Evening star., 1912-09-08

| with present conditions we no longer
| need new model every year. for the
| automobile has reached such a degree
| Of perfection that to hunt for changes
| great enough TO require a new model
would inevitably result in weakening the
| product.
| The public should be given the benefit
| of any material Improvement in motor
| cars at the end of any manufacturing lot.
regardless of whether the lot ended in
| the middle or at the end of the season.
| Let changes come at the end OF period
| Of healthy development rather than
| force them at the end of a stated sea
son. Continuing the season model has
| but one logical result-a wild scramble
between the makers to be the first to
announce next seasons car. and ridicu-
| lous state of affairs is bound to arise.
1T is not fair to the purchaser to sell
| him an article represented to last num-
| ber of years and then in few weeks
announce changes tending TO make his
| article out of date. We should all strive
for permanency rather than changes in
motor cars and haste in changes should
not enter in. 1t is no more sensible to
have yearly models in the motor car
trade than it would be to have them in
the carriage, cab. wagon or traction en-
gine trade.
The Speedwel Motor Car Company of
Dayton, Ohio, has reorganiZed its execu-
tive force, the changes bringing promo
tion and entailing new duties to several
of the company'S officers. President Il. ID.
, Schenck. who has been acting in that
capacity since the company was organ
| lied, has assumed in addition the duties
and responsibilities of general manager.
j. +. Schneider. who has also been with
the company since the beginning. has
been elected to the office of secretary and
treasurer.
The Federal boasts of the distinction of
being the first motor truck to invade
Alaska.
According to +. c. Howard, sales man.
ager of the Cadillac Motor Car Company.
the 1913 season. just starting, promises
to eclipse all of the company's past rec
ordS. We mdnufactu and marketed
1900 1912 models" said MIR. Howard.
$1,000 cars for 1913. Every one of the
$4,000 cars has been contracted for by
our dealers throughout the world
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Following his recently adopted policy
OF banishing the yearly model buga boo
in connection with Overland motor cars,
| President John N. WHY'S will also apply
| this policy to Garford cars.
\. Bates Ackley. assistant auditor and
| for twenty-seven years in the employ of
the Michigan Central railroad has Joined
| the Studebaker Corpora tions automo-
bile division as assistant treasurer and
will be in charge of the finances of the
big Studebaker motor car plants in De-
| trot.
James j. Flynn. manager of the local
! branch Of the Locomobile Company of
| America. spent the week end at At
| lantfc City with his family, returning
from trip through the south in a Loco
mobile Six" touring car He left for
South Carolina again Tuesday last.
! DR.. and Mrs. H. z. Simmons and Miss
Edith Orbello of Washington, travelling
| in a Lozier car. are among the arrivals
at Lake Sunapee. n. II.
| Capt. William B. Cochran. L. s A.
of 2S16 Cathedral avenue. has bought the
| fifth 1913 model five-passenger Chalmers
sold by the Zell Motor Car Company.
| During the last week a Studebaker 80
| touring car was delivered to the Office of
the surveyor of the District Of Columbia,
80 delivery wagon to the electrical
department of the District. Studeba ker
| and r. T. Joyce, a 20 demi-tonneau to
l.. V. Jeffers and 20 delivery wagon
! to w. r. Sacks
Most motor troubles nowadays happen
only on the funny page says w. :.
Keeler. one of Washington's auto authori-
| ties. There the vivid imaginative genius
of the humorist depicts things that
might have been, and the worst of it is
some people still take his dope seriously
| Did you ever notice the cars pictured