THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FKIUiT ART 21.
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AUTO EXPORTS INCREASE
Twenty Time More ia Value Than
a Decade Ago.
IMPOSTS SHOVTOG A DECREASE
Mar Taaai Tweilr Mllll.a Dalian
Warta at Aatambtlea Are Sal
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Farelam Caaatrtoa.
WASHINGTON. Feb. U.-Ov t30.000.0n0
worth of automobiles were exported from
the JJntted States in the calendar year
ITU. or twenty times as much as a dec
aoa aro. The exports to foreign countries
last rear. Including tires and other parts,
ware valued at CI.tQti.SSl and the ship
ments to our own noncontiguous terri
tories. Hawaii. Porto Rico and Alaska.
H.MS.1S. Tea years ago the exports to
foratsa countries were but Mi0S."f3 In
value: by 19M they bad grown to J4.eJ6.lS.
by 11 to lU.flJO.EX. and In the calendar
year Just ended had risen to Cl.SMM.
this Increase of t2O.000.O00 in the exports
of American-made automobiles within a
slat's dacada being one of the most no
table achievements of our foreign com
merce In recent years.
Meantime Imports of automobiles Into
the United States show a decreasing tend
ency. From 198 to ,19W. before the In
dustry had developed in'thls country. Im
ports rapidly Increased, from about 150ft
ON to tE.0Oa.O00. the high record In Imports
of this class of vehicles. Since IKK, how
ever, the Imports have steadily decreased,
last year's total having been less than
C MO, 000. In 1908. according to the estab
lished reports of the bureau of statistics.
Department of Commerce and Labor, im
ports and exports of automobiles were
of about equal value. Imports Into the
United States In thst yesr being WJW.3
and exports therefrom. U400.1& The fol
lowing year witnessed a shifting of the
balanoe of trade In automobiles from the
Import to the export side, since which
time the excess of exporls has steadily.
Increased until In 1911 It was 119.190,413.
Imports In that year having been but
a?,44s.2tf, and exports gn.S6.6tl, or about
Bins times the value of Hie automobiles
Imported In the same year.
The aggregate ' value of automobiles
passing through- ports of the United
States during the last tea years exceeded
VM,00t,tM. The approximate figures are
as follows: Imports, C7.000.0W; exports
to foreiga countries, 170.000,0110; shipments
to Porto Rico. Hawaii and Alaska. tiOOO.
4100; a total, for this comparatively new
article of commerce of (102.000 00 In ten
year.
Exaaiia aad Inserts.
The course of our trade In Imports and
exports of automobiles la illustrated by
the following figures' covering quadren
nial years from 1KB to MIL
tibtpments to non
contiguous Ex ports. territories.
I i.trn m s4.t4
4.MC1SB 186,870
21,tvK.tl l.ttM.ltf
Fiscal year Imports for consumption.
This rapid Increase In exports of auto
mobiles from the United States is in part
duo to the rapid development of the do
mestic Industry, In part to the growing
ass of vehicles of this character through
out the world. In 19M the exports of au
tomobiles from Franco, the United Btaies,
the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy,
the leading manufacturers of automo
biles, aggregated W6.0UMK, and In 1910,
but two-years later. Bad grown to tii,
005,000. In 19(0 tbo value of automobiles
manufactured In the United States was
3.090,000; T 1195. 3O,O0O,0M, and In 1909,
24t,000,lXJS. That the Increased consump
tion of automobiles in this country Is be
ing mora and more supplied by mschines
of domestlo manufacture may be. Inferred
from the feet that Imports have greatly
decreased during a period In which pro
duction has grown from tn,OM,000 to nearly
f30.M),0D0.
Franca la the chief source of automo
biles Imported into the United States. The
Imports from that country, however, in
common with those from other countries,
are decreasing. Of the $4,000,000 worth
Imported In the fiscal year 1906, about 13.
OuO.OOO was from France, 1371,000 from Ger
many. IS3.000 from the United Kingdom,
and M from Italy. Last year France
was credited with less than fl, 000,010. and
the other countries named with about
poo, OOt each.
Moat of the automobiles exported from
the United States go to British territory.
The value exported to Canada In 19ua was
B7.CS, while In 1910 It had Increased to
M .S3. 47 and In 19U to t7.180.M7, or one
third the entire exports of this clsss of
manufactures. To the United Kingdom,
the total last year was S3, 700.096, against
BJ4IS.9K In 19W and 4(71.561 In 1901 To
France the exports grew from JS3.061 In
IMS to tfK.ia In 111: to Germany, from
4.M a decade ago to Ml, tog Isit year;
to Mexico, from 3.710 to t7MK9. and to
British Oceania, chiefly Australia, from
aj.w In 1908 to SU6&903 In 19U. To various
other parts of the world Including South
America, Asia and Oceania, the exports
sf automobiles nut year were large, la
some cases the largest on record.
Cslen- i
4ar
years, Imports.
1.. ..-.$ fcO.OnO
1901 4,910.
1910 i,717.M
1911 1,444, 2U
Koran Buys First
Auto Sold at. the
Automobile Show
Charles Koran, president of the Omaha
Trunk factory, was the first to buy aa
automobile at the present show, accord
ing to Oeorge Helm. ,
Mr. Korea purchased a 1911 Cadillac
through the Influence of a good many of
kta friends who are owners of
cars. The car was recommended to him
oa account of Its high efficiency and
durability of service.
Ha was assured by his friends that he
would receive tbo best of service from
the Cadillac company of Omaha, and
knowing the standardization of the car
and the reputation of the Cadillac
Motor Car company, Detroit, Mich, he
decided upon a Cadillac car.
Accord rug to the specifications which
George F. Retm received from Mr. Koran,
be Is having his car equipped with nearly
every accessory that can be put oa an
automobile m the line of special equlp
smnt. His equipment cor, fists of a rear
sight mirror, demountable rims, extra
tire, trunk rack, electric horn, power sir
pomp, electric lights by which to change
tires, combination clock and speedometer,
slip covers, double automatic windshield,
etc.
Joy Riders ta Meaty,
"We'll have to give lots of free rides
this week, but wo can't help It." said one
of the exhibitors. "A great many people
who have no Intention of buying a car
pretend that they want to buy one in
order to hav us take them out for a
spin. Sometimes we spot these people
for what they are, but one can't be too
careful of questioning the motives uf a
Persistent Advertising Is the Road to
SH Returns.
Dreams of Mr. Buyer, an Auto Show Visitor
ARRIVAL OF SELF STARTED I
"ZT S ia Jktf I
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turvrs cn on typ of 4:r start sr. Thar
ia agreement, howrer, oa this paint
UuU the motorinc pubiio haa dacldad to
break Ita axma and bark no kmrar erar
th crank. Id otort t j used to b willing
to fusa oTr thalr cars and baby them;
now thr demand that their eara ahall
ba ready to r at tha touch of button.
Uke verythtnr tm about the motor car (And the manufacturers ar turnlnc tham
tiierr is no atrrremtnt autons mantifac-. out that way. Boston Transcript.
button, and mhivu turn ovor tlie motor
sufn.icnt!y to start the regular power.
The sprina- is mound up again by the
molar. The sprlr-c aflf-starter fs of dif
ferent types and can be attached to any
car. There are alao lever atnl pedal
starting devtces. All lave iher advo
cates and their claims to superiority.
NEBRASKA-BU1CK CO. BUSY
SHOWIMQ THEIR BIQ LINE
H. a BMloa. Xiao HoK and fhatr score
of ajtusty-toiif assistants wars nearly
worked to death Monday night ghowltuT
tho Bulck and alsvqaatta can to tho
hand reds of raterested epeot&tora.
Persistent Advertising la tho Road N
Hoit Rotable Feature of Thii Tear'i
Automobiles.
PETNCTAL YAEEETIES OF DEVICE
Crank Beeoaiea I'aeleee Appeadla ea
obbs Cars, Eatlrely Rraseved
" from ta-ta-tke-Mlante
Motors.
Tho great step of the 19U production of
cars hss been to bring the motor within
tho reach of a great body of people who
heretofore In large degree have been
barred from driving because of lack of
physical strength to crank tho motor. The
crank now becomes a sort of useless ap
pendix on most cars and on, some baa been
removed altogether. The time of the self
starter baa arrived, aa witness the num
ber of machines so equipped in tho gar
den show. The car without some method
of starting from the seat is almost ex
ceptional. The coming of tho self-starting
era means no mors back-kicks and
broken wrists, and it means that the de
lights of driving are open to women, and
to men who hare feared the crank.
Juat why the self-starter has come with
such a rush thla season Is not altogether
clear some say It's natural development
and other's claim It Is women's Influence.
The women showed that they wanted to
drive cars, without having to carry a
man to crank the engine, or being obliged
to get out m the mud to crank It them
solves, and the manufacturers answered
tho feminine demand by putting self
starting devices on their machines. The
self-starter li not new. A perfectly ef
ficient compressed sir self-starter was
shown In Madison Square Garden three
or four years sgo by a prominent motor
car manufacturer. It offered freedom
from the travail of the crank Just as
much as do the self-starters of today.
But men motorists exclaimed "Oh Bosh,
there's truck enough on a car to get out
of order now without adding any more,"
and the next season this maker dropped
his self-starter.
The Wlnton makers led the way In the
present movement towards self-starters.
They put a compressed air starter on
their six-cylinder several seasons ago snd
they have stuck to It. Now the whole In
dustry Is running at their heels equipping
cars with ons style or another uf device
for turning over the motor without physi
cal exertion. A button to push, a little
crank to turn, a pump or something of
the sort appear on tho dashboards snd
the manufacturers who haven't had time
to Join the procession are getting In line
and are offering to supply self-starters
as regular or extra equipment tilth
priced oar makers, who at first scoffed
at the self-starter Idea, are Joining the
procession.
Self-starters are roughly, of four kinds
the compressed sir or burned gas, the
electric, the exploitive gas and the me
chanical or spring. The compressed sir
self-starter is exemplified In the Wlnton
and the (Chalmers. The car carries a
reservoir in which part of the burned gas
from the molor Is compressed, the com
pression being shut off automatically
when It la sufficiently high. A push
button on the dashboard pushed by the
foot of the driver releases the com
pressed burned gas to the cylinders and
the piston that is ready for the down
stroke Is driven down. The others fol
low in turn until fresh gas lias been
ucked In and Ignited and the motor
runs Itself, storing away In tho first
few revolutions sufficient compression
to use the next time.
The electric self-starter la new this
season. Prominent exponents of this
method are the Cadlllao and the Inter-
Stale, though they employ different
systems. The features of the electric
self-starter are a storage baltery and
an electrlo motor geared to the merhan
Ism of th gas motor. A sallch directs
current front tho storage battery to the
electric motor, which, acting through
gearing, turns over the crankshaft of
the gas motor until regular explosions
begin. In the Cadillac the electric motor
is geared Into the flywheeel; In others tt
Is geared to the half-time shaft, when
the gaa motor Is running It drives the
electrlo motor until the storage bsa.
terles are fully charged. 'With tha elec
tric self-starter go electric head, side,
tall, dash and interior lamps and electrlo
Ignition.
A Coaasasa lystesa.
The explosive gaa self-starter la the
most easily attached, of low cost and
simple In construction, and has been
adopted aa equipment by tha larger num
ber of car manufacturers. These ex
plosive gas starters derive their energy
from the acetylene gas tank and there are
two principal types, tha Disco and tha
Presto. Such cars as the Hudson, Pt-ens-Duryea,
Kverltt, Simplex, Seidell,
Pullman, Maroon. Speedwell bar tha ex
plosive gaa self-starter and almost all the
other manufacturers are prepared to sup
ply It. when requested by customers. The
explosive gas self-star tar constats, rough
ly, of a pipe from tho aostelyno gaa tank to
the distributor and piping from the dis
tributor, which Is worked by a tiny
crank or a pump, to tbo cylinders. In
whleh the acetylene gaa la fired nntll the
motor begins to run under tho regular
gasoline mixture power. As the acety
leno gas is very powerful only a small
quantity Is needed to turn over the motor.
The spring self-starter is the oldest of
them all. It consists of a powerful spring
which la released by pressure on a dssh
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TUDY
appeal,
The Car of
Practical Luxury
all sides of an automobile 'its artistic
its mechanical construction, the .service
back of it, the men who built it. Do. this with
any car before -you buy; especially do1 we i invite
such careful analysis of.the.Marquette.
In. the refinement of its exterior' lines and the, character of y its
general appdintment, the Marquette reaches a point of elegance.
These, combined with the reasonableness of its price, make the
Marquette the car of Practical Luxury. And added to its supremacy
in these essentials is the fact that the Marquette is produced under
the immediate direction of the General Motors Company, giving it
not only the ample engineering and mechanical backing of this, large insti
tution, but assuring thoroughly deoendable.service. to owners
These Iwndsomo cars will he ehotyn at the Omaha Auto
mobile Show, of course, but tho
Ral Dittpl-r t at Show Room 1912-14-16 Farnam Streot
NEBRASKA BUICK ADTO CO, Ditribtefs
Omaha,
Lee Huff, Mgr.
Lincoln, Sioux City,
H. E. Sidles, Gen. Mgr. S. 0. Douglas, Mgr,
Model 25 Price, $3,000.
tt-in -mn issassiTrn
iiisasawaawaV!
The Delivery Car Now
Used by 50 Omaha Firms
When purchasing a commercial car it is well to consider the standing of the firm be
hind the car, and tho service given car owners. These features are of the utmost ira
portanc to car buyers. Delays of all kinds are costly, and wliere a concern helps a
purchaser to keep his car in first-class condition, it is an advantage not to be over
looked. This is what the I. H. C. service means to our customers. The International
Commercial Car is the dependable car for hot and cold weather, 365 days in the year,
backed by a strong guarantee by a concern that is able to make good.
International Harvester Company . America
Council Bluffs, Iowa..
INCORPORATED
Lincoln. Neb.
Omaha, Neb.
LITTLE
SIX
An entirely new Model, and ready for
demonstration. A Little Six with 60
horse power and Ten Inch Upholstrey
Exhibited at the Omaha
Automobile Show for the First Time
February 19 to 24
A large portion of the output of this
Model has already been sold without
a single demonstration having been made
You are invited to
inspect and test this
car at your pleasure
Sold in this Territory by
B J. J. Deright Co.
1818 Farnam Street
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