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Show ; Harvester Company Brands Story False i , TOURING the rast month, reports have come to us that at farmers' meetings ! -'--'charges have been made, sometimes directly fcnd sometimes indirectly, that ! this Company has adopted a policy of refusing to supply repair partsfor old machines I m order to compel the purchase of new ones. This statement is absolutely false. i Such a policy has never been considered by this Company nor suggested to it , Ordinarily .we ignore such reports, because we haye learned that any large company, no matter how fair" and high principled, is subject at all times to unjust criticism. The facts are this Company has always recognized the importance of 8 repair service and has used every effort to make IHC service the best. We believe . . we can truthfully say that the' repair service furnished wherever this Company's 1 I goods are sold is equal if not superior to that furnished on any manufactured line. 9 We call attention to the fact that machinery "Fix-up Weeks," instead of being , J, something new and originated by the farmers in 1921, as eomc seem to think, W , were really an outgrowth ol the movement started by manufacturers and Idcnlere' fc - associations in connection with the Council of National Defense as a'war con- St scrvation mcasirrc. Perhaps no ether agency has done so much to promote E National'Repair Weeks" 'as thi3 Company. f The farmer needs machines which will be efficient and economical. If his old E machines can be repaired so as to render efficient and economical service, ho i , would bo foolish to purchase ttcw ones. Whether the farmer utilizes and.repaira. ' " , j ' ' his old machines or buys new ones is a question for him to determine. But ia , l making his decision, we give to every farmer who ownBany IHC machines the ' g- assurance that a full stock of repair parts will always be provided by this I Company. 1 Today, ourrcpair stocksn the territory available for the farmers are 21 per v " 'I cent greater than ever before at this time of the year. An average of a quarter - 1 million pounds of "repairs are shipped from IHC factories for every working I day in the year. Thirty million dollars' worth of repair parts are now ready, as I insurance for the farmer when he needs this service. - 1 , 'In every International Harvester Works manufacturing orders call for repair I ; . is parts Erst and even when furnishing them has meant cutting down production 9 of new machines for which we had orders, repairs have always had preference. 1 J At every one of our 91 branch houses' trained men are on duty to see that all orders are filled and shipped prompdy. Thousands of dealers scattered every ! where with an assortment of repairs in stock are always ready and willing to " j render every assistance. i ' This service which this Company has rendered through the years to those who have purchased its machines has been a matter of treat pride to the Company, 1 and is the foundatioa of the cordial good-will existing between it and its customers. i ' '' We feel it is due the Company and those who have purchased its machines ' that we give the widest publicity to the fact that this service ef repairs will-.be j maintained and improved, and that any charges to the contrary are untrue. International Harvester Company OF AMERICA CHICAGO USA Com Peacnncf W. r Did you ever stop to think that the advertUements r ; of the home merchants In this newspaper moke it u ' BETTER newspaper? Well, it docs. Advertising teaches PROGRESS, " ECONOMY and CONFIDENCE. I It teaches progress in keeping you abreast of the 1 times, of all Uiat is new nqd desirable in foods, cloth- I Ing, homes, supplies,' and comforts of all kinds. I It teaches economy through informing, you where 8 ,thc best prices may be hnd because economy' is not I pnly in the mere saving of money b'.it also in the in- tclligcnt spending of it. I It teaches confidence through the knowledge gained S I in knowing you live ns other folks live: enjoy the I B A things they enjoy that you have the same 'advantages. 1 I Tlie text book of our worldly comforts- Is written 1 B in the terse lines of our merchandising advertisements B AND ITS WELL WORTH READING. B If we rend Ihe advertisements we soon real- v B lc that they cuji work to our mlvantage just H as much ns to the merchant with' something Cjwft M to sell. Then the HOMK-SPENT Wifa M DOLLAR starts its popful Jour- -jarwlf A ML ncy amongst we home folks iWWd A every one of whom has the do- rv &'jlf$ f velopmchl and growth of litis aW& K community nl heart. Vri Y I IM i iiiiiift ,' j B ttBmemwaawitwwssssssiiirrrniigpm H As to Party Lines- 1 Numerous tests have proved thTt five minutes arc usually sufii- K B Jyt. ' cient to complete an ordinary business or social transaction by H . C: ', telephone. s ff H i. i I ' '.& i Courtesy in the use of a party line will enable all pertons en- fif M kw titled to telephone service over it to receive their share. I B iM& m f7,u Occasionally a convcrcaticn en a party line is interrupted by a H I, fifs another patron. Please be courteous and receive his apology mm k .; '" kindly. Do not retort with a "Get off the line" or a similar remark 2 glpi $ILy i - v-ur neBnDOr accidentally interrupts. ffi p " ' , . r - w $& ' "?' Nor is it a Itind act to compel your neighbor to wait more than ffl 'kM :- .s, FIVE MINUTES while you hold the line unless your converse T$? -. tion is very important. Please remember he is cntitlco to air 'wm xi equal amount of service witrybu, V i - , ' . .. twm . ' ' "' Tclephdne ccurtcsy will criabjo your neighbor to complete h,f -fe yj3$, " ' ..-mi hsbBm . . , conversation sooner then if ha,!o asjiccl if he is "going .to hold the if ;BR f ' ' line all day." ,..' ' iBV I -"As to Long- Distance . m It's a real plcasurcto sit in your heme in the evenirg and talk j mH with friends at distant points. Ask our Manager for EVENING IB and NIGHT rates. UnGer these rates TALK IS' CHEAP! B j The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. ; 9 |