The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-03-12
THE BEST CAR IN MANCHESTER


Il If This war brings any regret to the
Cadillac sales organization it is this,
that two million red blooded Yankee
citizens had to go to France to learn
that the Cadillac was the best car in
i America
4 From the little Iowa town of Man
chester a place Of 5000 in the heart of
the farming country, comes the follow
ing letter written by the publisher of
the local paper. As we read it we
think of the pleasure our Victrola gives
us and the comfort of our Karpen da-
i venport. and the accuracy of our Ham
/ ilton watch. A great inertia over
comes our Pickering resolve to write
to them tomorrow and we appreciate
all the more Mr.. Rams remarks and
the merit of the car that called them
forth.
THE LETTER
Cadillac Motor Car, Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
| Gentlemen:
feel that must write you to express
our unqualified delight with the opera
ton of the Cadillac we bought year
ago.
We have run the car about 5000
miles. Small mileage, it is true, but
every mile has been dream. Of
course, we haven't spent a nickel on it
save for gasoline an oil, and the tires
looks as if they had just been placed
on the car.
| owned two medium priced cars
before stepping up to the Cadillac,
and the last one cost me more in up
keep for one year than the Cadillac
will in five. am going to demon
strate that a man can operate Cad
lilac cheaper than he can a Ford, ov-
er period of five years, and am
beginning to convince my friends that
there is something to it.
want to say this: If automobile
prospects, who as a class are of dubs
of purest ray serene, and can be sold
on bunk faster than any class of buy
erS in the civilized world-just knew
the Cadillac as an owner knows it
after six months use of it, there
wouldn't be anything else sold.
| Just look at the mobs that are buy
ing cars today on "hotshots" and "2O
miles to the gallon" and counter bal
anced crankshaft" and "oil-less bush
ings' and radiator shutters" ETC.,
ad lib. and ad nauseam.
This won't always last 1t is one
hell of a progress to educate the dear
common people, but sooner or later the
man who lays down his money for
a motor car is going to inquire about
the oiling system, the clutch construc-
ton. the bearings, the braking sur
face and the things that really enable
a car to sand up and deliver. When
that hour strikes, good night to a raft
of junk which clogs the garages and
is about as efficient as bow legged
man at a lap supper.
I have looked at them all, from
To-, and none of them, at any price
can give a man the performance of
the Cadillac, combined with reliabi-
lily and freedom from constant tun-
ing and tinkering. You can get more
Circassian walnut, but that's about
all.
I change my oil and run kerosene
through the motor every 500 miles,
have no carbon trouble and know my
bearings are fabricated. She's a far
better performer today than when |
got her, as result.
You couldn't buy her with your lit
tie plant, if | couldn't get another.
That's what | think of her and | also
think the makers of such a piece of
wonder mechanism are entitled. from
time to time, to know how the own
er feels about his buy. | am CRATE
full to you for providing it.
Cordially,
Signed-H. L. Ram.
Editor of Manchester Iowa Press.