Show t t t HAPIN VISITS t I AUTO ATO fACTORIES lIrk UN lu lomi lomiA A t Hi to U 11 to In o I 7 t I 1 Itil n re of Indu i in i It n D Chapin treasurer and general generalI I of at tIM IM Chalmer Mo Mu Motor Motor tor or 10 In has ha Just JuK returned from ay a y J two months trip abroad In the course l of nt I III hl h h he lie It v various automobile t factories fB and studied conditions gen generally gm I j orally in n the Ih automobile industry He lie i alto also attended II d the Ih aeroplane carnival at al ati I i I Our business depression of W 1007 af affected aft a 4 t i the automobile Industry In III It n ICe I rope rather seriously as a of ot course 00 the thet t I panic was WU reflected In the of ot all countries said raid III Mr Cha Chao 1 corn j pin ln The la Is again Just Jl t com coming comIng ing Into Its lIa it own over there however and nd th the big companies who are aNI producing t ing cars can ca are re all busy buoy 1 i t went through the Ih factory of almost l r 9 every Ivery large manufacturer r In i mid and found that as a a rule they are I equipped u I lip eel with tI tIL very err r tine tIn machinery and an 1 capable of turning out high quality L the I cars car cu Almost without exception plants planta are of single Mingle story atory construction I I whereas our most moat modern type 6 of I American automobile factory t tion Is III of the reinforced concrete three ti r or type 1 for the European 1 ti manufacturer his hili hl home homo demand Is la him Ilm limIted I and ami It U 18 Is very cry hard to lo attain a large volume of ot business The figures figure m L I 1 gave them as n to tho the size of the pro production r of some of our largo large manufacturers 1 seemed moo Incredible and it wa WAR wan t hard to 10 convince thorn thom that the tho Amer American 1 rat icon ican public would buy huy such a tre tremendous I J he number of cars c rn Over here lare 4 every American n think thinks he hI must multI own I tome Home F type of automobile whereas Miles ends k r nn on 0 n the ilia other outer aide side are nrc con lined to the y wealthier claimed clame clamey clu eR eRI p I find a n tendency to u c chaises chaise of y small for CHIS care TIM The TheR silt dosed closed car Is le used u l entirely for town R 9 t A work ork and they figure that the motor t of or moderate size affords alfor ample power iI I u 1 for town requirement I Few I ew now type types of ears earn are ar being 3 produced Standardization seems ema to tobe tot t be he approaching The mo mu motor motor 1 tor ter does doOS not nol create creato as III much Interest 1 1 at as II It did lid two yean Y e ago ngo and the moot meat prominent manufacturer of r rare cars over ocr there In III today producing t probably from two to three tunes times as all asU U I many four as a he Is of 1 II As All A everybody knows know the theare ran streets of London ondon Paris and Berlin are ure Hooded o y with taxicab Rates of ot fate fare over oer there thore t r lire aro cheaper than imam t with a us anti and own on owing Ing to Ili the rapidity of this unman means of ot locomotion I tion are all exceedingly popular lr S European manufacturers and a mer I t d r chant arc are more ore than those thOle r u In America In the adoption of the com commercial 1 r t mercial car ear I should say ay that thaI over or overt t Ii I 96 5 per cent of If till Mil the time motor cars IM In England and France ranee are used for com coin commercial k a i I menial mercial purposes In the matter of design I must say xay M sayI I r tit that to my mind the American Amen manu manufacturer Ij 1 Y of today lias lath little mu to 10 leant r d nom abroad Our progress pagan In America ei t 1 In the last hut tiaras three years has hall lw bean n w o 4 4 rapid lapid that thai we are not only able ahle to toj obtain and aul to 10 o use today loday as an fine nr ma n j a All as the foreigner but our tre tta H i volume of ot business Hermits us u uto t to build each oar car at t less lees 1 cost coat coatI I d q |