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Show .pON DEALER i THUEOPHMIST (j, S. Horn of Gates-Horn Company Predicts Great Future for Salt Lake. Shortage of Car's This Season Sea-son Inevitable, Is Advice to Motor Fans. fftien G. S. Horn dropped off the train ust week for a few days' visit in Salt he not only hung; the Indian Flgn he knocker, but he radiated so po.or-,i po.or-,i a feeling of substantiality and pros-' pros-' .itv that those who were fortunate rh to meet him found themselves -illy taking stock of their assets and fS,-e olaiw for a ft.ture Hi which only h'. miMri is rccoirni7ed. lr Horn, who s president of the r-'ips-Horn Motor company, local Apr.er-!w Apr.er-!w distributors, is the chief executive -iwtole string of Apperson distributor-',vs distributor-',vs in the middle and northwest, his ecitulions including the Kimhall-Horn VMr company of Seattle, the Apperson Er company of Portland, and the ritt-Horn Motor company of Salt Iake, nd Mr Horn Is now contemplating opeii-' opeii-' ,s 'another Apperson branch - In Sar. ""norn, who is stopping In Palt Take ,'fev davs on his way to .Seattle, from V Apperson factory at Kokomo, Ind.. is ,yKk full of enthusiasm and statistics, ind his careful Investigation of business ind trade conditions throughout the east .Id west have led him to some unubu-,liy unubu-,liy valuable deductions. Limited Production. mor,g other thincs, Mr. Horn said th'st those who anticipate heavy automobile auto-mobile production this year are doomed to disappointment, as no automobile con-rern con-rern can possibly resume lull production (or another twelve months, as they are even row only just beginning to regain their equilibrium and it will be many months before the wheels will be running mwothlv spun and the factories under loll production. It is inevitable, he cl.ii'ns, that the demand for cars this vear will be far in excess of the supply and dealers who are so fortunate as to have cars on hand will be the ones to profit. Money conditions all over the country tie excellent, according to Mr. Hern, and people are going to want more cars and tetter cars than they ever owned before. be-fore. The long looked for and much discussed price reductions in cars will also prove another disappointment, according to Mr. Horn, for the prices of cars cannot possibly be materially reduced until labor ant1 material conditions have changed and hr- claims that these conditions will not be perceptibly changed within the next twelve months, if ever; in fact, as many business experts point out, labor and material will never go back to before-Ihe-war prices, and no cars except those which perhaps, were subject to profi- tefring or inflation of price during war -J timi'S will be materially reduced in price -i for. perhaps, many vears. This condition does not only obtain in ' automobile lines,, according to Mr. Horn, i hut many other manufacturing lines are . finning that material and labor, instead : of decreasing in price since the armistico ! w.is signed, have materially advanced, and there seems to be no prospect of any ' fort of a reduction along these lines. In speaking of conditions in Salt Lake, ! Mi'i Horn said: .: i "Of course, though I have interests in othe"r- -vcstorn cities, I lock upon Suit L,a k e as my n at 1 1 ral home, having" been engaged in selling Apperson cars here l'or the past seven years. So, even though niy headquarters and home are at present in Peat i le, I will find it impossible to resist the temptation to make frequent trips to Pa It 7-ake City, both from per- sonal and business reasons, and I intend keeping in close touch with not only a host of personal friends T have mado here, but my business interests as well. "Salt Lake is destined to a great future, fu-ture, in fact, I feel that Salt Lake will make great strides ahead of coast cities on account of the fact Lhat. whilo coast cities were enjoying a phenomenal business busi-ness during the war, the inland towns, which were not securing the large government gov-ernment contracts, were enjoying a healthy, steady development and are now in a substantial condition to make great strides in the business development which is bound to attend the inevitable and unprecedented prosperity of this great country of ours." Mr. Horn, who has spent the week with Mr. Hates and Mr. Carruthcrs, going over the local Apperson situation at the Gates-I Gates-I Horn Motor company's offices, wiich are located temporarily on Social Hall avenue, ave-nue, in the Utah Motor Car company's salesrooms, leaves tomorrow for Seattle. |