Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1914 — MAKING AUTOMOBILE PARTS. [ARTICLE]

MAKING AUTOMOBILE PARTS.

Manufacturer* Abandon Other Lines to Bupply New Demand. The large number of manufacturers who have been planning to produce automobile parts promises to be materially Increased by’ the announcement of the automobile builders that they are unable to secure enough parts to make the output planned for 1910. To-day the movement Is taking In many manufacturers whose previous training has been in other directions, and according to ttye iron Age the departure may- be too radical to be wise. Enthusiasm for the new product may mean the neglect and serious injury to the .old. At the present time the successful automobile parts brings the handsome profit which a specialty usually commands. But as with every other business, the time must come when competition will get down to the normal basis, with profits reduced to the usual level. Thousands of Inventors are working on new means to accomplish the same ends and improvements are coming in quick succession.