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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
Enforce the Laws We Have.

,b,. for- hundred and fifty state automobile
inspectors recently gave dinner az the Waldorf
Astoria TO Francis NJ Hugo, Secretary OF New YORK
State whose chief duty is to license and taouiA'e
automobile owners l assume that the gentlemen
who paid Mr.. Hugo this compliment wished to boom
him either for Governor other important poliu-
cal post in the Empire State
If thi. was the object Of the gathering it Is
unfortunate that both the enthusiastic Secretary
of State and the chief speaker Of the evening" Com
missioner Arthur Woods, head Of the New York
City police, should have touched the wrong pedal
in their efforts to set Alright few Of our autOmo-
bile problems
The Police Commissioner thinks we should en-
gage BILLY" Sunday TO organize revival for our
reckless truck drivers. Picture the absurdity OF
appealing to the honor Of the average truck driver
in New York or anywhere else. Ninety per cent OF
them should be in Sing Sing, and the only way 10
reform them Is to put them there The trouble Is
IN. police cannot regulate them. What We need is
about three hundred more motorcycle police, and
they should be in uniform. The plainclothes motor
cycle policeman is relic of the past and offers
little or no protection to the pedestrian.
II may not be the fault OF Commissioner Woods
that we have not enough motorcycle police. It
may not be his fault that they are not mounted on
the latest and best machines. And yet do not
know that he has made any very vigorous attempt
10 have this important unit of the force enlarged
and properly equipped.
But somebody is to blame for the fact that the
truck driver in New York is getting away with
murder every day. II he were arragned in court
his plea would doubtless be that his employer
compels him to overload his truck and make time,
regardless of traffic congestion or the old people
and children who are endesvoring to cross the
street If this is 90, It likely is in many cases,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

There will be an astonishing variety Of models
with engines Of four, six, eight and twelve GYM
ders. Several examples Of the eight were seen last
wear. but since then the twelve-cylinder car mas
made Il, appearance on the market.
Another feature Of the exhibit this year. and
one which wa. hardly noticed last winter as it was
inst creeping IN will be the combination car, with
two tops-one for winter and one for warm weather
More than score Of manufacturers have within
tho last year brought out demountable top models
II cannot be said that this novelty has displaced
the permanently closed car, but the makers find
that they are now forced to carry the detachable
TOP model in conjunction with their old line Of
closed vehicles.
We also find tendency among the leading manu-
factursrs toward concentration on engine types
Last year we found one concern making fours,
SKIES and Fights. This year find them dropping
down 10 one standard engine type for all their cars
Some have elected to stick to the four-cylinder,
others have abandoned everything but the six, and
still Others announce that they will make only
Fights twelves.
This seems TO me to be excellent move, be-
cause II preserve. sufficient competition, reduces
cost of production and smplifes buying.
ia buyer wishes four-cylnder car at a given
price he can easily find the dealers in that type Of
car If he wants a six, an eight twelve he
wants four It Is a waste Of time for him TO look
in the sslesrooms Of the manufacturers who have
concentrated upon skies or Fights.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
A Good Old Year Was 1915.

It Is always so much easier 20 say something
positive about what has happened than about what
Is going 70 happen.
"The automobile industry has just passed through
the most successful year in its history"
know that is what Colonel Clifton "the voice
Of the industry" would say. He would say II
whether 1t was so or not but this time it happens
70 be so. This is not TO say that the only colonel
in the industry does not always tell the truth, but
rather TO say that he is Of those quiet optmists
to whom everything looks good all the time.
II was a big year both for the maker and the
user Of cars. Prices tumbled like the falling Of
house Of blocks, but notwithstanding profits were
large for the maker. Prices of material went up,
but this was Offset by increased production
Mr.. Chalmers, with his quick perception Of every
new situation, says the days Of large profits on
one car are over. The maker can hold out only
through quantity production. He must make little
on every he turns out, but he must make many
cars"
Fortunately, nearly all Of the established manu-
fscturers OF parts and cars now in a position
70 produce IN quantity.
But as we pass into another year there is Just
one thought which l would like TO send out to the
industry:
Let US keep our business success to ourselves
and stop Dragging about it."
The President, Congress and, think, the people
at large have the impression that tho automobile
industry is too prosperous.
In times Of peace the spotlight is fine thing, but
In times of war-and these are times Of war-it is
not we'll to have the spotlight centred on you. 1t
makes you mark for the sharpshooter. He is sure
70 get you.
great many lines Of trade have prospered dur
ing the last year. But you do not hear much about
the millions Of dollars which have been made by
the shoemaker the clothing manufacturer, the horse
dealer, the harness maker the producer Of ammu-
milton or any of the producers who have made
fortunes out OF the
They have kept their business to themselves, and
now, when the government finds it necessary TO
raise few billion dollars these old conservative
lines Of industry not picked out for taxation.
Drag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better one"
There is another good dog, and his name is Sit
Tight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

mands are not alike, but as experience
with automobiles increases and as the
general knowledge concerning automo-
biles becomes broader, what the people
ultimately require in an automobile grad
ually becomes more defined. One need
only have followed the shows each wear
10 sec the trend, or 70 review year by
year the offerings of some of the older
manufacturers, notably the Franklin,
which has always seemed to have been
designed with keen foresight of what
automobile requirements would largely
reduce 70.
CAS- an example, the demand for
greater smoothness Of operation led
to the adoption Of four and later six
cylinder motors, both of which types
were first put to use in America by the
Franklin. The trend toward light
weight to secure economy has gained
from Franklin pioneer work along this
line in the same way as the demand
for greater comfort by discarding rigid
construction and eliminating much un-
sprung weight, or in other present day
developments like efficiency, which re-
quire finer workmanship, better design
and better materials than ever before
All these points and many more mark
the evolution of the automobile from
& crude machine TO the perfection il
has reached to-day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
The Machine That Makes the Auto,

Motorists generally familiar with the inhu-
ence and industrial practices largely responsible
for the motor cars present high state Of develop
ment and for the common tendency toward down
ward revision Of price schedules.
The economic advantages incident upon the adop-
ton Of Standardization programmes, in both manu-
facture and marketing and upon the virtually uni
versa movement toward increased production. and
the elimination Of irregular models, are fairly we'll
known. But there remains another direction Of de-
velopment iR the industry, concerned with the
methods OF manufacture, of which laymen COM
monty unaware, and which has exercised quite
significant force upon the whole project as those
better recognized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
New and Larger King 8.

The surprise which it had been pre-
dicted the King Motor Car Company
would announce has become known in
an official statement from this factory
when it was declared that in addition
TO their five-passenger eight-cylinder
model they would also manufacture for
the coming year a larger eight-cylinder
chassis mounting either q seven-pas-
senger touring, fve-passenger roadster
or five-passenger Sedan body.
The car has been undergoing severe
tests at Uniontown, Penn. Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati and in the Rocky Mountains
OF Colorado. The first Of the new models
will make their appearance at the New
York Automobile Show and will be
shown at all the automobile displays 70
be held during the next three months.
The price of the five-passenger eight
cylinder King remains At sl,l50, while
the factory list price on the seven
passenger touring car and the five-pas-
senger roadster will be $3.50, and on
the five-passenger Sedan $1,000 The
new King has three-inch bore and
five-inch stroke motor, l20-infh wheel
base, 34x4-inch tires and q number of
mechanical changes.
The body lines are entirely new, be-
ing OF that graceful type which has
caused so much favorable comment for
the White and Mercer. The lines on
the new King merge from the hood TO
the cowl, gradually sloping upward and
outward till they end in a full rounded
back, which, in its breadth and pleas
ing lines, gives the impression OF ease
and comfort on the road Crowned
tenders and rounded skirt further carry
out the soft body line effect. The two
auxiliary seats in the touring car fold
into the back of the front seat and in
the roadster into the rear deck. In the
motor for the new King staggered CYL
inders are used, permitting the use of
connecting rods which operate side by
SIDE on the crank shaft instead OF in
yoke. The cylinders are arranged at
ninety degrees and cast in blocks OF
four. TO insure lightness, resistance to
csrbonization and increased power
aluminium. pistons are used. The alumni
nun crank case and clutch housing ara
cast In one pisca
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
REGISTRATION LAW
BEFORE CONGRESS
Permits Touring Through All
States with Your Home
State License.

II q measure introduced IN Congress
by Representative W. c. Adsmson, of
Georgia, becomes a law. IL will be pos
sible for an automobile owner with
his homo State registration number
freely 70 travel In other parts Of the
United States without additional taxa
ton or tagging.
This is the concise manner in which
Mr.. Adanson sets forth what 20 all in
tents and purposes Is a sensible sub
ssitute for a Federal automobile regis
tration number:
mo person personally qualified under
the laws and regulations of the state,
territory or district of his residence to
use and operate such vehicle or vehicles
shall be required IN any other state or
territory or district into which he may
20 for business or pleasure TO make
any additional registration or take out
any additional license or tag or pay
any additional tax in order TO use and
operate any such machine; nor shall
any owner Of such vehicle who has
complied with the laws Of his own state
as to registration, license, tagging OF
tax be required. in order to operate, the
same vehicle in any other state, terri
tory or district, TO make any additional
registration or secure any other license
or tag or pay any additional tax"
Ii is set forth that nothing contained
in the measure shall be construed TO
exempt any person from the police
regulations of any state, territory OF
district into which he may go, save
only the additional registration and the
taking out of additional license or tag
or paving Of additional tax in case he
shall have complied with the laws and
regulations Of his own state, territory
or district
Since the Congressman from Georgia
IL the chairman of the Committee on
interstate and Foreign Commerce, 70
which the bill has been referred, II IS
reasonable to assume that he VIII IN
terest himself markedly IN its passage
IL he finds that there IS sufhclen'
countrywide demand for its enactment
Hence the American Automobile As
ISOLATION is calling the attention or us
clubs and Automobiles generally "a
this common sense legislation, which
will make II possible for the motor cal
road users In this country 70 enjoy the
same liberty possessed by the automo.
bilists of Great Britain, France and
Germany and other European countries
Abroad a single registration does fol
the entire country. and, furthermore
an international plate Of identity IS OBJ
tainable at a moderate cost, which IS
recognized by all the countries. Pre-
vious 20 the war confsgration plans
we're under way for the general adop-
ton OF an international triptycn
which would have reduced 20 min
imum the difficulties Of customs regula
tions, a single payment and checking
IN and out Of each country visited com
prising the brief, incomp!ex procedure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

the employer, as well as his driver, .houu !,
prosecuted.
Commissioner Woods says that unl.. III. -.
driver has the fear Of the law pu. into NJ, -
we are going to face very drastic ordinance.
Il is not necessary TO pass any more ord,.,
Let US first get the force to enforce the law, =
have II the driver Is not to blame, then hau ,,]
EMPLOYER The situation is desperate and /. il
ouires vigorous handling. II Commissioner W.
did nothing moro during the balance Of his ,a,,1
istration than make the streets Of New Yor. ~
h. would 90 down In the history Of the city =, a)
Police Commissioner who did at l;n. on. ~
vital thing.
Now let u. see what the Secretary Of Stat. A.
10 say. BE announced q. this same dinner IL, N
is working on q bill, TO be presented 70 the L,.
l.ture, whereby every automobile owner (, a,
state must pass an examination and be u.c.]
TO drive before he can use the public highv,r !
We will admit that a majority OF the aees...
caused By automobile drivers are caused By On.
drivers and not by hired drivers. But thl, h !,
little Importance, since the hired driver Is ncv n
cidedy In the minority II the ratio o. seciS.,.
was three to one between the owner snd III. N,
driver, the STATISTICS Woulu nov prove that A.
owner driver was any more at fault than N
hired driver. Z
II the statistcians will 60 little deep., M
the matter they will find that nine times On, I
ten where accidents caused by owner drt,,,
they are old and experienced motorists, who m,
exactly what they are doing, but who have |,
reason Of their experience, grown reekls,s M
man who Is just learning TO drive, like the m,
who is just beginning to swim, is invariably a,
tious. Only the expert becomes reckless.
Then, what would we accomplish by law rsu
ing examination for all drivers, Nothing bu. n,
examiners, additional expense for the state, n,
endless delay, all OF which would clog up 4,
wheels Of progress and fail to do any good
In other states, where all owners mus, TAD. :,
driving licenses, there are just as many sceid,r.
we have in New York, in proportion 70 the nurt,
OF cars in operation.
Why not profit by the experience Of other ra.
and get down to brass tscks. The laws We hse,,
quite sufficient, but our OF enforcing Ia
are deplorably inefficient Get after the prus,
lawbreskers and stop wasting time on new d,
which would never be put in force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
TWIN SIX MOTOR
INSURES SAFETY
New Power Plant Has Tendency
to Strengthen Every Part
of the Car.

The wonderful strides made By auto
mobile engineers and designers have
been so steady that the average motor
car owner forgets that the luxurious
creation OF skilled engineers and
trained workmen which stops at his
door and carries him at will through
congested traffic of busy street at a
snails pace. or overland up hills and
through beautiful country at the speed
of the best train out Of New York, is
the direct descendant of the sluggs h
"horseless wagon" of yesterday.
The appearance and mechanical con-
struction of the motor car OF to-mor-
row are yelled in the mystery of future
achievement, Still, | believe" says W.
+. Stalnaker, vice-president OF the
Pathfinder Company, that the twelve
cylinder motor will hold its place, max
ing the twin six motor OF to-day the
eventual motor.
Vibration has been the retarding in
fuence TO efficiency and comfort which
all engineers have been striving 70 con-
quer. And the battle was won when
the multiple cylinder motor attained
state of perfection. ] am of the opln-
ion that the height of smoothness has
been attained in the present valve-ln-
head twelve-cylinder power plant. The
interexplosion lapse, which has made
motors vibrant, has been entirely eliml-
mated in the good twelve.
And the extra strength which a
twelve-cylinder valve-in-head power
plant calls for throughout the rest OF
the chassis makes car built along
these lines as safe as a car can be.
THE Pathfinder Company, OF lndl-
annapolis, is now turning out numbers
of the new twelve, Pathfinder the
Great Dealers are being supplied with
demonstrators as rapidly as possible,
and | believe in very short time Path
finder the Great will be known IN
every town in the country.
at has pleased US that the car has
attracted such wide attention wherever
it has gone as a result of its unprece-
dented hill-climbing power and gen.
eral road ability. The Pathfinder Com
pany has recently enlarged its financial
and factory resources in anticipation OF
the demand for Pathfinder the Great. y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
SUCCESS DUE TO
STANDARDIZATl0l
American Car Has Been Bud
Up on Frmest Kind Of
Foundation.

"By all odds the most sen.s.io,l
year of the motor car industry ~
been the one just drawing 70 elc,'
says William l.. Colt, o. Colt & S'n1
ton, Eastern distributors OF the C'I
car.
primarily il has been a year o. mo-
startling scientific development and n
been marked b. total readjustmen'
new standards both in production AZ
in car performance.
The car that would measure up
requirements twenty-four months 81
in point of its mechanical corstrueh''
is decidedly passe. The motor "a
owner likewise Is making new dem'h1
in the way of ability and effelehSl
He has come 10 understand that Y
former maximum of performance, mes
ured by these new standards, IS ou'
meagre minimum within the range :
ability of the real, up-to-dste no'S
car.
"For some time the American MARI
facturer has made the claim ina,
would outstrip his European ri'sl
the building Of custom made cars. -
until the last year, however, could
really substantistc that claim. D.,
with the development OF the msll
cylinder car in this country TO sue
that makes its production IN az
quantities feasible and commerei5
profitable. however. the American bun
er has advanced just one round shr
Of the foreign automobile prodse,
He has given TO the world in prseus
bic form a mechanism which mas =
ceeded the expectations OF even -
most imaginative motorist. a.
True enough, Europe has It's NV.
cylinder cars, and they are GOOD o'a
But Europe has not found the way
produce them for general purposes
successfully as America did.
The secret of our success, noHe'.
lies in our ability 70 stGndardite :.
manufacture Of automobiles. IhsH
TEN OF building enables US 70 resol.,
ourselves almost instantly 10 ensnt !
conditions. II enables Us 20 mo re-.
lily the units, which best ADAPT h'.
selve. to our needs, 20 link them y. !,
gether into a coordinsting whole y,
is composed of the tested oes' -
terial available.
"The result is that the Amera
manufacturer can develop a proc.
more rapidly. There is less Aounae,.
in the dark, less experimental
Standardization has solved many pIs.
lens for US, and in the multiple g.;
der car built according 70 the SsheL. !,
lied plan We have product ths' "
exceeded our fondest expectations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
"The REQ Folk"

people instinctively hate a corpora
ton. People like 20 deal with people,
not with things" says Richard H.
Scott, vice-p president and general man.
ager Of the REQ Motor Car Company.
"The above is the result Of a great
deal of observation and of experience
in dealing with all classes of people
buying from them and selling 10 them.
in the automobile business more
and more people are considering the
men behind the factory that is behind
the car they contemplate buying more
than they used TO do.
Experience has taught the average
buyer that the first thing ne should
look 10 is the matter of replacement
parts and service-that is, the certainty
of getting them after he has bought
the car.
Thousands Of corporations have
been organized and have failed in the
automobile business.
"Of tens of thousands Of automobiles
sold the buyers in most cases are to-
day searching in vain for somewhere
10 get replacement parts and repairs
or other kind of service.
Thousands of cars have been put
out Of commission prematurely simply
because it was impossible to get re-
placement parts, or if 1t were possible
the price charged for them was pro-
hibitive.
eve REQ folk like to get just as close
as possible to the ultimate user OF
cur product We like to know him
and we want him TO know US.
I've feel that If he knows the REQ
folk, gets 10 understand their ideals
and their ambitions and our way of do
ing things, he will have still greater
confidence in the REQ product, because
he will realize then that this concern
is not a mere corporation, bloodless
and conscienceless, not interested only
IN he Immediate nresentn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
Firestone Gets Injunction.

Judge Vickery. in the Court of Com
mon Pleas, Cuyahogs County, Ohio. De-
cember is, granted the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, a
perpetual injunction against a rsincoat
company using the name "Firestone."
This raincoat company was operating
stores in Cleveland, indianapolis and
Detroit under the name Firestone Rain
coat Company. The injunction read as
follows:
Wherefore II is ordered that the
plaintiff have permanent injunction, as
prayed for in its petition, and the de-
PENDANTS and each OF them. their
agents, servants and employees. are per-
manently restrained and enjoined from
boz any form or manner using or en-
Toying the name 'FirestOne' in con-
ncction with the business now or here
after conducted by them. and from in
any form or manner advertising offer
ing for sale, selling, manufacturing or
dealing n under the name 'Firestonc'
any rubber goods, raineosts or any other
article purporting 90 be made wholly
or So part Of rubber. And IL is con-
sidcred that the plaintiff recover Of
said defendants its costs herein. Judg-
ment Us rendered against the defend
ants for plaintiffs costs herein"