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Show demand roe TRUCKS GRAINS President of Company Declares De-clares Saturation Point Will Never Arrive "Some of these davs, nnd in the not very distant future, there will be talk of the saturation point being reached in the field of motor truck manufacturing." manufac-turing." pays H. C. Stewart of the I'nited States Motor Truck company But that day will never come The ! more motor trucks used the more th( (i. niand will be The Increase of good roads will bring greater and greater demands, and we all know that the roadbu.lding era Is at hand Increase oi every line of business to keep pace with the increasing population of the I'nited Slates and with the growing needs of foreign countries will provide a market for every truck American manufacturers car 'urn out Todav the business is small Ir fart. I ha only scratched the surface. The potential market is a matter of speculation, but authorities state that from 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 motor trucks will be wain ed in America That alone means re placements of at least 1,000,000 trucks per year, a goodly business in itselt when the Bize ol he product of todaj is iaken Into consideration. Factories which now are looked upon as jarge will be very small as regards Ihe fat tone.- of the future. Few see the pos Isibillties of the business I did man) ears ico when I decided to devote m) attention to it ihe growth of business of the I'nited States Motor Truck company is evidence A few years ago loo trucks yearly was looked upon as good business Now 200 trucks monthh. in ;li of our models 1 to 6 tons, is nol considered reall big. It is not sufficient to meet the demands, and the big plan at Covington is con istanth Increasing not only In size but in manufacturing output New and modern methods of manufacture are being adopted to enable us to keep I pace with the demand Wltb ihe en trj of 'lie pneumatic tire motor trucks are made available to millions who could nol use them to advantage before be-fore Pniumat c tired trucks are more and more in demand eory day. and are going Into regions where trucks were uol wanted before The addition ot so many good roads, the entry of pneumatic tires, the perfection or I trucks to a point where they are al mos fool proof and the demonstrations demonstra-tions which are constantly being made, are having their effect Growth of the business Is now by leaps and bounds, land uo better evidence of this Is to be found than in the size of the aliend-lancc aliend-lancc at our exhibit and In ihe class of' business men of every field to be found constantly inspecting the mod els." |