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Show 'Smile'-Begins to Return To Faces of Auto Dealers Latest Order of War Industrie Board Makes Business Outlook Out-look for Not Far Distant Future Appear Much ' Brighter; Passenger Car Prices Not Likely to Decline for Some Time. TUf. muAAen trrmlnfition of th rnt war Im hrnuKhl hvnr mnt forrt-hly forrt-hly fo utiimobtlfl nirli lind th mol'iirjir Wuvitik public th many problem! IhHt will havn to he- facMj and olvil l.i fore i-onilitlona wilt again hava reached a normal olnl, What effect will pence have on the mMnrrar lMilnep? This 1 tha quaa-. quaa-. .v.- t- minnr,nn,f lii tha mlnda uf autminhilc de'iler. The neweat deeialon of the ww Indua-trtea Indua-trtea lKard haa ban a aouree of gratiri-ratlon gratiri-ratlon to aulomoblla men. Inatead C o-In o-In or continuing on a l par oent war beafa tha faetotiaa may henceforth manufacture manu-facture peanger automobilea to the aa-tant aa-tant of Tl par oent of tha annual output. out-put. lat August tha automobile In i dwetay aa ramilrrrt In mai.Ufgtr? PJ!L, oenaar cara on a baaia of 0 per cent of their annual output, and wre warned to aet on a 10 par cnt war baata by Janu- j ary 1, 1MIV Thia would have mant Me-voting Me-voting their entire planta to war or ra- aentlal work. Today'a action tiulttft-d auch a renuiraitirnU . a What efct will paaca and tha new order of ttiH.a-a have Vrim .Jh quraflon ( the one which la probably foremoat In the mlnda of tha buyer-. rondltlona will not lie materially rhanRMd Immediately berauee thata will nareaaarlW be a ellht ahonaae of rara for a lima. Many of tha fm-tnrlra ar already on a 1 Pr rent war baaia and it will ike them pome time to remm to lb eicluaive manufacture of pawn-ear pawn-ear care. Kenty-fiva p-r rant will not "over tha new demand elih.-r and thrre not likely to be. a riondlng of the market with automobtlaa. lrUea rm"'-, uuentlv will nut be any lower, and there ia a belief that they may o higher. Aa pointed out In an article In thia r-oliuan two weeka ago, tha ahortaae of ateel and matertala will etill he acuta after tha wr. and material prlcea will not ahow any tandancy to drop. The tnrtlratlona are. therefore, that tha automohile prtree will ahow a tendency to tmrreitee ruther than decreaea, ba-rauae ba-rauae of the greater demand that will be made on diatributora for vra from thia on. . With the proapacta for a much area tar demand, with the material prime re-ma re-ma (1i In g the aame or going higher. It aeaina certain iht prlrea will ahow a tmdency to Incieaae ralber than da-cr"aae. da-cr"aae. An automobtt under the preaent con-dltins con-dltins therefore, a eonndar Invaal- ment than aver before from tha atand- ioint of Ha markeiatila value. I'atd rara. It ia Uiwught. will M Held - at a premium and the IndtraMone are that dlMtrlhtllorj will be anxlouely filing lelegrama to fatern fartorlra pleading fur cMra (o meet tha demand which la now bound to be forthcoming from deal-rr deal-rr wpI fT'-m the notnrlnsj puMtr |