The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-07-24
NATIONAL AUTO
Man IS HERE
Field Secretary of National
Automobile Dealers Ass0cia-
ton Visits Kennewick

| Problems confronting automobile
dealers of every city and state are
such that national organization is abb
solutely necessary for adequate pro-
lection according to Robert E. Magn-
er of st. Louis, field secretary of the
National Automobile Dealers Associa-
tion who has arrived n Kennewick to
lay before the dealers an invitation
to join the national association. The
organizations headquarters are in st.
Louis. Representing the 27,OO0 deal
ers of the country it now has menu
bership of 5000 in the 4S states. It
| is cooperative, organized for "pro-
lection, not profit" and it's officers are
nationally known among the dealers.
F. w. A. Vesper of st. Louis is presi-
dent and Harry G. Mock, formerly
of Denver is the secretary and bust
ness manager in charge of the st.
Louis Office.
Mr.. Wagner in explaining the OBJ
jects of the organization sets forth
the following facts concerning the in
dustry.
There are a billion and a quarter
dollars invested in the automobile
industry and the security of this,
capital and the safety and well being
of $4,000 employees are dependent
upon commercial and legislative fair
treatment.
There are 100000 automobiles in
daily use in America and the country
has been absorbing cars ct the rate
of million year. This absorption
is expected to reach 100000 am
nually. About 100000 cars wear out
a year.
The annual wage paid by the in
dustry totals $75O,O00,00O which is
equal to the total circulation Of gold
in the United States in 1917. The |
number of employees is one half the
total of all the railroad employees in
the United States. The industry is
the third largest in the country being
exceeded in manufacture only by the
steel and clothing industries.
Mr.. Wagner calls attention Of the
dealers to the services now offered by
The N. A. D. A. to members. They
are an employment department for
nigh class employees such as statesmen,
and service managers,
! war-tax ruling department, a legal T
a legislative department,
speakers bureau, an advisory adver-
Using bureau, trade information de- D
,artment, a highways construction de-
,artment, aid of travelling field sec
etaries in building up local associa-
ions and handling local problems and
he N. A. D. A. Bulletin. In the Bull
etin confidential matters of interest
0 the trade are distributed to the
nebers, insuring Informative details
n trade problems, often days ahead
+ general circulation thu the ordin-
ry channels. All these services are
rec to members.
This year the association has con-
on program of obtaining
reduction or total elimination of
he five per cent semi-luxury tax on
automobiles, the passage in Congress
the Townsend bill for national
ighway commission similar to the In
srstatc Commerce Commissions OPP
rations over railroads, uniformity of
tate licenses and regulation and stab
ization Of the truck market.
Mr.. Vesper, president of the asso-
atom, will attend the Northwest
vision meeting at Yakima, July 25th
28th. B. E. Reser, proprietor of
lie Kennewick Garage, has been ap-
ointed chairman of the local COM
ittee to perfect branch Of the N.
!. D. A. for this vicinity.
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