Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

| ing on the future Of the automobile
| industry. General Manager Walter E.
| Flanders says: II believe the automo-
| bile business should be placed on a
credit basis, and I think 1T will prove
| to be the most important advance thar
has been made in the automobile In
dustry since its inception. II lndf-
Gates that the automobile has now ar
| rived at the stage where it is no
| longer high-priced luxury. but has
| actually become a necessity in the
lives OF all business men and other
| well-to-do people
First. the automobile business was
| called a game: it has now attained
the dignity of an industry The auto
mobile itself was originally a play
! rich: now 1t is a staple. necessity.
and as such it should be sold as are
all other staples"
A temporary repair for a cracked or
broken gasoline feed pipe may be effected
by placing piece Of rubber tubing over
the break and binding with tape and
string. Adhesive Iape will not hold Tor
any length of time, because the gasoline
will dissolve the rubber in it. Another
method is to smear the broken part with
soap and wrap with the tape used on
cord. Rubber cement in place of soa,
will last long enough to run to the near
est garage under ordinary circumstances
X = X
Everybody recognizes that the motor is
the important feature of the motor vehi-
Gle. beside which all other parts sink into
insignificance, yet makers and buyers
are not agreed as to what motor or what
kind OF motor shall drive the automo-
bile of the future On this account the
mobile. show, which is tt be held in Mad
ison Square Garden from January go
Is waited for with much interest, in order
that the progress In motors may be
learned.
Automobile buyers are divided into
three camps, with more or less mingling
and indistinct markings, says prominent
automobile manufacturer.
''The first and oldest camp comprises
those who want the best regardless of
price They are probably known today
by purchasing automobiles at prices abov
5000 In the early days they recognized
that the best was none too good; TO-DAY
they have somewhat the same feeling
Once the leading class, they are now los
ing ground proportionately, although in
creasing in numerical strength.
THE. second class want quality and
pay for 1t. They are buying cars from
81 eco to $4,000 in price, and form a very
large class numerically. Their preferences
go farther to set the styles for the make
than those of the other classes. 1t may
be said that they are the body Of the
misunderstanding trade. even though ii
is likely that they do not form the larg-
est number of buyers.
THE third class seek service first an
at lowest price. They are rapidly grow
ing in numbers and will be, IL not now,
the dominating class in the trade. What
wonder then that with three genera,
classes of buyers and many still differen
minds, we find diversity of opinion as tt
the requisites of the motor. The first elias
seek smOothness of running, ample power
to go most anywhere on the high fear.
and every detail that promises greater
satisfaction in operation.
They are the ones who buy six-cylir-
der engines with every attachment which
can be applied to better the result. The
second class are satisfied with the very
perfect operation Of the four-cylindere
engines, and are content to get practically
every result given by the more comp..-
Gated six-cylinder ones, with a very con-
siderable saving in purchase price. main
tenance expense and repair costs. To
and the addition Of couple of cyl nde
are not enough to compensate for the
cost addition which the maker of skies
ms kes.
1.-THE third class go much farther In
the matter of cost versus service. They
want the desired general result and at
the least expenditure Of money. Trey
cars.
The firm Of Earle & Allen. local rep
resentatives for the Hupp-Yeats electric
and the r. @. II. gas cars. is now To-
Gated in new quarters at LIZA 18th
street, northwest. Just on Of Connecticut