The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
NUMEROUS AUTO
SHOWS ON TAPS
Widespread Interest Aroused in
Shows fer New York
and Elsewhere.

With the coming Of the fall months in
terest in motoring affairs centres in tbs
automobile shows. which promise this veal
I ODE Of more than ordinary importance
In the first place. hey will be in thu
nature of experiments. and will show The
value or lack OF utility of the early fall
show as opposed to the spring or mid
winter exhibition.
First on the program is the show Of the
independents" who think to steal a
march on the licensed manufacturers by
holding their event at the Grand Contra
Palace in New York October "a to 81. The
exhibition will be. as formerly. under the
auspices Of the Automobile Club Of Amer
lea. Last year the opinion was expressed
in mar quarters that the Independent
show was of more Importance n indicating
advance In construction than that Of the
Selden ranks. though the Madison Square
Garden spectacle maintained its pfomi-
renee from a social standpoint. This sea
son the latter exhibition will take place
November 2 to 9, opening only two days
after the unlicensed show closes. 1t will
be held. Of course. in Madison Square Gar
den.
The automobile industry has reached a
critical point in its progress. Nowhere has
this been felt to a greater extent than
along the Great White Way. In spite OF
uenfuih. u kOou many new IOth hAhio
have been hard hit. Times looked so pros
porous at the beginning of the season that
extraordinarily large orders were placed
with the manufacturers Then Wall Street
had its little troubles. and orders which
Ind been placed for 5000 and $4,000 ma
chimes. even In cases where deposits had
been made, were Cancelled, so that the deal
ers found It no easy matter to dispose of
the machines a. short notice, while II they
were held in stock until after the arrival
Of the 1908 models they would be worth
only a fraction Of the original price, though
not used at all.
Naturally, the first to feel this situation
were the foreign dealers and importers
who had contracted for many ~high-priced
cars. and found themselves with so much
practically dead stock on their hands.
The success of the shows will determine
to a very large extent how serious the
situation is. 1t is not anticipated that the
manufacturers themselves are seriously
crippled, nor that the large dealers who
have been reasonably conservative will be
affected other than temporarily. The auto
mobile industry is too firmly footed to be
set back by a slight furry In Wall Street,
and while IL is true that many people have
invested in machines whose means do not
warrant their doing SO, and there may
come a day when these will be unloaded
In quantities upon the market as seconu-
hand cars, still nothing can stop the prog
ress Of the manufacturers themselves.
For this reason 1t is expected that the
1908 shows will prove the real advance in
motoring better than any previous exhibit
ton, as the producers of cars realize that
the industry must be carried on along the
same ommon-sen methods as any other
Of equal rank.
1t seems surprising that neither France
nor England has appreciated the value OF
meeting the demand for medium-priced
machines. They have devoted their ener-
giles almost exclusively to manufacturing
the most expensive type of cars, and for
this reason it is not surprising that Eng
land has turned to America to meet this
want. There is a great field abroad for
runabouts, and English makers are be-
ginning to wax up to this fact and are
preparing to supply this demand. While
few, IL any of the expensive American
cars are exported, statistics show that
there is a general increase in the number
Of American runabouts exported.
A storage battery will lose its strength
IL left for any long period of time. II 1t Is
dc sired to put q battery away and still re-
tain the charge, the plates should be re-
moved from the liquid and hung up in a
cool. dry place. They will then suffer no
deterioration, no matter how long they be
left unused.