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Show SIUDEBlf! COMPANY 10 m ft LIS Now , Constructing New South Bend Plant and New Branch Houses. "If thf ereat worM oorflit, in which Aoieri'.'a is playing a lea.-.in role, should tontinue aoo'bfr yar, ear-. or logger -hit will happen to the automobile au-tomobile iniujtry?'' a question that tas bcn askcl of everyone coim?itP'i with the bui-ine pin'? our entry into tb? v.ar. Pire things have b " : i predicted pre-dicted for the motor car inanulucturer coninptinM of plants by the Lvern- j rrppt, enrt a i i-' i p'o-lm-tion berau?'1 of a fc 3hortae of matpnai.", fn-Hnv: off ot sals .iue to war economy, n'k ot shipping ship-ping facilities, etc., etc. an i, of course, all of tive thine? lo loom large in the future, but as f t America s f ourt h larcc-bt industry be-viniir. pessimistic tt-at what iut one b; manufacturer is doin. ' ' As to the stat'ili'y of Ptuaecakcr anH our cnnfiJcnce in the future of the automobile industry, let me enipha.iz our position by ;t:uf that Studba'cor is Fpendin millions of dollars for the eor.st ruction of n-'w plantt? at South Bend, and for the erection of moiiern, up to date branch huil'liiu.s in various important v-'tioni of the country, " savs K. T. Jl'Mi'kins, en-ral sales man-ar man-ar of the Stn.iehaker corporation. " 'or rill further proof of our prosperity pros-perity and faith in the future 1 might add t hat, to date, M udtd.aker has l'anr.' the cover n men t $,"ni,0(ii). ?tudtdtaker purciia.ied h million dollars worth of the first 1". S. Liberty bond-and bond-and w hen t he second ba n was floated wp promptly took another million dollar? dol-lar? worth. " Not only that; Studebaker. t hrouyh i ts biy an ad ia n factories at Valkervile, Ontario, purchased a million mil-lion dollar worth of the Pominion of Canada war bond issue. Our patriotism FuhMautial ami real our faith in the f!itiir i- backed bv our mon-'v. The new bui ldiut; at Vouth Pend vil! cot approximately f J.Oi.'O.Ono when finished. Vnrk on them is iiroi-essinc rapidly and I expect thev will all be in full operation before i inter sets in. This new cmitrtp-tion work includes a modern machi'W shoo of IlIH.''O square feet; a four storv drv kiln of I 2,!r76 s-)iiare fet-t --the lHrest an-l finest structure of it s kind in the world ; a : for;re fhop of pl-.o square feet and a huge power houe ith a total of 1R5 ! souarn feet. Ail of these buildings are of r''.nforct.-d corp'ret construction throughout. "Additions to (Mir tph plants in ym rvtroit bfii'in a var n''o hae now b'en i-nnuiif f "d a nil m;pdi ' nery already injftf.drd for th-dr ca pa-t v op1 rat ion. 7o fa'dliratp the narplliug of our great volume of salea throughout the , country we have found it neeeHrv to, buiJd our own branch buildings at Port- i land. Ore.. Atlanta, Ga., I'hiladelphia. ! Pa., and Pes Moines, Iowa. These mod-j ern establishments, costing man v thou sands of dollars, will, wh-n completed, rank among the finest auionude.e distributing dis-tributing depots in America. Aad, with many other branch houses in every sec-tion'of sec-tion'of the I'nited States anl in every civilid country on the globe, we. feel i that ttudebaker will aiwavs be prepared pre-pared to nandJe any situation promptly and satisfactorily. "With unshaken faith in the future of the industry, as evidenced by this va-st eipendtture of money for new I buildincs. with resources of millions of 1 dollars and unlimited purchasing power, I temporary lulls in huiness cannot affect' af-fect' this" reat industrial organisation. "That Mudebaker is hoi linj vts own in the quantitv production s of motor cars is !-hown Vy the fact that Stnde-bakr Stnde-bakr drew fourth position at the New York automobile show, where choice positions po-sitions are allotted according to the standing of the manufacturer as a quantity producer.'1 |