El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-18
CYLINDER WAR is
NOT DOING GOOD
Conflict of Makers of FOurs and Skies
Is OF Benefit To No One and
bad For the Business.
Few commercial conflicts have 2,

eAH ~ VI AME BUSINESS
Few commercial conflicts have ever
been staged more determined and
more strenuously promoted than the
competition today in the automobile
business between manufacturers of
the four cylinder cars and the six
cyunuer cars On every hand are to
competition.
The newspapers and other publica-
u0ns carry tremendous amount of
auNeruslng matter preaching the gos-
pei OF either the one or the other, and
IN both cases practically always boost
other.
This is called the Eight of the six,
great many adherents to both
causes. George NJ. Dickson. general
manager Of the National Motor Ve-
nlcIe company. says that in his opin-
ION the war is uncalled for, is a
waste and useless expenditure of
energy and money.
Only Hurt Themselves.
i PICKED up one publication" he
sac, mat argued against the six
e5Hhuer cars, directly and by implica-
tlon' as was intended. Another adver-
tlsement was strong in its statements
Tor the SIX cylinder cars. If the lay.
man studies this condition Of affairs,
ne viii soon. see that these contest
ing commercial foes are defeating
themselves.
Any sincere manufacturer of auto
mobiles is entitled to his opportunity
to tell of his product and to prove
that his claims are right. But no one
should try to tear down the good
constructive work built up by another.
Such fighting back and forth between
manufacturers destroys their dignity,
their reputation and undermines the
confidence the public has in them. Let
such builders devote their time to pro-
noting their own products and not
barking and biting 1t each other.
Further Argument Needed.
Furthermore, there is absolutely no
occasion for argument about the rela-
tive worth Of the six and the four.
One six can be better than one four
and reVersely. One builder may make
n better six than he does q four, and
the opposite may be true.
1.-THE fact that one manufacturer
has made a success of six cylinder
make a success of four cylinder cars.
II a layman prefers a six cylinder ma
chine, very we'll; he can get his
moneys worth in such q car. but that
IS no reason why the builders of
four should try to poison his mind
against six cylinder cars as a class.
Engine LIS Not Az.
I'VE build both skies and tours We
say that the number of cylinders under
the hood do not determine the worth
of car. It is possible to have per-
feet engine and still have n very im-
perfect automobile as a whole. One
part. or one feature of one part, is
good only when it helps to compose 4
tremendously operating unit mechan-
ism.
I'VE believe that a good six IS a
good car and a good four is a good
car, and that is all there is TO it. The
noise and row being raised over the
questions are foolish. People who own
automobiles don't buy cylinders, gears,
aXles or any other separate mechan-
zeal things just to have such pieces
Of machinery for themselves. They
want whole cars, complete units Of
construction. Therefore, live and let
live; let the public judge automobiles
by the only true test, by performance.
If the right materials are in the corr
rect place and the car is built right.
you viii get the right results from
It"