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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1915)
I c TILu OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 14, 1915. UOTOR TRUCK DDE TO PLATBIG PART Will Sare the World from Famine if European War Iit a ' Long Time. TAKES THE PLACE OF HORSE " The motor Iruck save the world from famine If .the great Kuropeen ar Issts as long; as Lord Kitchener think It win. . - The reason Is not far to seek. In (pit c-f the record harvests In thei United Ftates last year, high prices have been Ihs rule on soroiint of ths mormmii de- ' menrl from umr- Wheat, which In times of peace would hire seld around W cents a buahel oa account of tha ensr- rmoiis supply, haa been Hold aJI tha way from II 1 to tl.es 4 buahel, and prices are still mou.nttng. Corn la also Koine up In price, and with It will be dragged tha roe of beefsteaks and other meat foods that are consider necessary to tha American diet. But what haa thla to do with the motor truck t Only thla. that the work of the tl.400,00 homes and mules at pre ant In thla country can be better and more eco nomically performed by motor trucks. These animals eat a lot of food that rould far better be employed In the fat tening of aheep and cattle. La a 4 fiolaa- Waste. It la an economic ahitme that iO.Ortl.OOO mr.rtt of the bast farm land of tha United Btstea ahould be devoted exclualvely to Jhe ralalng of feed for homes and mules twhen the number of farm cattle snd 'sheep la diminishing at the rate It Is snd thla fart la sharply reflected In tha high cost of living. During tha period from two to If 10 the number of food and dairy cattle In the country decreased by no leas than - 5.SM.1M animals, or nearly 10 per rent of the total In 1910. During the same period the population Increased from 75, HH.STJ to r.ttS.407 peep's- If tha number cf food and dairy rattle had kept pace with the population. there should have been an Increase of about 1.000,000 of these animals That la to say, tha countrr has ' about Xl.MO.ono less cattle than are necessary-to maintain the showing of 190(1. The war lit Europe Is causing the United Mates to be drained of food supplies at aa alarming rats. But at tha same time It has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that the motor truck la the moat dependable and economical form of trans portation there la. It has given an Im petus to the manufacture f motor trucks that Is unpsrallellnd even In the moat Spectacular periods of the brilliant his tory of the automobile Industry. At one fell awoop It has killed tha prejudice of horsemen against machine transportation. And besides furnishing this valuable and Impressive ohjeot lesson, tha war la fast providing tha economic alt nation which will accomplish more toward the banish mwot of tha draft horae than fifty years of peace and peace propaganda. It will not be surprising If on the menu of next year will be many dishes mads from horse meat ' Horses are not bad eating, and In several countries on ths continent of Europe they, have long formed a staple article of diet Aate Will foute lte Owl. ' If the United States has to feed the na tlnns of lOurope next year while farmers f that unhappy continent are soldiering at tha front. It Is obvious that it wtll be muoh too expensive a luxur tn tmmA horse. It will be far cheaper to keep a motor truck or an automobile, which at teas, doesn't eat when It Isn't working, and which la far more economical to op erate If advantage can ha taken of tha distance-covering possibilities of tlx ma , chine In a day's work. ' There are many who WW deny that the horse can be replaced entirely or even largely by motor trucks.- This wndenbt edly was true up to a couple of years ago. but the efforts or Uncle Ban's am rlent army officers hare swept a way this last objection to machine transportation, for, at the Instance of the quartermas ter corps of the United States array, there has been designed and perfected a motor truck that drives, brakes and steers on all four wheels: and by virtue of these qualltlea can go practically any where a four-mule army escort wagon van go. uncle Sam's army haa already a large fleet of: quads, as the unusual motor trucks are called, and nearlv ever steamer sailing from New Tork sanies a -consignment of quads to the European Hinting armies. . I Relate Han A The objection of Us horsemaa that tha motor track would act go through mud. sand, deep snow and over unusually staes hills Is completely refuted by the per formances ef this wonderful truck On the rough and sandy trails of Death Valley, under a sun that la not exceeded in intensity by the mid-day orb of the Sahara, a iual truck kcepa up a steady eAedule and Im Mentally la making for ,lta omner a profit of several hundred dol lars a month. This truck haa replaced pack mulca. . t Of the tre-ieered slopes of northern .MlBesota, ln'the great lake country, the thermometer usually averages from thirty t forty degrees below sero during the sreater part of the winter. The hills are ateep and rough that six-horse teams are used to transport supplies to the mln. ling cem:s. A quad truck la doing the work of lo sU hers teams, and doing It loiter and more dependably. ( Treek Sep Her. ; These are duties thst httherta have .cen denied to the motor wagon and given i horses, sot particularly barau.. Iiurae was economical, hut on account of n iaii mat me motor truck of yester day simply could not handle the Job. The OUad motor truck, however, whleh is proving a triumph In the war In Europe, six! In pear In America, ts capable of ooirig pracUially everything a horae can do. and a good many things a horse can not do, such as providing a delivery rsdlus qf 10 miles or mora from a town Into the suburbs and farming district all around it It is the Inevitable that . . i v& tUe European war will he th. r fswer horses and more cattle, and tha ..muuiatiure ana edopUoa of more and more motor truck. These up-to-date. r me greet leesone of tbe Europeaa CLDFIELD RUNS THIRTEEN -MILES ON GALLON IN RACE axSBJBBMSBSBSS) . An Interesting fact regarding ths amount ef gasotlaa and oil that may roe consumed oy in pig racing care haa been, furnished by tbe Maxwell Motor company, la which they show that Bar ney Oldfleld. driving- 90S miles without a stop, at Corona, la a Maxwell racing car, consumed only twenty-thms gallons cf gasoline, r an average of thirteen tulles per gallon, and thro gallons of lubricating oil , NEW PACKARDTRDCK SERIES Vow Line Announced, Including Ye hides Rangrinj in Capacity from One to Six Tom. ENTER THE LIGHT DUTY FIELD An entirely new line at . motor trucks la announced by the Packard Motor Csr company of Detroit. Tha series, ranging In capacity from one to six tons. Inclu sive, possesses numerous features that apell economy to the user and overcome tha difficulties formerly identified with the Installation of worm drive. The one-ton Packard Is a new addition to this well known family and marks ths entrance of the company Into the light duty field. Each unit Is designed especially for the duties required of a truck ef that capacity. Wo carefully have the Packard engineers developed ths new product thst It haa taken three years for the fore work. The preliminary trucks during the final test were driven a distance equiva lent ts firs times around tha earth. Thla miles re was established over the rough est road conditions to be encountered be tween Michigan and the Rocky moun tains. Tleslsa t'schaasted. The matured design which has been evolved In the new models as the result of ton years' experience In building mo tor trucks will doubtless remain sub stantially unchanged for several years. The builders express a complete confi dence In having achieved a truck design which not only renders ths maximum service with the minimum cost of upkeep, but also with the minimum attention and effort on the part of both the owner and his employes. Evidence of the Improved design of the new Psoksrds Is indicated In their Quietness ef operation and their cen tralized control. The latter feature la entirety new in heavy duty tnicka and means complete mastery of the vehicle from tha driver's seat Tha new models have left drlva and left side levers, which provide a greater ease and safety of op eration In congested terminals. g peed Ins; Prevented. Ths Packard motor is automatically governed to prevent everspeedtng by reckless drivers and tha resultant abuse of ths vehicle. Tha carburetor la auto matically controlled and hot water jack eted, while tha ignition system Is so In geniously protected a ts be practically. mechanism. . ' 4 . r These newest of commercial efflctenoy machines have provision for electrical power take-off for operating Independent machtnism. i ' ' - Desplts large orders from Europe ths Packard truck shops are prepared for early del Irenes of ths new model a DETROITEB SALES SHOW B!Q GAIN IN JANUARY A greater gross business faring tha first ten days of January than during ths entire 114 season, ts ths remarkable achieve roast . of ths Brtrrs-Detrottsr company of Detroit, according to tha Statement ef Clauds S. Brlggs, president. SPHEAIL In the Famous Tim ken Hear Axle AUTOMOBILE construction has gone no further In s curing quiet running. fins newest Tim ken axle Is found In enly the BET TEH CARS. rriULL TIM KEN hi Rear Axle with spiral drive gear and Timken bearings 13 DISTINCTIVELY Some Day You Will Drive a John Deere Plow Co. DISTRIBUTORS OMAHA, NEB; "BiltMl" I! . Qss Two Largest Auto Dealers in Middle West r "Tl It .-v. II Zizxcohx Who said hard times? With eight solid tralnloads of Bui ok automobiles speeding westward from the factories at Flint to the dealers of Iowa. Nebraska and Houth Dakota it doesn't look much like herd times. Harry G. HI dies, president of ths Ne braska Bulck company of Lincoln, ar rived at Flint recently, taking with him the largest single order of Bulck oars ever sold In middle of ,the winter season. Mr. pI'JIcs explained that he got his dealers together and delivered them a little lecture on the business outlook and Us relation to Bulck sale. This was ths substance of his argument: 'Nebraska produced 178,000. A00 bushels of corn last year, agalnat 114,000,000 bush els ths year before. Ths wheat crop was TUlrU ge asrtess Mfce taia ta POUX. f tredsaWassr LIGHT SZX 1585 r.aB. Deter SttxJbxJir Fmafraroj rWrle Lbxhrttnf rUU. Flca-ssi TCgtiting lisMV TypeTofk 64.21S.000 bushels, against 2,J0 bushels the year before. This .wheat Is selling for approximately II a bushel,, against 71 cents the year before. Ths net I now as a in tha value of the wh-at crop this year, therefore, la S17.97t.250. Laat year's corn crop, due to war priors. Is worth $30,000, 000 more than the crop of ths year before. On top of this last year Nebraska pro duced nearly 1,000,000 more bushels of barley. 1,700,000 more bushels of potatoes and 600,000 more tons of hay. Alt this means, roughly, that Nebrtska will have about t7S.O0O.no more to spend this year than last - The same conditions exist in out neighboring states. "Gentlemen, you know ths answer without my telling you. Now ths ques tion Is: Shall I go to Collins with ths .ook tor a, a .11 mi ; - t i that has ailitifttable. a wied-ettMiht, ate lead vealilatW . '''' ev-a-asSks. J i in i WHUI-eves ia the V lak-J., W fc-fcrTWO Oves-eta. fck, aw ensasB sSV- n aresaap4e aware a Jk erase isisnp rUVtsaews i . ROAD5TE2. .$ 985 6S sVjrte Ttokisa Leas Tires biggest oroer he) aver aaw at this time of year and demand cars, or not? All In favor rats hands" Is hardly necessary to say that all Ik s wern raised. ..i. that's the Insidej history of how Mr. Sidles happened to arrive; at Flint with the above mentioned order. Cadillac Eight is Big Drawing Card at Any Auto Show That public Interest in the eight-cylinder Cadillac Is wldespresd was plentifully evidenced throughout the week of the Chicago Automobile show. Just closed. There, as at ths earlier New York show, the Cadillac was the center of attrac tion. What occurred in and around ths Cadil lac exh'blt at the big eastern show was duplicated at the Chicago show. Reports from New Tork were to ths effect that all through ths week the Cadillac space was crowded with those anger to aes tha working of the cut-open, eight-cylinder chasets and hear the lecture by the de monstrators, and that In numerous in stances visitors were uasble to get close enough to see or hear. The same things took plaoe at Chicago. The throng around tha exhibit was dense at all times and those who were fortunate enough each day to get doss enough to sea and hear well remained from ths beginning ts ths end of ths demonstrator's talk. Ths cut-open chassis gave the great ma jority of ths visitors their first insight Into ths mechanism ef the Cadillac V typs sight-cylinder engine. Certain sec tions of ths sngins were ' cut . away ' to afford a view of the moving parts Inside, and portions of ths crank case were made of glass .with ths interior Illuminated by means of electric lights. Ths sngins was kept slowly turning over by an electric motor so that obaervers could see every thing that takes placs lnstds tha sngins When In actual operation except tha ex plosion of the gas In ths cylinders. tiie: C,. . Iji.efWss-p XTWJ ... nJl, EVTJtT. O all a tspnee ySQU'LL find it there in the - Studebaker Booth Stude baker Booths No. 5 and 10 the Studebaker LIGHT SIX. And it's the one car that you want to fee at the, Show, if you don't see any other. For this fa the SIX that's always a year ahead In price. 'Way last sum mer this Studebaker SIX was sell ing at $1385 when every other SIX was hundreds of dollars higher in price. With that difference in price, this SIX was indisputably supreme On view also at the Studebaker Showrooms Everywhere Omaha Factory Branch, 2550-2-4 Farnam Street "Studehaker Wilson" Local Dealer, 2429 Farnam Street Put your loads on an International Motor Truck If you hove not seen the International motor trucks on exhibition at the Automobile Show this week, goto day and see them. The two 1915 International models represent all that is best, most reliable, and most popular in trucks for light hauling and quick deliveries. " Of the two models, tha 1,000 pound Model M. W. capacity truck baa been On the market for eight years, and In that tlma baa scored a record gucceas. The other model- B ot 1,600 pounds capacity waa brought into existence by tha demand for larger car, created by tha gucceas of tha 1,000-pound model. Come in and tell ns about your hauling: problems. Better da it at once, because the Show will last only a few daya more. We can help yon. . International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated) Omaha Council Blafft Lincoln Crawford Concordia Dts Maine Ft. Dodge Sioux City St. Jouph ssisIImi i Tins mi ts a i . in the field of Light Sixes. But even as the other Sixes begin to drop down to the Studebaker price, it maintains its supremacy. a But judge for .yourse1-get the FACTS on all the Sixes at the Show stand these side by side and see what each offers at the price. Stude baker will welcome any compari sons for the simple reason that Studebaker has spared no expense, no effort to make this SIX as GOOD as a car CAN possibly be.' est two It 7: ; cWsty Treed Ta-ea aa rear wheels. V