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■MIGJN MRS
IINVADE RUSSIA
I Secretary of the Embassy at
St. Petersburg Tells of
European Conditions.
■ a A. Sterling, second secre-
fl ... >. American embassy, St. Pe-
H . _ Russia, writing on the condi-
V Rm automobile market there,
■ . !„-lii-ves there is a golden op-
M -j for tin- sale of American-
B| .. . , in the Kingdom of the Bear.
■ , ;o.i;r .1 brief sketch of the history
K mt..mobile industry in Russia,
■ r to 1905 there were few auto-
E < in Russia and small interest
K t , it in automobiling. Like all
E however, automobiles of
M ji make first appeared, owing to
K rtmdmiiy of the German market
■ tn, facilities for transportation
■ ui.rland and via the Baltic sea.
E ; n tfniii the first American car ap-
E , : ~,j in Russia. More than 150 of
E ■ , ■ nere sold. Inasmuch, however,
■ is no v.neriean companies had an or- |
■ •r.iihz.ition in Russia, there were no
E[ >: !.>■ parts to be had and no represen
| tative of the factory who could advise
■ tin purchaser how to handle or repair
I his car.
| i n first automobile exposition took
I pl,i ein St. Petersburg in 1908. All the
i ■ . with the exception of a Ford.
I w. .• Flench and German built. This
| the first time the Russian public
I an opportunity to examine any
;■ ... of automobile, for St. Petersburg
I : that time had not more than 200
nil told, of which, perhaps, only
iin <>r could be seen in the streets
■ning the day, and then only during
. summer months. Taxicabs were
quite unknown, notwithstanding the
t.p the city had more than 13,000 horse
In 19119 the first taxicab service in
11 is.-ia was established by the represen
tative of the Ford Motor Company and
Ford ears were the first taxicabs in
Russia. It was difficult to secure
'rained chauffeurs for this service. But
e enterprise succeeded in putting on
th. streets of St. Petersburg 75 taxi
cabs. At the present time there are
irore than 500 taxicabs in service
"General interest gradually began to
'inne a more definite expression, as
shown in the trials and shows that
octnmenced to be given. In 1910 the
Imperial Automobile club organized
trial races between St. Petersburg,
.Moscow and Kief, in which close to 45
itoniobiles of European make and one
1 was entered. The American car
through the trial entirely satis-
Since then many tests have
" 'ii held, in practically all of which
I cats have been entered, and in all
'hem this ear has won the applause
' te Russian public.
!1 -May. 1913, the Imperial Automo-
• ub will hold another exhibition
Petersburg. At the same time
proposed by the American repre
itive of the Ford Motor Company,
, 1 has made a study of the possibility
"■ introducing American cars in Rus
to hold an independent exhibition.
H " proposes to secure a large exhibi
"i building, where there will be space
about 100 cars, accessories and ap
nees of American make.
• is it nitty be truly said that pub
mterest in automobiles has awak-
1,1 Russia. When it is remem
hat at present St. Petersburg, a
11 ' of 2,000,000 inhabitants, has only
lUtomobiles, Moscow even fewer
i ’"p,, ti on to population, and the
Russian empire, with its 175,-
" people, no more than 6,000, or
' tan one of the smaller cities in
1 nited States, it can easily be seen
■o a field for the sale of automobiles
, country offers.
specially is there a favorable op
’ m.t\ for the American manufac
’• ] t this product is properly repre
lllpd. He should be successful for the
•wing reasons: First, the Ameri
-11 ''ar of today is in construction as
‘f not better, than that of Euro
i make: second, for the same pow
it is lower in price; thirds, be
s better suited to the poor roads in
Russia,
, I here is a growing tendency among l
Russians to understand these ad
jutages. as shown by the large sale
Mar of the Ford, and the situation
• "nts a golden opportunity.”
LOUIS DISBROW WON
EVERY 1912 RACE IN
WHICH HE STARTED
j".is Disbrow claims the palm for win
m the greatest number of races for 1912
t, i’ n as . ,le entered 147 races during the
which is the greatest number of
l '.' s ever before credited to any one
r or car. Disbrow won every race
farted In and is the first driver to
j ■'j vo this wonderful record. He cov-
■ ( .500 tnlles in events ranging from
miles. 'l'he ear has been shipped
across the continent and once from
r "‘»to to Galveston. Texas. The total
'■age traveled by rail is 40,000 and
'■lass ■■("' car , weighing 1,900 pounds
a cylinder displacement of 5 :1 * by
and claims but 30-horsepower Dur
,‘ K , 'his time Disbrow annexed the title
•he Dirt Track King" and established
"■cn track ami road records on the
oft American Automobile asso-
Disbrow used Head spark
K ' on the entire trip of the Zip and
"g'd but once since the beglnnlg of
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Ilupmobile roadster being taken out of Lake Pontehartrain, near New Orleans.
Owner Will Drive Car to Detroit,
Despite Two Weeks’
Soaking.
After a plunge into 90 feet of water!
and a fortnight’s stay at the bottom of
Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, the
little Hupmobile ''32” that made the
run with the Glidden tourists al! the
way from Detroit to New Orleans last
fhonth, was lifted from its watery grave
and towed by mules to Goodbee. La.,
from which point it was shipped to
Baton Rouge.
At Baton Rouge the car will again
take the trail, and, with its owner, H.
L. Watrous, at the steering wheel, be
gin the return to Detroit as planned.
“The car will need a two days’ rub
bing up and greasing at Baton Rouge;
then she will be ready for the return
AUTO INDUSTRY HAS
NOTHING TO FEAR IN
REVISION OF TARIFF
George E. Daniels, vice president and
general manager of the Oakland Motor
Car Company. Pontiac, Mich., who is
a student of political affairs, as well as
of the automobile business, is not con
cerned over the effect of any possible
tariff revision legislation by the next
congress upon the automobile industry
in general.
Mr. Daniels, in the face of a probable
reversal of the political domination of
the national government, had planned
early this year to produce nearly twice
as many motor cars for 1913 as his
company manufactured for 1912. Dis
cussing the political change in the na
tional government, Mr. Daniels said:
"1 think the automobile industry has
nothing to fear from the Democratic
administration at Washington, or any
possible tariff revision downward that
is not too radical. lam convinced that
the American manufacturers are so
strongly Intrenched and are so far ad
vanced in the manufacture of medium
priced automobiles that they have noth
ing to fear from foreign competition
should a revision of the tariff make this
competition any keener than it is at
present. Americans today are by far
the largest producers of automobiles
in the world. They are daily invading
the foreign markets, particularly with I
the moderate and low-priced cars, I
which represent the bulk of the auto
mobile business of the world.
FORD CLIMBS EIGHT-
MILE MOUNTAIN ROAD
IN TWO HOURS FLAT
Vp an ascent of 4,G00 feet, rising more
than 500 feet to the mile, and completing
the eight-mile trip to the top in two hours
is the record of a hill-climbing excursion
taken by Dr. A. H. Harriman, of
conia, N. H., who recently drove his Ford
touring car, containing besides himself,
his wife and two children to the summit
of Mount Washington in the White moun
tains.
The trip could have been completed In
much less time, according to Dr Harri
man, had the party not made repeated
stops to view the scenery.
Pulling Its four-passenger load the ear
never once balked on the ascent.
Dr Harriman says that runabouts fre
quently make the climb, but It is only oc
casionally that a loaded touring cat
tries it.
Mount Washington rises G.w i above
sea level ami is the most famous peak
of the White mountain range At its foot,
front which place the trip was com
menced. is Glen house and from this i<>
the tup of the mountain is an elevation
of 4.GOU feet.
The Atlanta Georgian
Automow Department
trip home,” was the way Mr. Watrous,
the owner, sized up his machine when
he saw her on dry land.
From Baton Rouge the car will be
driven by Mr. Watrous to Gulfport,
Mobile and Jacksonville, Fla., where
last year’s Glidden tour route will be
taken up and followed all the way
through Atlanta to New York. Mr.
Watrous will then drive the car to De
troit, and return to New York in time
for the big automobile show, which is
to begin there early in January.
Mr. Wathous’ Hupmobile made the
long trip from Detroit to New Orleans,
coming through with a perfect score. It
then made the plunge into Lake Pont
chartrain, to come up in condition fit to
enable it to make the return trip. Au
tomobile men who saw the car declared
that, considering the things that had
befallen it since the eventful voyage on
the lake steamer “Josie,” the car has
proven itself a wonder, and that it is
their belief it will stand almost any
thing.
No-Rim-Cut Tires
10% Oversize
I
What They Ended
Note what these tires have ended.
Rim-cutting has been made impossible. *
The oversize has ended overloading.
And now we end skidding without, at the same
time, giving a short-lived tire.
That’s why Goodyears far outsell all others.
That’s why last year’s sales exceeded our previous
12 years put together.
$1,000,000 Saved Monthly
Men had used, up to Nov. Ist,
1,700,000 Goodyear tires.
The>' are used today on some
250,000 cars.
And they are saving tire users,
beyond any question, a million
dollars monthly.
This Is How
Statistics show that 23 per cent
of all clincher tires get rim-cut.
Our patent type saves that 23 per
cent.
The 10 per cent oversize, under
average conditions, adds 25 per
cent to the tire mileage.
These savings are actual. Tens
of thousands have proved them.
And one swift glance will tell you
how they come about.
i f F | No-Rim-Cut Tires
; With or Without
Non-Skid Tread
I THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio
Th Im < onipnny han no connection whatever with any other
rubber concern which u»e» the Goodyear name.
ATLANTA BRANCH, 223 Peachtree Street.
|| Telephone Bell Ivy 915 and 797. j
Mr. Watrous planned to begin his
overland trip back to his home in De
troit a fortnight ago. For convenience
in starting, the Hupmobile was loaded
on the steamer “Josie” en route to
Madisonville, where the homeward trip
was to begin. Five miles off West End
the "Josie” sank. A salvage company
Jook charge of the wo k of lifting her
and yesterday the Hupmobile was
brought up and saved from the wreck.
Cushions water-soaked, windshield
broken, top wrecked and magneto badly
displayed, few other damages, and, in
the opinion of the owner and automo
bile machinists who saw the car yester
day, a two days’ overhauling will put it
in condition to take up the trail back to
Detroit.
Mr. Watrous, pending the raising of
his car from the sunken wreck, was a
guest at the Hotel Grunewald. He de
parted for Baton Rouge, where he goes
to superintend the repair work neces
sary to put his car in condition to make
the return home.
Now Non-Skids
Now we have a double-thick
non-skid. An extra tread, made of
very tough rubber, vulcanized on
to the regular.
A tread with deep-cut blocks,
immensely enduring.
A tread with countless edgesand
angles, insuring a bulldog grip.
And a tread whose projections
spread out at the base, so the
strain is distributed. The lack of
that feature has made non-skids
short-lived.
Just compare it. You can see
that we have tlie ideal winter tread.
And 200,000 in actual use have
proved it.
A»k for the Goodyear Tire Book
l4th year edition. It tells all
known ways to cut tire bills down.
GOODYEAR HAS
NEW TIRE GAUGE
When Fitted to Rim Device
Shows instantly Size of
Tire Required.
The simplest—most clever—concep
tion devised in recent years in the field
of motorcycle tiredom is a rim gauge,
of which the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, of Akron, Ohio, through B. A.
Fnlor. of the motorcycle tire depart
ment, is supplying the trade on appli
cation.
With this gauge a dealer can tell in a
moment the most suitable-sized tire for
any given rim. One simply inserts into
the rim the correct gauge length, notes
the one that fits and reads on the prop
er section of the gauge the exact size *0
be used—for the tire size is printed
boldly on the section fitting the rim.
Just a glance is required.
Here's the point of popularity of this
new device. About three years ago a
2 1-4-lnch motorcycle tire was the
vogue. Then came the increased tire
size to 2 1-2 inches —still the same
rim. And even 2 3-4 and 3-inch sizes
were used, but always on the small rim.
The result was that the large tires
overlapped and bore over on both sides
of the rim.
Larger tires were, of course, needed
with harder and faster riding. Now
the rims have been standardized —the
“Old-Style Rim,” the "B B Rim” and
the “C C Rim” are the outcome. Thus
was necessary some inode of ascertain
ing just what tire sizes for just what
rims. Dealers were nonplussed. An
almost endless task was theirs.
, Now the new rim gauge has simpli
fied the whole matter and ended all
confusion.
"It is notable that this rim gauge
was thought out in the Goodyear fac
tory,” says Mr. Falor. “It shows the
Goodyear spirit—and this spirit of wil
lingness extends throughout the entire
organization. The ceaseless activity of
our men is the best virtual assurance
motorcycle tire users have in obtaining
the utmost out of their tires.”
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bV FWWw I motor 031 practically
iw nfl>* reversed in winter. Your
r' problems are entirely different.
Instead of worrying about punctures—you
must think about skidding—you must ponder
A/* ° VCr thc mOSt cconomical and quickest method of
preventing freezing—you must learn how to locate
1 v engine troubles that are peculiar to winter. —i
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Each difficulty—every probable trouble is considered, analyzed and conquered.
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