Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08
Won Hamm-You Company
Gets Results in Interesting
Competition.

SOi'pNt't'O''
The Packard Motor Car Co. recent.
~ inaugurated g selling campaign of
Packard cars, making It nine.weeks
Marathon, with handsome prizes for
the statesmen making the most sales.
The Won Hamm-Young Company have
just received the interesting news that
The New York branch won out, with
smashing record of constant selling
Of cars during the nine weeks race
The letter received reads as follows:
New York ran like stake horse
In the Packard sales contest and held
a commanding lead from the first turn
20 the wire. The metropolitan com.
pany closed a phenomenal campaign
Of nine weeks duration with total
sales exceeding twelve per cent its
allotment for the entire period. Start.
ing with 1lG per cent Of its quota for
the first week, New York never fell
below a rating of lOS at any stage Of
the contest.
Philadelphia started with 100 per
cent and after a consistent race closed
with a surprising burst of speed
which gave II rating of $50 and first
place for the final week II won sec
Ond place in the contest. Pittsburg
was third, Chicago fourth and Boston
hfth.
Baltimore Won First.
Baltimore won first place among the
cities of the second division with a
final percentage of 1lS. Baltimore
started with the smashing record OF
400 per cent for the first week and
was never headed at any stage of the
Marathon. Cincinnati, with beauti
tut squirt toward the last, took second
place and final marking of ll2 pei
cent. st. Paul. st. Louis and Detroit
finished as named.
First prize for the best individual
"ecOrd goes to j. J. Hickey of New
York, who wins gold watch de
signed for the purpose and presented
by NJ. J. Budlong, president of the
New York branch. The second prize
goes to Fred Miller.
Under the terms of the contest
, each member of the New York sales
organization and any other employe
OF that branch directly instrumental
in the sale of a car is entitled to a
gold watch fob of typical Packard
design.
The contest was planned to try out
the effect of competitive stimulus
In reaching out for new business. The
results attained are so entirely salts
factory that the contest will undOubt
eddy he perpetuated as sales feature
Similar results here.
In connection with the above letter
II will be interesting to note that re
suits similar to those reported from
all over the mainland were also oh
tanned by the Won lamm-HOung Com
pany, the 1912 season, which Is just
closing, showing an increase In sales
of 80 per cent over the 1911 season.
The 1913 announcements for Pack
ard cars will be made within weel
or two, and deliveries will be made OF
the well known Packard schedule Il
commence during the month of July
The Won Ilamm-Young Co. have al
ready booked a number of orders fol
1913 Packard six cylinder cars, In
Guiding phaetons and touring cars
The purchasers of these cars have no
received any particulars yet concern
Ing the specifications for the 1871
PaCkards, yet they are satisfied t
place their orders. paying deposi
ON same, which shows the great con
hdence which the public has in thu
Packard product. The most leye
headed business men, inanciers an'
bankers are amongst the purchasers
of Packard cars. Bearing on the fac
that the Packard Company claims tina
the Packard Is the best cash asset, /
will he of interest to note that si'
directors of the First National Banl
of Birmingham, Alabama, are owners
of Packard cars. Two of these gentle