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56 WILM~TTE LI .F E . May 24. 1929 · : EL OM LAUNDRY aad D17 CI·Dinl Llbe~tal German Commission Low Priced Cars Finding Inspects Factory Good Market in the U. S. Analysis 'of sales figures for the last three years shows that nearly 65 per cent of all new passenger cars sold in the United States this year will be in the less than $800 class. This estimate shows that in 1026 the per,c entage of cars sold in this class was 6" .6; in 1927, 59.0, ·and in 1928, 61.2. During these three years the number 'of cars sold in the United States reached a total of 9,440,000, or' which 5,790,000 were listed in the class of cars priced less than of Graham-Paige The enlarged plant of the Graham- ' Paige at Detroit was the first Am~ri can motor car factory visited by the official German commission, representing important industri~l and . gov~rn ment bodies now tourmg the Umted States to study automobile taxation systems. The Graham-Paige factory, one of the most modern in the industry, has two distinctiv~ feat~res in design that aroused particular mterest among the German visitors. One is the style of construction that permits all manufacturing and assembling work to be · carried out by natural daylight under glass roofs. The factory plan purposely avoided multiple story buildings to insure bet· ter workmanship through improved lighting, and to eliminate the great loss of time and labor that results when material and units must be moved from floor to floor. The other feature that especially interested the visitors was the high development to which the conveyor system has been carried by GrahamPaige. Besides three main assembly lines-one 1150 feet long and two parallel lines each 850 feet longthere are many others, used wherever possible, to insure economy and efficiency in manufacturing. A distinctive feature of many of these lines is that they permit operations to be performed on the various units while the parts remain on the conveyor. The cylinder blocks, for instance, travel from one machine tool to another on a roller conveyor that carries the block into proper position in the ma chine, where it is clamped in place while the boring, grinding, polishing, or other operation, is performed. Among the German visitors were representatives of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, the German fuel interests, the traffic ministry, the hnance ministry, the German automobile dealers' association, the association of industries, and the tire manufacturers' association. &~stem·. We use soft water and Ivory soap. It's so gentle to clothes DIMoaat OD Bl'lq aad CaD Pho:te 1800 CENTRAL AT MAIN ST., WILMETTE $800. NA!!H Coupes STANDAB.D SIX Deli11ered, Fully Equipped SPECIAL SIX Deli11ered, Fully Equipped ADVANCED SIX Delivered, Fully Equipped $930 ASH $1298 $1830 Lower, Delivered. Completely Equipped Prices have created a. N groupengineers of three striking Coupes. For business, the small family, or as ~ second car the Standard Six Coupe is easily the choice of the S1,000 field. It is powered by a Nash-designed, high-compression, 7-bearing motor. A particular asset of this Coupe is its riding ease achieved by alloy steel springs individually designed to its exact size and weight, plus Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers. An outstanding feature of the Special and Advanced Six Coupes (both oj which ha116 big rNmble seats in the rear deck) is the Twin-Ignition motor. · More Expansion for Ford; Building Plant on Hudson A new assembly plant for the export trade in Ford cars is to be erected on the Hudson River, opposite 100th Street, Manhattan, at which ships will be directly loaded with the products of the Ford plants. The site has already been purchased at an approximate cost of $1,250,000. This became known with the announcement · of the sale by the New York Edison company, of the tract of thirty acres on the Hudson at Edgewater, N. ]. The tract has a deep water frontage of 820 feet, at which the largest ships will be able to take on cargo. The plant, when completed, will comprise one of the largest industrial · umts in the East, affording the Ford Motor company almost unsurpassed shipping facilities· by water and rail for export business. It is within the free lighterage limit zone. Nearly 75 .Percent of all the automobiles imported into the Madeira Island in the last three years were of American manufaCture. The island has less than ninety miles of roads suitable for automobile traffic .. These larger models also have the famous Bijur centralized chassis lubrication, and hydraulic shock absorbers (Lovejoy and Houdaille). All "400" models are fully factory equipped with front and rear bumpers, hydraulic shock absorbers, spare tire lock and tire cover. In your delivered price there's not a dollar added to the factory price for these features. Compare fully equipped, delivered prices on other cars and see how .much is added to their factory prices to cover these same features. . Delivered, Fully Equipped, Price Range on 23 Nash "400" Models, $930 to $2300 MADEIRA LIKES U. S. CARS · BVAMITOM MAIB COMPANY I Yz Co~t. D. K. vOGEDING Blks. North of Davis St. "L" Station NEW WILLYS-KNIGHT MODEL Willys-Overland, Inc., will introduce a new Willys-Knight great six in about a month to sell for about $1,895, it was announced at annual meeting of stockholders . · Beaaoa Ave. de Cluk St. G·eealeal 5500 .EVANSTON