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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1909)
EXTENT OF AGIO INDUSTRY Somt Figure, on the-magnitude of the Motor Bnsineu. . GEEAT GSOWTH IN FEV7 TEAKS Bsirt ratlr .oirl; kT Fool l Alsnnmt Half Bllllom Dot. lrm Tvarlr for Trafla. Intrtlng flgurea have appa'arrd from tlm to tlma howlne th larc agrregata rarua of automobllea aold In the United BOtea. When It . la aald that 121XK.0 worth of carr.have been aold In 19C8. none reallae that thla la but a part of the cir culation of 'money which that volume of lew automobile product mean. - ft automobile Industry la baaed on the cant made by the factories, but the hun dred' millions worth of product meana vastly more to the country than that ', For auch an acgregate value of cars old It meana. first, a thouaand ahopa In aijled work produce parts doing an. Inde pendent business, . of course contingent Upon the vehicle producer, running Into the millions; the railroads do an enormous freight business to distribute the product; gent and branch houses throughout the country are paying rentals aggregating tnilliona of dollars, preparing for the mar keting and distribution of the product; and the tnakers of sundries and accessories In sreral thousand ahopa are preparing to avfily the varied and fastidious wants' of the purchaser and user of cars. On the oth-f hand, when the new product la aold tt adds many tana of thousands In the ag gtv.kte, already totaling 14,000 automobllea In use In the United State at the begin rlbg of IKS. To operate these cara re quires fuel and lubricant aggregating mil lions of dollars In the year; replacements and repalra Incident to the use of any ma chinery again, and millions. of -dollars put Into circulation;' the statee and municipali ties are paid license fees for the use of the hlihwaya, which 'now total figures little dreamed of a few years ago; the housing of machines In garages or private stables lretlve a ground rental and building malRtenKr.1. l4;fmp6hno,bf,' whlcVw only too welt appreciated' by the real es tate ' dealer; the- Insurance against fire, collision or the mulcting 'In dnmafres has Brought 'Into being ' separate departments of- the large Insurance' companies; the rac ing fever; tht) advertising and general pub licity incident to; a new industry aain car. onlyj bo .'measureal by 'millions of dol lar put' Int0 clrcliIatlon.'Vthe'tourist who can now spend two or three wetks away frtw the beaten path'of travel In the ag gregate circulates 'millions ( of the coin of inej remain. - ., Beaeftta tke Ceaatry. 1 Then what haa the 'automobile manufac turer done' for the country? n When the circulation of money or shift ing of credlta or; turn-over of -business de pendent upon "his work: Is . added to (he circulation- of moaey jlue to. the use of hla protfuft. aggregates several times the actual - payments lo athe i manufacturer, tot automobllea.. is -iWt fair. that the roanu faot'urer.' "the foundation .of, Ahlsnow tre mendous and 'growing economic factor pf the country, should j-evelve every possible neeurag.menj?, , , -"--- ) i When the maker, of automobiles risks his ton, by ths public. r. When new money, la advance to make and .market the aggre gate product of riotf.OOO.ouo, on which' fat can only determine' whether there ahall be profit or km. . In order that' the 'coun try at large' mV 'profit'' by the circulation of neaily I500.000.ft. then la not the auto mobile manufacturer a : factor worthy of ths moat' generous support and protection Congress? ."."'" ' In the at a tea we' hear from time to time of the workings of the ' successful manu facturers; the others ate rabidly forgot ten by the public. When new money Is Introduced Into a new manufacturing en terprise. It -goes far and wide to try to es tablish a reputation but when no money la left to advertise, nothing more Is heanl of -the -oVrellct end ths losses- that have been sustained. From 1901 to 1907 about U0 eoTvcem's -wei announced aa being In or Starting the manufacture of automobllea. Of these about 1S3 have gone out of exist ence their losses cannot b estimated. No state or government department haa acoeaa, n does IV presume, to record such vagariea ot an induatry. The great Initial rlak and the ' eaceaelvs aggregate losses .- aa - com pared with aggregate profile are forgotten. ' Gewtsi Isi Factories. " At the close of that aame period. 1S01 to 1907. there ' were about 150 cone ems still existing, but over 1 thirty had not been In alsteoce. attempting the manufacture of motor care, fur" twelve months, and many bare since 'retired. Involuntary as a rule. Bui of thst cumber less than seventy-five were reel producers. At the beginning of ! we have aa aggregate ef probably eighty automobile makers who are, the rea producers of - the country; while over XU are 'aspiring to manufacture -anal In maty cases attempting to copy the -product deweJoped by 'the pioneer concerns st too cost of millions of dollar. , . Whether the motor car manufajturerr who riske a ' large Investment to add to hla quota (a move .the wheels of progress, does- la the ; aggregate ' make a profit or Dat. can beat be told by considering the authentic 'Statistic of thfc-country where aoourate Irevorts of industrial works are eotnpUed, by the government, la this coa tldsratten wo hairs before us saost startling figures compiled m Oermany. . The latest, kVaUUMe data Is for the complete year of JSOt. The the operations of all the motor oar .producers, not,. Including ths allied trades, meant 'a spending In wages to workmen, salarlsa to technical n com T -J L II yS, T W a 1 i.' - "a -V- M .MlJX. J a. -- tan 4 -as-v V " a. -;', . - m - OTV . J J"- ,IH Tl . .AmV AWSW T I I , I ... - I ? i n iJjum Milt ; :W. H i: V Ill ::;-r v .,,( f I'l : -Av A flf. 1 iWi. I mm II f . f 9 I " I - ' I I at '.. - ' I' 11 - . aw .4 : .." . . I t - . r . - . . : - .; 11 MWI r . ' 4 ( . 1 I III! mill' I 'I ir 1 1 v s la a s . i b k ' - a . . . m ..'mm ... laj a v - i i u Ail csb. t 1M mL i - " -v.. '- . r s- r m ' - - i .idini . . acnin . . . limit-. .)!! -i mr rvr Krrr cr nuiLK m mm : . -Sa-g ' HJHtBY HHU3RHI 1 n" lay-P QVECIAHu' "Wl I. Irri nilk-Mil IWf 1 1 I s mercial employes snd for the operation of their plants snd purchase of material, ag gregating 10. 419,600. The aggregate value of automobllea and chassis produced by these self same factories wsji about' $10,33). 000. It will thus, be seen that taking the motor car builder, small and large, through out one country where accurate figures are obtainable, the net results showed a loss of about tlOOXOO In the value of auto mobiles and chassis produced In 19J6. And still those unltlated In the vicissitudes of manufacture sometimes say too much Is charged for automobiles. Gerwtaoy's Coatrlbatloa. . The above-mentioned figures respecting the cost and value of product In Oermany entailed In that year. 19iaS, an Investment of capital amounting to If the ag gregate of money Invested in these enter prises, large and small, all told. In athe United States could be ascertained, and the money actually rpent could be determined, there la no question but thst, .from the na ture of things In this country, it must be evident to all that the total aggregate ex penditures or cost of production would be far' sweater In excess - of. the value ' of products sold than la the case In Oermany. as Indicated for the year l'JOA. It la true that In the United States the novel form of co-operation of the thirty odd pioneer mak ers who have associated themselves aa the A. t A. M. .has dono Invaluable work In an economic sense and prevented much of the wast of energy and money which In variably has attended the building of a new Industry. But the country at large and- the public tn the United States are the gainers by whst the work of the motor car builder means to It snd to them Indirectly. Consider alone that an automobile racing event of 1906 carried . to Savannah over $250,000 from visitors who otherwise would iMwer haver-seen bt' place, while 1750,00 is figured aa the sum circulated incident to the running of the race. When we consider that 145.000 cars were In use in the United States st the begin ning of 1908, many operating for hire, the greater number In private uae the year round, and a large percentage making at least ne actual tour of ten or more days, we find that the aggregate money dis bursed for gasoline or lubricating oil, aup plles for lighting, extra tires, parts for re pairs and replacements, and the disburse ments to hotels, etc.. ranged In the neigh borhood of 140.000,000. " "Waxes Ram lata Millions. While the direct producers of automobiles aro' paying from $10, 000,000 to $40,000,000 in wages to mechanics and other factory hands, the- parties they purchase material from, allied shops making component parts. la the aggregate disburse- tens of mllllions or' dollars. In addition to which the use of air 'sorts' of ' sundries' and aceasorles rieams ' ot ' mllltnna disbursed ' to the wage-earned. ( The makers of raw material ateel " and ' ' other ' me'als, lumber, T ' leather, ' rubber ' ' and " a multitude 'of .other Items ship supplies to the various automobile factories, . sggrcgV Ipg $100,00,000 and over. The agenta and dealers pay wfcgts to workmen and salaried employes, and rental of garages and salesrooms, added disbursements ' running Into sums of eight figures. The dealer pays the manufacturer a depoalt In advance of delivery of the car. In order that ha may be assured of deliver ies of a definite number on which to base his Investment 'In selling organisation.' The payments of the purchesera of cara to the thousands of agents throughout the country la the Item 'n ' the " automobile buslneas aggregating what la usually referred to aa the motor car product of the country. However,' each purchases ot a car. In addition, buys a considerable aggregate value of , sundries and equipment, which still further adds to the aggregate turn-over of business.' ' , Each year a conslderabls percentage of motor cars In use changs hands, and we tfius have a second-hand businees responsi ble for a circulation of no mean figure. The states of the country In many rases have collected In a year' over $100,000 and In some cases $300,000 or $300,000 In revenues, aggregating ' a circulation well above the $1,OUO,000 mark In lioense fees. Alsaoat Half a BIIIIos. A compilation considering most- of the principal Items, however." shows that- the clroulatla-n of money involved in the' auto mobile business snd the disbursements Incident 'to activities .and. new. develop ments resulting from operation of motor ears, without - consideration' - of . the In kumerablo , detailed expenditures. has run , well . In . . excess of' $n.0J0. ue in . a year: , 1 These . are . the great r -suits benefiting the genersl Indus trial world, and the basis of It all Is the persistant progressive wwk of the pioneers tnoslly all .included In ranks of the Asso ciation 'of Licensed Automobile Manufac turers,, when a product ot automobiles snd Chassis leave the doors of ths sutonioblls manufacturer for which ha receives not in excess of JyS.uuo.oue. If the truth could be ascertained. It would show that the t.UXKJ0 had not paid Inter est oa , the money Invested, but thst only a few manufacturers 'of long experience have been able to realise a net profit on their business. The other three hundred and seventy odd million turn-over or circulation Inci dent to the . work of the motor manufac turer ha kept tha wheels ot progress turning. Herman F. Cunts, At. E.. In Auto mobile Topics. . 1 . .3 I pOAKLAND- v rKteucric MA&t? J J OMHA WOMEN WHO DRIVE Hot Very Many of Them at the Steer ing Wheel. ABOUT FORTY LIKE TEE SPORT Most of Taeia Prefer the Qalet Elec tric, bat a Few I.ove to Calde the Giaat Gasow llao Car. Are Omaha women lacking In sports manship? Their automobile record would Indicate that they are. Uook about tha streets, and look carefully at the cara that whia by on ths boulevards and the country road. . and see how many of them are driven by women. As a matter of fact. the Dumber is surprisfngly small In p id por tion to the number of automobllea in the clty.Viris the exception that' the wives ani daughters of men owning touring enrs are able to run them, and the large majority of those Ni-ho can are young misses still In school s.nd still unconcerned with the de mands and the pastimes that accompany long skirts and done up tresses. To this fact and the bad weather la largely due, perhaps, the very small number of women driving cara this winter; tho girls are all Electrics Coming Into Vogue Electric -vehicles '.- are fast coming Into vogue In Omaha and no first-class house hold Is now thought complete without an electric tor. the women to drive. It was at first thought that Omaha -would be a bad place for. electrics because et the grades, but the Baker electric overcame this difficulty by building a car with the weight apecially balanced for use on the hills of Omaha and .cities, similarly situated. While. Omaha has not the long stretches of level --country that many cities have which are especially adapted for electrics the use of the. electric Is becoming quite common in Omaha and scores are seen on the street every .day. These rigs are used to a large extent for the good wife to take the bead of the family to hla place of busi ness in the morning. They sre used by "milady" when on her shopping tour and they, are used for trips on ths boulevards of which Omaha haa so msny. With nn electric a woman Is able to make aocisJ calls without the aid of a chauffeur or coachman.- The electric Is more frea from oil -and grease than a gasoline car and being lighter la ' not aa apt to have tire trouble. Bo skillfully have the designers worked that at first glance It Is herd to discern the difference between the electric and Its gaso line rival. There Is the same bonnet used bT the gasoline car and under It are the batteries which produce the motive power. Instead of the lever control there Is the steering wheel. Only when the csr ts run csn the uninitiated discover tha difference. Then it Is noted the electric glides along Trio of JOHN P. DA VI3, Ths Jacksoa. . vi, - A ' 1 ':'. THE OMAtlA SUNDAY BEE: FERTttTAItY 21. 1PW. In school and their big slaters and mothers prefer the protection of the limousine, or the "electric" to the pWce at the wheel. It must not be Inferred from this that motoring is unpopular with Omaha women, for it la not; still. It can scarcely be claimed that it is popular as a sport or followed for sport'a sake, but rather as a convenient and qnlck means of getting about or as a delightful pastime when the weather Is warm or other conditions favorable to recreation out of doors. The women themselves are ready enough to acknowledge this Indictment. Omaha ' women seem to know but two general classes of automobiles "gasoline cars' and "electrics," and n Inquiry among a score or more of those who drive cars revealed the surprising fact that four were unable to tell the name of the car they drive "and eleven do not know the horsepower or the number, of cylinders of their machines. - - ' J.J '' '. Fortyllrite Tblr"T)w Cars?'; . In all perhapW, forty1 women In Omaha drive thelf own cart, and of this number by far. the greater proportion run ' the" electrics, tt Ts tl significant fact that' most of the women who originally drove gasjllne cars have alopted the electrics during the last two seasons, and are seldom seen at the wheel of the big car nowadays. One and all they acknowledge that the gasoline car is rather too strenuous. It is hard work to do the cranking and hard on the nerves as well as the hair to take a big without making any noise In contrast to the gasoline machine. The electric comes in all sorts of bodies phaeton, coupe, brougham and stanhope and in these the tendency Is to stick to the lever control. The brakes have been made more powerful and the mileage capabilities of the machine Increased. Chain drive la most popular, there being only two. makes that use a shaft drive, the Baker, which fits it to its roadster and brougham, using chain in its other two models, and the Babcock, with Its taxicab. - One of the novelties of the show Is this elfctric taxicab, a town car capable of car rying seven passengers. It has 120-Inch wheel-base' ' and shaft drive and 'employs truss rods under its side members to brace the frame.- Under, the steering wheel Is a second wheel which takes the plaoe of the change speed lever In the side of the seat. For this sixty 'miles on one ' charge is claimed. srrarase Air la Baa Fraaelsco. With Syracuse air in the tires of George Forderer of San Francisco has run his automobile ll.:00 miles on the Pacific slope. The reason that the air In the tlrea hap pers to come from nesrly across the con'.i rent is that the motor car was made at the Franktm factory In Syracuse; that the tires were there Inflated before shipment of the vehkle to the west and that no cut, puncture or other tlrs trouble has since then flattened the tires. The motor ear is In constsnt use in and about San Francisco. Enterprising Auto Boosters C. L- PEASE. Omaha School of Automobile Engineering. machine for a run out on the country roads or through, the crowd of the downtown streets. There is always the risk, too, of a puncture or an accident of more serious nature and all must admit that to remedy one of these mishaps is a job more suited to the muscles and nerves as well as the dignity of a man than a woman. The pos sibility of having to reach into the vitals of one of those intricate machines ts ap palling to almost anyone not of a mechan ical turn, and the probability of having it to do at some time or other is recognised as inevitable by those of even limited ex perience. Several who have deserted the gasoline car for the electric this winter say that the warm weather will find them going back to the big machines, but the spring alone, can bring the proof of this. The clean little car so' handsomely upholstered and protected, from the wind and the dust and the weather has a tight hold on tho women.- In-it they are Independent of the chauffeur, and Whether It be a 'shopping trip or the dressiest sort of occasion It is comfortable and the handsomest ' or most delicate gown ts safe from harm in it Five Years at the Sport. It has bet-n about five years since Omaha women began driving their own automo biles. At the start the gasoline cars were used almost entirely. For two or three years it was no common sight to meet a big car on the road with a woman at the wheel, her hair flying, her face glowing and every muscle set alert to the guidance of tha machine. Even after the weather got cold these devotees stuck to the sport, although, they were not always recognisa ble under their close little caps tied down with a scarf, . their ulsters and their high gauntlets, but after the third or ; fourth season this enthusiasm began to wane, un til this winter it Is only on the brightest, warmest days one sees a woman In an au tomobile, except it be In one ot the little enclosed electrics or through the windows or behind the curtains of a limousine. It must be confessed thst Omaha women havever been Inclined to take their recre ation In a "lady-like" sort of way. and the weather is usually well settled before they even venture out onto the golf links. Even there they are conservative aa a rule, so 'it could hardly be expected that the extremes In motoring would appeal to them very strongly. In the matter of cos tume they have been so conservative that the leather coats and even the cheviot and serge listers have gone begging among them, until last autumn, when croes-coun-trV runs became popular, and the woman Who was unprovided with adequate wrapa was likely to be put to the embarrassing necessity of borrowing so msny. equipped themselves for sn emergency. But they are the exceptions, the enthu siastic few, and the wond?r Is that their enthusiasm has not converted more to the de-lights of motoring even if the weather is cold snd the wind blowing. Mrs. Weatbrook a Leader. Mrs. K. S. Weatbrook Is one of these and she drives her car for sheer love of the sport. Sho not only -drives It, but she knows It. She haa recently disposed of her second car, a twenty horsepower Franklin, ard gotten a new one of the aame meke but of a higher power. Mrs. Weatbrook has been motoring sbout three W. F. H08FORD, The Vellc years and while she hss never met with sny mishap that might be counted seri ous, she has had occasion to test her knowledge of her machine, and she Is rec ognised ss a careful, though fearless, driver. An hour or two of Instruction served to make her Independent of a chauf feur and she msde her first drlv alone to Florence, returning home through the downtown section of the city. "No, In deed." was her prompt and emphatic reply to the Inquiry whether she would exchange her gasoline car for an electric. "Of course, the electric cars are nice and clean and easy to run, but for getting there or for the sport of it give me the gasoline car every time." Miss MeClaaahsa a Leader. Mlsa Katherlne McCIanahan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. McCIanahan, Is an other of the enthusiastic motorists and haa been driving a sixteen horsepower Franklin since last spring. She not only drives the car, but prides herself on her ability-' to take care of It. except In the heavier work of cleaning and oiling the heavier parts. The general oiling she .attends to entirely and ahe goes over the machine carefully and systematically, priding herself upon Its condition. She is sufficiently familiar with all Its parts to cope with almost any emer gency In the category that commonly be falls the motorist. Miss McCIanahan has driven her car over - 3,000 miles without serious mishap, having made several trips out into the state and over Into Iowa. "Every sound means something to me now," she said, "and I can readily detect any Irregularity In the enejne by Its throb or anything else that is wrong if It makes a noise. I should not undertake to run.he car without being at least partially famRlgr with- Jts mechanism.' ... , Mrs. IT. E. Fredrlckson holds honors for driving the largest car of.any woman. In Omaha, she having on several occasions taken out Mr. Fredrickson's seventy horsepower Thomas. She also drives sev eral other cars snd is quite undisturbed by a crush In the down-town district, no matter how thick It may be. Miss Irene Cole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Cole, has been driving a six-teen-horsepower Franklin for about a year and can take it any place. She con fesses to bewilderment at the beginning. "I thought I would have to have a set of rules before me all the time," she ssid, "but after while It all came to me and I ran down to South Omaha for my first trip alone. I just made up my mind that I was going to run that car and after that I was not timid.'. 4 . Likes the Flertrle Better. Mrs. E. V. Lewis Is one of the ones who, has given up the gasoline car for the elec tric. "I like it much better," ahe said. "There Is not the strain and the dirt and the cranking. , I am ' Independent ef a chauffeur and can go where I like and look clean and dress like other people." Mrs. Lewis has but limited experience with Mr. Lewis' gasoline car, but says she expects to team to run his new machine. Asked it she had ever had an accident or unpleasant experience, she laughed merrily and said: "Yes, I have had an experience, but I have never told any one but the person who was with me and I don't Intend to. It was too ridiculous," and then she laughed ' again. Two hours' instruction enabled her to ta'ke charge of her machine and she runs It without fear. Mrs. Olen Wharton Is counted one of the' best women drivers In the city She Is a'carless - and keeps her head, taking her father's. (Mr. F. P. Klrkendall) csr any plsce. She confesses, however, that the mechanism Is rather beyond her. Clrls Who Drive Car Mlsa Jeun Cud&hy, daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. K. A. Cudal y, has given up a gaso line car for an electric. "The tlectrics are so much more comfortable for winter and so' much easier to handle and to run," she explained. "For sport, however, ' I prefer the gasoline car, and I expect to run one next summer." Miss Helen Cudshy also runs an automobile with not a little skill during her summer vacations, preferring the gasoline car. Misa Elisabeth Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis, is another-of the school girls vho knew how to hsndle a big car. Mrs. T. L. Davis has run her father's gasoline csr for two years, but has driven It little this winter. She Is not timid, but admits that she knows little sbout the ma chine. She learned to drive by watching her father, Mr. J. 8. Brady, and Is doubt ful whether she would exchange a gasoline car for an electric. , Mrs. Wlllard Husford, who was Miss Mary Lee McShane,' also drives a gasoline car and frequently cornea down town and makea other drives without a chauffeur. Mlsa Lucile Hayden can drive a touring car with a skill that many a man has en vied, but the nervous strsln hss proven too much for her snd she hss given up the big car for an electric. Miss Mary Hayden, who recently became Mrs. Adolpb Stors. Is devoted to her electric and has no ambition to exchange it for a gasoline car. Mrs. A. V. Kinsler is smong the most skillful and fearless women motorists In Omaha. She can handle her car quite la dependent of assistance and la most en thusiastic. Mrs. William Hynes drives on of the larger car and manages It with skill. TIRES AND TIRE TROCBLES Some Suggestions that Onght to Be Valuable to Owners. POINTS INVOLVED IN PURCHASE Certala Mishaps that May te car and How the Aaaoyaaeo -f They Occaaloa May Bo r. Avoided. . ' For many ye.tr the tire problem has been looked upon by automobile manu facturer as the great bugbear of the In dustry. Little progress has been mde toward Ita solution since Thomss B. Jef fery invented the famous pneumatic clincher tire. , Tires of all designs and textures have been put upon the market, only to prove cumbersome or useless. Demountable rims and other devices have sprung up, but the chief difficulties of the problem hav remained. Many people who consider the purchase of an automobile hesitate because ot the tima that Is practically lost on the road In repairing sn Injured tire and the trouble that Is always Incurred through sustaining a puncture at a time when the motorist Is hurrying to escape a thunder storm,' to catch a train or to reach a certain, destina tion on an urgent mission: One day It oc curred to the maker of the Rambler car, that a fifth wheel, or a spare wheel, car ried on the side of the car might obriita certain difficulties. 'When the spare wheel Idea had keen fully worked out. It wss discovered that -tha following things were accomplished: Much time la saved on the road In chang ing tha wheel instead, of the ordinary tire. This spare wheel can be substituted for the regular wheel within three minutes.- - It Is usually quite difficult to remove a tire from the rim after It has been used for some time. This, spar wheel la so equipped that the tire'heed never bo taken from the rim while on tha road.Jr. An extra tire ".carried on a car. 1 soma tlmea stolen HrAohan-eaf Jtpr te defective one. This spar wheel ls- provided with -a special clasp and .lock, .'as a, protection against theft. . . . ' . . . , . "Many motorists dislike the wearisome task of pumping np a tire on the road, especially on a hot summer day. With this spare wheel no pumping on the road la necessary, ;4 The wheel is complete, excepting the hub center, and is fastened with six nuts. A socket wrench is provided with which these nuts can be removed In one minute. A wheel puller is provided to pull the wheel; the hub remains In place, for its security to the sxle Is not disturbed. In another minute the spare wheel can be attached and the six nuts again secured. Thus, tha Rambler equipment provides a complete extra wheel, available In case of accident. Aa compared with a demountable rim tha device is better, can be chsnged quicker, mud docs not collect sround the bolts at the hub, aa It might at the rim and there are not as many bolts and nuts to unfasten and secure. The demand for It already demonstrates 4 hat It will prove the most satisfactory of all the methods' for meeting tire trouble. SCHOOL FOE AUTO REPAIR MEN lastraetloa to Be Glvea' Thesa ' Uader Kxnert C'oatrol. . A Softool for the instruction of automo bila repair men. so thst it will be possible at any time for the company to furnish any -of Hs ISO dealers throughout the coun try with trained and ccmpetent' help is tx lng started by the II. H. Franklin Manu facturing company at ita factory tn Syra cuse. . T'.ie work Is being Inaugurated- under tha direction of I. O. Hoffman, formerly an Instructor in the College of Applied Bcieneo at Syracuse university, and the school will be housed in a building now approaching completion. The recitation hours are at night and the course can be completed In from twenty-eight to thirty-five weeks. Mr. Hoffman already has the first of hla pupils st work tn the engine assembly room and other parts of the factory. They af-a employea ot the factory and continue a auch during the period of special Instruc tion. Admission to 'the classes Is obtained through apeclal familiarity with machine lop wtrk or with the gasoline motor. Tha first to complete tho course will finish by July t New uppllcants will bo admitted about once a month. Franklin engines, showing the change in design in the successive years cn front HOI practically the first year In which tha Franklin company was a factor in tha rutcmobile Industry, arc being Installed la the school for study purposes. Parts of cars, used In the construction of tb va rious models during the same period, sre also available. It being the Intention Dot inly to Insure familiarity with the con struction of Franklin automobiles of thla ti.r's design, but with those of ths past, most ot which are still In service. Includ ing eight of the original thirteen, the en tire output for 100!, the first season. Tha development of the carburetor, the rear cxle and other parts will be demonstrated by tho display of the parts themselves for the seversl years. ' On the first floor of the schcol building will be a room showing seversl completed motor cars ol U.4 model. On the second floor will be a class room and a general work. room. Mr. Hoffman's headquarter will be In connection with ths class room. taaaard of laaole fswtl. The aclentlflo standard of one candle power ts tha light of a sperm , candle weighing six to ths pound, . wklca tuna 130 grain of wax per hourt