Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Demand for Care So Great 7
Local Dealers Are Extendin
Themselves to Please Men
Who Want to Purchase
PRICES ABOUT SAME
LEVEL AS IN WINTER

The first annual automobile show of the Harrisburg
Motor Dealers Association will be in full sway ali week in
conjunction with the Farmers and Industrial Exhibition better
known the Gangers Picnic at Williams Grove 1t is the
intention of the Motor Dealers make this big classic in
automobile circles the regular automobile shows held here in
Coming does just when the models for the ensuing
are first making their appearance on the market m tins em
nua show This year. many of the 1920 models will be seen
for this exhibition One fact that will place
Handicap many the local dealers during the coming week
tardy production output of of the factories who
yet working full production basis and who have not
been able to put models the market This is true
of many popular that being sold in this territory
Some local dealers lucky enough to have at least one
of the new models sample purposes only but others will
have two and three models and more for show purposes
The demand for cars this great that the
been held that the factories c9u
I'm with orders 1919 models The played hobs with
materials put such extent that many OF the lac
that normally has their new models on the mafkt
Taking everything into consideration though TINS hst %
show is sure to be an opener tat mt & @ With feen
next year awaited by the motoring Puohc "h N
interest.
Practically every automobile dealer will be represented at
Williams Grove this year There few dealers here who
are unable to get sample and therefore will have moth
n to exhibit There are more than fifty of trucks and
passenger this territory and throughout the Motor
Association they 10000 feet for exhibition
rnoses at the Grove This exhibition will include both trucks
and touring all models There to be at least
torv on exhibition They will be grouped together each dealer
showing particular truck the space aotted TO MN
In the previous automobile shows tha nave
been held here.
Prices About Same
prices this the various models remain about the
same with exceptions 1t is the of opinion that
lower for time to come IN tact there IS
Tendency to increase prices OF there
several models going the market that due to the chang
in construction, have been lowered in price How many
of these that class not definitely known but Jew
of the popular manufacturers have announced or Will announce
in the future decrease price for that reason e one
be item of is the delivery question 10 date 1T mas
been considered piece of luck to be able to get car
q week or ten days placing the order Conditions have
not changed much in this respect in TACT accordg TO many U
the dealers, is now than at any previous @ Tune ,
centanv that manufacturers working to their limit 10
produce enough supply the demand but at that are
working far below normal output
Some New Cars
will be few exhibition represented at TINS
show that shown here before This Will include
the Knight The Franklin the Ompian the Scrpps
Booth others These not new on the market
but are making their initial appearance in local show
That the Automobile exhibit will draw thousands to this
fair is oregone conclusion. Going body, the
dealers great deal of weight the exhibition that has
been lacking heretofore The big days of the week. Wednesday
and Thursday the park taxed to its capacity
Parking space has been provided the people who will
tour into railroad traffic be increased to take
Of the