The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-02
The. Weekly Letter of
VOnIHamm-YOung Co.

amongst the assortment. Packard
Runabouts, Stevens Skies, Cadillac
Torpedoes and Phaetons, & six-cylinder
Winton Touring Car, a Maxwell Mes
senger, a Pope-Hartford Phaeton, an
Overland Light Delivery Truck, and
many fine used cars in excellent shape
are to be seen and are most interest
| ing TO look over.
Out of this assortment some of the
, cars to lie delivered are a PacGar1
six Touring car to Miss Tholma Park
er, a Stevens five passenger, six cylind-
er, hooded dash touring car to Mr.. F.
J. Lowfey, a Stevens six cylinder Tor
pedo to Mr. Rufus Spading, a Cadll-
lac torpedo to c. ]. Schoeniny & CO.
of Maui, a Cadillac Phaeron to MS.
c.. NJ Cooke, a six cylinder Peerle s
touring c;r to Mr.. c. ,. Kennedy Of
Hilo, end Cadillac )Tada to Mr..
c. Hedeman of the honolulu Iron
WORKS.
The new Winton which is in stock
is a handsome seven pdssangc. tour
| ing car painted in a rich french grey
with white stripes and Is fully equip
ped, inchlcirg a self-starter This is
the fi'tl successive year CT the MANI
factUre oG ire Winton "S[X'' and it IS
pre- cticnly the same model rs was
produced in 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911,
with such refinements and excellencirs
as develop from season to season. Its
| symmetry balance and unity are TIC
direct result of that undivided con-
!, centration which the Winton Motor
Car Co. has centered upon their six
i cylinder cars exclusively, and upon
this one model especially since June
1907. At this date when the Winton
Company became so fully convinced
of six cylinder superiority that in good
conscience they could no longer be-
lieve the four to be of equal merit
with the six, they discarded the fours
altogether At that time there was
not in America a single maker, great
or small, but looked upon their atti-
| tude as foolhardy. To these makers
the four cylinder car represented the
very pinnacle of merit. They thought
that nothing could ever supplant it
but something has supplanted it, with
the result that today this country does
l n q civ oil nj IyoY
whose faith in tours is firm enough to
prevent his falling into the column of
six cylinder manufacturers and advo-
Gates. Not one. The four's last de-
fender has capitulated to that over
whelming public sentiment which is
firmly established on the fact of six"
supremacy. This brilliant victory for
principal was not won in night. It
has been of a slow growth that affirms
its strength. strength based on con-
viction.
How this change was wrought
change affecting the center industry
is a simple story The whole industry
stood for four cylinder cars. The
Winton Company alone denied the four
and advocated the six against all other
types. 1t devolyed upon them to make
plain to the public their reason for
this attitude, and this they did with
enthusiasm, making specific claims for
the superiority of the Winton Six. The
success of this campaign depended
wholly on the ability of the Winton
Company to make good on these
claims.
That it did make good on every
point is shown IN the results. Before
one season had passed, other makers
dropped into the six column, and, as
time went on, still other makers be-
gan producing skies until now We find
that the entire map has been changed,
and that the chorus which sings Six
approval lacks no high famed manu-
facturer.
Credit for this unparalleled victory
belongs wholly to those car buyers
who were open minded in their search !
for excellence and would not be sway |
ed from their convictions after having
found it in the Six Say what you
may, it is the buying public that sets
standards. Let makers produce what |
ever they like, public demand is the |
judge that dictates what a factory will
ultimately produce. Fashion, frills and
fantasies may have their way for
period, but in the end merit alone can
win, and so it is with everything.