Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-09

Greece. ,s455,ooo Belgium. .....s....... $50, 600 The most remarkable feature of the year was the tremendous increase in shipments of ,trucks-frefn fS4, worth an aggregate value Of $I1s1,611, in the year ended June 80, 1914, to 13,- 9s6, worth $39, ,140,632,y during the. last fiscal year. Of this great volume Eng land. France. Russia, Belgium and Italy took 1924, valued at s57, 7,49s. .000 or close to so per cent. of the total truck exports.
 France. which bought only two American trucks in 1914, took 4,990 last year. worth ffty-three times as much as her purchases. of pleasure cars. England bought trucks to double .he value of pleasure cars. and Russia to more than triple. At the same time both England and Russia increased their purchases of pleasure cars over the previous year, whereas there was including Canada
 Great Britain. and her territorial possessions (Canada, India, Aus .ralia, South Africa, etc.) were by cars, their combined purchases last year aggregating 5,722 commercial vehicles, worth s14,942,o00, and 17,29S passenger cars, worth $14,652, 900, or a grand total of $29, 9,594,000. This is -ery nearly one-haH of the entire
 
 While the export trade is shown to be large, only a little more than one-eighteeTlth of the total number of motor vehicles produced in the last fiscal year were sold abroad, and this fraction was valued at about one-tenth the gross retail value of the entire production. Shipments to American territories during the fiscal year 1915 included: Hawaii, s64 automobiles valued at ss7s:ooo; Porto Rico 54S valued at $43S,oo and Alaska, 59 valued at $S0, ,00o.
 "Never in the history of the indus try has there been such demand for cars as there is now throughout the entire country" says Henry Krohn, sales manager of a Detroit motor car company. That may seem surpris- ing to some people who imagine that with fall at hand and winter fast ap- preaching the motor buying public would be inclined to defer purchasing till next spring.
 Thousands and thousands of people in this country are out after good cars and they want them now-aot next spring-because they want to use them this falh and winter There are several reasons for this condition the: ideal nature of fall, -touring. big crops, the great ,purchasing power of the farmer, general nationwide prosperity. confidence in the country and the Adminlstration, decreasing possibilities of wal and similar mat ters.ts~s- = : .e
 "The general public well knows that the motor -car-zhas made. remarkable progress. toward perfection and to- ward the maximum of tconfort. Not so long ago. they. felt that the car might not stand up under the strain of rough roads and rough weather. There was not alone this uncertainty about performance. There were not the comforts and Iuxuries of equip ment such as can be found in the automobile of 1918: A short time ago one had to crank one's 'carKto start 1t and the prospect was not pleasant on a bitter winter day. Now we have not only. cars that are electrically | started. but we bave also such efd- i like that the occupants are completely | protected svs.
 There is no longer any reason why there should Ghe any special selling season. A good car is both. a utility and a comfort all the, year around and November is as reasonable month to buy as May =.
 With the 1915 racing season at an end the motoring public Is locking forward with much interest to the two great. national autofnobile shows lO- pc 1ef0 alrl -lNeSy1 IOI4l- anu CnlCaSO. | The. New York show will I be held in 1 the Grand Central Palace. December 31 to January & and the Chicago show will occur during the week Of Ja1uary 22 to 29. The preRaratery. work now we'll under way indicates that Mana ger $. A Mics Is planning a record breaking exhibition from every point of view. | se ss The national show will be replete with new ideas Afi mechanical con