The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-03
MOTOR TRADE GOOD
THE COUNTRY OVER
Conclusion Reached by Jordan
After Long Trip of
Inspection.
MANY POINTS ARE VISITED
Sales Manager Reports
Other Automobile News
and Notes.
MANY POINTS ARE VISITED

Indications that this will BE- -.
year for automobile selling genera
throughout the country are reported
l.. 5. Jordan. sales manager for III, To.
cry car, as the results OF long trip IT,
inspection totalling 10000 miles etri
made TO various sections OF the couUtr,
by Jordan and his assistant. II {. HNt
one of these reports has just been IT,.
c,,yed BY Gilbert NJ Stratton, local dc, -
for the Jeffery.
california before the emo OF the year
says Jordan, twill absorb at least on
third more cars than ever before haya
been sold in that state In any one year
This large increase will not take place
INN, diatey. although the market between
now and September ! will take care o.
iis many as were sold IN that section 'as
year However. the bls increase Will come
in the last three months of the year. when
every man who intends to have new car
for exposition year Will make hts puf
chase. This large increase will be due 20
the desire on the part of California poo
ple to have n brand new car when rels
tives and friends visit San Francisco ano
San Diego to attend the big fairs In 1915
1.-THE Northwest. where business coud'
lions are improving rapidly. viii tax"
about the thrnt nuIlUtT VI Nhto ~ los
year. with a tendency toward an Increase
during the summer, owing to prosp'c's
Of an excellent crop Texas and the
Southwest will have "A banner year. 'rut
PROSPECTS are better than ever before
money Is free and investments are N.
creasIng.
The South is In better shape than laa'
year, with crops Improving and the Mic
die West which during the last year uas
not felt any marked depression, r. boom
ing az far as automobile sales are con
cerned. Illinois. Indiana, Michigan t..
Wisconsin, in fact all the corn belt St5'ea
will show large increase. 1"roru.ht q
the dealers The Central states ALREADY
have shown considerable increase oNv
last year.
In the East the automobile bushes -.
far better than was prophesled soro.
months ago. For instance, our sa."- Do
Boston and Philadelphia have incr,as.
so per cent. over one year ago.
"rhe Jeffery factory in tn past the
months has shipped twice as many c r
as were shipped in the same PERIOD ".'
year ago. 1t has been the aim OF t'-
company to maintain production re'H
of thirty cars day. and while this it-
be II done the factory al kenoshs, s..
has been unable to accumulate any s.5
plus. The shipments through NJ.
equalled the factory production, "' y
means thdt there ~ likely To br 4 SNol 't DO
in April and May. The factory row
running thirteen hours a day
Frsd II. Page Of Drou,t a. Page ~ b.. ,
from "trip IVES. in the course of wiz.
he naturally visited in Racine. the "a. o..
of the Mitchell. which car his rirm Pc
resents here, Mr.. Page said things ST..
stirring and he was impress tttu'l...
by the factory 80 too was Nj. t,.. -
twelve-yea Old son. VINO got a r.do ar.... .
the testing track on one Of the 60
chassis.
r. T.. Adams reports business bri~. Fee ID.
the I.ancia car and looks 20 IN a..
season morally for ,he importers Re-
purchasers Of Lancia sos iI,iui" Waiter
Gelshenen. X. H. Gsllatin ~. co.,.
sloane and Dr. Cltrcuc, FA.L,s, '.t
Barney oidhcli VIA drive a S'.'l q
the coming 500 NIL, race. - I.d... .H,
as Harry f.. S,u;2 Wa 50 .D,-.i..
getting Baru.Y to sigu a. a tr.u.
TO Earl Cooper and a.! Anderson.
VIII ~ bldield'S iirst app, tu', o.
speedway since l?ll. b,urrlt viii -
indianapolis earl! IN May To- start $780,.
ont hts car which VII b, '..
StuJz cars ina, started az >,ul, vi.
this spring.
Auoth p!cc" If news o0 -pc-- .
is that tomorrow tho eify o. Tr,-'o'
give a reception 30 Erwin fI!lor .l.
drew Nollmau. Jr, 1-'N"l au. 1910.
respectively OF i've Trenton ntu- .
par AhiGr won fr, fraud ~