Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — DODGE BROTHERS WILL CONTINUE SAME POLICIES [ARTICLE]

DODGE BROTHERS WILL CONTINUE SAME POLICIES

Letter Read at Chicago Meeting Refers to Continuation of .Ideals as Tribute to President. Definite assurance that there would be no change in the policies of Dodge Brothers, Detroit automobile manufacturers, as a result of the recent death of John F. Dodge, president, was given to dealers at a meeting in the Blackstone Hotel, in Chicago, during the automobile show there Jan. 28. The assurance came in the form of a letter addressed to the dealers by Horace E. Dodge, now at the head of the business, and read at the meeting .by George C. Hubbs, assistant general sales manager. The letter follows: “I regret exceedingly that I cannot be with you this afternoon to personally express my own and my brother’s appreciation of your work during the past year, but on account of my recent alness, I am obliged to forego that pleasure. “I do wish, however, to as strongly as possibly impress upon each one of you that my brother and I have thoroughly appreciated the loyal support you have given Dodge Brothers during the paSt year. “The passing of my dear brother, Mr. John F. Dodge, is to me, personally, a loss so great that I hesitate to look forward to the years without his companionship, our lives having been, as you al) know, practically inseparable since our childhood. “I have the same pride in the accomplishments of Dodge Brothers that inspired him, and I feel that we can pay no greater tribute to his memory than to carry forward the plans and aspirations which be and myself had for the future of the business. “The business will be conducted in the future exactly as it has been in the past—the same principles of honor, honesty and integrity that dominated his life will continue to dominate the business of Dodge Brothers. will be no change, and you can safely make your plans for the future in reliance upon the sa/me whole-hearted support of Dodge Brothers that has been given to you in the past. W. I. HOOVER & SON, Agents, Rensselaer, Indiana.