Evening star., 1928-04-08
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

The four wheeled motor vehicles Of
America traverse the roadways OF the
world, printing on the sands Of the
Arabian desert and the fastnesses OF
the highlands of Mongolia, as well as
the Jungle trails of Africa. the marks of
an American tire driven forward by an
American made engine. Uncle Sam has
pushed the frontiers of his business
ventures far into every remote corner
of the world by many and varied proc
eSses. None has been more in the FORE
front of the business adventuring of the
Yankee trader over the last two decades
than the American-made automobile.
The streets of Yokahan1a and Toxic,
of Rangoon and Manila, of Cape Town
and Natal, and Melbourne and Brisbane.
as well as Montevideo and BuenoS Aires,
resound to the honk of the American
horn and mirror the mark Of the Amer1-
can tire. Wherever Americans go and
in many places they don't go the Arneri-
can automobile is the pacemaker for
the motor cars of other nations. Not a
spot in the world has not been visited
by one or more OF the products OF De-
troit, or Cleveland, or Buffalo-on four
wheels or two, for the American made
motor cycle Is close competitor Of its
larger brother for favor in the open
spaces Ol Tie NOAAA'
Recovering From Slump.
Uncle Sam has gone through quite a
| slump recently, in so far as his motor
| car exports are concerned, but he Is
| coming back with true American punch
| Last Fall was his bad time and the
| Winter wasn't so good. But now he Is
| back in the world automobile market
| again. pushing his trade frontiers tor
ward and making the foreign competi-
| ton feel that America may be down-In
an automotive way-but never out. II
was all probably a reflex OF the vel
| known domestic manitestatlon-Wner
| the motor world was in the doldrums
| last Fsu waiting for Henry Ford-ths
/ wizard OF Detroit-to do something 81
| they could know which way TO jump
/ Ford Jumped, and so did the other
manufacturers, and now American au-
/ tomotive exports are pushing toward
| their peak again, with the probability
/ that ere long they Will be nack Wnere
! they were two years ago.
| The Commerce Department has JUS
| gathered some interesting f1gures OF
| automotive exports which snow the way
| things are running, now that Amer
| ican production has slipped into hlgt
| gear and all the long period OF suspense
| Is over. Rising exports OF automoIlVs
| products from the United States, tht
| department says, reached value Of
| s36,557,7 ,726 in February, gain OF i
! per cent over January shipments valued
at S32,035, 1893 and i3 per cent gain
over the S32. .265.l .l48 OF February. 1927
Passenger Cars and Trucks Listed.
Production Of passenger cars anc
| trucks reflected the seasonal improve
ment and totaled 323,368 units. a gair
Of almost 20 per cent over 23l.647 out
put the preceding month. February
output was also per cent higher thar
| the 304. 1853 production during Februar,
of last year Passenger car exports
| at 25,lI4 registered a gain Of 22.6 pei
| cent over January's 2o.476 and III
per cent over the II ass unit total fol
| February Of 1927. Trucks at s.s3s, or
| the contrary. were 31I per cent unde
| the January shipments of 1854 ant
/ l45 below the exports Of 1920 II
| February Of 1927
| Shipments during February In TIT
/ low. medium and high priced range o
| passenger cars were considerably oyel
! the January figures. Canada with i'm