New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-14
Army and Navy
Men ArcCucsts
At Auto Show
Interest Stimulated by Part
Played by Motor. Cars in
War, Hundreds Inspect
Exhibits ON Their Dav
Several Factories Reopen
Trade Revival Indicated:
Sales a, Displays Likely
to Exceed Past Records

AutoWooIis oHo" yesterday attracte q
~ large . patronage as did Society
Day on Wednesday. and indications are
that the 1921 exposition. which closes
tonight will have exceeded all previ-
sss records for attendance and sales.
Telepgi aphed news OF the reopening Of
. number Of automobile plants IN the
Middle West and the resumption OF
production on q normal scale added
sest to the sales talks.
The automobile show has given de-
cided impetus to the automobile mar
ke.. and no doubt is entertained
thst the year will witness a coinpl etc
restoration of the industry after a
brief period of economic depression.
The news OF the reopenlng of plants at
Flint, Mich, and other points was re-
garded SIS the most encouraging factor
by the trade. The Buick Motor Car
Company has resumed factory opera
sions with 10000 men, and is said to
have started adding to the force
Plant No. 3 of toe Studebaker Cor
porat on has resumed work on a fair
production scale. Civ ng employment to
nearly a Thousand men who were laid
of just before Christmas. Plant No. S
Of the same company has put 500 men
back on the job, and Continental Mo-
tors, Inc, also has resumed produc-
ton.
Early End of Slump Foreseen
Others who have shaAcn off the old
year torpor and reentered the produc-
ton lists are the Marvel Carburetor
Company, of Flint, Mich; tie Cham
nion Ignition Company and the Arm
Not Of h>
and accessory plants had closed down,
but in nearly all cases there had been
drastic production curta lment, VIII CHI
involved the discharge or laying of OF
thousands Of employees. The reem-
blowing OF TIE workers with a view to
gradual resumption Of output is IN line
with predictions of leading manufac-
turers that the ndustr al stump would
be of short duration.
One exhibitor IN he first floor Of the
Grand Central Palace, where the show
Is being held, told yes.erday Of having
sold forty-one cars since Monday, ard
Of this number sixteen were sold on
Wednesday. Rumors of car shortage
this year due to the predicted demand
continued to spread, but manufacture
ers expressed confidence that they can
meet the demand.
because LIE iNtOHloUllc WdS
iactor in the World War lent special
inducement to Representatives of the
army and navy to visit the show on the
day named in their honor. In crnse-
auence, there were hundreds Of these
uniformed patrons OF varying rank in
attendance yesterday afternoon aud
evening Exhib. tors noted that many
who saw the show on previous days
were back again yesterday.
Chinese Visit Show
Among the patrons were twelve
Chinese silk merchants who arrived in
New York Wednesday TO represent
their native firms at the international
silk Show, to be held here February
to u. The celestials found the up
hols,ery exhibits o. special interest,
since they are required to I'LL a native
demand for the materials that go into
certain phases of car construction
Ting Ju Ling, proprietor of the Yang
Yue Silk Fl ature and member OF ti.s
International committee for the i'm
provement of sescuIture in China, IS
well as member of the Shanghai;
Chamber OF Commerce, heads the dele
CATION.
Additional meetings of the Society OF
Automo.ive Engineers were held yes
teFday. involving Il discussion of fuels
and related subjects. A. {. Fieidner,
l A. A. Straub ard G. W Jones'. chemists
Of the United States Bureau of Mines,
submitted papers, one of which showed
] that Of every gallon Of gasoline used
in motor car nearly go per cent is
wasted through faulty c7rbu-etor ad
lustment, which results in faulty com
nustIon. large part of the waste is
due toNneglect Of carburetion, the ten
oeney being not to change the adj ust-
ment for different seasons Of the year
one Of the speakers said.
Hupmobile Dealers Meet
Hupmooile dealers held their an
aual luncheon yesterday at the Commo-
dcse Hotel, about two hundred attend
!ng. I. 3. Van Alst, ne. president Of
The harmon Motor Car Company, Of
new York. which handles the Hup
{. D; Hastings, president of the Hup
mobile Motor Car Corporation; 0.
hutchinson, sales manager, and T.
aaeManus. advertising counsel.
Last night the PaigeDetroit Com
any gave dinner at the Commodore
. It's men who are in the city 70,
ne Stow and for its Eastern repre-
sentss'ves. E. NJ. Daily. metropolitan
qlssioutor for the company; II NJ
sssea president Of the company;
Lss~ett, vice president; Henry Nrohn
ssnsfa' sales manager. were amon9
taoss attending.
ne annual dinner Of the Society o
nas'meuTe Fneinecrs was held las
assht At Hotel Astor.