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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1925)
. .; .v. ... " , "-... .-' - j j. , i ' ; i is i M : FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4. 1925 v SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER-13; 1925 PBCOlii UMishments hate been - la oper AUTO BUSINESS the similar period In 1924 which was, the second largest year in the business. - . Sales this fall have been ex ceptional. November was 63 per cent over the eleventh month a year ago. The outstanding rea son for this growth in the opinion o fthe motor' trade .has been -the fact that the prices of vehicles are the lowest that . have 1 ever obtained. 1 ' '- Marked manufacturing econom ies have made, this season partic ularly in closed bodies with' the result ;that better "cars hate been offered" for less money7 than ever before -n';; ' ;. ' ' . ation less than two years, Cnerro- NUAL NEW MODEL let sales there during, 1925 will total about 20,000 ; cars," Mr. Knudson said. "The growing for eign popularity of the Chevrolet will require, an Increase of 100 per cent in oar. European assem bling facilities within the next two years. v Springfield Two miles of ce ment sidewalk laid here this. year. ' Ameri can Progress in Motor Causes Foreign Build to Look In Exceptionally Low Prices Be lieved Cause of Largest - - ' Fall Business Cars n ; a r 1 v-s. vw - EFORMDTORS SB X TI IS . European automobile manufac - k turers are following, the lead of American engineers and body de signers according to W. S.Knud sen, president of i the-5 Chevrolet Motor . company,,,-! whjk-: recently spent six weeks abroad.. Mr Knudsen's tour of Europe includ ed visits to several ,,automcbile ebows. . . , , jf "It fa very evident that the English, French and Italian auto- mobile manufacturem'are intense I ly alive to American progress in modification and simplification of chassis linejfc." Jie said. "It also is evident that during the last few years they have followed Ameri can initiative tn the improvement of automobile bodies, both as to comfort and appearance. ' In fact one-of the largest automobile ma kers procures if rom ! the "United States 'all or the tools and ma chinery used in building the bod . ies for his cars. "The very small "bug- type of car. apparently is losing favor in Europe. A great majority of the light automobiles made in Europe today are modeled" as closely as possible to match the seating capacity- of American t light cars. ; Many of the European car build ers,' however, still use a relative ly small motor with a low gear ratio and four speed transmission. This results in gasoline economy which is important In Europe be cause of high cost of motor fuel. It also results in low taxes in England, because: taxes there are based on horsepower. But these advantages are obtained only at the, expense of frequent gear changing which is necessary even s on very slight grades. Such a gear arrangement invariably has its disadvantages, particularly in mountainous districts. ' I found - our;- American .cars -.with their greater power reserve very much ; in favor." ,.' . , '.j Mr.- Knudson inspected the . European assembling plants at p London, Copenhagen and Antwerp ? ad the Chevrolet, receiving plant f at Hamburg where partially as I sembled cars are completed and . tested before being delivered. A '. similar receiving plant is located at Barcelona, Spain. - "Despite the fact that the old est of Chevrolet's ' European es- GRHTLi Ten-Thousandth Six Cylind er Car Is Taken From Line at Racine The ten-thousandth Ajax has been produced- It came off the "lfne" at the factory in Racine. Wisconsin, Friday, November 20, lost one -week less than six months from the day the first production Ajax was built. There was keen, interest among" the workers throughout the Ajax plant in the 10,000th car. The motor, as it proceeded down the final assembly line, was decorated with a bouquet of -American beau ty roses and a hearty cheer greet ed the finished car as it. was run off the assembly line and out onto the company's test track for final inspection before shipment. "What pleases us most, " said George C. Hubbs; general sales manager of Ajax Motors' company "is that the thousands of cars in the hands of owners since last spring have given a splendid ac count of themselves. It is an in teresting fact that at no time since the introduction - of the Ajax has there been any effort on the part of the factory to in crease production beyond a point of sound manufacture, in spite of pressure from dealers for more cars. As a matter of fact, during the first four or five weeks, pro duction was deliberately held down to ten or twelve cars a day. "Increases were made, from time to time, on a careful basis until production finally reached a sizable volume. Meanwhile, I Ajax performance in the hands of owners throughout the country and abroad, made necessary plans for additional factory equipment so that production might be in creased 100 per cent to meet the demand of the buying public. "This increased production will become operative with the -installation of the necessary machinery and equippment. which probably will have been completed about Februray 1." WALTER P. CHRYSLER'S TRAFFIC TALKS r-r ,. r :. .. " , - f - lr:. - ,- - . - - Kadio orocj Lompany - New Field For Players 1 V' i r .ill "i ' "i I The community which thinks it is too small to plan for its fnture with especial reference to motor vehicular traffic is short-sighted. No matter where you go you will find trafHc problems. In Hol land, for example, in a city like Amsterdam, one in every thre rides a bicycle. Imagine the diffi culties of driving a motor car. In most countries mistakes have been made In making high ways too narrow. England made the mistake and profited by it and today has some of the finest highways in the world with room for as many a eipht lines of cars. France and Holland and Ger many have taught the lesson o planting trees along the highways. In France all highways join with the main streets of the villag es. It might have been better to have the main highways go around .villages rather than through them. To be sure these villages know no congestion but the streets are very narrow and permit the pass ing of a single car at a time. That very often is true. - More and more Americans are going to Europe and more and more Americans are touring Eu rope, in motor cars. And every where they go they find different traffic regulations and different traffic problems. Traffic today is an object of world study. Whether in America or France, England or India, Holland or Australia, one will find men wrestling with the problems of traffic. Wide streets, wide highways, elimination of .speed laws and sub stitution of reckless driving laws instead, moral persuasion of pe destion to observe traffic laws all these will solve moat of the traffic problems of the world. But it is certain that the time is coming soon when the pedestrian will be influenced to observe traf fic signals for his own safety. To do that is to conserve human lives and nothing is more important. Baccarat Favored Game on Emerald Coast; Boule Next A new "Novemser record was established by the automobile in dustry during the past month when 379,300 cars and trucks were manufactured, this being the total estimated from shipping re ports filed at the directors' meet ing of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in New York today. The total for the eleven months is 2,997,954 exceding the record of ll-nionths n 1923 by 5.6 per cent and. insuring that the total for the complete year of 1925 will be the largest in the history of the, business. The total to date is 16 1-2 per cent higher than Profit by the experience of Those Who Know Use McCLAREN CORD DIN'ARD Baccarat was. the favorite game this season on the Emerald coast of France, with la boule running it a close second. La boule surpassed baccarat at some of the smaller casinos. Gambling at all the resorts Dinard. Saint-Malo, Parame and Saint Lunaire netted a profit of 5,251,687 francs. Of this the state receives 1,958,100 4 francs. The cities in which the casinos are located also receive part of the earnings. Gambling was slightly heavier this year on the Emerald coast than it was last year, when the earnings of the casinos were 4, 030,288 francs. Rainier Olson plant running to capacity making fishing floats. 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