Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-08 | Page 14 | Auto Shows in Car Upbuilding

r3 AUTO SHOWS IN H CAR UPBUILDING X j New York and Chicago SH Events Have Done Much j I Toward Bettering Cars I Those fortunate folk who found a . R (j beautiful shining automobile left by mfl Mr. Santa Claus at the front door Christmas morninir may approprlnte-i approprlnte-i give a thought or two to one potent H ( i X: That Is. that one reason why that & car Is so charming and runs so boautl- fully Is that twentv-one national auto- mP' mobile Bhow seasons have preceded It. jWj Furthermore, that the national auto-mobile auto-mobile show In Grand Central palace J,, this wreck and In Chicago, January 28 If t.i February represents tin cuimm- W atlon to date of all the brains und ln- Mi genulty of thousands of inventors, de- W signers and engineers who have con- irlhuted to tho Industry since Its in- 'W ceptlon. f Kvcry year since 1900, when t'.ie Jk first uutomoblle show was held In New jl V drk City, the motor car Industry has II) set a nt record for its exposition! B Particularly Is 'his true since the Nii- Hj tlonal Automobile Chamler of Com-j l merce sponsored the annual event, J md the display that will open In thej H palace promise even iii eclipse the, tjj show- ( previous years, ft For the 1022 show no less than 92 y manufacturer! have taken space, a ' total which exeeds the best previous 1 year, 1921, by four Incident and al- J iiO lmportnnt Is the fact that twelve I Bi v " new makeH of carH win be exhibited at J New York This goes fir to prove that 1 although uutomoblU'N have been prac- f tical for more than two decades, copl- I tal Is still available to back legitimate I enturcs in tho major car field It al-, f so proves that tho uutomoblle indus- V try has a future which Is certain and1 that there win be no retrogression I This is because the motor car has bell be-ll i.rijr n nece.KlU noi only in bus i. J, und social lines, but i- absolutely Vital J lr. the commercial life of lb1 countr.v. 1 The i nited states government I through the department of agrlcul-; m ture. bureau "f pub l woi ks is tak- li ing a big Interest In the show this H?h year. 9. A. Miles general manager of m tne exposrwon n;ui nere uuu in cm- V ago. has received word that the gov- A1 ernment will have an exhibit on good HGB roads. Officials at Washington have Vlpfl realized, probubly tuorc than VIH since the war, army trucks could do ' f jj What railroads could not do when this , ts 1 i ountry was engaged In the big C( n- B fllct and now the government knows HjH the value of the automobile in ease of "fflfl necessity. What is belilK done to build and B Improve highways; to bridge streams I und to muke road through hitherto m, impenetrable lands win be shown by j rii i and motion pictures There will JBJ also be on the three Iloor models of culverts bridges unj ro.ni:-Jl ro.ni:-Jl Foreign Interest In the exhibit jjl Is also trreati r than ever. London and fll Paris have both had their annual mo- , pi 'tor car displays and now the eyes of If tho foreigners are turned westward, to B see what American manufacturers V have accomplished Word has been II i received that some of the biggest ( manufacturers in England will come, to the United States; French car' Y builders will also either come or send representatives, as the French are1 showing a tendency to follow the American Quantltj rroductlon meih-j ods, and also because American cars; are verv popular In France where tin are so well represented, spare parts , as well as service can l.. obtalm i n only In the big cities but also In the small towns.