The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-02
HOLIDAY TRADE
IN ALL AUTOS
TO Be BIG
Manufacturers Making Plans
to Meet Demand Some
Output Records Broken.
BY MARSHALL e. WALKER,
OOsmopolitan News Service.

cosmopolitan News Service.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. with
motor manufacturers already nals-
Ing preparations to meet what some
believe viii be heavy December
holiday trade. indications Of
slight let up in the recent excess
demand for autos were see4l as the
fourth quarter Of the year began
this week.
Factories are storing cars, some.
because OF over-production. otheKa
to meet the Christmas demand. A
few still are unable to ell orders,
but others are building Less cars
than they were few weeks ago,
and further curtailing of produc.
ton. temporarily at least, Ii pos
sible. Ford Is the outstanding ex.
ception, He continues to set new
Trade Holds Up wen.
Production in general, however,
II holding up wen. There il moth
ing which could be construed In
any way as q slump ia the indus.
try. And whatever decline ii. out.
put there Is can be called nothing
but the normal autumnal condition.
There II apparently q readjHat.
ment after the summer rush, with
nothing particularly outstanding
either up or down in the trade.
orders Tor the many new models
recently introduced corrinue to
pour IN satisfactorily, ana one
large dealer has just announced
that he will discontinue to handle
used cars because he Is kept 30
busy selling g well known makers
some evidence 81 seasonal Ill.
cline was furnished BY B reDoft
that the South Bend plant Of
| Studehaker viii curtail production
ana Tor the present lay or 3 few
men. N
Some New Figures.
Chandler q one of the factories
doing well, new models proving q
big sales stimulant. Output Tor
| the year Ii expected to exceed the
1922 production Nv so per cent.
Ford's new record 81 41.709 cars
and trucks for the week exceeds the
previous mark by 276.
American nufactlirera reporl
an increaking foreign trade, ea.
porte already this year being great.
~ GAAesl AUAs Oh VI 4W1Bs All NAQc-
cially large gain ii noted In truck
sales abroad.
Introduction az two new lines. d
brougham BY JeWett and a low.
priced six.cyIinder in six body
styles by Odds marked further adj
yances In the industry during The
week.
Interest in autos Ii not on the
wane. az shown by the enthusiasm
al the New York Closed Car TX
hibit this week and the scramble
for space at the great display ID
be held here next week and IN
chicago the week following. Bids
for space exceed those Of ;ast year.
Price Cut Doubted.
Rumors OF Ford price cut,
coming out Of the East, have no
town. Since putting out his new
lines recently, Henry Ford haD been
more interested IN the Muscle
Shoals bid and now il concentrating
his attention on B motor trip. In
a few days he viii begin operations
In q new $1,5OO.O0O assembly plant
in Toronto.
Motorists, courts and officers Of
the law in large cities may find
food for thought In court testimony
given here by q motorcycle polire-
man that traffic in downtown De.
troit would be In a hopeless tangle
IL traffic police enforced the law to
the letter and compelled drivers TO
slow down to ten miles an hour"
Police and not laws, determine
what is speeding, he said.