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NEWER'&YEVI
MOTOR, PANY
Orester Production Assured by
Entrance of Pittsburgh Con
corn Into Truck Industy.
Automotive as well an businSfs air
t generally will evince a keen In
t41est in the announcement that
qadNaid Steel Car Company of Fitt
W0iNh. Pa., ha, taken over the Vita
Fifty-four sales
in seven weeks tells
the 'story of our
values on
Re
condtioned
Cars
bettor than a whole
dictionary of words.
We don't like high prices
any better than you do.
"You can make a great
deal."
Distict
Haynes
Corporation
1337 14h St. N. W.
.. sge.e av essa, h
Use Our
We Pail
So many owners ho
painted because of the
without an automobile.
problem' and will furnist
the necessary painting f
this car will be practicall
tion of your own car.
For FuB Pari
being shown by display. res 0
i well-appointed
Motor Truck CompaaY of Philadelphir
and will operate it as one of'ita sub
sidiaries.
The entrance of such a well-estab*
lished organisation as Standard Steel
Car with headquarters at PittSburgh.
Pa., and subsidiary me.nufataWg
concerns located in Insay Dastern s
well as Western ctlies, into a domi
nating position In the motor true
d1ed is signiAsent in that it means
rounding out of a cycle of transpor
tation units by a eOntrolmIng Ompea#
with enormous faGitie*9 at Its co
mana.
Prestige and permanence is given to
the Vim Motor Track Company by
reason of its new affiliation. Either
direct or through its allied co ppanies,
it is now in the position of lanufac
turing commereal trucks from the
raw material to th4 fnished product.
Inclusive of motors, axles. tranamie
sions. frames and Bodies the gamut
of the factory prosesses is run and
Vim Motor Truck Company has the
advantage in that production cannot
be held up for lack of control of bade
units and source of supply.
STATE LAWS WORK
NJURY TO USERS
OF MOTOR TRUCKS
"LegslatIon limiting the weight of
motor trucks should avoid working
Injustice upon truck owners and cre
ating confusion when trucks cross
tate lines," says L B. West. presi
dent of The West Construetion lCo
pany, Chatttanooga, Toe.
"Roen tly my company Invested
$Ip0o in five-ton trucks and bad no
soone put them in operation than
tat legislation was passed limiting
the total weight of the truck and
lead to 1% tons. It is a known fast
that Injury to the road is caused by
the weight bearing upon each Ie"
of tire in contact with the road mur
face.
"Te only just and practicable basic
of reotition. is I provide a mal
mum weight per Inch width of tire,
The maximum weight adopted in A
number of States is s pounds per
inch width of tire. If -a standard
basis were adopted by all of the
States "the truck manufacturer and
truek user could procd intelligent
ly and without f. of having their
product and equipment rendered al
most useless by confusing and eon
fleting State laws. Traffic crosses
and re-erosses State liznes and It is
an unjust absurdity fer the owners
of trueks operating legally in one
State to fi134, as soon as he las
crosed tim4 State line, that he Is sub
ect to heavy fines and even impris
onment.
ar While
t Yours
Id off having their cars
inconvenience of being
We have solved the
you a car while we do
rf you, and the cost of
thfie samne as the opera
cuar Apply
r Comnpany
613 G Sereet N. W.
samm......mm. amam.n
AT4 WOUSTRYIS
'STAmsonl
Increase Noted In Productiot
Of CaB rW n Trucks During.
Last Year.
Allatii while nMain dry read
low whom encountered casually, now
and than have a habit of proving Im
Pertant truths And pointing valuable
Morals, Urns an editor In Motor Life.
Thus the Watest Agures compiled by
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commeree set forth facts that are of
Particular Interest to theme days when
the man In the street vaguely wond
ers whether the short period of de
Pression following In the wake of
POst-war busiefs adjustment hasn't,
Maybe, left the motor ear industry
somewhat @hairy and unsteady, or1
*born the car ltself of some of the
vogue that had kept it In the fora-,.
s'roed of the eouatry' industrial de-.
velopmetit during the, ma lifteen
Anyway, during the year 19110 the
autoluabile Industry produced 1.8,3.
3W8 passenger care and 322,00 trucks
-an Increase of 12 per cent over the"
output of 1019. Viewing passenger
cars separately the Increase is even
greater. , 14 per set. An
ther intere.ting point In the state
ment that of this 1 r total, 17 Per
cont er 30,134 wore closed Jobs, thus
Illustrating Lhe growing fondness of
the American for this typ of body.
But the Aures tell onother import
ant story, which gives a full-edgtLe
anever to the old Quesiom phat be
comnes Of All the Old and worn-out
automobIlst. Ptom January amer to
Doesaber, set, the Industry built a
total Of 11,t10.larea se At the end
Of 1M, 9.1.6 cars wereri ofted.
pDedion from the grand toa of
11,8M0, ears 617,6117, whisk were
exported durine a e ha1n-1.90
we orn th a tsefoeo the yas11-M
vogue that a ear that went to
the junk pte in twenty-two years
NUMber 2,000,00(. It roetre~d all that
time to serap one ter in oary six
Prodneed!
Aven the habitua erer will
stma somewhat sWuad before
aut proof of the A erea er's
stamina and longevity. por long
for the passenger oatef.ible has
last s modern appearanee and its
shite nat of arnish o per teu sA
gother ithaetiong madoint the rate
mat hatpi of thise2 total famipe.
etistfrain the groie fhudbe but
thevAericlen fmortanetypob of body.
ing thour mer ter eanotooer imor
anter, ewhbigthe, eulfed e
enswert the oldystn that be
thre of a wthew oted and os-out
theeoperato 1ma0 the prforrd btimt a
tald ofte 11it.1 ae. toy that te
ofeag ear 31126 cavr s were reiserd.
edutin f o the grest toasofus
eath dauren, the erer 111the0
deert ada the osnt wnt bt
thee junk pGod inotwony-togt year
nemer 2000,00. at requied allnda
m thfe for mtoa rake willnt
sptwhic soeroust rialbn Yeflore
stunh Natofofa tk for beatars
Dtah VandllentiltingFo longth
afero se the pasene , wtmoile has
lersts of modn apetaread itar
shiyr. s Nof vrnish or the p ahd
gingeer that onc adnefor the prider
an how icoed of or thse rail.
he as lotd in the mstere .ml u
downrtheo ipoartando ofatean-d
opiyor lher or thur fale crator
hee anewbaring therfae oen "e
oaes Sth monde "eatha Ibe."
teortyionma beine orthimoel
anargain. motringf ogatat, the
afrage for th ero old aend e
creit ays hae lestfoude.lee
eAtrelyteGe tp aebe
ta.The SoutLErn CalfD naAD
ieth Vleysn to trr eth
desletfeea-dthe cont manye
newier. hao. has s een las ae
maer sfred foevr rist aenfo
atoeNaytioa whtsgto beat exet
eth Vaesintatilie theae
etyte ofeasnake int the sunwil Inegt
metri of todValy an Itlure wer
tieor. ho lner will the pe
Ptaelen sek nai re t athe
hoee et c ao fle orlfohed tray
hhaslosthIn .he mesquiten
'4
* ut'4t the
~V~4V isbeosiing
Ienl. th been pret
took ofit withe
prove that esioneear kaa
r'a.ervi'a and he de
It bas bW A proven that
merrice station. door and stj
mUiness wheise cortesy hao
The saan who trad.. his
a entitled to a sMile, whethe
tt hima
Effoieby is a fxed qua
the servie station will sp
n -the end sell failure for a
Efcienoy in the srVice I
quipmient and steak-unless
ip their ends .ef~kiency oefa
iervice ceases to be service.
Fair dealiig is essentially
a thrive. Too often there is
iervice charges, principally b
ar does not know what he w
te gets what he really need
loen 't realise what has been 4
ir study the working parts a
nanagers arrang. service ehs
hen, and only then, will cont
hings of the past.
Service is op9ing from 1
asociations have been formec
iard to study service betterma
mutomobile business all that i
The car representative h
'urnishing mechanical mercha
ninds," and few of these mi
if mechanical knowledge. M
>f his cars in the hands of ma
ng to their various ideas of
sell when he keeps them all
rood his car may be. Unless
>e done, and when it cannot bN
lame and his car gets a bad n
kot big business.
HREE PERSONS KILLED
DAILY AT R. R. CROSSINOS
In the four-year period from 1917
o 1930. inclusive. on all railroads of
he United States, 4,106 persons were
i1led at grade crossings In autono
lie socIdents, and 12.760 pereens were
njured. This is an average of three
ereens killed every day and eight In
ured every day of this period.
In xanmse and West Virgiala, an
-erator of a motM vehiele may be
orteen yeaa old.
THE SIGN C
Represnting the i
Construction at
Hewitt Thes Ai
at Smdard Lb
emcee Fnu~ewio.
NATIONAL-1
1007 9thS
IdOMNuag n
e * .
dis1~ediet
OW slt sit he
t ri t to espet i
Is.
It pas to look beyd64 e
the Ways gAother
bena Aiture since
dollars for service to his ear
r that smile be with him or
atity-any lack of 0efieney
1U a bad name for a ear, and
distributor..
a#= 4spends upon worknen,
ll three suoports are holding
se to be effi'isay and the
a pot of any business that is
a doubt as to the fairness of
maUse the -owner of a motdr
ants in many ases and when
a in the way of servies he
lone for him. When ear own
f their ears and when service
rges before the Job is begun
roversies over service bills be
>ehind under wip and spur.
I and individual$ am working
ant and make this end of the a
t should be.
as his troubles in that he is
adise to "many men of many
ads contain even a suspicion
rhen John Dealer puts many
ny drivers, who drive accord-'
how to handle a oar, he does
up and going; no matter how
his service is right it cannot
done John Dealer gets a bad
ame, and bad names bringeth,
I
ARMLESS MAN BECOMES
EXPERT AUTO DRIVER a
Atee.sh he is anae. ned
Erieson, of Kansas city. operates an
automebele by us e m eps tor I
the steering wheel into which he fte I
his stub. to guide the aashime. Re
feeds gas with his knes and shifts
geer. and works brake, with his feet.
Practicaty alo ete truks o use
in Eagland are equlpped with elid
tired.
IF SERVICE
etin Good Tire.
Minimu Cost
e New Ofu'gd
i Pdseby the -
Dumim:
N.W.
N. W.
as . W.
D
rtN. W.
W.. mWTO.
Laft to YWb: lavis4 w
whiamlg FuIsAM; TMYI
Maio
DIQEST
-A fIrat turnpike in the Unft*
tate. was oonatructed between I^a
&ater. Pa., and Philadelphia.
The discovery of the preosee Of 4Vl
anising rubber, for which a paest
ras granted, was in 1634.
Most prominent of notor elobs is
Prasil is the Asuoetea.o Autofobilleta
graelaerla. of Rio do Janeiro.
In Pennsylvania, tractors were viv
uaily unknown on farms prior to
917. The present number Is 4,.11,
An American one-ton motor treek,
aling In the United States for $1, ,
oato 21,000 frances in Belgiunt
The total ansomobile productien In
lolland does not aeed 200 ears a
'ear.
The annual expenditures fer auto
mobile transportation in the United
tate Is $,Is 6T,86,000 or an aver
ge eoat per mile of 1.96 esat&
The fineet Crade. of moter oils
re distilled from the crude ois 'by
team. and are further relined by
itraton. distillation and reiltra
1on.
To massre a ilooee to operate a
motor vehicle In Pennsylvania. a
Orson must have "26 per oent, of
RELIABU
AND]
IGHTfN
tens of thosuu f .1 &le
Use "L-M-PS...e
and be rew~rded wit)
can provide.
Y4
COUPON
BOOKS P
A phone to em.
offiee w"i **
full hiiE
tear igesa at.
tie.
A A
tm sa.#mal galw and- "I pa a
la gan ma tr rait O( s
lastemehele meeafet""O"- " 44 5
thedaee but
A.ne Mt mauttu fr ,0 a0
p Itablegtwe oneto ose"&t
awe teght wuaheuderr pof
sew bldmde sailme p=e eliu0
ot oab1e and ias iteo
is soi hat .a..rawee
INOMNOUS REFLECTOR
FOR AUTO 16 EVOLW
A Idea *aPlaiged by a weefder Is
Ju. eow n t bshetitute m-.
potable ligbt wherse "st w vii
e a toiwat lopuUnf the an ot
e a. I
It Is ineeo as ftliuwm
Take an orenaery isuber best 10
hnmas by 14 lmb"es, ~n i It om
the reew the ear e tn the
opolilght s. that it refloese Is the
miwi. Thm black thie m.i-e upe
the evede usaw the UsMh inminatee
the dede dfewdt
Wi t a few adtnow t to ait
.ro and petght. a s ea H
win e obaied r
. . . .Bar Au s.r
Dowpte the esaw" twurl Umde
threugh the beautifti Plawwgmed ot
SwitIOINSani thsative pepulation ar,
bas stmdaa" fftmed" to
~t~reedle to be epee" ts aft
Cse h 'Byd weramIs r.
eset lin d Peleipab amlet
smetqwlmt whe funh themuh the
stre s at night With the t ...
opasmdk toe y nd in thve mnta
I ...*-SPElE
RECONO,
vsoE uunmmenh eifoew
3. fernr, WlUaa Ced. ad
004rienea bamhe
OFIS - m TO MOTOMIIMI
"Iftwt to I*$"*to as am nteous
*go"-e VaTinui 4oiss bay. boon
"a to 1*st0 the wembe. but "a
iees a 000. 4 1B to bhad aa be
mNad. to a to* , ia; 6rm da old
borM mad a ro Althe horn but
tho bell &24 lahibolmd be
"eWnd. A heuM be
ateUU"*th.e .'r"M and
= Aasinse the e- at* the
a"a be boad vuy plainly in
the bell. By ovinag the rod to dif
foet poetate m e eptladr block or
atmakas the 49wt Waston of the
trouble can bb dIeove.ted.
pity Pr Ot of t" production
oet camolae Is Lad b motor -
The Rime Moter
&e -
SWoe Coipa
DIStruir few the Deel
Car. wih te ass
that they am Ww eased
and "r te butenis at
their a salas no.
1612 14t N. W.
"..t mI"$
-POWER
las t. istng.., ut .om
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