nii' m Lr o'; e v it v f 1.... v ;t If ' it BVBWNG PUBLIC HLOUDGER-PHIBA-DteLPHIA wfeDMSDAY JANIAIIY 14, 1920 v y ft w I STOCKS IN RESERVE . SEEM INSUFFICIENT 4 Contrary to Expectations, Greatest Car Shortage in j..-'c Ui&tnrv Is Fnrp.sp.n.n. hv Kthnnvrl Q ,7 j90 Demand Cannot Be Met, He Sdys IMOTRR FOB WFDY CON'TBABt to nil expectations of manufacturers, ileqlcrri nnd the pub the greatest shortage, of motorcars Mch his yd bccn experienced lu the wrtorr of llic n(,ustry lsmobt llIjely Jo develop at the very time when cars -ill be most in demand. itM, is the prcdietion of ndwn.nl S. ,Tiin nrc"(lent'of the Jordan Motor Jordan, prc.w rin m fetmn fm ? - nroductlon nnd sales situation in f "inCSS i of his own organization. Six mouths ago it looked us though rteHWtwt difficulties in production ttC,l,l be surmounted before the first VthP year, and the first six months i jooo would find nil the factories lu I n'dustry going at ton speed. "This hope can never be realized. The fhief obstacles to production, created $ The steel strike, will be encounteicd k the second quarter of 1020. Steel Output Low 'The production of steel nt present i. hardly in excess of GO per cent ot . inacity, and the manufacturers are taoidly using up the excess over ami bive production, which they found In e reserve stocks which had been nc "mulated in the various parts of the ""These reserve stocks have beon ob Ulned at a premium and thev will be iardly sufficient to take care of the first three months' production. "After that time, wo may expect to have even more difficulty in getting tVel until the production schedules of ;. .'ted plants are materially increased. "This means that any increase in reduction 'ibove the present manufat tarinz schedules must be accomplished i- the first three months of the year, by accumulating nil available supplies. , I'late Glass Sliortago "Another serious handicap in filling the motorcar demand is the acute shortage of plate glass. This shortage Is brought about by n diversity of reuses. The story of its importance was related to Mr. Jordan by nn official of the largest glass produced in America while riding in a motorcar over the battlefields of Franco a month or so ao" "We never anticipated," said this man, "what a tremendous demand for .i nnuld develop after the war. "In addition to the regular demand for building purposes, the automobilo industry in response to the tremendous cloed-car demand, Iras placed n burden upon the glass producers which it will he impossible for them to meet for months to come. Times lime Changed "Time was when we sold glass only to windshield manufacturers, with only I small quantity going to the makers of closed cars. "The introduction of the plate glass in the rear of the top of nearly all motorcars has created a demand which b enormous, while the effort to meet the demand for olosed ears has abso lutely swamped the glass makers." "Then, too, the labor unrest is but one Fjymntom of the 'rase of nerves which afflicted the countty, and from which we as n nation hnvc not fully rccovorcd. "There nre a number of other diffi culties, anions which mlMit i. ,,,- .tloned thexshortnge in closed-car hard ware wiiicn is produced in compara tively small quantities bv only n few rompnnles ; this factor, combined with the coal strike, labor uniest, glass and steel undci'-nrodiiction. innl.-ri it vttniiv Important to the dealer to accumulate all the cars he can in January and i-cDruary, ami to tlie public, who ex pect to have delivery before next fall." HOME-BRED LOOKS FOREIGN Revere Machine Made Instant Hl$ at Auto Show Last March The new Revere car has n decidedly foreign appearance in design in all its models. It is distributed in this terri tory by the Murray Motor Snles Com pany at 833 North Broad sticet, who are exhibiting it in connection with the Davis Six. This car was first seen here nt the "how last March, nnd made an iustnnt hit. It is produced in 4-passenger tour ing, U-passengcr sport stvle, nnd a 7 nassengcr touring. The Itcvcro is dis tinguished by a scmiovnl-shaped radia tor and hood, especially hfgh nnd with high body sides, and "carries n spare wheel on the running boaid. 17 PEOPLE IN U. S. Automobile Beating Capacity Greater Than All Railroad and Street Car3 Combined HORSE'S DAYS NUMBERED "It is difficult to believe that as re cently as 1S!)3 n 'new-fangled' con traption covered its first mile without the aid of horscpowcrj-although greet ed with more or less derision, or that Itanium & Uallej Circus, only n few short cars since, actually exhibited a horseless chlclc as a curiosity," J. 13. Gomcry, of the Gotncry-Schwartz Mo torcar Co., 128 North Broad street, said. "Yet today the nutomoblle indus try ranks third in importance in gov ernment manufacturing records, while there arc more than 0,500.000 motor cars in Ubc in the United States. This means that there is approximately one car for every seventeen persons in this country, while Europe can boast of only one for every 230 persons in its population. 'Tot scarcely ten years ago there was only a handful of ears in the entire United States. Owners who ventured to appear on the streets in cars were 'leered, and the difficulties encountered in making these early mtchanlcal 'con trivances' run ut all were n never-failing subject of jest for the humorous. "Today, however, Loudon has taken Railroads Handled 300,000 Carloads of Autos in 1919 The chnirman of tlie traffic com mittee of the national automobile chamber of commerce, William H. Metzger, reports shipping figures on ntitomobjlcs frfr the last five years as follows: Carloads ini r. in2,r75 101(1. H71.1T4 1017 2IKI.M3 1PIR 101,470 1019 .'. . 300.000 the lead in barring horses from manv of its thoroughfares, nnd many Ameri can cities nre considering doing the snme. A new era of transportation is dawning which will relegate the hore to zoos, the automobilo having devel oped from n pleasure car .nnd rich man's toy into the poor man's necessity. "There arc nearly 7,000.000 ears in use and n railway authority states that the seating capacity of alitomo biles exceeds that of all the railways nnd street cars of the country combined, while the passenger miles traveled an nually exceed thoso of street cars nnd stontn ralhvnjs. "The total number of persons em ployed In the manufacture and sale of nutomnbilcs is estimated at more than 1,000,000, In actual wages It is said that the amount paid these employes Is .$747,000,000, of which tlie nutomo blle factoilcs pay $275,000,000. the narts and accessories fnctories $288,- (H)(),UOO ami the dealers nnd garages l4,0()0.l)00. "The wanes nalil In the nutomoblle industry amount to more than twice the entire annual revenue of the United states postoffice and seven times the amount paid the railways for the transportation of the malls. The sum is equal to three-quarters of the govern ment's ordinary receipts. It exceed d by 5100.000.000 nil the gold in circula tion in the United States in 1010. "The total capital invested is $1, 207,000,000, which is three times as nrge as the outstanding stock ofi the entire Standard Oil group of thlrtyVfive j.dd companies and exceeded the capital of all the national banks at the end of 1010. "In nil the anunls of industry where else can such an amazing record of achievement bo found nnd what new wonders will the future reveat?" Using the Emeroency The Bear lever and the emergency brake lever on tho new orif Miirmon are lust under thn right aldo of. the stoerlnR wheel. The hand drops naturally to tho brake! and operates It on aecond thought. It la Boort practice to ueo thl hand b ako occasionally Instead of the service brake all the tlmo. Thnn when the tense moment comes, presto, both brakes have been applied and tho car obeys. Race Drivers In Aero-Elghto Tno of the world's most renowned auto mobile tacn drivers have selected tho Cole oero-eiRM ror ineir peraonni urn-, uiic u. there Is Jules Orux. tho first foreign driver to compete In the BOO-mlle race at th? In dianapolis Motor Speedway. The other Is Howard Wilcox, who ..won the Mbprty Sweepstakes at the Indianapolis track last year. " Removing Cause of Squeaks RunnlnK board ftariR-ers and light sheet metal skirts are charged with about S5 per iau nlnir board of the now Raton Is a. strengthen' ing member of the frame niveted to tha lower flange of the frame, It will bear weight of pifssenger without dlstcrtlrut r am. Dni:iir Away. with Hangers ahi metal skirts. It also banishes tha iKitwi and rattles. "RELCO" Prevent Automobilo Theft The Improved Ixrk Steering Vllieei RELCO LOCK SALES CO. 905 NORTH BROAD ST. Toplur 3029 I'llILA, P.. lJllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIII 1 'uar looks otiaDDy: 1 No Need for It A new top? perhnps; repainting, naturally. Winter enclosure or sldp curtains that open with tho door, to keep the cold out. Seat covers are nn addition. Remove those unsightly dents from the body nnd fenders. New metal lights in tho curtains may prevent many accidents. When CIUTJJIUa.V returns your car to you, jou'Il say "Lucky! A 1920 Model" Criterion Auto Paint Shop nell IMionc Kensington 13-31 2244-46 N. Fourth St. I Hiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniijj " mrMim'JMraaraMM A Distinctive Ceilings-Built Eody In conjunction with body-building we are completely equipped in every detail with every modern facility for doing the highest-grade repair work: reconstruction of used cars, painting, upholstering and refinishlng. See the V bPSW FRONT & ARCH STS. Automobile Painting nd Ropair Work a Specialty. $2285, cord tires included Lex-Sedan : Newest Type of Closed Car T EXINGTON introduces the car which solves the closed-car problem by building the body for the top. 'The results arc extraordinary, for a closed car, both in performance and appearance. LEXINGTON MOTOR CO. OF PENNA. N V. A. Kuserj President LEXINGTON BUILDING, 851 NORTH BRoWd STREET prposlle Metropo.tn Oper. JloUse, at the Show The ever-increasing interest evidenced in the Nash Six is a tribute to the demon strated quality of its performance. The unusual power, economy and quietness of its Perfected Valve-in-Head Motor has earned the unqualified endorsement cf its thousands of owners and has built up for The Nash Motors Company a great good will that is nation wide. VMLUE CARB RTUDLUME PRICES w ' MfjWrfa J- tZ&f&fam,, . . WmmmmmmmmmmWmmmmmmmmmWlmmml 'frtrsv?lryTH m mmmrn JJt3MMMBKSTWKffl r fl O li-ji BffKu .w'iihipiiiii innift KtC5i YJJSM mpr ify ,iliPmMmY-ttff faff 5-passenger touring car, $1490; 2-passenger roadster, $1490; 4-passenger sport model, $1595 7-passenger touring car, $1640; 4-passenger coupe, $2350; 7-passenger sedan, $2575 Prices f. o. b. Kenosha --K PHILA. NASH MOTOR CO. 342 N. Broad Street J. Locust 6iZ0 t H S j 91 .i II VA1 ?, I $ m mi I V i 1 r 4 U n ii & ) . ; i ' Hi. 5r An v! ; . , . V; 1 A '. t A . .. -JL-'.J?. , , ....V.i JIMV? Aj&iLVls
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