Evening star., 1922-09-17
DEMAND FOR AUTOS
BENEFITS WORKERS
Alfred Reeves Sees Over Two
Million People Given
Employment.
AFFECTS OTHER LINES
Hundreds of Thousands Engaged
as Chauffeurs, Garage Helpers
and in Producing Accessories.

BUFFALO,. N. Y, September IA
The present prosperity in the auto
mobile business means employment
for 2,250.000 people, said Alfred
Reeves, general manager Of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce. speaking before the conven-
tion of the Motor and Accessory
Manufacturers Association here to-
day.
| I'm addition to the 100000 men
working in the automobile plants, to
the hundreds of thousands Of pro-
! fessional chauffeurs and drivers and
OF retail garage employees, there are
about 250.00O accessory factory work.
ers, $4,000 tire dealers and statesmen
ana thousands more in allied retail
trades.
Mine Workers Benefited.
| "One can realize also the effect on
other industries by the fact that -
per cent of the aluminium supply,
per cent of the annual production of
IRON and steel. 20 per cent of tin, 16
per cent of the copper output and 80
per cent of plate glass manufacture
are used in the making of motor cars
and motor trucks.
| This effect of the public demand
Tor increased modern TRANSPORTATION
naturally is very prompt stimulus
TO the business Of those factories
making parts and accessories. Sales
| Tor the past four months have been
| the largest for any similar period on
record, due to the keen competition
on the part of manufacturers. each
| endeaVoring to get large amount of
| business by giving the most value for
the money. In fact more value for
iC hai crjNy I'D in
motor vehicles than any previous
! time in the business
=, This is reflected in the accessory
market by the increase in the equip
ment and appointments supplied with
| the hnlshed product and the creation
! of public desire to get the last word
IN motor improvement.
i; 100000 Motor Vehicles in Year,
! This years production should ex-
ceed 100000 cars and trucks. / be-
! lteve 1t is safe to say that next year,
with export demands increasing,
| more than 2,o50,000 motor vehicles
| will be sold.
! per cent are trucks, but the truck
production will keep on increasing as
| general business gets better
OF the cars produced this year
probably 20 per cent will sell at 81, 900
or less.
|
ing August were the biggest in the
history of the industry. Preliminary
! reports indicate a production in Au-
/ gust of 100000 vehicles. of which
$4,000 were trucks. This is 20 per
; cent more than July and only $4,000
less than June, the biggest month
| in the history of our industry.
During the first eight months the
industry has made 1,664.0OO motor
vehicles. which is practically equal to
the full years production of 1921,
when the figures were 1865 900
"Of the production this year about
30 per cent were closed cars. and this
proportion I expect to see increased
!, to so per cent within the next few
years.
Motor Transportation Growing.
Our reports show an increasing
'use Of motor vehicles over the high
ways, no. alone In the use of passen-
ger cars. but trucks and motor
buses.
| "Over half a million persons motor
camped in our national parks during
{ the past year.
| Motor bus lines are now running
regularly in 10s of the largest cities.
There are 1900 consolidated
| schools in the United States accord
;ing to the United States bureau of
education. Most Of these are using
| IIlOlOT UuSSeS 10 transport CnllQren.
There are still $4,000 rural schools
not yet consolidated.
Rome. Ga. is organizing a rural
agricultural school, using motor buses
3, to market the products and to trans
port 500 students.
| Chicago l. lines announce plans
! to use busseS as feeders.
! Twenty three electric railways are
| using busses as feeders to their main
lines.
+; Twenty eight steam railroads in
| itwenty-three states are using flanged
wheel motor busses to handle short
; line business.
!; Future for Accessories.
Il have been asked to say some
accessory business. One can only
outline general principles and not
predict in detail.
Parts and accessory makers may
look for business even better than
! they are doing this year.. But l be
lieve there are additional posSibili
i ties open to those firms which can
develop new and useful devices.
| This is fully as true of the foreign
, field as the American. In fact, in
some countries, such as Argentina.
where owners will sometimes use
several types of horns on one car.
! aside from the fact that the pub
lie is an intelligent judge of motor
| products, and hence has an interest
in improvements as they come along,
there is potential accessory demand
in the fact of the great numbers OF
lowprice cars which are being manu-
! factured. The man who buys a low
price car and finds that he would
| like some particular added feature
| on 1t usually feels that he has bought
his car at such a low price that he
can afford to pay for minor improve
ments.
can important assurance Of the
future OF the. automobile business
| lies in the fact that cars and trucks
in the main are creators of wealth.
1t was readily recognized from almost
the beginning that railroads were
builders Of empire. but the editoria
minds were slower to realize that
| motor cars and motor trucks, developing
| the country intensively, are also pro-