Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-14 | Page 47 | Ford Company Lifts Distributing Bars

FORD COMPANY LIFTS DISTRIBUTING BARS The Ford Motor company's plan of limiting the sales activities of local dealers deal-ers to proscribed d is trie is in the city has recently been a bandnned. according to Kmeral Hansen, manager of tho Hansen Han-sen Aulo company at Sugarhouse. The Hansen Auto company has been prohibited heretofore from selling to any res id en is of Sa It Lake who reside north of Seventeen I h South street. On tho other hand, tlio firm has had exclusive selling; rights in the southern part of the oily and that part uf the county extending extend-ing flown to Cottonwood. Hut in accordance with a recent ruling of the of ficia Is of the local distributing branch of the Ford Motor company, tiic policy of restricted dist riets is now supplant sup-plant ed by a plan t ha t permits each of the three local p'ord dealers Lo sell anywhere any-where in the city. "Wo are glad the old system of dis-r dis-r ri button has been aba ndoued," said Mr. Hansen last night, in comment ing on the prospects of future business. "We can now sell our cars to our friends, regardless re-gardless of where they happen to reside. And tho other dealers likewise can sell in the territory formerly monopolized by us. The new plan gives promise of working work-ing out to the satisfaction of all concerned."