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Show MILLION WILL ASK FOR AUTOS IN VAIN Manager of Mercer-Jordan Sales Company Makes Strong Prediction. One million people who have the money and are willing to buy automobiles, will be disappointed this year. They will not be able to get machines. This Is the prediction of "Mark" Groesbeck, sales manager of the Mercer-Jordan galea company, distributors in this territory for Mercer & Jordan cars, who has just received re-ceived a letter on the subject from E. S. Jordan, president of the Jordan Motor Car company. In considering production and sales possibilities for motor cars throughout America, Mr. Jordan, in his letter to Mr. Groesbeck, predicts a demand in the spring of next year that will eclipse any yet known in the motor car industry. His conclusions are based on figures of significance signi-ficance to automobile manufacturers and the motoring public. i "We estimate that the present produc-1 produc-1 tion Is 1,000,000 cars short of the public demand," writes Mr. Jordan. "In the first quarter of 1919, 115 leading manufacturers manu-facturers produced only 173,000. cars, while in the last complete production year, 1917, there were built and sold, 1,-j 1,-j 800.000 cars. "There are 27, .104. 172 family groups in I America. Fifteen million people have in- conies enabling them to purchase a car i selling from ?200 to $1500. j "Three million people may be ron-! ron-! sidered prospects for a car from $700 to , $1000. "Two million people are in the class between $1100 and 51 400. "Five hundred thousand people can buy between fl300 and $200. "One hundred thousand people can buy anything they want. "We are just concluding a period In which a tremendous effort has been made by the manufacl urers lo supply a very small part of the dema mis in ado upon the dealers. It was entirely out of the question to even boirin to supply this demand de-mand during the first six months after the war. "During the coming; six months we may expert to st'e the immediate oroers filid, nut then we wi'l find ourselves with the noxt spring: demand f.toimr us. That wi'.l far exceel any thins? the industry has ever seen, because with the return or p'-ae and the coming tremr.rio-:s ri-veUi; rnnt in foreign countries, the strong domes'ic trade will be greatly accentuated by foreign for-eign demand. It wi'.; nave to be met by American production." |