Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-06

PUBIC uemanu Will uuOOuDteu
influence and hasten automobile an
electrical manufacturers In develop
ing and bringing the various type
of electric starting apparatus to
state Of efficiency that will ennbl
motor car manufacturers to appl
them to their product and offe
them to the public, with the assur
ance that they will perform the Of
lfices for which they are intendel
land will not be source Of grea
Iexpense and annoyance, which is tn,
case Of many Of the starters offeres
at the present time.
We are not prejudiced against sell
starters; on the contrary we are
making every possible effort to have
a starter produced that we can mp
Iply to our product. with the assur-
ance to the buying public that 1t will
give satisfaction.
Until such an appliance becomes
available we will not handicap or
partially destroy the present salts
factory operation and high efficiency
of our Buick motors by an attach
ment. that after the most careful
and thorough investigation we have
proven to our own satisfaction is
only an. occasional convenience. and
after so to9O days use In the hands
OF the ordinary purchaser will be-
come a source Of great expense and
annoyance. 81
We believe that we have as cap
able corps OF engineers as can be
found in any automobile factory in
the world today. Their services are
employed not only to devise and
produce improved appliances and
methods but also to guard against
our erring on our automobile ape
though demanded by
the public and are made by outside
manufacturerswhich are faulty in
construction, principle or applica-
ton.
our engineers all agree that ulti-
mately both electric and air START
Ing apparatus will reach stete Of
perfection that will make them not
onIy real convenience but an at
tachment that can be maintained
without great Inconvenience or high
cost of upkeep.
After the most careful investlsa-
ion given to the many starters that
ire on the market, our engineers
iedlare in unqualified terms, and
lave proven to their own satisfac.
ion that the present types of both
ir and electric starters are ineffi-
lent, perishable, and under only the
most favorable conditions. when
resh from the hands of the ulechan-
cal expert or engineer. will they |
perform the offices for
hitch they are Intended. II
While many Of the present types
{ both, air and electric starters will, /
Inder favorable Qonditions, FREE
uentIy start the car there Is not
cargon the market today that win
IN as well when equipped with one /
|. these starters as II win without 1
ame, and the question naturally 4
rises. does the public demand Nit
eavy additional cost OF upkeep to I
AIN frequent starting convenience, 4
. does it prefer a car that must be !
cranked in the old way, "a
lat will run and give the fullest 4
,ssibIe satisfaction after the motor r
Is been started. p
On account Of the demand on the t
Irt Of the consumer for self start v
s, many automobile manufacturers n
I'VE entirely disregarded the advice g
their engineers. and without ref e
ence to future results are purchas- "
& electric or afr starters which c,
ey are attaching to their cars in
me sort of way, in hopes that they Il
II be able to more quickly dispose n
their present manufactured stock Ct
CARELESS OF consequences. lei
There is no question but what the Ipl
bile has been and is being fooled IN,
fly on this starter proposition. For e,
stance. you. could go to any booth, al
ring the recent New York and IA
icago Shows, where many Of these tn
Irters we're being exhibited by e1
sir manufacturers, and crazy sales III
n would tell you that they were
IIdlng first class and fool-proof tr
rter that could be depended upon be
der the most unfavorable condi- ba
MS. and that same could be read In
annlfnd N almost any ono ~ fha ~,