Arizona republican., 1916-07-02
DELIVERY AUTO
EXPERT IS HERE
Henry T. Myers, Sales Man
ager, Studebaker Com
pany Delivers Local Ad-
dress Upon the Practical
bility Of Delivery Trucks

one of the most prominent eff
cheney experts in the commercial car
business in the United States is. Hen
ry T. Myers. sales manager of the
commercial car division of the Stude-
baker Corporation Detroit.
Mr. Meyers spent yesterday in Phoe
nix He is making a 1000 mile tour of
the western part Of the United States
filling pre-arranged dates in the larg
er cities, holding daily dealers meet
ings giving a talk on the future If
the commercial car business, and on
the efficiency possibilities of the
average business with the use of com
mercial ears. He came here from Texas
aud left last night for Los Angeles.
While in Phoenix Mr.. Meyers was /
4 guest of John R. Huff local sales
( manager of the Harmon Motor COM
rany, handling the Studebaker ears I
! here Mr. Meyers is we'll known I
throughout the United States, and has
for the past three wears been giving
4 two-hour daily lecture talks on the
i tage of the commercial car and its
future possibilities.
In this most interesting lecture &
81 les % Illustrated charts were used,
analyzirg the work in a fundamental
way, hearing On the future use of the
commercial cars by all classes of mer
chants. The entire subject was hand
led under n number of heads,
bringing out the decreased cost of
delivering goods of the advertising
value. of serI ice rendered to cnsto-
mers ard the incI ased area of service
made possible.
Ore interesting page was Illustrated
with two circulars. One showed that
~ horse drawn vehicles wherein the
area of delivery was ) IL square
|. miles there were - II running miles
1 Another circular on the same sheet
showed light commercial car deliv
CIV area possible of 20 square miles
or sc running miles, with one driver
and car.
Mr.. Meyers showed the tremendous
value of actual advertising space OF
The commercial car. The name of the
| firm and the business painted on tn.
side of the car is & living advertise
ment, constantly travelling about the
CITY. which in dollars and cents, is
] very material. A description was giveY,
If the rapidly increasing use of the
commercial cars hy Zig department
stores and other firms in the east
Tie service value Of quick delivery Of
tong distances is a tremendous adver-
Using asset.
Mr. Meyers showed the tremendous
Significance Of the fact that the great
volume of pleasure car production to-
day viii in time fully saturate TIL,
;ield and that on the heels of this
there viii, be q very rapid develop.
= ment of tie commercial car business
one of his purposes is to develop ex-
cess business at present and be pre-
pared 10 get the full benefit of
great development soon in the U.S.
Of commercial cars. In this way hi
work is cf great constructive val1
to the dealers throughout the country
Mr.. Meyers is giving a lecture ever
dav that will cover a five weeks tou
under the present schedule, Amoni
those who attended the luncheon ain
n lecture talk which was held at tn
= Jefferson hotei Yesterday, beside MI
: .teyers, were: John r. Huff, Phoe
n nix I. J.. Harmon, Phoenix: NJ
CANON, Phoerix; NJ Fl. Robinson, Lo
Angeles; Guy Brooks. Tucson.