The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 8, 1923, Page 6

PAGE 6 THE SEATTLE STAR NEW FL € * ARE RUMORED FOR CADILLAC Thavirios result at | men SURPRISING DEVELOPMENTS KELLY TRUCKS MARKET PRICES GOVERNING COST D iNT OF Fumors to the effect t aifioant by stud area wat Motor Ca 1 progress because » interesting : _ Be a new ne pele ae Questions Asked Regarding ew engineering ry of 8 comp j 1 Esutomotive. engine design aro sub-| The Dewar trophy, awarded eact Tire Conditions Pstantiated by a high: official of the! year by the Royal Automobile clut & Cadillac « a t f England f th n . Are tire prices going to be lower? . an important « 4 jont will be nt motor ear deve ent there further reductions ahead made by the comp 4 few] your, way won 1908 b ad hat ners 114 put of 4 days. car pat | buying | IM Automotive circles, the rum ' This question Is now being asked © about important developments by t Wore ca . t frequently by ca ers that GCadillac organisation hav 1} ac at k A. ¥. Onterloh, vide Jent and qatrength in view of recent | xa p! neral manager of aye hy Charles F. Kottor p lent of | the and cw re & Rubber Co, of California, er the General Motors Research labore nter an J with fitt 1 " ve to 1 “tt wit tories at Dayton, Oh ng the ¢ the facts HS Mr, Kottering’s startling dec f F rhe GHons rogarding £ development mar | " a ° y, mi the § Cadilla st gays Mr ps Mri contre <5 c a Amort fh tu . \primarily by the ma tributérs, factory officials and district} the Dew trophy, and t Above picture shows another new fleet of trucks seen on Seattle streeta belonging to the ew rubber ane ‘ re hear . 3 Managers tn Detroit have been Wide: | car in the world to win tt Lake Sand & Gravel Co. This model is particularly suitable for such heavy, rough work|reiall Pale ete et x __iseabte raped | ig ¢ ound in this kind of business, and the overhead drive once more has proven the right! ian is the case with most othe TTstated: “Motor car development 1s] iy stor val drive for heavy work and is quickly being recognized as such, These trucks are | commodities Just at the members | Un: State tant use thruout the year, doing all manner of work required of them quickly, ef- ors the condition in 1920, fo: of the industry t dur| neering a f ntl ! call th t Th lly 8 field trucks were de-| example ently and economica with power to spare, These Kelly Springfte € oor t tr ing the next fiv those | that it was f A he the loc TL Rradoh f 1} VY OF 0; When the slump came most tr Smaking the vanvies. S made un commercial demand emphasis which has b: production, motive engir ~ gondith 0 { adopt WAR TRUCKS ARE MAIL CARRIERS facts for t a, yea. , P art oth Deen proved erroneou: \ atory Th < ® arse, 8nd ¢ the next five} firet to marke Postoffice Will Have Thou- | scientific would be unbelic © layman.” Rumors reg sands of Trucks to Use | 7 od Btates gov ernme me t rding to 1 Mot ACCIDENTS PREVENTED BY _= a oh ‘NEW BRAKE, SAYS E ELDRIDGE ae ra That akes with) the ha governme c prosp 1 « t of GMC equipped, Th 1924 1 them to Fra effective Buick transport troopa, centage of acc n of | conside an After the war| A. 8 Eldrid Eld- | ow tment placed there ridge-Buick after person- history of t rplus tre 16 but man } ally cond er of exbaus-| volved a very great nm su ¥ n that the } Hive tests as to the ef ncy of this t, but the prices | es offered were not a fair valu-| | equipment the great cost of dics, tests or ma- | ation “Not on! possible to stop alterials used for M ' ed of to private an alance kept t es|merely the add but the | manuf to tts : Posclass Will Retain Collins Pre go to remain ve now bee ‘occupants be made is of skiddi ra) days tof the Peerless and greatest in- | Pre’ t Js also | Mot Motor ¢ nm made, | clared n expert to|sroup of hi he explains, “that the new | with the oc eatures which the present Buick | expansion plans already laid out are igeries embody, have been developed | ready to be carried tnto effect. Hoe lund adopted at xn expense far great-|also ald that plans to build and ic than it is possible to cover by the} market the Collins six in addition] tyr ruc @xcess in 1924 prices over|to the present successful line of | corm, In fact, when these | Peerless eight-cylinder models, icsaas tou attticlicy of Coa uateaia to ie. Rereramiee| wens carries: forward. | 3¢e post department. During the rush jo a substantial reduction. “| information as to when the car will aya of the Christmas holiday sea- “So far as the Sixes are concerned,|be ready for mar! or at what} son, nearly every large elty, Bigger car, 2 more powerful (en- | price tt v At alivh) Wie batt put to fe redesigned front, axle and}the comp det the chiprossta;"and tn four-wheel brakes and other | Rumors nen deliveries were not made fnew features numbering in all near-| built to = hale ar F truck the -gevernment hopes to avert a similar eftuation this year, it Is sald. | yester the lates will cont! fon, and-that the ffict t neral M ho officials o Gene hat the gov hopes to were 3 offices in Cleveland. are that It will D¢| some in the medium-priced | unt er equipment, much higher in a special meeting at Richmond, clop-| Va, August 17, overwhelmingly In- the |dorsed the Collins management and|Only 60 shares out of 207,828 con-|contracts, and thus Indicated their| represented at the meeting, were its| displeasure over the sults recently | voted in opporition to the manage mes one of filed by a minority sharelolder. ; ment For the New 1924 Model HAYNES 60 with an improved six cylinder Haynes-built motor (practically vibrationless) Stockholders of the corporation, “Thirty-seven = materia! Ments in the Fours, of w Buick four-wheel brake is A few of the many other newly added 1924 features 82x41, cord tires; more beautiful body; 121-inch wheel base; per- manent top. Spanish leather up- holstery; Burgundy Wine body color; dise wheels; nickel-plated radiator; pressure oil feed to main erank shaft bearings; larger crank shaft than previous models; special tonneau combination foot rest and parce] compartment; tool compartment in door; curtain car- rier in rear of front seat, easily ssible; aluminum hood ledge; special transmission brake, sure and positive; instruments grouped in smart-looking panel. Come in and see this exceptional car today SEATTLE AUTOMOBILE SALES CO. 1424 11th Avenue FIRST CAR ppaetesintys sneer tee the manufacturers had large stocks and SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1923. ea A EAE ATWATER - KENT BCIENTIFIO LONITION ASK YOUR DEALER TO INSTALL ONE $10.80 INCLUDING CABLES AND $10.80 ——FITTINGS— It offers every ignition advantage enjoyed on more expensive cars. SUNSET ELECTRIC CO., 1507 Broadway DISTRIBUTORS | pepeaaioene of high-priced rubber! «put in the fall of 1922 prices offer priced materials had to be um eoennemmmnnn—= }and cotton. But the Hine In bu rubber ric began to advance | So prices th went up. | (auto TALK cotton fabric to decline sharply. | 14 cents to about 95 cents a pound|to advance and by May another in, | ] ‘“Inatead of trying to wen © NBD iy q@ few months and cotton ad-|crease in tire prices became ¢ | | priced ea Upon an un DUD | vanced over 60 per cent ive The tire-buying season, howe the benefit of ite employees| thelr inventories and commits At) however, did not immediately ad-|shortly after the May advance, the |the “Willyscverland Co. has estab.| On raw materiain and established Te) Vance prices, and it was not until| market on raw rubber and cotton Leaders in Field Are Feeling | jluned ut ita, Toledo big plant «| tail prices on thelr tire proportion-| fie gest of the started to decline slightly, due to ate to replacements costs on rub Bad teeth, |dental elinie. the com the Keenness any tayn cent |and on cotton force. | sa in ® working The when the American pu' 1 the company says good teeth) with 100 tank and a one-horse: wan Ww to ¥ almost an an better motor cars |power motor pump, It was sucking y f and stil 9: gasoline from an underground tank f 2 | Ono of the queerest motor clubs |at @ filling station, ving Bee" /in the world is the Desert Touring Te HE) | haw pansed ) lexandria, Egypt. Thix| The Jones-Boyd Motors, Ltd, 631 mn today Is too keen, and members—tncluding Al-| Yonge st, Toronto, Canada, have will be even keener am the motor car British, Frenc ireek and! been appointed Hay dealers for Market approaches closer to tho|ltalians—and three cars, They | that city, according to @ recent an pL *: 18 | thousands of miles over the! nouncement, long-predicted and ephemeral “sat) gaysra j ae « tion point see | Meriden, Conn., displaces the usual command to slow down to a spect fled number of miles per hour by a ymobdile field + increased competition | An automobile aes in Japan le a lux |* license on @ car of the or. Hit them to effect] American type in $300, and] sign which requests: “Please Drive \¢ manufa an Ma bee with taxes added, repre- | Considerately.” bution of their products which, pout $1 a gallon. | see the future, wilt make thel date | ‘Thousands of farm houses along at ently dawn, New York | the state roads are offering “ seized w sedan pelahasy Pe * to the tourist customer “Preah chairman of Chryaie devined a mi! © believed & cents could] liminated from the cont of pro- each Chalmers car thru the} off of «certain | thought ‘ «© Important did he} | deem it, that he pushed every ottier|J | business consideration aside until] he had visited the Chalmers pliant} and actually worked out hin ideas] | right the factory progrensive |assembly line, In conjunctior | his own employes. Saving that § cents per car," he told the trio when he met them later, “was of even more import jance to Chalmers than my appoint ment with: you." | “And it was of even greater portance to the automobile indus try, or will be, than to your own company,” one of the threo re plied. | The saving of that 8 o the active head of one dustry'n largest concerns does not in itself mean a large saving, even considering quantity production But the point tn that {t is merely another Chrysler forward step, and that {t was done by the man wh sible, more than for the tre f manufae eriean in bel im a by ¢ the in ther one person, y of all kinds outstanding figure in quality _manufact ure. EXHAUST FUMES ARE DANGEROUS Serious {linens and even death may | result from allowing the automobile engine while the owner Is ms ments or driv behind a closed body truck, bus or car, is the warning given by Dr. L vice president of the Ar an Auto: mobile assoctation. Dr. Colter cltes | the ape from death re sulting from carbon monoxide gus polsoning of two young men who were piloting an automobile float entered by the Cincinnati Auto club in a recent civic parade In Cincin natl, The parade was moving slowly and in formation and the young men were inclosed in a spe-| clally built cab. The carbon mon oxide gas fumes from the exhausts of the cars and trucks ahead re- #ulted in both young men being hur ried to the hospital for treatment, Young lad | were affected by the degree. -olsoning from carbon monoxide | s from the exhaust of the ngine ia m ‘age autor alg Dr. r, who as al physician and an enthusiastic motor: | jist, has mado a special study of the| subject. “Often motoris' ed and do not recognize symptoms of fatigue, heac shortness of breath, dizziness and| possible nausea result from carbon | monoxide gas poisoning. ‘The revi }can Medical Journal in its August | number quoted a yeport from tho| | Ohio state department of health | showing 81 cases of poisoning from the deadly gas from automobile ex: | leaths, during the of last winter | ngerous to run| ltho engino in a cloncd garago, but] considerable risk is incurred in trail: | ing too closely a truck with a large! body, which prevents the gas thrown | off from spreading out. ‘The same ts true of a large closed passenger car | or bus. i “With cool days approaching, the | motorint will do wel] to avold getting | lin too clove contact with the con ee fumes from the exhaust of an autoniobiie engine,” HE } ng Closely 8. Colter narrow esc greater share of motoring tion that makes the more impressive than ever. close emergency son the float s to a milder} These cars can be outstanding the market on raw 1 diminished demand | pone up—that tlre prices Yet, in spite of the fact that ~ | advance, manufacturers had been compelled “In other words, in 1920 to buy high-piiced materials (and lwhen the raw rial mark ure till using them), prices clined the public got the benefit of again reduced in June to the decline {mmediately and the/them into line with rubber companies pocketed the lors | m occasioned by the shrinkage in the ket price of raw > one can tell what tire prices yalue of inventories and commit-| will do in the future, for no one can ments tell what the market prices of raw “But in 1922, when the raw ma-| materials will be. lteriat markets went up, the manu-| “But the fact remains that Good- lfucturers did not take advantage|year tires, with prices based on of the situation to recoup thelr|the present market on raw mar Jones by extrn profits, but gave|teriais, are very low. |the public the benefit of the low! “With the active buying season prices on such materiais a» they| well advanced at thiy time, with the then had on hand and under con-|world'’s rubber supply greatly re- tract |duced, and with the present high | “In January of this year, how:|rate of consumption, it would seem ever, the supplies of low-priced ma-| unreasonable to expect any further terials became exhausted and high eben in raw materials.” Announcement EW FORD CARS ARE FOR YOUR INSPECTION, including changes that improve the appearance of the various body types and increase their comfort and utility. offer you not only economical and a le transportation, but also a’ more attractive style NOW READY They e anda conveniences—a combina- value of Ford cars You can see the new Ford cars on display in your nearest Ford Dealer's showroom. purchased through the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS Ford CARS — TRUCKS — TRACTORS ry,