New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

TAe future Of the automobile in
da-try and Che opportunities 1t holds
for the young man were the subjects
ppen which Alfred Reeves, general
manager OF The National Automobile
Chamber o. Commerce, based his adj
dress at che opening Of the twelfth year
o. the automobile school Of the west
Side Y, ". {. A. Thursday night Mr.
Reeves told o. the various branches OF
the motor car manufacturing heid
which are open 20 tho industrious and
hard working young man and declared
that instead OF the automobile business
reaeblre the exhaustive point every IN
6icatoa pointed TO market Tor at
,,,s. 100000 powcr-Griyen vehicles IN
dis country IN addition It remains lVi
the American manufacturers 70 supply
a. motor car wants Of the rest OF the
awhile pessimists have been preach
;,g from wear 20 year that the auto
mobile business must come 10 an emu
,rogressive men who appreciated the
,.eS ~ the motor car because OF the
service IL supplied have been develop,
inc the car and increasing its sale, until
now we have 100000 registered IN the
limited States, with a planned pr09uc-
ton for 1916 far In excess OF mlIilon
automobiles" said Mr.. Reeves Such
an industry cannot but offer opportuhl-
ties for young men, although oeeause
Of the keen competition the OPp1i'ui
Tics are only for those men VINO are
,ronored 70 work Loyalty and enthus-
iastically and who are willing to tram
themselves for a particular field
A Million Cars a Year.
"Where a few years ago we talked OF
half a million cars as the ann 9ai pIV
duction limit, we tlnd tnat N I2Io
500 coo cars were sold and the saies
Mis- year viii be lar IN excess o. I"
million. ,-. - +be
service supplied by the motor car, hoU
.ia,o Gov tbis country, but for the en-
lire world. Our exports last year eN-
coded Stf1.OO0OOO and America must
in future supply the motor car oeiia"u
Of al countries. ro.
"Tbe automobile business offers not
clone an cpportunity 10 make money
hut OPPORTUNITIES 10 do Things worm
while. Whether for good or for evil
coming age win find this a great IN
Irs.-ial nation. and our Young men
must be trained for their places III us
great progress. .,oo,. .ho
awhile one shouldn't overlook the
advantages Of money. when properly
used, the automobile business peIhilIs
of great accomplishments That are
uubic benefit and which might DC con
sidered even greater successes IMAM 0ne
making of money. consider suTn .i men
a. Clifton. Ford. WintOn, WHY'S,
IIavres. ANDERSON. Olds, Leland, Durant,
Maxwell. Coffin, Riker and other men
y-bo have made pronounced successes
Ga the automobile business TO be pubic
benefactors because of what they nave
been able 10 offer as q result OF their
study and labors.
Business Is Not Easy.
BE assured that the business has not
been an easy one, because while u
boasts Of many great successes, II al
vertises little that rough path which
il strewn with the failures 'of more
than 400 automobile manufacturers
during the past five years.
"Whilc ordinarily statistics make dry
reading. a few of those in connection
with the automobile business. ! am
sure. will be interesting in throwing
ligh. on the romance OF motor-car
making. The most striking figures are
.hose Of $4,000 cars sold in 1915, the
average price for passenger cars being
SOP. whereas in 1907. when $4,000 cars
were made, the average price was 81
123, and yet to-day's cars arc better IN
every way.
Future of the Industry.
"For the future of the business it is
10 be noted that 100000 carriages 2
year were sold annually from 1908 to
1912: that according to Government
figures, there were l0,000,000 horse
drawn vehicles IN use i'm this country
in 1910, and that there are now 5000,-
coo farms in the country, one-half Of
them free from mortgage. These are
the figures which warrant the belief
that a million or more cars a year can
be made for some years TO come 70
supply the demands OF our people and