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Show iSIERS ! plan mm I! t Big Revival in Auto Selling , 1$ Forecast by Men of j: i Motordom. ; Prominent Distributor Dis-1 Dis-1 cusses Haulage Problems ; Remedy Is Suggested. v During the past year approximately 23.000 passenger cars ami 5000 truck:; and commercial SjUtos were registered in the state of Utah. The new year will start in with this number in full operation, and, during the pext season, it is expected that the uumher0f car and trucks within the state will bo ma- ! . terially increased. j No state in all the West is .planning j for a greater revival in the motor busi , ncss than Utah. With Salt Lake the! center of a vast territory, the exploits- tion of which, from an automotive - standpoint, has just be.-mn, and the home city of the majority of the motor distributors of the intermountain action, ac-tion, the local auto situation is iapi;ly . taking on a very roseate aspect. All the loral distributors are planning to start intensive campaigns in their re spective territories just us soon as they are fully advised by their factories as to the possibilities for production ami resumption of normal com! it ions for tbe ensuing year. .One thing is apparently appar-ently settled': Tt :s that the motoring world will look in van1 for a quick decline de-cline in the prices of passenger cars. AM conditions of manufacture are still practically on a war basis, and tbe pvk-e Tuts thus'far announced have only been made possible by the prospects of a large production and consequent reduction reduc-tion in overhead charges. Labor will still get the war wage, materials will remain high, shipping facilities will continue con-tinue to be bpohazard and shinpiug charges above normal. All conditions affecting the production ' of motor cars point to a long period of high prices. rhvGood Roads Program. V And Utah plans to reflect tbe motor pep that is in tbe making in a program of road building . that is most comprehensive. compre-hensive. During 'the vear 1019 Utah will spend about $2,000,000 and perhaps more in the extension of main and lateral lat-eral highwavs and the repair of- existing exist-ing roads. With the Hid of the federal yovernvnent.- manv post -road projects that were held up for the war pennd will be launched, and tbe trails pleted with as little delay as possible. It is planned that Utah shall ask the incoming legislature to vote another bond issue of $2,000,000 lo be expended solely on tbe state roads. This measure should receive the support of ail tbe people, as it w'll make for a reftter period of activitv. will furnish employment employ-ment to all returning soldiers, and means the rapid development of the at present isolated agricultural and mining sections. The power wagon has come to Utah and the intermouutain section tostizy. It is now filling the man-power gap. .lust what the motor truck is doing in thi section is admirably stated bv a prominent local distributor, who said: Status of Trucks. "In Idaho the state council of de-, fen se takes the stand that hnuling by: Totor trucks is just as essential as any other line of industry, and for that rea- . son should be encouraged. j "Also I understand that the forma-; tion of truck lines is assisted by the business men and the banks of that state. It is understood" that tbe tnx-k : ifi placed in the 6 a roc class as the ' J threshing machine; that its work in i Idaho is to be mapped out just as closely. close-ly. Every encouragement is being given to those operating fleets of truck?. : "To my mind, if the above program is carried' out thoroughly aud eomplete-4- lytthe state of Idaho will be in a most , excellent condition to cope with any transportation problem, and I believe! every state should work along the 5-:mie lines. We hear a great deal nowadays about tbe business prosperity that is, ahead of us, but do we realise the immense im-mense amount of reconstruction work v.bicb we will have, to assi&L in ? Utah's Requirements. "We will need many more motor trucks here in Utah, and it would be advisable for some plan similar to that which is now being formulated for Idaho to be inaugurated at once. It is not too early to take up the mat-tr mat-tr and arrange details for the coming season. The great need for rural transportation trans-portation within the state must, bo met, and the motor truck, now that a comprehensive compre-hensive road building program is in the making, is the logical machine to fill the existing gap, "This matter requires the attention of Utah's council of defense, the truck dealers and the business men and farmers. farm-ers. Berause of it convenience and utility tbe motor-driven car has made it possible for the farmer of America to keep up with the productive capacity which the governmeuexvected of them during the war. Tbe dawn of peace places even more responsibility upon the tillers of the soil; they cart adequately ade-quately meet the demand by utilizing the economical power of the motor e-Hele." e-Hele." .f Ma iter appt.irios a th? aiHoraot'Ho p,ic vF ' publtnhod at, neir. bur nndir iho ro"t r '" panned bv ongros is claistfirl n rtMnft bcrsiuKf- tlin .j-p.ilors inenihniil cirry al In another nrt of tin1 rtir;r. Io uo srrse are tlipue not I era pnid ail- |
