The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
MOTOR NEWS

"One of the reasons why so many
people are disappointed in getting the
things they want and need, is that
they do not prepare" said r. H. Col
Inns, president of the Cadillac Motor
Car company, in discussing the motor
car outlook for 1920. THE fact that
1 knew 1 would want a rifle in Novem-
ber caused me to order it last spring
AS a result. was not disappointed.
got the rifle when | wanted it.
Neither the Cadillac company nor
its distributors wants to be placed in
the position of disappointing so many
people as were unable to PROVIDE
themselves with our cars this year.
1T may be remembered that a year
ago. Immediately following the armi-
stice, this company announced that 1t
would resume normal production OF
motor cars as rapidly as conditions
would permit. At the same time, we
expressed our belief that it would not
be possible to build in 1919 all the
adfllac cars the world would want
The prediction was well founded
as many people can testify. Ourins
the last few months our distributors
| have been compelled to decline many
| orders for motor cars, simply because
| the forehanded buyers had already
placed orders sufficient to absorb the
| years production.
at appears now to be reasonably
certain that the same conditions VIII
/ obtain next year"
A fifteen car Liberty .coptract was
| closed at Eldorado~ this week and
four passenger Liberty Speedster was
delivered to the Chanute Liberty COM
pany, Chanute.
The following appeared a few days
ago in the State Register of Spring
| field, ILL.,:
| .Many are the stories of Henry For'l
land his popular automobile. but Hills
boro is relating what it calls the best
| of the season, and the facts in the case
are true. 1t happened i'll one OF the
| leading churches of the city that the
pastor took for the text of his sermon
| Better Church Attendance
1.-The pastor held that the automo-
| bile has taken more people away from
church than any other thing. He con-
Guided with the exclamation; Ihe
| Ford car has taken more people 10
| hell than any other thing that I can
mention!' Whereupon an old lady in
| the congregation, began to clap her
hands and moan Praise the Lord
| Praise the Lord
whats the matter, sister," asked
/ the pastor.
that it couldn't make the round trip,
and I am sure that all of those people
! in hell will be back" she answered.
| 80 praise the Lord"
Gas the army needed the Y NJ. Z.
| A, the knights of Columbus, the SAL
va ton Army to keep up the soldiers
morale, so every large industrial plant
must have its morale sustaining ele-
ment or it will fall
That is the belief of Charles [.
Gates. of the Gates Rubber company,
| of Denver, who has worked out a plan
that is keeping his 1900 employees
enthusiastic and satisfied Starting six
years ago as a two-man shop and do
| ing business against tremendous adds.
| the Gates plant today is a factory Of
sixteen units, covering close to four
| teen acres of floor space-the largest
rubber plant west of the Mississippi =
Athletics, plans for social entertaih-
| nIents, libraries. night schools. welfare
! work takes as big a place in the days
| work at Gainesville as plans for in
creasing sales and production.