TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 24, 1911.
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AUTOMOBILE EXPORT TRADE
Busine&i of United States Makers
with Foreign Buyers.
TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Canada the Lnraest Market, bat All
the World is Dayln Aatos or
' Aato Part In the I'lilted
State..
WASHINGTON, Eept. 23 Automobiles
and parts thereof exported from the
United States during 1911 will aggregate
approximately 120,000,000 In value. Figures
of the bureau of statistics. Department
of Commerce and Labor, show already
for the seven months of the year for
which export statistics are available, over
15.000,000 worth of automobiles exported,
12,000,000 worth of parts thereof other
than tires, and $1,600,000 worth of tires,
making the aggregate for the seven
months $12,600,000. Should the export eon.
tlnue at the same rate during the five
remaining months of the year, the total
would cross the (20,000,000 line. Even this
does not Include the automobiles sent to
Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska, which,
-with the parts thereof, aggregated over
$1,600,000 value during the last fiscal year.
The Increase in the exportation of this
article of American manufacture has
been almost as rapid as the growth In
thefc use In the United States. The total
value of automobiles and parts thereof
exported In 1901, only a decade ago, was
less than $1,000,000; In 1902 it passed the
$1,000,000. line; In IKS It was more than
$1,600,000; In 1906, $2,500,000; In 1904, $4,500,000;
In 1907. $5,760,000; In 1906, $7,760,000; In 1910,
$13,000,000, and In IMt seems likely to be
for automobiles alone about $14,000,000; for
parts thereof, except tires, about
$3,600,000. and for tires, about $2,500,000.
These figures are all fer calendar years.
' Even this Increase In value does not
fully represent the Increase In the num
ber of machines exported, since the ex
port price has fallen In the meantime. The
average export price of automobiles ex
' ported In 190$ was In round terms, $2,000;
tn 1909, $1,600; In 1010, a little over $1,300,
and In the seven months of the year 1911
for which figures are now available, a
little over $1,009 each, the export price
paving thus fallen practically one-half
since 1908, these figures of average export
prices being obtained by dividing the
stated number of automobiles exported
Into the stated value thereof for each of
the years In question.
Canada Is by far the largest market for
automobile exported from the United
States. Of the practically 9.000 machines
exported in the seven months ending with
July S, 724 went to Canada; 1,875 to the
United Kingdom; 938 to British Ooeanla
(chiefly Australia and New Zealand); 477
to Asia and Oceania other than British ;
444 to South America; 273 to France; 175
to West Indies and Bermuda; 147 to
Mexico; 137 to Italy and seventy-three to
Germany. These figures do not inolude
the shipments to noncontiguous territory
Of the United States, the number sent
to Hawaii in the seven months In ques
tion being 202; to Porto Rico, 164, and to
Alaska two.
Uncle Sam Asked
to Help Autoists
Build Good Roads
Speaker Champ Clark and Many of
Congress in Favor of Aiding
, Farmer and Automobiliits.
which they accomplish in obliterating
state lines will prove more effective than
any other means In cementing this nation
Into a solidified whole, for where men
meet and exchange views there ha been
a broadening of the viewpoint and a more
thorough understanding of the wants of
one another.
"With the time saving and distance,
decreasing vehicle at our disposal, It fol
lows as a natural sequence that we must
supply the right kind of road and retain
and maintain It properly In order to se
cure and retain the benefits that have
been brought about by the ccmlng of the
automobile a thing more valuable to the
farmer than to the urban resident,' a
fact which is becoming more apparent
to the man In the country."
Exceptionally good confirmation of th
statement of Chairman Dlehl that the
man In the country Is realizing that the
motor-driven vehicle Is more for him
than for the man In the city, comes from
Kansas. Thomas McKay is a farmer
who lives fourteen files from Oberlln,
where the local farmers' institute held
a session. Thereat Farmer McKay spoke
as follows:
"Some of us farmers are standing In
our own light. We argue that we should
not build good roads for motor cars to
travel over. I have no motor car, but It
seems to me that a road that Is good for
a motor car Is good for a farmer to haul
a big load of wheat over, or for me to
drive my surrey to take my family to
town. We are too afraid that we will
do something which will benefit some
one else, and, In fact, we are the loser
by our own acts. I have already graded
a mile of road along my farm on Prairie
Dog Creek. Just to show you people
the south part of the country where I
live, to Oberlln, I will agree to take my
boy and my team. If necessary, and
grade another mile of that fourteen miles
if the rest of you business men and farm
ers' living along the road' will do your
share."
Some of the farmers In attendance
wanted to know the cost and then agreed
to do their share If McKay would super
intend the Job. McKay would not be
bluffed and his fellow farmers supplied
their share of the money, and the fourteen-mile
Improved dirt road was soon
placed in travelable condition.
Hott Did They Manage?
Adam did his gardening without a seed
catalogue.
Noah had no storm warning from the
United States Weather bureau.
Columbus hadn't any tennis court on
his trip across.
Napoleon crossed the Alps without gas
olene. Washington could not shout, "I cannot
tell a lie!" into a phonograph. Judge.
JESSE FROEHLICH TO DRIYE
He Signs with Speed King Burman
to Compete for Grand Prize.'
BZNZ TEAM WILL BE STRONG
Ileniery, Foremost Among the Con
tiuent Road Drivers, Will Sit at
Wheel of Another of German-
Importations,
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 Bob Burman, the
world's "speed king." recently made ar
rangements with Jesse Froehllch of the
Bens Auto Import company to drive In
the grand prize race to be held this fall
In Savannah. His two teammates were
also nominated.
The Ben team will be the strongest In
dividual team In the race. In addition to
Burman will be the great Hemery. Hem
ery is Europe's foremost road driver and
will sit at the wheel of another of the
German Importations. The third Bens
will be driven by Billy Knipper, who
teamed with Burman at Indianapolis. It
was at first intended that the team would
be Burman, Hemery and De Palma, but
E. A. Morose prevailed upon Froehllch
and the Bens company to make it Bur
man, Knipper and Hemery.
Tho former manager of Oldfleld, the
former director of contests of tho Indian
spoils motor speedway and present man
ager of Burman, will have charge of the
two American drivers at Savannah- They
will be properly handled, as Moross Is
familiar with eevry angle of automobile
racing. By entering the grand prise race
Burman is giving another proof of his
willingness to meet In open competition
the best In the world at all times In speed
duels or contest.
Barman to Have Choice.
Burman will have his choice of the car
driven by Bruce-Brawn last year or of a
new 120-horse power racer which is now
being built. The two new Bens cars with
Victor Hemery in charge will reach the
United States the latter part of this month
and the Bens team will at once be or
ganised. Burman's car will be equipped
with American accessories. He will use
Firestone tires and a Remy magneto.
Burman insisted upon this equipment be
fore ha would agree to enter . the race
For practice on the Savannah course Bur
man will use the 110-horse power Bens
that Willie Haupt drove.
This will be Knlpper's first appearance
at the wheel of a big car. Knipper has
won several light car races. He won the
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Tledeman trophy at Savannah, the light
car race at Lowell, the Pocky mountain
road race at Denver and the Csndier
trophy at Atlanta.
Burman's most wonderful road perform
ances have been at Lowell and his was
the first American car to finish In the
grand prize last year after unusually hnrd
luck on tires. He also holds a big string
of speedwsy victories, which Includes the
Prest-o-llte trophy, Atlanta speedway
trophy and a string of world's speed rec
ords which have earned for him his pres
ent title of speed king.
Victor Hemery has most of the road
wins that are worthy of notice on the
other side, as well as a long string of
speedway records made over the F.rook-
lanrts track. With the world's foremost
speed pilot and Europe's best road driver
and a driver of unknown quality with big
cars It seems as though the Bens team
has every quality that will show a winner.
Mr. Froehllch of the Bens Auto Import
company said: "Last year at Savannah
we finished first and second. I consider
that this year's team Is much stronger
In every respect. I am not out for first
and second, but for first, second and
third." .
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MOTORING AT SMALL COST
Flanrea from the Last Dnnh of Man
Who Rnna Car for rieasnre
and rrnflt.
Your recent writer upon "Motoring
for People of Moderate Means." begins
upon too expensive a basis, as it seems
to me, when he starts out with a $;.Oi0
automobile. There are p'enty of cars
running from $W0 to $1,200 In cunt which
carry five passengers, and give per
fectly satisfactory service. I have a
?CQ one the second of the e.ime make,
operated by me for over four years. It
has ample power to climb all the hills In
the county on high Rear, and on the
level will go faster than I ever dare drive
it. I runs about twenty miles to the
gallon of gasoline, and 100 miles to the
quart of oil; mileage say, seventy miles
a month, and for ten months of the
year January and February being too
cold for enjoyable riding in this lati
tude. The ordinary expense for gaso
line, oil. taxes, and odds and ends, will
not exceed $10 per month, or a total for
the first year of $100; one new set of
tires, say $S0; depreciation, 29 per
cent $180 this I have found to be
ample, by selling my first car after nearly
four years of use. for one-third Its first
cost. I carry fire Insurance, Included in
first Item, at small cost. I have handled
the car for over four years without In
juring myself or any other person, and
feel that I can afford to carry my own
liability Insurance. I have no charge for
garage rent because I have my own
shelter for the car at home; nor for
house boy." for all the family Is fond
of the "May Bird." and finds the few
minutes' work a day necessary to keep H
clean a rleasant task I attend to the
mechanical adjustment and oiling. Btirt
Means" should expect to do, and find It
run It myself, as ths "Man of Moderate
a 1 a pleasure.
Here. then, is a total cost of $.W0 a
year for about 7,000 miles' travel; but I
have an offset which must be considered.
I live outside the metropolis, twelve miles
from my place of business. Every time I
drive in alone I have SC cents car fare;
when others ride with me this amount
may be doubled. Altogether the cash so
saved must amount to W to $100 a year
ca:l It $90. Still further, the time spent
on pleasure trips on Saturday and Sun
day afternoons and holidays would gen
erally be replaced by seme more expen
sive form of amusement If the car were
not available.
Thus we enjoy a healthful, useful and
pleasant recreation 7.000 miles of It at
a net cost (barring accident) of about $2iC
for the first year, and a little more there
after about what It costs in my vicinity
to kep a modi-rate hors; sn.l surrey.
which would not yild one-fourth the
amount of service. Is there any way In
which the "man of moderate means"
ould spend the same amount of money
to greater al anlSEe? James K. Hems
in New York Independent.
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Pine inn.) hnrk.l.nrk think 111 Often
flag that fatal first drink
one, client performance Is north a mil
Ion emotional promises.
Hand iin an.l hnniltiB t.srk anil the
thing will work Its own way out.
tf there were pocl.ets in some folks
shroud the same old holes would be
burnt In them.
No matter how hard the rules may be
they're as fair for tis as for the rest of
the gang.
When we get down we wonder how It
hsnnend. hut w hen we win we accept It
as perfectly natural.
There are cures for the dope end rum
addictions, but the self-kldiler never gets
l out or Ills system.
times we refue to accept his terms be-
ure ine OHni-e orpine.
It's human nature, but bad medicine,
o buck about the walk uphill after we've
Moved a Rood long slide down. New
ork World.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road to
Hig Returns.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. il-Federal aid
In road uuild'ng may become an actuality
within the next twelve roontha From all
over the country accumulates positive
evidence of the pronounced belief that tho
national government should give atten
tion to better Interstate communication
by road, and men prominent In affairs
of state are declaring themselves, one
after another, as being in accord with
this progressive policy. Of the nation's
leaders none is ' more emphatic than
Speaker Champ Clark, who, In a com
munication to President Robert P. Hooper
of the American Automobile association,
expresses this opinion:
"I believe ths time hss come for the
general government to actively and
powerfully co-operate with the states In
building a great system of public high
ways. I believe the building of the Lin
coln highway would be the entering
wedge for the creation of a splendid sys
tem of roads that would bring its benefits
to every eltlssn In the country.':
Congressman Borland of Missouri, who
Is putting forward the Lincoln highway
bill In the house of representatives, sum
marises the matter vtry briefly:
"What we need Is a monument that will
bo of some use to the people now living
on earth. If we could have the views on
the subject of the great commoner. Abra
ham Lincoln, himself, I am satisfied he
would be in favor of such a tribute. There
Is no monument so enduring as a high
way." In commenting upon the proposed route.
Chairman Oeorge C Dlehl of the national
good roads, . board ; concisely puts forth
thee wori-V At
"A gooJv ' bioad highway, connecting
historic Gettysburg with the capital of
the nation, will be traveled by thousand
here now tho route l followed by lain
drods. owing to its serving as a road In
(smite only. Motor-driven vehicles art
Interstate, as well as intrastate, and that
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MOST people who want a car of the 30 horsepower five-passenger
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will cost them somewhere around $1250. In their mind a car
at less than that must be a little, insignificant, low-powered machine.
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It still seems difficult for some people to understand
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