THE STJXDAY OEEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 7, 1919.
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PROFITS WITH MEN
Factory Announces Details of
New Plan.
WORKERS TO BE PARTNERS
E f stem of Anniversary Checks In
a ag a rated, With Vacation on.
Pay for Employes.
Studebaker Is another of the great
Industrial institutions of the country
to adopt the profit-sharing; plan for its
employes. Details of the inauguration
of the co-operative system by which
the employes will receive more money
for fewer hours' labor have been re
ceived here.
In general the employes will re-
damage to roads: one Is the Impact of
weight; the other is wear to the sur
"With a substantial roadbed the Im
pact of weight does little damage. If
the roadbed Is faulty, weight tends to
break it. It is simply a matter of
gravity.
"Perhaps the greatest destroyer of
road surfaces and the least condemned
is the steel tire. The steel tire hits the
roadway with an absolutely unglving
impact. Its constant hammering crushes
stones and shatters all particles that
project from the surface of the road.
"Steel tires are usually narrow and
they wear and cut deep tracks and
ruts. They pulverise the surface, so
that automobiles, with the suction of
their pneumatic tires, suck up the dust
that la formed and scatter it to the
winds. '
"The motor truck with its broad.
flat rubber tires and alow speed, com
pared with that of the automobile,
causes practically no damage to the
surface of the road. It causes no
abrasion and there is no suction from
the solid tires. Of all traffic on the
highways the motor truck does the
least damage to the surface of the road.
"As to the weight It Imposes upon
the highway, thia is largely taken care
of by the (00-pound limit to each inch
of tire width. Legislation which arbi
trarily limits the carrying capacity of
motor trucks simply adds to the cost
of transportation and Increases the cost
of living.
"It Is for the people to Insist that
legislation governing motor trucks be
intelligently formulated. As the use
of the motor truck becomes more and I
S1ED-0FF SHOTGUN
FOR AUTO THIEVES
San Francisco Takes Up Prob
lem in Earnest
ALL ROADS TO BE GUARDED
Special Anti-Thief Stations Built and I
Cops Told to TJse Shotguns if
Escape Is Tried.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. . The au
tomobile thief has had his last day in
San Francisco. This assurance is given
motorists by Chief of Police White and
the California State Automobile asso
ciation, which is co-operating with the I
police department.
The first of a series of thief catch
ing stations, in which cops, armed with
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CLASS IN OPERATION AND REPAIR OF TRA CTORS IN THE PORTLAND T. M. C A. AUTO
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THET LEARN CHAR.CTEIUSTIC8 OF" EVERY MAKE.
Courses In the operation and repair of tractors have become so popular In the Y. M. C. A. Automobile school
In this city that an addition to the school building has become necessary to house these classes. Manufac
turers have taken such an interest In the work of the school that they have supplied it with tractors of
every type, from the "bull" to the caterpillar, and in several cases have sent representatives to demonstrate
their machines and assist in the instruction of students.
It has been announced that the Portland automotive school of the T. M. C. A. has been selected as a model
for the reorganization and standardization of ail the automotive schools of the association in the United States.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
. The Ford Model T One Ton Truck is in reality a necessity to the wide-awmlre retail grocer, not only fb
Jhe economic solution of the delivery problem, but for the bringing of goods from the dock or station to
hi place of business, and for traversing the country and bringing in produce- For ytar the Ford One Ton
Trade with it splendid manganese bronze worm-drive, powerful Ford Model T motor, strong Vanadium
ted frame, haa been serving in every line of business activity, and we have yet to hear the first complaint
m to rear axle trouble or motor trouble. It hat the lowest purchase price on the market, and the cost for
operating and maintaining la exceedingly small. In fact, the Ford One Ton Truck haa become a business
necessity. Leave your order with any of the Authorized Ford Dealers Hited below. They will give you
prompt attention and assure you reasonably prompt delivery, and give you an after service that will insure
your continuous operation of the Truck.
Francis Motor Car Co.
E. 13th and Hawthorne
Rushlight & Penney
E. 3d and Broadway
Talbot & Casey
E. Ankeny and Grand
eeive anniverssry checks, be enabled
to purchase stock, receive a week's va
cation with pay, be pensioned when un
fitted by age or accident, be protected
by life insurance and receive increased
wages for a week of 4g hours, with
four and one-fourth hours constituting
the Saturday's work.
The wage increase will go through
the various departments, it being the
policy to bring the scale up to that
generally prevailing In the correspond
ing trades.
Stack for Mem at Ilalf Price.
Tor the benefit of all employes whose
annual earnings are under J2000 i.tj
portant plans are being developed. Un
der the direction of A. R. Erskine. pres
Ident of the Studebaker corporation, the
scheme provides for rewarding era
ployes in several ways.
Employes who have given an on.
broken year of service will receive an
anniversary check for five per cent of
their previous years earnings. At the
end of five years the anniversary check
la Increased to 10 per cent. The anni
versary check plan already has been in
force -at the Studebaker plants with
much success but under the new ar
rangements there will be some changes
more advantageous to the workers.
The co-portnership feature by which
employes may become Studebaker
stockholders is available to all em
ployes who have been In Studebaker
service for three months or more. They
may have stock purchased for their ac
count at one-half the market price. In
limited amounts each year, up to 20 per
cent of the annual earnings, and to
. 1400 total value.
May Get a Director.
The Intiial payments are 10 per cent
with the remaining 40 per cent paid in
four annual installments.
AH cash and stock dividends are
credited to the employes and they will
hold voting proxies for the election of
directors. It is probable that the em
ployes. when they reach the total of
20.000 at the South Bend plants, will be
asked to elect a director to represent
them on the board.
The vacation with pay Is an experi
ment which is rare among the large
corporations. Few factory workers are
given a week with full pay. Yet this
will be given to all employes who have
been there two years or more.
Studebaker Is preparing to double the
benefits, under the pension plan. Any
employe who has been In the Stude
baker employ 20 years may voluntarily
retire or be pensioned.
MOTOR TRUCK DEFENDED
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narrow-minded hostility manifested in
certain circles at this time will be com
pletely overcome.
"It is for the voters to nse their own
judgment and their influence.'
more an everyday matter much of the sawed-off shot guns and equipped with
Steel Tires of Ordinary Wagons Are
Blamed for Most of Dam
age to Highways.
There seems to be a tendency on the
part of some who have not thought
deeply on the subject to foster the idea
that the only wear to roads comes from
the use of the motor truck.
"A few years ago the automobile met
with this condemnation." says R. E.
Fulton, vice-president of the Interna
tional Motor Company, manufacturer of
Mack trucks, "but the automobile is
now a thing of such common use that
hardly anyone finds fault with it any
more.
"The motor truck Is rapidly becom
ing the nation's freight carrier, and
while it is not true, there are people
who believe it comes in direct compe
tition with existing means of transpor
tation of supplies, especially in rural
communities and betweea cities.
"There has been some unwise legis
lation against motor trucks as a result
of such an attitude. But with motor
trucks hauling more than 350.000.000
tons of farm products a year, the peo
ple .can hardly sit Idly by and allow
legislation based on false ideas to hit
at the very source of their life supply.
"Of all vehicles using our highways,
the motor truck probably causes the
least damaarola proportion to the serv
ice It renders. 1
"Tbereaeiwothlngi that cause
NO SPEEDING TO RAINIER
COPS TO HOLD MOTORISTS TO
SO -MILE LIMIT.
Pierce County Commissioners Issue
Warning That Speeders Will
Be Oat of Lock.
TACOMA, Sept. . Speeders, beware!
Here is the latest tip from Pierce
county on the speed limit to be enforced
along Rainier National highway.
There is a special speed deputy on
duty along the road with orders to
"get anything driving faster than
20 miles an hour which Is the speed
limit.
Thirty miles an hour Is fast enough
for any motoring party on the high
way, tne fierce county commissioners
announced last week in giving instruc
tions to the sheriff's office that a spe
cial officer be detailed to keep a watch
ful eye out for the tourists who are
more speedy than 30 miles per.
Koads on the mountain have been
new ly graded and cleared and" the
high-powered touring cars can tear up
the work of weeks in a few hours if
they maintain an excessive speed, the
commissioners said.
"You might as well give them a
warning," Commissioner J. W. Slayden
said, "because the law is going to be
enforced on the highway." J
automobiles and motorcycles, has been
erected on the Junipero boulevard, near
the entrance to the Lakeside-San Fran
cisco golf links, 100 yards from the San
Mateo county line.
Similar stations are to be erected at
the county line on the Bay Shore road
and the Mission road. The stations are
connected direct with the central police
station by telephone. As soon as an
automobile theft is reported the num
ber of the car and other identifying
data will be flashed to the sub-stations
guarding the roads of egress and in
gross into San Francisco. All machines
of the make stolen will be stopped and
inspected and similar precautions will
be taken at the ferries.
If machines are stolen at night the
same method will be used. An electric
sign bearing the word "Stop" will be
swung over the road and all cars in
spected before being allowed to pro
ceed. If efforts are made to escape,
police officers have instructions to use
the sawed-off shot guns.
The automobile association has
pledged its support to Chief White in
stamping out automobile thefts. In
San Francisco In 1918 1122 automobiles
were stolen and four per cent of this
number is a total loss. Hundreds of
machines recovered were damaged.
With all roads guarded night and
day." says Chief White, "it will be Im
possible for an automobile thief to get
In or out of San Francisco with a stolen
car.
Three men will be constantly on duty
at each of the three stations, accord
ing to Chief White, who will also seek
the co-operation of all police depart
ments in northern California aa most
of the stolen machines have been dis
posed of In the past in San Francisco.
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Contrary to very frequent advice, the
leather of the clutch should be kept
soft by liberal application of neats
foot oil so that it will engage slowly
instead of with a jerk.
SAN FRANCISCO GOES GUNNING FOR AUTOMOBILE THIEVES.
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PRETTY SOFT FOR HOBOS
KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD RIDE IS
AUTOS BEIXG SHIPPED.
Weary WUIies Loll in Slothful Ease
in Cars en Route From
the Factories.
"What d'yu mean, ride the rails?"
Not while there's so many luxurious
automobiles being shipped. The auto
mobiles are airy, well lighted and have
all the comforts of home, so why ride
the rails?
So say the "Weary Willies" of the
eastern states, according to reports
from the automobile manufacturers.
Which goes to show that the average
intelligence of the American is on the
increase. But from the viewpoint of
the motor car manufacturer who ships
the machines the practice is becoming
quite annoying.
Not only do the "bo's" loll on the ex
pensive upholstering of the new ma
chines. It is said, but they also burn out
the batteries reading some old news
papers. Probably the only "hard luck'
they experience is that it is not cus
tomary to wrap automobiles in old
papers, forcing the "Joyriders" to bring
their own literature.
Two distributors report that tramps
recently set the batteries of the light
ing systems going, one e.ven hanging
lights on the wall of the freight car,
while he read a bundle of old Sunday
newspapers at his ease. In one case the
bo, not satisfied wun enjoying Him
self en route at the expense of the
railroad and especially the motor car
company, stripped the car of everything
he could find that was ponaDie.
Numerous cases are being reported
and distributors and dealers are con-
siderinsr orotestlng in a body to the
railroad companies. Meanwhile side
door Pullmans have taken on a new
meaning for the nomad who seeks that
mode of transit.
HANDS OFF SPEEDOMETER
TAKING IT APART IS FOOLISH,
SATS STEWART MAXAGER.
as delicate as that of a watch and must I for the purpose. They may be properely I which is a machine timer and will
be adjusted by special machinery made I adjusted only by the use of a calibrator I the Bpeedometer properly.
Chief of Police "White aad D. EL tVatklns, secretary-manager California State
Aatomnblle asaoclatloa. Inspecting Sao Francisco's new thief-catching sta
tion. Sawed-off shotguns are part of equipment
Adjustment of Delicate Mechanism
Should Be Left to Service
Station Experts.
Counting the pieces in a speedometer
is the latest word In foolish practices.
The practice Is about as much use as
taking the spring out of a watch to see
what makes it spring. At least that
is the belief of Thomas A. Hart, man
ager of the Stewart Products Service
station in Portland.
When the speedometers are turned
out at the factory, according to Mr.
Hart, they are made so that they will
run. The Stewart Products men are
ever willing to explain just wnai maass
the things run but they are set against
the practice of taking them apart, be
cause even when they are apart, the
layman won't be able to figure out
lust what everything is for. Then, too,
there is the trouble of getting the
things back together again. Invariably
after being taken apart, there are
more parts than were originally in the
device. They are like ' watches that
way.
Many speedometer users spoil their
devices by endeavoring to fix or adjust
the speedometers. Their mechanism is
STORAGE
BATTERY
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Wfllard Threaded Rubber Insulation
Two Years Ago and Today
The story of a remarkable storage battery
invention and what it is doing for Motorists.
In the fall of 1917 readers of national magazines read about a new
WUlard, a Still Better Willard, a Willard with an entirely new idea in
battery construction Threaded Rubber Insulation. j
The Still Better Willard was not an experiment for two years before
that announcement a car builder put it on 35,000 cars. Many of those
first Willard Batteries with Threaded Rubber Insulation are still in use
after four years.
What is the Secret of Threaded Rubber Success?
Insulation had always been the big problem with any storage battery.
Ordinary materials wore out before the battery plates did. Re-insulation
was bound to come soon or late, and when insulation began to break down
the plates were injured.
But WUlard, for the first time, found a practical way to use rubber.
the one ideal insulating material, by piercing each rubber insulator with
196,000 tiny threads to permit passage of the electrolyte.
You ought to be posted on batteries and battery insulation, so that
When you need a new battery youTl be sure of the best your money can buy.
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