New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-17
7yoe Originally Called 1.-THE
I'm country Doctor" Now "The
Suffragette."
~7HE BEST SHOW EVER
,,.,, Chalmers Declares Huge
Attendance Indicates Great
Interest in the Auto
mobile

H., SQUARE Garden and the Grand
-, palace were filled far beyond the
>r, stage las, night, as the second
80 official society days of the auto
.,,,e show drew TO close. The at
1sa,ce in the morning was unexpectedly
ard any. one approaching either build
p'7 49,, before noon might well have i'm
~ - that fashionable wedding was the
lection judgins by the number Of town
'', .rd other closed motor ears stand
,s. in nearby streets or avenues.
'7 The concerns that have been showing
,itb the inside driven type Of body
go. been very popular gathering or stop
10 nlsces for women visitors SO far this
Il one OF the statesmen at a space in
-, Grand Central Palace, where there is
,,.r,, handsome inside driven coupe said
,..,sydsy that his firm had originally built
-. tvpe for use 10y a physician who did
-, wsnt 10 be bothered with driver.
~. rbysician told the factory people he
"a great deal Of country driving to do
.nd wanted a comparatively small car he
.op,d handle himself
This particular manufacturer has done
,ot Of business since then with other
factors and Fl the factory the model was
,s,erallv known as the Country Doc
az For the last year or so, however,
. constantly increasing amount of orders
o, this type Of car have been received
,ror, women buyers, most of whom asked
,,r unbolstery a bit more elaborate than
the regular sort, so that the factory nick
name for the model has been abandoned
ana some Of the sales force members call
Il othe Suffrasettc.'
Statesmen At car exhibits i'm both Gar
ssn and Palace declared last night they
we're sure that many distinguished per-
sons visited the show yesterday. as there
was quite a noticeable reluctance on the
rart Of many interested visitors to leave
their names. so catalogues could be sent
10 them. Quite a few Of the exhibitors
,old Of orders they had received yestcr-
dav during the day or i'm the evening.
when the buyers had asked that their
names be withheld from publication.
The week is now nearly over and
beyond a question VIC are having the
hest automobile show ever held said
Hugh Chalmers yesterday afternoon we
have had a greater attendance than last
year even. when all attendance records
we're broken. and ] believe the present
SHOW has had the best buying crowds o.
sny year The most wonderful thing
shout these annual shows to my mind Is
the steady drawing power. The strength
ci the motor cars hold on Americans
cannot bc better Illustrated than by the
thousands o' persons who each year spend
money simply for an opportunity to spend
yet more money.
"Tre motor ear show is the answer to
al those who see q decline in the auto
mobile industry The buying public Ger
taiHly does not support any industry year
after yoar-whcther il be motor cars
theatres. books or anything else-unIeSS
it finds something in that enterprise
something which is needed. ! say needed
sdyisedly for the motor car IS needed
Think what. New York would be without
motor cars. one of the marvels OF the
tty is the rapid expansion north"md'
made possible largely through the auto
mobile. If New York were totally de-
prved Of motor transportation the city
would be instantly thrown backward my
Yards
AN this wonderful industry has grown
~ within the memory Of the present
gsneratiou. 1t is less than two decades
ago that automobiles were unknown. To-
day the manufacture Of motor vehicles
has become the third largest industry in
The United States. Can such a thing be
built upon a fad? / think not This
means lot. for during 1918 the world
will buy more than 100000 worth OF
American made goods. j means That
more than a quarter Of a million skilled
vorkmen are directly employed making
ears. while allied industries, employing
nearly two hundred thousand men, are
made possible. In word, II Is true be-
yond doubt that the motor car has
revolutionized our civilization.
Because the automobile industry Is
young it has been decried by some who
were not familiar with its magnitude and
It's permanence. Because a thing is new
does not follow that il is not good.
The automobile is new, and il has made
a new country a new spirit and untold
new opportunities Building motor cars
Is young industry, and it is young
mans INDUSTRY. u has opened new fields
10 the young men of our country-and
they have proved worthy for they have