The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-19
NO CHANGE IN STUDEBAKER
MODELS THIS YEAR.
The Soaring Cost of Materials and La
Dor May, However, Force Corpora
ton to Make an Advance in Prices
at Any Time and Without Notice. =.

r. T. Hodgkins, sales manager of
the S%tudebaker Corporation, is au-
thority for the statement that Stude-
baker does not contemplate a change
in models this year. In making public
this information MI. Hodgkins says:
Gin our opinion Studekaker engi-
neers have reached a point of near
perfection in the Series Is cars. Our
engineers have been concentrating on
the n basic design now for the past
four years and have, naturally
enough, been able to constantly i'm
prove and refine u product. They
have taken advantage of the splendid
opportunity to observe the perform
ance OF 100000 Studebaker cars in the
hands Of owners, in every part of the
Word, and through this experience of
actual service The Series IS Studeba}5-
er cars have been evolved. Person
ally 1 believe that our engineers have
given us n of the best cars in t
world, regardless of price. There's
really no good reason why we should
announce n'odels at this time, in
fact I car say definitely there will Il
no change in models this year.
irrespective buyers of a motor a
may purchase q Studebaker car now
with the assurance that no sudden
change in models will discount or de-
preciate the value of their pu
each day u sales reports from
all over the country continue to show
that the motor car buying public is
quick to recognize, and always to give
it's support to an honest, we'll made
product, the value and service OF
which have been proven in actual SER
vice of which have been proven in ac-
tual performance. The increased cost
Of materials and labor may force us
to make an advance in prices most
any time but, wen at an increase, I
feel that the public will still be get
ting the best "buy" for the money.
Due to tremendous stocks of materials
on hand, purchased before the rapid
upward trend Of prices, Studebaker
has been able tn sell it's cars at the
prices that are hundreds of dolalrs
less than other cars that give as
much.
"Upon my recent trip throughout
the Middle West I interviewed many
dealers and found every one of them
enthusiastic about the prospects for
sales to farmers this year. I have
never been so impressed with the
prosperity of the farmer as I was on
this last tour through the 'bread bas-
ket of the world" They have not
had too much rain out there and, ap-
~parently, weather conditions are ideal.
I have never seen such a wonderful
stand Of corn as there is in Iowa to-
DAY, and as a former Iowan 1 took
more than passing interest in the
country through which I travelled.
II remember when an Iowa farmer
was highly satisfied if he received $40
for three hogs, so you can imagine
my surprise when I actually witnessed
a farmer out there now sell three hogs
for $240. From all Of my experience
and knowledge Of Iowa I have never
seen such prosperity. The Banks out
there have so much money that it is
literally sticking out of the windows.
And within the next sixty days I look
for an unprecedented demand for me
dunn priced automobiles from this
territory. If Iowa and the Middle
Western territory has no weather
set-backs there will be the greatest
automobile shortage this year that the
industry has ever seen
with enough farm products be-
tween North Dakota and New Orleans
to feed the entire world, and with the
automobile becoming more Of a neces-