East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-25

AIinervas from Belgium. Flats from
italy and Packards Cadi.lacs aud
Pierce Arrows from the States. ell
with special bodies built in the thirteen
shops in Shanghai that are devpIad .
exclusively to motor car body build +
ing In addition all other makes uf
Icars will be seen at the show. some of j
them with fitment sand trimr HISS
that would astonish an dbewlder the
average auto show patron of London +
Ior View York.
Most Expensive Car.
The most expensive automobile IN
the world, special Packard bull, 70
the order Of Chang Tso-lin, one of the
military princes of China. probably
will be shown at the Shanghai eXhhi- /
ition. This car is said to haev cost the
Chinese war lord $4,000 gold dollars,
Among other things the Shanghai
tshow will call the attention of motor
car manufacturers all over the world
to the tremendous strides that motor
vehicles are making in the Far East.
I'm Shanghai, for instance, there are
miles Of beautifully paved streets that
iaro used daily and nightly by thou
sands of motorists. native and foreign.
The garages in Shanghai and other
oriental cities have attained proper
/ tions that would anaze the visitor
/ from the West One or the Shanghai
motor car establishments represents
I an investment Of more than $2,O00,000
land carries more than 500 men on its
payroll. These garages are small fac
tories, in fact, for they are equipped
to build automobiles as well as sell
and repair them. The garage above
mentioned has the agency for sixteen
+ American and European cars, ami 1t
IS closely followed in volume Of busI-
ness hy numerous others in Shanghai.
The SHANGHAI show is under the Ill
Ircc.ion Of committee of motor clFl
men headed by V. A. Dodge d'strbu-
tor for the Far East for the Ford
Hudson and ESSEX cars. Associated
with him on the committee are +. II
pradlcv Of the Asiatic Petroleum
Company NJ. w. Buck Of the China
Mutual Trading Company and repre-
sentative in China Of the Albert (Eng-
.lish) car and the lIandley Page aero
plans II. S Konigsherg, distributor III
China for the General Motors Com
Epanv's products: w. S. Leonard, Of the
United States Rubber Export Com
Uany: II. C. Steiner. of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company; Leon Fried
Friedman, distributor in China for th"
lfupmobile Cleveland, Chandler and
Dodge cars. II. O. Hashagen, Of tn"
standard oil Company; Philippe O9-
terberger distributor of several
French cars: f. w. Schlobohm, a body
manufacturer in Shanghai; X. Y. Hao'
1 or the Wah Chang Trading Corpora
1 tion. distributors of the Nash cars;
1 iC- Lee. Shanghai garage owner; g j.
White. owner Of the Central Garage
company and distributor for siSeor
makes of cars including the Americai
I Geyrland WHY'S Knight and Tenllal
and the English Austin; II. T. Ryton
Rriscoe distributor in China, and DID
= Samuel Pratt. Of the Shanghai Hors
and Motor Company Ltd. Far Easter
distributors of the Studebaker, Max
well Rolls Royce and Fiat cars.
These men. all leaders in the motto
trade in the Far East, have joined ei
forts to make the forthcoming shanl
ung automobile show a landmark
the motorization Of China. An elabt
rate campaign Of advertising is belr
carried out and assurances have hes
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