SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1025
ter C. White, president of the
White Motor company, in a letter
to shareholders.
"The . White f aciory was re
opened September 8 after having
been closed two weeks for the
purpose of carrying out a major
increased efficiency and produc
tion, now. and "in the future, he
continued.,
"All schedules were met in ad
vance of the Ehut down, and
since the resumption, of-activities
the schedule requirements have
been continued. The move involv-
400 machines, the trying of nn
merous new tools designed for.
more . continuous and v ; nnifornt
vldes flexibility for future needs.
siep in the program of rearrang
United ..States Motor !!Car
Manufacturers No w -Turn-
Oakland Plant to Turn Out
Classified Ads Bring Results
ing the mechanical equipment for ed
tue reocating of more than
80 Percent More Mach
i fines Than Before
. Cing id New Field '-
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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.planning for expected large In-
ffeaseoC. business in the foreign
Held, leaders .of the automobile
industry will map out espwrt pro
grams -at' the-fall meeting of the
National 'Automobile Chamber of
cbmmerce, October 8. " 1
'Johi N, Willys and C. .W. Nash
are announced , to take part in the
dfscussion relating particularly, to
.iiroSor cars.' M. L. Pulcher, presi
dent of theFederal Motor Truck
company, will outline the prob
lems in the export marketing of
nvptor trucks. ' - ,
-Vmong other officials vm the
program will be H. H. Hills, Pack
iar.; E. C. Morse. Chrysler; Per
cy p. wen, Dodge Brothers; . George
; Daniels, Locomobile; Sid
Black. Clereland; J. H. Dreibel
btf." General Motors, v
"the meeting is preliminary to
the Second World Motor Trans
port congress to be held In New
York, January 11-13, 1928.
'The topics arranged for the Oc
tober meeting include:' ! M
tfA. What Can JJe Done to Oft
. set Sales Resistance - from ; High
Taxation on American ; Cars
Abroad? Under this heading will
be discussed r solutions 'T for high
taxation through change In engine
design ; ' fore ign .-," assembling
plants; N.A.C.C. cooperation with
government and change of policy
In commercial treaties. :
, How Can Costs for Deliver
. .In g ' Automobiles to Foreign Des
tinations be Reduced? Discussion
will center "on needs of according
preference on export over domes
tic7 shipments to obtain greater
. turnover by dealer; elimination of
boxing; facilitating of export ser
vice and general items entering
into landed costs abroad. r
How Can Credit Facilities
Icl, Encourage Larger Volume of
Exports be Provided? Discussion
w)U take in developments, for fi
nancing ' of wholesale ; export
trade; obstacles in way of retail
sales on time payments abroad;
a fd general means for solving fi
nancial problems in" exports.
p. What Promotional : Work
Should be Undertaken: to Stimu
late Demand Abroad? Proposals
will be considered for stimulating
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Thm Ford watchmaker's shop in Engineering Laboratories of ths Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, Mich.
Repairs and Regulates all
b Ford Railroad Watches and i
Ships' Clocks Others .
Keep Hundreds of f
Factory Clocks Tick
in on Time. y
In every gpeat industry the element
of time plays a moet important part,
but it would be di&cult to find an
institution wbne it requires such close
attention na in tLe Ford organizahian
which not only keeps one watchmaker
continually at work, but in addition
keeps a corps of clock men busy seeing
that some hundreds cf clocks tick the
time to the second.
This element of time radiates into4
every division -ol the Ford industry.
regulating the hour when lumber
reaches the mills, wben coal is loaded,
when the ore reaches the blast furnact,
when molten metal is poured, when
motor cars are completed, when rord
trains move, Ford ships sail, Ford air
toancs wing their way into space ana
when Ford employes come to work
ad quit.
t t Check Shipe Clocks.'
: Today a Ford ship, homeward bound,
after carrying the name of Ford across
the Atlantic to an European port for
tbe first time, is proceeding on its way
with clocks that were checked and
regulated in the Ford Engineering
laboratories at Dearborn, Mich., where
precLsioninevcryUungisthewatcnword.
Another Ford snip, plying the Atlantic
coast, likewise carries clocks regulated
in Uieae laboratories, the same as the
giant Ford steel freighters which ply
the Great Lakes carrying coal and iron
ore.
It is the business of a watchmaker,
whose workshop is in a bright little
room at the Dearborn laboratories, to
see that the ships' clocks are in perfect
time. lie also keeps check on the
watches used by trainmen on the
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad, the
Ford railway, and this alone is an
important job.
Road Supplies Watches.
Incidentally, the D. T. & I. is the
only railroad in America which supplies
watches to its trainmen. Some 300
watches ere constantly in use, with 60
"lcaiiers"' irs the v.atchmaker's room
ready to go out whenever the occasion
requires. No employe of the railroad
is permitted to either set or attempt to
regulate the watch be carries. Any
timepiece that is off standard time even
a minute must be turned in for a
Toaner" until it is reoeired and ref
lated.
Foot chronometers and two' master
clocks, checked daily bv radio, are
standards used for regulating all rail
road watches and ships clocks.
In the ereat Highland Park and
River Rouge plants of the Ford Motor
Company more than 100,000 employes
register in and out every day.; Their
time is checked on cards by more than
420 clocks and a special staff of men is
maintained to that every clock
registers the correct time day in and
day out. serving impartially the
workers and the company alike in the
great scheme of manufacture, : for it is
essential, in order to maintain proper
produc' ' n costs and efficiency through
out the organisation, that everything
proceeas in exact order ana upon the
minute so that people throughout the
world who are using and dexire Ford
products mav be served.
of demand abroad through efforts
of individual manufacturers and
through cooperative etorts in mo
tor transport congresses and other
promotional activities.
INVENT RDI HOLDER
EUGENE, Ore. A new type of
rim holder with which the rim is
disengaged by the single turning
of one bolt, has been invented by
VALTER P CHRYSLER'S
( 'hUOTORIST MUST PROTECT PEDESTRIAN
i The ' motorist may expect the
.pedestrian to do anything' '
-The pedestrian must-know what
the motorist is going to do.
) The pedestrian may "jay-walk,"'
- even though he isn't supposed to.
1 The motorist must protect tb4
"jay-walker. 1 i'
The pedestrian ns? 8art m front;
of a moving vehicle even - though
; the motorist has the signal to go
; But the motorist must have his car
i under control and must protect that
(pedestrian who insists upon aking
.chances.
4 Motoristi should sound their;
; horns in approaching a "blind" cor
ner, a curve, a hilltop, or, whers
.there is not a clear view, '
Extra care is necessary Id ros
ing most . bridges. Occidents on
bridges are usually ieriousv
Motorists should promptly funt
out of the tracks when signalled to ;
do so by a street car. Street cars
must follow rails. ' ;i -r
Motorists should not try i to out
guess each other. A wrong guess
may mean a serious accident.
A car going a reasonable rate of
, pel should not be nassed. . . '
In coming from behind street cars
It sure there art no approaching
Vthiclts
To ret by it requires more speed
than is safe. . .
In . coming from behind street
cars pedestrians should make, sure
there are no approaching automo
biles." : '
Pedestrians, -r in crossing streets,
skkrald not obstruct their views with
umbrellas. '
The middle of the street is not
a safe place to read a newspaper.
Roller skating in the street is
dangerous.
R. II. Pierce and George Anderson
of this city. The "P.-A." auto
matic wheel embraces a rim of
the ordinary type and fits the
c?ouble disc wheel, with the ex
ception of a bead, which is upon
the inside center. The discs are
made of 12 gauge steel for the
heavy car, and 14 gauge for the
light car. After the two plates
have been rolled they are placed
together and the end of their cir
cle meet in a flange. It is this
flange that the bead upon the rim
4 fits. To prevent -the, rim from
rolling on the flange It is: turned
in. making an accident impossi
ble. For the purpose of always
keeping the tire in perfect line
one of the discs is a true circle.
On the opposite disc is the ap
pliance by which the rim is 'put
on the wheel., A section of the
flange, including some of the
plate, la left movable which in
turn connects with an eccentric
adjusted to the tightening bolt
When the rim is fitted to the
flange the section is down; the
next move is to clamp the rim
so the section is raised by turn
ing the bolt and lifting the eccen
tric, making the section complete
the wheel circle. The bolt auto
matically goes on past the center,
making an absolute lock. A space
is left for the valve stem, and
also to heighten the efficiency a
permanent cap is screwed to a set
of threads.
today or tomorrow to the supreme
court from the decision of the
Hennepin county district court or
dering that commercial j trucks
must continue to pay license
taxes at the rate of 10 per cent
of the value of the truckj
Truck owners fighting for low
er rates, contend the 100 per cent
levying lists are unjust ard dam
aging. The decision to appeal
followed a conference of officials.
directors and counsel of the asso
ciation. ' j
PONTIAC, Mich. Oct. 10.-
Ann'juncement has just , been
made by A. R. Clancy, general
manager or . the uaRiana Motor
Car company, that the October
output of the Oakland factory is
being increased more than 80
per cent, over the preceding
month.
"This increase is doubly signifi
cant," said Mr. Glancy. "because
our September production was the
highest of any month this year,
exceeding the best previous month
by 33 1-3 per cent. However, In
spite of our volume of production
in September, orders have con
tinued to flood our hvrnie office
since the announcement of our
new cars and the accompanying
price reductions, making it nec
essary to provide a still greater
increase in October. Before the
end of the present month our
daily average production will
have exceeded 350 cars and we
have already shaped our plant to
wards that end.
"Since the first week in Octo
ber, the local unit of the Fisher
Body Corporation has been de
voted exclusively to the produc
tion of Oakland bodies. For some
time Oakland production has been
taxing the Fisher plant to ca
pacity with its steadily increasing
volume.
"Work of rearranging the Oak
land plant to make possible this
big increase has been under way
for some time and we are confi
dent that the middle of October
will find everything adjusted and
the new scheule in full operation.
"The combination of incorpor
ating many refinement in the car
and materially improving the mo
tor by means of the new Harmon
ic Balancer, coupled with the re
duction of $70 to $350 in prices,
has pushed business to a record
level, an dwe are anticipating a
heavy demand for some time to
come."
WHITE MOTOR TO
IXCREASE OUTPUT
AUTO EMPLOYMENT HIGHER
CLEVELAND. "We are enter
ing the last quarter o the year
prepared to take full advantage
of satisfactory conditions existing
in business generally," Bays Wal-
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ADVANCED SIX SEDAN
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wheels included at no extra cost
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MINNESOTA TRVCK- ME.V
COXTIXUE TAX FIGHT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. G. A.
Will, counsel for the Minnesota
Commercial Truck Owners' asso
ciation, said he will file an appeal
From the Automobile Daily News.
DETROIT. Automotive em
ployment in this city advanced
2,765 for the week ended iSeptem
ber 29, according to the Em
ployes' Association, which reports
a total of 257,894 in the 79
plants reporting. j
This is approximately two-
thirds of all industrial! employ
ment and is the highest total ever
reached here. The total is about
57,000 above the same period one
year ago. M
FOUR WHEEL FORI BRAKE J
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct;. 10. A
four wheel brake for Fbrds and
other light automobiles, 1 invented
by Clyde J. McNerny, has 'been
placed on the market in San Fran
cisco. The Brake Is so arranged
that the pull is directly iover" the
steering knuckle pin, with quaii-
zation on all four wheels, and this
enables the driver to stop sudden
ly, even on slippery pavements,
the inventor claims. Automobile
Daily News.
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Right now when they are coming out with
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fundamental improvements in their cars,
such things as air cleaners, oil rectifiers,
'double fly-wheels, four wheel brakes, etc.,
you can feel that your own judgment was
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engineers for you have enjoyed these
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: Andjtoday, the used car value of your Rick
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