The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 21, 1917, Image 56

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Newspaper Page Text14 TRUCKS THE. OREGON SUNDAY joURNAI' PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY: .21. f 1917. - r . AVAILABLE FOR WIDE VARIETY OF" SERVICE ARE lit- "WW : '. "Ti V .AUTO CO. 23 LINOS' CO. 5?A .jv.:- ?: A- i. t "ti If rr 1 kr'v INDUSTRY DEMANDS MOTOR v TRUCK AS NEVER BEFORE Growth in Business Not Entirely Traceable to European War This Year's Output Estimated at 125,000, By H. W. Perry. rrtry Commercial Vehicle Committee Na tional Automnbll (dumber of Commerce. In the New York Time. It Is an erroneous impression that , the American motor truck Industry is dependent upon the European war for continued prosperity and growth. The war orders of the British. French and Russian governments have been a " pectacular feature of the industry and had a tremendously stimulating Influence, but they represent only a little more than one-quarter of the to tal domestic production since the war began, nearly two and one-half years ago, and the exports of trucks ftavo been decreasing gradually this year while the domestic demand has con tinued, to Increase. 30,000 to 72,000. Worn Jul,- i ...i -9 . . 1916, It Is estimated the United States produced about 154,000 commercial ve ' t hides valued at approximately $308 -. 000,000. In the ame period the coun , try exported 41,048, valued at $112 , 289,864. From July 1, 1916. to Oeto ; ;ber 80 last, only G787 trucks were ' exported, a against "908 exported in the same months last year. The manufacturer of trucks and de livery cars has increased from an estl. mated production of 30,000 during the year 1914 to 72,000 In 1915, and 96,--, 000 last year. Plans of the manufac- mo coming year indicate 8 t probable output of 125,000 vehicles. Truck manufacturers have been working at the limit of their capacity for the last two years; additions have been built to old plants and new fac . tones have been erected and others are In course of construction Still the domestic demand exceeds the supply So long as general prosperity and out Industrial and commercial activities ret no serious setback, the manufac ture and sale of motor trucks will In crease rapidly. The business world now concedes the superiority of moto . .-haulage and delivery over former meth ods of transportation for relatively hort distances and the practical ellm. inatlon of the horse from this field Is only a matter of time. Cost of SfU,laCuH1s has b'n cut niaterl ' v, 9 la8t two ye" and truck prtces have been lowered correspond- -Xntennedlat Sixes, fe,nt tendencies among the manu ' V J? "t towa"-d building more in ' 'FE?Ut!. 61268 of trucka- Particularly - W0 and one-half and three and on. . nair tons capacity; toward higher '-n'8 f0JTrucks of six tons' capacity ' hreeU?oW 1 f th lntermediate and hl- 0n ?,zes' and Prices for '.OM-and a half' o, four aid '2Xh t0.n-models: toward a return to lTaio enal ear driv- There ?JeS- m Increase in the use of JiTr-rMStartfrfl' governor,. ing" Sro7LStee radiators and 'hi provision of driver's cab nart e whealhaMlS: al8 to uaVpoko . w tor Pessimism. . one?!lderabl? specula- 2Sn3ier,?n for Psimisnt wSSSSLV H qu!r,e" from 'orelgn !?nVl eekJng agencies for Amert- cioThaf1tUCk,, ,ndlcate a con fi? tnat there will be a big de ' manfi after peace i3 declared and tha mT SfV ,WI11 be ablethao . it. Our trucks have cainri . jood introduction In fore" they wm ir? Bd e tha" , mey will be able to compete with v7. ' UIJ Oil I II r n A output, which is not now equal to the demand. Truffle Congestion Helped. Traffic congestion on the railroads has extended the use and sale of trucks during the past year, and prospects are that It will require several years to build enough freight cara and locomo tives' to make up the present shortage It is impossible to forecast with any degree of accuracy the future develop ments of the motor truck. The manu facture of horse drawn wagons pro vides some basis for estimating the motor truck absorption capacity of the country. In 1899. when tha nnnni.ti w w vvpuiukivil or the UnitArt st too tiro. k.. 000,000, the number of business wag ons manufactured was 670,000; in 1904 it was 643.000. and In ino net nnn With a PODUlatinn nf mn V.. 000,000 now, and the Increased activi ties of the country, we hould be build ing more than 750,000 wagons a year except for the retarding Influence of the motor truck. It Is generallv Hr. cepted that one motor truck docs the 7"1 ' mree norse drawn vehicles; therefore, there should be a potential market for 2S0.00O tnir. , a. jcm, iH- take the place of wagons in all fields 6.000.000 Wurona In TT.. But it is fair tn tk.i - - -".uiuo uiai WOKDQf have an average life of 10 years, and tnax on thla basis there are In use to- v S. 81 6,000,000 wagons. No i" nunwer is much larger be cause there are 6,600,000 farms in the country and every farm needs one or wBons. And this takes no ac count of the hundreds of thousand, of wagons used in cities and towns. It will require 1.600,000 motor trucks and delivery wagons to replace the horse uta.vU wfuia now In use. Motor truck manufacturers, who are produclnc less than 100,000 a year now could double their output each succel: !IJ.year, for " ars before they r:irEr.?? ons in use. The Vi" . lnauelry is in about the same position now that the passenger car buslnesswas In five years "" tZ,irK J 'nany doubters ;.7 i ne motor truck nevnr wl.ttAtJf,not to b gotten that it ' K"""ir "pposea rive years ago or more that thle same belief existed w, lh "ra f the passenger auom une, wnereas the fact is that farmers " Duyer f pwea. Service Trucks Bm .F.nJJJbttdly' thcra are very few pe sons who hiv on.. . . . 7 ?Ll-J"tr?Ce ttat th relatively rlr,- t " U" as yet ln uBe are io me country. There are believed to be at least 250.000 in use n- TcrttS" iney are operated miles a day, or 15,000 miles each t year or 300 working days This m.t.. a total of 3.750.000,000 mei. The earn, o nH A .. . "5jr "r. lue aistance trav eia. ana this load will ave. Ji"0? maWngthree and thr- . , "uu wm-miies. The aver EhioTTTr .naular by horse . ... wt, buu country is aDDrox imatelr 20 nt a ,, bathe service Fs worVhlVsoVoooOu th, r.worthy of the lators nV iauon ot etate legis a?ever.hiShWa7 ""nlssionera wnatever can be and Is done to faeiii tate and encmiroc. -rto ac11 . r : '"uustriai. comme". m!it nrUf,ftIOnal &nd SOci devSop- SSL?f ne l.untry and benefit eve? "I 'l ' Ano consumer eventuallv Busing- r.-" m0l0r trucks w,uvuuun is so kwn ln manufaTturtnid abTe to Ii8?. lUslr th.Co;;-: an S f ator w1u only fool themselves and their constituents if theylZnlon -- r yyT T A ? 1- V t t 4? 5 -ALTTO CO " " 1 -jtr- - ,i f 45 that op- Is low- Used AutomoMe Parts at Half Price 211 mil- A . ww . VI : - - Cjs diot (iose uste( E:M.F. "30" Hudson r"cu- Reo: g...j i MaxwelU 11 li. Cadillac Studebaker-Garford rnniaM.ii.Ki- . wnars and 3 speed V f 5 ' . i -sV 'a(,1,hV , r. CO, iejurixc truck. 2cobms.ta motor cvk. ca TRUCK EXHIBITORS AT PORTLAND SHOW .; .v -y :-y- - or, w.-- -. ft 1 By-:-:".-: J . ;4t-. . VliT' 1 s ft BBlBBCl r - -' - F-B-DbVKaJl, Colurabia Carriage & Auto Gerline-Ar T f - McCracken Motor Co. . . Northwest Auto Co 1. Koering Machine Works!."! Oregon Mntnr ro s-dAutp sai;;!!!!!!:;!::::::::.:!!!!!or "uuc.ia Motor car (Jo ... -r. Co :: :::::::::.:::::::::::SSt pacific KisseiKar BrauchV; .":::;;;;! : : :: : :: ; ;: !wa1 ul Works .G. M. c. Trucks. - Gerslx Truck. Moreland. Heo. Stewart and Indiana Sterling. Studebaker and Denby. the former poUcy of paying for the Im provement and maintenance of the roads by general taxation and assess one class of road users the owners of motor vehicles to rain-. l?0 This special tax will neces sarily be Included in the operating or overhead expense, of business con cerna and be nM 4- .v. . . . action will be to tend to discourage wider adnntlnn . " . , , "-'v, uoo ujl motor T6- hJind,th.a.contlnuation of the less hl r "sporxauon methods of ? i Whlch uredly will not be to the advantage of the) public. Textiles mnria a land are snmurin. . . . . " "tnsnr or wi:u laonca. Firestone Head of Rubber Association Attended by over 700 representa tives of the rubber Industry from all over the country the seventh annual meeting of the Rubber Club of Amer ica. Inc.. held at New vrv t, ary proved the most successful in the history of the organization. to th,. annual banquet held In the Waldorf -Astnrio eh. - dressed by Former President William H. Taft. Representatives of all tho Prominent rnhhar v out the United SUtes were nresent. year just passed was the most successful and prosperous ln the his tory of the organization, which has been ln existence for 17 years. H. S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber company, was re-elected president of the club. The name of the club was changed to that of 'The Rubber Association of America." Kennedy Paint Shop Takes New Location O. W. Kennedy, who for TMra ha a been conducting a big paint shop ln tire Covey building. Is now in the lott of the H. Keats Auto company, at Broadway and Burnside, where he has equipped a plant to do the better grade of reflnishlng and painting. Rnpff Jll drrlnff ronmi maA V.a lutely dustleas. have been Introduced ln uus pitui, watcn ensDie me operators to make the special finish Jobs as they originally cams from the fao- Iftrr. Vtrinn. nth.. A r mm I M , vn duced hers, males It possible to dupli cate iivciory won in uio way oz oaint the stato Smith. It provides senate by Senator that vehicles proceeding right and in passing ln the same direc tion to the left. At all intersections in opposite dlrecTinna'h'.ir .ce"a I"? v'mcles . approaching from the naaa.ii wunjnjfti are to nave right rate of speed on all highways shall n-t exceed 25 miles an hour. This Is cut down to eight mile, when within 109 yards or any horse-drawn vehicle. Af Mr a. r"l I '""BBea----sSaSaaSaBaBa---BBaMaaaM,,..J.. " " .0; v Si ; g rt..iUUi.l Mm J I oduced in 5f Bfl ft a aa B el 3 F Fsr 1 r. -i -f 31 I DENBY aaaaa. uc Denby has set a new standard of price as well as quality. Never before have you been able to get a real truck with all the in-built sturdiness that has made DENBY TRUCKS famous -at near the DENBY price. Prices F. O. B; Portland 1 I Ton 1250.00 ' li'Ton $1800.00 2 Ton $1950.00 2J .Ton $2250.00 SEE THESE TOUCKS AT THE SHOW . - . . Oregoii M .;' Denfey Distributors. Broadway ;.JS16. 3 PARK AND DAvlS STS. our iimes the saving ueegee Tread One D&motxl Tire saves rnnn-v fht ayrvn in its first cost you keep the saving in your pocket right then. In its life of service it keeps on saving for you. Multiply that saving by four. Use Diamonds all four wheels of your cac Depend on Diamond Sqoeecee Treadsblack tread, red idesrubber that is as buoyant as the sir it snrroonds, and tougher than the road it travels. Diamond Fair-List Prices show the saving at the start; Diamond Tires prove their greater saving at the last. Bid Ttttfl ST Tires ley BicycU ssW H jiln FadarktAkr.0ais For Automobile Motorcycles and Bicycl wuunonfl fair last fiices tlx i d' '9X J s.ed lia f wS Uiiki 1 hd Ml Black Tread Red Sidee . ARCHER & WIGGINS SIXTH IAND OAK STOEETS , PORTLANn rjISTRtmrrnBc .VI V 83 NORTH BROADWAY lininniiHHiHiniijinnmiinmi - " - : , Nw ETerett U '"tumtinifwimmriiwi t - . Ill :