The Washington herald., 1916-12-17
CAR BUYERSDON'T KICK
ON INCREASED PRICES
Automobiles Go Up. but Purchasers
Keep Tempers.

Dear Bo: Have you noticed that there
has been but little complaint on. the part
OF the public over the, advance In price
that nearly all Of the motor car COM
panies have either already put into
effect or announced would be effective the
first Of the year? True. as many as could
decided upon the car they wanted and
placed their order early so as to get in
under the old price. All seem to take 1t as
a matter of course that motor cars are
no exception Everything else has ad-
vanced In price so why not the motor
car. is perhaps the way that they figure
t.
Dan Abbot, service manager for the
Record Auto Company. says no longer
does the title OF back yard superinten-
dent" which some one conferred on hin:
q few months back. apply. He now has
an office insideahe building.
l. w. Laudick, manager Of sales for
the Buick Md6r Company. Is taking
things easy these days. They are sold
away up on production and his principal
occupation now Is trying to get an extra
car through occasionally for some dealer
who insists both. by wire and personal
visit that the fate of his entire COM
munity depends largely upon getting
car for immediate delivery.
Roy Erkman. who represents the Mil
burn factory IN this territory, came back
from Philadelphia the other day much
eiated. He had a hInch. played 1t and
won The hunch was that he could in
duce a certain dealer in that city who
was handling his line along with another
make electric to give the other fel-
low the gate IL he saw him at
once. Now the dealer is selling Milburn
electrics exclusively
Whitney Leary is wise. Instead of
taking his vacation in the summer time.
as is the custom with most folk, he put it
or until now. He leaves next week for
a trip South. Just where he will 60 he
has not fully determined, but more than
likely will give the big ditch at Panama
the once over before returning
Roy Mcdowell. wholesale manager for
Miller Brothers. spends his spare time
designing various type closed bodies
for Mitchell and bort cars. Both of
these machines are furnished with the
winter type body by the factory, but Mac
has a few ideas of his own and is build
ing a couple of bodies to see If his ideas
work out we'll in practice as they do
theoretically.
! did not know until the other day
while talking to Harry Burr that the
best duck-shoOting season of the year is
about over. Harry is the authority on
this sport along the row. He has been
hunting a number of times this fall and
had good success on each occasion. His
opinion is that now the weather is get
ting cold the ducks will not fly. but IN
stead. Jay in the marshes where 1t is i'm
possible to set at them.
Joe Trew is back from the REQ fac
tory. He saw the new Six while out
Il ere and is fuI of Ideas over IT, Incl
dentaIiy he hustled along a couple OF
shipments Of this car. which he is look
ing for most any old day now.
BY the way. sam LuttreIl expects to
become one Of our rural citizens ere
long. He has bought himself a farm
down on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
and next summer plans to spend all the
time ne can spare tilIIng the soil.
"Iack" Batram. now that Sam in
tends getting back to nature has put in
applioa ton for superintendent on the
farm. He has applied for a number o:
government publications relating to the
sCIl and the psoper method of tiIIing it.
He expects to Ise a Baker-R -Rauch Lange
electric as factor for his pIOws.
Bill Jose has his bag all packed and
is simply waiting for the sixth of
January to arrive. Last year he could
not get away for the New York show,
but this year he is not going to be dis
appointed. Plans on getting away before
anything can come up TO detain him.
Though boating season is still a long
way of Joe. Well Is now laying his
pans for next year He has out
lined a humber of trips that he hopes to
make and invited his guests. Joe" /
believe would father fish than do most
anything else under the SUM-
Well Bo. have a few Christmas pres
cnts to buy and think that had better
do my shopping; now while in the humor
Good night,