The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-19
EXPORT CARS IS.
" PLEA Of CONSUL
of American Repre-
sentatives Favor q Cam
paign in other Counties

Consular and trade reports filed
during the year with the department
Of commerce and labor at Washington
insist without reservation that nearly
every foreign country offers an excel.
lent field for American motor cars
Without exception they urge manufac.
turers of the United States to turn
their attention to expectation. A'few
builders have opened branches In
England. France and Russia, but other
countries present . market for Unit
ed States trade.
During 1912 domestic exports OF
automobiles and automobile parts, not
including engines and tires from thts
country, amounted to a total value OF
$2.l07.721. These exports were divid-
ed as follows: Commercial cars, $685..
176; 1.6+S passenger cars. valued at
$l,150,S90; and parts amounting to
S3oo.655.
Reports Of a few OF the consuls
are quoted in part, showing that the
Held. for American cars is practically
unlimited. The American representa-
tive at Johannesburg says that an es-
pecially good market Is found in South
Africa.
United States Showing Gains.
while England still continues to
sell most OF the motor machines in
this district" says the consul, "the
imports Of automobiles from the Unit
States have steadily risen during
the last few years. and. in the opinion
Of many. would be much greater but
for the fact that the prices charged
the local agents by certain American
firms having the exclusive handling Of
machines in this country have been
considerably In advance Of the manu-
lecturers price.
The imports Of motor cars and
parts into the Union Of South Africa
to Sl.soo.4o5. OF these the
United Kingdom OF Great Britain
549; United States. $20s,000: France.
Germany, 3147.7S4: Canada.
sSl.S00; Belgium. $15.s7s. The total
from all countries Is an increase OF
over 1910, and the 1911 i'm
ports from the United States show an
increase e 1910 Of more than $780,
900. The 1911 imports from the
United Kingdom were $s5S,S03 in ex-
cess of 1910. Both Germany and
France show substantial increases.
while Canada increases Its sale from
S6.3Ss in 1910 to $S1,600 in 1911.
These Canadian sales are OF a well
American car, manufactured
and shipped from a branch factory in
Canada"
Report Of English Consul.
The American consul at Sheffield
says the use OF the automobile is be-
coming moro general in that city, and
there is no reason why American
manufa cturers should not secure q
share OF the growing trade.
The American consul at Hudders-
field says:
The American motor car as rapid
ly increasing. The outlook for the fu.
ture Is good. The total registered mo.
cars in Huddersfield at the Begin
ming Of 1912 was 663. OF these SOS
We're pleasure cars and sixty-eixht
were used for commercial purposes.
The retail price Of the different gradea
selling range from about $3.50 10
$4,lo0. The retail prices Of the cars
most largely sold range from about
$2.430 to $2.67b complete. The horse
power employed is generally twelve to
twenty The four cylinder car. four
teen horsepower. is popular. It is es-
timated about $50 cars are sold in this
district. annually. OF this number
probably 50 per cent are French. A
lew OF these are imported direct by
way Of the ports Of Hull and Goole.
but this trade is chiefly carried on
through general agencies. The bulk
OF the imported cars reaches this dis.
trict indirectly.