The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
.sTUDEDAKER PLANS
Barred BY v. (.
FLANDERS
3r
South Bend Concern Wanted CuutsuI
OF EMF Co. To Turn e Over 70
$so,ooo,oooi Syndicate II
Was Promoting.
Judge severens Refuses Restraints
Order Against Detroit osaga,y
Local Case Comes Up Monday.

About peck OF afidavfts bear,na
upon the E.-M.T.-Studebsker ufSrc- 3
ZION were filed In the United atafnr
district courts. Friday morning. BY At
torneys for the E.-M.-r. eide.
The most striking is one from wal
Ter -. Flanders. president OF The
Everitt-Metzger- Flanders Co, In which
ne tells OF a conference with Frederfch
5. Fish. one Of the Officers of th1
Studebaker Automobile Co. Flanders
says he was urged to unite forces WIN
the Studebaker interests and thus con
troll the EMF. Co.. for the purpose
or turning 1t over to new $50, 0OO. Oo0
automobile corporation to be formed
by the Studebakers.
In this combination the Everftt
MetzgerFlanders Co., was "a -
turned In for 100000 to $1,000, 900.
Flanders says that he was cautioned
not to talk to other stockholders and
directors, but declared that he would
detail the whole plan In open meet
ing and that this broke on the negotia,
tons.
The other afiidavit may be divided
into two principal classes, those iron
firms contracting to furnish materials
to the EMF. concern and those
from automobile dealers. The docur
ments from material concerns include
the Morgan & Wright Co.. the Alum
mum Castings CO.. the McCord Man
ufacturing Co., The Detroit Stoker q
Foundry Co.. the Edmonds & Jones
Manufacturing Co.. the G. R. Wilson
Body CO.. and the B. r. Everitt Co.
All OF these show that they have con-
tracts to furnish large amounts Of ma
terial to the EMF factory, that the
granting OF an injunction against the
EMF. by Judge Swan would cause
them great loss and compel them to
| discharge a large part of their en-
ployes.
! Without exception the afidavits
from automobile dealers in all por-
! tons OF the country purport to show
that the policy OF the StudebakeI
| Automobile Co., since Ii assumed the
selling agency for the EMF. and
Flanders cars last September has been
such as to injure the trade standing
OF those cars. The dealers say that
they were compelled to accept other
cars. which they did not want. to get
the EMF. agency, and that they were
allowed such very small discounts that
they could not conduct their business
probably.
C. Arthur Benjamin. of Syracuse, N.
Y. makes the strongest OF these at
fidavits. He alleges that he was told
he would have TO purcnese % Garford
cars to get the agency for the EMF.
and Flanders cars. He declares that
the discounts allowed were such that
1t was next to impossible to secure
parts TO replace broken ones In cars
sent In for repair He would have
taken up another competing line OF
cars, he says, had not the EMF.
contract with the Studebakers been
annuled.
All the dealers say that the Stude-
baker Automobile Co. advertised In
such n way as to give the impression
that 1t had purchased the EMF. Co.,
and that this injured the standing or
the latter everywhere.
In several large folios are shown
the kilograms and letters received
from dealers all over the country who
hurried to ask for selling rights az
soon as they heard that the selling
contract had been repudiated and that
the EMF. and Flanders cars were
to be sold directly by the makers.
B. Wickliffe Twyman, who says that
he was employed by the Studebaker
Automobile Co, and resigned because
Of the business methods employed.
gives a strong affidavit In which he
describes the circuitous route
taken by orders for parts TO be sup
Piled in repair work, an order having
to go through half dozen offices. He
declares that the treatment OF agents
and retailers was illiberal and unfair
on the part Of the Studebaker Co.
There will be hearing on the In
junction matter before Judge swan
next Monday.