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62 W,I L METTE are sobering up from the effects of their stock market intoxication, it might not be amiss to pause for a mom'e nt 1nd take stock of ourselves and of general business cond.itions. "Let me say that in my judgment there is nothing wrong with genera) business in our country at all. It is a fact that in many sections of our country they do not know, neither are they interested, in what has been going on in the stock market. "I never have known a time when general business conditions were on a more sound footing than at the present time. The country has been ble~sed LIFE December 13, 1929 Conditions in U.S. Soundest in Years. Nash Head Declares C. W. Nash, president of the Nash Motors company, in a letter to Nash dealers, says he has "never known a time when general business conditions were on a more sound footing· than at the present time." In this letter, a copy of which has just been received at the office of suburban Nash Sales, '547 Lincoln avenue, Winnetka, Mr. Nash says: "Now that some parts of the country A .new speed r~cord between New York City and Miami, Fla., has been established by a Marmon-built Roosevelt. straight-eight sedan, driven by Les Morrison, according to official word just received at the Marmon · factory hy the Wersted Motor company, 562 Lincoln avenue, Winnetka, North Shore dealers. The new record is twenty-nine hours and twenty-one minutes elapsed time, beating the best previous record, esEDEN ·AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HEATER tablished by Cannonball Baker in J anuREVOLUTIONIZES WINTER MOTORING ary, 1929, by one hour and forty-nine An efficient oil heater that goes under the hood and keeps both radiator. and minutes. A total of 1,477 miles was engine warm in the coldest garage. Costs only $5.00-operates for a cent a day. covered . . CREDIT SALES LEAD THE EDEN CORPORATION Fifty-eight per cent of all new cars The record-breaking test, which was !7S4 West lith Place CHICAGO Phone VJrglnJa 1900 · are sold on time, although credit sales officially timed by the Postal TeleNeighborhood Agents Wanted are decreasing. graph company, started at 1 o'clock in the morning from near the entrance of the Holland tunnel, New York, and ended at 6:21 o'clock the next morning in Miami. The achievement was all the more remarkable hecause it was made by the identical Roosevelt car which, last summer, was driven by Morrison to every state capital in the country in less than thirty days. A total of 18,244 miles was traversed in this test, and when the New York-Miami run started, 37.n81 miles were registered on the car's speedometer. Th e record run, just as its predece ssor, the capital-to-capital tour, was made entirely independent of any cooperation from the Marmon factory. The car is owned by Morrison himself and was purchased from a MarmonRooscvelt dealer in Massachusetts. After leaving New York, Morrison's route led him through Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and .Richmond, Va. He arrived at the last named city I ; : l eight hours and twenty-five minutes after the start and immediately pro» » » ceeded to Raleigh, N. C., then to Co'Itr-------------------------·1II lumbia, S. C., Augusta, Ga., Waycross~ I I :___________ _ _____ J Ga., and Jacksonville, where he checked in at 11 :55 o'clock.on the night of the From 60 miles an hour to zvo in the same day he started. fewest possible seconds-is a real SAFETY FOUR The route then led through Daytona engineering problem. To meet it, and Palm · Beach to Miami. The only WHEEL BRAKES Cadillac engineers devised Safety mishap on the trip was a single flat Mechanical Four Wheel Brakes. They tire twenty miles after the departure SILENT SHIFT check high speeds-or bring the car from Columbia, S. C. Morrison's only to a full stop-smoothly, silently-in TRANSMISSION c;ustenance during the entire journey less time than you'd believe possible. was coffee. He drank four cups during stops for gasoline and oil. WIDER DEEPER Your safety demands such a braking Marmon officials who inspected the mechanism, constructed specifically SEATS car after its arrival in Miami stated to meet driving conditions as they that it was in excellent condition, notexist today. withstanding the gruelling speed of the LOWER RACIER run and the previous hard usage to Cadillac type brakes arc among the LINES which the car has been subjected in Features which will delight you when other trials of speed and endurance. you drive a Cadillac, La Salle or Fleetwood. want you to sit at LARGER ENGINES the wheel ofWe Auto Salesmen a Healthy one of these cars soon. with a bountiful harvest; prices of farm products are at a very satisfactory point; stock has done exceptionally well and has brought a splendid price. Other commodities coming from tht> ground, such as copper, iron, etc., are at a very good price. What more could you expect? The history of the American people is that when they h~ve money they spend it. Our monetary situation never was in better shape during my lifetime. There is no shortage of money; the banks are loaded with cash. The ind.ications are that we are going to have cheaper money in 1930 than in 1929; and just the moment those who have been intoxicated with speculation are sufficiently sobered up, you will find that business will go along about in a normal way." Drives Roosevelt From New York to Miami in 29 Hours r-·- --------------, L----------------------·-J . That Calls for Braking Power Plus - Lot, Insurance Plan Shows GREATER VALUES Cadillac Motor Car Company Evanston Branch Hithlaad Park Branch 1810 RJdsc Avenue 108 No. first !..".rut ¥EWCAD I LLAC NfWLASALLE· NEWFLEETWOOD listen to WMAQ 8~to 9~P.M. Thursdays, for the CADILLAC -LASALLE DRAMATIC RADIO PROGRAMS Automobile salesmen are proved to he a healthv lot bv the records of the Graham-Paige Motors corporation. which insures the lives of successful salesmen employed by its retail selling organizations in the United States and Canada. Although the insurance plan has been in effect since December 25, 1927, only nne death claim has been filed, for a Denver salesman who died just two months after qualifying. A salesman becomes eligible to the insurance upon completing ten car sal~s within a six months' period. The nolicies begin at $1,000 and are built up at the rate of $500 for each successive six months in which the sales quota is reached, to a maximum of $2.500. In the last six months' period, 386 salesmen were added to the list of those in· sured. 111.-29-A 500-foot detour has been established on Itl.-29 at Bureau but ts freshJv cindered and should be no serious obstacle. ~ J.