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Show m STAGE IS A SERiDUSPROBLEM E. D. Suitor, Maxwell Fac-, Fac-, tory Representative, Cites i Numerous Instances. I : sir a t t tej. resen taU c K. P. Suitor of t!ie Maxwell Motor Sales company is! Irak in-,- one of ids tl im; visits to Salt , Uike fitv. laivin- come for tiie purpose of consult in-: viili Manager J. i. Middle-tint Middle-tint of the Sun Mtitor Sales ctmipany, lo- ; cat distributors of the Maxwell ,;, ,,n mat L'-rs pertaining to llu liandlin of tii-; tii-; lure business. j Althouscn trvincr to ciowd a week's- wank 'into ;i two days' vit, ;iS eMoosedl .It. Suitor stopped worlx loot,' .-nonu to : make j. few observations on li-.s favorite j theme, the automobile business. ! "The worst, problem automoiule men in (the east are beln- confronted with now is Hie freiix'iit car shoriai;-'." said Suitor. "One of l ho t hi tilts people in t he west : can be t hankf ul for is t hat. because ot I their extreaie distance from the in-'.orv. h-nrs tire beiu shipped to thorn and ar-, ar-, rl e in 'th nd new coudit ion." on l i lined, li-ned, "'rn rs consigned to caste ti j Irrs are driven out In M'-ets of a d-v-eu ,,hs or more, and 1 tin nix the most renurk-jable renurk-jable slight 1 have ever seen was a ib-et I of tvent-live tt fortv cars which was niak ItiiT its w a v alou t he road wddch is the connect in jr link between T 'droit j and tlit Lincoln h lh w ,i-, headi d for i some point in the east. i'his coiiMmfd . to points as far away as phinti in Wc-i V Iryioia, Kent Lick and Honda at be j in se:-.l by the overland route. "Tin- genera! attitude everv where in the 1 pis: .".'fins to be to l;ceo busiiess u,o - Uvz a- i sual." In pcakiiia; of the effect tho war niav -have on tho aulom.mu ou-dness. .p. i Suitor said : "On t he v. hole, business I co ndil Ions a 'e ( r.v i,ood. Severn I i"ac-I i"ac-I tories are- woikin:- on .iir or.bu'-; ii' airplanes. air-planes. I'ite rccnlar a'.i'omooil cuin-o i of Ihe factories will not l.t- tat;eii bv tin-novcrtnuent tin-novcrtnuent and ilea let's w ould (-t ( Iieir carM all riht were It not for the transportation trans-portation problem, which is tvallv serious seri-ous Kven the express companies are noma; no-ma; through ttie difticultv- of -rltiti experienced ex-perienced men to handle the work. j "I don't look for any adv ance in price '" j continued Suitor. "'The general opinion seems to be that the companies feel that tlu-v have none the limit; that is, the- have m;t the price so hi.th tlnu the mi-i mi-i tomohile men won't pay any more." I A bou : three hundred and seventy-live 1 Maxwells are- produced daily, accordim- to ISu'tor. "They would produce !,"itl jf fhev could jei the materi;it." he said. |