Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 261, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1925 — Page 17

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925

AUTO INDUSTRIES AHEAD OE ROAD • BUILDERS IN U.S. Outlook Bright for Car Makers, hut What of Owners? By JO.-IN TV. GLENN in Manufacturers’ News This in the open for motor shows. The bij, ones—New York and Chicago—have come and gone. Within the next tw<" months there will ho others. And during each ono of these we will no doubt hear th© same recounting of the glowing prospects for the automotive industry In 1325. It’s good to cheerful. And the automotive industry is not alone in feeling that 1925 holds forth promise of industrial and commercial activity. Motorists Grumble But here and there the grumbling of motorists seems to be growing more frequent as they are stalled or delayed by congested traffic. Tri#, that © arc almost 3,000,000 miles of -called highways in the United ates. C* tnese some 430,000 miles ,v© oen Improved in some fashion, >nd the byways are not crowded. Perhaps human nature is responsible l'or the fact that more than 17,000,000 motor.'sis want to ri/le on the best road they can find, for human nature is not built on the “You’re first, my dear Gaston’’ plan. Even in Illinois, which has been making rapid strides in paving a State system of highways, we arc suffering from highway congestion. Fortunately the people of Illinois had vision long enough ago to inaugurate a comprehensive Statewide plan for road improvement and some day perhaps we will catch up with the new order in transportation. New Perplexities However, the perplexities of construction were no s. oner well under way to a complete settlement before nevr perplexities arose. The pave ment already laid has so increased th© use of automobiles that they are getting in each other's way. Those whoo© interest lies primarily in the roads themselves have don© valiant work to enlighten the public as to th© need for more and wider roads. But th© automotive Industry has been too fast for them. Its pace baa outstripped the road building forces of the country. There is still a great deal of buying power among those who do not own cars. Several nationally known manufacturers have predicted that Bh© day when more than &0,000000 VBtor vehicles will be registered In this country is only from three to flv© years distant. Certainly in some places the availability of paved roads seems to be the limiting factor of automobile sales. What th© automotive industry will contribute toward removing this barrier is yet to be seen. But industrial history records practices that may be taken as a precedent. New Roads Solution Manufacturers of phonographs realized that they had to make the firmament of operatic stars twinkle of the sale of records was to show an upward curve. A nationally known manufacturer of knitting goods realized that if a swimming hol were to be built in each city park, there would be a larger market for bathing suits. A more classic example is that of th© railroads, which In the early days fount their tracks running through a rich wilderness. They did In© obvious thing. They, advertised th© possibilities of the wilderness to the people, and with what success, th© loaded platforms of freight and passenger depots from the Alleghenies to the Pacific soon attested. California and Florida are simply two of many examples which even now are being promoted by the railways, and no doubt with excellent returns to th© railroads, ns well as to others. Just how the automotive industry 1 remove the barrier of too few tor roads for its ever-increasing <*utput may appear in some future historical record. It may b© that ,Jth© mure farseeing ones will advertise to th© people that we must have mor© paved roads. HOO HOO’S TO FEAST Local-Lumber Men’s Club Will, Meet at Lincoln. Tha Indianapolis Hoo Hoc. Club, composed of men engaged In the lumber industry, will hold a dinner end business meeting tonight at the Lincoln, with O. D. Haskett, now president In charge. Nine nvw members wil be Initiated following the dinner, Arthur B. Eldridge, chairman of th© membership Committee, announced. Th© entertainment committee Includes 8. P. Skeen, Forrest L. Mlars, Ira E. Lyon, Homer Wilson and H. E. Helney. i

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