The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-29
PAST AND FUTURE
OF AUTO INDUSTRY
Nation Thoroughly Mo.
torized Says Head Of
Studebaker.
AMERICAN CARS LIKED


br,sidcut -tudeb1t,r Corporation
Tho records show th,rr arc $500.
600 automobile aud truck in use r
hc United States at tho present
time. and lu the ncA, 10 years IN,
numbcr win undoubtedly oNccod is,
100000 license fees and taxes pui,
into the Golfers of tho as states NOW
approach 500. 100000 annually
Federal and state highway laws 3yf
bond issues provide for great rt
pausiong ~ roads aud highway.
costing hundreds ur milunra fur HIu,
years hence The United SUlrN l
motorized. and tho horse ,H gone r.
copt iu rurpl regions.
Transportation loo 'uo world Wn
was mortorizcd 90 % largo cNtrut hs
American ears aud trucks which
made good and brought HctuuWl
cdRomept from an ~ the armies and
europeans .ycuoraly of thru equality
10 tho be" standard OF European
cars 80 longer 0. Co.. Au.It.
rlu car referred .p .IItUII .rIi
u foreign counlrlc8 Europeans ad
nit that in design. quality ana per.
tormancc, our cars Hr, u7 good BE-.
ihoI own. and iu support uf thoit
opinion they urr Incorporating %
number Of American ideas iu thcir
postwar designs. At present the
number Of ears and trucks iu use in
he United states is '3hout four times
tho total number I'm use in Europe
aud all other foreign countries COM
bined.
Tho automobile industry in the
United states. now unErH as the
4 q f.. J..
iromcly favorable position tn export
cars and trucks to an the markets of
fho world, ana IN fact ~ must de.
pend on these markets ia take itH
surplus production whom normal con
ditions are resumed. II % ls 10 operate
At maximum capacity. which is now
estimated at 100000 c1rs per am
mum. Great are the possibilities OF
the export markets. because la timC
an civilized countries will be motor
ed as we arc. and American cars
viii predominate everywhere In this
great evolution Of modern times In
which mechanical transportation dis
places tho animals that have served
man 50 faithfully through all the
ages of creation.
~ e. true that exports from the
'uitcd states Will ua ,uptroltrd by
me ability of our foreign customora
% pay upon our terms and pay in
dollar ,NCh"Dge. nnd Cor Hat ri4snn
great concern ~ felt by American
manufacturers over the premiums
now commanded by the dollar In
most foreign markets. Something
must be done by tho government,
COM mercial and finaUCt1l Interests Of
he country o reduce these premiums
and restore normal rates of exchange
as nearly ~ possible. u ~ u prob
lem OF great complcxitv aud has
many bearings, but Il viii be solved
satisfactorily, and when - h. The
American automobile industry viii
be onc Of the greatest bencficiarics
'n the Stimulus 10 foreign trade that
viii a1tomn tically rnHrr.
1t hardly seems necessary 10 say
anything about the domestic demand
for automobiles, because II is ap-
parent that such demand Us contiuu-
oug and iucessaut with a constant
upward tendency aa population in
rrcascs and good roads arc opened.
The normal replacement Of worn out
cars Is about 1000. 900 cars per an
mum at the present limo, tu which
must hc added tho demand from
neuplc who buy o. new car ovCrN
Year or two and disoosc Of tho,r old
ONES These second hand ears are
easily marketed Js q 'ul", and many
Of them are exported.