The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
FIVE DIMES WON'T
PAY FOR FORD CAR
No Matter If the Mint Marks on
Them Happen to Read
"F-O-R-D-S."
MANY FOLKS ARE HOAXED
Local Agency and Plant Have
Been Busy Saying "NO -
Auto News.

Some one started n story not long agt
that II you got together 1--WE dimes with
mint marks ~ "O'' "R" ~" IS" and
sent them to Detroit the Ford Motor Com
pany would give you car for them
How 1t began is mystery. II Is lke
any number OF such yarns. for Instance
getting a hospital bed endowed for n
million cancelled two cent postage stamps
Anyway. this Is to acquant some hun
dreds OF folks who haven't called UP the
Ford agency or plant hero that as far
as can be learned Ford cars still are being
sold at list prices and are not being
given away.
Furthermore inquiry at the office OF
stamp and coin company brings out that
thcrc are no dimes with mint mark OF
"F" or ar" "D" is Denver. go" Is New
orleans OF Omaha and IS" is san Fran
cisco. Therefore II wouldn't be possible
to get the combination, although some
folks have called UP the patient and long
suffering telephone operator at the Ford
plant in Long Island City TO say thoy
have the set.
About 200 persons a day have called u,
TO be told by her that Ave dimes wont
buy Ford great many folks hav.
been fooled into believing the story. but
II may be said officially that there is
! nothing TO IL.
The travelling representative Of a big
| automobile concern aust be, by the very
| nature OF his calling. more or less OF
I humorist and altogether a philosopher
1 The possession OF these assets is a funda-
mental necessity, II IL said because OF
! the thousand and one hitherto unheaTd Of
conditions he meets with In his daily
/ work. The Wilys-Overland co. Of To
, ledo, o., makers of the Overland car. have
one travelling representative in whom
these attributes are well developed as
/ shown In the following excerpts taken
from one OF his regular reports. written
while journcNing through the province Of
] Santo Domingo on the Island OF Hayu.
( West Indies
This IL rot an especially attractive
country for automobile statesmen, in spite
of the fact that the people have plenty
Of money and are anxious to enjoy tho
delights OF gasolene vehicles" runs the
! report. THE whole province has but 20
miles OF roads which are at all available
| for automobile traffic and these highways
are little more than paths through tho
| jungle. There Is garage owner. the
only one In the whole province. who IA
anxious TO obtain the Overland agency,
but think It will be necessary to do som"
missionary roadwork before he can Ne
called a successful distributor.
''He has five cars now. al old and yer
much patched second handlers. While nj
cars give him plenty Of trouble. he ha.
plenty OF time to keep them In repair. fo'
because OF the scarcity OF highways and
the narrowness OF those that do exist n
can only have one car out at "A time. II
can't operate them all AT once. for the
would run into or over each other, How
ever. a highway Improvement campaign
has already been launched and | eapec
soon to see as many Overla. DIS running
here as there are in other out OF the way
parts OF the world"
"Thlrty-fve cars a day. or a total OF
more than nine hundred for the month
was the record OF the Jeffery factory In
the twenty-five working days OF May
says A. II. Humphrevllle. who has Just
returned from the factory. New mel
are being added Ia the Jeffery force every
day, although the working time is now u
hours and the schedule for June Is l,20C
cars
The ideal OF the Jeffery comp.n ny has
always been to manufacture n limited
number OF cars. machining and building
as accurately as possible. About 20 pei
cent OF the Jeffery output is the six, and
the remainder the light four"