Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-04
ADVANTACESOF SIX
OVER -FOUR MODEL
Various Phases Of Question Ex-
planned by Robert L. Morton,
Chalmers Representative

single phase Of motor construction at
tor time is with the the auesSOn 9
of either side lined up strongly for
their particular type, the buyer is
| hopelessly confused in a maze Of con-
! flicting claims.
| That four cylinder car maybe a
M has n5 SoHght % ana Se used saeq fours fop
syss y builaers q Skies" = sSasefSs On the
what the sx fsfg has IS made mo de0estoa wonderfn Gu
progress. When leading manufacturers
In ever increasing numbers add "sixes"
forced to the conclusion that the six"
| at least merits the serious consider
Despite the, many hectic and often
unreasonably biased claims advanced
by adherents of both fours and skies,
about the two types which the intend
ing, buyer can easily learn for HIM
mers self says Robert L. l. Morton scsl chal-
creased production of skies from Just a
few hundred cars four or five years
ago to many thousands for this sea-
manufacturers who have more money
than brains. The ever increasing de-
mand for skies is the result of eX-
Stevens-Duryea and winto cars Of that
type We're built have learned, not that
four; not that It viii Climb ans' 'nsR given
hill any faster than a four of equal
power, not that it will travel any more
four Of as great motor size. But they
have learned that the six will do all
5nese ines things easier. with less fuss, with
and wtb aIs esa and
tear on the machine and on the driver.
shoi1d think that all any builder of skies
nd out for rs fhat hmssf she epses
are true. This can be proved by s ese
pe,rience. Claims have nothing to do
W,tn So nr IT, sv.a ANY man IAN who will ride 100 or
oa oa "a SIX, and the same distance over the
same pa Is road In any four will know when
me ne ieaves caves the car why thirty-seven of
one Iorty-t TWO leading builders of this
county country have made skies their leading
s,mn,,, 1T has y bee been said that the six is
reasonable eHas that American buyers in
eyer eyer increasing numbers should con-
as sihue ne TO indulge in a. fad as costly
thhaterial ma benefit People just don't have
mat kind of fads. Nor do manufac-
t6eers tba Sorn ~ TIL the biggest. and strongest in
changing their entire eauipment 'une anS
PRODUCTION plans, taking the whole as
the S six 81 'heir hes companies Sod on fad No
as 1.-THE the four once had to. ~ ''''
The most frequent plea one hears
for for - the e. four is 4 is more economical @ mica /
reason nc for si4 The svprossd Why wonder The
omy OF the four / have never seen
clearly stated. Meanwhile, actual eX-
wiIl pGiT1ehee me- voS shows that weli-buiit six
or or iqr any given period of time on lust
as little gasoline and oil as anv four
Vi .Gf Gfuhi has motor b size and equal car size.
weight is, the biggest factor % in ecoat enae
omy. And the six is not heavier than
a and aoqr fruo of equal size. -Four instance.
large as, the Chalmers Model a. we Vet If If
weighs between three and four hun.
cr1in Gred ndsn pounds more; Surely the four
harder to move this extTa fas weipht se work *
more eXtravagant of fuel than the six
which has 400 pounds less dead weight
tn this 1toff To- Se q AGAIN gan experience proves
European ls,Ii,9p engineers don't know how to
ing nio More ESHd siSes tSsa They are lust learn
Torres a1 IN England. France, Germany
ana Belgium are experimenting with
SiXes' s,,;ss "A, AS fast as they learn how to
by the leading European manufactur-
,o;.pi And isn't isn't it about time we stopped
Worshlpp1ng this European fetish
But we have outgrown our early ignor
anGe OF automobile engineering. The
united states is to-day the greatest
motor building nation in the world.
We build ten times as many cars as
Europe. And in every market Of the
world, In competition with the best
Europe produces we outsell European
cars ten to one. We have gone ahead
OF our ne-time teacher We are show
assuredly on SKIES
Nor yet do | wish to be classed