THE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: OCTOBER 2. 1010.
GEUS AND AUTOS COMPARED
R. A. Palmer of Cartercar Company
Givei Fipuxei on Both. J
Yon Buy the Best When Youi Buj a. Ford.
BIQ MONEY SPENT ON JEWELS
J
Aato Man Shorn Dlffereaew Btlwrta
Kspeailttore on Dlaoaoaaa and
That on Aatesaobllea
Dliunoili Get Moat.
"While all thla talk I being passed along
about the great extravagance of the nation
In buying automobiles," said H. A. Palmer,
aerretary and central manager of the
Cartercar company. ' I find It Very Inter
esting to look Into the matter of other ex
travagance and make comparisons. For
tha nine being, we will admit that the
automobile la nothing more than a luxury
trie plaything of the rich.
"How does the amount of money put into
them compare with the amount spent for
other luxuries? We nred nothing more ac
curate than government records. 'Statin
Ilea' are looked upon with a shudder and
listened to wl.h a deaf ear by the hvfikk'1
peraon, and for that leason few realize
what la spent. They never look It up. Hut
tt ey Imagine the automobile Is an ex. op
tion. . It la a case similar to tha habit some
are said to have of 'not liking to look ex
penses In the face.'
"It la an Indisputable fact, however, that
there was brought Into this country alone
from other nations last year luxuries which
amounted to the total sum of ifQ.Ou0.000.
While these stupendous figures are In mind,
remember that the total valuation of the
automobiles built In America during 1 1 1
same time was only lia.onO.WO. or a little
mora than half aa much.
l.aanrlea from Abroad,
"With still greater Inteiet-t It Is noteil
that of this amount spent for luxuries from
other countries, truer articles, each worn
purely an d' rot ations, viz : diamonds, laces
and embroideries, cost the buyers of this
country at retail at leant I11fl.ono.0oi). Till
alone would buy all of the automobiles built
here. And hut a very little of this amount
was paid back for American labor, while
over half that which Is paid for automobiles
t..ts back into salaries and is thus passed
.i and on.
'These figures are only for one yeai,
mill, this expense has been going on year
after year, and no one has said a word
about it
' the most Interesting thing about It Is
that the automobile is nut a luxury nor a
rich mn ;( plaything. It is ho classed In
instances, but there are five cases where
it is a necessity to one where it Is not.
The family that lives a few mllea from
town has used hoi sea all carriages for
years, ticy have always owned the best
horses if!ey could afford. In Instance
tat mors hav e driven teams worth Jl.'XK)
and a carriage woi tli from $J00 to X more.
Now these people drive automobiles und
save horseflesh and time.
"There are hundreds of men In cities
who are doing Just double the work they
were able to accomplish before they owned
an automobile. Is It an extravagance for
such people tu own a car? In almost every
office In every large city a few years ago
were pale-faced. pun . rickly looking fel
lows who were called men. They tried all
kinds of exercises to make health. Look
over the pages of the magazines of those
days and notice the many advertisements
of patented devices and schools to make
men grow healthy. And these schools
thrived.
Aato llrlnas tiooil Health.
"What has been the result since the auto
mobile has been brought wtthln the reach
of thousands of these people? They are
stout, husky chaps with muscles of Iron
and brown upon their cheeks which equals
their country brothers. 'Red-blooded' has
become a term which Is much In vogue.
lld you ever hear It before the automo
bile arrived?
"Hut It Isn't the office man who gets
the benefit. His family accompanies him
when he rides after office hours. The re
sult ia a great Improvement In health. In
stead of a month of fresh air during the
summer vacation. It is a delightful trip
daily. Yes. possibly a suburban home ail
tlie lime. Who ever knew of diamonds or
ui iaces doing this good or of any other
good outside of giatlfylng a desire for dis
play? The automobile is Indeed a fact-jr
in American life" which cannot be removed.
It is there to stay and will last as long
as the world stands or until some mom
Improved method of transporting Individ
uals from place tu place quickly and eco
nomically can bedevlsed. Kew are the,'
who, once owning an automobile, go back
to the horse and carriage voluntarily."
Wise Advice
to Auto Buyers
Publication Gievi Big String of Ad
vice to Perioni Intending: to
Buy a Machine.
A late Issue of The Automobile sets forth
an interesting list of don't" 'or the con
sldetation of persons figuring on buylni
an nutomohlle. Following Is the advice
tendered:
Don't make the mistake of examining
every automobile manufactured If you
only want to buy one.
Ion't persuade yourself to believe that
you can sne so many things that you have
no use fop and then pick out the one Idea
that conforms with your needs.
Don't flatter yourself that you are so
much smarter thin anyone els as to pe -mlt
you to enjoy many demonstrations and
not have to pay for taking up the time of
the many demonstrators.
Don't get the idea here that they will
ask you for money; certainly not. but they
will fill you so full of iwtiMn that you
ould not know an automobile if it ran
over you.
Don't measure the ability of an automo
bile based upon Its high cear performance
on a grade; It may be fitted out with a low
gear ratio.
iHin't decide aa to the general ability of
an automobile without observing Its per
formance first on a level and then In ti 111
climbing work. If the car will travel fast
on a level, hard road and In addition to thii
quality has good hlll-climlitng ability, it la
a sign of power and harmony.
Don't select an automobile that you are
to pay gfcod money for because It will go
Hke the dickens on a billiard board or a
boulevard; you might have to hire a horse
to pull It up hill.
Don't figure out that the radiator ts
amply large for Ha Intended purpose baaed
upon your observation while the car la
traveling: fast; a good automobile can al
most do without a radiator at the higher
speed.
Don't forget that the ability of a radiator
and the cooling ayatem In general will beat
he brought out when a car la traveling on
a long sandy road with the motor working
at approximately full load and the aun
beating down doing Its prettiest.
Don't abandon the Idea of finding out
how good the cooling aystem la If a long
sandy road on a hot day Is not available.
With the oar atandlng at the curb and the
spark retarded, the average poor radiator
will throw up Its hands.
Puo't lei U4) demonstrator persuade vu
If you buy a enr for quality, for what you know
has proven to be the strongest and best in auto
mobile manufacture, you cannot go wrong in your
purchase. The model T Ford is a 'quality buy
best in material built right by skilled labor, best
for service of any kind can't be beaten for
strength and durability low in purchase price
lower still in up keep cost in fact, the best auto
mobile buy the far-sighted business man may con
sider. L'y.ODO cars in use today proves all we say
ubuut this Ford Quality Car at low price.
Easy riding, plenty of room for five passengers,
powerful engine, with more speed than you need for
pleasure driving a model T' is, indeed, the best
that money can buy. It is an everyday occurrence
for a Ford to run from 20 to -3 miles on a single
gallon of gasoline 10,000 miles on one set of tires,
and repair bills are practically nothing. We have
a demonstrator in our salesroom in which we will
gladly take you for a ride the proof of Ford su
periority. Will you call us up by phone, and make
the demonstration at your own time?
$950
Complete Including
Top
Wind Shield
Gas Lamp
Generator
Speedometer
3 Oil Lamps
Horn . ,
Phone -Douglas 2052
1818 Far nam Street
ATLANTIC AUTO CO.,
ATLANTIC, IOWA,
Distributer Southwestern Iowa.
4 Cylinder-20 h. p.
The Vanadium Car
to believe that the radiator Is big enough
If It offers all the evidences of a steam
holler blowing off.
Don't give up If the demonstrator who
sold you a car was able to make It run
to your satisfaction and you are not able
to duplicate the performance; It merely
pocs to show that the demonstrator knew
how to run the car you don't.
Don't Inflict your new-found trouble on
your unprotected neighbors: they might
want to go to Sunday school. Anyway, If
you persist In running your car on a re
tarded spark, the motor will overheat, but
If you do not know what lubricating oil Is
for the bearings will squeak. What you
want is horse sense, not your neighbor's
sympathy.
Don't rare off to the sales agency and
talk about being stuck after you buy a
car and it falls to come up to your final
expectation. Don't expect anything. De
cide on what you want first, then buy the
car.
Don't mistake a fine line of talk from an
engaging salesman 'for chrome nickel steel
in a crankshaft or other refinements In a
car. Just keep In mind the fact that the
.ialesman don't make the car.
Don't try to tell the maker of an auto
mobile how to build It Just beravise you
want one. Put In your time finding the
particular make that will do the work you
have to perform.
Don't think you know more about it than
the designer Just because you read a tech
nical paper; the paper may be barking up
the wrong tree.
Don't overlook the fact that there are
3t0 degrees In a circle and a statement may
be based upon the perspective as viewed
from any one of these angles', this Is the
reason why a little knowledge Is dangerous.
Don't Jump to the conclusion that the
cost of maintenance of a car will be low
if the purchase price Is high. The actual
cost of maintenance Is more likely to be
in proportion to the square of the velocity
of the car and substantially Independent
of the purchase price.
Don't buy a seven-passenger car before
your family expands sufficiently to take
up the reserved seats In the tonneau; your
neighbors are mighty apt to fill the va
cancies. Don't Imagine that 'an empty tonneau
costs little or nothing; it Is difficult to
keep the rear w heels on the road when the
car thrashes along at high speed under the
Influence of a heavy body that Is nnt prop
erly weighted down.
Don't forget that it is a costly expedient
filling the tonneau even If It Is the lesser
of two evils.
Don't reach the conclusion that the car
buretor Is large enough for the intended
purpose even If It does carburet at bvrth
high and low speeds. The carburetor might
Directory of Automobiles and Accessories
Apperson Automobile Co., 1102-04 Famam
APPERSON CARS
The Lexington
E. R. WILSON AUTOMOBILE CO.
Distributers
Douglas 7181
2010 Hsrnsy St.
A-1911
fail when the car Is half way up a long
steep hill.
Don't assume anything. If the car you
put your money in has no means for tell
ing you how much lubricating oil there Is
in the crankshaft, take all your chances
in one direction only; keep putting In lubri
cating onl.
Don't use the Kentucklan's whisky test
us a means for determining the character
of the lubricating oil you propose to use
in your motor; it may look like oil, or It
may smell like oil, and It might even taste
like oil, but in spite of all these necessary
qualifications It nilht act like trouble.
Don't experiment with lubricating oil: If
tlie brand you are using proves to be effi
cacious It is your good friend stick to
your friends.
What Every Golfer Knows.
That he Is In hard luck.
That somebody always moves when he
tries to putt
That he will make a much better score
the next time out.
That thla Is the first ball he has put In
the pond since gSodness knows when.
That every bad shot is attended by some
extenuating circumstance.
That nobody else ever plays and gets the
tough lies that he gets.
That he la taking the game altogether too
seriously.
That the caddy knows well enough where
the bull Is. and will get It In the morning.
Thul this hall can usually be found about
fifty yards short of where he Is looking for
It. St. l.ouis foal-Dispatch.
Mid-West Auto Co.
1 Booth nineteenth Street.
Cole 30SI.500. Cole Flyer $1,500
Wasleott 40 $2,000
FULLY EQUIPPED
Psoas S-SOfiSL
THE PAXTOII-niTCHELL C0.1!?8
Doug. 7281 2010-14-16 Harney St. A-20II
ason
MIDLAND MASON
FreclanH Bros. & Ashley
1115-1117 Parnam St
FRANKLIN
PEERLESS
GUY L. SMITH. 2207 FARMAM ST.
BAKER
ELECTRIC
Eloctrlo Garage
DENISE BARKALOW, Proprietor
2218 Firnara Street
500 Brandeis Building
Phone Douglas 29
H. E. PA.MER, SON & CO., John W. Redick, Mgr. Auto. Dept.
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
Car in the Vanderbilt Cup Race
KISSEL KAR 8
ooo eo !!:?: KISSEL AUTO GO
$3,000 60 H. P. 2129 Farnam St
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MOTOR CARS
Vt Lit AUTOMOBILE CO., 1902 FirnamSU
Jchn Deer Plow Co... Distributors.
Ford Motor Co.
Temporary Looatlon
1010 Cnrnnm Ot DmaUm Uk
3 iu iu i fliuaiii oi., uiiia.ia, ncj,
W. L. Huffman Auto Co., ..SV
nupmuuiifj
202S t- ARNAM kllil.LT '
letroit-Electric p,-?S& co-
MUIUK CAK
allace Automobile Co.
24th Niar Farnam Street.
BRUSH RUNABOUT
A MARVEL OF W8RKUARSKIP
T. 6. KQRTMWALL CL
BUJODIt St.
POI'K-HAHTKOHIJ KJI.U HV H. II. VAN BKl'NT.
Henry H. Van Brunt Aulo conpnv
shows above tha rt 'lni car enterr.l l.i ;ae
Vanderbilt races. H.rt Plngly anl JaiA
ritnilng. nolrd racin men. wot In rraipa
uf the car.
Htngley's mechanician wae C. P. Osgood
and U. K. Feather rode as Klemlnt's rlght
hand msn. The race was for 2T. miles,
or twenty-two laps. The race started st
davbreak and finished four hours later.
The course as practically the same aa
laat year'a. except In fairer condition, mak
ing higher apeed possible.
The race fur the Vanderbilt cup was for
cars of r!d i i .'cr the definition writ
ten hy llm toM'i-. i hoard of the American
Ai uimol lie i-.'O. :a,mn and tailed f ir sun k
ci.i. To i!ie car coverlnu the required
i ifia'ii e In the tho; test elapsed time will
be awarded tha William K. 'enderbllt. Jr.,
cup. with an additional award of 12.000 in
cash. And to tha car in the class other
than that which wins the cup and cash
will be awardtd a special "donors' trophy"
for permanent ownership.
The two Pope-Hartorda were both 1911
model "We" with an engine In design sim
ilar to that of last - ear's, but developing
ten mole horxe-pow er. making a power unit
capable .f developing fifty horse-power.
The engine has a displacement of UtA.bj
cubic inches. The w heel ba.e Is l!l inches,
u heels are " Inches. The regular equip
ment on the 1:11 cars Is the high tension
dual system of Ignition, with the Bscii
magneto, and of course Is used on both
these cars. The carburetor Is th Pope
' arhuret r designed and made at the Pope
Manufacturing company that has been used
so successfully In paet years. Thia year It
haa been enlarged to give the proper sup
ply of explosive mixture for the bigger
engines Kpeciul racing bodies have been
built for tnese cars and are devigned with
the intention of decreavlng to as great an
extent as possible the wind resistance.
I They are long, race looking rieatbna with
pointer rears and sides enclosed running up ,
j on the sides to the arms of the seats.
I The Pope Manufacturing company en
gaged a, large parking space right near
the grandstand and sent out Invitations to
all Pope-Hartford owners extending t
! them the use of the space for themselves
and cars Refreshments were served and
jthe guests were made comfortable.
E.H.FreilrtcHson Automobile Co. ZHiSZ
2044-4S-4S FARNAM STREET
OverlanJ, Pop?
Hartford
Council Bluffs, lews.
Henry K, Van Brunt
Nebraska Buick Auto Company
Xasools Branca, 13ta sad 1 St.., X. . SIDLES, Deal Mgt.
Omaha Braaek, ma-14-l Parssn St., MB MVTf, sff.
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Buick and 0 d
moblli Cars .HI
14TH AND JACKSON
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