Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1924, Page 17

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, By J. ©, ROYLE. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Feb. neeaee. olde creases just Motor Works, ranging from - ss $45 in the prices of its anni *~ come un bashes Similar ad- models, be contemplated. The Uegec| however, are to be slight and will be imposed to cover the cost of ap aitional refinements offered ey year, such as four-wheel brakes an palloon, tires. So many makers have adopted changes in equipment that men close to the automobile situation here believe the Olds move will he welcomed by the trade. ‘The price boosts on Oldsmobiles increased the price of the touring car from $750 to $795 F. OQ. B. Jack- eon, Mich. The new price of the roadster is $785, of the coupe $1,075 and of the sedan $1,135. The volume of sales so far this year seems to pave! had comparatively little to do with the upward price tendency. The Olds works are a part of the General Motors corporation, and that company sold more than 66,000 cars of their various types in Jan- uary. Show Results Show Trade Auto ‘As to the trend of sales for the trade in general, nothing is more significant than the results of the Twin Citles automobile show, which «ended last week. The dealers and buyers who were attracted to this exhibition covered the territory sup- posed to have been most severely stricken by agricultural depression. Yet the winter and spring sales which were developed by this show are fixed by officials at $20,000,000 on a basis of retail orders and agency contracts. This total in- cludes $2,000,000 worth of sales ac- tually made on the show floor. The remainder ‘is covered by orders given by northwestern dealers, ‘Total production of cars. and trucks in January totaled 343,000, an increase of 41 per cent over Jan- uary, 1928. There is every indica- tion this figure will rise-well above 350,000 this month, ‘The number of workers employed in the Detroit factories is at a record level. There still exists a feeling of un- certainty in regard to the tire situa- tion, Dealers have been waiting to see just,how the public would take to ballgon tires before stocking y heavily, They have feared to lay in heavy supplies of the old high- pressure tires for fear there would be a widespread trend toward the balloons, and have been equally afraid to stock the low pressure type for fear ear owners would not go to the expense of changing tires all around when it came time for re- placements. New Announcement Has Big Effect The announcement just made by makers, however, that car owners pamela aie REO CLAIMS RECORD IN LABOR TURNOVER DURING LAST YEAR What is believed to be the lowest labor turnover recorded by any au- tomobile manufacturer in the United States for the year 1928 has been announced by officials of the Reo Motor Car company where the turn- over averaged less than 3 7-10 per cent per month. While this is not the lowest fig- ure ever written by the Reo in a report of its labor turnover, it is considered exceptionally good for a year in which work in the auto- mobile industry was plentiful and in which there was tendency among workmen from a majority of plants to change their employment fre- quently, January might be expected to be &@ month in which a number of changes are made but in January of this year, the Reo turnover was only 1 6-10 per cent. It is estimated that in a number et automobile manufacturing com- panfes during 1923, labor turnover averaged 30 per cent per month. Reo, on the other hand, had one month, November, in which the turnover was only 2 3-10 per cent. eee SEND IT TO THB PEARL WHITH LAUNDRY vo PHONE 1702 Lowest Storage In Casper Gas, Oils and Grease TIRES TUBES ACCESSORIES Willis Garage 368 S. Ash St. Phone 1891-W INCREASE IN AUTOMOBILE COST | ANTICIPATED BY THE TRADE New Refinements of Manufacture Expected to Bring Increase; Announcement of the Olds Makers Causes No Surprise. 1924 s will not have to discard their pres- ent wheels and rims to which the first balloon tires could not be at- tached, has had an immediate and widespread effect. Tire makers now have made it possible to equip pres ent wheels with balloon tires. Two large’ manufacturers now are offer ing two sets of these tires as stand ard, one for use with the regular Wheels and one for the special Wheels being placed on the new cars. Under this system, the Ford, Che- verolet and Overland size wheel— 30x3%4—will take a balloon size 31x4 410 inches, while the ordinary 33x 4%-Inch whee! will take a 24x77-100- inch low-pressure tire. Sales of crude rubber have in- creased this month, according to Fred B. Peterson, a large dealer here. The amount of rubber in the Campaign Winnérs ws After being received by President Coolidge, winners in the re- cent national safety campaign were photographed with the White House ss a background. Left to right: Dean F. L. Bishop, highway education board, sponsoring Miss Mildred Soper, Seneca Castle, New York; John N, Willys, tional Automobile Chamber of Commerce, for Miss Theodora Poole, Lansing, Michigan. Dr. John J. Tigert, U. 8. Commissioner of Education, who presented Miss Teressa M. Lenney, teacher from New Rochelle, New York, schools, old and new types does not material- ly lffer, he explained, but two fac- tories are busy turning out tires of both types, The activity of the automobile manufacturers {s having a. stimulat- ing effect upon the steel industry and operations in the Loungstown, Sharon and valley districts were in- creased this week. However, many steel men will feel far easier when the wage agreement now under con- sideration by the operators and mine workers of the central com. petitive field at Jacksonville is set- tled, in spite of the conciliatory at-} titude showing by each side at the opening meetings. —+——__- Tribune Want Ads bring results Retention of One Tax And Removal of Some Held Inconsistent. “Members of congress who are willing to drop all war taxes on transpdrtation ard communication, yet leave it on new automobiles, parts, accessories and tires, are thoroughly inconsistent,” said Mr. Thos. P. Henry, president of the American Automobile association, who is in Chicago attending the motor show. “The Ways and Means committee has recently recommended dropping war taxes on yachts, candy and moving picture admissions,” said Mr. Henry. “Taxes have already been dropped on transportation be cause congress realized the extent of the additional burden in the cost ution if these war taxes tinued. 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