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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1920)
V 4 C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE! AUGUST 29, 1920. AUTO LOANS ARE AN INVESTMENT, WRITERJSSERTS Small Bankers Blunder In Re fusal of Money On Cars, x New York Attorney j Declares. ' By W. E. SEVERN. New Y ork Globe. That the attitude of some bank toward the automobile industry does not meet with general favor is at k tested by the editorials appearing in various newspapers in the country. The Charlotte Observer sums up the situation as follows: "The automotive industry has 'nothing to fear from broad-gauged, well-informed, progressive bankers. It is from those handlers of the financial reins who have acquainted themselves with neither the magni tude nor the utilitarian character of the industry that harm is likely to come. Where Cashier Blundered. "Last week, while the cashier of the Citizens' bank at Squashtowtt was calling in all outstanding paper against John Smith, the local auto mobile dealer, J. P. Morgan & Co. was consummating the acquisition of a huge block of General Motors stock in a deal which aggregated millions of dollars. What the Squashtown banker, in his hurry to get out, doesn't know is evidently quite well known to J. P. Morgan & Co. in their hurry to get ln "Here are a few of tire things known to J. P. Morgan k Co.: j "There are approximately 7,500, ' 000 motor vehicles registered in the United States; that last year the to tal output of passenger cars aggre gated 1,657,65?. representing a value of $1,461,785,925; that during the same length of time there were 316,- 364 motor trucks manufactured,'! with a valution of $423,326,621; that the total investment in automobile manufacturing plants is $1,015,443, 338, with an approximately equal sum invested in the establishments distributing the manufactured out put; that the parts, tire and acces sory business during be year 1920 amounted to $J,166,8J4,594 and that the industry provides a livelihood for 5,000,000 people. About Auto Owners. "They know further that carefully compiled statistics have shown that the average automobile purchaser is over 35 years of age, has more than $6,000 in real estate, has an income of $275 per month, tiuys $1,044 car, pays 44 per cent cash, pays 56 per cent, in 10 months and that his monthly payments average only. 20 per cent of nis Income. They know something, too, of the identity of this average automobile purchaser. They know that he is the contractor who uses his machine, inspecting work in many portions of the city, a single Bob Kline to Race Here During Ak-Sar-Ben Fall Festival Meet mm thlwM mi 0m f fJT M '" i 4 w. Bob Kline and the car in which he jumped the track at Calgary in the Saskatchewan sweepstakes Fresh from the hospital where he has been recuperating from injuries he received when he crashed through the fence during the Saskatchewan sweepstakes at Calgary, Bob Kline of Columbus, will come to Omaha and etjter his new racing creation in tbi Ak-Sar-Ben festival auto races on Saturday afternoon, Sep tember 18. The above photo shows Kline's machine just after it piled through the fence on a turn, hurling the driver 30 feet. ' ' day sufficing to do whaH formerly tQok a week, , He is the baker. who utilizes his light truck from one end of the clt to another. He is the grocer whose commercial car pays for itself while the grocer is paying for it. He is the farmer who uses his passenger car to reach the city; his truck to haul fertilizer one way and the cropsMhe other, and his tractor to cultivate his fields. He is the .dairyman whose motor vehicles meet the morning trains. He is the rural mail carrier who covers his route in a morning. He is the doctor whose passenger car permits a wider radius of use-i fulness and a decreased rural deathi rate. He is the average American citizen, stable enough to deserve credit, energetic enough to want it and progressive enough to use it." Santell to Japan. Ad, Santel, San Francisco wrestler, who since his recent defeat in San Francisco of Jim Londas, claims the light heavyweight championship of the world, plans to sail for Japan September 17, On his return, he says, he will give up wrestling and become a farmer. Business Is- Good, But Harder to Get, Says Tire Branch Manager Robert C. Burlan, newly appointed manager of the Miller tire branch here, left last week for a two weeks' itrip to visit many Of the Miller deal ers in this section. Burlan says: "Business is not bad. It's just harder to get. This section of the country can't help but be in good condition because we produce food here. It's just a case of work ing harder to. get business. Folks have quit extravagant buying, but they are buying what they need. We are selling tires, but working harder to sell. To Out Bubber. Rubber cannot be easily cut with common shears, but by taking a pair of these and grinding one blade to a saw tooth edge an excellent tool for this purpose will be pro duced. The saw teeth grip the rub ber and prevent its sliding between the blades as it usually does. Motor Car Business Increasing in Spite Of Bank Action Taken Various reports are coming in from distributors of automobiles which indicate that the motor car business is going ahead in spite of the unfavorable action of the banks. O. N. Bonney of the Bnney-Yagu Auto company reports that business during August this year has ex ceeded that of August of the past 12 months and indications for Septem ber are that the tales will exceed those for August. Bench Vise Riveting Stake A piece of one-inch round stock, heajed and bent in the shape of the letter P, with the final loop not quite completed, makes an admir able bench vise riveting stake. This stake is very handy in many rivet ing and bending jobs around the home garage, relinjng brake bands, bending pipe over it, etc. One-Half Million Builders op Good Will Dodge Brothers business has just reached and passed another mile stone in its history. In a little over five years more than one-half million Dodge Brothers Motor Cars have been placed in the hands of owners. If this tales record represented the appeal of a price, the total would not be particularly impressive. The important thing is that the car is not thought of in term of price, but In terms of value; ,How often you hear the car spoken of and how seldom the price I It is the quality of thought that surrounds it which makes this success noteworthy. Because people think well of these cars, it is still impossible for Dodge Brothers to build enough of them. Seldom has there been a finer ex ample of the force of friendly thoughts. It is an inspiration and an encour agement to build w,ell because the reward, in America, is so great and to sure. With nothing but good will toward them in American homes how could .Dodge Brothers do less than they have done? Car Number 500.005 Is Nov Nothing has checked or hindered for so much as a single week, the continued bestowal of this recog nition and reward, , The eagerness to own the car is "greater today than it ever has been. The reason is not far to seek. " i Take first the mere numerical ownership! Remember that the satisfaction of one-half million owners is not cas ual, but deep and profound. Multiply them by the average family of even three. Remember that all of these are warm friends. Then think of that leaven of thought leavening the whole mass. a You will begin to understand, then; why Dodge Brothers have been building new buildings ever since the business began. You will understand why the works in which the car is built are still steadily spreading and ex panding. You will get an idea of how much men can do when the homes of America are solidly behind them. on Display m Our Salesroom liall 3 - WAHANEB. ' i WLS ' I ' ' 0 18W&1BFARNAM5T. ' JSiUl 0 jYLea.iza, " 4councu.bluffsj9ij . . , j . " . 1 r . ' ; i "'!. - t - ' i 1 ' ' A MOTOR CAR IS A BIG ADVANCE IN CIVILIZATION Automobiles Now Carry More Than Twice the Number of Passengers Transported By Rail. 4 The vital place which the motor car has taken in"laily modern life has been impressed anew upon the people of ihis country by the recent interruptions and congestions of rail road transportation. The automobile and the motor truck have kept big plants going, rushing to their re ceiving depots the mountains of ma terial which keep men profitably at work.' The automobile, beyond question is a distinct advance in civilization. The automobile industry ranks as second in volume of finished prod ucts. The motor car today carries more passengers than all the steam railroads m the United States. Mo tor trucks may soon be carrying more freight than all of the railroads. Saved a Billion Tons of Coal. "The gasoline-less Sundays of 1918 and the coal famine of early 1919 showed that the 4,000,000 cars serv ing between 12,000,000 and 15,000.000 people 'saved more than 1,000,000,000 tons of coal a year, -remarks George Van Brunt, Willys-Overland dealer in this city. "The use of automobiles and other gasoline engines by factories in the manufacture of power during the coal strike of 1919 demonstrated the value of the motor car to keep the wheels of industry turning. "Motor car passenger transporta tion now more than doubles that of the railroad. Automobiles of the country perform, it is estimated, transportation service equivalent to the carrying of 100,000,000 people 1,000 miles each year. "The latest report of the Inter- state Commerce Commission shows that the railroads last year carried a billion persons an average of 43.2 miles. .Reduced to the same mileage bdsis upon which motor transporta tion is figured, the railroads carried 100,000,000 persons only 432 miles, against 1,000 miles in motor cars.',' . National Cars to Be Distributed Here By Omaha Motor Company Announcement was made last week that the Omaha Motor com pany had been organised to take over the interests of the National Car Sales Corp. and will handle the distribution of National automobiles in this territory. J. C. Hilburt will remain, with the new organization as general mana ger: Associated with him are H. A. Pooch as manager and A. H. Haught as service manager. Haught has been with the National factory since 1916 and was in charge of the service work on all Nationals sent overseas during the war. 1'ooch comes to Omaha from Kansas City, where he has been in charge of the National organization of that city. North Dakota Lad Wins Much Coveted Prize Out of 44,012 boys who took part in a national contest recently held by the B. F. Goodrich Rubber com pany to-obtain the best title for a Norman 'Rockwell' bicycle painting, Lloyd Ryall, a 14-year-old youngster from Crary, North Dakota, has won the honor of being awarded the first prize of $100 in gold. Crary's title, "Down Hill With a Grin On Tires That Win," was con sidered by the contest judges as a remarkably exact expression of the spirit of the painting, and it was singled out from the thousands of other suggestions as worthy of the first prize. ' Start Grid Practice. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 28. First foot ball work at the University of Washington here this year will be gin September IS, the earliest date permitted for practice byfa new Pa cific Coast Conference ruling. Coach "Stub" Allison has arrived to take up his new work as head of the Washington coaching staff. Washington's varsity 11, which last year claimed the championship of the conference, opens its 1920 season with a game here against Whitman college. STATISTICS SHOOT HOLES INTO GLOOM MAKERS' THEORIES W. L Killy Quotes Figures Which Show Profitable Pros perity Is Near. "The present business situation is much like a surgical operation that is necessary for the health of the patient," declared W; L. Killy, presi dent of the Noyes-Killy Motor Co. "It is surely going to be a successful operation. When it is over, business will be better than ever; for the newly-made sport spenders a devel opment of the war will have reached the end of their rope the financial spree will be over, people will come to their ;enses, and then the sound, safe, profitable prosperity will come into its own. . "Here are inspiring statistics that are going to give the pessimists a good, swift punch right on the jaw: "Our national wealth has increased from $7,000,000,000 at the time of the civil war to something over $225, 000,000,000 at the present time. "The nearest nation that compares with us in wealth is England with about $80,000,000,000. "This country produces in manu factured and agricultural products in a single year more than the na tional wealth of France. "Of the total agricultural products of the earth, we are producing more than 22 per cent of the wheat, 35 per cent of the oats, 60 per cent of the cotton and 80 per cent of the corn. Of all the farm animals upon the earth, we produce 25 per cent of t horses, 27 per cent of the cattle, 40 per cent of the hogs, while our dairy products amount to 25 per cent of the dairy supply of the world! "We are taking from the earth 50 per cent of the world's production of pig iron, 56 per cent of the cop per and 60 per cent of the petro leum. Likewise in manufactured products we excel any nation in the world. "We are producing 22 per cent of the total earth's products of woolens, 25 per cent of the linens, 25 per cent of the cotton cloth, 45 per cent of the paper, 25 per cent of the plass, 36 per cent of the shoes and, 50 per cent of the steel products. "In other words, of the total earth's production, we are contrib mmcr ? nor rent nf th agricultural 1 i' v vv.. r , products, 40 per cent of the min eral production and 34 per cent of the manufactured goods, and we are accomplishing these results with but 5 per cent of the earth's population. "From a debtor nation at-the be ginning of the war, the United States has become the chief creditor nation ot the world. It we go to amasn with such a situation, we ourselves, and only ourselves, will be to blame." ' New Pierce-Arrow Dual-Valve Truck . bhows rower uam Thirty per cent more power, 50 per cent greater hill-climbing ability, 20 per cent more economy in gaso line consumption. These, in a nutshell, are the per formance facts which give he new Fierce-Arrow Dual Valve motor trucks an exclusive advantage in the field of motor transportation, accord ing to David Fcrgusson, chief en gineer of the Picrce-Afrow Motor Car company. . These percentages, with but slight variations, hold true with regard to any model of the expanded line re cently announced by the Fierce-Arrow company the two-ton, the three and one-half-ton, the five-ton, or the tractor unit, says Mr Fcr gusson. Cadillac Ambulance Is Economical in Gasoline. Notwithstanding the fact that nearly everyone knows that really good motor cars are economical, due to the fact that they stay out of the repair shops, it may be of interest that a very large, heavy Cadillac ambulance, owned by the Omaha Taxicab and Transfer Co., on a recent trip to Red Oak, la., with some injured persons, averaged a lit tle better than 19 miles to the gallon ot gasoline. Mr. Sam Houser, owner of the taxicab company, also owns a lac touring car, and on a recer to Minnesota averaged better than 12 miles to the gallon. of thr i Cadil tnt trip Women Bowlers Meet. The Ladies' Metropolitan bowling league will meet Tuesday night at the Farnam alleys. i The Truth , 1 About Tire Mileage Find It Out ' liy do you favor a certain, tire? Do you know that it gives you greater mileage than another? Big tire users do not guess at these things. ' On stage lines, taxis, trucks, etc., service is compared. Often a score of rival tires are compared with Millers, and on millions of miles of road. ' Miller is winning in these contests. And the records it is making are the talk of Motordotn. Get the Extra Miles You are hearing of these records If you talk with Miller users. And they are .not exceptional. Miller Tires are famous for their uniformity. Put a Miller Tire opposite the tire you are using now. Compare the mile agesee which tire excels. This test, we think, will be a revelation to you. Tire mileage has been vastly increased in late years. You should know what new-day Millers give on the car you use. We Never Guess We n ever guess on Miller service. Over 1,000 tires yearly are worn out at our factory to show what Millers do. Eight geared-up machines each run 1 two tires 650 miles a day. Four Pierce Arrows are run by our men 320 mifcs a Compared 116 Kinds The A. F. Wolk Rubber Co, of LouU Till e, ay tbey hTa repaired 116 raristia of tire, examined the waar and compared tlia mflaaga. These test bare convinced them that the MOW Cord U tk bert tira boilt. , day. Scores of taxis, jitneys and trucks are also employed, in these testa. Rival tires are constantly compared with Millers. - Thus day by day we are proving that the Millers stay supreme. These tests are extreme, for we want . quick showings. We use undersized . tires, extra-heavy loads and hard rear wheel conditions. , Yet Miller Cords on our factory machines average 15,000 miles. Miller treads average 25 per cent better than the rival treads compared. They Do Not Vary We know that men everywhere, iri like tests,awill get like extra mileage. For Miller Tires are uniform. Every tire is signed by the maker and inspector. Both are penalized if a tire comes back. So they don't let faults creep through. y There are numerous large cities from which not a single Miller Tire came back last year. ,vUnder Miller standards, also, the tread must outlast the tire. So every, i day we vulcanize and test our tread stock in the laboratory. Not one Mil-' ler Tire has come back with the tread gone since this method was adopted. See What You Get Mileage depends largely on condi tions on 'size, on care, on load and foad. Remarkable tales are being told about the Miller mileage. But see what you get on your car. The mileage you get will surprise you, we believe. It will probably ' change your whole conception of good tires. You owe that to yourself. f Miller Tires are winning countless contests now. Hundreds of thousands of users are getting extra mileage from them. Learn what they mean to you. When you buy a new car insist on Miller Tires. Twenty car makers now supply them and there is no extra charge. i THE MILLER RUBBER CO, Akron, Ohio ODD .5 0 0 $ r TS v Tread Patented Canter tread smooth with auction cap, for Gnu hold on wet u phalL Gorw-fo-fA road aide tread, meth like cog in dirt Now Everywhere Discussed Cords or Fabrics Geared-totbe-Road 'Bfitttvd V. A MmI OJat THE MILLER RUBBER COMPANY WHOLESALE ONLY 2220 Farnam, Omaha. OMAHA DOWNTOWN MILLER SERVICE. DEALERS WEST SIDE CENTER STREET GARAGE, 1(40 Ctnter Street. 'Telephone Walnut 977. COMBINATION TIRE MFG. CO., 1504 Cs Street. Telephone Dougla 8872. - CUMING TIRE REPAIR CO., 1912 Cuming Street .Telephone DougIai 8944. LATTA TIRE COMPANY, 19 So. 16th Street. Telephone Douglae 8686. t. B. WHITELEY, U. S. Vulcanizing Co., 220 So. 18th Street. Telephone Douglei 46 t ' DUNDEE GARAGE, 4918 Dodge Street. Telephone Walnut 684. LEAVENWORTH HS4CHTS GARAGE, 4382 Leav- enworth Street. Telephone Walnut 4743. NORTH SIDE HESTER LOWE, Buick Service Station,. 3929 No. Kth Street. Telephone Webeter 6S. RIMERMAN TIRE AUTO SERVICE CO., No. 24th and Fort Sti. Telephone Colfax 4497. ROBT. C. BURLAN, Mgr. Phone Dougla 8924. NORTH SIDE SCHOLLMAN BROS. HARDWARE CO., 4114 No, 24th Street. Telephone Colfax 42. SOUTH SIDE RELIABLE TIRE 4 REPAIR CO., 4715 So. 24th Street.' Telephone Sooth 4494. COUNCIL BLUFFS LAND A McKINLEY, 27 South Main ft phone 769. LAINSON A ROBERTS COMP Street. Telephone 40S5. .1 . . I 0 . 4
