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X ‘ A* ■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 il! V BCUHUII. [RAISED FROM LAKE’S BOTTOM fir® 15 - ■•Xi o wm K 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.” a* o e WUMQAATTiiri rTRp m W ' 'gjl The aCtUal °P erat ’ ■ ' ine c<xnd * t *° ns °f ® 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 I ■ I I j}g Then there are starting difficulties that occur only in the colder months and lubricating problems to solve. In Motor Maga* Izine for December you will find these conditions explained and solved. Each difficulty—every probable trouble is considered, analyzed and conquered. 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