Evening star., 1932-01-17
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
DECLARED SUCCESS
Attendance and Sales Both
Exceed Records of
Last Year.
BY HARVEY ANDERSON.

NEW YORK, January 16.-"Happy
days are near again" IS the chorus
heard on all sides on the closing day
of the National Automobile Show, as
manufacturers, dealers and the public
unite in acclalming it one of the most
successful exhibits of the motor in
duStry in several years.
Not only did the attendance exceed
last years show by more than 35 per
cent, but the actual sales were greatly
increased for number of lines of cars
The public response, in the words OF
S. A. Miles, show manager, was re-
markable. The Show Committee of the
National Automobile Association ex-
pressed itself as more than gratified'
with the results.
1t was reported that there were visi-
tors at the show from every State in
the Union. Large delegations of dis
tributors, sales managers and dealers
left the city today for their home
cities with the conviction that the auto
motive industry is now in a position
to lead the country out of the slough
of depression on the upward trail to
more prosperous times.
Crowds End Tension.
Mr. Miles summed up the weeks &C
compliShmentS thus:
THE show arrived at a tense in
dustrial moment-When the air was
full OF uncertainty regarding what the
public reaction would be in the matter
OF purchasing the products of America S
largest manufacturing industry.
The first big question was answered
few hours after the doors were opened,
when it was seen that the attendance
was breaking last years record by more
than one-third.
THE second question, of whether or
not the public would buy cars, received
a most encouraging answer. Exhibitors
began tC report sales from the very be-
ginning. Both in actual sales and in
negotiations entered into for trade-ins,
last years exposition was surpassed con-
siderably."
Heads of several motor companies
declared emphatically that they saw
signs Of returning confidence on the
part Of the buying public and that the
impetus given the industry by the New
York show and other shows throughout
the country will assure a satisfactory
volume of production during 1882.
Must Overcome Fear.
Alvan Macauley, president of the
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, sounded the keynote of the
week in an address before the Mer-
chants Association of New York when
he said that 'the cooperation of all
business can bring about a return of
public spending, effacing the fear and
hysteria which now hold the con-
sumers dollar in check"
"It is the fear of buying new things
which must be overcome before we can
have a return of prosperity" Mr.. Ma
cauley asserted. 1--WE cannot be pros
porous if people do not buy and it is
the action of each individual person
in loosening his frozen dollars which
will create the great buying waves that
this country so urgently needs"
On Monday the Brooklyn show,
tWenty-first of the annual series, will
open at the 106th Infantry Armory,
continuing until January 23 It is held
under the auspices of the Brooklyn
Motor Vehicle Dealers Association.
The Newark show opens today, to con-
tinue until January %. The middle
western section Of the show will be
held in Chicago from January 80 to
February 6.
Copyright, 1922