Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1914 — ANOTHER CUT IN PRICE OF FORD CARS [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER CUT IN PRICE OF FORD CARS

Cut of S6O Per Car and Profit Shar- > ing to AU Buyers of the 1915 Cars. The Ford auto company has issued its announcement for the coming year. Beginning August Ist the price of the cars, F. O, 8., Detroit, Mich., will be as follows: Runabout, $440; Touring Car, $490; Town Car, $690. The Ford company has issued the following statement to their agents; tion of S6O per car, we agree on or about August 1, 1915, to pay as a share of our profits from S4O to S6O per car to every retail buyer who purchases a new Ford car between August 1, 1914, and August 1, 1915; provided we can readh an output of 300,000 oars between those dates. This profit sharing with retail buyers will be possible only by our output reaching 300,000 cars, thus decreasing our factory and selling costs and increasing our buying power to such an extent , that we Will be able on August 1, 1914, to pay to every retail buyer S4O to S6O in addition to the cut nn price made at this time. Ah butputof 300,000 'Ford ears in the next twelve months is not an abnormal increase over this season’s business—as evidenced by the fact that during the past twelve months we have sold 221,888 cars and at considerably higher prices than the new prices quoted herein.”