Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
AUTO DEALERS
EAGER TO GET
SHOW SPACES
Manager Orman Declares
Each Wishes to Be Early
Bird.

No mess sergeant ever had quicker
response to "chow" call than has been
the response from automotive exhibitors
to the first call for space reservations for
the State automobile show to be held
March to II in the State Playground,
z Recording to John B. Orman, show man
ager
Our announcements have not been out
more than a week." he said yesterday
land already we are deluged with red
uisitions for display space. For the first
time in nv experience as show man
-ager. it appears every exhibitor is trying
to be the proverbiaI early bird Ihere
must be a reason. In fact, l think there
are several reasons. One is that dozens
of exhibitors last year failed to Reed our
warning to make reservations early and
were left out of the show entirely. An
other is there is a deep undercurrent OF
renewed optimism in the general bust
ness atmosphere at this time
AUTO PRICES GET
BACK TO NORMALLY.
Especially is this true since the New
York and Chicago shows have gone into
history for this year. The reflex from
these shows is excellent Then, too,
automobile prices are at the lowest point
they have been for years. That much
sfghed-for period Of prewar prices IS
right in our midst, as the poet might
say. With the price pendulum at Its
lowest ebb, all cuts having been made,
the market once more is becoming
stabilized. The period Of uncertainty
among the dealers is past, and also is
Of
pective buyer of an automobile
Homer c. Lathrop, president Of the In
diauapoIis Automobile Trade Association,
speaks in a highly optimistic manner
concerning the outlook for spring bust
~ 1--WE have been pushing the keg up nil
in all lines of business" he declared.
Now we can see the top OF the grade
is lust one more shove away. There may
be no quick down grade for any or US
very soon, but after all We are not-look-
ing for soft stuff Good going on a
fairly level bit of ground viii suffice
for all lines Of business. The automobile
business, l firmly believe, has now got
ten past the low gear stage. with prices
now at their bottom level, am con-
fdent we are facing an era Of good busl-
ness for the salesman who has YaFde TO
offer to the good people of Indiana
aud to the Nation"
BOOKLET GIVES
SHOW DESCRIPTION.
An eight-page booklet describing the
State auto show has been issued by the
trade association in which the claim Is
made that There is no better auto show
in the country than at Indianapolis" The
further assertion is made that Indian
apolis had an automobile exhibition long
before New York had reached the stage
where such an exhibition was possible.
Few people remember the first In
dianapolis automobile show the boOkleI
states. This was held twenty-three
years ago in the old Cyclorama build
ing, where the Traction Terminal build
ing now stands"
The booklet contains many interesting
facts about Indiana, where the auto
mobile is king" and especially about
the buying power Of the Hoosier market
1t is stated, with rock bottom prices
now, the potential buyers are easier in
their minds
They want to be persuaded" said the
4, booklet. "They are going to flock to
&the State auto show to see the 100 per
cent, or better, pre-war values"
big staff Of decorators and car
penters is at work in the auto show
pavilion at the State fairgrounds and
Manager Orman promises a more beauti-
full exhibit than ever before.
I'VE are spending more for decorations
and these decorations are not paper mol
tinsel," he declares. I'VE are spending
more for music and more for illumina-
ton and also more for printers ink than
ever before. We have the faith. All we
will need will be the crowds when the
curtain goes up"