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Show SMITH TALKS ABOUT FORD AND HISfACTORY Roy Kimball, manager of tho Kimball Kim-ball Auto Company, handed us the following intervlow given out in Salt Lake by Myron L. Smith who recently re-cently returned from tho auto show in Chicago. It will perhaps bo ot interest to Ford owners: Myron L. Smith of tho Alklre-Smtth Alklre-Smtth company, locnl distributors for Ford cars, returned this week from an eastern trip to the Chicago automobile show and tho Ford factory. fac-tory. While away Mr. Smith attended atten-ded tho annual meeting ot Ford agents and learned some Interesting facts and figures about tho Ford car. First, Mr. Smith said Ford would without question reach the 300,000 mark set by tho Ford fat-tory fat-tory for 1015 business, hi fact the factory Is now away ahead of its allotments. al-lotments. This means that the rebate re-bate offered by tho Ford company to all purchasers of Ford cars during tho ear of 1915 provided tho output .-eached 300,000 will surely bo given giv-en at the end ot the season. N. A. Hawkins, general sales agent of tho Ford company, gavo out some interesting figures regarding tho Ford car. First it is not generally gener-ally known, but a fact nevertheless, that cno of tho nations now at war In Europe has placed an order for 40,000 cars to be delivered lnsido of twenty days. The Ford company must turn out 2000 cars a day to AH this order, and is now doing It. Several Sev-eral other orders from European companies ot from 15,000 to 25,000 cars aro under consldorutlon and will probably be secured. AH of theso cars figure In on tho 300,000 produs-tlon, produs-tlon, although these governments will not sharo in tho prollt dividing plan. Also these ordors uro at tho oxact retail price of the cars." Mr. Hawkins declared in a speech at tho banquet that tho war would havo ended in thirty days If any orio nation had been fortunato enough to havo had 25,000 Ford cars on hand at the outbreak of hostilities. This would have allowed them to move an army of 200,000 men .from ono polut to another in Ford cars, allowing eight men to a car. -In caso of destroyed de-stroyed roads by tho enemy, eight mon to a car could have picked the Ford up, lifted It over tho obstaclo and continued on their way. An army of this size could therotoro havo been moved from ono point to another anoth-er In quick tlmo, striking decisive blows whUh would havo won for them a completo victory. Mr. Smith hod o long talk with Henry Ford and says ho found him I a vory p!ensant porson to meet, easy to approach and talk to. Mr. Ford askod Mr. Smith many questions about the jltnoy buses now in uso lu Salt Lako, with n view of studying tho question from nn automobile manufacturer's point of view. At tho prosent time thcro are 12,-000 12,-000 mon working In-tho Ford plant. Tho company Is also putting new men to work as fast as they can bo secured. Tho men aro paid in sections, sec-tions, bringing a payday every day. By this means tho Ford company dls-oursos dls-oursos ?75,00d evory day to Its employees. |