The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-08

fully put through q test BY The Royal
Automobile club, each test consisttng
OF q thousand stxyts and stops with
out opportunity Of replenishing the
a lighting point OF view the test is
out and away the hardest OF any yet
devised. for last week q thousand
miles were traverped with all lights
full on all the time, including lunch-
con Intervals. Then. the fusing OF q
bulb has nothing whatever to do with
the system that supplied the current
for the headlights All over the world
this combination starting, lighting and
firing device has found favor. The a
though not OF the cheaper-prtced
American variety, 10, nevertheless. for
what is supplied for the money, cheap
err than anything on the market. But
the Cadillac Ia not resting on its lau-
reis. At the moment when It's SELF
starting at flrst standardized Is proved
by q years use by the public and by
Official tests to be right. the frm comes
forward with . new 1913 Cadillac
model wherein the same system IL fur
nished. but. a. the result Of cxperf-
cars. simpliied and consequently re-
duced in size. Among the Nmplihca-
tons Is the successful adoption OF the
single instead or double voltage sys-
TEN, thereby eliminating the control
switch. the meter, much wiring. and
other parts. The meter il replaced by
a voltage regulator which Automati-
caily governs the charging OF the bat
terry. reducing to an absolute mini
mum the attention required on the
part OF the user. though In tho origf-
nal instance that did not mount TO
much more than q quarter Of an hour
in a year. Moreover, b switches for
starting. lighting. and for ignition.
controlled on the Yale lock principle.
are more conveniently located. and
lights r provided with fuses.
Autos and the Farmers.
The automobile more than any
other one thing has been the means
of bringing the farmer In closer touch
with the outside world. Thix point !
am sure will be conceded by the most
biased Of people, Before the coming
OF the motor ar. II was 4 common oc-
currencs for . farmer and his family,
living twenty or thirty miles from the
railroad. to spend their entire i've
cooped up IN their own little circle.
things going on al around them.
Today We md the farmer . bigger
factor than sver before IN tho history
Of the world. He y no longer looked
upon ~ : mere producer Of food
stuffs, necessary Tor the general wei
fAro Of tho country, but ~ an imDOr-
liant citisen. - whom va TIA lions
share of our groAt prosperity.
And the &utomohtle y lAr9sH ~
sponsibls for the present high stand
Ing Of the farmer. With II N can ret
into tho big citias where he = aee
and nnd out what other people ars
doing and keep pace with their prog
rea&
BY travelling about more and moro
and rubbing shoulders with tho dif.
ferent people, tho farmer has Ac-
Quired = vast amount Of knowledge
He has broAdaned his perspective and
learned by experience that hA can
combine 4 little pleasure with tha rou-
tine work Of the farm and still ACCOM-.
plish juxt ~ much In net regnlta ~ be-
fore. Hare &gntn you ana the auto
mobile the best suited both from IN
economical and practical seandpotner
Tha farmer. has also Developed Into
the ehrowdeat kind Of . nuyer-mA-
chinery and automobiles N pa5tdcu-
~. 4kshA meAexn AmAs3cA1 foIMMr
can ask many in~tealtgent QueDttoua ~
la4jng 70 tho coHatSuctton ard opera
ton Of IN automobile and what =
ail more TO tho point be underetAnde
and rsmemhess = thing when yeu IN
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