Show U V S CARS OARS MENACE BRITISH INDUSTRY DIR BIRMINGHAM Ing Enc reb 17 17 I thousand n ln automobiles may bo be brought into durin t aln t a local lo al production of 75 75 cars la 11 the opinion ot lIN Heibert bert Austin M 1 tI P 1 and British manufacturers manufacturers hIrers should combine in order to me- me ie-duco ie duee duco their production costs Sir fair Herbel t was a meet meet- meetIng meeting meet Ing of ot tho the National Union of ot Manu Manu- Manufacturers Manufacturers when ho warned British car or I makers of ot this American competition Referring to British efforts to regain colonl 1 markets in this field ho bo said sald American selling prices were ere ere rk lem ably ably Io low 10 Prices to agents wel e less at the tir factor factory than British ero ero paying for material for tor similar sized cais cals Although American labor was highly paid he lie said sid tho the Amu Amet lean twice as Ital haid d as the n lIsh e Manufacturers of compon component ent eat parts paris sold on a a low margin ome charges s hardly covering the th cost Sir SirI Hoi bet belt t thought the th British workers had something to learn In this ro- ro |