Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-11 | Page 29 | West is Best Testing Ground for Trucks

WEST IS BEST TESTING GROUND FOR TRUCKS "The west is the hardest section in ihe country in the severity of uses to which a motor truck is put," says K. A. Hav-ao. Hav-ao. distributor of Commerce trucks. "For a number of year," Mr. Savage state. 1, "representatives umi engineers of the Commerce Motor company have recognized rec-ognized the west as the testing ground for motor 'trucks. Coiiisr-ciuently they have been building: Commerce trucks to best meet these conditions, knowing that if they made good out hero they would make good in any part of tiic United Slates, or the world, for that matter, with comparative ease. A poorly made truck cannot last long here. "An indication of the success of the Commerce in meeting these conditions is found in the constantly increasing sales ! In the west. In Ios Angeles, for example, ! since the signing of the armistice, the ; sales of Commerce trucks have increased f-UO per cent over the corresponding period pe-riod of the previous year. Throughout the United States the increosed demand for these trucks makes it necessary to operate op-erate the big Commerce plant day and night, "t