Persuasive Speech of 1908

Persuasive SpeechÐ'--1908

Jeremy Colin Newell

Hanover College

Hanover, Indiana

Henry Ford has released his invention to the public. It is a horseless carriage that he calls the automobile. He has told us that this contraption will eventually be made available to the entire world. This is going to have a radical change on our society, as we know it.

Each and every person out there should have an automobile. Every person's daily chore time would be cut in half. Daily trips to town would be made in only a few short hours. Supplies from the cities would come twice as fast to the smaller towns. Recreation will soar to new levels because every person will be able to travel wherever he pleases whenever he pleases. Opportunities shall rise to new levels in the job market. One could get a job TWENTY miles from where he lived and not have to move to an urban area! A person, like you, could travel the country by himself or with his spouse, stopping, and going as they pleased unlike the bothersome, untimely train schedule. Every person's dreams of traveling to new lands without the hassle of planning around a train schedule will come true.

Do you know what the best part of all of this is going to be? Ford has told us that the automobile will be very fair-priced so that every person will be able to afford one of these luxurious, technological advances; not just the wealthier part of society will be affected. Every person will be transformed. Families will be able to travel in a family car and they will be financially able to purchase one of the greatest fabrications of all time. The middle class man will be able to enjoy one of life's luxuries that only the rich in the past have been able to relish in. I am telling you, first hand, that all of us are going to be affected and our lives are going to change. Don't you think this contraption is exciting for our future?

Each automobile comes in a most desirable style. The sleek black body comes with every automobile--shining to your liking. The narrow wheels at each corner can trudge through any kind faulty weather while always being equally balanced so that your ride will be like gliding across a calm river. Two headlights enable you to drive at night so that your traveling plans may not be hindered by the sun's missing light. Two bench seats will make up the interior seating 5 people. The roof of your car can be easily compacted so that you can enjoy the pleasant view of the moonlight reflecting off the stars or the remarkable daylight shining off your brow. The glass shield in front of you protects you from harsh winds and flying insects while giving you the view of the world ahead.

Can you imagine yourself in one of these horseless carriages? Just think of the opportunity it will have on families being together. Each family will be able to come together and travel to places that they have never been. They will be able to go out together to distant relatives' houses for introducing and bonding. Families could drive miles from their houses for a nice picnic in the country alone. Can you even begin to imagine the impact that this will have on our entire dating process? Young men could drive over and get their beautiful young women from their houses and drive to anywhere they pleased for their date. You and your date creating only the most romantic evenings could explore towns that are miles away. They could even just drive all night always getting a new view of the world while they talked. Married Couples could take trips to far away places for their honeymoons or anniversaries; or even better yet, DRIVE away from the church after the ceremony. Actually go far away where no one knows your name and have a wonderful honeymoon or anniversary by exploring each other in depth all over again in a place foreign to you and her and with people whom you have no idea of their identity.

This traveling fantasy can all come true for you if you just give in to the opportunity and put your payment down for one of Henry Ford's automobiles. Like I said before, the cost of the automobile is completely affordable and the opportunity that this automobile will bring to your household is COMPLETELY absolutely necessary to the common everyday middle-class worker. In fact, I recommend getting your money right now and sending it to Henry Ford for your new automobile. You are all going to love them and I've told you how wonderful these contraptions can be. Is it really imperative that you save your money for another day or another horse when you know that this automobile can get you what you want, what you NEED, right away. As we speak, Henry Ford and his employees are all mass-manufacturing these latest inventions not because everyone has already heard about them or because the orders are so great. It's because they KNOW that people are going to love the automobile and every person is going to desire one. They're getting the head start right now; shouldn't you before the time comes when it takes weeks to get an automobile because of all the orders that will soon be coming in consistently and so abruptly. If you've even got the slightest need for one of these horseless carriages, go and get your money now. It's the