Evening star., 1932-02-07
" YASHINGTON'S Automo-
~ bile Show surely lived
v v IN to all expectations

wv DlIC ollO" OuASAJ
V Y up to all expectations.
Record thrOngS, full OF
enthusiasm and purchasing inter
est, augurs well for the industry
this year.
Reports from other cities are
equally encouraging, but it ap-
pears that the National Capital
totaled up figures in proportion
to it's population to excel ali
others.
The many thousands Of COM
petitorS in the auto show puzzle
contest proved that residents Of
this city are auto minded as well
as being fond Of puzzles.
Better Trade Ye>T Seen.
Appraising the results of the
automobile industry's masSed ef-
fort to shake general business out
of depression, leaders Of motor
car manufacturing in Chicago for
the thirty-Second annual national
show have voiced the opinion that
1882 will be a better year for the
trade than 1881. according to a
survey Of the North American
Newspaper Alliance.
The beliefs were expressed fol-
lowing an unprecedented period
of mass presentation not only Of
new models. but of the shows il
which they are exhibited, covering
the country from coast to coast
The Chicago show has seen the
elimination Of one months effort,
starting in New York, continuing
in Detroit and extending to this
city. The ramifcatiOnS have been
Widened to both coasts. taking in
Philadelphia and Boston in the
East, with Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and other cities representing
the Pacific Coast
Reporting on the Chicago show,
prior to the close on Saturday,
Samuel A. Miles, veteran director
of the national displays, pointed
out that although the opening
days were checked considerably
by zero Weather-the first in two
yearS-the attendance pushed up
rapidly on Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. He said this made it
certain that the entire week
would show patronage in excess
of 100000, and margin above
one year ago.
Mr.. Miles remarked on the fact
that this years buying crowd" is
cautious. Buying is being done
on careful consideration and not
on snap judgment.
Phenomenal Attendance.
The annual automobile shows
in widely separated parts of the
United States have now pro-
gressed to a point where it is
demonstrable that the phenom-
email attendance and good buying
which marked the New York eX-
hibition was by no means an iSo-
lated example of public interest
in the new models, according to
Alfred Reeves, vice president and
general manager of the National
Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce.
Enough shows now have been
held or opened to prove that the
automotive industry is in a posi-
ton to lead the Nation back to
good times, as it has in former
periods Of depression.
The almost unprecedented pop
ular curiosity about the car offer
,ings and the universal verdict that
new peaks Of value have been
achieved have satisfied leaders of
the industry that only enactment
OF discriminatory special Federal
excise tax can adversely affect the
market which now is clearly dis
cerned.
On the opening day of the
tWenty-siXth annual exhibition in
the Fifth Regiment Armory, in
Baltimore, 453O persons - l ,632
more than on the inauguration
OF last years show - passed
through the turnstiles. On the
same day the Philadelphia show
ended and a Philadelphia news
paper said:
Prosperity has come back to
Philadelphia-riding in new
automobile. That is the result
seen in the annual automobile
show, which closed last night at
the Convention Hall after the
most successful week in its his
tory. 1t broke all of last years
records. It topped the big and
brilliant show Of 1881 in paid at
tendance"
II Per Cent Increase.
While it is too early for COM
plete figures to compare with
those Of the New York show, which
revealed an attendance jump of
II per cent over last year and the
best buying in four years, it has
been announced definitely that
new attendance and buying rec
ords were hung up at Newark,
while results at San Francisco
were similarly encouraging to the
industry and the dealers. The
exhibits in Detroit, Brooklyn, Buf-
falo, Providence, Montreal, Hart
ford, Minneapolis, Omaha and
Pittsburgh were in an atmosphere
that augured the sweep Of ma
tional interest in the enhanced
values. and, in many instances,
lowered prices would gain mo-
mentum through those shows.
Concerning the significance of
the unusual attendance in that
and other cities, Baltimore pub
lication says editorially:
1T is frequently said that the
energy, initiative and persistence
which Ccar) manufacturers show
in pushing sales Of their wares.
coupled with the genius they have
exercised in constant improvement
of their nrnductS. have demon