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IMORM AUTOMOBILE LAWS
National Legislative Convention
Meeti Thi. Week.
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PBOMDTENT MEN PARTICIPATE
Heart; Held Thprsdar Ree;lstra
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' Delegatee from Maay State
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jf Statesmen, legislators and prominent au
1 tomoblliats from all parts of the country
will assemble In Washington thin week
for three daya' session of the national
legislative convention, whtoh wm he held
In tha New Wlllard liotel on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, February 15,
1 and 17. This convention has been or
ganized and will be conducted under the
auaplcea of the American Automobile as
aoclatlon, and Ita primal objects will be
tha securing through national leglalatlon
of the federal automobile registration bill,
and at tha same time a wider recognition
by the various stale officials who have
been appointed by their respective gov
Jf ernora of the benefits of the uniform state
i.-ititomobtl. law.
Coming within a month of the big con
vention In Washington of the National
Civic Federation, which was devoted to
the highly Important aubject of uniform
Uiwi, this legislative conventloji, which
Jrwlll be solely devoted to the needs for
uniform and more equable automobile leg
islation, will be, perhaps, the greatest
public demonstration of the sort ever seen
in this country toward securing favorable
legislation for an industry which lias sud
denly assumed gigantic proportions tn the
commercial life of this country, while vl-
lly affecting tha comfort and conven
ience of thousands of Individuals.
Invitations extended on behalf of
Charles Thaddeus Terry, chairman of the
legislative board of the Automobile Asso
ciation of America to the governors of
all the states In the union, have met with
the most favorable response. Official rep
resentatives have been appointed by the.
governors of nearly twenty states. In
many cases these delegates Including the
secretaries of state and the state highway
commissioners, thereby showing the In
creasing interest In the subject of automo
bile legislation and the apparent willing
ness of the various states to enact bar
tons laws.
Headquarters Opened.
Secretary Frederick H. Elliott of the
Automobile Association of America ar
rived In "Washington on Thursday to open
headquarters In the New Wlllard hotel.
President Lewis R. Bpeare, Chairman
Charles Thaddeus Terry, A. G. Batchelder,
chairman of the executive committee, and
other officials will follow, and by tomor
row tha reception of visiting delegate
'"111 be aided In their arrangements and
reception of delegates by the Automobile
club of Washington, which lias appointed
a committee of twenty-flva to act as the
Washing-ton reception committee.
The opening day of the convention on
Tuesday will be mainly devoted to the sub
, fleet of uniform state legislation In auto
mobile matters, at which, time particular
attention will be given In the various ad
dresses and discussion to the. necessity of
.enacting uniform laws by the ' different
"tales in the union. This Is a subject that
tip National Automobile association has
been working for during the last half dosen
years, and its efforts have been crowned i
with auocess in several states. The salient
features ofMhe uniform state motor vehicle
bill as drafted by Mr. Terry about four
years ago have already been adopted by
several states, and the benefits that have
accrued thereby not only to motorists, but
to all the users of the highway, have been
such as to recommend a similar system
of uniformity in other states.
jA Ueptir Makes Welcome.
" President Hpearo of the American Auto
mobile association will open the convention
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, and he will
be followed by Senator Chauncey M. Depew
of yew York, who will make the address
of welcome. Chairman Charles Thaddeus
Terry of tbe legislative board of the Ameri
can Automobile association, as well as of
tha national legislative convention, will
then outline the purposes of the conven
tion, explaining In detail the merits of the
uniform state motor vehicle bill, as well as
tha benefits to be derived by the national
federal registration bill.
second day's session of the conven-
on Wednesday will be chiefly devoted
the federal registration bill, which will
be outlined In tho diecuuslon by Congress-
man. Moon of Pennsylvania, President
Charles Clifton of the Association of Li
censed Automobile Manufacturers, lion.
' Henry B. F. Macfarland, president of the
Board of Commissioners of the District of
Columbia; Hon. Neal Brown, state senator
J f Wisconsin; Frank G. Webb of the Long
aland Automobile club and 8. Buyer Davis
tbe Automobile club of Philadelphia.
T tha autoroobllUts of the country who
have been working for and are deeply ln
twrehtad In this vital subject of uniformity,
the great day of the convention will be on
Thursday, the closing day, when the hear
ing will be held on the federal registration
automobile bill. This bill I already before
congress, having been introduced by Con
gressman Cocks of New York a year ago,
and haa been referred to the committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce, before
which tha hearing will ba held In tha
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One of the most Interesting letters re
ceived from the various state officials on
, the convention was the following from Gov
ernor Burke of North Dakota, received by
Mr. , Terry last week, which indicates the
growing sentiment In favor of uniform state
automobile laws. Governor Burke says:
Tha subject of automobile legislation
might be made uniform In all the states, as
there ax rv conditions In sny of the states
so far as t know that would warrant spe
cial legislation not applicable to all the
states.
"I assure you that I am heartily In sym
pathy with tha movement and would be
triad to co-operate by recummeiiduttoii to
tha legislature or In any other way, pro
vided, of course, that the proposed laws
met with my approval, as they no doubt
will, because such an orgsnliatlon can only
be Interested in good legislation." '
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F.nd Play la Steering Gear.
A set screw is useless to, take the end
thrust off the steering worm or the worm
gear, and It concentrates the pressure too
"ch. In many steering gears the slackness
nL'e to wesr Is found to a much greater
extent In the end play of the worm and
segment than In the worm teeth them
selves. The only way to inuke a durable
Job In taking tip end play is to use hard
steel wishers or disks as large as possible
and pRovlde passages for oil or grease to
work 0TOS8 their surfaces. It It were
not fvrTihe difficulty of rutting It to stupe,
the blade of an old saw would make ei
eelleat thrust washers for this purpose.
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DUICK MOTOR CO., FLINT, MICH., U. S. A., Where 36,000 Duick Cars Will Be Built and Delivered for the Season 1910
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:he Season of 1910
We have no reason for advancing prices because we make every princi
pal part from the raw material in our own shops that goes into a Buick.
This means we are not depending on the out-side parts makers and acces
sory factories. We have promised the public to build thirty-six thousand
Bitick cars in 1910 and sell them at our present prices, and they will be
built on time; because months ago our raw material was provided.
The automobile manufacturer who assembles cars and the merchant
selling eggs may be justified in threatening an advance in February because
one is dependent on the out-side parts manufacturer and the other on the
hen, and it is hard to tell what Either will do. The tire situation is not wor
rying us. Michelin and Goodyear have guaranteed the deliveries and quality.
Some manufacturer has said that for every machine they produce they
would have four customers. We think they are not far from right, but their
ratio is wrong as applied to a Buick, because for every Buick produced for the
past five years there have been ten Buick buyers, and the season of 1910 will
be no exception to the rule.
We Are Now Delivering 1910 Models
These cars challenge competition. Don't fritter away your time on an
experiment-buy a car with an established reputation. The quality, speed
and power of every Buick car is guaranteed. When better automobiles are
made, Buick will build them.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT-
If You Want a Buick Car, Place Your Order Early.
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OMAHA, 19th and Farnam Streets. LINCOLN, 13th and P Streets.
LEE HUFF, Mgr. C. H. SHORE, Mgr.
H. E. SIDLES, General Manager.
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