The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-09


: Contracts must be made, neces
sarily, for all the materials requ lre,
for the years product, and the neare
to a finished state the parts are pur
chased In the greater Is the risk o
delay and disappointment.
To illustrate: II Is possible TO bur
steel in sheets. leather m hides. hahr
In bales-all for the production o
automobile bodies. IL one of thess
components, say the hair, Is delivered
bess rapidly than the steel and ths
lhides the flow OF finished Maxwell
cars to dealer and customer is at least
Temporarily interrupted.
The example OF bodies could be
duplicated with many other PARTS.
the more labor there is on any pur-
chased article the greater will be the
uncertainty as to ITS prompt delivery.
for II must be remembered that the
labor element Is not under the con-
ltnol of the respective manufacturer
and ~ therefore the most fruitful An
ddsappointments.
AZ no time has there been an at
tempt on the part OF the MAXWELL
contingent TO deny that the dellyoru
OF Maxwell cars for 1910 has been
unduly slow-a circumstance BY
which the company has been ham
pored as much as the individual
deaier.
The explanation for this IL found
N the failure or Inability of makers
OF component parts to fulfill their
contracts. II has been the policy OF
me Maxweh-Briscoe Motor company,
which was dictated by the experience
OF FORMER years. to carry as great a
stock or materials as Il was poasibie
TO obtain. To be sure, this is a some
what expensive proceeding, although
~ may be argued that the materials
are as good as wheat I'm the bin. AZ
the same time the greater part of
these raw materials could have been
distributed in the shape OF complete
cars had the Maxwell-Briecoe Motor
company during the year controlled
those elements OF production which
fen short OF their contract obligations
at one time or other during the man
Ufacturlng period.
II Is hardly necessary IN this con-
nection to dwell on the evils OF a
sIasmodlc material delivery. which
leads 10 a yeritable saturnaha OF
hurry one week and compcls lay-off
the next.
Nor Is this method conducive to
BEST results. for II is only reason-
able 10 assume that when, as q hap
pens, a delayed shipment arrives the
manufacturing department. in It's
eagerness to pacify elamoring Gus
toners and demonstrating dealers IL
not altogether unlikely 20 pass over
slight lack in standard of perfee-
tion that under the regular methods
would have found a certain remedy
The United States Motor company
and through It the Maxwell Brlsooe
Motor company will be IN position
TO control nearly everything that
enters into the production OF an au-
tomobile-at least those things
which the automobile manufacturer
regards as his raw material
by controlling the raw material
supply the companies constituent TO
the United States Motor company
can produce on predetermined
schedule and adhere to that schedule |
with absolute fideAty. This, in turn,
enables them TO tell dealer and Gus
toner Just when delivery will be
made and there will be much greater
stability in the retail market for au-
tomobiles.
What applies to quantity OF ma
ierials has even greater weight in
regard to quality.
Even under the most painstaking
system OF supervlsion and in spite OF |
The most rigid specifications It is
next to impossible 10 secure an alb |
iolute uniformity OF material as
ong as the material Is brought to
sether from various sources. This !
deal can be obtained only by sin
gle control Of such facilities, and II
VIII be obtained by the listed States
Motor company.
The command OF large cash
capital will enable the Unit
d States Motor company to begin
operations much ear
Ter than they have been usual here
ofore. The great extent OF its con-
iections will make II possible 10
'levate the manufacture OF automo-
'iles TO a higher level of an exact
clence, and its complete facilities
or distribution are bound TO elimin-
tie the condition of nervous uncer-
ainty which unfortunately has been
'art and parcel OF the automobile
business.
The United States Motor company
intends to manufacture automobiles
or the classes as well as for the
masses and its plans provide for a
Inc of cars ranging in price from
500 to $1,000. Such a line Is GER
ain to attract the most capable and
enthusiastic dealers everywhere and
is not too much TO expect that a
of the U. 5. NJ. c.,
will be In nearly every village and
amlet OF the United States.
The advanfapqu of such universal