Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
STANDS
HIGH IN AUTOM0-
BILE PRODUCTS

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BILE PRODUCTS
II Continued From. Fifth PageD
ing a stock model make a complete trip
around the island of which England,
Wales and Scotland are parts This
trip was made from Lands End to the
northernmost part of Scotland and return,
foll0wing the ocean all the way This
entire trip was made on high gear and
the performance is acknowledged in the
certificate from the English club.
When westward laid out the three
/ transcontinental routes from New York
to the Pacific coast for the. A. A. A. he
selected this car. and all during last sum-
i mer this indianapolis made automobile
was employed in mapping the three high
ways and acquitted itself admirably.
1 Ideal Motor Car Company.
The Ideal Motor Car Company. manu-
facturers of stutz cars, was incorporated
May I. 1911. Harry {. Stutz president
and designer, built the first car and put it
through the first jOO-mile race in May
1911. and finished eleventh. During the
season of 1911 the Stutz was raced with
| considerable success from coast to coast,
and In the jOO-mle race of 1912 they
| finished fourth and sixth. This year they
! viii nave three cars IN the .Uu-mlle race.
In 1912 they also competed In both the
Vanderbilt Grand Prize and Elgin events
and won places.
The Henderson Motor Car Company is
the latest addition to the indianapolis
/ colony now building machines. The
Hendersons of indianapolis" both c. P.
| and r. p. announced their intention to
| tuild car bearing their name during
the 1912 Chicago show. The company
| formally started business May q. 1912,
hQi tn, fhn fi, on
the eve of the second annual JcO-mle
race. with big street parade. In which
all the local companies participated. May
81. 1912. During the 5O0-mile race the
| company had an office at the Claypool.
their model being shown in the lobby. As
g. fitting way of celebrating their first
birthday they will have a Henderson
entry in the third annual JOO-mile race
at the speedway Memorial day.
The following cars have participated III
| the annual tours of the Indiana Auto
mobile Manufacturers Assoc alton: Mar
mon. National. Pathfinder. American,
Marion. Premier. Waverly. Cole and Mails
| truck. In addition to these both the
| Henderson and the Stutz will take part
in the tour to the Pacific coast of the
association in 1913.
Cooperation Is Impressive.
1 One thing which impressed me most
during my stay in indianapolis was the
cooperation and good spirit which pre-
walls among not only the manufacturers
| themselves. but among the various off1-
Gals and employees connected with them.
Everybody seems to work in unison with
| each other, and the friendliest feeling ex-
| lists everywhere Every body seems to be
q booster for the automobile game, ana
while competition is keen in all lines.
nevertheless the competition is OF a
| friendly character and no envy or dis
ord n ri
This might not seem possible. but | mad
ample opportunity to observe and there
fore am In a position to speak.
And just word or two at this time
about Indiana hospitality. That is an
other aim which everybody out here
seems to take pride in l doubt whether
any of the states south of the Mason and
Dixon line could surpass the courtesfes
and Inequalities which are so evident and
in strong contrast to some of the other
/ cities which have visited. During my
visit was the guest of. the Hoosier MO-
tor Club and was extended every cour-
members, which includes the officials of
nearly every automobile manufacturing
concern in the city.
| The club has headquarters on the top
1 floor of the Claypool Hotel. in the heart
of the city, and here every day at noon
| they all gather about the LUNCHEON table
and exchange ideas and enjoy themselves.
After lunch they return to their respect
| i've factories. and next day repeat the
performance Some days they number as
high as forty and fifty, and the hearty
good fellowship which Is shown on these
occasions demonstrates ito my mind the
| character and d-mindedness of the
men who compose the motor car industry
in this big city. They all stick together.
work in unison for the general develop
ment of the motor car business. and ac-
complish all the good results that are
sure to come to men of this ealiber.
Live Wire Organization.
The Hoosier Club is a live wire organ
ization. and there is always something
doing every minute 1t has only recently
completed the posting of nearly 500 miles
Of main roads radiating from Indianap-
oils. The club has organized several mo-
tor clubs throughout the state of Indiana,
and has co-operated with all organiza-
tons which have for their purpose i'm
provement of the public highways and its
needed legislation The clubrooms are
attractiveiy decorated. and w. S. Gill
breath, secretary of the organization. is
always; to be found on the job extend
ing a welcome hand to the visitor.
That the young men are coming for
ward in the automobile trade Is not to be
denied. To them may be attributed the
fact that it is due to their activity that
it is today one OF the greatest single in
duStr1eS. IN the world. There are genluSeS
in every trade. but 1t is never more evil
dent than in the HOosier capital. There
has. never been a business era such as
the one we are now in, and which can
properly be called a motor There
never was q time when so many young
men have been called to take a COM
handing position in the field of COM
merce. The idea that men. almost mere
youths, should hold the reins in one of
the greatest industries the world has ever
known would have been secuted at few
years ago.
The automobile business is one of un-
ending ceaseless activity. which con-
clusIon ]. have formed after my OBSERVE
ton In more than a score of factories
within the past few weeks. There seems
to be end to the power and endur
ance of those in the work. The sales
branch of the game has nothing APP
parently in common with the manu-