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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1924 37 | THE AUTOMOBILE SECTION yi ~ BSR A & (es rh de AT he ei i a pe al HE RS ee Ly hl Mi CR RR ut + ceria AS PROFIT SMALL IN USED CARS Future Holds Forth Brighter Prospects For the first time in two years a ma- jority of the automobile dealers of the country reporting on used car condi- tions to the National Automobile Deal- ers' association indicate that they are buying used cars for less than they are selling them, although this according to C. A. Vane, General Manager of the National association is not to be con- strued as "Making a Profit" on them. The increased sale price over the pur- chase price is about ten per cent, a fig- ure totally inadequate to pay for the re- pair, inspection, overhead and selling cost. Yet this condition is in marked contrast to the situation that prevailed two years ago when the N. A. D. A. be- gan its nationwide drive for common sense in used car dealing. Twenty-two hundred dealers in eigh- teen states form the reporting battery in the most recent survey, taken Septem- ber 15. These dealers are located in Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missis- sippi, Kentucky, (southern group), Mis- souri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa (Central West), New York, Pennsylvania (East- ern), and Washington, Oregon and Cali- fornia (Pacific). Average for the country show that steady progress has been made in the handling of the trade-in. In 1922 the average dealer paid an average of $386.- 49 for his used automobile and sold them for $305.98, a loss of $70.23. In 1924 the average dealer paid an average of $270.60 for his used automobiles and sold them for $297.88, a gain of $27.88. Seventy per cent of the new car sales of the reporting dealers involved a used car in trade, a figure somewhat lower than the last year average, due mainly to the influx of new buyers in the lower priced new car field and to dealer reluctance to accept not easily saleable used automobiles. This has also been one of the developments of the last two years of educational work and has placed on the owner of a not readily saleable used car the burden of disposing of it before again appearing in the field as a new car purchaser, Approximately two and three quarter million used cars have been sold by the trade since January first. Holy Moslems Use Autos for Journeys to Graves The bones of pious Shiah Moslems whose relatives can afford to pay the price, are now transported part of the way by automobiles from Teheran, the Persian capital, to Kerbela, in Mesopo- tamia, where every good Shiah wishes his bones to rest, so says an Asso- ciated Press dispatch from Beirut. A motor transport company recently extended its service between Beirut and Bagdad as far as Teheran. The conveying of bodies of Persians from the capital to Bagdad for railway transport to Kerbela, about sixty miles from Bagdad, is a profitable side line in the company's business. Kerbela has been a place of pilgrim- age of the Shiah Moslems ever since the seventh century, when a great tomb was erected to the martyred Hussein, son of the fourth Caliph, slain by a rival's soldiers. The town owes its existence to Hussein's shrine, for tens of thousands of pilgrims go there an- nually, many of them carrying the bones of their relatives to be buried in its sacred soil or bringing their sick and aged to die there. Great Increase Seen in Motor Lamp Production The Department of Commerce has announced that, according to the data collected at the biennial census of manufactures, 1923, the establishments engaged primarily in the manufacture of lamps and reflectors reported prod- ucts valued at $57,229,133, of which amount $22,058,753 was reported by establishments engaged primarily in the manufacture of motor-vehicle lamps; $31,188,447 by establishments whose principal products were other lamps, and $3.981,933 by establishments which manufactured reflectors. The total for 1923 shows an increase of 96.2 per cent, as compared with 1921, the last preceding census year. In addition, lamps and reflectors were produced to some extent by ex- tablishments encaged primarily in other industries. The value of products thus made outside the industry proper in 1921 was $1,811,505. BIGGEST SIGNAL SYSTEM Houston is said by the Firestone News service to have the largest inter- locking traffic control signal system of any city its size in the United States. That Texas metropolis has more than 200 such signals and an effort is made to have them observed by pedestrians as well as drivers. WARMTH REAL NEED IN WINTER DRIVING "Keep warm and be safe" is warn- ing given by the touring and trans- portation board of the American Automobile Association in a special bulletin issued from headquarters at Washington as advice to motorists planning extensive late fall and early winter tours throughout sections of the country where winter driving is becoming the rule rather than the ex- ception. The A. A. A. board points out that carlessness in cold weather driving is largely the result of being cold. "Keep as warm as possible when touring in cold weather and it will be easier to observe the simple rules of caution," it urges. According to the A. A. A. a large percentage of winter-time accidents are preventable, warming devices being the preventive. " "These should include suitable cloth- ing, particularly warm gloves," says the bulletin. "Too many drivers are handicapped by numb fingers during their winter trips, so that if they are called upon to recrank the motor in an emergency, dim the headlights or shift gears they are at a loss. "It 1s foolhardy to attempt to make great mileage without sufficient stop- overs for hot drinks and food. It re- quires more energy to fight the ele- ments in winter, and drivers cannot afford to feel that because they are stimulated by the snappy air they can endure more strenuous driving. "Keeping warm is the first rule of keeping safe in cold weather. Closed cars are proving their value in this connection, but even here the motorist must take definite precautions against subjecting himself to unnecessary ex- posure and thus to unnecessary hazards." Would Make Usurpation of Motor Club Badge Unlawful Protection for motor club members through legislation making it unlawful for a motorist to display on his car the emblem of an organization of which he is not a member is being advocated by the American Automobile Association, according to a bulletin just issued from its national headquarters at Washington, The association would like to see on the statute books of every state a dupli-!. cate of the law now operative in Mary- land and has taken steps to seek the co- operation of its many affiiliated clubs to this end. The general motor vehicle law of the State of Maryland provides that "It shall be unlawful for any person to dis- play upon a motor vehicle the insignia or emblem of any motor vehicle club or similar organization, unless he shall be entitled to use of the same under the constitution, by-laws, rules or regulations of such club or organization A. A. A. AIDS TOURISTS Anticipating a record-breaking's tht ward flow of motor tourists, 7s son, the touring and trafi§por tation board of the American Sonn S sociation is supplementing Florida route book withg an 1 of the main touring roftes, the man from Seattle, Chicago ton will have a general pict gording to an ea a high points of a Southern trip, ac- the association's headquarters. day, the public to be excluded until 7 o'clock on the second day. This will provide a two-day showing strictly for the trade. announcement made Ory SHOWING FOR TRADE National Automobile Chamber of rce has decided to advance the ime of admission to the New York and Chicago shows from Saturday to Fri- 3,000,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY In 1924 there were 3,000,000 miles of public highway of which amout 500,000 are improved by grading or with sur- facing from brick to concrete. 2 A ------t-- ¢ SR Tl ----. REET * Fy WIN = «Service This gas and oiling station is just across the street from our garage, and is under our management. SPECIAL FALL INSPECTION Now is the time to have your car inspected and the necessary adjust- ments made to place it in the proper condition to encounter the difficult driv- ing conditions incidental to cold weather. The cost of our Fall Inspection is only $6.00 and for that amount we will take care of the following operations: Test and Charge Battery Clean and Grease Battery Terminals Clean Generator and Starter Com- mutators Adjust Generator Charge Rate Better drive in at once and let us look your car over. A small sum in- vested at this time will save you considerable trouble and expense later on. HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE 1010 Tower Road Reface and Adjust Distributor Points Set Spark Timing Clean Spark Plugs and Set Gaps Clean Carburetor and Gas System Adjust Carburetor Choke © WINNETKA, ILLINOIS With A "Smile". 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PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF CHICAGO Evanston Branch 1629 Orrington Ave. Phone University 710 SIX