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Show 0(16 'GOOD, SAYSBQTTERILL citurday's mall brought the local offl-jifjs offl-jifjs of the Tom KoUerill Automobile n-npanv a letter from Frank Botterill. I a u0 with his brother, Tom Botterill of ivnver. line Just completed a trip through .1 rt automobile factories of the east, ,liit pounds a clarion and strident note of optimism all along the line. Mr. liotterlU has just visited the Chl-rUo Chl-rUo automobile show and spent several sev-eral dnys in the factories of the Hudson yotor Car company, the Plerce-Arrow jjotor Car compnmy and the now famous polct? Bros, plant at Detroit. you would certainly never know there ae a war going on any place In the TrnHd from the appearance of Detroit, Buffalo, Chicago and other eastern citle," writos Mr. Botterill. He continues: The automobile factories are all working full time; hotela, trains, theaters the-aters and stores are all crowded, and every0 talks prosperity. I have never felt mora encouraged over the general gen-eral situation than at present. I ;l8ve made it a point on thia trip to talk with es many representative husifiess men as possible, and I have yet to find the head of any Industry In-dustry at all pessimistic over the com-iv.e com-iv.e year. Business men in the cities have named are no omy optlmltjtio, but they are enthusiastic. f Durinff his present trip Mr. Botterill f hai his first thorough inspection of the great Dodge planf. at Detroit, He writes that be npent two days going through the establishment and that he and hla brother had the pleasure of meeting both of the Dodge brothers, John and Horace. He says: Both are men of about 45 years of axe. These men are mechanics and such mechanics that they are worth today over $50,000,000. Their one idea is to makaptheir name famous through the medium of the car they have put out. Heaven knows, they do not need the profits- No mother could evince 1 more Interest in a child than these two men show In their one product, ' the Dodge car. Their one atm is to see how good they can build their ear, and I have epent tvro whole days !n their plant, and I believe you v.-ill agree with me that I should know something about manufacturing and assembling automobiles after fifteen years in the business. I can 8.y to you that, how they can do the machinery ma-chinery work, use the highest quality of materials and assemble and sell the car for $7S5 Is beyond the belief of anyone who has gone through thefr piant. Imagine this If you can every , letter of complaint or suggestion regarding re-garding the car that comes to the ! Dodge factory is not turned over to ; the service department, but goes direct to the desk of John Dodge. 1 Fancy a millionaire car builder want- ing all the complaints sent to him direct. Thia week tbev were shipping ship-ping 100 cars a day. tn two weeks It will he 200 a day. and in a month it will be 300 each day. My brother and myself are pleased with our Dodge connections from every standpoint. stand-point. Both the Pierce-Arrow and Hudson factories are extremely busy. |