The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04

IS SS nSid III tiirss YsAfs IND fiisii,
with its earnings. II to be distributed
on . carefully worked out plan bear
ing Z relation TO the salaries or the
various participating employees.
The fund u TO be known as The
Employer PROFIT Sharing Fund OF
the etudsbAser Corporation. I'LL I'LL
raay mean : bonus equal to 20 per
cent OF mor6 BE- the salaries Of par
ticfpatinr emNloyes. The plan does
not AFFECT th{ salary of any en-
ploye. The maximum salaries are
paid in al departments. The plan
does, however. more closely indentify
outcome OF busnesa and win make
effective all possible opportunities for
Increasing efficiency In departments.
The express intention IL to develop
throughout the Studebaker organi-
sation the helpful spirit Of team work
ordination Of ali departments
Inviting employees to share in the
profits OF q corporation Ia a mile-.
stone along the path Of progress Of
American business life. Its larger eff
feet will be to draw together in closer
bonds, employer and employe and to
make them work in unison.
Modern Cars Near Perfection.
THE man who really enjoys life"
said a local dealer for the Hudson
car, lis the chap who doesn't know
he has a stomach. liver or heart. Just
as soon as man is conscious of these
organs Just that soon do they begin
ITS a good deal the same way
with an automobile. The man who
gets the most pleasure out of a mo-
tor car II the man who Is barely con-
scious that there IL such thing as an
engine. transmission or carburetter
on his car.
'~This may sound absurd, but the
automobile Of 1913 is so nearly au-
tomato that only the barest amount
of work ID required to keep 1t in or
der. Time was when a man had to
be an engineer, a mechanic. an in
ventor. and few other things in
order to keep q machine running. But
today-at least this is true of Hudson
cars-it frequently happens that q
man drives his car away from my
place after buying It and / don't see
him again. sometimes for months
Automobiles are today standard
ized and perfected to an extent I'M
dreamed OF q few years ago. Valves
are enclosed to keep out wearing
road -dust- Oi1ing is accomplished
by a system that is almost perfectly
automatic; it ia almost impossible for
anything to disarrange the oiling
system Of q well-designed machine.
Starting and lighting. as well as
sounding the horn, are taken care Of
by marvelously simple and effective
electrical system.
big tires, Of what Is known as the
heavy car type together with the
new thin-leaved and very responsive
springs assist In reducing liability Of
punctures and tire troubles. Prob
ably the most effective reducer of tire
troubles and cost. however. is the
| six-cyltnder motor. The stream of
power impulses delivered to the driv-
cylinder engine that 1t eliminates all
| jerxiness OF tradition. Hence tires
wear evenly and uniformly. and as
q consequence give longer mileage.
This ability to forget the engine.
may not be possible in all cars.
would not say that man should
| neglect his car. But take 1t in car
like the New Hudson Six pheaeton.
for example. where the designers
little things. you will find very little
occasion to tinker with the machinery.
Motorists. too. no longer talk 'au-
tomobfle' all the time az they once
did They don't read technical pub
| LEGATIONS so much. They show much
less inclination to fuss with their
cars. Sunday mornings are spent in
driving to church with their wives
! instead OF being up to the elbows in
grease in the private garage.
II, Of course. think the Hudson Six
| Is different from other cars Our own
! ers seem to be always on the road
don't see much of them. as l said. af-
| ter they drive their cars out OF my
| place"