SATURO."-Y. DEcE,itBER 10TH, 1910.
THE AUTOCAR R Journal publisbeb in tbe interests of tbe mecbantcall\? propelleb roab carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANER.
No. 790. Vor.. XXV.J SATURDAY, DECEMBER IOTH, r9ro.
[PRICE 3D.
The Autocar.
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CONTENTS. N OTES
USEFUL HINTS AND TIP3 (ILLUSTRATED) .•
THE XEw SPVKER CARS llLLU.:iTR \TED) . •
MOTOR UNION NOTES
THE V1CTOR TYRE LEVER (ILLt:STRATED) • .
Two lNTERESTI N<, ENGINES (ILLUSTRATED)
ON THE ROAD • .
A MAID IN TOURAINE (ILLUSTRATED)
QUERIES AND REPLIES ..
P.\GE
855-856 . . 857-858
859 860 86r 862 . . 871-872 .. 873-877
78-879 . . 8 0-883
884
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/ Notes. The Automobile Association, the Motor
Union, and Ourselves. Since an amaiga1,,ation !Jet1Yeen the A.A. and M.U. became possible, we ha1·e done our part in these columns to fo rward the mo1·ement, because it has been apparent for a long time that lack of co-ordination between the too numerous bodies representincr the interests of automobi !ism has done the cause '"a!mo.;t incalculable harm. It is desirable for the whole of the motoring organisations to work together for one common end. without any indi1·idual axes to grind, and the fusion of two po\\·erful motor-
~~~s s~l~~t;;:~stJ~si~:~l~s tl:atg;·l~= t p~-:~~ t~r:~1~~1~i;~~-~ country sho ulrl know that in ~upporting any particula :·
organisation they are not indirectly or directly supporting a competitor in business.
For these reasons, when an amalgamation was first mooted, "'e informed the secretary of the Automobile Association that, if it pre ented any difficulty in the negotiations, 1\'e should be willing to waiYe an agreement we had, and still have, with the Motor Union, wberebY that body officially purchases copies of The Autowr and senrl. them to its membership each week, although th is agreement could otherwise only be terminated by six months' notice, and even then not before January, 1912.
Lest it should be imagined tha.t we are attempting to parade a virtue, we would say that, in offering to forego this agreement, we knew that it would make no appreciable difference in the number of copies of The A 11tocar sold to members of the Motor Union and Auto .. 10bile Association. We foru1d that practically all the active members took it before we entered into the arrangement with the M. U . , and we know they wil 1 continue to take it after it has been cancelled, for the simple reason that The Autocar is the kind of paper motorists and potential motorists want. If this were not so, The A.utocar would not enjoy the largest circulation of any motor paper.
\Ve do not know whether the amalgamated bodies ,rill 1rish to terminate the a.rrangement or not, but, as stated above, it is really immaterial so far as we are concerned, as ire shall receive the same amount of money for our papers whether they may be sold direct through the Association to its members or whether they may be purchased in the usual way through the ne11·sagents.
Our object in making this matter clear is that we wish it to be definitely understood that, in strongly and persistently urging the co-operation of the various automobile bodies, we were not actuated by any selfish motives, or in order to promote the sale of our paper, as has been suggested bY some unkind critics.
Further, we consider that such an amalgamation is so greatly to the advantage of automobilists that we have decided to offer a page in The .Aittdcar every week, without charge. for the publication of notes written by the secretary of the new combined association for the use of its members.
We had hoped that the Royal Automobile Club would also have considered it advisable to make use of the general motor press, and discontinue publi hing its own journal, which has cost it so much money in the past. It has, however, decided to experiment still further with its paper, and we regret that the R.A.C. should consider it advisable to compete wit!1 the motor press in the production of a weekly paper which will be on sale to the public as well as to members of the Club.
The more important motor papers will not, of cour. e, al low the fact of the Club being in competition wW1 them to influence their attitude towards the Club and it~ actions. but the fact remai ns that it would be ulti mately to the advantage of thf' Club, and also to the
