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MW1 Autos V
MOTERPN INR HIGW
VITAL TO NATE
No Longer Used Primnry for
Pleasur.-Leave Luxury
ClaPW-Are Uoessity.
"There is something radially
wrong somewhere that will eves par
mit of the suggesties that the se4"a4
for thir4-4t's a se fast that Og
ores ae not re ) largest Industry
in the United tate is eatering to
pisessue enly and yet if eertain in
tereets have tkmr way the motor ear
industry Is going to be legislated, ift I joy
not out of existeeee. at least to a po
sities of minor importans.
Xei the motor car a pleasure car *U CA"!r
or ai luxury jIM because some people O
sometimes ue some motor ears for F;151
some pleasure? IMM0
"I doubt i tie motor ear o used
any oftener for pleasure than is the
street car. and certainly the motor
0s not used as often for purely
plasure purposes as to a Pullman:
yet who would dare to suggest that
either the street car or the Pullmar
was a luxury, the production of whict
should be curtailed?
"That thing out of which man get' Amo Vbwr
no pleasure must needs have no stanti FoWGUT To
Ing and will of its own weight falt Wire YouA
and because certain articles of manti
facture do at some time administer Fkiff
to the pleasure as well as the need
of the human race is a sorry reason
for prohibiting their manufacture.
90 PER CENT MOTA ORING ESSENTAL
"It is estimated that 90 per cent
of the use to which a motor car is
put is essential. No better way to
prove this could be suggested than
that the use of motor cars be for
bidden for twenty-four hours. If such
a step were taken, the entire popula
tion would rise in protest.
"Between the hours of R:80 and 10
every week-day morning in Philadel
phia, approximately sixty thousand
men are carried from home to office
via motor cars. Pack sixty men to a
street car and it would require 1,000
additional cs to care for this army. I CURTIS WAI R, vice pr",
"Then, between the hours of 10 and Motor Company-distributer
4 from fifty to a hundred thousand business Man-a worthy man of
shoppers daily use their motor cars worthy ca
for their necessary calls, and start
Ing at 4 the 60,000 men that motored labor, but If It were not for the
to work in the morning motor home.
And all this for Philadelphia alone,
and illustrates a condition duplicated tion betwen city and country. thee,
in every city !n America. vuld be even lea afarm labor avai!
"We complain- of .lack-- of- farm, able than -at present, for the moto
orection
HOLMES CAR PRICES
GUARANTEED
A Typographical Until April 1, 1921
Error The Holmes Automobile Company
wishes to announce to the public
hat the price of Holmes Cars has
-appeared in the ad of aIlays been right-in fact they
have been underpriced, in compmri
The Holmes Air-Copied ton with the price of other cars in
Car advertisement run in Its albraa
" Owing to the cost of stafdardized
the Sunday Star Oct. 10, units used in the construction of the
lolmes CarH such as TIM-N,
1920. The ad. stated T0fl(AV-ITTPE, KiSP.MAN VAG"
TO, DYTNETO S4TARTER and OUR
that the price of the car Rt on whlek there has been
was guaranteed from to reduce the price of the Holmes
bitout sacrificing quality.
Oct. 1, 1919 to April 1, "
Oct.1, 119 t Aprl 1, Tn the event these suPplies re
1921. This should have duce their prices to us, so that it
will be possible for us to drotn our
read October 1, 1920 to Erices prior to April let, we will re
aeon all cars sold between Eocto
April 1, 1921. her 1U 1920. and April 1. 1921, an
amount equivalent to the reduction
in price.
C. ff. ROCKWELL.
Viced trer est.
Southern Garage Co., Inc.
1507 14th St. N. W.
Formerlyw 1116 N- P , A S N W A
Enabe rU tsp0ssbers~o urnour
EveaGEnATr sl ERe co
That Which
1507 1thlSttN. W
Forery Rar111 1 ThEt.HN.W.
ital to N,
BvDick-Msd,
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ident and manager of the Walker
for the LaFayetto--a four-square
a worthy firm Justly proud of a
ear has done more to make the farm
vorth while for the farmer, for his
rife, for his family and for his help
'-an other single instruments of civ
ilisation.
"The statement has been made that
'there were not so many men driv
,g motor care ther would be mor3
men available for work on the farms.
'low absurd It to to even consider
the average automobile driver today
ohauffeuring a plow or milking a
Ow or stacking the hay!
"If we stop motor car manufacture
would the mechanics In the factories
migrate to the country, and so afford
relief to the farmer There Is A. big
motor car plant In the Middle West
vlhere the men went on s~trike early
last spring and were out several
months. It has been Impossible, In
checking up, to find a single man
t over ten thousand men that were
then out of work, who went from
the city to the country to help out
the farmer.
MAKEC FARM ATTRACTIVE.
"It had never followed hat a our
plus of mecn has bn served to les
sen the farmer's burden. When in
dustry has been dead, the country lA
full of tramps, and the farmer In
ever up against it to get help, and
this would be more true If there were
not motor cars to maka the arm
partially attractive to the mechanie.
"No factory today Is complete that
does not Include a shed or garage
for motors cars used by employes to
travel back and forth.
"It In a poor principle of economics
that recommends tearing down one
Industry In order to build upanother.
Who would dare recommend stopping
the street cars so as to provide train
men for the railroads, or curtailing
the railroads so an to provide con
ductors for the street car, and yet
it i a parallel suggestion to prohibit
motor car manufacture so as to pro
vide additional help for other lines.
f"h battle of,the Marne was won
because there were 20,000 auto
mobiles available In Paris. and' ad
ditional troops were rts he .nhse
moo fctr todhe scopete that
doest, nde aded por garaged
trvl takandfrting
tht ieomenh taing w n
inda trio dr to rkidu aohr
Wh ol aereeWindingtpn
tereet cass.W . oprvd tan
menH for2eriras rcraln
atiOn- Si
'we 011"11111e ea"
base aeiseee m
voy bse heek esems egs and
tac it mpta 0 a
a ad its very little more
0 = dd 4u4 ta the
War wee Ie deva=P
Moetj oe the aeroplaoe
detry 4f the pt lea rst, there
would have bees aeropiane ae
voeopmneat.
MAa ellset is rnode t epsprate the
tsekl u the psseager ear, but in
the early days of the tre,-yes, up
to the last two er three e teof
the develepmeet of meter tracks as
been dose by pasekger oar manufse
taoree They made their ay en
paseger earvs dspent it to de
velop the truck. There would be ea
motor treek today were it no for the
pasesger ea maatasturers who had
the mony with whie to ezpeaimdet
es trueks, but who eoend met have
afforded to hod there bean nothing
but me~tr trheka to selL,
the moto ear is a Iaportat to
a physiclaa as is hi. eduation and
diploma, and the ar he usee isa pa
teager oar, not a truck.
"Ask ay physician his opaiomi of
the motor ea a he will answer
hat it is the biggest single factor
in the prevention of sickness and di
mat for it keeps men healthy and
strong and therefore able to resist
imsesse germs There hasn been no
ague of any kind 3ince the itrio
luotion of the motor cay, and if it
~ould be investiga~ted and definitely
etermined, it would ondoubtedly be
found that the car was just as im
portnt a factor in the good health of
he nation as sanitation itself.
"A food shortage is threatened. Can
Awe imagine the farmer of today with
ut the motor car? More than one
half of all the motor ears sold are
bought by farmers. If his reaper or
planter or other machinery breakV. it
is into a motor car for a quick trip
to town to get the part and back
home again, in an hour instead of a
day.
"Contrast the farmer's wife of
fifteen years ago with the farmers
wife today. The motor car has added
twenty years to the average life of
the farmer's wife. If there had never
been a otor eoar, she might not re
bel, but ow she knows the advant
age of a motor car, and if you a'e
going to put it in the luxury class
and limit its production, you are go
ing to find the farmer not only short
of help but short a family, because
the family isn't going to live long If
you take away from it the motor cars
-means of easy communication with
neighbors, with church and with city.
"Because of motor cars hundreds of
thousands of men and women are
living in suburbs who, without the
motor car, would move to the already
crowded cities.
"Consider the servant problem as it
affects owners of country homes. The
cities are so crowded that millions
must have their homes in the country
at the present time. In order to keep
help, they have to provide motor cars
to run them back and forth. That
tnight easily be referred to as a
luxury, but If it is, it is a luxury that
the working class is demanding and.
having become accustomed to it,
withou it they would desert 10 per
cent.
Inf the farmer has any say-so in
the conduct of Ithe nation's affairs, he
will veto any legislatomn aiming to
curtail the motor-car industry, be
cause no clas knows better how es
sential is the motor car than does the
farmer, and in no occupation of
American uife is the automobile more
unanimously used than in the agri
cultural States.
"Motor trucks can bring motor
parts to the motor car factoriee; mo
tor cars made from these parts can
be sent out on their own wheels to
all parts of the country, and, if neces
sary, laden down with commodities
which might not be rble to find other
means of transportation.
CO~5ERVING GAsOL!lNU.
"If It ii a case of trying to con
serve gasoline, then there are just as
effective ways of doing that as re
ducing the number of cars manufac
tured. The Standard Oil Company
seems to have a pretty effective way.
when it raises the price every few
days. Such motor cars s are used a
part of the time for pleasure and the
majority of their time for business.
will still be used for such business
requirements as are necessary, and
it will be the pleasure end-if there
ioosuch an end-that will be limited
more effectually by the high price of
the gasolIne than by a shortened
production.
"Complaint Is made that cars are
sold on time and the bank has to
finance the paper. Does anybody ever
buy a home for cash? Does anyone
ever borrow money for a home and
pay off the loan in six months? True.
iome unwise risk, have been taken.
but losses have been negligible."-H.
B. Harper. president National Auto
mghile Dealers' Association.
Throughout the country the over-all
width of motor vehicles varies in dif
ferent States from 90 to 114 inches
and the length from 30 to ao feet
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Sown Can't ft Deteoted.
Noise is souNd of any sort, says
Webster, whether it is pleasant or un
Slassant. agreeable dr disagreeable.
na auteeblyp it is apt to be die
safteable, writes J.eph W. Wiias
in Noter. It Is a strange fact that
preetieally the same twitter which Is
amred i a oaary is abhored in a
Windehield. The fact is that auuomu
bile. are Judged mere by their silence
thea by 4ay other quaiity, and that is
why manufacturer in making their
calse and careful automobile users in
maintainIng them, strive to keep the
quality of noise as far removed from
their vehicles as possible.
The variety of sounds which can be
predueed by an autonobile not in the
best of repair is bewildering. We have
about every range from the dull thud
of a loose main bearing to the shrill
squeal of a rusty spring, or from the
clak eharacteristic of the heavy car
bon deposit to the thud due to loose
body belts or other retainers holding
heavy parts of the structure in place.
FINALLY GROWS PLEASANT.
It is a fact that the more coptin
peus sounds are the less unpleasant
they are likely to be. For this reason
it is a fact that the sounds- which
come fram reciprocating parts are as
a rule more unpleasant than those
which oeme from rotating part. A
continuous hum, for instance, In a
rear axle is not nearly as unpleasant
an the Intermittent knock. due to a
loose connecting rod bearing. The
fact, however, that these different
units make different sounds, make It
possible for the experienced ear to
almost invariably Judge the point
from which the sound proceeds and
an experieaced, motor-wise mechanic
can very often tell at the first in
dication of sound just what point he
should reach in making his repair.
The human ear is only capable of
detecting sounds within certain
ranges. That is. all sound is due to
vibration. This vibration might be
set up by impact, such as in a loose
bearing, or in a spark whieh is tao
far advanced, or it might be set up
by friction, such as in a rusty, unoiled
sprint. ' Nevertheless, the effect of
noise on the ear is created by these
vibrations, which. in turn, set up
sound waves. The sound waves -re
transmitted through the air, which In
a elastic medium. Sound can only
be transmitted through elastic me
diums. For instance, if an electric
bell were operated in a vacuum it
would not be heard because there
would be no elastic medium In which
to form and transmit the impulses.
These sound vibrations are known as
waves and it takes these waves an
appreciable length of time to travel
from one point to another. Through
the air, it ham been found that sound
has a velocity of about 1,115 feet per
second. It has been found that this
velocity is practically independent of
the pitch of the sound, or the length
of the sound wave. A very interest
ing example of this is, of course, in
the instance where the bullet from a
gun outspeeds the sound made by the
explosion of the gun, the projectile
reaching the target before the sound.
DIFFERENCES IN SOUNDS.
Noises or sounds differ from one
another in loudness, pitch and qual
ity. Loudness is the amount of the
sound, pitch Is highness or lowness of
tone and the quality is the character
of sound; that is, a, man may sing a
note at the same pitch and with the
same loudness of a piano note, but the
quality will be different; that is, its
determining characteristic. In the
same way. a sound of the same pitch
and loudness may proceed from some
part of an automobile, but the quality
of that sound may determine the point
from which it proceeds.
One of the very interesting facts
about sound is that below a certain
point and above a certain point the
human ear cannot hear it. These
limits are not fixed, but vary for dif
ferent individuals. For instance, if
the impulses in the air caused by
sound vibration follow each other less
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frequently than ten to fi ftees per
second, a sensation of distinct 'ibra
tion is felt, but when these sounds
become more frequent, they blend to
produce a steady note of low tone. As
they become more and more rapid, the
pitch of the notes become higher and
higher until a point is reached where
the ear so longer can perceive the
sound.
In other words, there asr- a greet
many sounds which are made which
no human being ever hears. because
the impulses are so close together that
it is beyond the power of the human
ear to detect them. The upper limit
of a number of vibrations for the
average ear is about 20,000 per second.
It is probably very fortuhate for the
human being that it is impossible for
him to deteet sounds above and below
a certain pitch, because if his range
were inonite it would be impossible
to make' an automobile which would
be silent enough to be comfortable.
As it it, we must work to eliminate
the noises altogether and to make
the continuous sounds as low as pos
sible in our cars. An end to which
all our engineers are striving.
SLIT FREEZ MAY
CRACK WATER JACKET
American Motorist Gives Direc
tions to Repair Such Injury.
As a result of an unexpected cold
snap, a water jacket may crack, due
to a very slight freeze. If the crack
is of some length it may be repaired
by the following method. according
to the technical editor of American
Motorist:
On the line of fracture, drill the tap
for a. three-eighths inch threaded cop
per rod. This rod Is screwed in firm
ly to a depth about equal to the thick
ness of the metal of the water Jacket.
Out off the copper rod with a hack
saw, allowing it to project about a
thirty-second of an incb: then drill
sueceeding holes, each bole being
drilled partly into the previously in
serted copper plug, so that when all
of the plugs are placed in the cylin
der casting they form a continuous
band of copper along the line of frac
ture. The copper plugs should now
be peened down and trimmed off
flush. The only possible chance for
leakage, after having repaired the
crack in this manner, is for the water
to follow the joint between the metal
of the jacket and the copper plugs:
but as the copper rods are threaded
into the castings, It is not likely to
occur. Should leakage take place, a
little extra peening will suffice to
prevent it.
Still another method involves fusing
copper filings or granulated brass
spelter into the crack. This has the
advantage of not requiring the re
moval of the part to be repaired.
Drill and tap a small hole at each
end ot the crack to prevent further
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in an iron stud. Next clean the out- many motorists obtain from 10,000 to
side and inside of the fracture very 15.000 miles and maories of freak
,thoroughly, using a scraper and jaso- mileage running Into many thousands
line. File up some soft copper or of miles. are current. Miller tire
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Ing the filings over It. Then take a the last three year.
powerful blow lamp or a torch and Today. actual cost per mile Is ls"
direct the flame on the copper. By than half as much as ten years ag*.
this method 1 fair amount of metal and materially lower than before ake
can be worked Into the opening. war.
After cooling, the studs are cut off A few years ago, a car that would
flush aed the copper filed smooth. do twenty miles an hour was con
In n~py cases the crack may be sidered a speed wagon. Now a
clomed by making a rust Joint. The average of forty miles an hour is an
fIrst step Is to drill a very small hole h ordinary occurrence and tires wit
at each end of the crack to prevent It stand the pounding of the road at
from spreading, and to drive in or speeds In excess of 100 miles an hour.
screw In a me~al plug In each hole. The big tire companies have spent
The crack is then filled up with a and are spending milloins of dollars
paste made of a per cent Iron filing is obtaining tougher, and more re
or Iron dust and 33 per cent salam- silent and stronger auto casings.
moniac In the pulverized form, with Pneumatic tires today are far
just enough water to make a mixture superior to those built a. few years
of piroper conmistenney to be forced ago.
into the crack easily. The action of
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