The Detroit times., 1912-11-16
Remarkable Development is Sub
ject for Discussion by Del
egates to Convention
INDUSTRY STIMULATES
TRADE ALL OVER u. 5.
Twering Figures in Attendance
at Recent Meeting in
This City
BY ALFRED ]. PITTS.

several hundred manufacturers ana
Other prominent men connected with
the automobile industry in all parts
81 the United States at the conven
tielI OF the National Association OF
Automobile manufacturers, the tre-
meLdous growth OF the industry was
brought home in vivid fashion
A survey of the throng of men OF
enduring fibre and elastic nerve
demonstrated the magnitude OF this
fieiG OF activity-built up by those
who have not looked for opportunity
through a telescope, but have recog-
nized II and grasped IL as it knocked
on heir doors. And Detroit was al
ways in the forefront in the discus
sions FOR this city is the axis upon
which this golden wheel of Industrial
activity Is revolving.
"It is remarkable how Detroit has
groWn," was heard on every side a
the delegates gathered In groups 10
the Pontchartrain hotel and discussed
The business OF the past and present,
the Icssible needs OF the industry
their hopes and aspirations and out
lined clans for the still further broad
eniny OF the line OF endeavor in which
they are engaged And as the tall
buildinss-the concrete proof thai
Detroit Is justly called the automo-
bile center OF the world cleaned In
industrial splendor, the golden sun
shilc pouring down from a cloudless
sky into the thoroughfares where meh
and women moved TO and fro with
buoyant step. dominant figures from
other cities also felt an exceptional
|Yride that Detroit had permeated ant
IS hn NtFh nj a
country and that they. too, were
making rapid strides in the onward
march Of industrial enterprise. Il
was a striking picture OF the result OF
IA myriad OF inventions and discot- |
FSr,,s whlch have promoted not only
the interests of those directly con
nectcd with the trade, but also the |
welfare of the general public In al
parts OF the United States and also In
foreign countries.
glimpse Of the galaxy OF hgpres
in the automobile industry re-
called the real beginning OF the bus
Yiness in Detroit when Henry Ford
incorporated his company, June q.
1903. this being the forerunner
OF one OF the greatest industrial
plants in the United States. Other
Automobile enterprises quickly sprans
into being and the state census
\of manufacturers for the IL montas
ending June so, 1904, gave Detroit ~
establishments with total OF 2.0j4
wage-Carncrs. year later the nunl-
Der OF companies increased TO %, EN-
Xploying 4 800 wagee arners. Blu; the
phenomenal growth of the industry
bias occurred since 1908 In that year
There were $40 men employed ann
the estimated production of cars was
X1S.200 In 1909 these figures Jumpcl
to &C 900 and $4,000 respectively, ana
in 1910 to 27.200 and ll4,l2O Tespee'
tiveIy. In 1909. according TO ti.'
Hunted States census, there were eS
establishments in Detroit. either as
|senolinG automobiles or making the.T
harris the total number OF men en-
Moved in the industry then being H.
437 In June. 1911. the labor commits
sioler reported "a establishments,
ei,her assembling automobiles or de-
|yotee exclusively 10 making auto
Hpar.s, giving employment 10 45,oo"
persons.
The estimates for 1911: Numoer oil
cars. 155 900; value OF products, sl5o,.
600 600. and the figures for l9l2 VIII
I go far beyond these estimates.
Personalities who inaugurate ana
I execute great movements must them-
|fSelves be interesting A survey oil
| tho automobile leaders at the conVeh-
non revealed G.. NJ. Berry, genera
manager and H. f. Field, OF the II
u. ieffry Co. Kenosha. WIS; a. y.
Smith. president OF the Premier
Manufacturing Co. Indianapolis; I
n Warren. OF the Haynes Auto Co,
Kohomo Ind; william F. Metzger, CT
Detroit. president of the Natlonai
Automobile Manufacturers associa-
tio1. Henry b. JOY, of the Packard
Automobile Co. Henry Ford; NJ. l..
pulcher. president OF the Federal
Motor Truck Co.; J. Walter Drake
of the Hupp Motor Car Co.; Neu
q Broadwell; n. A. Hawkins, commercial
msnager OF the Ford Automobile Co.
John n. WHY'S, president Oh ,he
Willys-Overland Co, OF Ioledo,
GeorSe w. Bennett vice-president Oh
. the IVillvs.Overland Co.; Hugh Cnalrn'
err. X. f. Odds. ]. Frederick hart
of the RICH. Corporation, and scores
4 o; other luminaries. Included IN the
. grour we're advertising experts am
,enresent atiyes OF motor publications.
Z Leroy Pelletier, OF Detroit; 'haIlcs
w Aears. advertising manager o. the
. Winton Co: M. RI. Chamberlain, OF
. the Krit Motor Car Co. Frank W.
Rnohs publisher OF Automobile
|. ,Toplas. New York; II. l.. Sample, Of
the Havoline Oil Co., New York; A.
81 caetland president of the Moto-
. World Publishing Co.; w Fl. TrlpO
western advertising manager OF the
same publication; Maxton r. Davies
. local representative OF Motor World,
4 and many others.
The striking group OF automobile
generals demonstrated at once that
science has created a new prosperity,
"a new world OF activity and given Il
AZ a common legacy TO twentieth cen
tury progress.
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