New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
sONE AUTO FIGURES
utT THE STORY TELLS.
r,dastry Suffered Little by the
Financial Depression,
BY ALFRED REEVES.

.,+-s ~ the last ten years are our main
FEs - .re future CT the automobile industry
ElcAAos .re early figures are lacking but II IS
Es'! ,e - say that the automobile safes N 49O"
sale IO-tza-ahIv To- less than SS,e01eN. whlch hao
ssre s7e5 600 Go0 in 1907. while this Years
THc'sass- IN compiled, Will show almost 4 not
figures -, 80 despite the recent financial de-
asoDr ' 7,-,~f-- 1907 something ike aZ'"'e cars
Pressio- a,a sold and this year VIII supply
Fe'e &c same figures. although most Oh 'Neiil
50 n The small type ., 49,. .Lo
70 us l- business has suffered in volume less
egtoIaoo' =. .,,-,lve months than any other line,
6a-ing ~ = increase was on the side Of cars
sthoUe.. :, s0o or less II is estimated that the
se-''7 ,,irel Of the automobile business Is Apout
IIese-it -i+r an additional S5oVOvVo IN klhufeu
slt5e e. no 90 more in garages and retail
-,or7s making total u ~ o.~ .
,+s- figures obtanable theIe are 0e'VVV EN-
ing 10 Ia'71 -,ro777fe factories in this country,
Iloyes II -. -r,,-e5 indirectly in the making Of
EbolI +,a-a are q so in the sales and garage
Par ,,ar-s. This gives a to'a4 OF more 'iA'i
i@tO employees .szoo of tlle American Motor
Inc s.,,,rars Association show that there
Car -1ali'--s .-,- c5s builders Of automobiles OF
are II I--s -. 7s9 are beyond the experimental
WIZ = a-a naeing practical cars Oh 'iie iial
t1a70 rL-s are not less than 5'' ollIeie'i' - 80
h,s he !, automobila manufacture iulii'll'H
Ser ,-arlish. hroaocIoiA anu - -, -
aea''', z rrlber Although the lmpoIla'''" =!
bfds9 - ;s fest decreasing. Il Is q faCt uld'
,sS ar naa worth Of foreign cars have oeei
So 80 The trend is now going the o'-leL MaS'
+bs EXPORT trade Of the American il-'lI- -,
SIN. shl randlv. i doesn't take very llucIi
-. irsss5narion TO figure that with ouI puS'
-,s+bo5s o7lr llnexceIed mechanics our No'-
81 sutoraaric machinery and our per3ec' 1a
os-- srs+er77s America viii continue Us 4eau AZ
o,o- ca- huili;ng both here and anro1"'
IT,. - o., ears qs = conservative estimate ior
- & fs safe 70 say that 175.0oo autoraoolles
tsve bae7 sold here during the last e1EhI Hta'S
r4sr arg f,fr figures hut il IS big industry D"t
d. tha last wear 1899 cars have been registered l'
" 1-o-3z t~r, alone making total registration
.a he 1ay went into effect e eS2SS cars AOoNe
su and of great interest tc those ABOUT 10 ei'e
.ta trade is the fact that ass new chailie1.i :
80 r7r+s-e-e7 during the year -90s- one ce1'oI nc
-,esir,i.+ m the automobiles future IN the faee
a s,ob figures What ef the future Of this grea.es'
.ro-.ad IN 7ividual transportation OF mani 1he
- -sI,.e Good reading and good history. bat as
rr.+,e--of-fart peopIe We are interested IN "haI
C 1frcnts Us.
ss7-o-r reports indicate tremendous rroducton
~ Moor cars for the year which begins To-Day
,-,,-,,g from machines that range from S-7e 1or
- Ecboorha 20 s1l ono cars for the luxury loving
a .,a.s fascinated nlonaires- Four factories
.,o,e announce 2 total production Of $500" cars
.o ~ the lea 7ers planning 70 turn out l2ep cars
- Vet -Fe-e is no reason 10 believe that We
I'll sse An oy4rproduction, provided good cars are
- ord so1d - reasonable prices. The tremen-
s. F,,.;s poxer Of this country is evidenced Ia a
x.ors NJ L vs. and particularly by the absorbing
rf motor cars during the last two years