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GOOD ROMS H
MEET IN MARCH
Second Federal Aid Convention
Planned Immediately After
Inauguration.
Two days after the inauguration ot
the next president of the Cnfted States
the second Federal aid good roads con
vention, under the auspices of the
American Automobile association, will
be held in Washington. D. C„ the dates
being March 6 and 7.
The success of the initial Federal aid
gathering in Washington in January
last was so pronounced that the Alner
iean Automobile Association National
Good Roads board decided to make it
an annual feature, until Federal aid
shall have become an accomplished fact
hrough congressional action.
If results follow future conventions
as rapidly as they did the- first, it should
be a matter of only a few years before
;i comprehensive system of national
highways, constructed bj Federal ap
propriation. is in existence.
First One a Success.
The assembly in Washington last
winter, attended by d* legates from two
thirds of the states, wit- the first con
vention devoted to the subject of Fed
eral aid in highway construction. The
action taken memorialized the congress
for the appointment of a joint commit
tee of the senate and house to inves
tigate the subject of r -der.nl aid and
founulatc a .urogram for national par
ticipation.
The joint committee appointment
under this resolution consists of Sena
tors Jonathan Bourne of Oregon. Boles
Penrose of Pennsylvania. A. I. Gronna
of North Dakota. I. < S. Overman of
North t'arollna and t’lnude A. Swanson
of Virginia and Representatives Shack
leford of Missouri. Gordon Lee of Geor
gia, Daniel .1 McGillicuddy of Maine,
Martin B. Madden of Illinois and Rich,
ard W. Austin of T< nm-: see.
Fund Not Sufficient.
This committee Is now collecting in
formation on the subject and preparing
to report at the coming session of con
gress. Its appropriation of $25,000,
however, is hardly sufficient for a thor
ough study of the subject, and it is an
ticipated that further appropriations
for this purpose must bo made before
any scheme of national highways can
be intelligently adopted.
Incidental to laying tin- groundwork
for large scale participation by the Fed
eral government, the present congress
also appropriated .$500,000 for use by
the department of agrieulturo and post
office department In the experimental
Improvement of rural free delivery
highwaj routes.
Hope Congress Will Act.
There Is every reason to believe that
Federal aid will be one of the great
est questions for the new congress,
which will take office In March, to d< -
liberate and decide upon. Whatever
action the concluding session of the
present congress may take, it is certain
that it will not he the final word on
the subject, and for this reason the
American Automobile association will
hold its convention at a time when the
new congress will just be beginning its
labors.
A large attendance Is assured, since
many will take advantage of ther e
duced railroad rates for the Inaugura
tion anil their desire to witness the in
augural ceremonies, to go al that time
to a convention which they might not
otherwise be able to attend
Anyone who has friends has
a friend who has a Ford.
There are now more than a
hundred and sixty thousand
Fords in service—and thou
sands more in transit. Its
friends have created for it
the unprecedented Ford
demand.
Ever} third ear a Ford and every Ford
user a Ford “booster.” New prices
runabout ss2s—touring ear S6OO---deliv
er} ear s62s—town ear SBOO- with all
equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Get particu
lars from Ford Motor Company. 311
Peachtree street. Atlanta, or direct from
Detroit factory.
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ENGLAND AND AMERICAN CARS
The British market only began to
feel the importation of the American
cheap car about the time of the. an
nual Olympia show, November. 1911,
when there was an extraordinary
scramble of dealers desirous of taking
up agencies for the cheap American
car. It was then felt that the British
public was at last beginning to fee
confidence in low-priced American
goods, as previously there had been
a good deal of skepticism among the,
general public with regard to Ameri
can-made articles, principally caused
by the impression left of American bi
cycles and boots.
Engineers, of course, have long been
aware of the excellence of tin Ameri
can machine tools, but the automobfh
at SI,OOO or less was an entirely new
proposition.
The Britisher Is naturally slow to
tale- up a m w thing, particularly such
as this, wiiere solidity of construction
does not exist, and appearance is so di
verse from that which lias been his
custom.
We will now consider a few figures
showing the development of the busi
ness in the importation of Great Brit
ain of American automobiles.
Automobiles and Parts Imported From
America Into England.
■ Value
Year. t 'ars. Value. of Parts.
1907 555 $879,135 $135,410
1908 348 481,456 91,665
1909 427 (107,100 121,000
19101,101 1,086,485 427,035
1911 3,734 2,961,320 1,332,890
1912 (6
months) .3,327 2,792,935
It will thus be seen that the total
number of ears imported during the
first six months of 1912 was nearly
as many as the total importation dur
ing the whole of 1911, and the average
value of these ears Is about SI,OOO.
The tendency has been in England
particularly toward the development of
a small bore and very efficient engine,
and this is due to the high rates of
taxation. Such an engine is expensive
to construct and it can not compete in
price with the less efficient American
engine. Furthermore, the high finish
which is usually demanded in Europe
can not be given at a low price.
The American ear has taught the
buyer to be satisfied with an automobile
that will run with very little attention
and nt the same time will be reliable,
and if he does not pay the price of a
highly finished car lie must be. satisfied
with utility, which, by the way, is the
first consideration.
It bus been rumored from time to
time that renewed efforts are being
made by those American concerns hav
ing a very large output to land their
surplus production on the open British
market at prices showing the minimum
mat gin of profit. Such a dumping of
gocos Is apparently a satisfactory state
of affairs to the so-called free-trader,
but the far-thinking Britisher sees
English capital going abroad which
could well be spent at home, giving
Increased employment to the work peo
ple of his country.
Tin keen American business man Is
fully alive to the political state of
Britain, and is raking in the dollars
while hy- has this-glorious opportunity
of so doing. The foothold he Is now
gaining he will not be prepared to lose
without a struggle, and whatever may
be done by the Britisher in th, way of
a large local production of cheap cars
w ill undoubtedly he met by retaliation
from the other side.
The $2,000 car and upward of \mor
lean make can not. at the present time,
obtain any substantial footing in the
British market, as that is a type of ear
The Atlanta Georgian
Automobile Department
From The Automobile.
upon which British manufacturers have
specialized and can produce at vary
good value for the money. It may be.
however, that th< importation of the
cheap car is merely the thin end of the
wetlgand among some British au
thorities this is considered to be the
ease. The effect, however, on the Brit
ish market is that the manufacturers of
the $2,000 type of car ate being ham
pered In their sales by reason of the
decreasing demand for used cars. This
is how the situation has arisen: Many
owners of automobiles are in the habit
of arranging with dealers to take over
their used cars in part payment for
new ones. The dealers now find that
the market for used cars is rapidly fall
ing oft, buyers of cars at the old figure
of i $2,000 used car have now >h< al
ternative of purchasing a completely
equipped new American ear at the
same figure.
The other side of the question is that
the low-prie?d American ear has made
motoring possible tor a large population
who would otherwise be unable to af
ford it, and has incidentally developed
a motor feeling and way of thinking
that blings into line a large number
of people whose interests arc allied.
These beginners circulate money In the
automobile industry ami the majority
will eventually become purchasers of
mote expensive cars.—R. W. A. Brewer,
London, England.
in a make-and-break Ignition sys
tem. the spark of the cylinder is made
by actually’ closing and opening the
circuit at the point of the spark, so that
on the break of the circuit, as the ter
minals move away from each other, the
current is drawn across the increasing
gap. Since the current does not have to
break through the resistenee of the
spark gap all at once, as is the case
w ith the more familiar jump-spark sys
tem, the tension or voltage need not be
so high. Consequently, a current of
low tension is used instead of the high
tension current employed in the latter.
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A Bulldog Grip
Now the Favorite Winter Tire
Here is the tread which has come to outsell every other
form of non-skid.
It comes on a tire which also outsells every other tire
in existence.
Think what a combination No-Rim-Cut tires with
this Goodyear Non-Skid tread.
Any man who sees them is bound to say, “That’s the
winter tire for me.”
All Objections Ended
Early non-skid treads were made of road or pavement with a bulldog grip,
soft rubber. The projections were Each of these blocks widens out at
too short-lived, the base, so the strain is distributed
Others involved both metal and rub- over the fabric just as with smooth
ber—materials that never combine. tread tires.
And all, until this one, put too much So we offer you now an enduring,
strain on the fabric, because the efficient, an ideal non-skid tread,
strain wasn t distributed. One glance will show you that no
That’s why men have used the in- other device compares with it.
convenient,costly and ruinous chains.
Nnur 14Tkf. Motor-car owners have tested out
NOW we Have ihis over 200.000 of these treads. As a re-
Now we have this thick extra tread, suit, the demand today is enormous,
vulcanized on to the regular. So you And this winter will treble it, prob
get the endurance of a double-thick ably.
tread. Come see what it means to have
This extra tread is of very tough oversize tires, tires that can’t rim
rubber, so the non-skid feature lasts. cut anc * tires that can’t skid.
Tlie blocks are deep-cut. They The Goodyear Tire Book-h~ed on 13
present to the road surface countless yeß „ of tire HUed with f.cto
edges and angles. They grasp the you should know. A*k u« to mail it to you.
Goodyear
X taX AKRON. OHIO
No-Rim-Cut Tires
U'it/i or Without Non-Skid Treada
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio
Thia Company has no connection whatever with any other
rubber concern which uses the Goodyear name
Atlanta Branch, 223 Preachtree St.
Telephone Bei! Ivy 915 and 797
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“40” Touring Car* two sizes
“GO" Touring Car~sixcylinder
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STEINHAUER & WIGHT
228-230 Peachtree St. Ivy 2233
FEDERAL TRUCK
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Product of Detroit Concern in
Service in Many Lands
Throughout World.
As an indication of the all-round ability
of the Federal truck, made by the Fed
eral Motor Truck Company, Detroit, it
may be cited that within the past few
weeks orders have boon filled from sec
tions of the globe widely differing in their
climatic and geographical conditions. The
Federal company claims to be the first to
invade Alaska.
The Consolidated Development Com
pany of Nome, said to be the largest ore
mining corporation in Alaska, sent two
representatives to the States in quest of
a one-ton truck that would overcome 1 the
difficulties encountered in these regions.
After making a thorough investigation of
what the market had to offer, they placed
an order with the Standard Motor Car
Company, Federal agent in San Fran
cisco, calling for three one-ton vehicles
which will be utilized in hauling ore from
the mines among the mountains to the
export stations along the coast. \
About tiie same time a representative
of Futubaya & Company, Toklo, Japan,
conducted a similar investigation of the
American one-ton vehicles, with the re
sult that an order was placed for a Fed
eral in this capacity. The concern is a
large exporter and Importer, and decided
in favor of the Detroit product because
of its simplicity jind “ever-readiness.”
Tiie American Motor Truck and Auto
Company, Melbourne, Australia, sent
three men tp this country to look over the
one-ton vehicles with’a view of establish
ing an agency in Melbourne. All three
decided in favor of the Federal and the
contract was signed.
ATLANTA
INVITES YOU TO THE
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AUTOMOBILE
l[ SHOW j
November 16 to 23
AUDITORIUM-ARMORY
FIRST SHOWING OF
1913 MODELS
Reduced Rates on All Railroads
DECORA TIONS
Valued at $16,000.00 will form a setting of lavish
splendor for the display of magnificent 1913
Automobiles and Accessories—the result of the
master minds of the greatest mechanical geniuses
of the world.
All the Recent
Metropolitan fads, fancies and novelties in Motor
Apparel. Accessories and Supplies bn display.
Fascinating Music
Every afternoon and night by the famous Fifth
Regiment Band of thirty pieces, featuring
leo McConville
Twelve-Year-Old Boy Cornet Soloist
From Baltimore
Wistaria Tea Garden
Under the Auspices of the Daughters of the
American Revolution
ONE ADMISSION, 50c
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