South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 236, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 24 August 1919 — Page 24

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Exportation Playing Havoc With Supply Available For Domestic Sale.

nv ixris i,rii.ov. WASHINGTON. I. -'.. A'iir. 2 '. It Mill inter--t S '-.i it-r.-t w h ;ir- h.ivu: .tt, üJ.'iculti s ir tt:r:ir th :.r ! J r h for automobil.-.- Iii!- ! ;it t.V Ja-.ton tu !vrii that f'-r'-:'.'! r J r s for tars ar- playing ha v. or with tri' 'U'l'Iy -'iv ll.i M; for horii" j i n 1. -tri Many tlr:i!ers -.vho .-.r -h ifint: .it th- dtviv in .s'c'irinr ars ar ;tt a lo-.s to uni: tanl wh th- fa -tori'-. ho-.sM L ho far l-hinl Jn thir orI rs. The rasns ar; .; rul ari'i ar- gool ones, not th- ! ast anions which H the large rxportation to fori'n'n countries. I'iiuitil I lax Incrva4ril. To ijrsln with, Ih h-man! his cr at!y Inrreas 1. ;la many jM-oi'If from patriotic and other motiv.-. withheld thrir buying of now carh while the war was In proprresy. The faftorls wor down to a very lowrate of production toward the end of 1 & 1 b ami It took a little time to Kt Lack into the awlnir after U: restrictions on production were removed. Kven tho plant? that are back to iK-a ce basis lind diflicnlty in securini,' material and parts. Not the Irast of th' factors aravatinir thr present situation is the ur-ncy for the makerw to take advantage- of tho present psychological moment to extend foreign busim-sM. even at the rl.sk of sacrificing Mrne business in th' homo market. A New York dealer who recently mado a trip to the factory f-vjnd his explanation of the ditllculty ir. obtaining' cars as he. pa.l through the .shipping department and y;w the number of cars rnnrkrd for export. Even the prohibitions that have existed against the exportationtion of automobiles to England and 1'rance havo not prevented an in(rc'isf of rxportation of automobiles to the far east, and South American markets hae heen developing in the meantime. Striking instances aro the exports to th.- Philippine islands, which for four months ended April 30, this rar, i-xrwrlod the whol- exportation of automobiles for the islands in 1 IM in value, and th number for that period was two-thirds ' of the total number exported in 11US. To Japan for the four months menturned in r.Uf. the automobiles exported were considerably in excess of the total number for IMS. Tho number to Java for the first four months of was about the samo as f,.r th whole preceding vrar.

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-And Down the Lobsters

By James J. Montague

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LARGE P1RT ÖF ! MOTORI COSTS i

Accurate Data Shows Fuel j Charge 171 Percent of i Total Expense. WASHINGTON, D. C. Aujr. 23. ! In these days when the hih cost of living is a matter of serious cn--.rn thf motcrist his one ca:;s. tor! rejoicing. j Tho cost of motorin: for pleas'iroi in nott raising proportionately. Thej price of gasoline, which H the stuff! that Joy-riJin dreanis ar. made of.; has little effect on the pure a man! has to pay for the pleasure he ts out of running hi.- ear. A :reat many car owners do not compute1 carefully the yearly o.st of running their automobiles. When they vb mike a try at it they are likely to omit some essential item lik- depreciation, and that throws the whole otima'e cut of focus. Mum Oivi-itim; CM Interesting proof that th price of pa.-ohne is no: a v ry larv part of the -;"n., of r. inning a e.tr has 1 epn mado availal !e for motorists by a KOemmnt agency wh; h has just ompi;.d ii.vur.it.' data on ..p. rat::v costs of ..p; rovin-.atoly '".00 TrucKs and 1 ; alit p.i r. cer cars in cu:;-ta:ii lis-,.' for fl. p . year. Th- ;.ie in-e in w'rr.rh thii- ,uulph: nt has v, r! m; ; rjj,. :a::s:u s of their op, r.( tine .os's particularly "u'. ;a b!e The 6 ) trucks for wh:ch r --ords

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Tli jrirr of broiled live lobsters on P.roadwny. New York ily. is hich one mitjht say prohibitive. That of course Is because of tho middlemen and the overhead. Th" middleman is th person who pues t'l ('ape (,'od or () lo -icpsfor or yome other seaport. Iujvx lobsters for practically nothing and disposes, of them to th rotailcrs for their weiirht in pold. The retailer marks them up to the value of their weight in platinum and sells them to the restaurants. The restaurant man puts a lobster or. one halanco of the scale, drops radium nuKKets on the other till the scales .-wintr level, and then, after adding in tho cost of the Jazz band. Mile. Kickemoff, the Russian interpretive dancer and the million dollar colored fountain, parcels them out to the ultimate consumer. The head of the family is fond of broiled lobster as an article, of diet, but she doesn't eat them on Broadway for reasons which otmht to be s-ufiieiently obvious. It was therefore decided that the family should take the ma' nine and no. to Capo Cod or Gloucester or some other seaport, like the middlemen, secure lobsters for practically nothing, and eat them while they still dripped with their natie brine, .and while they were still instinct with the tanp of the sea. The trip would be good for the children, and the money we saved on lobsters by direct and quantiy buyincr would pay for it. In fact there miht even be a little profit b-ft when the last lobster had been pried from its scarlet armor. We arrived at the seaport just about lunch time. We inquired for an Inn widely famed for the succulence of its lobsters, and so conveniently tooiTert to the lobster Hehls that one. could hear the click of their flaws as"Thcy engaged in mortal combat for the love of lady lobsters on the sandy t-ottom of the deep. The lady m charge at the Inn stopped us at the door, gently, and irvnired our business. We told her that we had no business, but that our pleasure was to secure lobsters, without the aid or consent of any middleman on earth. She looked us over coldly. "I serve a three course luneheon," she said, "for four dollars." Sh" paused and noted that this speech had a felling , :Teet. Then she added, mercifully, "Hut there are no lobsters on the menu today, only chowder and c hicken.' This alliterative programme afforded us a graceful way out. Registering absolute indifference to the tigures she named we insisted that wo could never think of eating a luncheon without lobster, and inquired if there was any place in the vienity where they were to be had.

"I think," the aiä, with an expression which told us that we were not Kcttlng by with our Muff, ''that they serve them at the Ocean House." We found the Ocean House after i while. We saw it first down an alley, ami it looked moderately Inviting. When we reached it we discovered that distance had lent it enchantment lent it with lavish prodigality, in fact. Rut nevertheless it was lunch time and visions of lobster were dancing before our eyes. So we went In. The proprietor came forth to greet us. He was in his shirt sleeves, which were encircled with little curly elastic garters. He had not visited the barber that morning, and apparently had run out of razor blades. Also he- was one of those men who believe that manicuring is effeminate. "Whafll it be?" he inquired. a,s the head of the family looked about apprehensively. "Any lobsters?" we inquired. The head of the family plucked us by the sleeves. "Let's get out while we can," she. whispered, hoarsely. "No, no." we whispered back. "We've often got fine dinners in Places like this. Don't be deceived by appearances." And we led the way into the dining room. What we found there was not entirely reassuring. There were pots of butter on the oil cloth covered table. One knew that without looking. The bread was second hand bM'ad u?ed bread as the automobile dealer would say. The silver was brunette silver and tho plates and saucers evidently had been often employed In the settlement of family altercations between the proprietor and his wife, who could be seen In the kitchen doorway. We sat el own. Anyway' we said, optimistically, "a lobster comes in a natural hermetically sealed package, like a banana. He's got to be sanitary, and we certainly can't get stuck for more than fifty cents a lobster in a place like this. Think of all the middlemen and the overhead we're cutting out. Now if we'd eaten at that Inn Rut the waiter, who from his raiment obviously doubled in dishwashing was behind us with the lobsters. There is no doubt that there were lobsters. Hut they were lobsters which had been snatched from their element before they had time to attain their majorities. Reside each was a little mound of dressing which wo did not taste. Tasting was not necessary. We knew all about it. We could almost hear it. Rut appetite needs no sauce. We ate the lobsters, grateful that at last wo could eat them fresh from the

ocean, and wholly divested of all undue xrofH. We ate them quickly, for the surroundings did not tempt 'us to linger. "Check please," we taid to the waiter, as we declined dessert "Settle that with the boss," he replied, "he always doe? the collecting here." The boss was waitinpr a the door. Rehind him was it shorter and uglier gentleman a gentleman who looked as If he could be rented for hold-up and murder parties at very reasonable rates. "How much?" we said to the boss. He looked us coldly in the eye.

Twelve-fifty he said. "For what?" we ventured to inquire. "Lobsters," he said. "Do you think they prow on trees around here?" "Ha! Ha!" said the shorter and uglier man. but without mirth. We paid the twelve-fifty. It Is better to live in peace and amity with one's neighbors. Quarrelling and brickering pets one in a temper and seldom are uplifting. Rut now when we see lobsters listed at a dollar seventy-five in the R road way restaurants we do not murmur. Wo merely wonder how the restaurant men can do iL

IS DEMOLISHED

SARAJEVO. Fosnia, Aug. 2?.. The Slavs have torn down the beautiful monument of granite and bronze which the Austrians erected the memories of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia. Duchess of Hohenberg, which stood at a corner of the bridge here where their assassination by Prinzip furnished the spark that set off the world w ar. It be re a bronze plaque showing the figures of both Ferdinand and Sophia. Now that Isnia Herzegovina has passed from the rul of Austria and become part of the kingdom of Serbs. Croats and Slovenes, the rarts of the monument have been stored in the museum of Sarajevo. When the curator has time they will be assembled for the edification of the students of history and to satisfy the curiosity of sight-seers. Sarajevo seems almost to have forgotten the bomb-throwing and is weli on Its way tow-ard making "business a usual." As a demobilized soldier said. "We're all sick of the war business!" But the mixed population and the undertone of sympathy for Austria lead one to wonder what may happen in the generation after that of Prinzip.

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WASHINGTON', D. C, Aug. 2.1. During a recent visit here of Lieut. Commander Albert C. Read of th

NC-4, the first airplane to cross thej Atlantic, it was learned that it was' at the wheel of a 1305 Cadillac that! Lieut. Commander Read first learn-! ed to drive a power-propelled veh-i i

iclo. This old Cadillac is still owned by F. R. Livermore of South Hanson, Mass.. who is proud of his car and of the boy, now grown famous, who used to drive it.

Years ago, before going to Anna-j polis. Commander Read lived in; that Massachusetts town. He used' to drive around in Mr. Livcrmore's I auto then and if he should return to j South Hauson today he would enjoy; the same privilege. Tne veteran

car is still in perfect running order and as full of pep as ever. Uses Car All Year. The car has long since been divested of its original appearance. Its equipment is perhaps more practical than beautiful, but its condition is still first-class. "The obi car always goes," said Mr. Livermore to a caller. "The excellence of the various part: after years of use is wonderful. I use the car to drive around in all summer and in the winter time I make my living with it sawing wocd." Mr. Livermore is a heaven-born mechanic. He says his wood-sawing outfit in no way interferes with the tar's usefulness In "touring." Mr. Livermore does not know the exact number of miles this veteran automobile of the 1903 vintage has covered, but judges from the best information available that it has traveled at least 100,000 miles.

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If you want a first class used automobile guaranteed select from the list below: We have been so busy selling and delivering new cars that we have paid very little attention to selling the used cars which we have taken in trade, and amonv: these cars are some of the very best makes on the market today. All of these cars have been inspected in our service station and are in condition to give real service. So Friday and Saturday of this week we are going to offer the buyer some real bargains in used cars. Our square dealing business reputation enables you to buy any one of these cars, feeling that you are getting a real bargain and "an automobile that is mechanically right in every way at a price that is very low. HUDSON SUPER-SIX (earlv 1918), first class tires, good paint. New price $2250. Sale price . " $1600.00 HUDSON 6-40 1915, first class tires, new top, good paint. Sale price 950.00 BUICK 6 cylinder, 5 passenger, good paint, first class tires. Sale price 850.00 PORT Demonstrator, 5 passenger (new) guaranteed. Sale price 1000.00 CROW ELKHART SEDAN Good paint, first class tires. Sale price 700.00 CHANDLER 6 cylinder, 5 passenger, good tires, good paint Sale price 650.00 CHEVROLET 4 cylinder, 5 passenger, good tires and paint. Sale price 600.00 OVERLAND 2 passenger, first class tires, and one extra, new top and new paint. , Sale price 550.00 STUDEBAKER 4 cylinder, 5 passenger, good tires. Sale price 525.00 FORD COUPEr This is a new car. Sale price . 675.00

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