The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-02
Big DEMAND
FROM WEST
More Motor Cars Need.
ed Among Corn
Growers


for motor cars. as indicated by In
quiries. will this year be unprece-
dented. according to leading manu-.
facturers. This Is ascribed to the
bumper crops that will be harvest
ed this season. The more enthusi-
astic reports assert that the west
will be literally rolling in wealth.
and as every American era of pros.
perity has sprung from the soil, II
is certain to benefit practically all
lines OF trade. The automobile be.
ing no longer merely thing OF
pleasure. but a thing OF actual profit
that Is being used to great advant-
age in almost every avenue OF bus
mess. the industry will naturally
benefit largely from the improved
financial conditions.
r. T. Hodgkins, assistant manager
of sales in the Studebaker Corpora.
ton, who is painstakingly observant
of business conditions. while wholly
conservative in his opinions, for
which reason his investigations pos
sess value. as we'll as interest, has
returned from trip through south.
western states In highly optimis-
tic frame of mind.
Conditions in Oklahoma and
Texas. SO far as crops are con.
cerned," he says, ARE all that can
be desired, in fact they have never
been better. The Lone Star state
agriculturalists are benefitting i'm.
mensely from diversifying their
crops and not depending upon cot.
ton alone. Texans are also not con.
Stunning the large quantities OF
canned goods as once their wont.
Instead, they are now not only rails
ing garden stun to supply the local
demand, but are shipping II up into
the north as we'll A great crop of
oats was harvested and the corn Is
In splendid shape. the ears being
large and filed out. This was due
to the good growing weather the
state experienced. Cotton Is In un.
usually good condition. In the IA
nous Black belt which includes
Dallas. everything is doing excep-
tionally well.
oklahoma will also boast OF a
bumper corn crop, while the cotton
yield promises to be far above the
ordinary. The credit man Of one
Of the larger packing institutions
operating In the state told me that,
considered as a whole, conditions
are better now In Oklahoma than
they had ever been during the past
Ave years. There 10 Q general pick
ing.up In the cities noticeable in al.
most every kind Of business. At
one time It looked as though some
parts Of Oklahoma were building a
little too far into the future, but
any possible effect from this con.
dition, II II existed. has been over.
come. This 10 especially true with
Oklahoma City, which has finally
caught up with Its boom develop
ment.
Arkansas. Nebraska and Mis-
souri,. according TO reports which
are seemingly substantiated from
passing through the territory. are
doing splendidly In an agricultural
way. Kansas. It Is true. suffered
somewhat from floods, but this was
only in places and the other Sec
lions OF the state are farins En-
ceptionally we'll at this time. Every
indication. from my view of the cit.
uation, points to the southwest be-
Ing this year the great wealth pro-
Queer OF the nation"
Mr.. Hodgkins added that basing
Judgment on the calls for stude.
baker cars from the west, the auto
mobile manufacturers are bound to
share extensively In the good for.
tune expected to attend that part
Of the country.