Show I WEATHER A ATO AID TO CAR SALES Record Output for First Three Months Is Unsurpassed n B ROY S Sr r loc Ice Auto Aulo or I DETROIT April The 12 12 The The motor Indu iry 1 Is s marking time until that very cry popular sales Ics leader Spring Heather eather arrives on tho iho cene cene and gl cs the order to ance ad It Is la reliably r reported that when that man gentleman checks ch In for his hie customary ale stA he ha hat hat- with lIh him a II bale balo that should hate hl e a marked effect on the speed of factory wheels be belor fore the month I Is over Meanwhile conservative e production don tion on proGrams m and Intense e allies sale alee c art aro the order The mn- mn ma-i ma I of or are re con con t to limit their output to tin mediate dealer requirement with ith toad good weather Heather sales ales and productIon production tIon null Hill probably stArt tart uP ard t two a weeks Although tho alight curtailment Is It doc doe not by noy any means apply to all the companies in the lu- lu Industry In Industry BE D D D rv r ORDERS Several of ot the tho th largest larget et conte com com- com companies assert they I hey are arc nell ell ell behind orders among A Dong those thoo In this class clas who nho ho find es on the th honor I honorI roll for tor the eel week are Ea E sex ex Dodge Brothers Brother Cadillac Palee Jenett and O One Ono ot of the tho foremost contributIng log Ing factors to lo the tho present sales Ies dullness Is the used ud car situation At the tho th close dost ot of business In February February ary auto dealers denIers ot of the country had t also Ico as many used cars on hand as they had at the tho th end ot or I according to United States department MAt ot of commerce ce reports M At the th end of March moro more than halt one half a s million used automo- automo automobiles hules biles ere nere In the hands hand ot of dealer I This I Is about per cent more moe than t ere In tacit stock rt It the dose close of othe the lust flut tl st quarter of o 1923 The or this Is ap- ap predated In the tho rational Antonio Automo- bile bUe Dealers Dealer association report I that hat used need car prices are steadily on tin the th down lown grade rade In the last lut three months of ot 1923 used car cac selling prices were Tere do don down n to nearly HOO and end In the first three months of this year NIl ear they foil fall to an aver aver- average aTer-ac aTer ago age of ot The average allow allow- allow allowance aura ance piles p for tor used cars care car lie li list three months month was QS 1300 showing that dealers are aro ar absorbing losses loes a 7 37 7 on a car RECORD Oli Despite the tho th temporary donne clow nt several companies smashed all in the t quarter Old Old- Oid mobile Mobil sold 21 I 14 cars ears as to 7 63 In ht the first quart quarter r of 1920 th the record preceding record record-p period ud on on-Es on tT and Dodge Broth Broth- Brothers u ers rs set et ne new mr marks mark Paige Dodge I Brothers set new marks marh a new high hh mark for when hen shipments for or th the month came rim to 10 5 S Ac to A R Erskine Er president Studebaker ker 1 Is running at turning out cars a adB aday aday dB day This schedule dule will null bo ho con can continued Sir Mr Ca s He add adds that stock stocks of ot care carein canIn In the th hands of dealers are not abnormal Frederick J Ua Hal nea nes president of Dodge e Brothers Brother 04 sats fava that hi Ills his com com- company com company pany will run through to July Juh 1 III at capacity output of ot about 00 tars irs ro a n day dav I |