The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
BIG AUTO TRADE
IS NOW EXPECTED
G. A. Hawkins, Pacific Coast
Manager of White Company,
Returns From the East
Tells of the Trade Outlook on
the Other Side of the
Rocky Mountains
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

ho dobOIiOUilt business Tor 19lU
will be more than double that of the
1909 season. C. A. Hawkins, Pacific
coast manager of the White company,
made that statement yesterday upon his
return from an extensive trip through
the east and middle west Continuing
the prominent automobile authority re-
marked:
With cotton al Is cents per pound
the entire south, with the exception of
Iexas, where the crop is short will
buy automobiles in great quantities.
and with wheat at. ST bushel in the
Held, and other farm products at like
prices. and crop conditions better than
they nave ever been in the history of
the country, the agriculturist is truly
king, and the great grain belt of the
country Will take enormous quantities
or automobiles, and as the prosperity
and purchasing capacity of the farmer
is the basis of the success of all other
lines of business in this country it
means that the manufacturing and dis
tributing centers will do the, biggest
business in their history The rail-
road companies are placing enormous
orders for extra equipment, and the
year 1910 promises to be better busi-
ness year than any before in our his
tory. The boom is already being felt
in the east, and will surely strike the
Pacific coast by spring.
'The White factory has more than
doubled it's floor space and will build
three times as man. automobiles the
coming year 1t has ever built be-
fore. OF this output ABOUT half will
be steam and half gasoline.
THE new White gasoline is the SEN
sation of the automobile industry in the
east. The Panhard factories in France
have just announced almost the exact
duplicate of the White car which We
are now delivering, which they eX-
pect to have ready for delivery next
spring.
Another big feature IN the enormous
| demand for the White gas car has
been a small car with a four speed
transmission and the gasoline honey
comb radiator
"One of the surprises TO me. upon
my visit to the east, was the enormous
demand for closed cars for city USE as
well as the unprecedented demand for
immediate deliveries in the fall in the
northern country. Many buyers seem
to recognize the fact that an automo-
bile is more of an advantage in bad
weather than it is in good and ii has
come to point where cars are run all
winter In the east regardless of wealth
er conditions, and OF course, under
such circumstances, large sale of
closed cars is only natural.
Considering the types of cars in the
Los Angeles Phoenix race against
studebaker baker EMF go
WORK Aom,red performance e OF OF
that car in finish
ing third, as it did, its time being "a
hours 90 minutes 40 seconds, is regard
ed as one of the, most remarkable per-
formances of an automobile of its class
now being manufactured" states John
II. Eagal, manager of the auto depart
ment of the Studebakers in San Fran
cisco.
That this estimation of the car is
not merely local, where the car has
many friends. but general, was evil
denced yesterday by the congratulatory
kilograms which poured into the office
of the local branch. The most inter-
received by General Manager Chester
n. Weaver yesterday was that sent by
Bert Latham, the driver of the EMF
Made Phoenix in "a hours 56 min
utes 40 seconds, finishing third. Road
conditions something no one can con-
ders to surmount often 16 inches from
ground. Extreme care was absolutely
necessary every minute. Long stretches
OF deep sand necessitated gear work
for more than 100 miles. Terrific ordeal
for crew and car. Machine shows no
sign of effects of grilling.''
At the annual meeting of the Asso-
citation of Licensed Automobile Manu-
So facturers, held at
Manufacturers their offices, z East
Elect Omcers fort N u
.:. street, New York,
the following Off
GERS and executive committee were
elected: President. Charles Clifton;
vice president, S T. Davis Jr.; secre-
tary. l.. H. Kittredge; treasurer. Colonel
George Pope. Executive committee
Charles Clifton, Hugh Chalmers S. L.
Davis Jr.. Herbert Lloyd and Thomas
Henderson.