Show AUTOMOBILES JAY in Canada Consul Abraham E E. Smith of or Victoria ij the following information coq coq- tc rowing Bowing trade in automo- automo piles les and uto buto vehicles vehicle in British Co Co- Coi i The r Of motor vehicles now Ine in ine I e and and nd registered red in British Columbia i s 66 01 of which are aro owned and ope ope- j ted e on Vancouver island lol In ht lip h be city cit It O of lu Victoria i I The and advance a In I prices of real rial estate In the three pi prin- prin In titles cities of the province Vancouver province V 1 I Victoria and New Westminster hays Westminster has caused a greatly increased demand a for foi r and auto vehicles I during th the last lew few months and dealers hero J td l on th the mainland are aro anxiously awaitIng await awalt- ling irig arrivals of machines with this years year's I improve Improvement mo nt- nt ordered and shipped be beford be- be ford for the late lal floods and snowstorms which h have so seriously Interfered with 1 railroad transportation Autos Autos have become here as In n other I I PI places paces es no longer mere mero luxuries but ne- ne cf for or merchants doctors conand contractors con con- tractors and wel well to do citizens generally though as wt yet t motor vehicles for freight have not been on this Island yOne One auto freight wagon was brought line I h hero ro 10 fro from i Englar 1 l a a. year or s so ago butt bult but bul t as not a su ce s Victoria Is settled largely by conser- conser a he people propio as was shown by the ties hs Illation It Uon and doU dela e in adopting automobiles au- au au au- s. s now so commonly used If merican firms dims were to introduce here heie u auto luto o fi freight ight wagons at reasonable figures timber would probably find purchasers he insular prejudice which formerly t against American manufactures a as measurably a ft b ed as rit is sig sig- sig r shown by this automobiles now JUst so se in Victoria A visit to the dealers dealer n n Importers here shows that of the tho 1 t. t autos In use In this city one was in Belgium two In Italy i Iffe in Prance France thirty-nine thirty In England seven n In Canada n and fifty nine fifty nine In i United slit States Of l t those s i f I Inada nada thirty-six thirty bear American names are the product of American houses ugh built in Canada their engines be beh be be- h tf n in the he United States and the theles idles Ides les in to Canada to 10 save customs dues few fw runabouts are In use here but huh the car ear seating three to lye live sons ions Is preferred The roads all over ovel comer er Island are aro generally good anc and andOs andos os are used for foi long trips to the west t and to mines and settlements II In north end of the island It is cei that the number of autos in n use fe e will nil be more than doubled in 1910 1110 Spain answer to an inquiry Consul Charles furnishes s the following In Iu- Iu atlon concerning the auto de do In Madrid and the opening which a it market offers for foi the sale of ot Amerl- Amerl machines ma s lire iI d J the Spanish capital with a i Ion ti equal to that of St bt Louis or Bos Boa with with the diplomatic corps the thc gov go gov- gov ment officials the large numbers of offie fie DIe who have made fortunes In ln the and nearly nearly- all the nobility t arc r only 12 licensed d automobiles o d no automobile t trucks T The reasons signed for foi this relatively small use of are as follows 1 The cost costa gasoline 48 43 cents a gallon which bin hin- a ma sall all but the rich from the use of the thet t I s t. t the conservatism of or man many tl families in clinging to horses jl carriages although carri iges although this is gradually 1 appearing in t the fa face of f the fact th that 30 f IUa 1 A t automobile has s been e adopted bv by byI y ally lLY and till the leaders of the nobility I the high prices which have been de de- for the machines which preclude elf el u use e by all but the very rich rich prices prices l CO CL i fh would be considered exorbitant In t f United States JIo Most t of ot the machines iise use are arc front from ten en to sixteen sixteen horsepower horsepower any of those are aie out of ot date their n rs are anxious to sell them and puna pur- pur ks a ns new machines of ot higher power powei There is a market marlet here for foi machines of erate price and this market will tv VJ The C city is making a I large laige ex exten- exten ten tenS 1 n S to its s boulevard I a system e and this 1 II do o mu mush wh h to increase the popularity motoring The roads in the vicinity t and In many other parts of are tully fully as good as the fa fat fa- fa t French Frendl h roads and motoring nsf ar ar becoming tho the fashion But But who wish to compete for rOI must have their own lt on the ground to look alter after All the dealers are aie bound Y is so nan hat hat- l mi i lean goods d in fact nearly all alln i j II n n. n 11 tro employees of or the manu manu- t tiring sting con who are merely in inge rg ge of ot the tho salesrooms established by Am American manufacturers icon en writing willing ing to 0 these people for foi fore e ears past with the net result that thatIs Is not an American car in use inIn in In hd d. d n th the Of other her hand as an example of oft t ay b bt be accomplished by pers personal nal th the tho p o of ot the o or an American automobile factory re recently visited this city ma may be bet toned t He canvassed all the dealers 19 city trying to secure an agent for fork forr k ar r but bUI found them either unwilling able to 10 accept the agency agent Through P I he vv s e evoi e y pM orf t fl ti A r t n with a party not In Inness inNess te ness s at all ail who accepted the agency based one oar car t immediately q and conned con con- re relf d ted ned for twenty y more to be delivered V Jn r the yeal year The car put out by this tl Jany any will sell for foi about 1800 1500 to 1110 trade Including lh the body Its motor metor If horsepower the American 1 Oust lust keep klep in mind are that no sales f e be made from catalogues that they deal through independent lives who will be loyal loval to their ins Ins in inis In- In is s instead of or using their agencies event the sales of ot American cars OD sel sei cars cara to the trade I here It will to 6 show the ee prospective cr ser the car and tell him exactly to It will cost him laid down in ila Ma- t European manufacturers do this 1 US SIU ey wll continue to get all the tj until Amerl an manufacturers meet it fins J ns as they exist here t gents may be ue secured but it I t N he be bettor better for tor each company to toV ton tots Wu n V ts to own output through a com com- who can speak the thet language t The companies here heie herese Ise se very little and It II is believed t campaign of or advertising of any uld produce good goor ii suits t especially were a salesroom a where the car carah carle 6 le shown t to people ee I while they ew were ah 3 are re numerous inquiries as to the tho thoE cost of operating steamers and andI E I ot motor cars and the thc Impression 4 that the steamers cost cast less to 10 toan an U the gasoline motors If this n case Tease the former will have a dee doe dc- dc SO O over the latter In this e s in fuel tuel consumption Is lure which h will attract more ati at- at at at- j i t than any other er except the cost jUht the h machine hr Clo O ti ss s In Jno most t places in Europe the theon thet J 4 t tL on IK is sold fold by tho the manufacturer y I of the car being made to oid order i It bre rc Inasmuch as the price of the J spends I entirely upon the taste ande and andere ere meets IIII of th the tho person for whom it ita it e JJ B g m manufactured It is not possible r as a to the Uio cost of or this cars car but the tho following shows Q y a Cos es of the chassis put out by a p. p own European factory laid down II n r cl 1903 15 lJ t t- O It liS 12 horsepower 2 2200 JJ 50 40 50 40 7 7 40 40 horsepower FO six 15 76 e 01 cylinder 5 01 II i Spanish customs tariff larin r nigh rate of do y on moor motor cars cais I TI Tho duty dut on the tho chassis Is 11 f. r 7 I ntH cents per pound Cars Carss s pay pa duty on the weight I t Jail plus S 8 60 GO for foi the body ody dy Is I II mugs open the weight of r tty Y I s deliM determined mined by bv the cus cus- 1 n es hy by l r subtracting tos weight of the tho X It subtracting acting I SO pounds V. V JS is closed dosell J i k t mills miles lies from Crom the true seaport f t aJ aus s for foi the distance mav i being shout one third one third tt Ie a ates In the eastern astern part parI tes Rents are about arc aie In N w York City 1 I |