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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1917
Page
17
A historical market update notes average 20 active brokers and outside call loans at 4th percent, with commercial loans around 1 to 5 percent. It records high and low points for 1915 1916 and lists currency rates including silver and Mexican dollars.
Current quotations show call loans to customers at 4 to 4 percent per ten days or less.
The Ford Tractor is advertised as the solution to the farm labor problem offering strength speed and durability. It claims to perform plowing planting disking mowing feeding and other chores better than horses and to power related belt driven machines and equipment. It emphasizes suitability for farmers with forty acres or more and simple design for reliability.
The Ford Tractor offers a 495 dollar fob factory price and is pitched as the lowest cost general farm tractor. It reports widespread use in 37 states and several foreign countries with rising demand and deposits on file. A new modern Minneapolis plant supports ongoing production and an extension is planned to meet heavy orders.
The Ford Tractor Company reports over two hundred established dealers across prime farming regions. Dealers maintain or showcase tractors locally, boosting sales beyond company capacity and enabling factory expansion through added capital from underwriters. Interested dealers should contact the company promptly.
Messrs. Robert P. Matches & Company of Boston asks Ford Tractor Company for full particulars on tractors with photos and complete data. They seek proof of factory offerings and request bank and credit information, expressing intent to proceed with satisfactory terms in dollars.
The Ford Tractor Company of Minneapolis promotes its tractor priced at 495 dollars as the lowest for general farm use. With 33 1 3 percent earnings on par value and 25 000 annual production, it highlights vast U S farm demand and future European growth as per Wall Street Journal insights.
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