The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
AMONG fRB LUfOHOBluSfS
LICENSED DEALERS ACCEPT
PLAN ON USED CARS.

Meeting % Re Held first weck I'm Jan
uary 70 Consider Scheme Lexier New
Cataisgus- Buiek Package wagons
for Demonstration to Pest Once
A meeting Of the directors OF the
Licensed Automobile Dealers was held
Yesterday at tho Hotel Cumberland and
the report Of the committee on second hand
cars was received and accepted. This
committee. composed Of John =. Plummer.
1.ocomobiie: sidney Bowman. Marmon.
and Gen. John I. Cutting. Oldsmobiie.
has been investiga ting systems OF deal
ing with the used car problem. They have
outlined several schemes that will be sub
mi,ted TO a general meeting OF the j.. A. ID.
| which Is called for the first week in Janu-
airy. II this plan IL accepted by all the
dea lers IL IL believed that an end will he put
/ 10 price cutting. which IL tho thing being
| fought against chiefly right now by the
dea l.rs most affected,
| Besides the three members of the used
car committee there wers present yester-
day u. !. Budlong. Packard. c. ID. skinner.
Mitchell: Carl n. Page. Chalmers. James
Joyce. Alec. and InTlis n. uppsrcu. Cad
lilac. Charles A. stewart. general man
aRer Of the l.. A. D.. also was thero.
There is very great interest throughout
| the trade In the matter Of the used car sit
uation. as In evidenced by talk yesterday
| with q mana ger Of ono OF tho In gest gencies
In the city He told The SUN man that u
was . question that called for immediat 70
and prompt action and that no was glad
| TO see that the l.. A. ID. was taking steps
to handle IL.
i hope thsy will be- able to control the
| situation said he. L have belonged 10
trade orrsniza tons in other cities and they
have struggled with just this problem.
! ~ maj a - N 4 under hRrs they
have done very great thing. For the
hest interests OF the trade something Will
| have 90 be done. n will come near TO swamp
/ ing some OF tho weaker ones IL there IL no
control Of tho dealing in second hand cars
The price cutting side OF IL l. Nhs all impor-
| tant thing
There nre some aaen cies that have shut
down altogether on taking in us,'d cars and
there will he more 10 follow this example
But II q man does agree to trade in car
he should he able to do so at price tAat will
help HIM To get out he Is undertaking
and with the foolish eagerness OF soine
dealers 10 make sale rexardless OF the
very hard for many Of them
One ok tho chief benefits Of the closing
down on the second hand trade will prob
ably he that owners will not he m such q
hurry 10 turn over cars after sin gle year g
usage and there will he better chances for
| them To test he standup valie nj the auto
mobiles II may help to show sfectuaily
which are the Twelve month. cars and tina.
In turn il likely 10 compel some makers
! to turn out a more enduring automobile
u that II . result OF the campaign against
| tho Wholesale handlinE Of second hand auto
| Turn by this 40 that there will he good
done In every department and tho whole
! Industry will he better of for this action
There Is interest now not, alone in Man
haitian but in Rrnoklyn. where thor" Is a
large colony NJ dealers They are taxing
up IN. matter and discussing A. and proo-
ably their association when u learns what
IN. Manhattan orRani2ation has done will
Th. details Of The Man haitian assoc,a-
ti"n plan could NOT %" learned WIN any
"Nactne-s yesterday and " i probable tina,
few Of the dealers will learn about II until
n circular letter has been sent ont To them.
Although IN. interest IN this problem has
b~en great all along th" dealers generally
did not kno" what steps we're taken. fhey
will learn. however. IN tune 10 discuss the
10 vote on IT rntelligenty a. the January
meeting.
Christmas greetings from the factories
are bazinninR To come into town and all
manner Of folks connected with the auto
mobile business ar" getting th"m. Chalmers
hand
On the frs, rage Of tho I.ozier catalogue
Of 1911 cars are stripes in coors Of the sorts
thar NAV he applied "a The car bodies he's.
stripes serve as background for picture
Of models Of IIozicrs that are being sold
this season. and the whole makes a very
r in n. canos". Il ts
bv which and materials Of which the cars
are made and +, according TO The anno"nce-
s,ruction Of modern. high powered auto
mobile, We b'lie'" that every f.atur.
m ndern high powered touring car has
been Incorporated In the I.osier and l,s con
Na,upally here :" !. in"i1,ied in The cata.
logue description OF 'he racing feats Of
the i.ozier
r V. S'ratton, manager OF the Stude- !
baker branch in Philadelphia. has resigned /,
charx. Of the plnre there for three years !
His future plans will IN announced later
To morrow. according 20 plans that wer. |
mad. some Tins ago. the tourists IN the |
Ohio car who ven, through the south |
FTanc,sso The 'o"r,.ts ar. T.. !, EEe, Fergus
clarke driver. and Charles Thatcher Fer !
ru-on spoke h~for. the automobile club in /
and sG"n Mors rfns x ,Ss Tnsa.
spoke also IN other cities on the route. this |
protected improvsmen, in roads being one
encountered all sorts OF adventures on the |
way
Two package wagons. being demon !
stratei To show their superiority over |
yest.rrir" nv The Brooklvn pos, ONCE
They are Buck ears. ;: horsepower and |
~ pounds capacity The trucks will /
hold thirty i've sacks 81 NATL each Each !
car covered long circuit IN its first trip
IN two hours and went ont again later he (
automobiles we're needed because of the !
christmas rush and ~ may be that they /
Will b." taken on regularly later on Automo- !
bile delivery has been substituted IN a num- /
b"r Of cities for most Ut the horSe mail |
wagons
4 telegram from the Warren Detroit
car dated Ashtabula. ohio. was received |
here yesterday. II took -, hours to make |
thirty --V.n miles from cleveland and the |
crew was exhausted The snow j. deep |
along IN. way and the car IL having a great
tim. wIth 'hc drifts However. wires q