OCR Text |
Show CARS ARE EXPENSIVE 1 JIIS NOW Imported Machines Cost .100 Per Cent More in French City. That the market for motor cars at the present time indicates a shortage of cars never before witnessed in the automobile automo-bile world, is the opinion of Elliott C. Taylor, manager of the Taylor Motor Ca.r company, distributors for Chalmers cars. Heretofore the spring months have found the dealers stocked with X sufficient number of cars on hand to take care of the customers. However, due to the fact of the congested shipping ship-ping facilities and other unforeseen delays, de-lays, the man that gets a delivery of his car when he wants it can count himst'ii lucky. Therefore, if the buying public expect to have their cars when spring really visits us they should order early, otherwise they will bo disappoipnted, according ac-cording to Mr. Taylor, who continued: The demand for cars abroad, especially espe-cially in the land of shot and shell, is holding its own, as disclosed in an interview with Mile. Helene Du-trieu Du-trieu of Paris, the first woman to operate an aeroplane, who was a recent re-cent visitor to the plant of the Chalmers Motor company. Mile. Dutrieu arrived on the steamer Espagne. which narrowly escaped being torpedoed off the coast of France. For the past year she has had the French sales rights for Chalmers cars and has enjoyerf an excellent business, despite war conditions. "Since the war I havo been forced to give up my active work in aviation," said Mile. Dutrieu in Detroit. "The French authorities do not permit the use of planes save for military purposes and I have not used my plane since the first time Paris "was threatened by the German arm.y. At that time I reported re-ported for scout duty and was on active service for several weeks. "At present the French government govern-ment charges 70 per cent duty on American cars and freight charges are so high that by the time the cars are set down in Paris they cost inn per cent more than factory prices. In spite of this fact I cart sell all the Chalmers cars that I can get. Anion my recent customers custom-ers was Henri Farman, the biggest builder of aeroplane? in Europe. Mile. Marthe Chenaillo, Vie reien- -ing actress and beauty of Paris, also drives a Chalmers six." |