The San Francisco call., 1909-01-05

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'As demonstration of the discrim-
nation of the American automobile
... buyer the Paris
Americans Buy salon of 1908 was
american Cars + Is nidrAeo the Opinion Inp9ess Of
Charles Clifton of
the George N. Pierce company of Buff
faio- Clifton attended the annual eX-
hib1tion at Paris and has returned
home. Ever since the automobiles
were first manufactured in Europe"
Colonel Clifton has written to w. F.
Culberson of the Mobile carriage oom-
pany. "the makers of France particu-
larly and Germany and Italy to great
the United States for a market for a
large part of their product. This for
eign trade has encouraged them TO
bring out new ideas But this country
and England have progressed to a point
where our practices are at least on
eliminating buyer has come to real
ize that the car built in this country
is suited, best to the needs of this
country. He realizes, too, that his
pose in Europe as well as any Euro
pean made car. The consequence is
formerly has been taken from the max
ers of France, Germany ann Italy.
They have done only little in the way
of improving their cars ,Sid ana ot bringing 6In
paid the automobile enthusiast to
visit the salon. this year with the
have been no radical or even pro
nounced changes in construction The
automobile designer would have found
less TO interest him than at any pre-
vious salon, although there We're mat
ters that would have caught his at
tention. These were principally in the
way of new materials for certain parts
and improvements in accessories Al
together the Paris salon gave the inn
preston of being a striking illustra-
ton of the trend of American ouylng15
the fact that the people of the United
States are now buying cars made IN
their own country"
1.-The automobile immaculate is
purely an idealization," is the reply
S. Chester n weaver
Smoking Cars have seS'oTs Been made
to him that the
example of the east and Chicago be
followed by San Francisco with de-
cree against smoking motor cars on the
boulevard and the PARKS Action was
taken in both Philadelphia and Chi-
decreed against all smoking motor cars
on the boulevards and public parks, al
unwashed and Ill groomed cars and all
machines dripping oil.
To see that this scheme was carried
out. 100 park policemen were stationed
at the entrances for automobiles, and
any machine thaC 01d not present ltSeh
properly dressed for the occasion was
not permitted to pass The first day
the ordinance went into effect more
than 500 cars were turned away. much
to the discontinue of the owners and
drivers, but it is said that the plan
to a certain extent is having its enect
'sWhile it may be true, continued
Weaver in his letter that owners and
drivers to a certain extent may be
trying to keep their automobiles in bet
ter shape so far as outward appear
ances go, in order to enter the parks
and to drive upon the boulevards In
nv opinion the effort on the part OF
the authorities to regulate matter or
nirld is unconstitutional. In so far
as the dripping of oil is concerned, the
police may have the power to inter-
fere and perhaps the emitting onenslVe
exhaust, but to say how clean man
to decreeing that a man may not ap-
pear on the streets of San Francisco
unless he is clean shaven or unless
his suit is of the latest fashion. If
pride in his machine to wish to show it
off to its best advantage when driving
on public highways, L can't see how
the authorities can force him TO give
his machine bath II ne nlmseh
chooses to not do so.
The promoters of the great Briarclin
road race, held last April, had no end
!. tin, 4L ero9ots os tba a. svant Int
.rpnnn gnaa Racs Uvs and there seems TO
noaa - no'e be no end of trou-
BILE that keeps
coming to them Word has just been
received that suit has been brought
neer of New York, by Robert Lee Nor
rell of the association of licensed auto
mobile manufacturers. A cash deposit
was demanded by Skene the day prior