Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-19
AUTO TYPES ARE
FULLY DEVELOPED
Now is the Time to Buy Ma
chimes With Best
Finish.
ERA OF CHEAP MATERIAL.
Is Fast Approaching In the Wake of
Era Of Keen Competition for
First IIonors.

The question OF when 10 buy an
automobile Is one that is agitating al
most every Salt Laker these days, who
has the price in his jeans, or can get
the credit.
Time was when the answer would be
that It was better to wait a season or
two tin the sparker could be fixed to
guarantee that you could come back
when you went out. Then the cars
finally got to running, both going and
coming and this answer was done
away with, Following that there
were all the improvements IN engines.
that make the 1906 cars SO mach above
their predecessors, and now the ma
chimes run. are easy TO manipulate.
and keep IN fair order. except for the
tires, which are still a vexatous prob
lem, and except for that about all that
appears 10 be necessary Is 20 bring
the present car up to a standard OF
luxury something that Will appeal
more to the faddist than to those who
use cars for pleasure and business In
this line there are a thousand and one
things yet unthought Of yet whose i'm
portance is second TO that Of securing
an article that viii MI the require
ments Of the business world. So he
who waits untll something "better'
reaches the market viii have a long
time to fetter away before he gets it.
ERAS OF CONSTRUCTION.
There are always three stages to
mechanical constructiop-th applica-
tlon of conceived ideas. the perfection
Of these ideas and the minimizing OF
cost of construction. or Cheapening OF
the marketable product. IL Is when
this latter stage Il reached that the
public suffers, for II has been proved
that once "a specific mechanical pro-
duct has become established In the
commercial world. the quality of work
manship, material and other details
deterlorates rather than improves
Machinery constructed ten years ago.
| when inventive genius gave to the
| world seem mechanical idea, has
oftentimes far surpassed later day COM
! struction for endurance and wear,
| The later machinery looks az good and
| appears TO have the same quality but
It does not.
RACE FOR POSITION.
This is very easily proved. When
the manufacturer starts out to gain
foothold IN the business world with
some special article he sees TO II that
everything is perfect; that each and
every part will bear the closest scru-
tiny whether assembled or unassem-
bled Each piece OF steel receives Il
searching examination for possible
flaws, and unless It is perfect goes to
the scrap heap. An imperfect casting
is returned TO the foundry, an imper-
feet thread or nut Is likewise not per-
mitted to escape the close scrutlnw OF
the inspector. and the machine goes
forth with the assurance that the
sharp eve OF rival will detect nothing
which he could critcise.
cheaper THE MATERIAL
Thus every maker is laboring along
the same lines. Finally the article ~
established and the first product has
proved it's worth. Then the Yankee in
genulty Is called into play. The me-
chanical craftsman IL told to cheap
Ell construCtion--redu the amount o.
steel necessary TO accomplish results.
Machinery for turning out parts more
rapidly rs installed ana WncIe nhnd
skill was called into play. ono man
with a machine can treble the output
Of a dozen.
Each piece II supposed 20 pass
through a certain routine and also
supposed" 10 be correct when turned
over to tho assembler and hnisher.
THE EXPLANATIONS.
Within few years there Is wear;
where there vas hard steel, now cheap
castings take It's place, The purchaser
wonders why, and Is told that he failed
20 oil properly or that no drives more
than Formerly. Surely, Jones' ma
chine has been running Ave years and
he has no trouble, you don't run II
right" This Is what many an agent
has tried 10 crowd down the throat %
an expert mechanic who Is handling
his cOmpany's product.
TO those who contemplate purchas-
ing auto cars now appears the time Ia
get the best material and the best fin
ish while each and every maker Is
striving 70 Guido the other In perfee-
ton.