Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — AUTO A NECESSITY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AUTO A NECESSITY

Each Year Shows That the Machines Have Achieved an Advance in Popular Favor. CONTRIBUTE TO JOY OF LIFE That They Will Ever Go Out of Btyle or Use Is Beyond Consideration — Prominent Manufacturer Tells Reasons for Optimistic Outlook. As early as 1898, when The Haynes Automobile Company was still In its infancy, we decided to build for the following year about fifty cars. About the same time I learned that another firm was expecting to build 100 machines for the same year, and we wondered if both companies would sell the entire output of 150 cars, relates Ellwood Haynes. It was hot a question in my mind whether the American people could buy these machines, but , whether or not they would buy thejn. To my surprise we sold all we could make, and the public still clamored for more. Notwithstanding the tremendous strides which have been made In the business, this experience has been repeated each year without exception ever since. The automobile has so established Itself in thousands of American homes

and so endeared itself to those who use it that it will not be given up excepting in certain cases where dire necessity demands It. Not only does the owner of a machine take his own family out for pleasure driving, but frequently takes the children of his neighbors, so that it is now rather difficult to find a boy or girl in the more populous districts, who has liever had a ride in an automobile. The motor car will no more go out of style or out of use than the beautiful home, the piano, the Brussels carpet, or. a hundred other things that contribute to the Joy of life. It has become the basis for outdoor life for thousands of families, contributing not only to their enjoyment, but to their health, peace of mind, and general well-being, affording, as it does, a long wished for pleasure and utility, which it has only been possible to realize within the past ten or twelve years. The automobile buying season is in full blast, and many purchasers will be car owners for the first time. H. E. Doty, manager of the .Haynes Motor Car Co., gives the following timely advice to such owners, which should be very helpful indeed: * “One of the most important things for the automobilist to learn is not to ’tinker.* There is,no mystery concealed under the hood of a car, there is noth-

This Is the oldest automobile In existence, and Is now on exhibition at the Smithsonian' Institution, United States National Museum, Washington, D. C., duly labeled as follows: "Gasoline Automobile, built by Elwood Haynes, In Kokomo, Ind., 18931894. Successful trial trip made at a speed of six or seven miles per hour, July 4th, 1894. Gift of Etwood Haynes, 1910. 265,138." ing tbat should be kept secret from the car owner, hut the temptation to ’tinker’ Usually becomes too great; a delicate adjusting .serew is turned of a wire 1b disconnected and then — trouble begins. , “Talk to the repairman, study the instructions, learn all yon can, and then when the emergency oomes, you’ll be prepared. But wait for the emergency. Do not tinker. Don’t try to make adjustments when the car la already in adjustment Don’t begin tearing down until you have located the trouble. Don’t try to lnptavt the

timing of the valves or the tgnittat the manufacturer knows best Treat your car as you would an expensive watch. A lot of trouble may be avoided by having an expert examine the car about once every two month*. There are many little wrongs that may quickly develop into big wrongs If not discovered and checked. <" “Don’t patronize the cheap mechanic—his work is usually in keeping with his price. Keep your car out of the hands of the schoolboy whq offers to work free of charge. The manufacturer is always ready to ad? vise and help you. His reputation Is . in your hands and don’t be too much f inclined to blame the car when the first little trouble arises. Bach machine has peculiarities of its own and no matter, how experienced you may be in the operation of motor cars in general, it is essential that the manufacturer’s Instructions be carefully read and followed. “The idea that there is no particular care necessary for the successful operation of a car, aside from filling the tanks and radiator is erroneous. There Is no more carefully designed mechanism in existence, and as is usually the case with ah complicated machines, careful Inspection and attention to details will prolong its life and Insure successful operation to an immeasurable degree. “Treat your car well, lubricate Itj regularly. The result win be efficient service at minimum upkeep. And then, when the emergency comes, when something does go wrong, don’t 'just tinker.’ Be systematic. First find where the trouble is; second, determine what it is; third, what Is the remedy; and last, how this remedy may be applied.”

Elwood Haynes, Builder, of America’s First Car.