Show I MOTORISTS URGED NOT TO ABUSE BATTERIES BA Ignorance Is Root of Most Trouble With Storage Instruments All three important forms of energy mechanical mechanical electric and chemical chemical- are used used II In ii the modern automobile automobile The mechanical has been with us so long that even the schoolboy is quite familiar with its principles The electrical electrical elec elec- elec has been used In other lines to such an extent that it is not altogether a mystery The chemical form which j Is used Or in In nh one n nl place P. P the thA storage do U A U Y u 0 battery seems to be burled buried deep In un uncertainty un- un certainty Like most unknown quantities quantities quantities quan quan- it Is avoided and it is this condition condition condition condi condi- tion that makes the average owner a contributor to an annual sum gum um of 60 50 60 a year which is called the neglected neglected neglected neg neg- battery fund by J J. J Edward Automobile in the Largely Money Wasted I The worst feature of ol this enormous loss and wastage is that it is due not so much to willful neglect as to lack of knowledge of ot what ought to be done and lack of information on what happens happens happens hap hap- pens if the neglect occurs Every man manI who owns an automobile knows that if it ithe I he does not put air in his tires they will disintegrate much more rapidly than if it the pressure were kept up to normal Still a certain percentage will neglect the air in the tires anyway This same percentage will neglect the care of the battery even after they know what this carelessness is re doing The majority however realizing the results of not maintaining a proper state of affairs take pains to see that conditions are such as to keep the cost level as low as possible Mechanical Neglect Rare I Neglect of ot the mechanical features of the car rarely occurs Every Everyone one I knows that if ir oil is not put into the I motor the cylinders will score and the life of ot the engine will not be anywhere I near as long as it would be if It it were kept properly prop lubricated Wear is compensated compensated compensated com com- for tor by adjustment When a apart apart apart I part is slightly out of ot order It Is re repaired repaired repaired re- re paired at once before the damage goes further and affects parts would I otherwise remain in good condition All An these principles apply to the chemical side of the car in ether words the battery batter as well as they do to the cylinder parts or the tires Neglect will cause certain well defined conditions conditions conditions condi condi- to exist Just the same as It will cause rim cutting in tires scoring In cylinders and other definite conditions in the mechanical side of the car Ignorance Is Root The point is that the owner will I put ut oil in the motor because he knows exactly what will happen if he does not He lIt will put air In the tires be because because because be- be cause the condition which will result from not having the proper pressure Is Isas Isas Isas as clear to him as the fact that he will go hun hungry if ir he does not obtain food The automobilist of or today Is taking I care of his car as he takes care of or his own ph physical well being He knows that good food will preserve his health He knows that good oil Rill will preserve his motor but he does not know taking takIng taking tak tak- ing motorists as a body just exactly what will happen to his storage battery battery bat bat- tery the chemical element of the car if he neglects it Storn battery hatter books can be obtained obtained obtained ob ob- in an any quantity and BO so can stan stan- 1 n- n nn on n exactly how to MOTORISTS URGED Continued from page 4 take care of ot the battery what the tile average owner does not know however however how how- ever Is what is happening when this neglect occurs and it is purposed to show some of ot the actual conditions which have hav been found In batteries brou brought ht into service stations for re repair repair repair re- re pair long Jong before the norm normal l time for tor forthe forthe the end of the battery's battels life Ilfe had ar ar- ar- ar rived |