Show PRICES FOR NASH CARS president nash gives explanation ki innon inn Hn of Coin companas Comp anys polly in answer to numerous inquiries coming to him concerning the future pric prices es of 0 nash products mr C I 1 V nash president preside nL of the nash matora company tom pany kenosha wisconsin baid fin id these inquiries I 1 believe are largely occasioned 01 by recent announcements of price decline i on the part or of some manufacturers in the automotive industry it is not my purpose to discuss the motives or causes leading up to their decision 1 I am proud of the past achievements of the nash motors company I 1 feel certain of its future I 1 am sure that our company can and 1 I ill 11 produce and market passenger oarb earb and trucks in it their price class at least us as cheaply as any other manufacturing concern similarly engaged wo we have not been profiteers we vo have turned a deaf ear car to all suggestions of inflated prices when market conditions were such that our production constituted only a small percentage of our demand I 1 do not no endorse that method believing a I 1 do that such a procedure Is manit manifestly estly unfair and is the cause of mile much of the discontent and i thit are today so prevalent taking as an example our standard five passenger car and coli considering ider the additional cost of coi boiu 1 1 tile and many other improvements improve menta lc has been advanced practically 2 21 1 per cent over our prewar pre war prices tile the same is true with reference to our other I 1 models adels labor which constitutes the largest percentage of the cost of our product is being paid at present the highest price in our history this item alono alone has increased several times the advance noted above and it cannot be reduced we cannot buy the high grade used in our cars a and trucks any cheaper in passing compare this percentage of increase in ili the price ot of our product over prewar pro pre war prices with others engaged in ili this business this tolls tells the whole story it must be evident fiam the foregoing statements that te increased cost of production is and ill be ba for a timo time to conic come infinitely more than 21 24 2 1 per cent what is tile the answer wo we cannot having in mind a reasonable margin or of profit for the nash company reduce the price of our product wi phout resorting to a business policy that would be dangerous and one that would discredit our organization in the minds of the pub lie whose confidence must constitute our principal asset improvements and additions to our product to make it more nearly per cent perfect may and probably will be made from time to time but the policy of the nash motors company will be to absolutely maintain its present prices to at least july 1 1921 this does not imply that there will be a reduction at that time as viewing the future as I 1 see it now any reduction in the cost of materials and labor at that time T this 1 ais Mat statement ement does not obtain against ain any increase in the prices of our product in conclusion c justly claim the proud distinction that our factory Is running full time knitli ith full production and wo we are finding a ready market ket for our product which furnishes ps ns substantial evidence that we enjoy that full measure of confidence on oil the part of the public that is so i necessary 1 to the successful prose prosecution prosecute cuti 01 of our business and the realization of our ideals deals |