The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

garage indorses the movement for an annual show with the following:
 We felt somewhat unwilling to- place our best cars at the fair grounds exhibit. The very best ears were ac- cordingly retained at our show rooms on Second avenue. where they were viewed by thousands of persons. | figure that our augmented sales forces had an opportunity to speak and con- fer with about one visitor in every 10 during the days of the good weather last week. That tells graphic story take it that if the show was held up town, in a clean. safe, well arranged auditorium where every lady and gem tleman in the city might go, the re- suits would be entirely different | would be then inclined to close up the local salesrooms during a show and place our entire line in the automobile exposition. In that way the show would be made a tremendous success gather that the other dealers would be willing to handle the proposition more broadly If the affair was up town.
 T do not want to be understood as criticising the local show l believe 1t has been about the most enthusi- astic and most successful proposition that has been pulled off in Birming- ham of a like nature. It has simply opened the eyes of local men to the magnitude of the trade in this sec tion.
 One of the most valuable results of the show is the fact that buyers that have been accustomed to pass Bir- mingham by in selecting car have come here. They have been shown how far ahead we are of any city in this region and they are our friends and patrons from now on.
 Viewing the recent show frem a purely commercial viewpoint ib has been entirely successful. We have sold more cars this week than in any other period since we have been in business. Again, augmented sales forces were necessary to handle the crowds. They fairly swamped us in the effort to get to see cars.
 ''The exposition for automobiles Is a fixed institution here unless I am bad ly mistaken. I think 1t will be, finally, one of the most prominent affairs of Birmingham, vieing only with the an nual state fair in size and importance. Every merchant and business man can afford to cooperate with us in making this affair an annual event."
 Show Closed Today Speaking for the members of the Deal CTS association, Secretary Ted Brownell said that the automobile show at the fair grounds would be closed today and that
 the officials of the fair grounds had been
 instructed to keep the building locked. Every member of the association has reported to me that each one did very good business, in spite of the bad wealth. CT" said Mr. Brownell, and were very much pleased that the doctors conven- ton was held here during the same week. Most doctors realize that, regardless of where they live, being in the most re- mote section of state or not, the auto- mobile has become indispensable and that they can get any car at any price they
 want to pay in Birmingham" MT. Brownell also said that great num- bers of representatives were here from a number of manufacturers that were not represented at the show, for the purpose of looking over Birmingham as a south ern distributing point.
 Almost daily Judge Greene. Mir. Dren-
 nen, MT. Brownell and others received
 applications from manufacturers for space, as those applying realized it was a good time to show in territory that their products were not known.
 Every member of the association real lzes the necessity of {. show building in the city and not in the country and one all in hopes that next year will be able to have something that will run a close
 
 tor and Detroit shows
 William F. Cornell, sales manager for the Chalmers Detroit company, is in the city attending the automobile meet ing. He will make a vist to New Or leans after the show is concluded here, after which he will return to Birming- ham for the purpose of placing on dis= 1 played a stripped chassis of a Chalmers
 and also showing the parts of a Chal-
 mers taken apart. By this demonstra-
 ton Mir. Cornell says the buyers of 1 the car will be enabled to see exactly what is being secured and with no mis- l information which might lead to fu- l ture dissatisfaction.
 'The show that has been held in Bir-
 lningham was a good one,' he said yesterday. "The types of cars shown indicate strongly that Birmingham has a chance to pick out the best the mar
 ket affords when cars are to be pur-
 chased. Another thing the show has | brought to Birmingham vast num- | Der of buyers, who otherwise might
 have visited other places or might not
 have become interested in an automo- bile.
 The doctors convention here helped wonderfully The medical men need cars and they came out here to see the best We sold several Chalmers cars and am told the other lines did well eiSo. bdho It that every way the show has paid and that we'll" Ford Sales Heavy w. W. Brownell of the Ford agency said yesterday that during the few days the automobile exposition has been held his company had transacted more business than in many months. MT.
 Brownell said that one of the chief objects of the show. namely. interest," ing men from other districts In the Ford and other cars had been fully at tained and that the show so far was complete success.
 Just before the show opened we received a car load of Fords." said Mir Brownell (Which were hastily sold out The cars were delivered and for time II thought perhaps our exhibit at thea fair grounds would run shy. However we secured enough postponed deliveries tosget over that Shipments are coming in rapidly now as the car shortage ct Detroit has been relieved I am told and we fear no further delays in ship ments. The automobile show has been a wonderful success and I am in favor of having one every season for the ben eft of the trade and others"