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te OsiiAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929 ) PAGE SEVEN Cw Eaty-to-F ind : RADIO PROGRAM Tonight's Best Features 2 > Nic WAZ) Dides Circus. F)--Cities Service Concert RI New The Crystal Gazer, 8% York. Weary River Pre. lar & Cental Theatre, 9.00 wombs, Columbus Banjo band NBC ( WiZ)-Wiigley Hour, Columbia: rue Story Hour, 9.10 yos G2 orn City. Old Fiddlers' we New York. Bar Assn'. Banquet n Honor Chas. Evans Hughes. Noe Wanton Hong, --Concert Burea . WG Chicago. (ireat Moments 9 ra "Carmi 1048 BAP Ft, Worth, Ft, Worth Police 12.00 are Buffalo. U. of Rochester Pickers' Orchestra, Saturday Programs SATURDAY'S BEST FEATURES hot + WEAF New York, US. Army oa WH Cincl, Women's Hour, ew MAQ Chicago. Overture Hour, iu Wi Atlanta, Us of Si ia, Progtam, 0, $0 WHI Chicago, Afternoon Frohe, 330} NBC System WIZ) REA Demonstra- ion 5.00 N 530 N RAE Wh 'Bill and Jane to WEAF, 6.00 Ney "System: Waldorf Artanis Music /EAF, WRC, WCAE, Wrz (394.5)~New York, AE chestra WL Ww ' (428)--Cinci. Dinner music, WTAM (280)--Cleveland, Dinner con- cert, B15 WMAQ (447.5)--Chicago, Topsy Turvy me, $.30 KYW (294)--Chicago, . Uncle Dob, WCAH (209)--Columbus, Melody T.ads WDAF (492)--Kansas City, Air school NBC System: White House Dinner Nose to AT, SB, i, WLS, WIAR, WTAG, WCSH, Rag NING PROGRAMS c System: St. Regis Orchestra to or- WCAE, WRC, WGY, WWJ, WIT, KST WGN (416)--Chicago. Air Castles, Npe System: Gold Spot Pals to WIZ, KA, WIP (492)=Phila. arkets, 2.00 KYW (2M)--Chicago, Hamp's Orchestra WCAU (256)--Phila, Tewish Hour, WCAE_ (242)--Pitts. The Strollers, NBC System: Snitalnv"s Music fo WEAF, WFI, WRC, way, WwWrT, WHAM (2585)--Rochester. Eastman Theatre Party, Wil' (492)---Phila, Uncle Win, Ww R (400)=Detroit, Daritone; Tal Concert Orchestra: Music NBC System: "Books"; St. Regis or- Sista to WIZ, h 04.) (270)=Richmond. Corn Cob ge, (380)--Cleveland, Cleveland Or- chestra, WGR (545)--Buffalo, Statler orchestra. KDKA (306)--Pitts, Home Radio Club, WCCO_(370)--Mpls. St. Paul, Bar. low's Orchestra, WBZ (303)--Springfield. McEnelly's or- chestra, NBC S "Romance Isle" to J) WTAG, WIJAR, WCSH, WE WGN WO--Chicago. Nighthawks; Al. k. WELW '(428)--Cinei, Farm Talk; Theis Orchestra, WSUN (333)--St, Petersburg, an 7.45 Kyw simon Br. Ju Organ, "itn " vstem: Dr, Julius i WIZ, WEAR, KDKA, KWK, KOA, WHAS 8.00 Kw, 5: hrChicago. Fiorito's _orches. P (205)--St. Paul. Beach Combers Wen C09) Cotumbus, Maytime Woliess (246)--Detroit, Studio; Music, NBC System? Nationa) Symphony Or- chestra to WE, WEEI, WCSH, WTIC, Wer, WRC, Ww CAE, RSD OW. KOA, WRVA, WGY, WWJ, to WIZ, NBC System' WLS (3H W Ehicdbro, Music; The Ange KDKA, Wiiv (428)--Cinei. Gibson orchestra, wsi os y--Atlanta. Sunday Journal: Moses Dance WGR, Violinist West ban Nashville, WTMT (487)--Milwaukee, Pianist, hd MAG df (447, 5)--Chicago. Trio; Photo. og "Alask WCCO (370)--Mpls. St. Paul, Fireside Piijotarhies; FL, (309)--Chicago. Music Publish. Ne Period WHK ON 6)--Ceveland, Drigode's chestra, Xylophonist to WJZ, nc Systems Barn Dance (5 Orchestra; or. NRC KDKA hihi (345)--Chicago. Ww a Darn dance (4 our \ NBC stem: "Echoes of the Orient" to WIZ. KWEK, KDKA; 0 CFCA (357) --Toronto, Hockey, ve. Chicago, NBC System: Orean tn WEAF, WC WTIC. WJAR, WWT, KSD, WGN (416)--Chicago. Baritone; Dram- atic Story, Toronto : Warks of Great Compo- KWK, WRC .5)-- Chicago, Concert Or- ALL THE THRILLS of THE GAME . Bvery move--strong and clear-- Every word--tingling with exite- ment--these hockey Announcers know the game--you can't miss a play with a Batteryless Console I" every sport. 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Arad Oh Orches. 10.00 Xupc G16--Kansas City, ppt Pron Pacific "Network: Lucky Strike Or- estra, WE '(303)--Springfield. Lowe's or t NBC § System: Lucky Strike Dance Or- chestra to WEEI, KSTP, WSB, WGN, KSbh, WTIC, KPRC. WEAR, WIAG, vA CsH, NTE WME Wisk, Wilks! oo WTAM, WWT. Wow.' Wi WDAF, KVOO, WFAA, KOA, NBC LL "Among Ourselves to SL W (428)~Cincl, Hawaiians; Cino WIG G ---Avntic City, Dance mu- 10.15 id 2 DNew York, Play "Rip crea (357)=Toronto, Jardines eor- wo SRR gg: » Ci WeKt "tise. Cathay orchestra: orches, mbardo's WK (216)--Cleveland. Strollers Jour WRVA ond (270)=Richmond. Fiddlers. 11.00 vw 8 (294)=Chicago, News; Concert KNOX! St. Louis, News: Amos WBZ (303)~Springhield. Far' North Program, WCCO (3720)~Mpls, St. Paul, Orchestra. Pacific Network: The Carnival. NBC System: Ponce Sisters; Pollack's Orchestra to WEAF, WFI, WCAE, WOW, WWJ, KSD. WGY ' (379.5)--Schenectady. Ten Eyck Orchestra to A WRC (315.6)~Washington, Wardman Pk. Orchestra WSUN (3st. Petersburgh, McDon- ald's Orchest Nhe, His Slumber Music to WJZ, Long's 11.30 KOA (361)~Denver, Grabau's orchestra, XMox ¢ (275)=St, Louis, Wylies or- WGN {418)-Chicao, Goldkette's Or. chestra; WLW (428)--Cinci, Sinton orchestra, Entertainers, WOR (422)~Newark, Paramount chestra. 12.00 cen (468)--Los Angeles, Concert Or. Ti KYW W (294) --Chicago, Fdgewater Beach RN Pacific Network: Golden Legends. WGN (416)--Chicago, Dream or. Ship; Goldkettes Orchestra. WHK (216)--Cleveland, Organ requests Turn of Tide Seen in Automotive Industry R. S. McLaughlin, President of General Motors of Canada, Limited, Says All Previous Canadian Production Re- cords Broken -- Great Expansion -- Dominion Takes Second Place Among World Producers (By R. S. McLaughlin) Seldom has a year been so opti- mistically heralded as was 1928. And seldom has a year lived up so thor- oughly to expectations as has this same twelve months, By the end of October every previous record of production and sales for any full yearly period had gone by the board. By this successful year every one has benefited, In return for the volume of sales, which manufactur- ers have been able to show, the public has received greater values, made possible only by new economies of mass production, Greater revenue in customs, cxcise, gas tax and regis- tration fees has flowed into the coun- try's coffers, Wage bills, Canadian purchases, sums paid for expansion programs have benefited hundreds of thousands of Canadians. "Fron-Page News" With the ever-growing number of car-owners, the automobile has be- come front-page news. Public in- terest, coupled with a vehicle-move- ment that was unlooked for a few years ago, have resulted during the past year in intelligent effort on the part of a large number of communi- ties to solve the traffic problem cre- ated by the motor car. "Through" streets and traffic control systems, for example, have been established in many places. The indiscriminate parking of former vears is, in the larger cities at least, rapidly giving place to "no-parking" regulations on one side or other of main streets during rush hours, and other similar provisions. One has during 1928 caught a clearer view of the day when motor car traffic will be regu- lated with maximum efliciency. Buildings are already being con- structed which provide floor space for the car on the same floor as the owner's office. © Most large stores now provide parking spaces, At the same time highways are be- ing gradually widened and duplicated to keep pace with the growth in the number of motor cars. During 1928 highway development reached a fig- ure never, before attained with an ex- penditure by the Provincial Govern- ments alone of approximately $30,- 000,000. ' Winter Travel Naturally just as this development has been largely influenced by the motor gar so, in its turn, it has brought increased sales. As the in- vestment in cars and highways grows, wise people desire to get twelve full months' return from these investments, So we find that during the winter of 1927-28 more attention was paid than ever before to the task of keeping main high- ways open in winter, while indica- tions are that during the present winter season the motorist will be able to travel not only between most of the important cities in the East, but also between a number of west- ern communities, To indicate the practical results of a policy of open roads it is interest- ing to note that while in 1925-26 Ontario's gas tax brought in only $636,485 during the four .winter months, the revenue for the corres- ponding period two years later was $1,031,751, Off to Bad Start The combination of a mild winter in many sections of the country and of this policy of snow removal fail- ed, however, to start the automobile industry auspiciously on its produc- tion year. January output was, less than for any January since 1923. February and March were also low. Thus it is all the more surprising that the total production of the in- dustry in Canada for the ten months ending in October created an all- time record, exceeding the highest previous full year--that of I y more than 8 per cent. This ten months' output amounted to 221,188 cars and trucks as compared with 10% a3 Gurls the first ten months of 5 2 727 for the entire year ¥ Pass England and France Final "eaees for for the year are not yet available, but if, as seems likely, a reasonable rate of production has been maintained, there is every pos- sibility that the Dominion, as 2 mo- tor car manufacturer, will have pass- ed England, which last year produced 231920 cars,. and France, whose record in 1927 was 190,000. This would lift us from fourth place and leave us in second position, behind the United States, whose estimated 1928 production of 4,400,000 automo- biles is sti), some way beyond us. To attain the record 1928 produc- tion after the slow start of the first three months, the automobile indus- try has been working at tremendous speed ever since. For six months, beginning in May, each succeeding month marked an all-time record of increase over the corresponding per- jod in any previous year. In May, 1928, the output of 33,942 automobiles was the largest of any month in the history of the industry. In previous years there has been a very notice- able falling off after May, but this year was remarkable for its lack of such falling off. August production, in fact, was more than twice as great as any previous August, with a total of 31,245 automobiles. Canadian Cars Exceed Million With such increases in production, Canada passed the million mark in registrations approximately half-way through the year, At the close of 1927 there were 945672 cars in the Dominion. During the first ten months of 1928, Canadians hought another 195,213. Taking into consid- eration the number of cars which previous experience shows were prob- ably scrapped during the year, it is ke that there were something like 85,000 cars and trucks registered in BD at the end of 1928. Twenty years ago, at the end of the first year during which care were made in. Canada, the number was 3,033, One Car for 8.8 Canadians There is now a car or truck for every 88 people in Canada, as com- pared to last year's one to cvery 9.5 people and the United States one to every five, Next to us on the list of car-owning countries is Australia, with one car to every fourteen of her people. And, as a matter of amusing comparison, the last coun- try on that list is China, with one car to every 20,000 of its population. So much for the statistics of pro- duction, Figures alone can give no adequate idea of the expansion of the automotive industry during 1928. Even more important, perhaps, was the increased proportion of Canadian content in cars manufactured in Canada, Many new sources of ma- terial were developed during the year, and thus the influence of the industry as a whole was enlarged, Great Expansion Programs Canadian manufacturers spent more than $5,000,000 during the year on expansion programs, in anticipation of a steadily growing demand for Canadian cars, Regina, Walkerville, Toronto and Oshawa will, as a resuit see largely increased manufacturing facilities available in 1929. The Re- gina development--an entire new manufacturing plant opened in De- cember by General Motors of Canada --has been perhaps the most note- worthy development during the year throughout the whole industry, It has been heralded by business proph- cts as marking the inauguration of a new era of development for Western Canada, Cars have never before been manufactured west of Winnipeg. Al- ready the new automobile industry has attracted a group of other manu- fatcuring establishments around it. An interesting feature of this devel- opment is that its peak production | and slack periods work in admirably with the times when the Western farmer needs help least and most, respectively, In Walkerville, a plant reported to be costing $1,500,000 is under ercc- tion by Chrysler; and here, too, was the scene of the development by General Motors of Canada during 1928 of important truck-building op- erations. It was in this border city also, that a distinctly forward step was taken last month when General Motors began the manufacture of the new Chevrolet six-cylinder motors which will be used during 1929 in all-Canadian-built Chevrolet cars. Further east, large sums were spent in Toronto by Durant and in Osh- awa by General Motors, Other Cana- dian companies by no means stood still. These notable expansion programs were carried out in spite of steadily THE BATTLE OF ROLLNG BONES WILL KEEP YOU ROLLING WITH LAUGHTER AY.M.C. Fifth Annual Minstrel Show Jan. 30-31 ° Feb. 14 St. George's Parish Hall Centre St. 8.15 p.m. Admission 35¢ | months mounting imports of foreign-built cars, For the first nine months of 1928, imports were 42,545 cars, an in- crease of 260 per cent. over a similar period of 1928 Cars Nearer Fool-proof As previously intimated, one factor in the growth of the atitomobile in- dustry has been that cars are un- doubtedly getting better year by year, A chronicle of the year's pro- gress could not be called complete which did not touch on the improve- ments that have been made in the cars themselves, By making the automobiles more "fool-proof" and easier to handle in safety, these im- provements have enabled an ever- growing number of people to enjoy the use of cars, Trend Toward Sixes At the beginning of 1928 four-wheel brakes were found for the first time on practically all cars--a tremen- dously important safety feature, Dur- ing the year nearly every new car announcement featured a stepping- up in power, while the last month has been a definite trend from the four-cylinder models toward sixes, Among important mechanical refine- ments during the year have been the substitution of the more reliable fuel pump -in place of the vacuum-tank system, the more general use of chromium plating, the institution on the more expensive cars of non- clashing gear mechanism, and a de- finite trend toward higher compres- sion engines. Europeans Pay for Novelty As evidencing the increasing in- terest shown by the country as a whole in automobiles were the full descriptions of the Paris and London motor shows published by many Canadian papers. The visitor to these shows brought away the im- pression that the European manufac- turer is more apt than the Canadian to try out on the public the latest engineering novelty. In the 1929 models which were on view at Lon- don and Paris, the purchaser may have his choice of scores of new de- velopments, such as front whee drive, gearless speed-change, frame- less chassis, 'hodies whose roofs roll down, and every possible method of springing, engine design and driving mechanism, As a consequence he pays dearly for the small volume of output, and has no guarantee that his purchase is practicable, In this country we find that standardization and volume production enable the purchaser to obtain far more for his money, while new developments are in most cases thoroughly tried and proved before being passed on to the motorist, That standardization does not mean lack of variety, however, is indicated by the fact that during 1929 the Canadian buyer has his choice of 765 different models, all made on this continent, Industry May Take Fourth Place Without standardization and re- sultant volume production, the Cana- dian motor industry could never have reached its present status, How im- portant is that status may be judged from the fact that for the first ten of 1928 the production of motor cars was valued at $139,909,- 876. Until this last year the auto- motive industry has ranked sixth in value of products, among the indus- tries of the Dominion. Jt is, how- ever, probable that during 1928 it will be found to have been a strong competitor, with the. dairy and lum- ber industries, for fourth place, being exceeded only by pulp and - paper, flour and grist mill products, and slaughtering and meat packing. Contributing largely to this ad-| vance was; of course, the develop- ment, already mentioned, of new Canadian resources and increasing Canadian content, In its turn this development brought a large addition | during the year to the numbér of Canadians dependent on the industry for a livelihood, In 1927 the average number of employees was 11,063 and ; the wage bill $18,862,846. The 1928 figures are certain to be very much greater, Deriving much of its activity from the prosperity of the country, the automobile industry has contributed during the year in a surprising num- ber of ways to the maintenance of this prosperity. For example, the revenue derived from motor vehicle registrations and gasoline taxes in the various Provinces will have been in the neighborhood of $28,000,000 for the past year, while import du- ties and excise taxes seem likely to have raised the receipts by Provinces and Dominion to something over $50,- 000,000. It is safe to say that no other industry contributes so hand- somely to the communal purse. Yet this is only the beginning of the story. So closely is the automo- tive industry wrapped up in the country's life that instances of its contributions to this life are easy to enumerate. The railways, for ex- ample, are beneficiaries to a very large extent. For freight and ex- press in and out of its Oshawa plant, General Motors alone paid some $5,- 500,000 to the two roads in 1928. Widely distributed Canadian stock- holders in motor companies have re- ceived during 1928 millions in divi- dend distributions. The industry has steadily built up around itself, in addition, a whole ar- ray of associated industries providing parts, materials and accessories. This group is practically as large as the parent industry, and provides em- ployment for thousands of workers. How diverse are these dependent concerns may be indicated by one interesting but comparatively unim- portant example. In the 1929 license markers for the automobiles of On- tario approximately 250 tons of sheet steel will be used, and half a hundred workers will take three months to make the plates. » Contrasting with this tiny "by- product" of the automobile are others of first magnitude, such as oil and gasoline, textiles for wupholstering, tires, hardwood and glass for bodies, and many besides. Like the automo- | P. itself these kindred manufacturers have found 1928 a prosperous year. There is every in- dication that this prosperity will con- tinue during 1929. More people will this spring have an opportunity to view the first showings of the new motor car mo- dels than during any previous year, Not so long ago the Montreal Motor Show was the only winter show in the Dominion, Last year for the first time a pretentious show was held in Winnipeg. The first months of 1929 is to see a great motor show in Toronto to add to these two, and numerous other cities are planning similar events, With such public interest and sup- port it is fitting that the cars dis- played at these shows should exhibit greater value than it has ever been possible to obtain before, Prices of most other commodities have in- creased since the war so that the bile industry one cents would purchase in 1914. But automobile prices have descend- ed to such an extent that the dollar when applied to the purchase of an automobile will buy today more than $1.07 would buy in 1914. With its product on such an attractive basis of value, with the public keenly in- terested, and with evidences of con- tinued prosperity throughout the Do- minion the motor industry looks for- ward confidently to the coming year. 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