Show MOTOR SALES OUTLOOK GOOD Believe e Next Six Months Will Equal First Half of 26 By Dr It R C Service Automobile Editor DETROIT Mich June to- to 10 The motor car sales outlook for fol forthe forthe the last half halt of ot au 1916 Is much brighter than It was In the early days of the year Authoritative foreCASts made last December and January envisioned a II record mo- mo motor motor mo motor half I tor business for the the- first of this thle year and said Bald little of the remaining six months month TO L FIRST HALF The seemingly bottomless de- de demend de demand mend mand for Individual transportation lion tion Is upsetting alarmists ts and their doubts about the he v lume In the final six months months America at the moment Is dis- dis displaying dis displaying playing the most mort In Insatiable ap- ap appetite appetite ap appetite petite for automo automobiles lles that the motor Industry has has ever ever known knon Nearly l every week this spring prinS set seta seta a new sales record and every car sold lold was a s saleman leman for lor au- au another other nu-other other Constantly Improved vehicles ve- ve vehicles ve vehicles and the necessity of ot fam fam- famIly family ily liy ownership owners of on an automobile needs are proving magnets that tho alive American cannot rc- rc re resist 1st Motor 1 leaders hero are of the tho opinion that sales In the second half of the tho year will at least equal those ot of the tho first half when more than 2 million motor cars acre cre bought In this i country Alfred Reeves general manager ot of tho the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce who was a In Detroit during the tho week at- at attending attending at attending tending the service managers manager's convention declares that the In Industry looks for a much more active bu business In the next six months than was anticipated ted In inthe Inthe the tho early days of the year Retail trade trado In new car sales Is reported as active In la practically practically ally every center of the country Mr Reeves declared Used Deed car business Is fe weak In some sections though active In- In Inmany tn many centers Special drives being are being are under under- undertaken undertaken undertaken taken by dealers In regions where the tho used market car Is sluggish with the aim of clearing up these within the tho next noat two weeks EXPORTS GOOD Exports continue to be grow grow- growIng growing ing log steadily as has be been n pre pre- predicted predicted pre predicted The foreign market now takes 12 per cent of ot American production On the basis of pres pres- present present ent ant records the proportion probably probably probably ably will be bo It U or 15 16 per cent by the end of the year er With motor motol transportation spreading rapidly there has been an In- In Increasing In Increasing creasing cordial cordia attitude toward American products on the part of foreign nations nation nn |