The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

cent over lo14 Even tumutyuoas
Mexico y doing bauer Automopue
bus.ncss thaA q 1919.
Especially encouragtrg y the pnI'
The Chaimsrs company has more cars
ordered for winter delivery than ever
before.
Writing New History.
viii the motor ear Industry %
affected 10 any great extent by the
result Of the recent election? An
expression on this point was reosest-
ed OF II. b. Joy, president OF the
Packard Motor Car company, which
has an investment Of twenty mluions
in the manufacture Of motor vehicles.
j. You asked for my comments on
the election results and in what way
they may be expected to AFFECT the
business Of the country" said Mr..
Joy. 1T 10 difficult 10 be prophet.
The historical record of half cen
fury is q better prophet than ] can
be.
In all the past history Of the eoun-
try, as Is. Of course, we'll known. when
free trade or tendencies to free trade
crept into our legislation and lowered
or destroyed the protective tariff prin-
cipies In force. II has always serious
iy affected the commerce and indus
try OF the United States.
Conditions today are peculiar
Business generally was never better
than II is today. You might think one
of the best guides would be the sale
of commercial vehicles by such COM
pany as the Packard. IL so. during
the month Of October the sales OF
commercial vehicles have been nearly
orr Ia h0 n
in our history. and this, Immediately
before election, when II was prac-
tically a foregone conclusion that the
next congress would be Democratic.
with regard to our business In
motor cars, that Is the carriages In
distinction from trucks--our sales for
this time Of year are today the great
est In our history. at this season. We
have upwards OF fve hundred un-
filled orders to customers on the
books OF the company. That does
not mean to dealers. but sold directly
to users.
THE general business Of the coun-
try. according to all information that
comes to me, was never better; never
apparently in more sound condition.
nor ever before OF a greater volume.
This condition prevailing to-day.
cratic administration. is, / state. Pc
culiar and absolutely not In accord
with similar records In the past.
We are writing new history"
Silence In Cars.
Silence has been the 'consummA-
ton devoutly to be wished" of the au-
tom obile builders ever since the FIRST
| crude "horseless'' carriage smoked,
and puffed, and ratified Its way along
to the admiration of even the OBJ
jeetora- And now for the first time.
after twenty one years of steady de-
velopment Of the American motor car,
| silence has been attained. as nearly
| as 1t is possible to attain absolute
noiselessness In anything thai moves
That most motor cars has never
been more than comparatively aileni
is because the builders went after
only the big noises, which tasusi
themselves on the attention. like that
of the engine. When these were more
or less Quoted, the myriad little
noises which go to make up the char
acteristic sound of the motor car
things which singly would hardly be
noticed--made their chorus heard
silence was still long way off.
The problem was solved in charac.
teristic, fashion by ]. Frank Duryea
Though he Is but young man now
Duryaa was the designer of the frs
successful American automobile TWEEN
ty-one years ago. He originated, ant
has developed. more OF the funda
mentals of the fine motor car OF toda,
than any other maker In this country
certainly~-prohab bly, more than an,
} other man in the world. His methos
J has always been to make his min,
! up what was to be accomplished. an,
then study and adapt every part 0
the car to achieve the result.
} When he set about getting silence
; Mr.. Duryea began at the tread an
; worked up" Every bolt. rod, Join,
bearing. hinge, sash, frame--anythin
> that had the possibilities OF the III
TEST squeak, or thump. or rattle--wa
: studied, first by itself, and then i
, connection with everything 1t touche
, or affected.
New materials were put into bear
, ings, or old materials were combine
!, In new ways; valves were water
Jacketed; window sashes and frame
, were set and fitted in m eireiy nov,
= manner; special thumb screws wer
! invented, because none could be foun
!, that would not work loose sooner c
|, later: the windshield was locked I
|
: the top when the top was up, 6
that 1t was perfectly fast with n
d tapping guys or shaking traps; tn
: lamps were locked, too, that the
n should not jar--and so on, throug
q an almost endless list of things. An
. then, by q new principle In sprin
!, suspension. the utmost OF bump an
}. jar was eliminated
I, The result is that the C-Six Steven,
Duryea, as this new car OF the ST.
y vens- Duryea company 10 called.
: ''as silent as II 1t wore rubber heels
" Its quiet Is extraordinary--the mo-
h striking thing. perhaps. about whi
|, has been called the most striking ca
h ever produced, 1t is the first thin
Q everyone comments on. It's 30 1--WE
- worth having" that it's = sure gue'
.. that every builder will get out an
d hustle to come rs near to Il a. he car
y from now on.