Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07

| IouIs duu llOlu tHc WHICH, III
straight ahead hour after hour, past
| beautiful fields of corn and wheat, with
| the steady pur of the motor a satisfying
| accompaniment, over a smooth. straight
road stretching away ahead until 1t is
| lost In the haze of the distance alone.
And so our trip begun with a new car
Off the train only couple Of hours, time
spent In acquaintance and possible ad-
| justment, ends in the most gratifying
manner. without the necessity having
! developed for single replacement or
| adjustment. with not a screw or bolt
lost or loose, and only the highest praise
| for the man who designed this surpris-
| ing motor"
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Detroit where 60 per cent of all au-
tomobiles in the world are made, is ex-
| periencing a great change in the automo-
bile industry, according to R. D. Chaplin,
l president Of the Hudson Motor Car Com
pany.
| conditions in the automobile business
are changing very rapidly and the time is
now at hand when it will be case of the
| survival Of the f1ttest,'" Mr.. Chaplin
| says. Until today the pressure has been
to manufacture enough cars. From now
on with many manufacturers it will be to
| sell enough cars.
Il believe, however. that the future of
| the automobile industry was never more
promising than it Is today. Yet the thou
sands who are now selling automobiles
| must be prepared for new conditions If
they desire to succeed.
| 1.-The production will be reduced or
| rather restricted, through a process of
elimination. Those manufacturers who
have little experience or capital and
| those dealers handling unreliable or nm
known cars will drop out. The farmers
are becoming large motor car buyers and
next season will probably absorb 60 per
cent of all the cars produced. 1 believe
also that the medium price class of motor
cars VIII make the biggest appeal to the
American public from now on
l. In word or two I might saw that
the future offers golden opportunity to
real automobile statesmen. There have
been FAR too few Of such kind in the
| automobile industry in the past. The
coming age of the automobile industry
| Is to be one in which modern and ag-
gressive craftsmanship will score heavily.
| My own company is renewing contracts
| for 1911 only with those dealers who
| have shown progresSivenesS and business
| intelligence.
| Every manufacturer that expects to
stay in the game is now laying his cam
paign with an idea Of permanency Here
every. year. This will put the automo-
bile business on broad basis
and will result. 1 believe, in more more
healthy condition 1 believe the future
offers rosy opportunities to the automo-
bile manufacturer, and more particularly
| to the local dealers who are gifted with
sales ability, always remembering that
back OF all this, too, must be a service
organization to take good care of the in
| dividual owner"
| A feature Of the coming hill climb Au.
gust 80, under the auspices of the Auto
mobile Club OF Washington on Naylol
road hill. will be the class for electric We.
hicles. which has been added to the pro-
gram Of events. In addition to the class
for electric vehicles, there will be five
| events Tor gasoline cars, graded accord
| ing to the price of the cars entered
starting at $500 and under and up tc
$4,000. and a free-for-all making sever
events in all. The officials of the meet
will be as follows: Referee, r. B. Cav.
| erly: contest committee John X Heyl
William Jose. John Larcombe, jr, John
r. Thomas and Joseph H. Falconer
| timers. David Dunnigan, Charles w. Ben
/ der, w. s. Shelby and Franz Kopp.
Dr. Harry A. Fowler, accompanied by
his wife and young son, and Richard H
| Gorgas, left Tuesday morning on a tour
through New England. Augusta, Me.
being the objective point. They will re-
turn In the early fall.
| IT
| Some of the novelty that surrounded the
running Of the Vanderbilt cup race pre-.
| vious to last year will again flavor the
classic of American motordom when the
race is run over the Long Island Motto,
| Parkway and adjacent country roads
October l. for. according to an announce.
ment by William X. Vanderbilt, IT,, the
donor Of the trophy. this years event
| will start at daylight.
| The decision Of Mr.. Vanderbilt and his
| associates has been arrived at after Ions
consideration and also following frequent
and oft-repeated requests from enthus.
lasts. contestants and all who have the
interests Of this event in mind, 1t is an.
nounced. The daylight start restores the
Vanderbilt cup race to its old-time glory
| with the glamour and romance attenda nj
upon the start Of the cars as the day be.
| gins to dawn.