The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-02-12
=! AGE n ,'s ABSOLUTELY SWAMrED
Southern
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1918 earned 1892 8O4.86.
In all the companies manufacturing tractors and
trucks the stock has advanced from 100 to 500 per
cent within the last few years
MEMPHIS IDEALLY LOCATED FOR AU.
TOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Situated practically the borders OF three states
with transportation facilities by rail and water
surpassed, the gateway to the southwest and The
distributing point for one of the largest and veal
thiest territories in the world Memphis enjoys
equaed advantages in the south location for the
automobile industry. An automobile can be made
in Memphis about $4,000 cheaper than the same
be manufactured in Detroit and laid down here on
account of the difference in freight charges between
the finished and unfinished product This is point
worthy of special consideration.
TRACTOR DEMAND FOR THE FUTURE
Along with the demand for trucks comes the de-
mand for tractors and the latter is influenced by the
great and growing requirements for larger farm pr
auctions. This condition has been brought about
largely by the war, which has forced us, through a
desire to prevent starvation to feed our enemies as
well our friends.
The tractor in point of demand is where the auto
mobile was about twelve years ago. Tractors mean
the saving of labor and the increase of farm produ
ton Consequently under the labor conditions now
existing in this country there is enormous mar
ket for tractors. They hav epassed the stage Ut
experiment. their practicabilty having been demon
strated beyond all doubt. So great is their need and
practical utility that the Federal Government some
time ago called meeting of tractor manufacturers
to be held in Washington to devise means for in
creasing the production of tractors.
DEMAND FOR TRUCKS AND TR ACTORS
WILL INCREASE 5000 PER CENT
The belief was expressed at the National Convcn-
ton of automobile in Chicago last year that
the demand for trucks and tractors would increase
5000 per cent in the next few years. This is not
extravagant statement but which is fully borne
out by their practical utility and the de-
mand existing in this country for LABOR saving
machinery the farm.
THE DRAKE MOTOR TIRE MANUFACTURE
ING COMPANY will make trucks and tractors in
connection with passenger automobiles With these
fact in view it not reasonable to that this
concern ol.ers unusual inducements for the invest
ment of capital especially when it is protected by
such men as constitute its board of trustees who
handle its finances and manage its affairs?
A FACTOR IN THE SOLUTION OF THE
LABOR PROBLEM
That the tractor is destined to become an important
factor in the solution of the labor problem there
cannot be the slightest doubt 1t is reliably stated
by agricultural paper published in Kansas that
the tractor is doing the work of from IS 00D to co.
900 men in that state A census of the tractors IN
use in Kansas complied by j. C. Mohler, Secretary
of the Kansas Board of Agriculture shows that the
increase in their use had been more than 100 per
cent in less than two years Truly there appears to
be no limitation of the possibilities of the motor
manufacturing industry and there is no business in
operation in the United States today that offers such
fatserng inducements for the investment of capital
The earning capacity of the truck and farm tractor
industry for the next ten years in this country
ured by the present outlook is simply over wheming
in its magnitude.