The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-01
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY SHOWS
GREATEST GAIN OF ANY
THING IN HISTORY OF
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
THE LARGEST SINGLE ORDER
Shows In Large Gifts Give Manu-
facturers q Chance to Meet
Buyers, and Large Orders
Frequently Booked.

The history of motoring is not
very ancient. There are men now
living who can from personal knowl-
edge tell of the rise Of one Of the
greatest industries In the world to-
day. 1t will be hard for anyone to
argue that there Is any single in
dustry in the world that employees
so much of skilled labor, and so
much of the very best material, as
is represented in the annual out
put of the automobile factories as
now existing. When we come to
visit the great shows that have been
held in the large cities, and will be
held in a short time, we are astound-
ed at the gigantic leaps and bounds
of this Goth Century industry.
In New York the show just ended
was an immense affair. The bust
ness men of sagacity and enterprise
who manage the manufacture and
sales of the products of these fac.
tories, are among the best that can
be found To run one of these ex-
hibitions is problem that taxes
the ability of men who make study
of such work, and the gigantic scale
on which such things are done is
little comprehended by the ordinary
person. Take for instance the show
that will be held in Chicago from
Jan. q to Feb. 10. A regular army
of men-carpenters, painters and
decorators, electricians and machin-
lists of all classes are at work on
the Coliseum and First Regiment
Armory. To get little idea of the
size Of the task of getting the
buildings ready, it takes a quarter
of a mile of picket fencing to 60
round the balcony to be erected.
Fifty great chandeliers will be,
used in lighting the buildings, each
with eight 500-watt tungsten lights,
and besides these thousands Of
smaller lights that will be used by
the exhibitors.
Formerly there was much quarrel
ing among manufacturers regarding
infringements of patents, and there
were jealousies that made the pro-
motion Of a show difficult. But now
they have settled to a business-like
unity, and as each can readily sell
all the cars that his factory can
turn out, the cause for fierce rivalry
us eliminated, and a more friendly
feeling has come.
For the Chicago show the Hoosie,s
have adopted a slogan--"Made in
Indianapolis" is the inscription
that will adorn the department
from Indiana. and some lively times
are looked for. OF course the race
is to get orders for cars, and the
makers are striving to SC arrange
their affairs that the volume Of
business that comes their way can
be taken care Of.
From reports made of the late
Buffalo show, the Buick cars, such
as are handled in this county by F.
II. Kuhn, had a most wonderful
run. and more orders were taken
than ever before. The same thing
was. experienced at the New York
show, and the factory at Flint. and
IT Jackson. Michigan. are being
pnt to the utmost to get the cars to
TIE BUYERS Some orders come In
shape that almost stagser belief
For instance, the Howard Anto-
mobile Company of San Francisco.
on January 3rd. wired an order to
the Buick people at Flint, asking
for 800 cars of five different 1912
models. The order was to be ship
ed to them not later than Jan. 25,
and was to be shipped in one train
over the Rock Island road, via
Kansas City and Ogden. They de-
nsanded an answer by wire as to
whether or not the order was ac-
cepted. This means that train of
fifty cars Of fifty foot double deck
furniture style, will be needed to
make this one shipment, which is
the largest single shipment ever
made in one order. To show the
ability Of this factory to handle such
an order, return telegram was sent
them that the order was accepted,
and the shipment would be made.
While this is the largest train load,
lit is the sixth solid train load that
this factory has shipped in four
years. The Buick factory made and
sold during 1911, about 10000 cars,
and they have increased their facili-
ties for 1912 50 that they will put
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