Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-10
DROP IS EXPECTED
/. IN MOTOR EXPORTS
Best Minds of AutomotiVe
Industry See Increasing
Competition Abroad.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Consumption of American automobiles
at points outside of the United States
Is expected to show a decline in volume
Of approximately IS per cent in 1880 as
compared with last year. This opinion
was expressed here today by some of
| the best minds in the industry, confer
ring with Government officials in con-
junction with the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce
The industry was represented as not
viewing with alarm recent changes in
automobile tariff rates in certain for
eign countries. These changes cannob
be construed as retaliatory in any sense
of the word" said a spokesman for the
| party, las foreign markets have been,
| for some time, striving to become self
sufficient, and recent changes in rates
are regarded by the Industry as simply
an. acceleration of this policy"
The expected decline in the present
years export trade is due, generally, 1t
was said, to the universally depressed
| conditions which have curtailed auto
| motive buying TO almost the minimum.
| The future Is viewed with optimism.
with a definite pickup expected in the
| Autumn. The delegation declined to
| discuss the 10 per cent reduction of the
salaried pay roll of an important manu-
| facturer, which was announced recently,
and admitted no knowledge of further
| curtailmentS in the industry.
| The delegation consisted of Robert G.
Graham, chairman of the export trads
committee of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce: H. H. Rice,
chairman of the legislative committee;
/ Of the
committee, and Pyke Johnson, secretary
Of the chamber. Its sole mission, 1t was
said, was to introduce the new per-
sonnet brought about by the appoint
ment of John N. WHY'S, former chair
man of the export committee, as AM
| bassador to Poland.
Exports of bituminous coal from the
| United States during the first hve
| months of 1880 registered an increase
| over the same period of last year. The
| fetal, as given by the coal section, Com
merce Department, for the. current
| period was 1890, 800 long tons as COM
pared with 4,848,835 long tons in 1929.
One railroad has reduced its rate on
coal for export through certain Gulf
| ports but this action Is believed to have
| no bearing on the general export coal
| trade, inasmuch as only a very small
tonnage moves through the ports af-
fected.
Data of value in the design of air.
| plane propellers intended to operate at
high tip-speeds have been obtained
through recent experiments at the Bu-
! reau of Standards. The aerodynanlic
! characteristics of model airfoils were
measured in a high speed air jet 2
inches in diameter at velocities from
one-half to 1903 times the speed OF
sound.
The results indicate the section Of
the blades of propelers for use at tip
! speeds should be of quick circular
arc form for the outer part of the
blades, changing gradually to sections
of conventional form as the hub is APP
| preached.
g Heat and sound proofing of buildings
OF all types Is being given increasing at
| tention in Canada where formerly only
certain kinds of buildings and ware
houses considered insulation in con-
| struction.
Because of the cold climate insulation
| Is a very important item in Canadian
construction, the Commerce Depart
ment says. The major producers and
importers of this product have been
active in bringing the benefits before
! the public through advertising with the
result that Canadian consumption OF
heat proofing materials, especially rigid
wall boards, has practically tripled dur
ing the last four years.
Domestic production has more than
kept pace with demand, and a slightly
higher ratio of increase is noted for
that period. In addition to insulation,
for. retaining heat in larger buildings
and for excluding warm air from cold
storage warehouses, many homes are
adopting insulation, not only in the case
OF new construction, but also for houses
already built. In the Far North insula- Z
ton is widely used in mining camps
and other isolated outposts for protec-
ton against cold.
Although most of the rigid wall
boards in Canada are made in that
country, other types, such as semi-rigid
blankets, etc. are imported largely from
the United States.
Planes operating on commercial air
lines in France covered a total distance
of 5.661 900 miles In 1929 and carried
| ger miles, 1851, 700 pounds of express
| for $4,000 ton miles and 328675
pounds of mail for $4,000 ton miles.
The country exported 214,433 900
| francs worth of aeronautical products
during the year, principally to Jugo-
slavia, Belgium, Turkey, Soviet Russia
and Brazil. For the first time, customs
| STATISTICS showed auplane imports
amounting to approximately $4,000,
representing aeronautical equipment Of
| all sorts
The ministry of air, created In Sep
| TENDER, 1928. has encouraged the vari-
GUS airplane and engine manufacturers
and airlines to follow a policy of con-
centration through mergers or other
forms of corporation association, and
| to this end three important groups have
been constituted, embracing most of the
more important firms.
Private flying has not been greatly
developed in France, but more atten-
ton has been directed recently to this
phase of flying. Flying clubs. CONNER
cial Arms and private individuals are
becoming interested in the purchase Of
more equipment.
Training city boys for farm work is
| the method now being tried out by the
German government to compensate for
| the large number of farm hands that
have been attracted to the cities.
In a report to the Commerce Depart
ment q school consisting of a 30O-acre
farm has been established. The pupils
l are separated into groups, with an in
structor, and are obliged to take part
in all work necessary on a farm, being
assigned to particular duties every few
days. In addition to the regular in
struction in farming and the care of
live stock, special courses are given in
the operation and upkeep Of farm ma
chinery.
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