New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-18
EUROPE BACKWARD IN
PRODUCTION Of AUTOS
John N. WHY'S, Returning from
Trip Abroad, Makes Some
Interesting Comments.
DINNER TO HIGHWAY HEADS
Manhattan Auto Club Will
Honor Connolly and Leavitt
for Their Good Work in
Queens Borough.

lOI luclT UOOu WUI n Ill
Queens Borough.
John y. WHY'S. president Of the WHY'S
Overland Company. and one of the lead
ing automobile manufacturers OF the
United States, returned on the Imperat0r
yesterday from a tour OF several months
I'm Europe. Mr.. WHY'S returns from his
combined business and pleasure trip pre-
pared to devote his entire attention TO
the several industries of which he is the
head. greatly benefited by his experiences
and observations abroad
What | have seen and learned In Eu-
rope has more firmly than ever convinced
me that the United States will always be
the leader I'm the automobile industry
said Mr. WHY'S. soon after his arrival
while several countries Of Europe-nOia-
bly, England. France and Italy-are bo-
coming bigger factors in the motor car
field every day. II will be years before
they arrive az the principles which have
made American manufacturers so sue
ccssful.
Even at this late day fail TO find the
very important principle Of quantity pro-
duction applied in any European factory.
over there they are still working away
on the old plan of individual labor They
have neglected. TO an almost unbelievable
extent. 10 install labor-saying machinery
and quantity production methods, which
IL has been shown are the essential re-
quirements for good automobiles al low
prices.
Even the largest. oldest and best
known firms IN Europe are still refusing
10 accept the American idea OF producing
In large quantities. and thereby lowering
the cost to the individual customer II
the methods now I'm use in our Toledo
factory. By which We are producing 900
cars this year, were introduced into Eu-
rope it would cause a revolution in the
industry there, though | believe that il
would be many months before such meth
DDS would be even tolerated by our ultra
conservative competitors across the wa
ter
The French army trials OF motor
trucks. recently completed as well as
tests In other countries. were extremely
interesting affairs from manufacturers
standpoint. The French government in
lAN ANoA maui q must NA4O4 OhbA a4ll IA
haustiye Investigation of the vehicles en-
tered paying great attention 10 the slight
est details Of design. construction and
finish OF the cars | think that such 4
test In this country would do a great deal
toward still further increasing the high
standard of quality Of American-made
products and would accelerate the accom-
plishment OF the ultimate in the trans
portation vehicle
Nearly two hundred OF the Motor
Boosters and their friends visited Fred
Wagner's farm. at Smithtown. Long ISL
and. on Tuesday for their annual outlng
and clambake. From every point OF view
the affair was huge success. In the
final game for the Manhattan Club ,ro-
ply the baseball team. captained by r.
II. Johnston. defeated the nine gathered
by George Robertson, which had earlier
placed the Poertner team out of compe-
tition. prince" T.azarnick sustained the
only injury I'm the athletic events strain
ing tendon while competing in the hop
step and jump.
indianapolis. Ind. Sept l7.-Six hundred
entry blanks for the 1914 500 mile automo-
bile race AT the indianapolis motor speed
way on Memorial Day, 1914. were mailed
yesterday TO automobile manufacturers I'm
all parts of the world
The fact that foreigner In a foreign
made car won this years contest leads
the management TO believe that a larger
number of cars and drivers from the Old
World Will be entered next year than in
any OF the three previous contests.
The sending out of the entry blanks
this early. II was explained, was TO give
all manufacturers time to construct cars
especially for the race and give them d
thorough tryout before the contest.
While the entry fee has been reduced
for 1914 from $500 to $500 the prize HIST
remains at $4,000 and three trophies,
while various accessory companies also
will offer prizes.
Other changes, noted in the entry
blanks, are that each contestant must
present a doctors certificate as to MS
physical condition before he will be al
lowed to enter that his steering knuckles
and tie rods must be new two days be-,
fore the race; that aluminium steering
wheels will be barred. and that all cars
will be taken off the track at the official
sunset hour.
These provisions are made in the inter
est OF safety TO both the drivers and the
spectators. IL was explained.