The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-05-19
FORMAL NOTICE
OF NASH PLANS
c. w. Nash This Afternoon Gives Out
Statement as to Exact Conditions
at the Nash Plant.

In response to request for facts in
regard to the working conditions at the
Nash factory, C. W. Nash, president
of the company, this afternoon gave
out the following signed statement:
May II, 1921.
Kenosha Evening News,
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen
l appreciate very much your asking
me to give you a memorandum with
reference to the exact conditions as
far as The Nash Motors company is
concerned insofar as closing down the
plant is concerned, in order that you
may say something in your paper that
will be reliable and to the point.
First of all, want to say that the
manufacture of automobiles differs very
materially from most other commodi-
ties manufactured, due to the fact that
automobiles take up, when finished, an
unusual amount of storage space, and
the operations of an automobile fac
tory, insofar as the completed car is
concerned, is controlled almost entire
ly by the demand for the product. In
other words, if the orders for auto
mobiles suddenly cease to come in, we
can run, but short space of time
due to the fact that we have not the
storage room in which to store the
finished automobiles. Therefore, we
are compelled, as much as we dislike to
do it, to be governed by the orders.
AS for illustration, if we were manu-
featuring clothing or small goods of
any kind, we could keep running quite
period and pile the goods up in our
warehouse, but as above explained, it
is impossible with the automobile.
You can quite readily appreciate
that it means a severe loss to The Nash
Motors company to shut down the
plant and have it's organization scat
tered, as it costs a good deal of money
to get started again after you have
once closed down; and if for no other
reason than this, we do our best to run
as continuously as is possible.
Now, with reference to the rumor
that we were shutting down today, will
say that we are not shutting down. We
decided last week that it would be bet
ter to operate a full halliday each day
and make sixty-fve autom obiles in the
half day than it would be to try and
carry this over full days work. due
to the fact that it would be necessary
to have reduced our. working force ma
terially if we attempted to operate all
day; whereas if we operate a half
day, we are able to give a great many
more men employment
Conditions to Regulate.
We have no definite date fixed as to
when we may be compelled to close
down for short while entirely. This
will be due entirely to the condition
of the business throughout the country.
Our dealer body throughout the United
States had a considerable number of
automobiles on hand, and the extreme
cold, backward weather that we have
been having all spring is not conducive
to selling automobiles.
Another thing, some companies have
been able to reduce their prices ma
terially, and this has upset, in meas
ure, the prospective buyers of Nash
automobiles. My Judgment is that if
we should get some settled. warm
weather, selling would take a new
lease on life, and business would go
on to considerable extent However.
| it is impossible for me or any other
living being to tell exactly what the
attitude of the public is going to be.
| When it becomes necessary for us
to close down, due to measures over.
which we have no control, we shall be
glad to advise you in order that any
statements you, make in your paper
may be authentic and correct.
Very truly yours,
G. W. Nash,
President.