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THE 'OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ' NOVEMBER 23, 1919.
FAR EAST LEADS
BRAZIL IN SALE
OF GOOD RUBBER
South - American Country
. Allows Itself to Be
. Outmanaged by the
Far East.
How Brazil, possessing In her
vi t forests millions of huge rub
ber trees of the finest quality grow-
Ning in rich luxuriance all ready for
r(the knife of the tapper," has been
permit the crude rubber supremacy
r of the world to be swept from her
' in a decade by the far east is one
, of the big events in modern busi
ness history.
That Brazil can flo Dig tntngs in
. the most approved modern fashion
' needs no proof beyond her coffee
' f industry, her undisputed supremacy
I. there being due to scientific meth--'
ods of the highest order. In cacao
' and cattle raising she is also dem
onstrating her capabilities. But in
rubber production she has been
" hopelessly outdistanced. 1
.About 40 years ago some seeds
"'. from the rubber trees of Brazil were
taken to England and sprouted.
Then a few thousand nurslings were
transplanted to Ceylon, Java, Burma
. and Singapore. For years little was
heard of the enterprise and then
j came the demand for rubber tires,
and with that demand rubber from
plantations in the far east "began tt
'7 trickle into the markets.
; City Grows Rich.
if Meanwhile the 1 Amazon rubber
. i district was going through scehes
V typical of a gold tnining rush. For-
tunes rocketed to the skies and as
the stream of crude rubber flowed
I down the river there flowed back to
C Manaos a golden flood which made
!; the rubber city more luxurious for
.'its size than Paris and made Manaos
the best diamond market in the
t world. Anything that was expensive;
" could be sold, and jewels, fine silks,
-good wines and foods, costly fur-j
4 niture and gorgeous carriages found
their way up the great yellow river,
I passing, for 1,000 miles only the
1 walls- of jungle that edged the
stream. Manaos and Para became
2 beautifu cities, with splendid build
tings, costly homes and fine streets.
But by 190 a change came. The
demand for rubber for automobile
tires and for a thousand other uses
T had become tremendous and Brazil
"was unable to meet the demand.
,: That was the plantations' opportuni
Jf ty and they made the best of it.
fit Enormous acreages were planted
jij and hundreds of millions invested.
ii Today Brazil is far to the rear.
I ! The world's output of crude rubber
1 1 for the current year will probably
H reach about 380,000 tons. Of this
i ' total Brazil will produce, by the
35,000 tons, while from the far east
i t comes 320.000 tons. '
Better System in East.
. TTie explanation for the change is
i : easilv found. In Brazil the rubber
i trees are found irrthe dense jungles
and the work is doiie along lines de
t v1nnpt hv 1hi Indians and little im-
' proved upon. In the far east drained
I ' ousiurss men aim Bwiciicisiv
brought all their skill into play. In
,'. Brazil - the worker cuts his way
;," through the jungle to a tree, and
!' then to another and another until he
i, has laid out a path which he can
I travel day after day to tap the trees
j along the route. In the far east vast
! areas ari laid out like great orchards,
I the weeds are kent down, every" tree
U is carefully nursed and the stately
fl T : .X, ...... lU m lint-f.ll1.
J tural wonders of the world,
h Among all the plantations in the
! ! far east the, great tract of the United
t!'. States Rubber company, with more
II; than 70 square miles of growing
j; trees, stands out as by far the larg
i, est Twenty thousand workers care
). for its trees, collect its Utex and
i prepare the crude rubber. Its scien-
! tine staff has studied exhaustively
j the problem of preparing the rubber
! in the manner that. will, make the
i best tire3 and as a consequence have
! made it possible for United States,
tires to possess uniformity and high
quality to a degree never before at-
. tained. -
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Silent Chains.
1 Silent chains that are now so
much used for camshaft and electri
cal 'unit drive should be treated ex-
! actly as if they were sett of. bear-
f iugs. Each joining stud and rivet of
I the chain should be regarded as a
! hearing is and must above all be
!. given systematic and careful lubri-
cation. Chains mat run in tne open
' need oil treatment once a day. The
I; oil should be put on the inside, as
this it the part that comes in direct
contact with- the sprockets. ' Am oil
-i brash is th most convenient math
V od of distributing the oil along the
ii surface of the chain.
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' Lost Grease Onpi.
lj y It is remarkable what vibration
. will do in the way of loosening tip
grease cups that have gone in stiffly
1 1 and Apparently been absolutely se
f j cure. Every lost crease cup means
! that some part of the mechanism
j,, is in danger. t The safest remedy for
f . this trouble is to employ a set of
; ! cups with locked caps.
Towle New Sales Manager
For Douglas Motor Cars
The Douglas Motors corporation,
Thirtieth and Sprague streets,
Omaha, has announced the selection
of Rose B. Towle as its general
sales manager.
Mr. Towle was born and raised in
Omaha and is among the best
known of young Omaha business
men. He was at one time vice pres
ident of the Nebraska Fuel company
and later was made president of the
D. J. O'Brien company, candy manu
facturers of Omaha. He was con
nected with the O'Brien company
for 14 years and sold out his inter
ests in that company last spring.
The Douglas Motors corporation
is planning extensive production for
1920 in the manufacture of automo
biles and trucks. The demand for
Douglas cars has been so great that
the outpuCof the Omaha factory is
oversold for some time to come.
Mr. Towle will devote his' main ef
forts toward marketing Douglas
trucks and with the advantages of
the central location in the great
middle west it is expected that the
demand for Douglas trucks will ex
ceed all possible supply. A special
effort will be made to inform busi
ness men of Omaha of the merits of
the Douglas trucks and the advan
tages of patronizing an Omaha
manufacturing institution. .
In assuming his new duties Mr.
Towle said: "The possibilities of
the truck industry can hardly be
overestimated. . The demand fori
trucks that can stand severe tests
will be greater in time than the de
mand for pleasure cars. The time
will come" when a truck system will
be as important in the conduct pi
I vs ' $MlftrtaNKma MMIHIIP 1111
- Ross B. Towle.
the business institution as is a tele
phone today. With the impetus
given to competition with the adop
tion of truck systems a truck will
become an absolute business neces
sity, and the Douglas Motors cor
poration is preparing to meet that
demand in our Omaha factory. Peo
ple of Omaha should know that the
have such an institution in their city.
We expect the ' business men of
Omaha to at least investigate Doug
las trucks before investing. All we
can ask is that they compare our
products, point for point, with the
products of outside firms and con
sider all on their 'merits."
Motok,
Digest
Auto Activities Throughout
the World.
Japan now has 5,000 motor cars.
cars. v
Gasoline sold for'6 cents a gal
lon in 19U8.
Licensed chauffeurs in Michigan
total 4.5,285.
The first six-cylinder car was
produced in England,
There were only four automo
biles in the United States in 1896.
Pennsylvania has 2,419 farm
tractors in operation throughout the
state.
. The state of Ohio has more
motor trucks than any other state
in the Union.
Eighty-five per cent of all the
automobiles in the world are in the
United States.
Greece is to soend $500,000 in
buying road building machinery of
the most modern tyoe.
In the past 20 years, 7,700,000
automobiles have been produced in
tne united Mates.
There are more motor cars on
the streets of CalcuttaIndia, than
any other kind of vehicle.
The average for the 6,146,000
automobiles in use in the United
States is valued at $1,000 each.
There were 4,326 passenger cars
or 114' different makes registered in
the Philippine Islands in 1918. ,
Accordinr to tax returns from
Cleveland, O., the motor industry
leads all others in that city.
-Since 1917 ths census of" auto
mobiles in the southern states has
increased more than 100 per cent
The oresent demand for auto
mobiles in Sweden is 300 per cent,
greater tnan tnat prevailing In 1914.
Before this year doses it is ex
pected that 7.602.000 motor vehicles
will be in operation in this country.
it requires 28,000,000 tires to
equip the passenger automobiles and
motor trucks used in the United
States.
; While there are 250,000 miles of
railway in the -United States, the
mptor car has the use of 2,500,000
miles of highway.
An English syndicate has pur
chased all of the 16,000 reserve mot
or vehicles from the American third
army at Coblenz, Germany,
i Automobile manufacturers in
the - United States shipped in one
month 6,283 passenger cars and 1,250
trucks to foreign countries.
Queen's university, in Toronto,
Canada, intends establishing a
course lm road-making in connection
with its practical seience depart
ment. .
Till first sale of tondemned
gorerninent motor rehielts was held
at Camp HoHblrd, ltd. The mater
ial disposed of brought a total of
$12,027:
Much interest is being shows in
China in motorcycles, due to the fact
that they can travel on the norraw
paths used by foot passengers and
for wheelbarrows.
American motorists will have
spent pver $1,000,000,000 for automo
bile and truck tires during 1919.
This amount does not include mon-
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U N I VERS AL trcade TIRES
At Big Saving
These tires are made to give service
The material is carefully selected, carefuHy blended,
made practically puncture proof and will wear like iron.
. . In some instances our customers get from 7000 to 8000
, miles out of them. Remember you get a brand
new Perfection Inner tube with every tire.ordered,
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Orders shipped same day received. In ordering, state whether S. S.
I Cicner, piaia or non-sua required, sena z.uu deposit lor eacn tire.
balance C.O. D., subject to examination, 5 special discount if full
amount accompanies order. .
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ey expended for inner tubes and re
pair materials.
Approximately $8,000,000 is now
available for highway construction
in Wevada up to the end of 1921
through such sources as state reve
nue, state and county bond issues,
tederai aid, etc.
The national motor vehicle law
is now in effect and it is a federal
offense, punishable by a fine of
$5,000 6r a prison term up to five
years, to steal an automobile in one
state and drive it into another. :
Senator Pitman, of Nevada, has
introduced a bill under which an
automobile, which has been licensed
in one state, will not be required to
pay a license in any other state, no
matter how long the length of stay.
Brazil imported $8,000,000 worth
of automobile and motor parts from
the United States during the fiscal
. ) ' T t ,Ail ' T. ' .
year enaing june ou, ii. xnis is
an increase of 35 per cent over the
value of the 1918 shipments.
Excise taxes paid by manufac
turer on the sale of cars and motor
cycles for the fiscal year ended
June 30 totaled $17,915,510.81. Com
mercial car taxes on tires, parts and
accessories amounted to $4,908,-
276.18.
In a New York official investi
gation it was shown that the mo
torists were losing about 2 per cent
through incorrect gasoline measur
ing pumps. As-- the consumption
there is about 50,000,000 gallons a
year, the loss is 1,000,000 gallons a
year, or 5250,000. ;
With its headquarters in Paris,
the trade organizations of automo
bile manufacturers of United States,
Great Britain, France, Belgium arid
Italy have formed a permanent or
ganization known as the Bureau
Permanent Interallie des Construc
teurs d Automobiles.
At the recent salon in the first
international exhibition held since
1913 in Paris, there were on exhi
bition the leading cars manufac
tured in France, England, Italy,
Belgium, Spain and Switzerland,
while the United States Was repre
sented by about a dozen different
makes.
Makes Trip' to Paris
And Back Without
Using Steam Train
Benjamin Briscoe of Briscoe &
Stahl, book building, Detroit," re
turned to America November 18
from his trip to the Paris automo
bile show. Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe
enjoyed a most novel trip to Paris
from Detroit. During their long
journey they did not ride upon a
railroad train. ;
Leavincr Detroit Sentefnhrr 12 v!a
automobile, they toured to New
York, from which point a steamer
wasjaken to Liverpool. Arriving
in England during the railroad
strike, they were required to con
tinue their trip by motor car to
London. On arrival at the English
capital it was decided to complete
the journey, by airplane. At the
Honnslow airdrome, star London,
transportation was booked to the
French airdrome at Bovrget, near
Paris. This trip generally takes
two hours, but oa tne day Mr. and
Mrs. Briscoe made their trip, Oc
tober 2, it was rather stormy and
there was a strong head wind. Their
journey took four hours. Houns
low was left at 12:32 and they were
over the English channel, near
Dover, at 12:40, and over France
at 1:05. They crossed the channel
at 5,000 feet altitude.
Popularity of Autpmobile ,
Determined by Performance
In t combining performance with
superior riding qualities, with econ
omy of operation, appearance, am
ple speed and long mileage, the Mil
burn light electric has attained a de
gree of popularity only equalled by
the reception accorded the prettiest
debutante of the season, said Joe
Elfred.
In talking of automobile popular
ity, it immediately develoDS that but
one primary characteristic perform
ance, stands out as pre-eminently
the controlling factor. All other
features are secondary in import
ance and but a few minutes listen
ing to the awner of a car which was
bought "just for its looks" is a forci
ble education in what not to buy.
The public no longer patronizes
the car which is resplendent with
catchy novelties of design, little fea
tures of apparent comfort and con
venience. They are wised up to the
camouflage which these undoubtedly
attractive specialties often portend.
Reliability of performance is wanted
and must be proven before the pros
pect will give much if any thought
to the lure of special equipment
which oes with the car - ,
AUTO STILL HAS
ADVANTAGE OF
FLYERJN RACE
Two Cross-Country ' Trips
Prove Superiority of Au
tomobile for Long
Journey.
"The present supremacy of the au
tomobile over the airplane as a
transportation factor was the one
great fact conclusively demonstrated
by the recent transcontinental army
air service race," declares Guy L.
Smith. "There were 62 starters in this
great aerial derby, 4iine of whom
were killed during the first eight
days of the race which left a trail
of broken and disabled planes strewn
across the nation.
"Although backed by all the facili
ties of the. United States govern
ment, the winner, Lieut. B. W. May
nard, took seven days, three hours
and 21 minutes to cover the 5,400
miles of the journey from New York
to San Francisco and return.
Auto Still Leads.
"And yet an automobile, a stock
Hudson Super Six, three years ago
established a record that still stands,'
covering 7,952 miles across the con
tinent and return in only 10 days,
21 hours and three minutes. In bat
tling" its way over mountains, de
tours and almost impassable roads,
the. motor car covered 2,552 miles
more than the airplane.
"In addition, where the airplane
had the freedom of the skies in its
journey, the automobile was forced
to check its speed in passing through
more than 350 cities and villages.
And at the finish the car was still in
perfect running order while the air
plane arrived with new wings which
were replaced at San Francisco, a
new radiator, added at Cheyenne and
after the installation of a new engine
near Omaha.
. "Despite the many handicaps en
couatercd by the motor car its rate
of speed for the round trip was just
3.31 miles in hour slower than that
of the airplane, the automobile main
taining an average of 28.21 for the
entire distance.
Every housewife should be an ex
pert purchasing agent. She should
know how to buy as . well as the
merchant knows how to Sell. She
will if she reads Bee advertising.
Auto Builder Says
Boost of More Than
25 Per Cent Too Much
"The automobile manufacturers
of this country are a bit indiirnant at
hhe excess of profits made in other
lines of business, said Stewart Mc
Donald, president and general, man
ager or the Moon Motor Car com
pany of St. Louis. "The automobile
manufacturer is a cost expert, be
cause he is the buyer of a great va
riety of materials used by shoe,
clothing and furniture manufac
turers. We employ textile workers,
sewing machine operators, leather
cutters, metal workers, blacksmiths,
machinists, tinsmiths and a dozen
other trades. Our purchases cover
leather, such as is used in shoes, the
cloth used" in clothing, hair and
spring cushion material such as fur-!
niture manufacturers use and many j
other raw materials. We are, there
fore, in position to check closely the
increased costs that shoe, clothing
and furniture manufacturers are pay
ing. .
"We have come to the conclusion
that there is absolutely profiteering
in other lines. Nearly every item
that people buy and wear had ad
vanced 100 per cent or more. This
includes shoes, hats, gloves, cloth
ing and furniture. After making a
close check of our cost figures, the
Moon Motor Car company has found
it only necessary to advance the cost
of Moon cars 25 per cent over the
prewar price. By comparison of our
costs and those of the shoe and
clothing and furniture industry, it
would vertainly appear that any
thing more than a 25 per cent rise
in price is absolute profiteering" .
Bee Want Ads bring results.
Thli It your eh i net to get a Piincturt-Froof Inner Tutu
Kre with Mch PUBLIC DOUBLE-TREAD TIRE ordered
Thftt Tint GUARANTEED FOR 5,000 MILES. Thty art
reconttructfd and practically punotura proof. Two hundred
thousand (2Q0.000) car owneri ara using Public Double-Tread
Tin. Thcsa Tirai often give from 7,000 to 8,000 mllf 't
aervice. Remember you get a Punctura Proof Tube Frea with
each Tira ordered. Put one of the tubea in your tire to
day, inflate with air jut like ordinary tubes, then fnrr-'
puncturei for ,000 milea or more. ORDER TODAY. DON'T
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C. O. D. subject to examination. i special discount if Ml;
amount accompanies order.
Tlnsura immediate delivery, send money order or cash
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With Three-Point Cantilever
Springs New Overland 4 Seems to"
"Sail Over The Roads"
THE new Three-Point Cantilever
Springs of Overland A, by their special
construction and design, protect car and
passengers from ordinary road jolts. Bump
ing, twisting, . swaying and vibrating aYe
wonderfully lessened. The" blows of the
road seldom reach you. There is less ten
dency to bodily fatigue after long rides.
The springs "of Overland 4 attached at
the ends of a 130-inch Springbase give the
riding comfort and road steadiness hereto
fore possible onfy with cars of long - wheel-,
base and great weight, yet Overland 4 retains
the light weight and economy advantages of
100-inch wheelbase.
Three-Point Cantilever Springs protect
die car from the hammering and wear of road
blows. They lengthen its life and reduqe
upkeep costs.
Equipment of Overland 4 is dependable
and complete from AutoLite Starting and
Lighting to Tillotson Carburetor.
250,000 miles of test .have made the 1
strength and endurance of this' car a matter
of record. -
See Overland 4 at the first oprjortunity.
Ask for booklet Overland 4 Touring, $845;
Roadster, 5845; Coupe, $1325; Sedan, $1375. ,
Prices f. o. b. Toledo, ' 7 .;
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