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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1924)
TEQ TO ADVICE B President of General Motors ; Corporation i Gives' Opinion ' ; "It Iamy opinion that sach an nouncements as the automotive in dustry bas been accustomed to make during, the summer will this year indicate a higher trend ' of prices.' ays Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president. General; Motors Corporation.- '-.. , ' .. ' "The question can best be un derstood' by an analysis of what has taken place so far in the in dustry. 'Compare the price that la paid for a jriotor car today with that paid for' the' nearest compar able car: six or seven years aero. In the case of a motor car a smaller number. of actual dollars will purchase .an immeasurably better article judged, b? any stan dard that may be set. ' f "The reason for .this Is that mo tor car manufacturers hare re-' .duced the price of cars In line with and frequently in advance of-reduced costs made passible by bet ter engineering; and improved" manufacturing methods. This has accelerated the natural increase in rolume whieh ;in turn has made still lower costs and subsequently still towfr selling prices. sTne manufacturer ,-'has been, satisfied to take 'Itfwer profit per car which has been compensated for in some degree through increased tarnover '.which in turn tends to equalize the-reiurnor capital-employed, j : , "While additional economics wiiralways be posslbIe,there' are compensating factors, which must be given consideration," especially the increased cost of distribution. An adjustment, therefore, must be reached sooner or - later. This will come about when the curve of expansion flattens out. "It is Impossible that the con sumption of motor cars this year will be any greater thaa last year. I believe that prices made last year discounted to some extent what was believed to be a still ex panding volume. This . is ; evi denced by the fact that -several manufacturers have already ad vanced prices during the past few months. I believe the pendulum has swung too far .and a reaction Is certain to come until the situa tion is equalized.,". Many Women at National Convention at Cleveland j WASHINGTON, D. C May 25. -r-Dne thousand women will attend Che Cleveland convention: 350 to 400 of whom will be delegates and alternates, according to an esti m a t e ma d e y se s t e r - day bys Mrs. Harriet Tayltor Upton, vice chairman of the National Re publican Committee. Ninety-three women, delegates with. full voting powers have already beett'listed at Rational Republican headquarters and therfe are 10 states that .as yet have not sent in their reports. In addition, there will be roughly, about 250 women alternate deje gates. !- . ' , . - .-.. "' . The I associate members of , the National Republican Committee, members of the Women's National Republican Executive Committee EXCITING MOMENT DURING FOOTBALLIATCH PLAYED BY, MOTOR CYCLE ENTHUSIASTS IN ENGLAND --'- "J.-iWWwA-i ' jiAv,.fr;'i:'V'v TVWl'.i'- .v:..;:,..-1-.:,-. i- . , v I i "iH'i ii -in ii V i -niti n- V,--" laken during result of a .spill. Irreverent chroni- I miht"' provide new tbrllls for the Prlnco of Walea.1 - This photograph. nwich between toaxoa from Mid- I clera of tbo day's bappenlngs sue- also ' attend the , convention. Among them will-be Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird of Massachusetts ; Mrs. Med ill McCormick of Illinois; Mr 8. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and Mrs.. Charles II. Sabin of N. York.. Women legislators are to have a prominent part in the con vention. Mrs. Nettie M. Clapp of Cleveland is chairman rof the women's advisory committee - for Cleveland, which, is arranging for the entertainment of the women delegates and visitors. A meeting of the National-Republican -Committee is scheduled for June 4.. preceding the"conven- and-other prominent women illtion. Among tbe prominent wom en who will not be delegates but will nave an immense Influence with, the ' delegates are Mrs. Nich olas Longworth, Mrs. Mabel Walk er Villebrandt of Vashlnton;; Mrs. 'Bessie ; Parker Brueggeman of St. Lou4s; Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler of New 'York, Miss Betsey Edwards, the woman manager-of the Cool id ge forces and Miss Mar ion Parkhurst of New York. Elaborate arrangements are be ing -made for the entertainment of the .women. The auditorium in which the delegates will be seated Is a new structure housing 14,000 people. The seats are all comfort able arid ' the Btage can ' be seen The Bay , of Fomir, Wheel Birakes Is Sere - . Slay There is not a legitimate argument against FOUR WHEEL BRAKES designed and constructed as they are on the STAR. t 1 -V WHY? ' They eliminate slddding which is the foremost argu ment in their favor. They will not lock or skid the wheels, and have no ef fect on the steering. STAR "four-wheel brakes can not and do not squeak, regardless of how ybuapply them. STAR FOUR WMEL BRAKES can not, and do not, drag or heat, and the brake rods can We, will guarantee to reline a complete set of FOUR WHEEL BRAKES, on the STAR in less than one hour, and at one half the expense of the ordinary two wheel brakes. : fJ.-H. l ; Don't be misled by the knocker of FOUR WHEEL BRAKES, of the Star type, but come in and take a ride, for we can convince the worst -skeptic in ten miriutes of their merits. FOUR WHEEL BRAKES, used on the STAR is a greater boon to the driver than the self starter, for they spellSATY Don't be a skeptic. , Come in and let us "take you for a ride in a STAR CAR WITH FOUR WHEEL BRAKES. Drive it yourself . Put it to the test. Sell yourself on FOUR WHEEL BRAKES. : Salem .-iimtoiiiioMIe- F. G. Delano A. LEoff Co from every, seat. There .are. no posts-or'piMai-s. Opening off 'the auditorium are a number of rooms for committees.' The assistant sergeants - at arms "will "com e" from various states' and 'the shers 'wilt all be from Cleveland. There will be women in. both., groups. . ' Steamers bave . been arranged to take the delegates .sailing on Lake Erie;.; There .will be special performances . in,' two of tbe thea tres and residents of " Cleveland are furnishing automobiles to take the visitors sightseeing. The na tional -headquarters for. - women will be with the men's headquar ters "in the new "Federal Reserve bank, which has "Just been com pleted and.which is as yet unoccu pied amd was offered for head quarters for. natipnal, .state' and Jocal; committees. This bank la but two blocks from the auditor ium where the convention sessions will take place. i V i:i At . the . women's headquarters will be Mrs. Leonard 7. Woods of Pittsubrg, second vice chairman of the .National" Republican Commit tee, and Mrs., Harriet Taylor Up ton, vice chairman of the National Republican Executive Committee ; t Beginning with Saturday, after noon, June 7th, preceding the con vention a convention tea will be served each afternoon at the Hoi lenden Hotel with Mrs. Woods as hostess. : s i On the evening of June 7 mem bers of the 1 National Committee will be entertained by th- Cleve land . committee. ' Among, the speakers will be t Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. Women will in all probability make the nominating; and seconding speech es for the candidates. Among the yoltngest delegates wiir be Miss Dora M. Sisriey of Tucumcari, New Mexico. I Mrs. William Lowell Putnam of Boston, president of the Coolidge Club of America, .13 analternate at large for Massachusetts. Many women who have been at the heads Of Coolidge clubs and Coolidge campaign committees In .various states will be delegates to the con vention, i Mrs. William T. Hall owell of Port Madison, Iowa, as sociate chairman of the Collidge Committee .for Iowa, is, one of Iowa's delegates at large. V Kingdom of the S. C. .S. K To Crown its Rulers -if BELGRADE, April 26. Elabo rate preparations are being made both here and at Zagreb, the Cro atian capital, for the anointing and crowning of King Alexander and Queen Marie as king and queen of the Kingdom of the Serbs Croats -and I Slovenes, which will lake place this summer, j? The monastery of Gitche is be ing restored for the purpose. The ceremony will follow the Serbian -mat wbvihOoldnt lie swell with pride as h -shows cfThls Col umbia Roadster.,. It bat carried him many a pleasaat aile. 7V Stoodsttr tt a favoritt bcjt"bicyd imcmUm brakauManltuta. WwtStld tThts model t $43.50 : Other Columbw S39 to (47 Just Pmy 410 down Term to sua ; Credits Reduction -on Automobile Operation Cost to Good Roads The 43 per cent reduction of cost of operating county agent au tomobiles in Minnesota between 1920 and 1923 is largely due to the improvement of highways. George A. Pond, cost- account ant at the University Farm, St. Paul, has made public the records showing this saving which he credits to good roads, good dry weather, and - lower gasoline and tire prices,5 and he further 'States that similar, saving was undoubt edly made by all other Minnesota cars. - ' During 1923, ftfty-slx -county agents ran their cars an average of 8,924. miles at a total mile cost of 6.49 cents; while in 1920 fifty- one county, agents made an aver age of only 6,447 miles - at the higher cost of 11.51 cents per mile. All but two or three of the machines were lightr four-cylinder cars. - ,".,-.e,v-- - - Among some of the items were gasoline costs .which dropped from 2.31 cents to 1.30 cents between 1920,fand 1923.: tires and tubes dropped from 1.G5 to .61 -cents; repairs ?went' down from 2.57 cents to 1.32 cents; and ' depreciation" dropped -from ; 3.15 cents 'to 1.98 CetS.' -"i- To good roads may properly be credited the saving of S of the 5 cents per mile. - Applied -to the 450,000 motor vehicles -registered in Minnesota during 1923, at an average of '5,000 miles each, the savings "by good 1 rOads would ' be 3x4BO,D0Ox5,O00, or ?67,250,0O0 annually." ' . - - - i ' Joyd E. Ramcden 387 Court Street precedents, . but several features will .be adopted from the ancient ceremonial of the Croatian kings.' before, Croatia., became an appan age of thet house of Hapsburg. m. The foreign guests at the coro nation will be a' sharp 'reminder' of the changes in the royal fami lies that have occurred as a result of the world war. , But the house of Hohenzollern will be. represent ed . through the Sigmaringjn branch, which is reigning In Ron- mania. Queen Marie of. Serbia !s a daughter of Queen Marie of Roumania. .-. ) One of the dethroned kings who will attend the ceremony, on the ground of relationship to Queen Marie of Serbia, is ex-King George of Greece, who is married to Queen Marie's sister, ex-Queen Elizabeth. Thus ter family - of Marie of Roumania, called the "Mother-InLaw" of the Balkans, win oe represented at the . . cere mony by two reigning and one de posed king.' ' . t ' A Balkan sovereign who will not take part in the festivities will be Boris, king of the Bulgarians. It is extremely unlikely that Boris, reigning over a defeated people. will be asked to mingle with, the conquerors, each of -wbom now holds territory that belonged to Bulgaria before the war. The event will be made all the more notable because it will mark the thousandth anniversary of the first kingdom of Croatia. " 3 J Km i I Mileajge Costs You soon forget the terw dol- lars -sa-ved on "cheap" tires, .bat not those extra thousands of. miles gained on ffood tires. 'These big oversixe C-T-C hand built low inflation cords we ; carry are the best of the good tires with extraordinary mileage, the toughest of treads, perfect noa-kld grip .and an unparalieied ; strrnjth and resiliency which per mits reasonably low location to mmrnrn ridiag easier and c tbe ear-. Theiw is afae a '&T-C seWt Bal. tea ttra fee . waaca fits ear C-T-C Salem Automobile Co. Valley Mxtor Co. Ira Jorgenson Vick Bros. Colombia Tire Corporation Factory Braach, -477 Court St. Marion Automobile Co. (Bfi T O THIS U II Experts Seo Prosperous Sea. son Ahead 7 tor Wide Awake Dealers By Lv O. BALDWIN, Manager of Radio Sales. ' ' The 'Wlllard Storage 'Battery company is not-, looking for any material decrease in the radio bus iness during the eomlng summer months. Vi'jThere Is ' an organized movement among radio manufac turers an d radio dealers to boost summer radio' sales.: "r;; 4 The summer of .1923 -did not show the decided " drop in radio business as f did the ' sammer ot 1922, and radio dealers are con fident that an even greater volume Of business can be expected during the summer t)f 1924. r , There are a number of reasons for this : r The i Republican Conven tion In Cleveland during June and the - Democratic National Conven tion In New York; will both bo broadcast. The ' political Interest should mean many additional pur chases ; of receiving sets. . v Then there are many more class B, high rpower 'broadcasting ,sta tions than last summer, and ev ery broadcasting station .will con tinue to operate."' The new . wave lengths among high power stations will insure better, reception . this summer than last summer. TL will not be; the Interference tc t t tend with that we had during t. . summer of '1923. ' . -' Itadio. receiving sets have ben Improved. They are raore efr; cient and . should give better re ception. The sale of receiving sets is expected to increase 100; pr cent over last summer. Durir z the last CO days sales have reach J great volume. . Sleeping Sickness Is increasing inEnr.J (By Matt) - , LOND9X, May, 9.SleerIr.T sickness is ?rapidly -IncreAslng '' iri this country, and 649 cases were notified by doctors in the - first' three weeks of April against 4 6S in-March, 21 7 'in February and 7S: in January. . . White -investigations Into. tha cause of the disease-are being car ried out fcy the Medical Research Council, doctors adnlt they ,'do not know either a cure. or any means of preventing the spread. Large towns appear to be -mure afected than .rural . districts cad the disease seems to spread west iward.-..-r .? ,'.;,r' ; : . ,; s A medical officeT of -health siya from one-fourth to one-half of tl i patients die and not many eft'. remainder have, so far,coin;IeU!y recovered, r . , :..,.- ' s t 'a t E s r.i A I ; WANT: A DS Tbe shortest .dlstasco txt r:3 buyer and jcir. , ,. ' J o : - f ' 3CBI551y! THE purchaser who keeps -careful check cn "1 1 ( tires miles knows his exact cost. After a thorough test with the McClircniAutctrlr , Cord against any other cords over ths rr.2ur.tz!rj ; into the Imperial Valley on one of the O-Iircm'a sUge lines, the McClaren Autocrat Cords c-V3 Zi " superior service over any other make us zd. Asa result, McClaren Autocrat Cords are now bein -used on atage work over this hard drive ' It is worth-while -economy. A buyer cF tires V.zi ' the right to get genuine dollar-fordollzr scnlcs. " Every motorist should analyze the features cf tlo tires he buys, in order to" judge' just how much they will contribute to long life and cstirfrct try mileage.. Notice in the McClaren Autocrat Cord tl.a special features designed to promote service. Come !n today and let us discuss these remsr!:r.L!3 features with you features which have proven ih tests to guarantee to the user long tire life and extra tire miles. tmrnm Sold by Ccmer Court end HlIi PHONE 44 USEOUR FUWEH