Argument100

TOPIC: ARGUMENT100 - The following appeared in a memo from the chief operating officer of the Presto Manufacturing Company.
"Since orders for our major product increased by over 200 percent last quarter, we should promptly expand production by building a new manufacturing plant in Summit City. Summit City is the ideal location for the new plant because it has low property taxes, extensive blocks of land available for immediate purchase, and a large number of residents who are not currently employed."
WORDS: 367 TIME: 00:34:10 DATE: 2008-3-24 21:44:16

The chief operating officer concludes that Presto Manufacturing Company ought to immediately construct a additional plant in Summit City. The two chief reasons that the speaker gives are considerably increased orders last quarter and compelling conditions of Summit City. However, close scrutiny of evidence unveils that this argument actually suffers a few critical fallacies, which will be discussed below.

The first powerful excuse that the arguer cited might, however, have alternative explanations which would diminish the credibility of this reason. Albeit customers who want to purchase the major product manufactured by Presto grew by over 200 percentages, the speaker fails to consider the true circumstance that Presto might face. It is highly possible that the current ability of production has far surpassed the needs of clientele. Perhaps the major product can satisfy even more times of orders of last quarter. Therefore, the Presto should decrease plants they have already owns, instead of building new ones.

Consider next the appealing conditions advocated by the speaker. Unfortunately, all those beneficial cases are questionable. Perhaps even so-called "low" property taxes may exceed that Presto can afford. The speaker does not give more information about whether property taxes are the major expense of his or her company. Besides, abundant acres of land do not certainly mean its value is cheap enough that Presto is able to purchase. Summit City may be a developed city, where price of houses and land is quite high. Thus the speaker's company may be unable to afford such expensive land for building a new plant. The fact that a myriad of residents of Summit City are now unemployed may ironically imply that these people lack fundamental expertise to work in the plant about to be opened. Therefore Presto Manufacturing Company probably could not hire enough staffers who are competent in appropriate positions supported by Presto. Reflecting on these three benefits makes clear that the arguer actually fails to take potential factors into account.

In summary, this statement actually suffers from a few vital flaws mentioned above. To solidify the conclusion, the speaker would have to provide more information about compositions of profit of Presto, and further prove that the three conditions are indeed captivating as they seem.