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Show SALE OF FORD GARS PROVESJNTERESTING Sales Manager Says When a Man Wants One He Will Take No Other. The sale of Forrl cars is an interesting interest-ing and peculiar business. But the difficulty dif-ficulty is not in the sale at all, for a man who wants a Ford car wants a Ford and he will have no other. The real problem is getting enough cars to supply sup-ply the demand. So says Sales Manager Man-ager G. O. Goodwin of the Alkire-Smith company. SpeaWng about the situation he says: A man came into our place of business bus-iness the other day and made this remark: "I understand that if a Ford car is turned loose in Salt Lake it always finds its way down to Alkire-Siuith 's. ' ' Of course we did not take this remark literally, but we were nevertheless pleased with the compliment. We took it to mean that as the oldest Ford agents, our name had become insep-erably insep-erably linked with that of the Ford, anil that our four years of square dealing had become generally known to the public. I presume there are a few people peo-ple in Salt Lake who do not know that in addition to selling new Ford car. we have at almost all times a few bargains in good second-hand Fords; also that we car- rv a complete stock of accessories ' fitted to the Ford car aud maintain a shop where we employ only experienced ex-perienced and skilled mechanics. 1 While we do not specialise in the sale of used cars, still we can always al-ways make a very inviting proposition proposi-tion to a Ford owner who has a see-on see-on 1-hand Ford car which he wishes to turn in on the latest model. This selling 7-'ord cars is a pecul- 1 iar business, li a man is looking for a pair of shoes, he naturally goes into a shoe store and purchases pur-chases them; likewise, if he is in need of coal he expects to have his order filled at a coal dealer's; however, how-ever, if a man or woman has finallv reached the decision to purchase a x-Ford car, when he reaches the agencv where Fords are supposed to be so!d, it is more than likely he will find that the dealer is unable to supply him without a delav of from two weeks to two months. This has been the case every spring and this year is no exception to the rule. The fact is, we are absolutely absolute-ly unable to cope with the demand for cars and every Ford agent who is supposed to sell Ford cars finds I JOHN H. LANG i r.: f ;. ;--:y ;; ; :y i :: s. . :- With Mlller-Cahoon Co. The Hollior Six, the Dixie riyer. j , himself in a peculiar situation, being be-ing unable to sell the product which he is supposed to have for sale. At the present time we are oversold several carloads. Of course we expect ex-pect and have been promised shipments ship-ments to take car,e of these orders, but the fact remains that in order to avoid disappointments anyone who is contemplating buying a Ford should get his order in at the earliest ear-liest possible date. |