Evening star., 1936-07-26

grown in Texas blooming luxuriously
along the motor ways. At convenient
points along the highways restful
spots have been set aside for the trav-
eler. Every convenience is provided
for the States guests, and the au-
thorities have set up rigid system of
inspection and a high standard of re-
quirements in order that the health of
visitors may be fully protected.
Clevelands Great Lakes Exposition
extending to October 4. is expected to
attract many thousands of motorists
from the District. 1t will be held on
Cleveland's downtown lake front and
will be devoted to the story of the
country's great industrial trade en-
pire. The occasion is the official OBJ
servance of Cleveland's Tooth ami
versary. Four million persons are ex-
pected to visit the exposition In the
100 days it will be open.
Production Of passenger cars and
trucks in the United States and Can
ada is continuing firm this week. with
the total put at 96,674, against 97,O25
in the week ended July 18. says Auto
motive Daily News in its midweek sur
vey. Production has shown some sea.
Sonal decline in the last few weeks,
says Automotive Daily News, but the
total for July is likely to be we'll above
the earlier estimate of 100000 units,
and may run closer to 100000.
Production during June in the
United States and Canada reached a
total of 470,887 units. says Automotive
Daily News against 48O,5U in May
and 372,085 in June last year, based
on official figures released by the De-
partment of Commerce Tuesday
morning. This makes the June total
the highest for the month in the his
tory Of the industry, with the excep-
tion of June, 1929. OF the June pro-
duction. the United States accounted
for 454,487 units and Canada 16.400
units. OF the United States produc-
tion, 376,64l were passenger cars and
77,846 were trucks. The Canadian
production of 16,40O was comprised of
1925 passenger cars and 3,274 trucks.
June sales in the United States only,
based upon registration returns from
20 States, are now estimated by Auto
motive Daily News at 395 900. which
would be the highest for the month
in the history of the industry, and.
says Automotive Daily News, June
may even exceed the 397, 100 registered
in May this year. The previous June
sales record was in 1929, when 1886, 1893
new Passenger cars were registered
Commercial car and truck s..les in the
United States in June. based on re-
ports from 20 States. will show a total
of $3.50 units. Automotive Daily
News Inmates.
With the June figures now available
the first six months of 1886 have turned
up record comparable to the balmy
days of 1928 and 1929. The total for
the first half in the United States and
Canada was 2,596, ,309 cars and trucks,
Of which the United States produced
2,490, ,408 and Canada contributed 1867
9O1. The United States production in
the first half consisted of 2,045,894
passenger cars and 444,514 trucks.
Canada had 86,364 passenger cars and
1887 trucks.
Looking into the last half of 1886,
A. D. N. says production should reach
at least 100000 units, with little or no
let-down in production until late in
August and strong pickup antici-
pated in October, November and De-
cember. This would bring the total for
the year to 1900 900 units at least. A.
D. N. discounts the dangers of
labor troubles in the industry on the
basis that the treatment employees
have received from employers has
created good feeling to the extent that
organization efforts by union leaders
would be futile. 1t discounts possible
trouble in the steel industry, upon
which the automobile industry is de-
pendent for supplies. on the grounds
that steel labor organizers seem unable
to agree as to who does what to who
and for how much. In its closing
summary A. D. N. says: I'm these
days of political fervor, when many big
men are mouthing small words and
many small men are mounting big
words, it is difficult to get true per-
spective but, peering through the
smoke screens, the situation, so far as
the automotive industry Is concerned,
seems most favorable"