Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-29
Prosperity Indicated by
Car Sales Everywhere

The semiannual meeting of the Hup-
mobile branch and district managers
was held at the Detroit plant last
week The men from the four Hupmo-
bile distributing branches and the
Twelve selling districts of the country
reported business more thriving than
ii has been in several seasons, and
every indication points to an even
greater demand for cars than has been
anticipated. If the reports from the
Hupp men is correct indication of the
business for this season the manufac-
turers will not be able to meet the de-
mand by at least ! 5 per cent. This is
the first season that no cars have been
stored by the big factories and very
few dealers have machines on hand,
so that by the middle of May 1t looks
very much as IL the old condition will
prevail in the automobile business, when
it was necessary to order car a month
or six weeks in advance in order to
secure II.
From the New York Hupp branch,
V. c. Scriven reports the biggest busi-
ness in the history of New York city
and surrounding territory. This sec
tion has already taken more cars by
over % per cent c. f. Jeffrey, Jr.,
from the Boston branch reports a SINH
lar condition and states that New Eng
land was never more prosperous. From
the northwest branch of the Hupp COM
panY at Minneapolis, S. ID. Briggs stat
ed that the northwest was taking more
cars than the earlier predictions indi-
Gated. This is also the case with the
Omaha branch which has been recent
ly reopened by c. II. Holliston for the
States of Nebraska and South Dakota.
This territory has taken an unusual
large quota of machines.
Business on the Pacific coast is in
the most thriving condition. according
to reports from j. n. Crosby. district
manager for the Southern coast States
and II. r. Roberts for the, Northern
coast States. The Northern coast States
especially, the increasing their busi-
ness by from so to 10 per cent. In the
Pittsburgh territory the big boom in
the steel and allied Industries has
given great business. In the Okla
homa, Kansas and Colorado territory
the farming and mining interests have
been enjoying unusual prosperity and
are buying machines for both business
and pleasure. This territory is show
ing a 80 per cent increase over the
previous season. Even in Texas and
Arizona, which has been more or less
upset bv the Mexican situation, the de-
mand for cars continues and the vet
eran Texas automobile salesman, J. r.
Overstreet. predicts a greater volume
Illdn ever DeIOTe with even
Mexican conditions getting worse.
Probably the greatest prosperity has
hit the Central South States of Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Mississippi, which
were effected by the European war
on account of the cotton market. This
has suddenly revived and the big re-
vival in lumber has made conditions
much easier. According to district
manager w. j. Carter similar towns in
which there We're very few machines
are ordering large quantities and the
people have the money to buy cars
Florida still seems to be one of the
backward states, but conditions are
improving. The Carolinas are doing
exceptionally well on account of the
shipping and cotton improvements
Alabama is having the greatest boom
in it's history on account of the steel
mills which are running overtime and
causing unprecedented prosperity to
this section.