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Show oo STUDEBAKER c SALES HEAVY I I "It Is quite natural that every ! I I is particularly interested In the car he Is handling, he would not succeed r well In putting the car on the market' if he did not boost for It and feel that l it carried the necessarj values for the auto user. I am a booster for the .j Studebakcr car," says R. T. .Mitchell. I manager of the R T Mitchell rom- II pany. distributors of the Studetaker IF automobile Cletrar Tractor and Tr.it- ! flc Truck," first, because 1 have that JJ i nr for sale and. second beciuse I con-j 13 slder It a realK and truly good ma-1 ihlne." "A communication from President I' A. R Ir.-klne of the Studebaker cor-jj cor-jj poralion advances an Idea of Interest to auto users as well as dealers. Iti follows In part: II "As a general rule. I do not believe; Ijj in talking about what has been done jj in the past, but rather In planning and 19 preparing for the future However. I l the production and sales records made by our organization last year have created considerable public inten st. J The great achievement was In the In breaking of all previous records of I sales of Studebaker cars. 1921. show-1 show-1 5ng a great percentage Increase OVel 1 920. and the winning of first place II as the worlds largest producer of six-cylinder six-cylinder cars. Yet the point that caue II rl the most Interest was the fact that " ihe record was made during a ear of 1 ' general business depression. I think In this wase larcly due to the quality of I" the car we made. "To paraphnse a homely axiom, the J . proof of the car Is In the performance l of It ' Quit properly so, cars are ' Judged by what they do rathei than j by what their makers say about them. Inecoiu ui nif iieriurniwicc oi moioi B cars Is users' hands either make or H breaks the manufacturer's reputation ' The performance of Studebaker cars' I last year was noteworthy. Our sales of I r repair parts In 1921 were C per cent II less than they were In 1919. Automo-5 Automo-5 bile manufacturers cannot do both a J large car business and :i big i.-pur (J parts business at the same time. Tim 5 most healthy and enviable situation i osslbie is thai of an Inceasing car business coupled with a declining bun-lness bun-lness In repair parls." |