Evening star., 1937-10-31

display as well as many Accessories
and kindred equipment.
The exhibit, staged under the aus
pices of the Washington Automotive
Trade Association headed by its presi-
dent Oscar Coolican, and manager,
Richard J. Murphy. will remain open
through next Saturday night. The
hours for admission today will be from
pm until IL pm. Tomorrow and
thereafter the hours will be from II
am. until II pm. The accessibility
of the hall is probably better this year
than last. Take any Georgetown
street car or bus Get off at Twenty
fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Walk one block north on Twenty
fourth to L street. Then go one block
further north to NJ street. One-half
q block still further north is the
location of the show.
Besides the array of the brilliantly
colored and shining cars of 1888 there
are other interests at the show. The
decoration is the motif of an Egyptian
garden Careful artistic touches have
been given to make its affect most
pleasing. Music also will furnish an
= ADDED charm. The new location affords
much more space than before, per-
mitting better arrangement of the
cars which gives the visitors easier
and less crowded inspection.
Auto officials here are confident of
the coming year as another successful
one for their industry. To begin with
the United States has motor vehicle
ownership of more than 26,000,000.
The National Capital has high per-
centage in relation to other cities.
This year registrati tions in Washington
we're about 100000. approximately a
6 per cent gain over last year. The
automobile business here is second
only to the purchase of food.
Replacement Is Large.
The replacement field in Washington
Is large. Washingtonisns' due to the
stability of wages and employment
are able TO buy and do buy. Now is
held to be the best buying time. A
few years ago the automobile shows
we're held in January and March and
it is believed that the stimulus for
purchasing CAUSED by the shows Is
greater at this time.
The change in automobile show
time was made at the request of
President Roosevelt who stated that
he believed that a greater regularity
of employment would result, especially
during the cold weather when workers
needed constant employment to OBJ
tain salaries to enable them to pay
that extra amount for fuel to keep
them warm. When the shows we're
held in January and February there
was a cessation of production for a
long period before and many men
were out of work. Now production
continues throughout that period.
Success in improving the stability
of employment and higher annual
earnings of auto factory workers, by |
virtue of the fall announcement of |
new passenger models, is confirmed |
by an announcement from the Auto
mobile Manufacturers Association.
Prior to 1885, it was customary |
to initiate the new models with the |
New York show, held early in Janu-
ary," comments Alfred Reeves vice
president. "At that time, a study |
made by industry indicated that fac
tory employment could be greatly
stabilized and the annual earnings
of the individual factory workers in
creased by advancing the introduc-
ton of the new models to October
or November, furnishing full-time
work during the late fall and winter
months In automobile factories and
related industries. Following this pro-
gram, the shows we're held In early |
November of 1885 and 1886, and the
factory employment was sustained
during the fall and winter months of
those years"
Gains In Employment.
Reports recently made to the United |
States Bureau of Labor Statistics
show that these gains in employment |
during the holiday season of 1886, |
resulting from the early introduction |
of the new models, provided work for |
100000 more men than otherwise |
would have been employed in the |
automobile and body manufacturing
industry alone. 1t is estimated that |
$4,000 workers in allied and dependent |
industries owe their fall and winter |
employment to this new program.
making an additional holiday season |
employment of 175,000 factory work
ers.
Every third family of the 30,000,-
900 in the United States will pur-
chase an automobile. new or used, |
some time during 1887, predicts the
American Petroleum Industries Com |
mittee. Sales of new cars are ex-
pected to stand at about 100000, |
and sales of used cars, which for the |
last 10 years have been greatly in |
excess of new cars, are expected to |
exceed 100000, making a total of |
approximately 11,5oo,o0o automobile |
sales transactions for the year. In
1885 a total of 10,606,000 automobiles |
was sold in the United States. OF
these. 4,016,000 we're new cars, and
e,5so,00o we're used automobiles.
Automobile registrations are ex-
pected to increase about 100000 this
year and that expansion of automobile
ownership, the committee points out,
will be chiefly among families having
incomes of $50 week or less. This
expansion in ownership, plus greater
annual use of automobiles already on
the highways, will cause a gain of
about sloo.0o0,00o in gasoline tax re-
,ceipts by the State and Federal gov
ernnents. Registration fee receipts
by the States will increase by about
$25,000.oo0. Excise taxes on new cars