Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-25
c. H. M'llanu., GeneraliMan-
aser OF international Har-
weston Company Office
Here, = Enpha,ize New
Slogan When He Has l28
Dealers Ii Grand Fork.
Territory At Meeting Here.

A back to prosperity" slogan has
been adopted by C. III. McManus,
manager Of the Grand Forks branch
of the International Harvester COM
pany OF America, and he will em-
phasize this gospel on Thursday when
he will be host to 1913 Mccormick.
Deering dealers of the Grand Forks
territory.
These dealers will come to Grand
tive communities their red Interna-
tional service trucks. to be used in
connection with their implement and
farm operating business.
The red service trucks will be
ormed In a parade and leave the
Grand Forks branch quarters in one
line. All of these trucks are loaded
with farm operating and dairy equip
ment which is destined for delivery
to farmers in northeast North Dakota
and the northwestern tier of counties
in Minnesota.
Mr.. McManus states that within the
next thirty days approximately 500 Of
these red service trucks will be in
operation in Minnesota, serving farm
ers Of that state. Approximately 275
will be in service in South Dakota
and 500 will be serving the farmers
of North Dakota.
An interesting sidelight of the
business conditions in general and
particularly in the automotive field Is
found in the figures shown by the In
ternational Harvester company Of
America on the sale and delivery of
International, motor trucks this year:
Up to April LIST. 1851 carloads of
motor trucks ven shipped from the
International motor truck factories at
Akron and Springfield, Ohio. OF this
total, 1892 carloads were shipped west
OF the Mississippi river, and 759 car
loads were consigned to states east of
the Mississippi. These carloads of
International trucks would make q
single train "A miles long, or ss train
loads OF SO cars each. The freight
charges. on the total shipment APP
proximate $247.0O0.
II all these truck were devoted to
the accomplishment of one task, they
would be capable of moving the an
nual twelve million bale cotton crop
Of the entire United States, the usual
average haul, in 20 working days.
The distance necessary to accomplish
this feat would amount to ten million
miles, or a distance equal to 400
times around the earth at the equator.
In giving out these figures, Mr.. Nc
Manus indicated that the satisfactory
growth in truck business was partly
due, at least, to the service which has
been in force at the 90 company
branch houses for over two years.
International motor truck owners
say that service is the king pin in
motor truck hauling and that the In
ternational service is a safeguard
against hauling delay.
Mr.. McManus has been in North
Dakota AZ years and for the greater
share of that time has been connected
with the International Harvester COM
pany. He has seen much harder
times in this state than have been ex-
perienced recently, and the state al
ways has come back to prosperity, he
states.
For that reason he feels that be has
much foundation for believing that
the recent business depression will
not make itself felt much longer and
that prosperity has already arrived on
the threshold of Grand Forks.