The Washington times., 1915-12-04
BIGGER CAR VALUES
. At MOTOR EXHIBIT
Buyer Of 1916 Car viii Get More
for His Money Than Ever
Before.
Ry C. e. DURYEA.

While Il IL true that the war has
brought about conditions in the auto
mobile industry which to a certain ex.
tent have hampered the manufacturers
Of motor vehicles, nevertheless the buy
er Of 1915 car will get more for his
money than ever has been the case In
the past.
Tho sixteenth national automobile
show, under the auspices Of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce, at the Grand Central. Palace.
New York. December 81 to January J.
and at Chicago January 22-2s. will en-
phasise this fact regarding car values
perhaps moro decidedly than any
previous show.
The demand for steel. copper. iron
and other materials to be made into
munitions has raised the price Of raw
material and brought about conditions
making Il difficult for motor car manu-
facturers TO secure delivery Of the raw
or partly machined material. neverthe-
less such remarkable strides have been
made in other directions that this extra
expense II more than compensated.
Product Better; Cost Less.
The majority OF factories have in
stalled recently much now labor-sav-
ing machinery. and In increasing their
outputs have been able to produce bet
ter cars or better parts at lower cost.
evon though the cost Of tho raw prod
uct has como somewhat higher. The
parts makers are able to deliver COM
plete assemblies. to makers Of assem-
bled cars, far moro expeditiousiy. cheap
er and Of bctter quality in many cases
than heretofore. Never in tho worlds
history has there been such q popu-
larixing Of Q complicated structure as
that which the automobile Industry has
given usi never before has such null
titude OF Improvements been crowded
into a few short years, and even q few
short months.
Fifteen year. ago the frst automo,
bile show was held in New York city In
an effort to populartzo and introduce
the toddling infant industry to the great
public. The pet OF the public at that
time was the little steamer which
whizzed along the best roads In an ad-
that the complicated mechanism which
completely filled every available space
weighed SO much that the wire wheels
actually wobbied: There was a walt of
began to come into its own. and the
infant began to require larger bottles
OF pap for his meals and grew fat and
Iosy-cheeked.
The bicycle shown at the Centennial
Exposition In 1875 required the better
part Of ten years to get a footbold and
. dozen more years to reach Its acme
Of Popularity. although sold at a price
within the reach OF the masses. Even
though the light horse buggy finally
eold at prices almost as low as those OF
the bicycle. its annual sales IN It's hey
S Gay ,,,aer never exceeded the probao ole sale
through the days when the single cyl
inder developed into the double cyljn-
der; and later became tho familiar four
syi!nasr VI der. type: then increased s. to six.
cylinders; having been through the
mill Of various sorts Of transniissions,
several kinds of ignition and number
less other vital things. the car of isls
chanical development In two decades
The best brains of the world are at
the command OF the buyer, and they
was not thousht positive wher the In
dustry started. Splendid factories fllied
with the best designed and most mod
err machinery ceasclessly grind out
parts that for cxnctness. proportion.
and Quality of material never have been
seen before
They are built in such a manner that
they lass longer. The upkeep and re-
that he not only gets more for his
money In the initial Investment, but he
is the one who gains in the matter Of
upkeep. me machine has succeeded the
man until intelligence seems to be all
y lacks. and this the man supplies to
The machine.
Runs Like Sewing Macine.
Not only has the engine become
thing Of many cylinders. but Its actions
have been bettered until It runs like n
sawing machine. SO sweetly and silently
that Its power Is only felt at the whir-
ring wheels and the thought of trouble
from It Ia no longer a nightmare. Fit
ted with self-starter. It is driven by
the women and girls with as much
rafetv and zest as by the best hired
driver.
Making its own electricity It not only
provides a perfect ignition but lights
its own way and blows its own horn
\ self-shifting transmission only needs
q hint from the operator. A difTeren-
Vial that drives both wheels and will
not lose all the power II one wheel slips
has replaced the device of 1928 and
edded much safety. Bodies more per-
feet than kings coaches OF a lifetime
back nre now in universal use.
The only criticism OF the automobile
shows of recent years has been that
there Is always too much to see"
The same will be true this year, but
there will be moro to see that Is new
n nd infereptipU than eyar hofora