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COMPARE VIEWS
OF THE FUTURE
Republic Truck Distributors
Predict Prosperity in
Alma Meeting
\ Business in general and the truck
1 business in particular are due to set
*ew records for activity and prosper
ity during 1919.
That was the unanimous opinion,
freely expressed, of prominent Re
public Truck distributers recently called
to the factory at Alma from specific
of the country for the purpose
ef getting She dealers' views regarding
two new models which the Republic
Truck Company are just putting on the
market—The Model 19, Republic "In
vincible" with a capacity of 2-2% tons,
and the Model 20, Republic "Dread
naught" of 3% tons capacity. The
meeting was an informal conference.
The regular annual convention of Re
public Truck distributors recently called
called in Alma at a later date.
The company wanted to ascertain
the exact conditions in different parts
of the United States and also get
first-hand opinions on just how these
new models met the requirements of
every section.
In both respects the response was
enthusiastic and convincing. Without
t an exception the dealers declared that
they looked for an unprecedented de
mand for trucks in their territories this
year. They spoke of orders already, in
hand and in prospect far in excess of
anything they have known in previous j
years. And they were even more en
thusiastic over the new models offered
them.
Naturally some of the dealers had
different hauling conditions to faee than j
others and different industries on which I
they depended for their volume. But |
each declared that the new trucks more (
than met all requirements and were the j
most sturdy, powerful and all around
well balanced trucks of these capacities
that had yet been offered to truck users.
In Ids address to the visiting deal
ers President F. W. Ruggles empha
sized the splendid condition of the
Republic business both from a sales i
and production standpoint. He said.
that in spite of the tremendous strides |
already made the truck industry was ,
still in its swaddling clothes and the
progress still to be made by Republic
and the industry in general would prove
ss remarkable as was the quick growth
during the last five years.
The conference continued fofi three
days and the entertainment provided
for the distributors, parts makers and
the Republic organization was very elab
borate and unusual. A big banquet was
staged in Republic's own banquet hall
which excelled previous 'events in the
history of the organisation.
MOTOR TRUCKS
1, 2, 2\, 31 and 5 Tons
A Model For Every Trucking Need
The Denby Is the Truck of Superior Performance,
Satisfactory Service and Economical Operation
The Denby Internal Gear Drive divides the strain of load carrying and
power transmission to all parts of the axle —Delivers more than 96% of the
engine power direct to the rear wheels—Big features. Irrespective of road
conditions or heaviness of loads, Denby Power is maintained. And this power
is maintained because there is practically no loss due to friction and heat.
The first consideration in the purchase of a motor truck should always
be the service it will give. It must be able to do everything it may be
called on to do, and do it right.
Denby owners throughout the world are getting satisfactory transpor
tation because every detail of design and every piece of material in the
Denby is intended to give and will give the best service in the particular
use to which it is put. The records of Denby Trucks all over the world
confirm this.
The ability of Denby Trucks to carry anything required
of them and do it economically, is responsible for
their popularity and wide use in all lines of business.
Manufactured bv
DENBY MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY, Detroit, Mich.
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Denby Sales Corp.
1205-07 Capital Street Henry W. Aiken, Mgr. !
SATURDAY EVENING, HAKRISBUHG TELEGRAPi; MARCH 22. 1919
TRACTORS TURN
UP 8188 CO. SOIL
Thousands of Spectators Wit
nessing Demonstration in
J. T. Moore Orchard
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I Macon. Ga.,—-(Special.) Twenty
thousand people witnessed Uemonstra-
I tions by tractors in the John T. Moore
orchards south of Macon, this week,
it being the first field work during
the Dixie National Power farming
demonstration. It was a novel sight
and one that probably has never he
fore been witnessed in the south.
Farmers and city men to say nothing
of women, girls and boys, thronged
the fields and followed with interest
the tests made by the various makes
of tractors.
The first field work of the Dixie
National Power farming demonstra
tion today, on the John T. Moore
farm, four miles south of Macon,
brought a crowd estimated at close
to 20,000 persons to the field.
Tractors moved to the field early
this morning, and plowing and disc-,
ing began at 1 o'clock. The demon
strations continued until darkness
set in and the crowd didn't thin
until late in the day.
The crowds were stretched over
| a huge field, on one end of which
| was a "camp" where the various
| farm implements were shown, tents
| for headquarters were not p'ltched
as originally planned, because of the
inability of the tractor people to
get onto the field early.
Thousands See Demonstration
Out on the field the thousands of i
visitors followed first one tractor |
and then another, In groups of a hun- i
dred or more at a time. They stood |
on the sidelines at times just as they I
would do at a football game, and
watched the "iron horses" travel j
over the soft earth, pulling a plow |
or disc or some other farm iiyple- j
ment.
The work of today was in the
small orchards of Mr. Moore, He
had requested that there be no deep j
plowing during the day, except as i
occasion became necessary to dem- I
onstrate the ability of the plows to |
dig down deep Into the soil and the |
ability of the tractors to pull them.
The soil was still heavy in spots, j
but the tractors had little difficulty, j
A tremendous amount of work was i
done. It wss done so well that I
more than one plantation and peach i
orchard owner remarked that he !
would like to take the entire out- !
fit to his place for one day.
Tomorrow is "Farm Boys' day," j
the biggest day of the demonstra- i
tion, according to the program ar
ranged by Manager A. E. Hilde- !
brand and Secretary Roger Miller,,:
of the Chamber of Commerce, There ;
will be close to ten thousand club i
boys of the State in attendance, it
was estimated tonight. Delegations j
from at least ten counties were
known to have reached the city.
The following counties are repre
sented by farm boys' organizations:
Fulton. Meriwether, Jones, Raurcns,
Jeff Davis, Muscogee, Houston,
Richmond, Sumter and Ben Hill.
These boys wilt register at the
Macon Chamber of Commerce or at
the demonstration field tomorrow
and thus be eligible to a Fordson
tractor and full set of farm imple
ments. obtained by J. E. Patter
field while in attendance at the Kan
sas City implement show.
Manager Hildebrand announced
tonight that plowing will begin
promptly tomorrow afternoon at
1:30 o'clock. He said his prediction
that 50,000 people will be here to
morrow afternoon for the final
demonstration still stands.
The presidents of at least seven
big manufacturing companies were
on the demonstration field this
afternoon and there were high offi
cials from many other companies
represented at the demonstration.
All seemed pleased with the keen
interest taken by Georgians in the
tractor demonstration.
Proving Great Success.
"The meet is proving a great suc
cess." said Manager Hildebrand. "It
is even a greater success than the
manufacturers anticipated."
The traffic to and from the field
today was a bit congested. There
was no regulation, but arrange
ments were completed tonight to have
traffic regulations tomorrow.
Manuel Carreno, of Cuba, added
his name- to the list of foreigners
who are here for the purchase of
tractors, at the Chamber of Com
merce today.
Parties from the agricultural col
leges of several southern states
paid close attention to the work !
of the tractors on the demonstra
tion field today. They are to return
tomorrow to see what the tractors
will do in deeper plowing, which
will be undertaken in some parts
of the field. •
J. D. Edwards manager of the
agricultural section of the United
States railroad fidministration, came
here today to attend the demonstra
tion. With him at the field this aft
ernoon were W. W. Croxton, gen
eral passenger agent of the A., B. '
and A. and other southern roads; H. j
Tj. Alsbrook. of the agricultural de- j
partment of the same system of
railroads, and several other railroad
men who came here to see what !
tractors will do for the farmers of j
the south.
The little Cleveland tractor, a ]
12-20 horsepower machine, caused j
by acting as a general first-aid i
machine around the demonstration
field.
The sight of the Cleveland, which
is a compact, trim-looking tractor,
pulling tractors twice its size out of j
the mud, caused some merriment,
too. at the expense of the larger (
machine. The Cleveland also pulled I
two truck loads of implements out
of the mud after they had dug them
selves in.
Despite the fact that the Cleve
land ran into a bog and nearly tnired
itself, it sot out quickly under its
own power, stopped to pull out a
neighboring four-wheeler that got
stuck in the same bog and finished
its v)ork among-the first. After Ihe
Cleveland fipd finished plowing and
discing its own allotment, It fin
ished the work of the four-wheeler
and several other tractors that fail
ed to complete their work. At Mr.
Hildebrand's request, the Cleveland
agreed to return in the morning and
finish the discing in the orchard,
which was not done by the tractors
assigned it to.
George D. Jones, in charge of the
Cleveland Tractor Company's dem
onstration, expressed himself last
night as extremely well pleased
with the behavior of tho Cleveland
In the plowing. "We completed our
own work and then some." said Mr.
Jones. "Thursday we are ready to
start again to do anything they ask
of us and any other little jobs left
undone."
Packard Co. Exhibiting
. Truck Line at Show
Mr. Harrington, in referring to
motor truck transportation, states
that this country needs and must
get the fullest possible results from
every one of its transportation re
sources—railroad transportation is
the one great resource. The motor
truck equipment of America as it
stands should deliver thirty per
cent, more transportation than it is
giving to-day.
Making an investment in Packard
transportation is not a haphazzard
effort. The men in the Packard or
| No Imitation Can "
As Good as the Original I
W ™I. LIKE T .? KE ? P harping on the / acl 11181 Reo AND HISTORY REPEATS itself in this case also, for the
ho,rA i.JTV n industry so many of the pioneers very competitors who then flouted the very idea of electric
have failed to keep pace with the progress. starter and lights; and pneumatic tires; and speed qualities
RTTT tt mcr TC C J. . , ' . . in a truck, are now Reo's closest imitators!
our il JUST iS a fact, and, as the science of automotive
engineering and manufacturing progresses, somehow you SO AGAIN the soundness of Reo engineering is demonstrated. 11
II always see Reo in the van.
j WHY, THE VERY TERM "SPEED WAGON" used to
I ULTRA CONSERVATIVE in some regards we are considered, differentiate this type of Motor Truck from all others, is as
by the more adventurous in the industry. For sample, much the rightful property of Reo as is the very design
we still adhere to the policy of doing all our experimenting itself—it is ours by right of priority. III 1:
t our om, expense not our customer's! BU X we DONT MIND others using it-imitation is the
iMnunrtinrmn A . .. j j j sincerest form of flattery, and if they find it necessary to
AND WE NEVER adopt as a part of our standard product or imitate as nearly as possible Reo design, why should they I 1
offer to a buyer, any feature of which we are not absolutely not also take the Reo term to designate their imitations.
_ A BETTER for either, is evidently not to be found! liIII
THERE S A DIFFERENCE between courage and daring.
BUT WE'D SUGGEST to you as a buyer that an original is 111
DARING is taking chances and depending on bull luck to get always better than a copy the real, superior to any 111
■ through. substitute.
rnnPArp ; •. . . . . , , SO IF YOU CAN SECURE a Reo"Speed Wagon" the quality of
COURAGE is the propensity to assail obstacles when sure of which has so thoroughly proven itself that rivals habitually
the ground after the most careful survey of conditions proclaim theirs "just as good as a Reo" —if you can get an ' 19
and with a full knowledge of its difficulties. original, why accept an imitation?
REO IS COURAGEOUS in that sense. If our engineers have IT IS EASY to imitate outward appearance—but Reo quality
convinced themselves that a certain principle is right, our rnust be built in the Reo shops. And Reo Low Upkeep has I I
sales department is perfectly willing to meet any opposi- never, so far, been duplicated.
tion and tonvince you of it, superiority. OF COURSE your difficulty is to obtain a Reo Dem>ndi
e/-> trrtT t cc-d -D , , always greater than the possible factory output, is now
SO YOU SEE Reo is conservative—but progressively con- almost hopelessly so. | 1
servative
BUT IT WlfL PAY YOU to wait a little while for a Reo
THIS REO "SPEED WAGON" is a case in point. rather than accept a second choice.
DO YOU KNOW that the verv features that constituted the tn°w fl^^r^ o i^^ rde wr nOW ~ at ° nCe " yOU W ° n t 11
■ strongest sales resistance when we first brought out this ■ r j( . ... . g " ... CBn givc 8 P rett y
truck are now the features that most strongly recommend dcfimtC datC ° n WhlCh yOUr Reo WIU be dehvered
it to buyers? YOU CAN ALWAYS get the thingVou don't want. That's
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cialists in transportation and they
study the requirements of each
purchaser so that the truck select
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sible returns on his investment.
Packard trucks are designed by a
staff of engineers who have spent
years studying the economical prob
lems of thousands of business men.
Dating back from the beginning of
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the extremely high standards 6et by
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cess <* r . manufacture based on the
most scientific and economical meth
ods Only the best materials
arc employed, and every operation
must tome within the ciosest prac
ticable limits of accuracy. All cor
responding parts are Identical. This
standardization insures complete in
terehangeability and is the only
propet guarantee of adequate serv
ice to owners.
In every truck there is incorpo
rated a substantial margin of
strength over and above that gen
erally conceded necessary to with
stand the checks and stress of the
most severe service.
The Packard line consists of seven
sizes of worm drive trucks. The
transmission, control lo
cated, chain speed lever, and
thermosist are afiiong the improving
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