Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD,
Automobile Editor.


w WASHINGTON bids well
NI come to the Automobile
v v Show. :.
It's appreciation is
voiced to the local leaders COM
prising the Washington Automo-
tive Trade Association, under
whose auspices the eleventh an
nual exposition of the motor car
As being staged. The city con-
graduates the chieftianS OF the
industry-the manufacturers, un-
der whose leadership and crafts
manship the various models and
makes have come forth.
Hope for Comeback Year.
The National Capital expresses
the hope that the year 1881 Will
be the comeback year that the
automotive heads have predicted
washington realizes that the in
duStry involving so many side
lines and so great employment
must prosper for the Nation's
business as whole to do well.
1t is to be desired that the show
at the Auditorium be the greatest
success of any previous year, both
in patronage and the taking OF or
ders. A visit to the show is recon-
mended. It will be well worth
while.
Opening last night, the show
was viewed by a large nrSt- nlgnt
throng. Today the doors OF the
Auditorium will again be open AND
SO each day and night until the
final curtain is rung down next
Saturday night.
fully advertised as the greatest
buy for the money. Not only have
many of the cars been reduced In
price over last year, but no year IN
automctive history have so many
improvements been listed. Ma
iority of improvements may be put
under transmission changes, but
in general three achievements
stand out-power, acceleration and
silence.
Heartened by Hoover.
Heartened by the cheering
words of President Hoover, ut
tered a few days ago, in which the
Chief Executive told the leaders
of the automotive industry gath
cred at a dinner In New York that
the new wear, far from having an
outlook of continued depression
indicates a decisive upturn In the
economic calendar of events, this
great industry, employing IN all It's
T1haSes nearly one-tenth or the
painful workers of the country, Is
turning its eyes hopefully toward
return of the prosperity In
which it viii have its share. The
President said he has not been
able to And any one driving an
automobile to the poor house, and
with this cryptic admission that
the automobile is an economic
necessity, the industry itself agrees
Indeed, it agrees to the polnl
where last years production Is ex-
pected to be far exceeded py the
output of better cars this year
More people may be driving Ole
cars Just now than in other years
So Mr.. Hoover said. But he also
added that these old cars are
wearing out, which means that
they must be replaced. And re-
placed they will be, by better cars
than the American motoring pub
lie ever possessed before.
Seemed Unbelievable.
It seems unbelievable that ar
Industry can have made sucf
rapid strides in the development
of its product since those com
paratively early days of a decade
and half AGO, when the car Of
the day was a bulky, unwieldy OBJ
iect with tremendous tires, two
wheel brakes which were none too
effective, inadequate steering gear
cars which compared only In tneil
major points with the Sleek
speedy, beautiful product that Il
the automobile of today. Yeai
after year promises have come
forth of finer cars, and cars VIII
more mechanical improvements
And each year the industry ha'
proven that these claims are no
empty bo2SeS. On top OF 1t all
this year the automotive industr.
offers the American public thu
finest motor car they ever hav'
owned, at lower price than the.
ever have paid for such a nm
product. Prices have Skiddet
down the economic grade unit
many cars have dropped on a
much as one-fourth in price. Blu
still the quality has been kept uE
And keeping pace with qualit
have come even more mechan1ca
refinementS and Improvements II
ease of driving, braking and op
Grafton which make the 1881 au
tcmobiIe the finest mechanics
mobile product ever evolved b
the brain of man.
Added Each Year.
Every year for a decade powe
has been added, longer life ha
been added, Smoothness and cas-
of operation have come, engin
and total car performance ha
been improved, riding has bee
smoothed out, better accelerate
has been added. the life Of the ca
has been IengtheEe6. Race-trac
experimentation has become dali
driving expectation, and still tn
end is far of. But If there eve
comes an end to the period
mechanical refinement these me
> tor cars of 1881 viii always B