The Washington herald., 1922-07-30
WINTERS BUSINESS
LOOMS AS BIGGEST
NTRADE,S HISTORY
Plant Managers Strain
ing Every Energy to
Catch Up With Orders.
BRITAIN AFFECTED
Secretary Hoover Urges Need
For Passing Wireless Bib
By Congress.
BRITAIN AFFECTED

August l ushers in the mid-sum-
mer mark with radio well to the
fore amongst the country's thriv-
Ing Industries. For the first time
in the history of radio apparatus
manufacturing. plant managers have
found 1t necessary to complete pro-
duction. catch up on untitled orders
and prepare for a very heavy pub
lie demand the coming winter.
A convention of radio manufac-
turers meeting here the past week
organized to regulate the industry
and protect the public from worth
less radio sets; England has become
vitality interested in radio; the
Postmaster General and British
manufacturers are arguing as to
the control of eight proposed broad
casting stations; a similar conflict
has occurred in New York over the
radio patent situation. Secretary
Hoover has stated the need for the
passage of the radio bill now be-
fore Congress in order ito estah-
lish authority by which to provide
order instead of anarchy in the
ether"
Recognized Abroad.
There is every Indication there
fore, that in this country and abroad
radio has received more recognition
than any single industry started
in recent years. The reason IS
clear. Radio sets were made adapt
able to the average home: broad
casting stations were established in
every large city; thousands of per-
sons had Immediately available a
type of entertainment tinged with
the unusual. the fascinating. The
public has learned to consider radio
as a permanent form of entertain
ment limited only by the quality of
the music broadcasted from the
central stations and by the ef-
fieiency of the apparatus pur-
chased.
The government has used radio
as means of communication for
years. Amateurs had experimental
with several types of radio appa-
ratus nearly as long. A few manu-
featuring concerns could supply
the total demand for both these
users of radio service. But with
the development of the radio
phone there was an Immediate
cluttering Of the ether to the ex-
tent of interfering with the gov
ernment broadcasts. and there was
a consequent rush of new radio
sets on the market. The govern
ment at this stage of the game has
specified it's wave length bands and
has provided in bills yet unpassed
for the proper broadcasting privi-
leges of the public. Manufacturers
of radio apparatus. some of them
unscrupulous. thrust upon the mar
ket radio sets galore. Confusion
resulted. and fortunately the sum-
mer season provided a natural lull.
In this period II is hoped the pub
Tic may become more enlightened
as to what radio is. The govern
ment will continue it's efforts to
clear up the ether. and reputable
manufacturers will speed up the
production of reliable radio sets
BY early fall much of the present
difficulty will be adjusted.
Problems Significant.
The National Radio Chamber of
Commerce, which met in Washing
ton the past week. has a problem
before it of more significance than
is now realized. The desire of man.
ufacturers to regulate the industry
and exclude the maker of worth
less sets is commendable The duty
of the newly formed body and the
one its members have pledged
themselves to observe Is the edu-
cation of the public to be its own
judge of good radio equipment
This would automatically boycott
the unscrupulous manufacturer. At
present there are too many makes
of radio sets on tine market. Under
the best operating conditions the
best Of these sets arc comparatively
Inefficient. due not to any lack of
radio skill on the part of the manu-
facturer. but. rather. to the insist
ent public demand for something
that would enable one to listen-in
Immediately. This condition was
partly excused on the ground that
new Inventions made the manufac-
ture of radio apparatus con-
stantly changing industry. and that
the public must be satisfied with
material as placed on the market.
The public will be more insistent
this fall on efficient apparatus than
on quantity production of radio
sets. 1t Is this demand for eff
cheney that manufacturers are now