Show REO COMPANY FAST GROWING I II I Figures Show Popularity of Reo Cars Throughout Country 7 According tf to a statement ment just made public h by Mr Air It II It 1 U 11 r. r Scott vice president president d dent nt and nd general manager tho the flee Heo Motor r Cr company compall is now the thc largest t truck producer In the Die world says aK 13 R Rt M M. Grady of the tho 1 K 11 M M. M Gra Grady Motor dolor company compan local distributors of or the Beo automobile Mr Ur Scotts Scott's statement nt which Is ba based d upon the figures fig fig- uros ures for tor tho the first t quarter of 1013 In comes as ns a surprise to tho those o who have o not watched closely which tho the Reo company compan has hns been making in inthe inthe the manufacture of truck trucks Mr Ir Scott also indicates that the Motor Car company compan Is Js planning an Increased production production production pro pro- both bolh of passenger cars and trucks truck for the hc next fiscal year ear The Thet t text of or the statement follows Based on nn til the official figures I ures for Cor the three months end ending ending- InS InS' March 31 1919 at atthe atthe the thc present time lime Reo neo Motor Car com corn compan company pan pany I Is producing more trucks for tor commercial uses than any other truck manufacturer In the United States States- with wHit the exception of or Ford o ord whose figures S are arc not available I make this statement ment with full Cull knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of tho the statements In the l advertising Advertis advertis- ing- ing of other oilier m manufacturers r that the they arc ale the tho Jar largest st truck pro producers Official Official orn- orn cial fl figures ures furnish the indisputable answer This achievement ement represents in to us the vindication of oC a principle When wo we first presented pre a no truck whose outstanding out standing alt attributes were pneumatic tires speed and complete completo electrical equipments equipment the Judgment of oC Mr Thomas our chief chic engineer was freely free free- ly Iy questioned by 11 buyers and competitors tors torR alike nUke Within the past year car tho the correctness of If our principle has been eloquently acclaimed II by countless Imitations Imi imi- to lions and toda today tho the principle ha has been even C more mon eloquently acclaimed b by the ultimate jud Judge the c. the truck user user himself himself himself-as as the production figures Churos for tor forthe forthe the first quarter qu of or the year car clearly prove pro We 0 manufacture manufacture- but a no single lo model but with that one model we are arc building more trucks than an any other manufacturer whether whether r he have havo one or ora ora ora a dozen models I i would not attempt to forecast the future futuro But nut this I will say a We Wc shall not voluntarily relinquish the position of dominance we wc have thus acquired To maintain that position wo we must In Increase Increase In- In crease our truck output to keep pace with the constantly increasing demand and and oven oYen now our our production Js s running running run run- ning more than 50 per cent stron stronger cr tha the thc record figures for the tho first quarter With Rith all that It must not he be supposed supposed sup sup- posed that w we j intend to lo abandon the tho passenger car cap field War conditions and our feeling of or what was due from us u to our country countr in war time timo curtailed curtailed curtailed cur cur- tailed our passenger car production for or the past twelve tWE months month That curtailment cur cur- was tt temporary We e c purpose tt tl build more moro pass passenger automobiles I In tho the twelve e months beginning August August August Au Au- I gust 1 1 In 1919 1719 than in a any similar pe period clod In ht tho the J history stor of or this company company PC-I PC |