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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAJT, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1919.
E
HILLS? THERE'S NO SUCH WOBD .TO THE STANLEY STEAMER, HE SATS.
El
Strikers in Parts Factories Tie
Up Materia!.
EVEN FORD PLANT SUFFERS
So Strike at Factory, bat One at
Body Works Holds Down Pro
duction for Jane.
Labor trouble in the automotive
plants of Michigan and Ohio Is curtail
ing production approximately 40 perl
cent. While, with few exceptions,
strikes have not hit the motor car
plants directly, they are occursins- In
the factories of the parts makers, caus
ing- a shortage of materials which is
becoming critical.
Car manufacturers in the etroi(
district cannot secure sufficient mate
rial to meet Increased production de
mands and tbey are coins along- on
curtailed schedule, says sn Interesting
article in Motor Age for July I.
This condition is perhaps most strut
ter in the case of the Ford Motor com-
narr. The Ford production sheet called
for the manufacture of 3500 cars daily
in June. Although every effort was
made to boost production, the highest I
point reached last month by this com-
uanr was 3000 cars, -in is was aue ui-
rectly to a shortage of bodies, of both
open and closed type.
Strikes at the Wadsworth Manufac
turing company plant, makers of the
Ford sedan body, and the Wilson coaj
L . W m.lrA. ntL.I1 wlHI fftT I
Ford cars, make it Impossible for the corporation is not hit hard by material
Ford company to secure sufficient shortage, although it has encountered
bodies to care for its production. This more or less trouble from this source,
is but ons of many similar instances. The lauor situation .has cleared up here
False Handicapped. Tes. production. "The plant is turning out
Paiee-Detroit made 1S00 cars last I ,,c d.ii- .nd eIDects greatly to
month and would nave maae twice mi 1 Increase this output the next 30 days.
number if a steady flow of material I , motor car companies in Clevs
could have been obtained. The capac- I ini find their chief difficulty in ob-
itr of this plant was 12 cars daily, I talnina- parts from -Detroit and other
but present production has been run-1 centers. The Cleveland parts makers
ning from 0 to 7 cars, omciais say are in a fair shape. What labor aini
that in every Instance where material 1 culties thev have encountered have not
shortage occurred it was due directly I been of a serious nature and the result
to labor trouble in the plants oi tne i has been a sufficient production 10
parts makers. . I cover Cleveland demands. The car
Maxwell-Chalmers is anectea simi- companies nere, dependent largely upon
larly. No direct trouble has occurred I Detroit for certain materials, are bav
in its plants, with the possible excep- I tng their own troubles.
lion or a xew minor aiuicuiiiee i - y. . - i0j Axles.
Peerless has had a hard time to get
sufficient axles, due to the Timken-
K --wO- fasf' ' kr
Staadlag aesido tkla Staaley steamer, photographed la Washingtoa park, b F. E. (Duke) Maaeaester, wko swears the
steaaa ear la the real thing la luxury and power. . i
Mr. Manchester is salesman of Stanley Steamers exclusively for the W. B. Walllngford company. Indicating
their ease of operation, he had never run a steamer before he went with Mr. Walllngford, but now wouldn't drive
anything else. When you come to a mil wny, just forget such a thing as a gear was ever made, open your throt
tle, and up. up, up you go, says Air. jnancnester, wno was president or tne Racine waste company, and prior to
that a rancher in Klickitat county, Washington, before he became a motor car salesman.
tain departments which were quickly
adjusted. The Maxwell division planned
1 """v P"!i'". '. ii.. tK?i Itrolt Axle strike. This has caused
to turn out sa.e.r-L
This concern- is flndlng " rd to Flv. thousand cars will be made this
et competent workers as well as m-l. Tt. ,,.. i. mono
I cars annually. The company does not
hope to reach capacity production this
eet competen
terial. The Chalmers division sales
department is hundreds of cars behind
production, out cannot ooosi nm oui- Additions to the Peerless factory
rut because of a similar situation, i be( buUC
From 5 to 70 cars are being made jordan S h
T n i-A . n i m hivlnv tiniiHlM Pittlnf
dailv. This production would be in-1 , tv..i, it. mmt ..rinn
, creased 40 per cent immediately n ma- i shorta(re being that of tops. This com
trri.l WBS .ail.vic Inanv is Plinn In B IK fa r-K rial and in
Willys-Overland Is getting back Into I ,H ..,, , . . rnmni.i new nlmt now
production aiier a ne-up ii """J " under construction, it has authorized
and one-half months. The company, is I .HHitinnal unit with a floor snare of
making a few cars daily. During June J0.000 square feet to be used for stock
no compieiea cars were maae. I purposes. The present Jordan plant has
prior to m in- pruuaviiuu floor sdscs of 15.000 sousre leel.
was averaging tiO cars daily. I while the new plant to be erected will
fttadrbakrr Has Trwaeles. I cover 12S.000 square feet. The addl-
C. A. Earl, vice-president and gea- uonai unit witn its su.uou square leer
oral manager, says the company win , . , T. oni Z r...
be back in fair production In about 10 -m
day
few directly affected by labor trouble, """"nf fiye trucks and 40 cars daily.
The Wilson body strike caused Hup-
mohlle production to fall oft 1000 cars
In June. In spite of this curtailment the
company managed to average approxi
mately 30 cars a day. Bodies are now
coming through more regularly and
production is going up again.
Production at Cadillac has been Urn
Ued by a material shortage. The com-
pany is running 70 cars dally, but will
double this production within the next
(0 days if the material and labor sit
uation permits.
Columbia is running 30 cars a day
and Is one of the fe
Detroit able to record a steady pro
duction increase. If the parts makers
could supply the material this com-
Here the material situation is exactly
similar to that of Peerless and Jordan.
Chandler production has been hit
hard by a strike In the plsnt of the'
Interstate Foundry eorapsny. Cleveland.
This foundry supplies Chandler with
cylinders and gear cases and the walk
out caugtit the concern with practi
cally no gear cases on -hand. Chandler,
however, has other sources of supply
and expects to be back at peak produc
tion within a week. During June this
company s average daily production
was 100 cars. It Is experiencing con
siderable trouble in getting parts from
companies In Mtol,
Saxea Plaaa New Model.
Wlnton is running from seven to ten
pany would greatly Increase it. pro- ""7.n, ,h. .nr
Columbia would have to produce 1J5 1 f"?"
earn per day.
Liberty is running 40 cars daily,
The material situation h
not affected production here to any
great extent, although the company is
twice the capacity. The company certaln parts.
states the material situation Is bad. but R,nI, .,. jn .... rtallv lul
Inasmuch as its manufacturing facili-I , Thl. comnanav is cleaning un
ties prevent further product on In- rHl,.ti- - ,,, ,.., m,ii nr..
crease. It Is not greatly affected. The i. hrinrinr ..r n..
company has orders for more cars than D1 ..t ,0 da , Droduction in
it can manufacture according to pres
ent schedule In the next 13 months.
Two new closed car modela will be
brought out next month.
Oaklaad Gotaa" Great Cans.
Oakland, at Pontlac. has experienced
little labor and material trouble. Its
production has reached the highest
thla plant will drop to a minimum, af
ter which the first 500 cars of 'the new
series will start coming through.
The average dally production of the
32 leading car plants in Michigan and
Ohio during June was 3647 cars, 31 cars
less than in May. Both May and June
production is nearly 1000 cars short of
point in its history. Its dally output April figures, during which 7084 cars
is now averaging. 233 cars, an Increase
of 40 cars over May figures. The
were produced. This decrease in pro
duction is entirely due to labor disturb-
rapidly clearing in Detroit, every indi
cation now points to nearly normal
conditions as far as labor is concerned
during July. The coming month will
'probably see production again climbing
in the majority of factories in this dis
trict. ,
DOUBLE DECK MOTOR BUSSES
One Hundred Cars of New Type Will
- Be Operated in Detroit.
DETROIT, July 12. Within a few
weeks 100 double-deck motor busses
will be operating here. The Detroit
Motorbusses company has been organ
ised with a capital of 31.500,000. Rich
ard M. Meade, formerly president and
general manager of the Fifth Avenue
Coach company, New York, is presi
dent. The busses will be similar to
those in use in New York, but lower.
Each will hold 47 passengers.
ONE IM TO LOSE WEIGHT
'Hovror
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WILCOX TOOK OFF
POUXDS IX RACE.
company has riot reached peak produe- J ances.
tion. although by August 1 It expects
the daily turnout will be at the 300-car
mark.
The Barley Motor Car company. Kal-
amasoo. Is 1000 cars ahead of produc
tion. The company is turning out ten
cars daily. The capacity of the plant
is 20 cars a day. It Is unable to reach
capacity because of Inability to secure
sufficient bodies, which It is getting
from Muncle. Ind.
The Olds Motor Works. Lansing, is
having difficulty in getting small parts
for universal joints, electric equip
ment, closed car bodies, proper cloth
trimmings- for closed cars and kbakl
tops for export jobs. ,On one or two
occasions the material shortage be
came so acute that the plant waa with
in 13 houra of closing down. By
pressing every available man into ser
vice and rushtng them to the plants of
the various tarts makers to. hurry up
delivery, the company was able to se
cure sufficient material to tide them
over the crisis.
On several occasions lately this com
panr has faced this same situation.
Even now truck are being shipped
minus electric equipment. This Is made
by Auto-Late at Toledo, whose em
ployes have been on strike for some
time. When the electrical apparatus
arrives Oldsmobile is shipping it to
their distributors by express to place
on the trucks in the salesrooms.
Hr Rsmalaa- Stroma-.
Olds Is running 40 trucks and 140
cars dally. There Is a shortage of un
skilled labor In Lansing and this com
pany Is obliged to conduct a recruiting
campaign In nearby towns.
Keo at Lansing. Is speeding up pro
duction. It Is turning out between M)
and 341 trucks and from 7S to 30 cars
dally. Production has not been ham
pered by material shortage. This is
ons of the few companies which has
not been seriously effected. Reo is
going to discontinue production of the
fonr-cyllnder cars, supplementing same
wl'h six-cylinder models.
Briscoei at Jackson, is turning out
73 cars daily. This company had
large stock of material on hand and to
date has not found It necessary to
purchase mors parts ia any great quan
tity. Tba Detroit plant of th Stisbaket:
Inasmuch as the labor situation is
But Xatlonal Driver Was Consoled
for Poundage Redaction by
Parse of 920,000.
Did Jess Willard fall to withstand
Dempseys triphammer blows becauee
hs entered the ring with excess pound
age T
If so he should have consulted Howdy
Wilcox, the famous automobile race
driver, who has discovered a panacea
for corpulency that offers prompt re
lief for gentlemen of beer-nurtured
girth and buxom lassies "who sigh for
the sylphlike lines of Annette Keller-
man.
The ciireT Drive a race car for a tun
300 miles at an average speed of 88
miles an hour. Not so bad, though of
course this particular brand of medi
cine couldn't be experimented with in
Oregon, whero a state speed limit of
30 miles an hour suggests moderation.
Reducing, says "Old Doc" Wilcox in
a communication received last week at
the office of the Manley Auto company,
is merely a matter of speed, and by
speed he means the speed of an auto
mobile. No one seems to Know wny
this particular formula was sent at this
particular time to the Manley Auto
company, unless It was tnat wiicox
knewrfhat Mr. Manley and Mr. Menxiea,
both of whom, by the way, are fairly
robust in build, had just returned from
the Taeoma races.
Anyhow. Wilcox is reminding the
Portlanders that he lost 14 pounds on
the day he drove his racing National to
victory in the 500-mile race at Indian
apolis a few years ago. . Just nerore
the start of the 600-mile classic Wil
cox weighed 162 pounds. After circling
the 2 Vi -mile track 200 times he tipped
the scales at 137 V. pounds.
In return for this lost weight WI1
cox received 31343 a pound, his prise
winnings aggregating 320,000. Despite
the fabled demand of Shylock, of Mer
chant of Venice" fame, this is said to
be a record price for a pound of flesh.
Have you any extra pounds tor sale?
E TIRES LASTING
BUT BAD ROADS ARE HARD OX
EVEX BEST CASIXGS.
Globe President Says Business Today
Comes to States Progressive
in Roads.
The great and continuing improve
ment in our national highways is im
pressive," said J. B. Linerd, president
of the Globe Rubber tire manufacturing
oompany, "but it 1b still far from being
adequate for the ever expanding needs
of automobile traffic in the United
States.
"Motorists have discovered of recent
years that properly built tires driven
Over properly built roads will last just
twice as long as ordinary tires driven
over mediocre roads. It is this new
knowledge that has increased the de
mand for tires built by hand of the
best matrials and guaranteed for long
mileage.
Mile for mile, over any road. I will
back Globe tires, both fabric and cord.
to give a 50 per cent longer mileage
than any of the ordinary automobile
tires manufactured In quantities today.
Every Globe tire is an individual job
in which the men who make it take
personal pride.
But It is a pure economic waste to
drive even the best of tires over
roads that are bound to impair them.
The 3300,000,000 appropriation by con
gress and states to be spent in build
ing federal aid roads Is an indication
that the national and several state
governments have awakened to this
fact.
"It is safe to say that in modern
business one of the prime considera
tions in locating factory sites is the
condition of the surrounding roads.
Manufacturing businesses are tending
to go to the states with administra
tions awake to this fact. It is in the
big manufacturing states that the most
rapid improvement of highways . is
evident."
Did It Work? It Did, and It
Would Work Again.
Kext Tune Tea Have a Pnaerared
Ttre Von Mis lit Try It for Lack.
THIS MACK TRUCK HAULS GASOLINE SO YOU CAN RUN YOUR CAR.
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tatlea. The Staadard Oil cosapaay kaa assay Macs, tracas la. its aiiee all
the ceaatrx.
tHEHALIS, Wash., July 12. (Spe-
J cial.) Silence in the wilderness.
Then a distant sound. Ah. a flivver
approaches. In the flivver, two pretty
Chehalis high school girls and boy es
corts, bound for a picnic. They pro
ceed up the country road. Bang! a tire
explodes!
Business of hunting for spare tube
and patches. There are none. Curses!
But lo, another car draws nigh. What
ho? Why, yes, he'll help, but wait
he has no key to his repair kit, and
drives on.
Comes now another car. It stops.
Key? Yes, but no tube, no patches- It,
too. drives on. leaving desolation and
despair.
But hold, an idea! One of the girls
Is speaking. She speaks again, and the
grinning boys disappear, leaving two
lorn, pretty maidens alone, alone, alone
beside the road with a flivver and
punctured tire. Sprightly music for the
hero another car approaches.
Toung and gallant- he is, this driver.
He glimpses beauty in distress. At
glance all is clear to him. Puncture?
That's easy, wait. And then he
patches tube, replaces it in casing, puts
It on the wheel, pumps it updoes all.
in fact, that a gallant young man
under bewitching- eyes and smiles
would do. 'Tis finished. Shyly they
MR. CAR OWNER:
Did Yoa know that that little blow-out and
rim-cut nroof tire called the linxotir is also
95 puncture proof? And did you also
know that that twine little tire alter using
It in 8 different cuing has gone something
liice zu.vuu raiies lor its owner 7 -rnintc 01 itj
How different you feel these not summer
days, when Maxotirea relieve you of All that
grief and grouch always associated with the
dirt and smudffe of tire troubles. Tou just
can't help but bubble over with the sheer
joy or living, wnen you anve on a Aiaxo
ttre. because there's absolutely nothing to
worrv about. And. aside from all this pleas
tore, a Maxottre costs about the price of
any other rood tire, or, as many MAXOTIRB
owners aay, "I equip my whole car all four
wneets at tne cost 01 one ure ajone.
Maxotires are eneumatic. touch rubber
treaded. Inside tires, so carefully constructed
that they hold all the air pressure within
themselves; protecting the Inner tube and
t tat. same time strengthening- as well as
fort If vine the outer tire to such an extent
they double a new tire's mileage, or add as
high as 1000 to 6000 miles to weak casings
which ordinarily you think of throwing; away.
Therefore. Mr. car owner, if you plan
buying new tires, remember a Maxotire will
more than double their life, or, still wiser
put the price of three tires back in the
bank and bring the price of one tire down
to our little place (which, by the way, la
522 Washington street) and we will give
you four brand new little Maxotires, which,
when put Inside of your weak or worn cas
ings give you as much service (and without
tire trouble) as an expensive new set will
give. And think of it No rim -cuts, no
blowouts and practically no punctures. Tea.
they can be used over and over again, even
Into the eighth set of tires.
That way u s no wonaer wey rum. 39,000
miles.
MAIOTYRE tAl,fCM m Bl'PP T,w CKm
ASSVfc Washingtoa bUefc
Dominant Jordan Features
The . new Jordan Silhouette
possesses the sturdy, substantial
appearance of the heavy cars
with the beautiful contour, low
ness and balance of the light,
thoroughbred racing class.
The chassis, including all the
finest universally approved me
chanical units, is the lightest on
the road for its wheel base.
Weight is scientifically dis
tributed. Spring suspension is
delicately fixed to eliminate side
sway. And patented spring
shackles prevent the rattles com
mon to most cars.
The all-aluminum body is a
little more slender. . There is a
new French angle at the dash.
Perfectly flat top-edge. Broad
opening' doors. Tailored top.
Instrument board in gun metal,
to eliminate squeaking and paint
checking. -
Hand buffed French leather
upholstery. Marshall cushion
springs.
Delightful position at wheel,
with restful tilt and pedals just
right.
Two optional colors Brewster
Green and Burgundy Old
Wine. Built for four or seven
passengers.
Mitchell, Lewis.6? Staver Co.
Broadway at Oak St.
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thank him for his courtesy. He drives
on, a halo over his Good Samaritan
brow.
He drives on, he disappears. Ha!
From the bushes a few feet away
emerge the escorts. The stratagem has
won, the tire is repaired, all is well
nd merry. Proceed. A snort from the
flivver and the picnic party again ia
on its way. Once more, silence in the
wilderness.
You Can't Race Out of Mud.
When the car pets stuck in the mud
do not try to pull out by running the
rear wheels. As a matter of fact, tha
slower the wheels run the better
chance they have of getting a grip. If
the car can be rocked by alternate en
gaging and disengaging the clutch it
will be found that the pendulum action
of the car will pretty nearly carry It
out of a bad spot.
EXTRA TEST '
for Tread Proportion
This Extra Test assures ex
actly the proper tread
weight in relation to the
carcass of each tire. Thus,
perfect balance lway is
obtained.
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EVERYWHERE Racine Tires are famed for
extra service. . It's the mileage they roll up
beyond the expected figures that makes them
more than worth the money. This extra value is
made certain by the many extra tests to which
each Racine Tire is subjected.
Racine Multi-Mile Cord Tires
A fine example of that extra care in
the factory that yields extra wear on
the road. The Multi-Mile Cord is the
cord tire of true extra tested quality.
If s a mileage miracle. Every user be
comes a Multi-Mile Cord enthusiast.
We cany a complete stock.
Sold by dealers-everywhere.
Distributed in Northwest by
BALL0U & WRIGHT
Seattle, Wash. Portland, Or.
VbrToar Own Protection Be Certain Every Racine Tire Yen
Buy Bean The Name
Racine Robber Company. Racine, Wis.