Show tup r A i i OF LAST YEAR ir REACHED t Wheels Wheels- t C Continue to t H Hum Humin y c o in In Automotive ik It Industry 1 11 DETROIT DETROIT 1 Mich Ich Sept 3 The 13 The auto- auto Industry continues continues' to demonstrate demon demon- strate etrata that It Is the leader in the tho march back to normalcy the thc past week witnessing no tit tip In n production v Discussing a n statement froth from the Automobile Au Au- Chamber of ot Commerce which places n cr er car and truck production production production pro- pro for foe tin the second quarter of or 1921 91 us ns as 87 81 per cent or of that for a a similar period of of J 1920 20 the rc record ord production Vear Icar one authority points out that making allowance for elimination of oC the Hie export business In 1321 1921 production production tion lion for the T period o 0 this i year ear was equal to th that t of ot a year ear igo Iso Which hl h. h he adds is 1 1 not tru true of ot n other othel large lare- Industry IGHT PER pm CE r Hup Is credited with haling l 1 In Inthe the first seven even months month of his Ills year more than SO p per r cant cent as A v 7 moat many ft cars cars as as in n n. like Ilke o one e year i car carago r rugo ago ugo D dl Brothers Brother Is IB cred credited with midsummer production of ot cars aday u a uday day dRY or practically per Iler ac- ac It Ity the Studebaker corporation with witha a n production in April May and June of or SO 89 per per- percent cent greater than a n. year ear ago alO Demand for the Packard c car r hay hai ha doubled since Ince Jul July 1 1 It Is said saM while the tho Cadillac is turning out Its normal allotment of or eighty lIght cars daily aan The HUdSOn company has pr produced and sold upward of ot earn In July and has orders for tor n greater number in August Paige Detroit Is 18 making and selling approximately 1000 cars a n t month The Thea Nash a h company Is 18 turning out Jut about cars dally daily Tho The Ford company Is far behind on or orders dors al although nl- nl tho though gh cars are arc arc being prod produced ced dally The Tho Buick Bulck company compan at Flint Is making 00 cru cars dall dally while Chevrolet Chev Chev- rolet has been forc forced d to run nights lits and nd Sundays Sunda's to supply the demand fo for Its Us product corl CONI CONVINCING PIO Activities 0 of these plants furnish convincing that any with a n good product properly Priced can cnn oven in th these ge times find LInd a a. a market for his cars can Not ot only are present conditions better better better bet bet- ter than had hail been Jeen hoped for Cor but Jut Indications Indi continue to 10 develop and multiply multi multi- ply Ily to forecast a 1 reasonably active fall falland falland and nna winter In the thc Automobile Industry In Detroit and other centers of ot automotive automotive auto auto- auto I motive manufacture Reports from factories factories fac rac- tories and sales organizations continuo continue opt optimistic Not ot the least hopeful among mong themore themore the tho more recent statements are those from tho the parts and wd accessories ers n When hen the shutdown In production LIon tion came many motorcar makers were ere cau caught ht with large stocks ot of parts oh on on hand and the parts makers were the tho first to feel the depression All AU durIng durIng dur- dur Ing ng the summer months when the motorcar motorcar mo mo- r companies worn tyro iii ln r un th th- th I material 31 on h hand nd ih thep arts a l makers keras stood Idle Now ow they are ar are ho Igns orders or- or ns' ns of or activity Bornt s somo reporting reporting- more or 01 ders t than th they Y can cnn can flit fm 1 Closed tho the whiter market and Ant new nc models are aro rC responsible for this activity to a large extent The Fisher Isher Body company compan reports Its production production pro pro- capacity entirely covered co l b by orders for closed bodies and other inner bod body manufacturers In Detroit tans LAna Ing and Cleveland report equally good prospects SOON MOON I IV IX T. T With these theBe conditions condition's prevailing automotive Industry Is doing ft n fair share sharo toward the returning of or all aU In Industrial tn- tn conditions toward normal With parts manufacturers again gal ac nc- active tire tive th thou thoy will soon bo be entering the I rk ml market t. t for or more mora raw material Those familiar with the truck tion see lice ee signs of or Improvement This branch of tho the motor business suffered i to a n. certain extent by tho the tion ot of motor motor trucks shipped to 10 Europe during tho the war but It Is said that this I supply will soon be lie absorbed i I the quickening of or tho the general business business' pulse has already Begun to Increase the tho demand for heavy dut duty vehicle Students of or the business carl early In the summer never failed to lament the apparent apparent ap ap- ap parent rent lack of purchasing power in Ip the country This power they now BOW declare de declare de- de clare Is now everywhere c In evidence The fhe response which followed general e price pries reductions has has' not died out as 08 many man manufacturers expected but appears appears ap ap- ap pears pears to be of or a 8 stable lIable In lasting character charac- charac ter It Is because most manufacturers expected the stimulus to o flare up and I then die down that many arc now behind behind be- be hind with deliveries they deliveries the they un underestimated 1 mated the demand mand and are frankly frnnK r surprised to see sec It ft continue I WILL WIIL CO UI That this purchasing power will continue con con- I Is indicated students declare b by agricultural conditions re reports reports re- re ports prosperity agricultural business In the tho West cst and Middle West cst I Is ix re ro- ro I ported exceeding expectations while the Increasing momentum of manufacture ture lure in tho the last East promises a n return of or buying power In that territory The buying power of or the farmer Is already reflected In th the hub ol of t tn tree auto I industry resident President Harry M M. t. t Jewell Jewett of ur the Detroit Paige c l Car CUll coin pang pany reports that run fully 70 per cent o othe of I Ithe the orders noW not coming In n are from the j I rural districts Previously Pre the tho great majority of new business camo came from the city buyers And tot not only does this return toward normal business increase tho the passenger passenger ger car output but It also alBo makes 1 certaro taro aln the Improvement In commercial vehicle manufacture The commercial movement of or crops and merchandise ls Is dependent ls more noro and more upon motor truck trans trans- and with Increased commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial activity and In the returning of oC largo large crops the truck manufacturers rs see flee the proof of their repeated oft statement that the tho truck Industry Is yet In Its Iti Infancy 1 |