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iractor Manufacturers Were
Ready to Meet War Demands
of United States.
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. When a democracy long educated
to the habit of peace enters a war,
it is expected that a certain lack of
preparation will be encountered.
However, in some ways America
was fairly well prepared for her tre
mendous task. As it gradually came
to be appreciated that the food situa
tion was critical, the farm tractor
rose to a position of prominence in
public thought. Many city people,
unacquainted with recent farm devel
opments, hearing of the tractor for
the first time, have considered It
something new, designed especially
to meet the vast needs for more food.
The tractor is not new. It is only its
general appreciation which is new. It
did not take this war to produce the
tractor, but it did require some such
crisig as that produced by the war to
make the whole civilization of the
allied countries fully appreciate the
importance of the farm tractor.
New tractor companies are being
organized so rapidly these days that
it is hard to tell which ones are actu
ally selling tractors and which ones
are just getting ready to build them.
One thing is sure, that with more
than two hundred tractor companies
now in existence, it is safe to assums
that there were considerably more
than one hundred companies actually
manufacturing and selling farm tract
ors at the time this country entered
the war. Most of these companies
are fairly mew at the business, but
several have had long years of expe
rience with the tractor industry. The
International Harvester Company, for
instance, manufactured its first farm
tractor in 1906 and has been gradually
increasing its tractor operations dur
ing the last twelve years. The Har
vester Company now has three im
mense factories, two in Chicago and
one in Milwaukee, covering a total
area of 136 acres, which are largely
devoted to the manufacture of farm
tractors. From the time when it op
erated only on gasoling and was huiit
on a scale providing a great number
of horsepower and selling for a price
within reaci. only of the large farmer
or ranchman, the tractor has been de
veloped to the point where now it op
erates successfully on kerosene and
is adaptable in size and price to the
everyaday needs of the average farmer.
In England and France, of course,
the special war need for tractors has
Leen even more urgent than it thus
far has been in the United States. If
the American tractor industry had
been as new and undeveloped as
most of our other war industries, we
could not have gone to the rescue of
our allies so readity as we have been
able to do. For more than eight years,
Americap manufacturers have been.
sending tractors abroad that foreign
farmers m'ght graduglly learn to use
them. Since 1908 the Harvester Com
pany has shipped thousands of farm
tractors into Great Britain, France,
Italy, Holland, Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and
at least fourteen other foreign coun
tries. It is due to the fact that)the
American farm tracter industry ‘was
prepared and that the European coun
tries had been given a chance to learn
the use of American tractors that so
much has already been accomplished
in so short a time to&ard keeping up
food production in e countries of
our allies.
JTargely through the assistance of
American made tractors, Great Brit
ain during 1917 was able to increase
her normal cultivated area in the
British Isles something like 790,000
acres, and by the help of, American
tractors, already in Great Britain, or
on the way, she expects to bring
enough adidtional acres unhder culti
vation during 1918 to raise the in
crease above normal to a total of
3,600,000 acres. |
“In the uninvaded parts of Furope,”
.we are told by a writer in World’'s
Work, “nearly 1,000,000 acres have
gone out of caltivation as a conse
quence of war.” 'This the writer ex
plains is because French farmers are
now in the armies. It is etsimated
that the 1,500 farm tractors sent to
France from the United States ‘“will
plow 500,000 acres this spring and
1,000,000 in the fall—thus putting back
into cultivation about 15 per cent of
the land that is now lying unused.
There is no reason why in the next
vear or two we can not send to
France enough farm machinery to
make good the farm laborers Frange
has iost to the enemies to re-establish
French agriculture as it was in 1914,"}
in which year France was a self—i
supporting country. |
It is a matter for celebration among‘
the allied peoples that the American
farm machine companies had started
early with the farm tractor, developed
it patiently through years of im
provement, and that the factories
were ready to start forward immedi
ately with an even greater schedule
of manufacture. The tractor indust.ry’
has cost a great deal of money and
effort, but no one could be found now
who would say that i is not worth
it. It has been estimated that the In
ternational Harvester Company alone]
invested a million dollars in the de
velopment of the farm tractor before
distribution began to show any per
centage of profit.
The tractor industry is well devel
oped and well prepared, the principal
need now being a surs and guaranteed
supply of raw materials. “Let the
Government encourage and promote
the making of farm tractors as a war
measure,” said a recent editorial in
The Chicago American. “We appeal
to the Government with all its wor
ries and responsibilities to find a few
minutes’ thought and an efficient im
mediate plan for supplying the iren,
steel and other necessities to those
who manufacture farm tractors.
“Farm tractors take the place of
men, They take the place of horses.
“They save all the grain and fod
der that the horses would eat, releas
ing the grain and fodder to feed cows
that give milk and butter, and cattle
and hogs slaughtered for food. One
farm tractor saves enough grain and
fodder to raise and fatten ten steers.”
Luclily, in this war we do not have
to depend on any new industry to fur
nish food for the world. Give the
industry which his already been de
veloped plenty of raw materials, and‘
it will give the world plenty of tract
ory.
The improved road conditions that
have come with the advance of spring,
“ave greatly stimulated the delivery of
~w automobiles under their own power.
‘any car manufacturers now have a
arge number of drivers who are con
stantly engaged in making these car de
liveries, which cover distances ranging
from 50, to 1,000 miles. Most of these
deliveries are beln{ made at less than
the freight cost. Nearly half of these
new cars are being delivered on Good
year tires.
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T. F. McWaters and L. M. Purdy, of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, who are the men who put Neolin on the map in
Atlanta. They report a large sale of Neolin soled shoes in this city.
Time Economy
The new Holmes air-cooled automo
bile has recently demonstrated an econ
omy of operation unequaled by any car
of equal size and carrying eapacity.
This Holmes air-cooled car was the sen
sation of motor week at both New York
and Chicago in January.
The following telegram was recelved
at the Holmes factory on April 9 from
A. 8. Townsend, of New York, after
driving a Holmes air-cooled car from
Canton to New York City:
‘“New York, N. Y.,~April 9, 1918,
‘“Holmes Automobile Company,
‘‘Cauton, Ohio.
“Have never seen anything equal to
performance Holmes car. Total distance
513 miles. Number gallons gas used, 28,
Average more than 18 1-3 miles to the
gallon.
(Signed) “A. 8. TOWNSBEND.”
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one realizes the road drivem was over
the Allegheny Mountains, across the
Blue Ridge in Pennsylvanla. At one
place, east of Bedford, Pa., there is a
steady climb of about 10 miles. There
are three watering places up this moun.
tain for use of water-cooled cars mak
ing the climb. The Holmes car came
through the entire trip without a skip
of any sort.
“The Holmes car {8 a roomy, seven.
passenger automobile, 126 wheel bage,
full eliptic springs all around; Timken
axles front and rear, Timken bearings
throughout, Eisman magneto and New
comb carburetor,
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seven-passenger alr-cooled car with the
economy of operation demonstrated by
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Ed. Belle Isle
Proprietor
Morning Trip
Bus leaves stand, Luckie and
Forsyth streets,
9:30 A. M.
Shopping District,
Federal Prison,
Grant Park,
Burned District,
Piedmont Park, ;
Peachtree Road,
Camp Gordon.
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN . A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1918,
Sightseeing Bus To
Atlanta s to now have a sightseeing
bus that any one will be glad to ride
in. The Bella%lsle Transfer has an
nounced that, beginning today, they will
operate one on regular schedules, and
from now on no one will have an ex
cuse for not seeing the beautiful and
interesting sights around the city.
R. E. Belle Isle and R. M. Willlams
drove the bus down from Dayton, Ohio,
where the body was built. Mr. Belle
Isle stated that they had no trouble
whatever en route and that the bus
rides as easy as a Pullman car.
Little Doris Baker, the clever child
motion picture actress, gained a popu
larity prize In a recent Pacific Coast
contest, but was Inconsolable over the
loss of the Elgin Six car, which was
taken as first prize by Mary Miles Min
ter. Doris was not very much disap
pointed, for she was the only child ac
tress who was entered in the contest.
Her prize was a handsome Victrola and
she is fond of music and is quite a
player. Miss Minter was more than
pleased with her victory, having been
a great admirer of the Elgin ever since
the visit of the Elgin Six National All
Trails scout car, with Roy Marsh and
Edward Lawrence in charge, on its
6,202-mile sealed parts trip.
the Holmes, and in view of this de
mand the John Lottridge Motor Sales
Company has become gdistribtors for
the Holmes car.,
ORIGINAL SIGHTSEEING BUS LINE
OPERATED BY
ED. BELLE ISLE MOTOR TRANSFER
81, Luckie St. Phones: lvy 5722 Atlanta 346
ROUND TRIP SI.OO \
(Member Atlanta Convention Burcau) <
We Moe'e Household Goods and Make a Specialty of Long Trips, Heavy Hauling; Also Moonlight Picnics and Straw Rides.
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Sammies En Route to France Bet
on Make of Car To Be
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| Seen First.
A little group of American soldiers,
sitting in the formerly luxurious
smoking salon of a giant German
liner, commandeered by the Govern
ment to transport our troops over
seas, were calmly discussing topics of
everyday interest on the eve of their
landing. With danger at every hand,
and not knowing-at what moment a
stealthy undersea pirate would sling
up within striking distance and send
home the deadly torpedo, these fellows
smoked and laughingly speculated on
the new life that was before them
“over there.” :
One Sammy, a former business man
of Washington, D. C., and a motoring
enthusiast, expressed his regret at
not being able to bring along his car.
This chance remark turned the con
versation into a general discussion of
motor cars, and, after each had re
lated some personal experience, or
mentioned the likable features of his
favorite roadster or touring car, the
‘Washington man asked his bunkies if
they expected to find a familiar Amer
ican nameplate on the cars in France.
Without a dissenting voice, it was
agreed that probably the very first
automobile to greet them “over there”
would be the well known flivver. And,
as we who live on this side of the
Atlantic have reason to know, that
‘was a pretty safe guess. That the
‘boys were disappointed, however, is
‘evident after reading this letter from
the Washington soldier to Colonel W,
C. Long, distributor of Studebaker
cars in the Capital City.
“Dear Colonel Cliff—l am over
here among 'em, at last, and even
though a few miles away from home,
I want to tell you that your littie
favor still reminds me that I have at
least one old friend back in America.
“Coming over on the ship all of we
fellows were guessing that the first
car we would sce would be a Ford—
and when we got here the first one we
saw was a Studebaker “6”—1916. Sa
you see, old boy, they even have them
over here—outside of those yon, John
and Joe didn’t sell in Washington.
“I am constantly on the go, and there
are very few off minutes—when I do
get time I'll try to write a real letter.
I wanted to tell about the first car we
saw, and I had only these five min
utes in which to do it.
“Hope. you are real well ‘putting
them over.” Give my regards te the
‘gang.’
“With best regards and good huck, 1
am sincerely yours,
“CHARLES BROWN.
“On acttve duty with the American
expeditionary foroce, somewhere in
France,”
In the earty sm?ot!ho War mo
tor cars of all makes were tested by
the British War Department. A few
Studebaker cars were used at first—
and then Studebaker stamina and de
-pendability under all conditions of
service became so marked that the
staff officers made especial request for
this make of car for thelr personal
use,
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Successful Business Men Would
Not Consider Being With
out Car.
By GEORGE A. KISSEL,
President Kissel Motor Car Company.
The adiptability of the passenger
car to the individual transportation
requitements of business and profes
sional men has upset all speed laws in
business. It is proving to be the
surest and the quickest method of in
dividual transportation, going where
¥2l wish and as far as you desire.
In this day and age, when it is nec
essary for many to do the most and
best work to win, when extensive op
erations necessitate intensive meth
ods, the dependability of the automo
bile not only climinates the loss of
time, characteristic of less certain
methods, but induces greater efforts.
In most every line of business the
Necessity of being on the job in time
and in the right mind is an axiom.
Business men recognize no excuses
of being late or behind time. They
can now, at a moment’s notice, drive
frcm office to where the work is pro
gressing, getting there before mis
takes happen, instead of afterward.
It is the same with capitalists, cor-
Poration presidents and business ex
ecutives. One of the most important
uses to which they put the automo
bile is to convey them from meeting
to meeting on time, enabling them to
cover five miles today to the one mile
of yesterday.
This making two blades of grass
grow where only one grew before is
one of the results of their adopting
the time-saving automobile to their
business requirements.
Take two competitors in the same
line of business—one using the auto
mobile and the vther using the public
means of transportation — what
ctance has the competitor who is not
using the automobile, if they are both
on the same business deal? It's the
man who takes the fastest train who
arrives first!
As one businees man sald to me re
cently, in talking about the motoriza
tion of the business world: “With the
increased demands made upon the
average business man of today, it is
not a question of can he afford an au
tomobile, but can he afford to be with
out one? At least, that is the fay I
have found it. It is money in my
pocket to make two business meetings
in the same length of time it formerly
took me to attend one meeting; and,
for the same reason, if by using an
autcmobile a man can, through his
increased efficiency and economy of
time, increase his business, the pur
chase of an automobile would prove
a good investment.”
A man ho has different business
interests in different parts of a city,
county or State finds it easy to keep
in personal touch with them by the
use of his automobile. A loss of
time is bound to result where one has
to confine his or her moving radius
to certain districts or streets on
which the city public conveyances
have to operate. This not only means
covering an uannecessary amount of
ground, but being generally landed at
a distance away from destination.
With an automobile the shortest
route can always be taken.
Before the business world can ex
pand, the individual efforts of the
business men composing it must ex
pand first, and it is my opinion that
MORE VALUE
MORE MILEAGE
MORE SERVICE
MORE PERFORMANCER
LESS UPKEEP
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4-Passenger, 4-door
Roadster, $1,095
? Look at the
Dealers valie—llook at
® theprice—then
get In touch quick if you are inter
ested. Our increased production will
enable us to accommodate a few more
live dealers in picked territories,
every business man who owns a car
will agree that, irrespective of the
amount of knowledge he possesses, if
the automobile did not get him to
where his knowledge was needed in
the shortest possible time his revice
would be curtailed.
— WG
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Brief Mention of Elcar Cars ]
Four-clyinder models, 37%-horsepower at 2,100 r. p. m.
Six-cylinder models, 40-horsepower at 2,100 r. p. m.
Two-unit electrical system. Long wheel base, 116 inches;
road clearance, 101 inches. Full floating rear axle with
spiral bevel driving gears. Timken Roller Bearings front
and rear. Double universal drive; tubular propeller shaft.
A wonderfully easy riding semielliptic spring suspension.
Roomy and comfortable bodies of beautiful design and
durable finish; new “Cathedral Pipe” upholstering.
Equipment complete, even to moto-meter.
ELCAR MOTOR SALES COMPANY
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE:
1502 CANDLER BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA.
The classes in wireless
that were started in the flwtgm
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com~
pany at Akron, Ohio, last January, have
‘now completed their work and the men
‘have been sent to the Government
'school at the Carnegie Institute at Pitts
[burg to complete their training for the
Signal Service.
Miss Edna Belle Isle
Secretary and Treasurer
Afternoon Trip
Bus leaves stand, Luckie and
Forsyth streets,
2:30 P. M.
Shopping District,
Peachtree to Ansley Park,
Piedmont Driving Club,
Piedmont Park,
Druid Hills,
Stone Mountain,
Round to Steep Side.