Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-24
NO STARTLING EFFECT
FROM CURTAIL ORDER
Factories on Reduced Schedule
Expect Car Shortage
Trucks booming.

DETROIT. Mich, March 93.-Th
curtailcd schedule which the ma
tional automobile chamber OF com
merce has announced thru It's ful
committee and the war industries
board as reported elsewhere in thii
weeks issue OF Motor World. ha,
had a clearing effect on the factor
les thruout the middle west Th'
most tangible result which can b'
named by the factories here will be
a scarcity Of cars during the sum
mer months. II is calculated thai
the output OF the factories will moi
I'll The demand by so per cent
The ruling made by the war in
dustries board has had no effect on
the factories. inasmuch as nearly all
OF them we're working on reduced
schedule when the order was re-
ccived. with this true, the only eff
feet that the order has had il 10
clarity the entire situation and TO
allow the manufacturers to 70
ahead and outline their future poll
cies with the dealers, in order to
make as fair distribution OF their
products as possible
II can readily be predicted that
tho shortage In automobiles will be-
Gin 10 make Itself koenly felt by
the middle OF May. The months Of
March and April are bad for drive
aways because the roads thru the
factory districts are nearly all
gravel and n little sunshine mixed
with warm rain soon reduces them
10 a mass OF mud. and they are far
more impassable in the spring than
I'm winter when frozen.
with the embargo situation as II
stands at present. altho matters are
somewhat easier than they were
during the past months. Il Is dlffi-
cult to secure anywhere near
enough freight cars TO ship away
the normal production.
This contemplation OF a shortage
of freight cars. and the difficulty in
driyeaways. renders the car situa-
ton one which is without parallel in
the history OF the industry.
Dealers who have not been fore-
sighted enough 10 lay in n stock Of
cars in advance are going to be
pinched BY shortage OF ears.
Far.seeipg factory officials haye
noted that this will have corres-
pondirR effect on the used car mar
ket, In many cases distributors
have taken advantage OF the hull In
sales to fit up used cars In present
able shape for spring and summer
sales, IL has also been reported
that syndlcates In certain localities
have been buying up used cars for
the purpose of creating a modified
corner on the market, Nothing
definite, however, has been found
on this situation. There in no doubt
but what the used car market will
follow the new car market in regard
to the number OF cars for sale. In
ratio TO those desired.
The automobile market Is. OF
course elastic in that purchasers
very often do not require Immediate
delivery because OF the fact that
they can use their older cars for n
considerable time after they would
ordinarily purchase n new one. This
delay, however. only rolls up The
coming market TO an even greater
extent than before. as the potential
demand II still there.
Some manufacturers believe that
one Of the possible effects OF the
order, TO occur during
The coming season. Is that local AS
plants will spring up thru
put the country. each attempting to
fill the market Immediately sur
themselves. This. however.
IS a matter OF conjecture only and
nothing definite has been indicated
IN this field as yet
The motor truck business is re-
ported good everywhere. All OF the
factories engaged In this business In
his locality are operating at top
production. Trucks are leaving
sinGy and In trains from all points
" Michigan TO the south, east and
west.
a large number pass thru weekly
by way OF Toledo. and "a plan is now
being considered where all trucks
bound for the sea aboard will carry
for the government. The
plan Is TO load every truck 10 It's ca
pacity with such articles as indi- /
,ated by the government officials
md to deliver them at the sea
Joard. then the truck will run on
10 IT, destination and the eastern /.
who N selling this par
icular line
This plan. II carried out. will re-
ieve tho railroad OF thousands OF /
ons OF freight and will insure more /,
I..llRaV.s q 10
Sould be possible to secure by |