THE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 22, 1920 "
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EUROPE IS BIG FIELD
FDR U. S. MADE CARS
Credit Standing Must Be
Watched, Is Warning.
ABNORMAL PRICES PAID
Truck Business Continues Rapid
Growth ; Small Type of oMtor .
Seems to Be Favorite.
That there is a fine potential mar
ket for American cars and trucks in
Europe, but more for those manufac
turers who are already established
there and whose cars are well known
to the public, is the opinion of S. A.
Miles, the automobile show manager
of the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, who has just returned
from a three months' trip in Great
Britain, France and other parts of
Europe.
"Great care will be necessary In the
next two or three years in handling;
business on the other side because of
the uncertain business conditions,
which conditions, however, are very
much better than we have any idea
of here." said Mr. Miles. "The Eng
lish and French are keen for Ameri
can cars, are buying them now at ab
normally high prices and probably
will continue bo to do. The estab
lishment of new agencies and the up
building of new business during the
next two or three years will be at
tended by some risks and should be
undertaken only by concerns of un
questioned financial standing. It is
costly to do business there now and
no maker can hope to make much
headway unless . his representatives
carry an ample line of spare parts
and can render proper service.
Truck BuBtneas Brisk.
"As a result of the war, all Europe,
and in fact all the world, has been
completely sold on motor transporta
tion, both for persons as well as mer
chandise. The truck business con-
i - , . - ADnAnjall .Via -Dtl-
roads over there are overtaxed.
"The small type of car seems to be
the favored. Of these great numbers
are seen on the road, but of the big
cars not nearly so large a portion as
we see at home.
"Dealers with whom I talked de
clanefthat people are not anxious to
buy expensive cars, and moreover the
cost of operation has its effect. Gaso
line, which, by the way. is a very
much better grade than we have here
is selling at about 74 cents per Eng
lish gallon, which is high compared
with our price here, the result of high
taxes and the fact that all the gaso
line has to be imported.
"It is a pleasure to learn from our
prominent oil men that crude oil pro
duction is breaking all records and
that gasoline reserve stocks increased
substantially during April. Our
people should use gasoline carefully
and see to It that their carburetors
are properly adjusted.
Strenuous Competition Ahead,
"The English car manufacturers are
getting into production.after a strenu
ous time converting from war work.
I think the English as well as the
French are pretty well satisfied that
they get high value for their money
in the purchase of an American car.
"The European makers naturally
are putting forth every effort to off
set our trade In cars and trucks in
other countries. The rivalry is keen
but friendly. European manufactur
ers not overlooking the fact that
America has a great advantage in the
price at which it can sell its cars
throughout the world, owing to our
big home market that permits quan
tity production.
gether. as many of the jobs in this!
class are offered by passenger car
builders, who are using the same
power plants and front ends as their
passenger cars, with heavier rear ends
and some of high reduction rear axle."
On the other end of the capacity
scale, the writer finds the same con
ditions prevailing. There are fewer
makes of the heaviest capacity of
trucks, but of the makes being built
producition is on the increase. Just
as at the other end of the scale, the
builders of high capacity trucks is a
matter of requiring specialized de
sign, facilities and skill, and the mar
ket is likely to simmer down to a few
specialists, who will reach a produc
tion which will make competition dif
ficult for the rank and file of constructors."
In the matter of price MoToR's com
mentator finds that there has been an
average increase of 11.8 per cent over
the figures existing a year ago. The
greater increase has been registered
in the light capacities an in the 3-tonners.
As to what may be termed the most
popular capacities, the table accom
panying the article show that the one
ton size leads, with 30.5 per cent of
the total. The next follows the two-
ton capacity, with 27.75 per cent. The
two capacities may be said to lemo
nate the field, since they account for
nearly 60 per cent or all trucks built.
MARKS BAFFLE THIEVES
EVERY CAR SHOULD HAVE A
definite' IDENTIFICATION.
Each Owner Urged to Put on Pri
vate Marks So He Can Recover
Car If It Is Stolen.
Every ' motorist well understands
the fact that the automobile is one of
the easiest things of large value to
steal. It offers the greatest tempta
tion to the criminally inclined, as well
as to the dare-devil "joy rider," whose
ambition is a "swift time in any ma
chine that is handy, regardless of
gasoline and- inevitable damage. The
Joy rider usually leaves the crippled
auto in some remote spot, while the
genuine, calculating thief plans first
to get the car as far away as possible
and then to so disguise it that it may
be placed on the market "at a sacri
fice" without incurring the proba
bility of arrest.
It is easy enough to overcome the
Ingenuity of the most painstaking
thief who may obtain possession of a
car if the problem is given a little
thought and a few minutes of- time.
Knowing the number of the car, the
engine number, the serial numbers on
any of the parts is by no means ade
quate protection. The men who make
a business of stealing autos can over
come these marks of identification
just as easily as they can drive the
machine into a garage in a strange
town, have another coat of paint or
enamel applied and the car equipped
with a new set of tires.
There are many ways of so marking
a car that its identity can never be
lost to the owner, no matter how
great the alterations that are mad
by the thieves. A few of these
methods of placing some secret evi
dence of the proprietorship of the
owner on any automobile: Put
mark that cannot be mistaken on
some part of the car that the thief
would never think of inspecting. Re
move the upholstering and fasten your
card on the surface and then replace
the upholstering. No one is apt to
tear the interior of the car to pieces
after stealing it. Another baffling
method, is to bore a small hole in. tbe
frame, not entirely through, but just
enough to raise the surface a littl
Fill the hole with graphite and then
paint it over. No one will know that
it is there but the owner,! for even
close inspection will not disclose
mark of this kind. The intelligent
car owner may easily devise other
methods just as effective, methods
that are inexpensive and yet will en
able the owner to swear to the iden
tity of his car, regardless of any
transformation thieves may make.
The annual loss through the steal
ing of automobiles runs Into many
millions of dollars each year. Cer
Italy has ruled that 90 of its tain ability to identify stolen cars will
motor cars must be exported. France
has just taken. off the embargo on
cars although continuing a 45 duty
"All those with whom I talked in
Europe expressed, appreciation of the
co-operative spirit of America in pe
titioning congress to reduce the tariff
on imported cars 33 1-3, to permit
other countries to sell here just as
we are anxious to sell in their
country.
"The organizations in Franc and
England similar to our National Au
tomobile Chamber of Commerce not
alone exercise control over their
members exhibiting in automobile
shows but also in races and motor car
contests of various kinds. I expressed
doubt whether our manufacturers
would attempt to join racing with
their management of automobile
shows. We are members of the in-
do much
losses.
toward lessening these
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PERFORMANCE COUNTS'
Features You Get
Exclusively in
Mack Trucks
The Engine' Suspension
The Mack truck engine will not get
out of alignment and therefore func
tion inefficiently even if the frame is
twisted and distorted.
On the AB Mack models the bell
housing is not used to support the
engine, a separate steel beam being
employed for this purpose. This
beam is placed just behind the last
cylinder and through bolts passing
through the crankcase and down to
the lower bearing caps on the rear
main bearing 'support the engine
from it. A projection on a steel cast
ing covering the bottom" of the tim
ing gear case serves as a support for
the starting crank and front of the
engine. Another steel beam is joined
at its center to this member so that
twisting the frame cannot throw the
engine to either side.
On the Mack AC models, the heavy-duty
type, the motor is suspended by the crank
, shaftwhich transmits all shocks direct to
the drop forged engine cross members.
These cross members carry the engine on
a true three-point suspension with full uni
versal joint connection at the third point.
With this suspension the aluminum crank
case is merely an oil retainer. It carries
no weight and is subject to no strain.
MACK-INTERNATIONAL
MOTOR TRUCK CORPORATION
Tenth and Davis Streets.
0 NASH DIFFERENTIAL
TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH AUTO
MATIC LOOKING DEVICE.
DO HOT TRUST TO LUCK
CAPABLE TOOU . KIT IS VITAL
NECESSITY TO ATJTOIST.
Accessory Stores Continually Find
ing New Time and Money
Saving Devices.
Few autoists are really prepared
for a. trip when they embark on an
ternational organization of man ufac-I overnight journey. "I'll trust to luck"
turers. to enow the right spirit of
co-operation, although we cannot i
join in all the plans which might
operate well in Kurope, where the
countries are small and have small
car production.
Large Scale Output Planned.
'In general. I would say that trade
conditiAs overt there are rather ex
traordinary at this time. cars are
celling at figures far beyond their
actual value, simply because of a
shortage. This is nearingr an end.
has cost many a motorist many a. dot
lar and much worry and trouble that
a little foresight would have avoided.
Is your repair kit in shape? Is
your pump capable of the job that
may be put up to it along the road?
ir you nave a blowout, do you happen
to have a boot along to make the
temporary repair? Plenty of tools in
the kit and plenty of matches? Oh,
there are a thousand and one ques
tions a motorist may ask himself on
the eve of a motor tour.
however, and with the British and travel through an accessory store and
French manufacturers getting Into
production, and the raising of em
bargoes, trade will soon get to
normal competitive basis. It is in
teresting to note that concerns like
Austin & Woolsey in England, and
Renault and. Citroen in France, are
planning a big production .of cars as
Against their former policies of a lim
ited number of high-priced chassis." J Big Construction Era Opening in
see the new things in the way of
time saving and money-saving devices
that have been developed by this im
portant phase of the automobile in
dustry within the last year.
MOTOR TRUCKS 3POR JAPA3i
Claim Made for It That It Gives
Positive Traction All the Time
to All Driving Wheels.
Buyers and users of truck trans
portation are paying unusual atten
tion this year to the automatic lock
ing differential which is featured on
Nash rear-driven trucks and Nash
quads.
"Briefly," says C. B. Voorhis, vice
president and general sales manager
of the NasTl Motor company, "this
differential, on Nash trucks, prevents
the spinning of either rear wheel, no
matter what resistance its mate may
be encountering. On the Nash quad
the differential operates on both front
and rear wheels, proving a positive
drive on all four wheels at all times.
On both models the wheel with the
greatest ' traction gets the greatest
power.
"On the straightaway the instant
one wheel starts to travel faster
than the other, the differential locks
automatically. The drive axle be
comes for all practical purposes a
solid one, and the power of the- motor
is distributed to the wheels in exact
proportion to the traction they are
getting, ims wnen one wheel be
comes mired or meets a slippery spot.
the wheel with traction receives ade
quate power to pull the truck out of
trouble.
"To the same extent that this type
of differential prevents the spinning
of a wneel in driving, it also pre
vents the slipping 6f a wheel as the
brakes are applied, or the skidding
of a wheel on slippery roads. Severe
friction strains are thus eliminated,
and greater tire economy assured un
der all conditions.
"One very distinctive advantage of
this design of Interlocking differ
ential is that it is of simple construe-
LIGHT TRUCK MODELS FEWER
Makers Show Tendency to Bniid
Heavier Vehicles.
There.are fashions in motor trucks
as well as in ladies' gowns and lin
gerie, though the reasons dictating
cnange in tne one are probably found
ed on more solidly utilitarian bases
than rules in the field of feminine
apparel. In the March issue of Mo
TOR, the national magazine of motor
ing, a writer notes this tendency
toward change in motor truck design
In an article entitled Capacity Lead
ing Truck Theme.
Manv.truck manufacturers." says
the " writer, "are abandoning the
lighter capacities. In 1919 there is
but one manufacturer of a vehicle of
less than 1000 pounds capacity. There
have been as many as 10. There were
four times as many half-tonners in
1918 as are offered this year. Some
of the makers who entered the busl
Tiess a year or so ago. Intending to
concentrate on a single model of half
ton capaiAty. are now building trucks
up to three tons capacity. The story
of the 1500-pounder, that bulwark of
the department store trade, is the
same. w hat few three-quarter-ton
models there are left are being sold
in larger quantities than ever, but the
business has simply simmered down
to a few. '
"Builders of one-tonners, however.
refuse to be discouraged, and there
are more of this capacity than ever
The makers of this size are not the
one.-who-made4n former years alto-
tion, it not being necessary to add
to the number of gears, clutches or
mechanical dogs in the effort to se
cure an interlocking feature. It
Nash built, of the highest . quality
materials and is completely housed
to exclude dust or dirt.
"It is this particular type of dif
ferential, moreover, which is large
ly responsible for the satisfactory
performance of Nash trucks an
quads in day-in-and-day-out serv
ice. andewhich keeps their operating
costs so low."
HOUSES FOR TIRE BUILDERS
Racine Robber Company Putting
Up 200 Homes.
Two hundred modern houses will be
built by the Racine Rubber company
for employes of their factories
Racine, Wis. The contract has been
awarded to the William Adams com
pany, Chicago contractors, and plans
have been made to. start the work at
once.
In describing this proposed housin
development, Horace DeLisser, presi
dent of the Racine Rubber company,
stated that It recently purchased
60-acre tract in Racine near the com
pany's plants, to be used exclusively
ror employer nouses. It is the pur
pose of the company to develop this
property into an attractive residen
tial park.
The 60-acre tract has been laid out
in lots 40x100 feet and the houses,
with modern Improvements, will be
built upon these lots in double-de
tached etyle. Each . 40x100 lot, ac
cording to the plans, will take car
of two houses and permit of an open
space of ground all around the
which can be used as a lawn.
The development will consist of-te
distinctive styles of houses; there will
i be 20 houses of each style and onl
permanent, substantial materials will
be used m the work.
The Racine Rubber comnuT
, building these houses in the interest
lor its employes, who will be given
jan opportunity to occupy them at
I nominal rentals. The company fur-
l tner intends to orrer its emploves th
'advantage of buying these houses at
the Far East.
Japan, accustomed for centuries- to
her houses devoid of furnishings, that
can be put up and taken down in a
day or so, and her low wooden sheds
utilized aa factories, is on the eve of
transformation into a country of mod
ern fireproof hotels. apartment
houses, factories and office buildings.
With this construction, many con
tracts for which have recently been
given to American engineers, will be
opened new and important fields for
the exploitation of the motor truck.
Already American-made trucks are
being sent to the far east to do their
share in the development. The George
A Fuller company, a contracting con
cern that operates all over the United
States, has placed an initial order
with the International Motor company
for six Mack trucks which are to be
shipped to Japan within the next two
months. These trucks will begin work
in Tokio, where the company has a
contract that will take five years to
complete, and where it will soon open
a' branch office.
Japan has made plenty of money
during the war, and with it she is go
ing to provide herself, even in the
face of danger of earthquakes, with
buildings of steel and concrete con
struction, strong enough to defy
earthquakes, that will keep pace with
modern progress.
The market for motor trucks that is
opened by the occldentalization of
Japan is indicative of how the truck
will follow American ingenuity and
skill to all parts of the world.
. Change- oil every 800 miles.
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BUILT TO EXCEL
Much urisdom has the Great Spirit granted the
Chiefs of my people. For many years have they
been builders of tires. Deeply rooted in their
heart is the ambition to make a tire so famed in
all the land that the glory of. it will be reflected
even on their children's children. And so, O
Motorists, our "D" Type tire is produced. Into it
uie have put only the finest materials the world
affords; methods that express dur high ideals; and
workmanship that only masters in their craft can
give. Our search for improvement never ends,
but meanwhile it represents our best; the tire we
have built to excel all others.
For many moons, O Travelers of the Highways,
have we made a study of your needs. And our
"D" Type tire, with its extra-large over-size, ad
ditional ply of fabric, and generously proportioned
extra rubber, together with "Savage" construction,
has been made to meet them. A great multitude
of you are now saying it is "the best fabric tire on
the American market".
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"little Heap" as a character is symbolic of The
SpredteU "Savage" Tire Company. By birth he is a
"Savage"; by adoption, a member of The House of
SpreckcU. J Wise for hi year, educated in modern
ways and imbued with the spirit of the organization
he represent, the little "chief i an authority on the
construction of "Savage" tire and tubes, It is fit
ting that the sterling qualities and the tutdine of
.his race arc characteristic, too, of the products with
tchich he t associated.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES'
APPEAR IN THIS SERIES
A flaw Departiare in Tare Cos
Fmft Selected Raw Material.
Bonn and Premium Pay to
Wfaranmi.
Hand BtiDt.
Wrapped Tree SuurU C
Oiw aUa and Extra Ply.
Special Braalnr.
Extra Breaker Cover.
Teach Tread.
Buih to Exact. -A
Product ef the Hene -ef
Spreckda.
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Agents Everywhere
A arentji Everywhere
mnat vaa.aona.hle cost under a time-
payment plan recently established by
Mr. DeLiBser.
WIDE EXPERIENCE AS OWXEB
Sir David Tu. Salomons Sow Run
ning His 8 6th Car.
In discussing the post-war car, Sir
David L. Salomons, vice-president of
the Royal Automobile club of Eng
land, gives as many as 26 points
which are worthy of special consider
ation and these, he considers, are only
a few of those which go to the make
up of an ideal vehicle.
His experience, according to the
Scotsman of Edinburgh, undoubtedly
warrants his conclusions, for already
he has possessed 86 cars of most
makers.
What may be senewhat surprising
is that Sir David is never satisfied
with the car when it comes from the
maker. He procee'ds at once to re
build and improve it, spending upon
thla delightful hobby of his no fewer
than three or four months before he
ventures to ris the car on the road.
It is Interesting to find that he is
not a believer in the dick, wheel, but
prefers the metal spoke wheeL One
would imagine that his preference is
based on the appearance of the car.
The disk wheel does not appeal to
the artistic eense, although it un
doubtedly serves an important utili
tarian object, continues the Scots
man's motor critic.
Most owner-drivers will approve of
his desire that all possible parts of
cars should be altered so as to enable
them to be taken apart without spe
cial tools. Indeed, the chief aggra
vation of a car in these days is that
scarcely anything can be altered or
manipulated without particular' ap
pliances. Simplicity of design will in the
long run help toward this desirable
end. As an illustration of the perfec
tion of- workmanship on o. ) car, of
which Sir David Salomons speaks
with favor, he mentions that the dif-
ferential bevel wheel are run by
four small bevel wheels upon a cross.
If the pins of the cross are oiled the
wheels cannot be put on; that a, the
work must be to at least one ten
thousandth of an inch. The wheels
must be put on dry and oiled after
ward. Such perfection of workman
ship ought to be common to every !
motor car factory in these days when
gun mountings and shell cases have
had to be turned out by the thousands
with equal accuracy.
Straightening Wire.
Stray pieces of copper wire have
many uses, but it is often necessary
to straighten out wire that has al
ready been used before it can be em
ployed again. See that there are no
sharp bends or kinks in the wire and
straighten out by hand any of these
which are found. Fasten an end of
the wire to some firm anchorage
grip U in the vise if necessary. Loop
the other end of the wire around a
hammer handle or similar instrument
A."oto Lock:
Locks gears in neutral
Step on it and your car is locked
Clfin PAvirnwI for the arrest conviction" of
D1UU JaVcWarU thief who can take your car if
equipped with this lock. It means perpetual insurance
against theft and joyriders..
See your dealer for demonstration or
E. J. WATTS
at
COUCHMAN'S GARAGE
Nineteenth and Couch Streets
Phone Broadway 3696 Dealers Write
Salesmen, see Mr. Watts today from 9 -A. M. to 1 P. M.
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Before you buy your new car ask yourself these questions:
1 Is the car manufactured by a reliable company?
"2 Has the car the comfort, durability, economy and lines I desire?
3 Will I get the service and "backing of the dealer after I have made
my selection?
4 Can I get parts when necessary?
5 Will I get 100 value for every $1 invested?
- The ScrippS-Booth Light Six answers all of these questions and invites
your most rigid investigation into our financial standing, reputation and
service policies.
A demonstration will convince you of the merits of the Scripps-Booth
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and then pull out the length of wire.
Repeat this operation as often aa
necessary. If the wire is of soft
copper it will stretch a little, which
improves it.
Caring for Tools.
It is an admirable idea to wrap
good tools, such as drills, wrenches.
etc., in oiled cloths before stowing
them away in the tool compartment.
The oiled cloth prevents the imple
ments from becoming rusty, which is
quite likely to happen in the course
of a strenuous season's running.
Don't take it in one load if it should
be hauled in two.
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