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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1920. FLUCTUATION OF Rifle Artists Find Charm of Chase Bracing and Invigorating K dUbt th Sntlemn who claa tho huntsman with the atono ago resident are right, but it is surprising how much joy and sport can be derived 'from following the speedy deer through mountain passes add through deep snow. Those who have returned from the fields report that the season which Just closed was one of tho most successful from the hunter's point of view of any for. some time. The snow in the mountains was not too deep to seriously interfere with navigation on the part of the hunters, and yet the cold mountain air served as a tonic to help the pursuer withstand the strain of the chase. In the picture may bo seen a Salt Lake hunter and the result of his efforts may bo seen upon tho hood of the car, a Hudson, Botterill company, distributor. ' ' TO BE SETTLED ra: Industry Clearly Divided Into Two Camps, Says ; From Report Truck Owner Have Records for Certain Periods of Operation. Successful Detroit. Majority of Producers Now Have Defined Position They Occupy on Matter. s? IDETROIT, Mich., Oct. 30: After a pe-- i rjod of uncertainty occasioned by the f sensational reductions- made by i the Ford n other concerns 'company and a the industry has again become somewhat stabilised. Following the Ford and Franklin price cute, dealers throughout the country were ( And they bom-- 1 literally "up In the air. barded the factory headquarters with telegrams in efforts to ascertain where they stood with respect to accepting orders for future delivery. Most dealers now have been assured of protection on price schedule until spring and they are correspond- ingly happy, t A sharp line of cleavage running as through the Industry ofhaa developed the nervous upevidence thr outward haa been going on. On the heaval that one hand are those concerns that have enormous pressure of split off under the competition, the stress of economic forces '.or desire to anticipate and capitallae what is thought to be a quick turnIs ofa the mar-"k-ofet. body On the other hand concern which Bay they see no reason with and stocks sacrifice should why they them fair profit. are Inspired By far the majority intertheir several course by their own and tendencies pretation of conditions force of example supplemented by the and the state of mind exhibited by their denier. For if ever there was a time when manufacturers had occasion to complain that their dealers did not know how to express themselves, that critiea period is now safely passed. Omitting the figures, prices nave been cut on Bell. Chalmers; Chandler. Cleveland, Crow. Essex, Ford. Franklin. Hudson. Maxwell. Studebakcr. lt and Liberty. Prices advanced on Anderson. Lexington. Plerce-ArrbPrices remain unchanged on Jluiok, Cadillac. Dodge Broa., Dort, NaJordan. King. Marmon. Nash, tional, Oakland., Peerless. Reo. Saxon. Scrtpps-BootStandard. Templar and Wlnton. Yv.";,.; ' - -' I fL - - half-doae- . ' I - V ", ' frmm - ...w- i i . s. V. , mm vJ ..v.:v - - f -- 11 ;y 4 ,4 Vv v W - i ifcf . ' -- - ! d Lt.: fii U P-'trt- I The fundamental principle upon which motor truck fleet must be operated a correct and accurat knowledge of costs th time and for any given period. The truck owner must know what his vehicles are coating him and what they are bringing In every day, every week and every month of the year. Without this certain knowledge It te very likely that he may operate over an extended period at a loss. In actual practice this condition haa caused th failure of more motor truck operators than any other whatsoever. Until very recently th entire subject of cost keeping for motor truck operators wa only dimly understood, r The meth- -, ods used were Incomplete and frequent failures retulted. Today w ar ' gradually evolving a complete and accurat method of keeping cost. Even within have the last year many development accrued in this field. In the present and I succeeding article It proposed to explain modern cost keeping systems and to Indicate, th recent' Improvement which have been made In thl respect. Unquestionably more has been written about the operating economy ef motor trucks than any other one subject In solved The manufacture ' and sale - of commercial motor vehicles has been puran a sued Industry for mdr than twen. ty years, yet there I no vital subject concerned with motor transportation regarding which no little i actually known. ; 1 , , tr f th ' 'S' p i 'f j W - A V- I- , '' L ' f'j 's 'A W . v' - 4 U. Should Be Business. T iti Sr ft' -- i ' " v r s ' Hup-niobll- e. - v All Guaranteed. ' Present prices are guaranteed for varying periods as far ahead as July 1 by such concerns as the General Motors subsidiaries. National Motor Car k Vehicle SI ,i.or.w. tec i , I II ' 'F'fc ' - c i r. ' ; ' V' ar. eehe....hss,Mply ' ' 'S'... ' Aes.'Aw corporation, Saxon Car corporation. Motor Car corporation, Standard The Steel Car company, and others. wording of the guarantyto- varies, but. is both soas protect phrased usually dealer and buyer In the event of a change In price within the guarantee period. In other word, should the list be changed during the life of the guaranty prior purchasers would he rehated on the basis of the difference Involved. Less responsive to sudden Impulses and reactions, the truck making side of the industry as yet is Indeterminate. Stewart trucks have been reduced. Autocars have Indbeen advanced. Announcements icate that the Republic. United States and others will not reduce. Several of the passenger car makers, who also build trucks, have Included their entire lines in the decisions previously Indicated. In general, however, it is not safe to form conclusions as to this quarter. The. question hss arisen: How can a manufacturer build automobiles or trucks at a loss and still continue In business? This question Is answered by E. J. Fisher of the Standard Truck company, whtch haa Just cut the price of its product $450. ,' '" ' ' J HI - , y ' f t S V V . ' ; t vV V 4 '.' k I W i'i. ' v .r v - . " '? .s v '.aassw.U hMli i' I , t Hogj-- T ed I S V t. s. i'J s f , ed Hup-mobt- le - ' . Temporary Loss Taken. v "We must operate for the present at a loss, said Mr. Fiaher. "but I do not believe thia loss will continue for any length of time, f The parts maker and the material man are bound to fail Into line. There rkvlll be a general drop in materials and parts very shortly. Somebody has got to taks th lead in bringing prices uown to normal again. Th public was not buying. If there is no market for tho product a company manufactures that com- panr-ltunntnr. At' k Timer 'ThaTT the situation which confronted the Industry and which Mr. Ford was first to see. The companies cutting the price of their automobiles and truck are merely taking time by th forelock. They are welcoma loss now In order that a more seing rious loss may be averted later. When new material contracts are placed they will b placed at a lower figure." Recent price reductions on some of th leading motor car are a part of th gradual and general decline of prices on all commodities, so long looked for and now In th process of a normal and gradual readjustment from war and postwar levels, says a statement by Walter C. Davis, secretary and salea manager of the Georg W. Davis Motor Car company of Richmond, Ind., In announcing a reduction of 1100 on all Davis models. , "This deflation of prices from their high levels is a natural process. Motor bar manufacturers. )tk ourselves, havs made this reduction In price In a praise- worthy effort to meet the present national wav of economy with definite and tangible assistance In th form of lowered prices. Ths cost of producing our car 1s th sam as It was; SO per cent of th alu of a motor car Is In ths labor which has gons Into it. and there has been no reduction In the cost of labor. Wa havs mads these reductions In anticipation of future reductions In ths cost materials to us and In ths hop of helping to stabilise conditions In America's third largest industry." Taking ths annual productive rapacity now at approximate- J 'I1 viotr-j? Iv !. 000. 000 carajust and allowing the Ford Motor company a minimum of SOO.OOO,. or cent. It Is estimated that SO per centPpof the total hi been more or leu permanently committed on price. Exclusive of Ford. It la further estimated that not more than 17 per cent of th total of th industry la affected by th lower prices ' directly thus far announced. while S3 per cent Is unaffected or changed upward Instead of downward. Secretary of Association State Auto Writes of Needs of Country Roads. ef s By H. W. L. NIEMEYER, Idaho Stat Automobile Auo. elation, Th need for good roads Is no debatable subject; their purpose is thoroughly their practical use are admitted by tha most stalwart "mud roads" Secretary Th fundamental fact to be kept firmly th tho foreground Is that "eommsrco" and "trado" is ths thing; that time ts, and dollars are not, of essence; that the widest and largest possible market must be found and fostered for the products of our farm forests, mines and factories. Th high cost of living is not a myth, neither is th "mud road" The prim reason for high costs ta Inability to deliver maximum production at prices permitting profit to th farmet and h saving to th consumer. Waste, duo to unimproved roads, ta alroady eatlmated by figures developed In a congressional investigation to reach the appalling sum of more than $500,000,000 per year. It Is our American habit to hail th man who ventures; w immortalise the navigator whowhosails ths uncharted teas; Invades the fathomless th explorer Lewis-dar- k Th forests. expedition, fighting Its way to conquer th northwest 'for the Infant republic, la on ot the glories of our national history. Yva apply to a railroader like James J. HlU th admirable title of "Empire Builder." Let us not stop at praising these giants who havs opened world opportunities, but rather let us, within our capacity, emulate them. Cltlsens of Idaho, your community do not end with th rosidonc of th voter in your city, district or county who live farthest from th center of th town, district or county, as th can may be. Tbs limits of your community are th points on each road where people going to market turn and drive away from your town, Instead ot particular community or toward It. Tho turningwillandb driving or extended shortened as limits your community serves or falls to servo th Interests of th farmor and as you ar abl to Interest the farmers In th of your community. Accidents affairs The etst hlthway bond Issus lor lays th foundation for an ad, Polio reports of wet weather acci- 33,000,004 Our present quat highway outprogram. dents generally feature "lost control as rude a need. Foorly built roads cry th principal cause of such happenings. as many of them aro, they express man s Such is often the undisputed fact, but need of contact with man. lost traction" would be a more suitable expression to Us In describing the majority of thsm. as th greatest contributor Matter barte ea h antmeablle to thee accidents Is th rarelass driver I published am. but aider Ik who takes a chancs without skid chain law paaard by aaraa ta rlsMirtrd ft, As a result, when he gets In a tight tbs dralar hmim varttalag lac there la nothing to do but trust to I isolkar part ad f tb papa. rrt7 vs-- 1 uck. while oven the r th attoM paid M hides may bo damaged through his no- - I' llaraMt. gleet. Lott of Tfaction Often i Caute of Auto rrl r V, chaln-oqulpp- System Compiled. characters, r . , or Wlllya-Over-lan- d, unr By meana of a eerie of truck owners conferences held In a dosen or more of tha principal dtlee of tha country during tho last year and a half the natlot al standard cost system for motor trucks haa been complied and distributed to th operators of thousands of motor trucks in all parts of ths country. Truck snd tire, manufacturers have discarded their own system and adopted the national stand-ar- d system. Newspapers and magaslne throughout th country have published articles shout th svstem. and already data oomplled on th standard forms ar comTruck ing Into th headquarters of Owners , conference for compilation nnd study. Ing to th msmbsrs of tho hunting party. On may quit naturally wonder how Is th worth and of th motor car a a mean ofrsllablllty this newest of standard systems dlffrrs ur transportation on GERMAN from Its starred predecessor and rough and trying trips Uk th on just cause It has succeeded on th graves completed. At tlma th car wa forced ot their failure. Primarily its success Is to travel through snow eighteen to twenapon th fact that It originated in IRON CASINGS abased ty Inch deep and over mountain road conference representing th Ideas of which mean hard going. But a falter was observed in th machine and comwith many point of vtew. many experts - American motor ' enthusiast It was not produced a a business enterplete satisfaction was fp HE by v. out f th olty, content In Olid but ryon concerned. prise. purely as a service to operators and la distributed without th knowlsdg that h ha four god of motor trucka, to any on at th oost of pecuniary gain tlr under him and a ceupl f expublication. It was not restricted to any tra strapped n th back of th car. one meana of distribution, but Is being sold by two prominent loose leaf book .While et every turn he paeeae om manufacturers by th Truck Owner conBd which telle him ef the superior. ference. by magastnea snd by truck and It ia a sound method of procedure a certain tlr 0vr all ethere. Ity.ef tlr manufacturer. A producer of calto allow dust and dirt to collect In Not se the Dorman motorist, who culating machine Is pushing It. Boms In th top, th Interior, on th floor, in manufacturers a re purchasing larg quanmust etlll content him If with g tities for distribution as standard equipth upholstery, or upon any part of th about Benin on iron rime. Tha ment on their products. A truck builder klton of th car, If th owner will prle Of rubber tire p tacos thorn Is conducting e prise contest for driver that ach spot of dust or dtrt and shipping clerks based on tb national yend Me puree, lima ef the more standard system. lnJuro tho car and shartons it carear; preeporeua eltliene ef the city use a A t the system Itself, It represents a If ho will understand that on loo bolt, distinct advance over any similar previous ef thin rubber about th rim eeatlng mad o br grit and dirt, reused th attempt, not only In th manner ot Its ap .their machine.. But thle la of th Quebec brides, better perorigin and th method of distribution, but sonal attention will b given by him to for even Th In many of Its accounting feature. ndyunsatlefaetory of cleanliness. th near godlln of truck coat accounting erdinary rubber I scarce end th rub. old shibboleth I mot out and eliminated. It been have bee being for tire was furthermore, but ta subject to anGill Intended to (tend such woar and tear.' dried, nual revision by a committee of oxperta representing varied Interests, so that It will be kept up to data, and will bo to change ia conditions aa time goes on. 'Truck ar constantly having ngln Mr. continued piece castlnga O'Carroll, Bubaequenr article In thte eerie will trouble which cause , xpenlv delays. "and ar from deal with th Indispensable Items which iron and ar gray speolal I cent of thla trouble caused Ninety per go to make up th true cost of operating by fouled spark plug and carbon, botb machined to bee hit accuracy., you wiu e motor truck, many of which era ordiof whtch can b overcome by proper pisfind the Olll exceedingly simple to In- narily overlooked; th matter of performton ring." according to John J. U'Car-rol- l, stall ; In fact, there isn't any on th mar- ance and Its determining Influence on acfoanagor of th Gill Piston Ring ket except th conventional split ring tual unit coats, and a description of th whloh can be Installed as quickly and national standard systems with reprodue-tlo- n company. It East Fourth Bouth street. "Gill Platon ring ar mad from alngt with a great ease as th UIIL of th forms used. th' Automobile Proves Worth For Use on Hunting Trips MOTORS EQUIPPED WITH 111 nvr rgltrd Lon Claflin and Party Have Days of Real, Sport Dutt or Dirt Will Injure in Mountains Near Fish Lake, Where Car and Shorten ftt Life Game is Deer hunting her during th season Just clod has been a pleasure to th moh could choo tor car owner his batfree abandon which tlefield with th comes to nobody but th owner of a motor. Never being confined by the limit of a railroad th motorist ha been at liberty to climb qboard th speed wagon at any tim and tak advantage of th opportunity thus afforded him to ngaa In that pasting of men. the And, moreover, many a hunter In and around Halt Lak did get out hi pursue th deer gasoline vehicle and through th confine of Utah' mountain faatnonaea. Of course, something ha ben written recently concerning th human aspect of hunting. An eminent authority on something said that th lust for th chess te a savage Instinct to say th leeat. He claim that th desire to kill t a' relic of all that I bad or ovet; was bad tn th human family. But on rloo examination of th type of mon.wbo deal tn this It becomes a grave auestlonable paatlm whether this statement by cha. Plentiful. th eminent authority will boar tha tost of good reasoning. At any rate, upon hunter th consulting th opinion I found that ta almost universal and this opinion I that for real sport and a ral Ilf nothing can compare with a deer hunt among th Inspiring mountain surrounding Balt Lak. In th plctur on thl peg may b en Lon Clsnln of Balt Lake, who mad th run to Fish lak In sight hour tn a Hudson by way of preliminary arrangement for a hunting trip. At th on in lak h wa mat by Dr. W. L. Ess ton and a tiarty of hunter from Loa. Thw party then continued th run by motor to Fronton t, where horse wer used for transportation to th final destination. Thousand Lake mountain, about twenty miles north of Loa. Mr. Clafttn tat that for gam thl section of Utah la unquald. Each member of th party ha wa with brought down a larg buck and th rport ta had of thousand of duck and wonderful fishing at th lak. On thing prpvd eonclualvly, accord- - rort , dr nvr Job-(In- b. rmmbr col-ta- Pitton Ringt Made From Bett Iron Casing -i ud : Perhaps on reason for this 1 that th economy of motor transportation I so obvious and th sloth of horse transportation so Intolerable that operating coat has not been a determining consideration, but th fact remain that operating me-t- s truck I a business and worthy doss study by users as any other tn which an quai amount of capital Is Invested. Not that the subject of cost accounting haa been altogether neglected, for ever since the truck's Inception certain numbers of students have diligently coat studied costa Scores of system have been spread broadcast. Some them distribution for originator printed gratis and scattered them, by th ton. Others compiled elaborate outfits for eal at fancy prices. . Associations appointed committees to study the subject. Practically all of the Important journals of standard th .Industry issued of trucks and systems. Manufacturers tires employed expert accountants te compile system end tabulate statistic Advertising literature fairly , scintillated with Imposing and plausible columns of figures, but nowhere could two separate" cost statements be directly compared. Ne two estimates Included all the items necessary to cover the ground In quite the sam wav. Nearly all compilation and systems snowed on study that certain vital Items had been omitted. Nowhere wer the methods of figuring d probation, Interest, overhead of performanco uniform. Bom depreciated on a mileage basis. Boms' subtracted the cost of tires from th principal. Some charged Intereat at th legal rate on tha whole Investment 8om charged Interest on half tn Investment; other on a sliding seals, with th depredation subtracted from th principal. 8om Included packing, shipping room expenses, garage, light and heat In delivery cost, and ethsrs C 14 not And performance) Th terra ton mil slid glibly from many tongues, nnd yet nowhere was there agreement a to ' just what this term meant or -how It should be figured. Besides this "confusion of tongue" cost research has been Impeded by reluctance on the part of many operator to reveal their costs of operation for various reasons, mostly short sighted, and oblivious of tb fact that only through free Interchange of experience can real efficiency be attained. Fortunately, this attitude Is changing, aa many who formerly refused to permit other to their figure have learned that nfttlme they wer losing more by thia Chines wall policy than their eom-pttore coutd-hon- e to gatm by m gtv and tak attitude. .Equal in Importance t the change In the disposition toward cost accounting by users Is th successful evolution of a universal .system of motor i truck accounting: . of-a- Patge-Detro- A 1 V v ' 1m $ ; Expert Gives Various and Valuable Ideas With 4 View to Dividend Paying. V ' r nvr for-wha- t |
