Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 108

r * 12 ,‘FIVF FACTORS TO MAKE 1926 BIGGEST AUTO YEAR Economie "L\lnhl\ Employment, Rail and Suburban fac \ iness National nt of the m of economic st \ le ths 1 agriculture. mditions t tries reasing use of id growth :n urban r vear, Mr. m savs, ve pe: n.ul~ in the histo C © gi tor ve Experts mm, Market. d saturation point is a magination, a_theo that we could have ey won » cars would wear out no growth in the such poss point has that in 1 prove to ensive as the motor trade Both are estub- | s. which have made 1 and the resources ting from rail com- heen a degree of nation benefits 1 conomic losses. Motors Aid Other Lands. rapid recovery was and tr and transportation prosperity to t s of Mexico, ¥ of the tropics, the cof- | the hides of Argentina of | turing plants and you will s all over | in dealer n sold dur- | days and how rket soften- Qakland Six-Cylinde ability such i e and little has | l*.irn Trade, Steady roads. Use of Cars Growth Cited. an mnx\mlleled year in ors as outlined by Charles Clif- utomobile Chamber of Commerce, will he abroad will relieve financial pressure on ve promise of steady employment hicles by railroad lines. esidential and trade districts. “will also be one of the most ry of the industry. e factories are prepared juction until the slack aught up. With this care- K-up lvl\ the field, even a blg 2 program can be handled on eign trade will be the fea. £ 1926, the domestic situation vill also be favorable because of the improved position of agriculture There e more than 6,000,000 farm fan in the United States, which represent the largest single tribute to the stability of mobile business that it has n for this is that aute- | moblle prices have been constantly hat the farmer can pur- 1ge car for 506 bushels . while it required 1,482 . however, prices of com. | modities have remained high, with the | exception of foreign products, so that has been at a disadvan- at one time the farmer epresented one-third of the automo- hile chasers. the percentage for two or three years declined to around |30 per cent. with agriculture in a bet. position, it is expected his group of buyers wiil be ac. in the market again for manu- roducts and that the aute. usiness will benefit along with others. E “With these the outlook i iployment Outlook Excellent. althy conditions in excellent for em- astry, directly and indi- s a living for 3,200,000 versons. About 350,000 of these are engaged anufacture of cars and trucks. mainder are factory workers in rts, accessory and raw mate- ts, or engaged in the sale or the pu-rssalnml operation of automo- tive products e obile business is the largest Industry in the country, ac. cording to the United States Depart. ment of Commerce, the rating being based on the wholesale value of the products. “This fact has conslderable bearing on the general economic picture, be- cause when the largest business in the | country is active it means that there {is an enormous payroll which is util- in buying groceries, shelter, cloth- shoes and the other products which people use. In short, it is an {p«ng:m,r of prosperity all along the ine. “Commercial vehicle trafic during the past 24 months has been coming into a_new era. It grown away from the experimental stages and be- rtegrated with the great trans- tems of the country. motor trucks, electrie finding their most effl- service and are work- for better it fields o together transportation. ““The independent motor truck and ‘mu[ux bus operator will always con- ! tinue active and successful in business in various sections, but the co-ordina- tion is present, nevertheless, because | these operators are learning by ex. perience what fields yield a sound financial return and are not compet. ing over distances where the rallroads can serve more effectively. Railroads Enter Field. “There are now 51 railroads using motor trucks as part of their shipping compared with 33 at this time r. co-ordinated e number of motor busses used - street rallroads is now 5,000, or teresting that there | are, 20 steam roads using a total of 367 motor busses. “There is one field of motor trans. r Landau coupe type. l ! THE SUNDAY (‘umplrl Victoria mmlr-l STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 31 | l Marmon for 4 passeng portation which faces a number of | proximately on the same difficulties. That s the motor travel in our large cities. I belleve that we are at the peak of our difficulties here but that this peak will continue ap- el for two ! congestion of traflic whick big | the free flow, the economy safety of motor tr sve.| “This congestion must go—it can ute | be done away with, but it takes time. hampers or three ye: and the cities. “In Los Angeles, New York, C land and Detroit one fiends rs in most of the 1926—PART 7. The Woodward avenue extensfon in| Detroit will be helpful, the rebuilding of St. Louis will be a benefit to that | city, but until these various proje get under way the volume of traflic on | the streets will prove to be a sales resistance. Decentralization Tendency. ““More important, indeed, than the re- building or readjustment of the city street facilities s the tendency toward | decentralization. The suburban popu- lation of the large communities has been increasing more rapidly than the downtown district. The automobile makes suburban life more agreeable, and it also increases the possible size of a suburb so that the population is large enough to support localized trad- ing centers. The suburb, in short, be- comes approximately self-contained. “As this suburban life develops and as street facilities and traffic control are improved, we shall find still fur- ther urban demand for the motor ve- hicle. Business will continue to be #ood in these district, but it is possi- will be I ctive | 2 months than in the ign flelds. at the immediate automo- tive future from the standpoint of the Nation, or, again, from the outlook of Drluno Auto Over| STOPTHAT SPLASHING. Rouoh Bit of Road| H(,lps Grease Spring When you cannot seem to force grease into a spring bolt, and if you do mot have a “booster” for the gun, there is another way out. Hook up the gun and tube and glive it as much pressure as yYou can. Then tie the gun to the car and drive over a rough piece of street or roadway. The action of the springs will free the obstruc- tion in the epring bolt grease- way, with the result that the old grease will work out and Le re- placed by the new. the average family, 1926 holds a world of promise. It wili provide: “Low-priced, high-quality transportation. “More efficient, more comfortable means of travel. “Continued development of eur na- i 1 resources. Foreign business which will help the trade of ourselves and of the motor Avoid Speeding Through Puddles ‘During Cold Weather. Avoid driving fact through dee; slush or water puddles during col weather. If the chassis is kept wet during the day and the weather turns off cold at night. ice will collect on many important units. 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