Show I WORLD DRIVE FOR FORI I BUSINESS PlANNED t I fly BY AUTO MAKERS AT CONFERENCE Leading Exponents of Industry Industry In In- d stry Take Steps to Promote ProTo Pro- Pro To mote e Exports After War Warf f it iJ s of extending the foreign t trade ade 1 lv rn motor tor cars were considered v a a a. meeting of or the export committee of or the national automobile chamber of of commerce como com corn o nf merce held leM in New York and anSI a number o of i recommendations recommendations for aiding aiding in the thew w rit were yere made The meeting was attended at tended by J J. J Walter aUer Drake Drale chairman of e committee and president of or the Hupp Motor Car ar corporation and the following export managers managers' II H. It M Robins D Dodge ge Jl Hibbard Studebaker Jay Rathbun White P P. S S. S General Mot Mo- Mo t r rg Export company compan and R n. T. T Williams Wil Wll- liams Overland It va as pointed out that the United States was the worlds world's market for motor motorcars motorcars cars and trucks at the present time and that steps should be tak taken n to make this position secure and to extend the sale of American motor vehicles tn In foreign countries coun- coun tries tres as rapidly as During tho the 3 year car just Juit closed the United States shipped abroad b more than passenger mobiles valued a at t more moie than 4 and motor trucks worth over 30 not Including the cars and trucks b bought by the he United States government and Rn-a shipped to our army in France Prance These f vehicles worth represent sent eit 11 less 8 than 4 per cent of oC the total 4 PF production of cars in America and about per Siper per cent of or their gross value DEMAND DEMAND AFTER THE WAR It t Is 15 expected that after the tho war when h n export embargoes and Import prohibitions have lavo been removed so 50 that com com- i r f fierce merce may mav return to normal conditions I t i. there ere will mil b bo be a great increase in the tho de- de I f 4 mand mancl for motor vehicles throughout the S 'S world and that with proper preparation and nd cooperative effort between the manufacturers manu manu- I 4 and amI the government agencies new wealth will flow Into the court coun- court I 1 tr try try- in for American materials 3 J aid nd labor embodied in more than 4 worth wo-th of oC motor cars yearly early T mong nJ the tho recommendations made by bj byi s i the We committee were l That ha t the bureau of foreign and domes z tc commerce in Washington Increase the f Attention it is giving to investigation of or J markets for motor vehicles and md fro periodical o lr reports relating to the they f automobile g i trade rl in foreign countries tr s. s y the N N. A A. A C C. C C. authorize a R. dele dele- Tip fp p to represent it officially at the naI na- na I 1 foreign trade trase convention tO bo held next April f i That the N N. A. A C e. C C. gather ather information ag to available highway improve- improve f data with a view view to sending such material to countries road con- con 4 cllon is In lii a blackward state That hat the tho N N. A A. C e. C C. undertake the preparation t of or a table of or equivalents In foreign languages lang for standard technical automobile terms I 7 B By invitation imitation Tom Torn O O. Jones special 8 ant agent appointed b by by- bythe the bureau of or for for- and domestic commerce to investigate J gate t the market for motor motoi vehicles in inthe the Far ar East Cast attended tl tIle the e meeting and told of some of oC the conditions he obI obed ob- ob I i ved ed ed in Tapan Japan China the Philippines Hawaii on the eight months' months trip Item nl which be he ju Jut t t returned 0 yie Jfe Ie said that Japan was prosperous and andI wlas I buying more lnore automobiles than ever before rore with large lars and expensive cars selling well There are arc about bout 2400 2100 automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles In Japan now no nohe he said Baid and durIn during dur dur- In trig ing the first nine months Of last year ear 00 had been imported as against d during ring all of 1916 Japanese roads are ery e narrow narro and the bridges es weak weal but hut huttle trIA tle army Is using me ome motor trucks and the government is spending 2000 CcO 00 on the road from to Yokohama arid ordered the provinces to improve their roads and bridges This will open a a. big market he said for motor ve ye- ye hides Japanese army engineers ens brought an American truck over from China and copied it at a government arsenal but had so much engine trouble that the idea of or manufacturing trucks In Japan has been given up and the government la is no now buying its trucks in inthis this lila country CHINA AFRAID TO BUY Owing to the unsettled political situation situa stua- tion in China the Chinese hesitate to buy cars now Mr Jones said because the they are afraid that the they may be taken away from them There are practically no roads loads in China outside of the cities ami foreign concessions but the governors gover gover- hors nors of the provinces are beginning to realize that their districts are handicapped handi handt- capped on oil this account and now propose propos to build roads to connect towns with the tha railroads In and around P Pekin there aj miles of or roads suitable for the big flood Ia lat last t summer the UIA Red fled Cross raised a fund of stout and the government rals raised d amount which was used to pay comics to break stone for construction che road from Pekin to There is istA isi-A- mile 1000 road from North China iWo Manchuria on which two light cars are operated on a regular I I passenger enger carrying schedule and a a. prop proposal pro pro- p p. il l ls Is s on foot to put a fleet of or fifty t lor trucks in daily dally service on this I C Caroline was as selling in China last I summer at 04 to 10 90 O cents a a. gallon gold arid and ud In Ja Japan pan during the last two years J at 4 43 to 50 cents 1 Medium priced cars with small motors ant and short wheelbase are required in I China and Japan said Mr Jones There are about 2100 cars in China of which I 1300 are arc In Shanghai I |