The sun., 1910-06-26
MOTOR MAKING MICHIGAN.
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In the State Of Michigan. and partiou-
larly IN the cities Of Detroit. Flint. JacADon.
lansing and Pontiac. TN manufacture
Of automobiles has grown In tho laat
Few years 10 an extent that 10 marvellouA
A a money making proposition. aays q
writer In the R00khesPsr. this industry
has eclipsed anything In the manufaotur-
ing line heretofore known In tho business
world.
AZ the present time there arS N thA
United States about 100 auAOuaohile
factories. while in the State Of Michigan
alone there aIe bstWeen thir,y-fivs and
forty. with a total capitalization Of 0vF
Si0,0O,OOo. Thess factories give EN-
ploymeht 10 about 5000 men In addition
10 some 2OOOO employed in the manufao-
ture Of automobile parts and accessories
In addition 10 this the General Motor.
Company has puFchaspd alty acres a
grOund Tor the erection Oi . new plans
and the employment oi lboat 1000 mNu.
while the United States Motor Company
has announced lie ihtaniiOM 10 build q
plant for tbs manusaoturs q oommsEciaA
carN which will employ t.oD1 msn.
IN i0lo liA.0o0 cars were turned oub
In the United Ststss. and oV these 7sG1e
were made in the i've cities aDOye Fsfaggu4
20. These cars range IN pgase from th9
little rSnE bout a. eias 10 The heavy
limousine at ls.0o0. and no one Deed -
o'ftgide of Michigan % get what hs wanla
IN the automohilo line.
Its diaioult % Fsalins ths great honnfa
this industry has already brumNha nnH
will continue 20 bring 20 the city a. nus
trOit and State Of Michigan. It has ha~
come necessary 10 build new and hrRnP
hotels. which even nov arc inadoquats 81 z
care for the thousands q visitors. and
what helps the hotels helps all mercan1il4
establishments Of whatever nature.
In the matter Of Workmen's wages q
is a well known fact that the ordinary
labOrer need no longer starve on q mis0na.
bly, small wage. but II he has any ability
at all he can earn much more than formoF-
". and no one need remain unemployed.
~ the demand for competent WOrkmel
already exceeds the supply. Homes og
al descriptions are In great demand and
residence property, which has long re-
mained vacant, j. now finding a ready
market. In fact Il has already bssn
predicted that Villain a Few years D0-
troit's population will have reached the
million mark and the city become the
grsat sst commercial centre 0f the middle
West
The first automobile. In the sense of the
word a. it is used to-day, was built IN
Germany bv GOttlieb Daimisr In is1a.
and it b. well known that nOtWithstandiRg
the previous Introduction Of the SeltIen
patsnt in the United States. the manu- !.
factiuing industry had In bsginnihg
and the first few wears Of its develOpnenl
in France and Germany. practically the
frat machines heing placed on the marhse
BY Panhard and LavassOr in 1891.
In the same year, however, Henry Fogd
Il Detroit and X. y. Olds a LssnainR were
working out their own ideas IN The
development of these machines and ID
1921 Detroit saw its first car. designed and
built by Henry Ford with hia own hnDds
in a little old brick shed. tho aiis Of Whioh
had to BE- torn down 70 get the car ous.
In the same year the hrst Oldsmnhiia
was brought out, but Il was NOT until
1913 that The industry in America assumed
any urominence or she vehiclo any 70
marknble degree of perfection. In fact
IN isge there were only ffty cars owned
IN all America.