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Show I j " " 1 iiJ-iMirjiiTiji jrrii-i mi , fig jo;LBmBfli m '--- ...:Ls:kx-j:??-' -t" r wrw.j-v.-jr:- -ry 1 1 I I The Ford Motor Company's output of 1,000,000 cars a year I j is a staggering figure, but at that it falls way short of the annual demand. The fact is there are not enough Ford Cars to go ! j around -and the waiting list grows as the months go by. I I! jj l But the company's method of allotment of the available j supply to branches and dealers is rigidly impartial and fair to all prospective buyers. Ml Uj ; .. ...... . . jj The distribution is worked out in this way: The Salt possible way for him to meet the demand, and that is to jj I Lake Branch, for example, is allotted a fixed number of turn in to the Company at least 12 signed orders during (j . .... I" ) 1 cars, which must be sold out in a given period of time. April. If the 24 prospects put off ordering their cars till j If the allotment is not entirely disposed of the surplus is May, 12 of them will go on the waiting list and be disap- I shipped to a territory that can absorb it. pointed. t id f -f ; jjj Exactly the same ruling applies to the local dealer. s means that your dealer cannot put a car aside j I He is allowed each month a prescribed number of cars, for vou for delivery next spring or summer unless he ob- but with the proviso that he must take that many signed tains your signed order weeks in advance. If you plan j I orders or be cut down in his quota. If he falls short of to purchase a Ford Car at the end of the winter season, I 1 his maximum allowance he cannot have the difference slSn with your dealer right now. A month of delay may ! 8 I j , made up to him the following month, when, perchance, mean a month of tiresome waiting later on. I I sales are more brisk. A waiting list for Ford Cars is inevitable so long as j I Or, view it this way: A dealer is allotted, say, 12 lhe demand for the exceeds the supply. But there's a I ill - Cars a month. On the first day of April he has 24 pros- way for yu to keeP yur name off that list' j$ pects who expect deliveries in May. There is only one Take our tip order your Ford Car NOW! Runabouts, $500; Touring Car, $525; Coupe, $750; Sedan, $875; Truck, $590 I I Prices, F. O. B. Detroit. ' 1 1 I I Starters on Runabouts and Touring Cars optional, at $75 extra. I Coupes and Sedans equipped with starters and demountable rims. !! I ALKIRE-SMITH AUTO CO., BEVERIDGE MOTOR CO., 52-60 W. Fourth South 309 East Broadway j! HANSEN AUTO CO., Mill 1125 E, Twenty-First South hi i il I hi h m i j j ; ji.'KMBBm'UJi'giJUB ijiinminwiiliw"'1" II |