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Show 5-S?jnr3-rEra3-r-mr' Economy of Operation and of Upkeep Are Next Problems of Automobile Maker By GEORGE M. DICKSON, Manufacturer of Motor Cars fii5ciii The original problem of the motor car designer was to build a satisfactory satis-factory engine and chassis, one that would do everything required of it and stay put. Up until a few years ago engineers were still occupied, in the main, with this phase of motor car progress. This problem having been met, the attention of engineers next turned to motor car bodies. Within the last three years this,, problem has been disposed of also. Automobile bodies of "today aro pretty well standardized. Today the third stage is being enicvsd. The chief issue during the next fow years will bo tho problem of maintaining present standards of performance and comfoit with greater economy of operation nnd upkeep. The car of the future is one that will deliver anything that it does now, for half the cost of operation and repairs, and in addition run twice as long. Tho time is coming in the near future, I beliovc, when wasteful gasoline gaso-line motors will be prohibited, either through special legislation or. through, taxation that will make such wasteful autos prohibitively exponsivd. '-"- |