Chalmers Sees Profits Tight as Auto Industry Shifts
President of a major motor company argues the auto industry no longer earns big profits per car. He notes firms succeed through large production, not high margins, and that prices rise with demand while features improve. Key concerns include proposed legislation targeting profit levels and the broader effect on manufacturing and finance. The piece also references fashion and travel trends of the era.
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Chalmers Motor Company
Fads and Fancies for the Motorists
Fashion notes describe motorist apparel and accessories. Squirrel robes in gray broadcloth with fur trim suit light cars. Leather bags with silver stripes line with white moire. Redingote touring coats in mouse gray corduroy feature natural skunk fur trim. Corndroy toques with fur flowers and white quills. Cloth Tam hats with silk tassels in golf green and Indian red. Smart flat furs and wide ribbon muff underlines. Straw school bags with silk linings and fruit embellishments. Fichu coats in duvetyn with fur trim and velvet fichu collar finished with tassels.
Mobile and Coastal Dealers Report Spring Auto Sales and New Models
J S Gaston travels to Pascagoula on business as Mobile dealers anticipate strong spring sales. Cadillac reports Buick sales to J A Blacksher and Biloxi. Buick shipments arrive this week with two more expected. Maxwell cars arrive. Studebaker series 17 sales rise. Grant Six draws crowds on the street. Standard Motor Car Co. expects two carloads of Chevrolets. Saxon roadsters sold by Auto Service Co. Reo cars arrive for Reo Motor Sales Co. Auto Storage and Service Co identified as international service station for Hubmobiles at contract prices. Bloch Bros. sells two Dodges and 2 8s and 1 4s Oldsmobiles, with a large tire shipment of Ajax from Trenton N J. A factory 5 000 mile guarantee accompanies each Ajax tire. Reo five passenger sold by Reo Motor Sales Co. Ford branch manager W J Adams visits Mobile while L G Adams hosts. The Adams Machine Co G Hartwell of Mobile Auto Co spend time in New Orleans.
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Kemp Motor Car Co
Studebaker
Grant
Bloch Bros
Mobile
Ajax
Trenton
N. J
Saxon Dealers Hold New York Banquet Honor Wilson Message
Three hundred Saxon dealers from across the country gathered in New York for a jubilee banquet celebrating strong winter sales. A highlight was a telegram to President Wilson expressing faith and confidence in Americanism during the nation's critical hour.
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New York
Wilson
United States
Ford aims to produce half a million cars this year
The Ford Motor Company plans a production run of about 500000 cars from August to August. Last year's 300000-unit target was met with 8000 cars to spare, and the current four month period is roughly 66 percent above the same period last year, signaling the expansion目标.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Annual Truck Show Favored in Detroit
Sentiment for a national exhibition of commercial cars in Detroit grows as merchants back the idea contingent on the Merchants and Manufacturers' building completion in 1916. Stanley C. Wilson of J. C. Wilson Co proposed Detroit as the event site, aligning with earlier suggestions.
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Detroit
Merchants and Manufacturers
Stanley C. Wilson
J. C. Wilson Company
Wilson
Alabama Auto Co to Open in Mobile Monday
The Alabama Auto Co will open Monday at 106 North Royal Street with H L Crambach as president. Crambach shows Grant Six cars from Grant Motor Co of Finley Ohio and promises best six cycle car for under a thousand dollars. The shop will offer general repairs with an East-trained mechanic and exclusive Miller tire distribution with a 5000 mile guarantee and free repair during the warranty.
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North Royal Street
H. L. Crambach
Mobile
United Fruit Company
Grant Motor Co
Finley
Ohio
Crambach
Two Hicks Fight in Mobile Club Ring
In a Mobile club scene two local boxers sparred with gloves on. As one fighter took the worse blows, friends urged to intervene while Jim vowed to block every punch and keep fighting.
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