The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-31
AUTO BUSINESS employees
THOUSANDS OF WORKMEN

pany. Perhaps no invention OF mod
ern times has called forth as great
endeavor on the part of SO many peo-
pie as has the perfection of the auto
mobile. The layman sometimes thinks
OF an automobile simply as an auto
mobile. withou any certain knowl-
edge Of what goes TO make up a car
nor OF the significance of the indus
try in its relation to other kinds OF
business.
The event ~ the automobile
opened up a word of new trades and
professions that were unthought OF
decade ago. Like man. who. We are
told. is wonderfully made. the motor
car is revelation OF wonderful me-
chanical organisms Thousands OF
important steps and processes are re-
CURED In the cor struction OF a stand
ard car. and each successive stage
was made possible only after exhaus-
i've study and research. and calls for
considerable knowledge and skilled
workma nship in the execution. Never
was there greater application and tax
OF human ingenuity than manifested
In this important industry. In a de-
cade the automobile has made greater
advance and reached "A higher stage
OF development than has the railroad
locomotive in three-quarters of a CEN
fury. Every device represents untold
labor and is a testimony OF mans Gre
alive genius. a marvellous thing is.
that after passing through the count
less tsagos of invention and intrica-
cies OF M nufacture the finished prod.
fa rarfu
This Is tho ideal and necessary at.
tainment II any article that has as
universal use as the automobile
While present day civilization tends
toward a mechanical turn OF mind,
every man cannot be- expected to hold
n postgraduate degree from a techni-
cal school So il is essential that
every mechanical principle be re-
duced to its greatest simplicity in ap-
plication.
No other industry has called Tor
such exacting study of metals and
many OF tia largest laboratories in
the country arc conducted by auto
mobile concerns for 10 purpose of
compoundins and discovering new
metals which will give the maximum
service. Nearly every mechanical bart
must necessarily be OF a radically diff
ferent nature and in some cars as
many as fifty IT sixty different metals
are used. a urge percentage OF these
were discovered by automobile ex-
ports and their use means a ire
mendous boon for dozens OF other
great Industries. Theengineering line
mas experience n wonderful expan-
sion and receiy ed shower OF oppor-
tunities unpreC ndented IN the history
OF the calling. Tbs perfection OF
motors. clutches. transmission. igni-
ton. floating aNles and many other
parts has been ~ no means a before
breakfast job. and It IL only through
the greatest concentration and indie
fatigable efforts hat these appliances
are brought into existence"
"Motouring'' is the name 81 the lat
est entry in the automobile class trade
publication field which will make its
debut with the September number and
VIII be on sale September 3.
Heretofore no automobile class pa
per OF general interest has been pub
lished outside OF the biz centers OF
has occasion to pr. lie itself on the fact
that II is the forer nner o. automobile
manufacturing cen,ers as he home OF
the class publication.
"Motouring" is tie successor Of the
Sportsman and Motorist." a trade pa
per formerly published I'm Indianap-
OILS. Motouring takes over the
original 1900 subscribers OF the
sportsman and Mu'orist The new
publication will cover every phase OF
the motor car industry and OF motor
ing that Is ofesseutial interest 20
motor car dealers and owners through
out the country Zach month feature
stories regarding every slant Of an
tomobiledom, written by men p-omi-
nent In the motor world. will be pre-
scented. The highest and most expen.
sive class OF art work Will be por-