Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1932, Page 106

12 FOREIENERS HELD AEAINGT L., CARS Migh Tariffs Victimize Home Products Abroad, Says Auto Official. HASTINGS, tor Car BY CHARLES D. practiced | 1 govern- je auto- abroad acturing s though the these cou even me of ination tional ct discrim- 1 treatment an motor cars but not in line o acorded s W Action by Sp: ECONOMY LIGHT MADE FOR PARKED AUTOS Auxiliary Reflex Lenses Are Now on Many of the 1932 Cars. s reports show ion of the acci- t lights and hg vehicles. y of them fatal, d be greatly reduced s eliminated by use signals, which vagaries of the system. automobiles are t throughout Man- and the Bronx. Of are parked all night g wccording to & survey New York Board of Trade. A 1,865 taxicabs o are parked k 1t lights in the three 3,000 asons for inoperation of parking scribed to forgetfulness, to bulbs or lighting system, proponents in several States, ;y the common hazard of un- arked ¢ and especially fail- electrically lighted tail lights on have already had laws en- g use of an auxiliary re- 1s on the rear of all vehicles as & or the evil. Practically all of ars are coming equipped with which returns a beam vis- 800 feet as the headlights of »proaching car shine on it. Counter-attraction. ttraction to the new cars Show were the auto- They might well be ples of what the well- Natty, well tai- ed and resplend- ent in starched collars, correct cravats and shiny shoes, these gentlemen on the well known firing line set the new models off to good advantage New Gadgets. The “dingus” business appears to have good prospects this year. The fourth floor of the Grand Central Palace in New York devoted to shop equipment and accessories, had the usual number of orators d g trick gadgets and in_South | ” | until three years ago, when he was ele- - | vated to the position of sales manager FRED W. SCHNEIDER, | Appointed vice president in charge of | sales for the Trew Motor Co. by Joseph B. Trew, president of the company, which holds the distributorship in the | District of Columbia, Maryland and | Virginia for Dodge passenger cars and trucks. Mr. Schneider started with the company 10 years ago as a retail sales- man and continued in that capacity | N. D. Hawkins, jr., who has been super- | vising sales promotion work, will take ver the position as retail sales manager Db b g e e e THE & VI widgzets, luding chemicals which make windshields impervious to rain, spark plugs which function in oil and devies which make life easter, safer snd happier for the modern motorist. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 31, 1932—PART EIGHT. BETTER BUSINESS SEEN BY TIRE HEAD Decided Improvement Proph- esied by William 0O’Neil of General Company. “When I am asked to prophesy about the tire business during the coming year, I realize that prophets have neither profit nor honor in any coun- try, just now,” president of the General Tire and Rub- ber Co., today, in discussing the condi- tion of business at the year end and the outlook for the new year. “Along with the economists who did not foresee the end of the boom and who have foretold the end of the de- pression, most other men who have been prophesying and getting into print have been proved to be wrong,’ Mr. O'Neil added. “I believe that 1932 will be a decided improvement on 1931 for business gen- erally. I believe so for these reasons: “First, because more people need more merchandise now than they did a year 8go because they have been doing without things that they _actually needed and their is a limit to the extent to which they can do this. Big Improvement Seen. “Then, there has been a decided m- prov ment in many different lines of | here from the Far East. tyles in | mercnandise. There are new | thing. | ing power helps to stabilize credit situa- said William ~O'Neil, | | price Taise as long as there was plenty automobiles, with distinctly new fea- tures. In the tire industry there are| new features. This will mean an in-| crease in business next year. “For another thing, all commodities are on an extremely low base. Buyers always hesitate on a declining market | for they are always looking for some- thing better in the way of price. “It is certain that commodities can- not decline farther than they are to- day, nor_can they remain long at the present level. So, we have the style factor, the price factor and the demand factor all in our favor. All of these things enter into business. “Now, as to the financial factor. Most credit is based on earning power. Most values are based on the same The coming into the market of people who actually need merchandise, because of price, style or necessity, in- creases the earning power of those per- sons who are unemployed today. Earn- tions. + Inventories at Low Ebb. “I do not know, of course, what tire prices will do next year. Certainly they can't go lower than they are. Whether they will rise, or when, I do not know. “However, I have never seen & real of mexchandise to be had. Nor have I ever known of a price raise to material- ize, if it was known three months ahead of time that it was going to happen. “It is a fact that inventories of fin- ished goods are lower now than at any time since 1921 but, on the other hand, demand for tires is lower than at any time since 1925. They tend to offset each other, of course. “Raw material prices certainly can't go much lower than they are now. We have 5-cent rubber and B-cent cotton. Rubber can't go below 4 cents and stay that way more than three weeks for it costs 112 cents & pound to ship rubber its losses on crude rubber in figures less than a nickel a pound. The aver- age annual fluctuation in the price of crude rubber has been a minimum of 10 cents. “With rubber at 5 cents, it can't go down 10 cents next year. The only way we can have a fluctuation of 10 cents a pound is for it to go up to 10 cents. “It is not at all unlikely that the British and the Dutch will get together within the next 30 days on a restriction plan based on the principle of a special tax on crude rubber exports. That seems to be the only feasible way for them to raise the tax revenue they need s0 badly. That would, of course, have a very important bearing on crude rub- ber prices in this country. “Things seldom turn out as badly as we imagine they will when we are in a pessimistic mood. This applies to the European financial situation. I believe that Germany will pay her commercial debts but even if she does not, the amount involved is only one-third of what it has been thought to be in cer- tain quarters. This, of course, is an important bullish factor.” TWO YEARS GREATEST The years 1921 and 2924 will probably go down in automotive history as two of the most outstanding in point of the number of major improvements offered the American car owner. In the former year the industry offered the first four- wheel brakes on stock cars, the first straight 8, the first overhead camshaft drive, molybdenum steel, hydraulic brakes and cobalt chrome and high tungsten steel for automoblle exhause valves. Nineteen hundred and twenty-four gave us balloon tires, high-pressure TEAR-DROP DESIGN NOT YET PRACTICAL Use Held of Value Only at High Speeds, Says Motor Leader. | Although it has lately been the sub- Ject of a great deal of discussion in the automotive industry, general adoption of genuine tear-drop design is still a matter of the future, according to George M. Graham, vice president in charge of sales of Rockne Motors Cor- poration. Instead body bullders will employ less radical streamlining de- signs, Mr. Graham believes. “The motor world has seen two or three examples of tear-drop building.” states Mr. Graham. “I belleve the only examples of this building in stock cars are found in Europe, and I don't | believe they have been very successful | “The true valus of tear-drop design | comes after a car has passed into the | terrifically high speeds above 100 miles an hour. When such velocities are attained, streamlining is of the utmost importance. Yet the only tear-dro) stock models we know of now are 1 cars with top speeds around 50 miles an hour. “Tear-drop design will come some time, but it seems far off now. There are several definite obstacles in the the rear of the car. That is a diffi- cult engineering feat, and will only be satisfactorily accomplished after long stu It means a complete revolution of chassis building. By the same token it also requires an entirely different handling of body. When our high cruising speeds remain around 70 miles an hour, we do not need the precis streamlining which tear-drep desig: gives.” Streamlining is one of the most in- according to Mr. Graham. “The airplane industry has given much interesting data on stream! ing,” he says. engineers learn in their wind tunne are of vital ortance to the mobile manu urer. It is su how a little cowling here, a litt ing there or an aerodynamic somewhere else will add to of an automobile ; “Of course, streamlining ha | minor effect 'when our cars | ing at speeds of 40 or 50 miles an hour However, aerodynamic streamlinix gives an ultra-modern appearance to a car, and is quite worthwhile, even when driving speeds are low.” the Automatic Car Near. | After looking over th | mobiles at the New Y | cannot help but feel that |cer is rapidly going auto longer must the driver press the st | ing pedal. Today the car starts | matically. Just turn the ignil switch and there you are. Too, clutch 1s automatic on many of new cars. No clutch to operate when shifting gears. Lift your foot off the accelerator and the clutch works itself. | Time is not far distant when well probably see sutomatic gear shifting and, who can tell, perhaps some day an automaton will drive our cars for teresting studies in automobile design, |of Missouri LIFE OF TIRE AIDED Ton of Debris Removed From St. Louis Btreets. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Streets of this city e to be made safe for automobile 1anks to the untiring efforts of al glass patrol of the Auto Club In the first six months | the patrol has been on duty more than |& ton of debris has been removed from streets ists of th city are saving hun- of thous; s of dollars annual Al Bindner, who en- de- bottle is mmon numer- 5, bot~ Chromium Plating or Renickeling of Auto Parts Golf Clubs Auto Reflectors Replated in 3 Hours Equal to New Silverware Replated and Repaired Prompt Service Acme Plating & Mfg. Co. 1419 P St. N.W. “The tire industry never had figured chassis lubrication, anti-knock fluid, air gleaners and lacquer finish. way. The first and most important is the necessity of putting the motor at See the w Oldsmobile ix and Eight for he Latest Motoring neements .. . of either car and get a new performance thri GREATEST VA POHANKA SERVICE 1126 20th St. N.W. DEcatur 0206 WOGODSON MOTOR CO. Silver Spring, Md. Sllver Spring 255 LUES 1IN SIMMONS MOTOR CO. 1515 14th St. N.W. POtomac v052 WISCONSIN MOTOR CO. 1063 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. WEst 1373 OLDSMOBILE Six-Cylinder Four-Door Sedaa WHEN you visit the Automobile Show, be sure to inspect the modern features and advancements incorporated in the two great new Oldsmobiles for 1932. These cars—a larger, finer, faster Six and a brilliant new Straight Eight—offer advantages never before provided in cars so moderately priced. These advantages include the new Ride Regulator and double-action hydraulic shock absorb- ers . . . Free Wheeling, in conjunction with the famous Syncro-Mesh transmission . . . full auto- matic choke . . . engine decarbonizer . . . oil temperature regulator . .. and a long list of other up-to-the-minute advancements which add to pleasure and comfort in driving. See these features on the finer Oldsmobile Six and the new Straight Eight at the Show. Then come take the wheel , a new idea of what your 1932 dollar can buy. HiESTORY L. C. PATE MOTOR CO. Georgia Ave. at Colorado N.W. GEorgia 2717 J. B. MONROE Waldorf, Md. BRandywine 10-F-4 OLDS MOTOR WORKS, WASHINGTON ZONE OFFICE 1515 14th St. N.W. Tune in on Melody Speedway, WMAL, Wednesday, 6:45 P.M.; Sunday, 7:15 P.M. 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