Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-17 | Page 39 | Business as Usual during the War

BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING THE WAR In spite of the war conditions now prevailing pre-vailing American business has nothing to fear for tiie future, in the opinion of Rirhard H. Collins, president and general manager of the Cadillac Motor Car company. com-pany. In a communication received recently re-cently by Sam Sharman of the E-harman Auto company Mr. Collins says': "In tiie process of transition from peace to war wo have become somewhat disturbed. dis-turbed. War makes reorganization necessary, neces-sary, all industries are affected, even our daily lives in our homes feel the influence and are readjusted Sn a score of different ways. "Let us conceive that it is natural that men should be somewhat uncertain durinp this period of change from one set of things to another. Having conceded that, let us proceed on the assumption that the rresent state, in and of itself, augurs no, ill for the future, because, as a matter ; of fact, it does not. "Great Britain is at war. and has been ! at war for more tha n three vears, vet the people In Great Britain todav are h- j ing better than they ever did before. The great dressmakers in Paris are selling more costly gowns now than thev ever have, if private information Is reliable. Australia, far removed from tho scenes of war's activities, is enjoying more business busi-ness and more prosperity than ever In her history. The same is true of our next-door neighbor, Canada. In all these countries people are Rivms their governments govern-ments all the financial aid asked, there Is no shirking or slacking on that score. Such are the conditions among our allies al-lies todav. The task before us is one of sensiblv planning our lives and our affairs; and. unless the temper and the mettle of Americans have been misinterpreted misinter-preted unless our history is a history of perversion and falsity American business Is more than justified In regarding the fufure with full and complete confidence. Mr Collins argues from this that tne business man who finds an automobile essential es-sential to both his business and private life should without hesitation purcnase one He calls particular attention to the merits of the Cadillac as a car of wonderful wonder-ful endurance and with all the requisites necessary to frequent and long-continued "n commenting upon Mr. Collins's communication. com-munication. Mr. Sharman said: "The prevailing sentiment among: prominent business men of the west reflects re-flects that expressed by Mr. Collins. There is just as great a demand for Cadillacs as there ever was and perhaps a ber one This is a strong indication of tne fact that leading western men, while taking tak-ing the war sufficiently seriously, are optimistic op-timistic as to the future. "Among men of more limited means we find exactly the same condition as aifect-ing aifect-ing the sale of the Oakland. This sturdy, serviceable car of medium price and low upkeep is meeting with pronounced approval ap-proval by the sensible, far-seeing men in our territory. "We are ureing all prospective purchasers pur-chasers of either Cadillacs or Oaklands to take advantage of the supply that we now have on hand. And. as we recently pointed out. railroad conditions are such that it is exceedingly uncertain how frequents fre-quents shipments of cars may be made from eithei- the Cadillac or Oakland factories fac-tories and how large those shipments may be when thev arrive. To buy now is the only way to be sure of your car.