Show PRESENT CAR SHORTAGE IS TO CONTiNUE j. j Richards hards of Hyland Motor l Company Rev Reviews Ts e Industria Industrial Industrial In In- Conditions With tho the existing labor difficulties the tho scarcity of at tho the proper types of at railway equipment to haul tho raw material to the factories and fo to transport trans trans- port tho the finished product from Croin tho the plants and tho the unprecedented demand d for motor cars from all an parts of the United States the present shortage short of at automobiles will most likely be bo extended extend extend- ed od for months to come says Willard Richards manager of or tho the H Hyland land Motor Mo oro tor tor company company distributor of or tho the Hup- Hup mo Stutz and Stevens Knight cars carsIn carsin carsin in tho the in Intermountain ter mountain section In all parts of ot the tho country there thero ha has been a L clamor for cars and the questions question's ques ques- tion's When 1 hen will the tho motor car factories fac- fac tories be able to produce a sufficient i quantity of cars and trucks to meet the demand and When V hen will prices be reduced have havo been freely asked every visiting factory factor official and every dealer who has made a trip to the automobile manufacturing centers I In most instances the tho replies have havet t been most unsatisfactory because of or their vagueness No ono one can accurately forecast t the i time when dealers will bo be able to acquire ac nc- ac- ac quire quiro f surplus stocks of or vehicles such RS itS will Ill enable them to make mako immediate immediate Imme- Imme imme imme- diate deliveries Tho The Industry as a whole has never nover been overstocked ed but on the contrary has always been overBold oversold over- over sold Bold and If St no new owners were cre added to tho tiro present list of or users of ot motor motorcars motorcars cars car and trucks there thero would bo just enough produced this year ear to tako care of ot the replacements of ot cars worn out or traded in on later models Thero There were motor vehicles In the tho United States on January 1 I ac according according according ac- ac cording to official figures Ules and md accordIng according according accord accord- ing to records the average length of at time for a man to own A a. car is three years cars With a a production of ot cars for this yc year r third one-third of at the tho present o owners ners can be supplied with ne new cars for if Ie the leaving len nono none new buyers buer law of at averages a for renewals holds bolds good go manufacturer Every er E largo motor car is striving to increase production and andreach andreach reach tho the volume attained before we entered the war but progress pros long along that lino is slow due to man many conditions conditions condi condl- lions beyond tho manufacturers manufacturers' con con- conI I trolAs As to prices I do not see how any decrease can tako take place for a long longtime longtime longtime time but do anticipate a still stilt further advance of or price The Tho decline in prices of or motor cars rs which began some som years cars ago o still continued continued con con- after tho the world worM war start started cd because tho increase of or output and increased efficiency of manufacturing methods moro more than offset tho the Increase in price of or most mot other commodities Even when wIlen the tide turned and prices of oC motor vehicles chicles began to advance tho climb was as not so sharp as shown In nearl nearly every other lino of manufactured manufactured manufactured manu manu- products Tho The advance ance was a duo at first to decreased production resulting from tho the demands of at war on the motor car clr factories and while we weare e earo are arc swinging back vcr very rapidly to tho the volume of oC two years cars ago o wo we aro are using elements clements In the composition of motor motorcars motorcars motorcars cars th that t have advanced much more i sharply In price tha than i the tho finished products product Increased efficiency tends to I offset this somewhat |