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Show FARMERS ARE BEST POSTED I , V ho are the best-posted men on automobile matters in the United states Of course, tho logical an-hw'er an-hw'er is, the engineers of the various 1 companies. While this Is true bevond a question ques-tion of argument, when' the query is PUt Ihe reference s u the ordinary run of owners and prospective own-Wns. own-Wns. B. B. Guthrie. Kansas City, district dis-trict sales manager of thc R-C-H, declares de-clares that there is o doub. but what U?0mr '""8t bc conceded to the r. nchmen and farmers of Texas. Oklahoma Ok-lahoma and neighbonng states mnh.i ,nL bclle lnre l an auto- W Jural published that tor? , J Us Wav i,,to this tcrri-Lr7n2 tcrri-Lr7n2 8r.a nuul'-s. These men sre i not satisfied with one paper thov 35 r;: of u- They US scan eagerly .very auto page of all the Sunday newspapers that come to hand. They send to practically every ev-ery automobile company that makes an announcement and get its literature, litera-ture, and also buy technical books. They overlook no chance, and all the knowledge to be gotten from this literature lit-erature is absorbed during the winter months, and you ean name anv car you want to almost an man and get Information that makes you think you are talking to the chief engineer of the company building thc car And w hen spring comes, these men don't hesitate very much. Much of their winter reading has been done with the view of picking out a car for themselves, and when spring arrives they have made th-ir choice and are ready to make their purcha.se We placed several hundred cars in Texas I last season, and Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma came through with a proportionate pro-portionate amount of business, hut recent trips through the territorv have convinced me that this territorv has not yet really opened up on automobiles. au-tomobiles. There Is a huge volume of business In sight." |