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Show f I Additional Auto News OLDS ESTABLISHES FOREIGIJMTINT Prepares to Handle Big Vol ume of Foreign Trade, Inquiries Coming In Wh le praet calty the ent re output of the OlcU factor es up to the present time has been requ red to meet the re markabjy hea y demands for domest c consumpt on and the company has ben h ndered from accept ng any large o me of fore en b s ness t is stated b) J V Hall sales manager tl at p ans a e under w ay for greatly enlarg ng the act v t es of the Olds motor -worKs n fore gn countr es One of the prel n wary steps has been the establ shn ent of a fore gn department wh ch has been p t n charge of a man experienced n handl ng foreign sales W von Simmer man The large volume of nqu r es rece ved from fore gn sources many of them cable messages ask ng for terrttor es indicates that the 191b Oldsmob le has struck a popular cord among fore gn agents and renders necessary some pro v sion to supply the growing market for the car outs de the conf nes of th s country Sales Manager Hall states that the Olds company( although un able to keep pace w th toe domest c de mand expects soon to reach a po nt n the r production of cars where the can set as le a percentage of the r out put for fore ;n cons mpt on We could ha e done a ery exten sie fore gn bus ness months ago bad t not been for the shortage of cars which pre ented us fron taking on new dealers in fore gn countr es asserts Mr Hall We cons dered t good b s ness to postpone any expans on in our fore gn market until the demand for our ca n this country had been prov ded for Dealers from many countr es nclud ng South Afr ca and Great Br ta n ha e is ted the factory in person to nego t ate for our 1 ne s nee our 1916 an no ncement was made public A L Tourssen manager of the Ean dall Dodd A to company of th s c ty agents for the Oldsmob le for th s ter r tory reports ery act ve demand for the new Olds and states that he has already del vered se eral of the Dew cars and taken many ad ance orders fo del venes as fast as more of the 1916 Oldsn ob les arri e |