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Show lifiSTF iBESJPIRD jkjvance in Raw Material :;W Scarcity of Skilled - Labor Are Causes. ily Readjustment of the economic Conditions Will Bring Reduction. '"lutomobile prices are headod up-ros, up-ros, too. There is no doubt about it. eidy a number of well known man- hirers have advanced the prices on ;..e 0f their models from $90 to $200, th end is by no means in sight. eV j manufacturers, and dealors who 1 ;e recently returned from the eastern ters report that the inorease to the r iomo'oile buying public is due largoly increasing cost of raw materials rJnst into the cars, and to the inabil-K inabil-K to get sufficient skilled labor to :b care of the extraordinary demands motor vehicles of all kinds. - J had been expeoted that July would ;- n(j price reductions on many cars. riT-ie hope, however, proved a. chimera, :- 1 instead of reduotion came adit" ad-it" ices. The motor car industry of the . mtry is at present engaged in tre-"; tre-"; ndous efforts to meet the reoraire-r reoraire-r nts of the public. But few of the s j ger manufacturers pretend even to 2 .putting out enough cars tofill their a.: lers. J dered Far Ahead. )ne estimate recently made was that ire are now on the books of the prin-k prin-k al dealers, orders for 1,000,000 auto-e, auto-e, . biles beyond those which are avail--j e for sale. This means a heavy ,.: idicap for the manufacturers, and y.i which they are trying to overcome, "; with comparatively slight success ..,.18 far. New plants have been and being ercctad and may in a few tenths have some influence on prices 'tlt the machines of those companies ich are expanding. But for the gens'" gen-s'" I market there seems to be but little r-ie of a decrease until there is some " Ldificatioh for the better of almost ( c verBal economic conditions. ' J.n connection with the scarcity of D, 1-lled labor one dealer who has re- tly visited the larger manufacturing tricts said: 'The motor car industry is at pres- yJi' badly crippled because of the scarc-i scarc-i of labor and to this nfiortage alone 'f be attributed the present famine motor vehicles and tho high prices riding. The labor scarcity is not ne in the automobile factories proper ,.' at the plants of every one of the cerns that build or turn out the ma- als that go to make the finished -omobile. Nrfge Output Difficult. , ..Quantity production is handicapped, ,; . uraljy costs are increased, and the :. o: te tendency is upwards. The fac-: fac-: ? managers are willing to make no tl0nB and 0n9 Rets less lnforma- ;nv 1 ;ow regarding future plans than ry.. r before. ,;:')! There can be no Telief until the :or supply i3 increased and how long Hi.' Ml take is problematical. The er. "e making big money and are inclined to labor as steadilv as they ', m .bTftone days. One cannot blame a either, but it will be necessary tp ( loy more men to make up for this .o .( or time." ' I yer no appreciable increase in V 'rit v.i1Ces haa been mad. but it is - .ratable when certain circumstances 'it la.Kainto consideration. Last week or the largest of the axlo hianufac-1,I;.rs hianufac-1,I;.rs nohfed its customers that it "V vi ! a 10 P" eent increase on , ,nce Rnd a 5 Per cent in- '; 'so on truck axles. .v.,"? Position of the steel market is .;, r; uncertam although improving rap-M rap-M 'i'n.i i P"ces' however, are 'going msieaa of down, as many automo-V. automo-V. 0!nPa.s hoped. Whiie the in-o;. in-o;. M 'is slight, it has been sufficient - ing many concerns into the market ;'' 'elre hTolnSt out for a further L, , p; Labor Prices in Detroit are " !0!a' thaa at any time during past year. Smand is Growing. ' t"i tT.l J cars continues un--n and thero has already been man- '" end f!r?,"nK "P"rfc demand since ,r. "Pretnf 'le W.ar- The demand seems ZiFH1" for the 2'W0 than 'k . "vf, 'her.r",e above and be-He be-He 4mSr?ductlon fa,lin short even (': foroi, Van milrket demands, and - CBt- -VC iS''nif the man,,. ohil I X?h"e f0T, "Port, the fieulti. Ke,S aro llavinK Srreat 'lo"!"'"1' of fi-BVa,?mont hilo the ' ' 'ufach,r ir,'5h- PrdiTctS in other jFerican 1,1 ty''Vne "Prootative TA;nbut 7Bakfs of automobiles has ,1 '" Pcr eent. WactrW'V,'8 7'"?n tho superior v A-'nst,,tp e hods of the industry Ji tM a, n.the,r,,ntrinsi vIe. This : "otor lar6 P anation of tho ability ' ien . "'.anufacturers to meet the |