Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
CROWDS VISIT SHOW
Auto Exhibit at Convention
Hall Proves Attractive.
DISCUSS RECIPROCITY PLAN
Leaders in the Industry See Great
Increase in Canadian Sales.
BUYERS TURN OUT IN FORCE
Many Cars Are Already Sold to Lo-
cal and Out-of-Town Enthusiasts.
Society Day Tomorrow.
DISCUSS RECIPROCITY PLAN
BUYERS TURN OUT IN FORCE

Although the going was not as good as
on the first day. on account of the wet
| weather, the auto show in Convention
Hall clipped along with the high speed
clutch last night and this morning In
terest in the exhibits, as shown by the
time which the visitors spent around the
cars, continued to be Of the six-cylinder
variety.
Aside from the merits of the various
1911 models and the customary exchanges
Of greetings between men of motordom
the chief topic is the Taft reciprocity
pact.
When the news that the house had
passed the Canadian reciprocity arrange
ment reached the hall last night 1t put
smiles that won't wear of on the faces
of many leaders of the automobile In
dustry who were there. They feel that
the idea Of car listing at $500 in the
are on a level with other American To-
calities and much higher than they are
in Canada. and the identical car listing
at $4,000 in Hamilton, or Fort Erie or
Toronto, presents an incongruous spec
tacle.
| AS a matter Of fact, the dollar of the
Canadian Is more valuable than the dol
lar of Uncle Sam, because the Canadians
dollar may be exchanged for more goods
of a given quality in Canada than the
American dollar can buy in the United
States, 1t is argued.
The attendance last night was of a
character to delight the management.
The buyers turned out in force and tho
fair sex dominated the situation.
Throngs in Quest of Cars.
The practical side Of the automobile
show in Washington is being amply DEM
onstrated. The throngs in attendance are
not composed of curiosity seekers. but
Of those in quest Of motor cars or 1911
motor information, and Of the latter the
alert and wise purveyors see that there
Is no lacking.
To the present time the sales of cars
have eclipsed the record of all previous
shows In Washington. Among the first
sales to be megaphoned along the row
to Cliff Longs office was that of the
Washington gold car of the Carter ex-
h1blt, with 500 worth of ground gold on
It's exterior. This ornate five-passenger
touring car, with Its glittering dress, was
bought by the Carnahan Press Of this
city, which will demonstrate its new
spring wheel with the aid of the auto
acquisition The cost of the gold car"
complete was $3.50.
Mitchell Of Aberdeen. Md, a five-pas-
senger Washington touring car, finished
in Washington blue and fully equipped
for touring: to DR.. Guy w. Latimer of
40" finished In Brewster green fully
equipped.
Two seven-passenger touring cars of
the Washington make. 1O11 model, have
been sold to the Auto Livery Company
for hiring purposes at the New Willard
Hotel.
Malcolm w. Mitchell of Aberdeen. Md,
pinned his choice to Washington toy
tonneau. finished in Partisan, brown. J.
E. Shoemaker became the owner of a
seven-passenger Washington touring car,
hazel brown finish, natural wood wheels,
demountable rims and fully equipped for
road purposes. E. b. Terry bought
seven-passenger Washington touring car.
fully equipped.
Many Other Sales Made.
About an hour after the show opened
Cook & Stoddard made what Mr.. Weaver
says was the first out-and-out sale of
the show. It was Cadillac 80 torpedo.
finished in battleship gray. with nickel
lamps and nickel trimmings. The pur-
chaser insisted on immediate delivery,
and Cook & Steddard had to take the
Cadillac 800 out of the exhibit In the
center aisle.
The United Motor Washington Company
has sold to r. T. Warwick $500 CO.
lumbia roadster; to DR.. william Gerry
Morgan a six-passenger vestibuied tour
Ing Columbia, and to n. H. Shea. a whole
sale grocer, a Columbia roadster.
J. II. Ebersole sold a Marion 30 road
ster to Miss Helen Fletcher and ouph-
cate to Roy C. Haynes.
The scope of the Washington automo-
bile show, with its array of 100 cars OF
every variety, from runabout to !lmou-
sine, is in another way colossal IN the
number of makes represented. Here Is
the list of cars OF different factories to
be seen at Convention Hall this week:
Pierce-Arrow. Cadillac. Baker. Ford
Velie, Owen. Overland, Oldsmobiie: EN-
F. Flanders, Studebaker. Maxwell, CO.
lumbia, Chalmers. Peerless. Stevens
Duryea, Hupmobile, Pope Hartford
Matheson, Everitt Columbus electric,
Oakland, Washington. G. J. G., Moon
Detroit electric, Regal. Apperson, Buick
WEIGH, Cutting, REQ, Woods electric. Am
pick, Cole, Krit. Lion. Schacht. Stoddard-
DAYTON, Rambler. Mcintyre, Moline,
Paige-Detroit, White. Rauch & Lang
electric, Pullman, Bergdoll. Warren-De-
troit. Marion, Thomas, Franklin, Inter-
State and Locomobile.
Expect Taft Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be society day. both
afternoon and evening large attend
ance from official. diplomatic, fashion