Evening star., 1923-01-04
HUGE AUTO OUTPUT
NEEDED FOR 1928
Estimated LOO, 900 viii Be
Required to Replace Those
Sent to Junk Pile.
BY J. C. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, January At is GO
ing to take somewhere near 100000
new automobiles this year to replace
the cars that 20 to the junk pile.
Automobiles are getting more use
and harder use than ever before, in
spite of better roads; and consequent
iy their term of usefulness is less, al
though their durability pever has
been so great =
Automobile men in close touch with .
the situation declared today that d
part or the surprising sales and pro-
uuctlon records of last year, when ap-
proximately 100000 American cars
ana trucks were turned out, was due
20 underestimating the number of We
nicies required for replacements 1t
new cars to replace old cars in 1920
and the depression of 1921 made less
than that number necessary but ex-
perts estimated today that 13OO,000i
repiacements were required in 1922.
Price Cuts Help Demand.
Taking into consideration the mum
per Of cars shipped abroad, there
probably are not more than 1900, 600
more automobiles in operation this
year than last, or less than was
turned out by the Ford factory alone
There is little doubt. however. that
every cut in price made by the auto
| mobile companies, Including the re
cent reduction by the Hupp company
has added tremendous number OF
prospective purchasers, SO that auto
mobile manufacturers are now pre-
pairing for tremendous increase in
production and sale over the totals
of 1922.
In the early days of this year
Kansas is leading with car to a
tants, with California. Iowa. South Da-
kota and Nebraska close behina.
| Thousands of automobile owners still
were standing in line in the streets
| mere today in an effort to secure 1923
number plates.
Fnrm Machinery Booming.
Farm implement producers through
out the middle west declared today that
they expected their 1923 business TO
double that of last year. The president
OF the American Fork and Hoe Company
announced today that the fall trade
! had been excellent and that enough
orders were now on the books to keep
the plants running until April, even If no
further business came in. Implement
companies are having difficulties IN get !
ting deliveries of steel.
Striking developments in production
and use of electrical power are now
under way. The Southern Hydro Elec-
trlc companies are making vigorous ef-
torts to enlarge power production in
anticipation of a demand for industrial
purposes which is expected 10 exceed
anything ever known in the south before.
ALREADY the amount of power furnished
textile mills in Georgia. the Carolinas
Alabama and Texas is rising in response
to invasion OF the southern field by
northern textile interests
Headings New Plan.
The plan Of the Philadelphia and
Reading
production and distribution system b.
electricity Will require many million
dollars worth of equipment, and the
program of the Illinois Bell Tele-
In the next five years in betterments
insures other tremendous orders from
electrical equipment concerns.
Ihe steam carriers are not falling
behind in Improvement plans The
Santa Fe system will spend S24,100.-
900 in 1923 for such purposes, while
the st. Paul road expects to expend
about S30,000.000.
Little effect on building material
prices is to be expected az a result
of the decision of the federal court.
listing the 'trade practices forbiddeY
under the Sherman law in the dissot
luton case against the Gypsum InI
dustries Association. Those practices
have been thoroughly banned by pre-
vious decisions. The announcement OF
the big government building program,
however, is expected to boost material
prices in some centers.
Steel Mills Very Busy.
CLEVELAND, January (SpeciaD.-
| Industrial leaders here are unanimous
today in the belief that business in the
next six months will continue at the
present pace or exceed it. Steel men
declared that business today was far
ahead Of where il was a year ago.
The Newton Steel Company has placed
r,1Sl lie ~,
week, and the Shenango furnace is pro-
ducing at greatly increased pace.
ST. Paul Wants Ford Plant.
ST. PAUL. January (SpeciaD.-
The unofficial announcement of the
coming Of the $4,000, 900 Ford Motor
Company plant here already has stimu-
! lated activity in real estate and bust
ness circles, and preparations are be4
ing made to cater to the trade of the
new industrial population the plant will
bring. Minneapolis is expected to
benefit as well as st. Paul