Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-17
SAW AUTOS IN
THEIR MAKING
Frank Van SICKLE Spent
Two Days in Detroit.

Mr.. Frank. Van Syckie, of Perth
Amboy, Of the arm of local distribu-
tors for the Sfudebaker Corporation,
has returned from Detroit, Michigan,
where he has been the guest of Cen
eral Manager Walter e. Flanders,
OF the Studebaker Corporation-E-
M-F Factories.
Mr.. Van Syekle spent two days In
speeding the EMF Factories and
enjoying the hospitality OF Mr..
Flanders, the great automobile man
ufacturer. He speaks in glowing
terms Of the trip and especially OF
the hospitality of the ~Studebaker
Corporation.
II was not the only guest OF Mr..
Flanders says Mr.. Van SICKLE. I'm
fact, / was one of the party of deal
ers from this section who were per-
scnalIy invited to go to Detroit and
inspect the facilities the company
have for turning out Flanders 20
and EMF so cars.
II understand the Studebaker
Corporation is spending I've $4,000
in entertaining all its dealers in q
similar fashion. Special trains are
run from various sections of the
| country to Detroit and back, and
| every item of the dealers expense is
paid from the time he leaves home
until he returns. The object, OF
course. Is % show their manufactur-
ing 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 con-
vince me that the Studebaker Corpo-
ration actually will be able to pro-
cure In the coming season the So
900 cars 1t has promised its dealers
During the past twelve months as
everybody knows, we have been I'M
able to get than one car for
every four we could have sald-
nevertheless the company was turn
ing out 100 cars per day. / was
permitted to look over the records
at Detroit, so / know that / got my
full quota. In short, we were not
the only ones who were In a similar
position, there are many others.
II confess that until my visit to
Detroit ! was Just a little skeptica1
Of the ability of any company to
| build $4,000 automobiles In twelve
months. ! had expressed that skep-
ticism In a letter tic Mr.. Flanders
personally and his response was
come and see. And he provided q
special train of such sumptuous ap-
pointment and are not surpassed by
those on which railway magnates
travel on their inspection tours.
There was every comfort that heart
could desire-and the stomach was
not overlooked. We had a royal
good time at Detroit. We spent one
day in the big plant No. i where e.
Mi 80 ars are made, and then
we spent a day In a still larger one
Plant No. 8, where Flanders 800 car
Is made from the pig iron to the
complete, fully equipped car.
III Was the most interesting expe-
renee / have ever had, and / feel
as II / know my product now better
s1an s-er Z anow 2uss INV
quality Is put into them. Add to
this the fact that / had the pleasure
OF meeting personally all the Inn
portant heads OF departments in the
enormous organization, and you will
understand that I now feel as IL
] was indeed one of the family.
Perhaps the most pleasant part of
the whole time was the evening
spent at Mr.. Flanders home on
Green Lake. There Mr.. Flanders
owns about 1900 acres of beautiful
rolling hills and lake side property.
IN ret, dis property completely sur
rounds Green Lake. There he likes
to think he Is a farmer, and there
ne gets his ~ecreation and reIaxa.
ton from the arduous duties of man.
aging the largest automobile factory
In the world.
TO know Mr.. Flanders at his
nome could not imagine that he
y the administrator of d concern