The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-13
|PECTS LIFTING OF
THE TRADE BAN
PAGe Brothers Foreign Sales Man
b9er CenAAent Enwiand and France
VIII Relent.

RESTRICTIONS now In force against
feign-m made motor cars are very apt
be relaxed In France and England
FORE long, according to II. NJ Rob-
foreign sales manager for Dodge
others. Detroit. who has just re-
-Red from an extended business trip
Tough those countries. Several in
ences are at work In England to
Hg this about" ne said. Tho most
~ cssi"e English dealers had long
Eated American made cars before
rar. They sold well. and naturally
zee dealers are working hard to
pe the restrictions removed SO is
American chamber OF commerce
london. Then there Is the old free
de sentiment in England which has
Ways looked with disfavor upon
De restrictions Of any kind. More
-, the slow readiustment of facto-
70 to peace basis together with
Instability OF the labor market just
:. prevent manufacturers from car
ae out any large program OF man
eture. Vet tho public is clamoring
low priced motor cars Perhaps
greatest influence Of all. is fear
'epg'sa's !, is felt that the United
e. could seriously emharrass Eng
! by placing an EN- barge on Ger
raw materials
These influences arc not all work
FOR Us in France But others are
French people have had first
opportunity to see tho low
ID American motor cars at their
darirg the war and now they
demanding an opportunity 10 buy
= il seems e ne this pressure -
70 have results
noticed that every American
'er sti'l IN France Is beginning To
= lively interest not only In when
going TO get home. but whether
not there VIII be q job for him
on Re gets there A. tunes the con
r shows for this latter phase ~
home coming was almost n{tiabie
'oak au automobile trip up the
river. through regions where tho
language spoken is Yankee
r. and Won still hear many II tale
what would have happened to
| lie II the arr1isttcc had not been
Jared just when II was These boys
have many Interesting things 10
~ about tire valle% OF the Loire for
ia very picturesque. In spite of the
most constant rain that has fallen
fere for months Like the Rhine val
". II 10 tined with ancient castles,
fwsrinx out II the rocks visited
fA whore the famed Blue Beard is
nnased 10 have hung his wives up
the hair
Eoashevisr, in cansing much more
|sneerr In England than IN France
|rfahlv the reason r. that the French
r. tndieiduaitsts and are not so read .
r organized into movements OF this
fnd Rut the food situation in goth
Ntntries Us fast getting back to nor
VI and this viii hedn labor condI-
(r1s, Food IL scareer in England. but
|o~s expensive In France
II found railrnea rates much higher
France then - tnerlca. sleepIuc
cnr rates be- inost prohibitiva
r. III course. country is small
r. Il is seldom rr~cssary TO travel at
1T. one day hanpened to ask
s"r on one OF the trains for some
.eh~s he looked Mt me i'm great
a-ise for moment, but finally re-
-Hrd with two. ! later learned that
h. government has a monopoly on
: ches. in France, and they are not
Z" scarce but very poor Nearly
body carries patent flint"
*'-r arrsngemens. though even
:" are supposed 20 be registered i.
A~'"actscailv all French motor ears
eautnoed with the old-fashioned
horns. The French towns are
e'r quiet during the dav aud to
american il Ia an amusing thing
+ '"ar the souawking that sets In
- +. 81, when the business world
FOR the day. and also after the
err. II sounds considerably like
"a OF large geese"