The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-02
BOSTON TRUCK SHOW
PROBABLY ITS LAST
Blight Appears to Be On An
Commercial Vehicle
Exhibitions.

Truck shows in this country app..r o.,
be doomed. There was none IN Na..
York this winter and now that the Roe
ton exhibition has closed the sentiment ~,
there Is against another one The f,ul.
with the shows. as the exhibitors expras.
1t, Is that the sales reported made In CON.
nection with them would be made .,,
way: that there no longer is any r,,.s
sity for the shows in order to estahi,..
agencies. and furthermore that they ana
not practical needs of the trade Tn,
may all be true, but the commercial Ne.
hicle business Is not yet at such a st,ro
ard in this country that any and ali a.l.
to making It better can be overlooked
competent observer at the huston
show found that one trouble was that a..
saiesmen were not equipped TO talk on
anything but chassis details, and not aU
Of them. Information as to o,her d.ttI.
relating to particular businesses Wa lac,.
ing ana even In some cases inquirers Cou.G
not be told what forms and sizes o.
bodies could be got for the various chls
sis. Other points serving to bring on.
ignorance on the part OF the Statesmen
were noted also by this observer. /,
these things are so--and there is no -,s
son to think they are not--how can min.-
facturers expect shows TO be SUCCESSIVE
Small wonder they ar. dropping tn.,.
full type OF commercial vehicle Sao-
could be made by employing the moving
picture machine. Showing trucks at worN
in various lines OF duty and under various
weather conditions would be Il simple nat
ter with the picture machine. Films cou'l
be made of many makes OF UuCk-a.
many makes as wanted TO contribute B..
the expense of the affair--and cos, dat.
complied from actual experience couid be-
distributed to those onlookers whose In
terest was In any way aroused. TI,-
sort OF a show would have to be on the
broader lines of general education ratn.-
than for the benefit OF any one sing,
maker. although there is nothing to Pre-.
vent makers right now from having 3d..
Vulnerable films of their varously on
ployed trucks made for use in salesroou-
Indeed. II memory serves, this has bee.
done with one or two sorts Of tru't
by couple OF firms. Showing the true.
actually at work and being able to pro
duce the cost data ought to help sell tile
trucks II the other conditions OF M
chandising are right.
Getting rid of price cutting. ovtreA
tended credits and more than fair serve.
are things that stand in the way OF corn
mercial vehicles rather than the hot'nr
OF a show once year in New York
Chicago and Boston.
Even with the weather operatins
against the motor car dealers business =
by no means at a standstill on AuiuWo-
bile row. Here are a few sentiments
got by talking TO various dealers.
''We are selling cars" says William
Parkinson OF the Stutz. Business is bet
ter than last year
January was five times the sar1-
month last year" says Il. z. Ing,'sc'
of the REQ and Indications are we shall
do In March. April, May and June ss
much as we did all of last year"
I'VE have established more than 10
agencies in our territory. the New Er--
land States, New York New Jersey, Pen
sylvania and Delaware" says
koehler OF the Grant car. and TO sell '..
cars. our allotment will be a simple mat
ter"
I'VE are doing we'll" says C II. Ca.
land of the kissel-kar. "a little GOD
weather will help US close out the
cars we stil have left"
These are just few. and thu gene.
tone along Automobile row is ortlm.s,c
This is significant. coming when bus 1s--
conditions In general have not been -
the best. a week Of continued goo
weather will work wonders.
Leslie VI. Shaw,ex-Secretsry OF the Trcs-
ury. came into Sidney Powmqn's Att.-
the other day to look at an oakland c-
Theodore Schulz introduced Shaw TO Eo...
man merely as "Mr. shaw" Bowm
very fond Of memories Of the old bi,'.'-
days and when som" reference was u'
to ShaW's SeCretaryship he though,
ought To remember him, and HAVING TO-
mind a Shaw who was member NJ t-.
old Harlem Wheelmcn he said ron. v,s
| think l remember YOU now---you p..-
secretary OF the Harlem Wheelmeu"
Teddy Schulz says he nearls 'ai
through the floor. and Bowman WAS IN.
barrassed when the answer came. '.r
n no mt
ury." The story ends as all such s.; >.
gave an order for a 90