The Washington times., 1925-01-21
AUTO HAS MADE
j. 5. RICH, SAYS
il. FARLEY
President of Auburn Company
Reviews Growth Of Indus
try in Is Years
By J. /. FARLEY
President Auburn Automobile

FE6SIuGnE AuBuEH FAusOAhVOS
Company
So rapid has been the progress
and so speedy the development OF
the automobile industry that sell
dom is the opportunity offered for
retrospection, so engrossed are the
numerous individuals with thoughts
&nd plans for the future.
1t is only on such occasions as
the annual automobile show, which
celebrates the silver anniversary OF
the industry, that the full signifi-
canoe of what has been accom-
plished is impressed on US, part1cu-
larly when the company in question
n one Of the pioneers Of the IN
dustry.
Go back twenty-five years and
you win see an industry laughed at.
Knocked even by financial interests;
banks looked upon 1t askance, re-
fusing to advance money to assist
it in establishing itself. Here is
the same industry today, grown
into. a position of admitted stability,
steadily, surely and soundly, with
out setback.
Growth I'm 25 Years.
Consider the product of this in.
dustry today; compare 1t with the
product twenty-five years ago. Not
so long ago big prices were paid
for cars which could render only
a meager portion of the perform
ance of today's cars. Closed bodies
were unknown and even wind
shields and tops cost extra. For
less money today the buyer may
obtain a veritable palace on wheels,
Ten years ago the first enclosed
cars were considered fit only for
city driving. Yet today the coach
Ind sedan have usurped the place
held since the beginning OF the
industry by the phaeton types. It
is not too bold to predict that an.
other year will see IS per cent of
the total production consisting of
enclosed cars. The popularity of
our coach. brougham and sedan
types in all Of our models and the
tremendous demand which greeted
our English coach on the 6-4S
chassis on its Introduction readily
bears me out.
1t is my first conviction that the
motor car has made America rich.
1t is exactly suited to the hurrying,
dashing, aggressive American
temperament and goes hand in
hand with the initiative which has
given our country rank among the
foremost nations on earth.
Car Helps Owners Earn More.
Nothing has ever put money into
circulation to compare with the
motor car and it's allied industries.
Aided by the automobile which
saves the time and widens the
scope of operations of the indi-
Yidual, the American people today
ge earning more money than ever
hfore, and are therefore able to
spend large amounts for motor
cars and other comforts and ne
cessities. At the same time, bank
ers tell US that there is more
money being deposited in the banks,
and life insurance authorities state
that never has so much insurance
been purchased as in recent years.
Another factor has been the de-
velopment Of highways. Were 1t
not for the motor car it is not
likely that we would today possess
a network of nearly 4,000,0 900 miles
of improved roads, which has en-
abled Americans to become ac-
Anuainted with their own country
Ind has brought Florida and Cali
mia into nearly the same prox-
" with the residents Of the
lie West as their county seat
for them just a quarter OF