Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-13
AUTO EXHIBITORS
FORESEE A BOOM
WHEN WAR ENDS
Splendid Development d
American Industry Pie.
dicted Outcome of Parslv.
sis of Foreign Manufse.
ture.

Automobile exhibitors at the ian :.
nual show of the Philadelphia Automobl.
Trade Association, now a feature A. h.
Metropolitan Building, Broad ana w..
lace streets, are cognizant Of tha 49,
that when the European war is enasa a.
American automobile industry will hsy,
progressed by leaps and bounds. ThAa.
velopment will be so great that the mA,,
optimistic will be astonished. The oy,,
tlon has been asked a number Of desi.r
at the local show, and with one aecora
they are of the opinion that with the VA,
once over American factories win batsi.
be able to keep up with the home a.
foreign demand
Just what far-reaching effect the v,,
will have on the output in this counirv
may be Judged by the fact that hundraa.
of extra skilled workmen are now bens
specially groomed to take up the straIn
II la known that the great manufactuAns
plants In the war-ridden countries y
Germany, France Belgium and Austd,
have been practically destroyed. THAI
isn't all of The damage. The wonderfully
trained workmen necessary to turn out
the car products have been either killed
or MANNED SO that 1t will be years befos
the countries reach the point they had
attained before the war. Men who wen
artists in steel. who ran the different
machinery necessary to turn out car az
Cessories and parts, are now using their
valuable arms and muscles In ths
handling of implements OF war. great
contrast to their usual peaceful vocation
Just what damage has been done In The
ranks of the automobile manufactursrs
abroad, as in other industrial brancha
cannot be calculated. It's an i'll wind
that blows nobody good, and America d
about to experience the dawn of new
era in the manufacture of automobiles
Conservative estimates place the nun.
Der of machines now used by the Alllea
In the fields of Europe for warning pur
poses at $1,000. while others believe this 70
be too low' After the war no matter how
sCon it Is ended, this great mass of metal
will only be fit for the junk heap, at
best. 1t will mean that the orownM
heads of Europe, the better classes d
common people, and others will want
cars. Where will they get them? The
only plausible answer Is, from America
Representatives of the greatest Amer
can factories and agents at the automo
bile show are sure the American caa
were quite as popular as the foreign ones
when the war broke out. With the set
back that naturally follows all strife, the
Yankee make Is sure to be the best u
every respect now
The Mitchell car representative at the
local show, who declined to give his mama
made the following statement: 'Our con-
Germ has already shipped 20 cars to Rus.
sta, and from present indications the
shipments will be greater than ever to
foreign countries If the present great war
continues l think the American automo-
bile industry will profit to a wonderful
extent, as 1t will be years before the Euro
pean automobile centres recover from
the staggering blow that has been struck
by the destruction of factories and work.
men,
Jose Villa, the Mexican czar, has been
using 10 Mitchell cars for the purpose Of
transporting squads of men from one
point to another, for carrying light arms,
and for other military purposes. The eaH
used in modern warfare generally are not
the heavy armored type but the SPEEDY
light touring ones. 1t seems stranga
doesn't it? Prior to the war the English
demand for American cars was one u
the best indications of what the futuH
has in store. In my mind the America
industry will experience one of its great
est booms. Can anything more interest
ing be said?"
Secretary W. A. Kuser, of the BigeloN
Wiley Automobile Company, is sure ths
big foreign car manufacturers will be %
crippled that for years they will be un
able to make up the lost ground. 81 b
lieve," remarked Secretary Kuser. "Anhsr
ica's most sensational flight to great aa.
tomobile flights will be experienced whsa
the European cataclysm is ended, VIA
foreign competition practically killed, U.
American manufacturers will step out ana
set such pace that the European word
will be astonished This Is not idle com
ment, but the situation as it impressa
me-"