Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
MOTOR TRADES TAKE IMPORTANTRANK
DURING 1919IN BOISE INDUSTRIAL life;
PAYROLL IN EXCESS Of HALF MILLION
Families Of Those Employed in Local Auto
mobile and Allied Businesses Comprise Thousand Indvd
ualsDealers Association Organized in 1919, Fosters
Common interests and Cooperation.

The year Just closed has seen the au-
tomobtle and allied trades in Boise de-
veiop not only in keeping with the in
dustry throughout the United States,
but very favorably with their CORE
spending trades In any cities of the Pa
cific northwest. AS the motor trades
rank fifth or sixth among all the in
dustrtes OF the nation, so, doubtless, do
they here hold even higher rank. And
In 1919 the growth of the last several
years, all prosperous, became solidi-
lied and rounded out until the various
establishments dealing in motor cars.
trucks. tires, parts, accessories, tops,
bodies, springs, batteries and the SER
vice stations and repair shops, are as
creditably represented in Idahos cap
ital as anywhere in the great west
What this means from business
point of view to the commercial and
financial interests of the city could
best be expressed in a summary of
gross sales and earnings for they
would loom surprisingly large in com
parison with similar figures for any
other business or related lines of BUSH
ness. Unfortunately such statistics are
not available.
TRADE QUESTIONABLE
1t is possible. however, to estimate
with fair degree of accuracy the
number of people engaged in the motor
trades here and the size of their col
lective payroll. Such an estimate has
been made, based on data gathered by
he Boise Automobile Dealers asso-
citation. A canvass was made of all
the members of the association and of
nearly all other business houses allied
with the industry. Simple question
MARES were filled out and their returns
compiled. The resulting figures. with
<.<~ a., Il II.
remaining establishments not reached
gave the following noteworthy con-
illusions:
There are as motor trades cstab-
iishments in Boise. They sell and
give service for rs we'll known
makes Of passenger and CONNER ~
eisl cars and trucks, IL standard
motor trucks, IS makes Of tires,
every standard type Of battery,
magnetic, lighting and ignition sys-
tenn and accessory for comfort and
luxury.
These establishments employ 800
persons. With their families those x
engaged in the industry and those +
dependent upon them number APP
proximately 1000. The annual as-
aregate payroll of these establish
ments is more than 100000.
MEANS MUCH FOR BOISE
The handy man with a pencil who
may have at his disposal population,
industrial and financial statistics of
Boise, might have a lot or fun juggling
this significant. not to say sentient.
summary How many families are a
part of the big motor community, send
ing their children through Boise
schools, expanding their incomes
through the customary channels o.
trade in Boise. contributing to the So
cial, civic and intellectual life of Boise.
would be a joyful derivation.
But even this would give but faint
idea of the great part played in the I'M
folding drama of Bosses and Idaho's
prosperity, for this is only the side of
the dealer. the service and repair man
and his assistants. What their pro-
duct does to increase the profits anS
conveniences of those who buy it can
only be guessed and sensed as one sees
how essential a part of eevry day life
the motor driven vehicle has assumed
all about him--for the figures are not
to be had.
DEALERS UNITE IN 1918
In recognition of the important place