Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05
REPUBLIC MOTOR TRUCK CO..
INC, IN A FRIENDLY RECEIV-
ERSHIP is ANNOUNCEMENT
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still vitality interested in the welfare
of this company.
Not only was it Alma money
brains and initiative that made the
Republic possible. and brought about
Ama's wonderful growth and a
healthy growth for st. Louis, but the
company has paid since its inception
nearly ten years ago almost ten mil
lion dollars i'm salaries and wages,
most Of which has been spent or i'm
vested in Alma, st. Louis and the
immediate vicinity, enriching both
cities and the county at large spread
ing out wealth To a far greater mum
Der of people than the well known
founders of the company could have
dreamed was possible. This ten
millions of dollars has not only en-
riched and made easier the lives of
the hundreds of employees of the COM
pany during this period, but in turn
has been spent and invested in this
vicinity thus serving to support
merchants and banks throughout the
northern part of the county at least.
Another important factor in the
life Of Alma and i'm fact the entire
county is that tax that the Republic
pays annually. This naturally means
more TO Alma than to the balance of
the county, but is no small item for
Gratiot. The Republic taxes, over
one fourth Of the total tax of the city,
has been a big determining factor in
"A better school system and in a bet
ter city government. These taxes
have aided greatly in making thou
sands of dollars worth of needed inn
provements in both the city affairs
and i'm the school system, which 9TH
erwise would not have been possible.
Numerous other ways in which the
Republic has proven an immense ben
eft TO the community could be men
toned, and sober reflection must con
vince anyone that Alma's success has
been linked inseparately with that Of
Alma's GREATEST business institution,
the worlds greatest exclusive truck
factory.
During the nearly ten yeas that
the Republic company has been in
business it h-s built, sold and de
livere1 approximately eighty-nine
m.nion dollars worth Of motor trucks
at wholesale prices. In addition sew
eral million dollars worth of service
parts have been sold annually.
Conditions such as these should de-
termine the people Of Alma, partic-
ularly, and others in the immediate
vicinity, who have been aided greatly
by the prosperity Of the Republic,
that a continuation Of close co-opera-
ton is needed with the company,
which will advance the concerns in
tercst as far as lies within their
power. Even a selfish interest should
demand that, as the future Republic
prosperity is certain to be reflected
by additional prosperity for the en-
tire community.
Northern Gratiot may well look
forward hopefully in regard to the
coming reorganization Of the COM
pany through means of the receiver
ship, with firm confidence that as
these plans mature, and business con
ditions throughout the country be
come more near normal, operations
at the factory will be greatly i'm
creased, as there is no question but
what the motor truck is certain to
continue to be one Of the principal
Means of transportation and that the
future holds a growing demand for
Republic Trucks.
This is a time when real boosting
counts, and it should not only be Civ
en- to the Republic but to all other
industries in this section of the coun-
ty. 1t should not only be given now,
but should be continued as it is the
constant boosting and hustling that
makes communities grow.