The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-25
'DENlS0N FIRM
VISITS FACTORY
Messrs. Tamm e. Boyian and Editor
CasweII Guests Of Studehaker
Co. at Detroit Two Days.
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM OMAHA
Mr.. Tamm Says Company Promises to
Build $4,000 Cars Coming Season
"A Great Factory.

, Messrs. Boylan e. Tamm, of the firm
OF the Denison Auto company. local
distributors for the Studebaker cor
poration, and Mr.. G. L. Caswell, re.
, turned Saturday evening from Detroit
Mich, where they had been the guests
Iof General Manager Walter f. Fland.
Iers of the Studebaker corpora ton
f. M F. factories.
i They joined the Studebaker special
train at Omaha Tuesday, arriving in
Detroit Wednesday, where they spent
1.-TWO days inspecting the Z. NJ. F. fac
tories and enjoying the hospitality OF
Mr.. Flanders, the great automobile
manufacturer. They speak in glow
ing terms of the trip and especially
(of the hospitality OF the Studebaker
lcorporation.
i 81 was not the only guest of Mr..
Flanders" says Mr.. Tamm. "In fact,
| was one of the party of dealers from
this section who were personally in
vited to go to Detroit and inspect the
facilities the company have for turn
ling out Flanders '2O' and E. NJ. F.
go cars.
II understand the Studebaker cor.
poration is spending over $l25,000 in
entertaining all its dealers in SINH
lar fashion. Special trains are run
from various sections of the country
of the; dealers expense is paid from
the time he leaves home until he re-
turns. The object, of course, is to
show their manufacturing facilities
and how they produce quality cars.
Mr.. Flanders told me that one object
he had in mind in bringing me to
Detroit was to convince me that the
Studebaker corporation actually will
be able to procure in the coming sea-
son the $4,000 cars it has promised its
dealers. During the past twelve
months, as everybody knows, we have
been unable to get more than one car
for every four we could have sold
nevertheless the company was turn
ing out 100 cars per day. was per-
mitted to look over the records at
Detroit, so l know that I got my full
quota. In short, We we're not the only
ones who were in similar position,
I IL nro MANY ofhorS
II confess that until my visit to De-
'htoit was just little skeptical OF
the ability OF any company to build
so, 900 automobiles in twelve months.
l had\ expressed that skepticism in a
letter to Mr.. Flanders personally and
his response was-cOme and see.'
And he provided a special train OF
such sumptuous appointments as are
not surpassed by those on which rail-
way magnates travel on their inspec-
ton tours. There was every comfort
that heart could desire-and the stom.
ach was not overlooked. We had a
royal good time at Detroit. We spent
one day in the big Plant No. where
u. M. +. go cars are made; and then
We spent day in still larger one,
Plant No. 3 where Flanders go cars
are made from the pig iron to the
complete. fully equipped car.
1T was the most interesting expert
ence l have ever had and l feel as ii
l know my product now better than
ever before. l know just how the cars
are made and just how the quality is
put into them.
after walking for hours at time
through lanes of machinery and see
ling hundreds of million dollars worth
of stock in process of manufacture.
am thoroughly convinced that We will
be more nearly able to meet the de-
mand for Flanders 90 and f. NJ. F.
'3O' cars next year than we have ever
been before. OF course, that is not
saying we will get enough
They were enthusiastic in their de.
scription of Detroit. which is the
worlds greatest automobile center as
we'll as one of the mot beautiful
cities in America. They devoted sew
eral hours to driving about II" sew
eral parks and boulevards OF Detroit
and the trip to Mr.. Flanders home
and back was over thirty-two miles
of road, part Of which was over the
beautiful Bloomfield Hills. Few places
in America have more charms than
this. To say nothing OF the trip there
and back on the luxurious special
train they feel more like mllllonalres
who had been on a pleasant vacation
than one who had been on business
trip.