements of “Price his new Gardner, he says he had no Reductions," but as a result of a! difficulty tn negotiating the varied Pregnated with resilient rubber, In| which it Is deeply imbedded. This ts | fp serge ma rd or ee cant the broker strip, made of cushion! modity, or as we are pleased to term cum. i today, “Profiteering.” It ts true ‘The breaker st:tp has a epider-ifke | that these abnormal profite must be stip on the fabeie carcass» A Met) cuminated and the nooner It tp done work of fiber muscles pull tn all di-| in any industry, and that industry rections when a blow is received. llt-| returns to a normal basis, the more erally forming @ hammock to cradle) auickly will it enjoy @ flourishing it Ite resiliency neutralizes rond| l’oeperity. ‘The recent price reduc, shocks, spreading them over a large Ms surface, Withoet this cushioning, the jolta| incident to motoring would be trans- mitted direct from the tread to the fabric carcass. By shattering the! force of the blow against cushion | gum, the carcass is relieved of an enormous amount of strain, This strip also protects against the | evil effects of underinfiation. It is & medium of adheaion to hold intact the rubber tread and the fabric car- cass, virtually riveting them togeth- er. It fights against centrifugal forces, preventing the heavy tread from being thrown from the carcass LESS THAN All High Grade—Sitandard Makes Strictly First Class BF SURE irs A Goon OFF oabiezeles are no exception & hs Ve. There is only one th BICYCIR and you'll buy It— KASY. WEEKLY PAYMENTS Christmas Club. and we'll tell you the high prices, fore the war. LIST PRICE Casings N.S. $23.35 N.S. 29.35 29.70 43.70 44.60 45.80 46.70 59.65 61.80 65.50 71.10 76.30 81.75 SIZE 30x38 80x31, 31x4 32x4 33x4 84x4 33x41, 34x41, 385x414 386x414 85x5 87x5 Crqye CO, 1116-1118 Pike St. Traffic Ordinance “BECTION $6—It shall be an- lawfal te operate such motor ve- hicles aa are fully equipped with pneumatic tires without having attached te such vehicles tn CONSPICUOUS PLACE a SPEED- OMETER that will accurately INDICATE AT ALL TIMES the speed at which such vehicles are being operated.” Stewart Speedometers Are Accurate ZZ 22222222, War Tax Included in the Above Prices, REMEMBER—When you buy a tire from us we do all the changing. _ bargain like this, noace aael ul t ance Phone Elliott 446 Mr. Motorist, if you want to cut the high cost of Tire Expense, and that is to refuse to pay Note the list of prices below—less than be- You will look a long time before you find another Pike Street Tire Shop W. 0. STANDRING, Prop. thoro analysis and understanding of | the facta, the intelligent buyer will not be misguided or become @ vic tim of erroneous and improper prin- ciples, | REDUCTIONS IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOME While it is @ fact, as han been demonstrated in several cases by ac- tons, that some makes of automo- biles have been priced #0 as to per- mit of reductions, It is also a fact that there are othef makes of auto- mobiles that have been selling on Mmargina that a price reduction at this time, or until there is a decrease In the coat of production of these automobiles, ts utterly impoasible. As an tilustration, ft Is an abso- lute fact and can be stated positively that the manufactorer’s profit on an Oakland car is substantially leas to- day than it was five years ago, not only « leas percentage of profit, but in actual dollars and cents. ‘The Oakland Sensible Six is the lowest priced six-cylinder car manufactured. It has always represented the maxi- mum of value at its price and has been honestly priced with @ conacti- entious desire of exchanging 100 cents in value and service for each dollar asked the purchaser, It ta the sincere deaire of the executives of | the Oakland Motor Car company to) lower the price of the Oakland car | at the earliest minute and to the absolute minimum of possibilities, It ia their one wish to maintain thetr supremacy of value and their posi- tion tn the fleld of sixes, They feel that any organization that can look the world straight in the eye and answer “Not Guilty,” and prove its Innocence to any charge of profiteer- ing, has nothing to fear from the verdict. They know that the Oak- land car cannot be produced and | soa at a lower price, even with the vast purchasing power of the Gen |eral Motors corporation behind it. | They are morally certain that there will be no reduction in wage scales | for some time to come and they are not disposed to make the wageearn- er suffer unjustly, which he would do if prices were arbitrarily forced down by powerful influence. ‘These facts and this knowiedgeare what+have prompted the Oakland Motor Car company, in juatice to Oakland purchasers, to bind itself to relmburee and refund te any and all gach purchasers between October 1, 1920, and May 1, 1921, the amount of any reduction In price within this period that a possible change in con- ditions might permit them to make, HALF PRICE fing left for you to do, SALE PRICE Tubes Casings Tubes $3.15 $11.00 $2. 00 3.75 13.50 4.25 15.50 5.05 5.25 5.45 5.70 6.85 7.00 7.05 7.40 8.55 8.90 S WWWWNNE an a 3 Rass NS So s S88 aa 3 w Lid R BRS 8S83S38 8 RS 3 ape sa S s a 3 1026 tee me St. Cor. Boren roadways on that trip. In places he found the highway in poor condition, ruts interfering with comfortable travel. Where others were “bung up” with road troubles, he says the 11- inch clearance of the Gardner en- abled him to dodge a similar fate. The trip to Portland and return was made on 12 gnilons of gasoline, aver- aging 20 miles to the gallon, The Lincoln bi khway, stretching 3,820 miles across the continent, has cost the country more than §20,- 000,000 in the last six years. And there fe still lots of improvements and ft ts without doubt a source of conaiderable satisfaction that enables them at this time conscientiously to suggest the slogan, “Oakland has never brotiteered in ite Dyfoes: F ALL USED BUICKS ARE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED, REPAIRED AND REPAINTED IN OUR EXCLUSIVE USED BUICK SHOP. If it isn’t right we'll make it right. ‘The Home‘ef the GMO Truck Mines tts organization in 1892, the, Dighway comminsion of Masnachus etta haa expended: over $35,000,000 upon highways, eee With the return of Buropean | farmers to prewar conditions the! farm tractor salen in Europe are in- creasing. eee | Over 6,500,000 of the world's 7. $44,000 automobiles are now mate tn, the United States, oe There te no teas than 200,000 moter mechanics in the United) States. | THE LEAGUE BY EDWIN ! ounsel is, the people of counselors t Proverbs, Chapter 11, 14th | According to the above acripture, this nation at this time is safe, be- cause our supply of counselors is abundant. The large majority of them are found giving counsel where | campaign funds are reported to be plentiful. Most of them are trying to make progressive speeches for a standpat platform and “standpat col- orlees candidate,” but they do not re mind us that their fifteen million | Republicam campaign fund would | Just pay eur street car graft. This is a glorious time to live, be- cause Christian civilization now of- fers us the opportunity to enlist in the campaign for world peace and » The parychoiogy and editorials afforded by some of Seat- tle’s pewspapers on the League of Nau remind one of a watermelon {PAID At ADVERTISING) je anutact ured U me 1 ae that gets rotten before it gets ripe. It now full¥ appears that Mr. Harding has no views of his own on the League of Nations that he ts willing to make known to the peo- ple, and in the light of Mr. Hard- ing’s record I am not willing to trust him to handle this grave business, which involves the integrity of thig nation to Its allies as well as the in- tegrity of our nation's pledge to our brave men who sleep in heroes’ graves on the battlefields of France. Did not our men forfeit their lives to make the world safe for democ- racy? Waa that not our nation's pledge to them before they crossed the sea? Have you read the covenant of the League of Nations? Well, you never will read it in the republican cam- paign literature of republican cam- palgn book. They do not dare to publish {t for fear the people will read it and comprehend its benign purpose. Politics ts a beautiful dream with republican politicians if the people do not wake up, and they seldom do. In this campaign republican politi- clans are @rying to create just enough heat and smoke to shut out the light from the issues which are vital to the peace and progress of the people of this nation. I challenge any man living to de. bate, either orally or in the public press, on the League of Nations. I am for the league because its cov- enant states as follows: “The high contracting parties, in order to promote international co- operation and to achieve internation- al peace and security, by the ac- ceptance of obligations not to resort to war; by the prescription of open, Just and honorable relations between nations; by the firm establishment of the understandings .of international law as the actual rule of conduct among governinenta, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupu lous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another. agree to this cov enant of the League of Nations.” Above we note that the object and purpose of the League of Nations ts “to achieve international peace and security,” “not to resort to war,” to establish “open, just and honorable relations between nations.” The heart and soul of the League of Nations is crying out for “peaca.on earth, good will toward men.” It would be just ‘ag reasogable and just as righteous to impugn the motives of the Sav- jour’s commandment that “ye love one another” as to impugn this cov- enant. Article 8 provides that “the mem- bers of the league recognize that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with na- tional safety and the enforcement by common action of international ebligations, “The council, taking account of the geographical situation and cireum- stances of each state, shall formulate plans for such reduction for the con- sideration and action of the several governments, consideration and revision at least every 10 years, “After these plans shall have been adopted by the several governments the limits of armaments therein fixed shall not be exceeded without the concurrence of the council. “The members of the league agree that the manufacture by private en- terprise of munitions and implements of war is open to grave objections, ‘The council shall advise how the evil effects attendant upon such manufac. ture can be prevented, due regard being had to the necessities of those members of the league which are not able to manufacture the munitions and implements of war necessary for their safety. “The members of the league under- take to interchange full and frank tn- formation as to the ecale of their “Such plans shall be subject to re-| AUTO TALKS The State of Ohio hes , aaa ctor ver e- Over 409 Gifferent trades now Gam motor trucka . About 127,000 motor tractors ves produced la Chae urs make on en everage of $1 Z a week gland. tor venicle fer In te Unlten number of trucks Urted fe ope me pe von The wta wenger care aut 6,786,550. OF NATIONS 4. BROWN alr programs anf the condition such of their industries as are adaj able to warlike purypo We now see that in | is danger of disarmam: [ert point consistent with safety; i there Is grave danges when Mag is of war private ent council of the league will w the evil effects attendant ivate manufacture of mu 2 implements of war can (be vented. Also note that the | provides for obtaining information, al) industries that are adaptable” warlike purposes. Article & ts Jectionable to the steel trust; arms trust, the ommunftion the chemical trusi-and the trust. The political friends of trusts are naturally opposed to Ucle 8. Article 18 is as follows: “Every treaty or international gagement entered into hereafter |any member of the league shall B ye | forthwith registered with the tarlat and shall a» soon ag po be published by it. No such » or international engagement shail Dinding until so registered.” This article will put an end cret diplomagy, treaties and all so that ail International obligatic will be like the Monroe doctr open to the light of the wor Schemers and economic potentates will nd longer use secret treati the basis of exploitation and trigue. Article 18 is objectionable a darktantern statesmen and w ground politicians, but the who love light and truth hay fear of this article because thru diplomacy {t will stretch out its bra arms with international purposes enfold in its bosom of light the ple of the earth. Once they und stand their international obji and heart-throbbing progres false political god will be ale ‘i embrofl them in wars for markets fi which to dispose of their sprpll value stolen from them, by 2 #ys: of exploitations that makes war inevitable goal. ; The last articles that ts objec able is No, 23. Read !t and now its shining glory to an ad civilization: “Subject to and in the provisions of infornstiogst ventions existing or hereafter to pee agreed upon, the members of tht league: “(a) Will endeavor to bts maintain fair and humane eqndt of labor for men, women and dren, both In their own counts in af countries to which thelr eda mercial and industrial relations @& tend, and for that purpose wills tablish and maintain the n international organizations; (>) Undertake to secure suet tr ment of the native inhabitants of ritories under their control; “(c) Will intrust the league the general supervision over the cution of agreements with regard the traffic in women and obild and tho traffic !n opium and dangerous druzs; “(d) Will intrust ths league the general euperviston of the in arms and ainmunitton with’ countries tn which the contro! of thij tramic is necessary ‘n the cone te tere WM make proviston to and maintain freedom of conumunl tion and of transit and equi treatment for the commerce of. . members of the league. In thiy corey ‘ nection the special necessities of regions devastated during the wee 1914-1918 shail be borne tn mind; 97 | “(f) Will endeavor to take step? 4 matters of international concern the prevention and control of ease.” For the first time tn the history, a treaty of all natiéne ognizes that labor—men, women children in all countries must “humane conditions" That the "t fic in women and children and @ traffic in opium and other dan; drugs” must be stamped out by ternational understanding. Also thi nations of ¢he.earth will endeavor take steps i tters for prevent and coritrot ane. Article 2 ld be ob, to labor-haters, the opium saurglem the drug trust and those selfish ple who because of their well-b consider their brothers in the Ught that Cain did his brother the Lord asked, “Where ts 79) brother Abel?" The articles of the league thal call attention to above aro never cussed by those who Deeehe to against the league. i Those ‘men who are dependent @ “our” masters for thelr existenos! at out to deceive the people in the est of their masters. The league enant will live as a 20ch century dition to the holy writ—the Christian document since the Ne Testament. It provides the whereby, thes Saviour’s comm ment, “that ye love one ano could be made international covenant is not Intended or & to be appreciated ty the scribes Pharisees, or those who make wa for profit. It is in the loterast of: the commen people Whe are “i oa sale armaments, their military, naval and | peiled, after all, to pay for an