Evening star., 1924-08-06
RADIO SALES WILL
MAKE 1924 RECORD
Estimates Based on Seven
Months Production Promise
Enormous Totals.
BY j. C. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 6.-Recent re-
ports from the principal radio manu-
facturers and distributors would seem
to indicate a certainty that the wire
less industry will have the largest
year in its history. The only ques-
tion seems to be how big sales will
be. Estimates based on seven months
production range between $350.000.-
sets and batteries and other access
sories.
Circumstances have combined to in
crease interest in radio. The grow
ing intensity of the interest in the
presidential campaign, in which radio
is expected to play a major part, has
led to heavy purchases of new sets.
The squirt in prices of agricultural
products has focused attention on the
daily market reports, especially in
the rural districts. Sport already has
played a big part with the Olympic
games and promises to be even more
of a factor in the International polo
and tennis matches. the tighteSt race
the American League has ever seen
a world series of extraordinary inter-
est and foot ball year that prom
iSeS real sensations.
Profits Are Piiing.
Combined with these influences has
been the real satisfaction which re-
cent equipment has given its users
and the development of enthusiasts
capable and desirous of manufactur-
ing their own sets and conducting
independent experiments.
Profits and production among the
manufacturers and dealers, therefore,
are piling up. Some idea of the vol
ume of sales may be gathered from
year the sales value of neutrodyne
receivers, paying a royalty to the
Hazeltine Corporation. amounted to
s7.6o0,000. and that the second quar-
ter undoubtedly showed an increase
over this amount. Even at the lower
rate, this would mean annual profits
of something like 100000 for the
corporation, but the increase has
been so rapid that no one. even in the
company, pretends to forecast the
prospective amount.
Orders Steadily Increasing.
The Radio Corporation of America
large manufacturer of radio equip
ment in addition to its other activi-
ties, had a net income in 1928 OF
$4.737, 1876. a gain of s1.763,I939s
| over the previous year. This year the
company has had extreme difficulty
in filing orders for heterodyne sets
and sales have increased until now
they are believed to he at a rate wei
above s5.000,00O month Sales OF
tubes are running above 10000 q
month. il is estimated. These tubes
are being made by the. big electric
General Electric and Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company
and their profits from radio have in.
creased in proportion.
The Dubilier Condenser and Radit
Corporation has profited not alone
through its production of radio equip.
ment, but by the order of the Inter
state Commerce Commission for in
Stallation of automatic train contro
systems. The Dubilier Company ma:
control manufacturers for various
sized condensers. The invention con-
trolled by the company used in the
manufacture of so-called supel
|, ducon"- products has become an i'm
portant part of the companys assets
ate the use of b batteris by convert
ling the power from any lamp socket
into voltage used in any radio. re
ceiver.
Plant Capacity Doubled.
The Ware Radio Corporation has
recently doubled the capacity of its
factory and expects to turn out
sa,50o. 600 worth of popular priced
neutrodyne sets in eight months
beginning September /. The com
pany has been called on to supply
/ 22, 900 of these sets for one phono.
graph company alone TO equip cabi-
nets which combine radio and phono-
graphs equipment.
An idea of the growth of the retail
business in radio supplies can be OBJ
tained from the progress of the Rova
Radio Corporation which hegSn with
a capital Investment of $500 in one
store and developed without the in
PRODUCTION of additional outside cap
ital into concern with II stores in
three cities.
David Sarnoff. vice president and
general manager Of the Radio Corpo-
ration OF America, predicts tina
100000 radio receivers will be il
operation in the United States in
years and that two-thirds of all the
homes wired for electricity. will b,
equipped with radio.