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Alexander Winton was a pioneer not only in automobiles but in racing, as is shown by

the upper photograph of himself in his famous Bullet No. 2. The lower phat a are those of

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Four years ago, Alexander Win- ton, one of America's pioneers in the Automotive industry, went broke.

Winton and, his home to-day.

"I say not! Why, they're all my friends in the automobile business, every one of them." An extra pú on his elgar and, a chuckle settled that.

fed up a couple of million dollars

the next year--net.

"Instead, after a year, the young men shouted for more money and they issued preferred stock for ($1,500,000. I took a couple of Through With Automobiles.

hundred thousand dollars "worth "But never go back to the of that steck myself." automobile business, I'll say not!" And with a puff on his cigar and he added. "I've got my own a chuckle, under his breath he business and it's a good one. Our added: plant is making Diesel engines for. "I've still got it." marine use and for railroad cars. and we're now almost ready to put Armistice was Beginning of End. out an engine that will surprise the world.”

It was one of those collapses that stunned mang a wealthy and successful business man in the post-war deluge, and it was one from which no recovery could be Toresren, The Winton, one of the finest automobiles in the country, became an orphan" and the credį- tors of the Winton Company took over what left of the organization. That wasn't very unch, for what had been a $9,000,000 organization| in the heyday of its career, was The new engine Winton referred eventually put on the auction block to is a heavy-oil burning rotary and sold for a Bong-something motor for aviation use. Whether he like $135,000!

will go entirely into the aviation All except one branch--and the business he won't say, but it is branch to-day prontises to be the inferred that his new motor will making again of Alexander Win-play a considerable part in the ton. It is the old "engine works," development of this industry. which Winton had started about 17 years ago and in which he had pioneered in the American develop- ment of the Diesel motor.

To-day, thanks to the rescue of this plank from, the flotsam and jetsam of his wreck, Winton has built up a growing business that has all the earmarks of myuking him independently wealthy again.

"We ran that motor for 12 days without a stop," Winton chucked "It's some baby."

So, before he knew it, the auto- mobile business had slipped through his fingers. At the time of the armistico, in November, 1918; orders for between 800 and 1000 cars were cancelled.

"After that the bankers ran the know where they run it to."

"And you business," he smiled.

But he found a friend in one banker of Cleveland, who loaned him $500,000 with which to buy Winton is as pry and active back the engine works-his pet he talks. It was he who in the baby.

"Yes, I'm going to put the Win-, first years of the automotive in- dustry, set up long distance speelfon company back on the map," he assured me "But it won't be In records which amazed the world.

"I made the trip from Cleveland į dutomobiles.""

to New York in 1898 in 11 hours To-day, besides his business, he and 47 minutes," he recalls, "and bas interesting wife-his

the roads weren't as smooth a second, whom he married a little they are to-day by any means. In more than a year ago, a poet and 1900, I made the same trip in successful composer of several hours-walk of your speed records operas. A daughter, Clarice, of +) {}}

ais present wife adds one more to ais Arst family of two sons and Four daughters.

"Why, only the other day I made the 1560-mile trip to Deland, Fla., In alle less than 35 hours! That was in a new high-powered is. That was some journey, I'll

tell you?

Has Comfortable Estato.

And he is full of smiles and satifaction in a smaller but quite fortante home than the great mansion in which he had enjoyed

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Shows no Sign of Failure. Not that Alexander Winton is poor by any means, nor that he has become careworn and haggard and dejected from his past setback. Par from that, this man at the age of 68 is a robust, esrefree, laugh- ing, jollying, active individual, enjoging his own well-furnished home, with no resentment in hin. and looking only to the future.

What's more, it depicts the When I went out to see Wintonrouthfulers of this unn of 68. in his home. I had expected to

"At the time of the crash, they meet a white-haired old man, with wanted to put young blood into the

A rug he had in the dining room, sunken eyes, deeply furrowed

oneer, they told me," he re-ff his former home, Winton says, brow, haggard checks and stooping minised, referring to "they" as ad to be cut down to fit into the shoulders a man who might, sill

Base who held major interest in iving room of his present abode reveal the worries and Lissables Through which he had gone only Although he had built up this firm that's the change he has made.

the old Winton Motor Company an easy 15 by 35 feet in size-— four or five short years before,

from a small bicycle business he Instead, here was a man, white-had started in Cleveland in 1890, at De Leon Springs, Fla., and this "But I've bought a 30-acre estate haired to be sure, but without, and had spent days and mark of age or worry on his face, working at draughting board and ving, does it? Why boy, my folks nights place doesn't show that I'm star with twinkling blue eyes and a bench to make it succeed, Winton have all lived to be a hundred and erect body that assured him many held only 30 per cent, of the stock more, and I will, too.

of healthful living at the time of the failure. more years As he spoke to me there was a

"How do I get this way? Why, chuckle in every phrase and 1917, when the boys took it over," I just laugh, that's all. guflaw in every sentence. Jie was he went on, and we paid 40 perabont money or anything.

"It's a good thing not to worry enjoying himself like one who has cent. dividends on the common the fellow that steals it worry."

stock that year. If these fellows

never had a care in his life.

"We had $9,000,000 in asscsts in

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"Me resentful?" he shot back at had been anything like the right And broad grin spread over an insinuation I had ventured. kind of executives we'd have clean his face.

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placed in a position to study the the opportunity of drawing public maiter in more detall for the pur-jattention to it." poses of the future," he said,

Mr. Frank Pick said that the fall Referring to the speech of Mr. in the price of petrol had been Frank, Pick, on behalf of the passed on in various ways--farea Reduction of H.P. Duty London and Provincial Omni- reductions, concessions in wages,

Refused.

bus Owners' Association, Mr. and the development of the omni- cover 'less Churchill said, "I notice that some bus business to

Mr. Winston Churchill, in his of the country omnibus companies remunerativo routes. If the taxa- reply to the deputation of motor-are collecting from the passenger tion were to stand, fares must bo ing and motor trade organisations for a single journey a halfpenny, increased.

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on motor taxation, which he re-und in some cases a ponny, addi-

The deputation asked for crived recently, stated that he tional charge, und giving the pas minimum reduction in taxation of could see no prospect of a further senger a receipt on which is reduction in the general horse-stamped payment of petrol duty power duty.

"Profiteering,"

"Wo are alrendy giving

33 1-3 per cent on all motor vehicles from January 1 and a re- baté of at least 50 per cont. in respect of all vehicles over five

- Heavy Ban on Light.

£1,250,000 in reductions," he said, "You my that the tax represents years old. "and I have no resources, especial-as much as a halfpenny a mile on ly after dropping the kerosene the running cost of one of your duty, out of which a further reduc-large omnibuses. If this is so, the tion of the horse-power tax would collection of a halfpenny or ponny be met.

for the petrol tax from each per- The stato of Washington has "While I cannot make any pro- son travelling in an omnibus is placed a ban on 100 different types. miso in regard to the second-hand profiteering, and as the subject of of lenses and lighting devices for. motor-car, I should like to be fares has been raised here, I take'automobiles..

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