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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

Detroit, May 19.-War conditions are
causing a much needed readjustment
in the automobile business in this chief
city of the motor car industry. Rear
rangements are being made in manu-
featuring schedules, not that the car
makers believe they are facing any de-
creased demand for automobiles, but
that they feel sure they would do we'll
in advance to get themselves used TO
short rations on materials.
This is going to affect the small pro-
Queer of assembled cars a whole lot
more than it does the manufacturer OF
his own product. And it will affect
the man who builds all his own car,
too. when that happens to be very
small production, high priced offering.
Some of the producers of the as
sembled cars in which parts makers
are financially interested as stocknoid-
ers have already been told they will be
nut on short commons in the matter
of supplies. Government requirements
will make parts factories turn to other
than automobile work in active war
time. IL is clear. Furthermore, the
parts makers prefer to sell in larger
quantities of single units than to build
small jobs here and there for the COM
paratively little maker.
Those in the best position to-day IN
the automobile business are the manu-
facturers who make their own parts
throughout in good sized quantities.
They are not subject TO the fuctuating
parts market and are not regulated py
the conditions under which the parts
makers operate. They are influenced
only by the raw materials maker; ana
as they feel sure the supply will not
be as generous as hitherto, they are
making schedule changes.
Like an Elastic Band
One manufacturer said TO me yester-
day: "Thc automobile business mas
been like an elastic band, stretched
away out. When you have TO let go
it is bound to snap back pretty last.
The last two or three years We have
gone ahead too fast. Bigger produc-
tons at smaller per car prohts have
been the mistaken idea. The present
conditions will check this too rapid
expansion"
! Il is no secret that probably less
cars will be built this year than had
been planned. Not because the auto
mobile makers fear the market isn't
: there, but because they probably VIII
! not be able to get all the materials and
parts needed. The fact is that with
reduced production, there will be
greater demand than ever before. In
side sixty days the country will be
back to a normal demand for automo-
biles, once the situation changes from
a prospect to a reality. The automo-
bile people feel that there has been
checking in business solely because
the public has been apprehensive OF
] something to come and isn't quite sure
what il is.
Await Tax Settlement
Once the tax matters are settled and
people know the details they Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
BY G.. T. T. SCHARPS


Cleveland, May 26.-Thc last seven
DAYS have operated TO make this df-
ference TO the automobile industry
The chief people in il have decided thai
the slackcning up in business, when
with some CT them amounted TO nearly
% per cent and to others, more, was
chargcable not to war, or the threats
of impending super-taxstion, but 70 ths
weather. An unusually backward spring
and carly summer seems to them inc
logical explanation, the more so tha'
tho frat touch of good weather in many
districts has sent sales up to hign
notch.
Motor-csr making people are sure
thew arc on the verge OF not only big
business, but biggest business. Inc
only drawbacks are tho two facts, hrst
that the business lost on account OF
war or weather they are not at All
sure which is most TO blame, never can
be made Up; and second, that the ma
terjals market is going to be such tna'
n car shortage is doubly inevitable.
One thing. Of course, has been hang
ing over the whole industry ard al
makers arc sure il will have its un'
doubted effect. That is the tax or
gross sales, no matter what the a--oun,
The House fixed the percentage at o
after defeating the Doremus amend
ment. which manufacturers here and
in Detroit regarded as perhaps more
mischievous than the original proposal
Reduction of Tax Expected
The motor trade expectation is thai
the tax will be reduced by the Senate
so that it will amount to about pei
cent. This, together with an excess
profits tax, is enough to establish the
motor trade as doing its share for th'
war purse, the manufacturers believe;
The 9 per cent impost, it seems TO %
the general idea, will go right on the
| invoice. 1t will be added as fixet
charge. lust as freight is, and the in
diyidual consumer will pay. Raising
the price of cars in this way might
have an effect, unless the country were
exceptionally prosperous. And the au
tomobile people can see no other Trims
than that a season of unex-mpled pros
perity confronts the country. Ten day!
ago they were saying they would SCI
, the beginning of q great buying spell
| in sixty days. Now they see it ever
closer at hand. They are in far bet
ter frame of mind than they were onlj
| a week ago. They have sold them
selves on the prosperity idea SO EN-
phatically that business far better thar
usual is what they see now in sight.
Detroit and Cleveland are gooo
places to meet automobile dealers from
all over the country and to meet the
sales managers, who also come in con
tract with them. Sales managers may
talk cheerfully to keep heir own cour'
age I'D, but dealers are more hard
headed lot and indeed apt to be pessi'
mistic rather than cheerful, unless
things are going awfully we'll. l have
met dealers from the Pacific Coast, the
Northwest and the Middle West, and
you can be sure they see prosperity
because they proclaim it loudly.
Doing a Lively Business
One man from the Northwest told
me-and he's no bluffer-he had on
hand 1859 orders for car that won't be
| in production before August. He sold
them on a show car and on literature
And this is a car in the $4,000 class
| too.
One man in this neighborhood, in a
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Suit Filed in Response

In response TO which Gimbel Brothers
filed suit for damages against The
Tribune Association, naming it, Ogden
Mills Reid, Richard II. Waldo, q. Yer
nor Rogers, its executive officers, and
Samuel Hopkins Adams, the writer Of
the article complained Of, as defend
ants. In this action and in the filing Of
the answer, Sackett. Chapman g. Ste
vens appear as attorneys, and John b.
Stanchfield as counsel for The Tribune
Association and the other defendants.
Rose & Paskus are the attorneys for
Gimbel Brothers.
The Tribune in answer TO the Gimbel
complaint presents a cross-section Of
Gimbel history, which it maintains was
substance for its suspicious Of Gimbel
methods Of conducting business. Con-
demnatory actions by state and city
governments, college associations, vice
commissions and magazines are de-
clared to have been powerless TO arrest
the advance of this organization, whose
advertising methods are alleged by The
Tribune TO be a logical outcome of the
business morality attaching to the
methods of the controlling members of
Gimbels.
And to show that the Gimbel policy
was consistent with the very seed of
the New York stores upgrowth, The
Tribune's answer goes back TO the in
ception Of the Gimbel stores.in Milwau-
kee and Philadelphia as managed and
controlled by the same men--chief
among them Isaac and Louis Gimbel-
who, the pleading AYERS, were respon-
sible for the improper business meth
DDS and conduct" Of the New York
store.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
War Conditions Causing Changes
In the Automobile Industry

readily adapt themselves, as always. to
known conditions, and business viii n.
turn to normal. With all the money
to be spent in this country the ssss,
mobile industry will face an enforesd
shortage in cars. -,
1t is worth while noting right MS
minute that the cars that continue 70
sell with unchecked volume, even ~
cities where others are feeling . let W
in business, are those cars which have
long standing reputation for inouil;:
quality and are backed by fair and
moderate advertising.
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Notes from Detroit

Labor is still high and scarce Id
Detroit. Upholsterers get sl2 Gay
working on car bodies and have WORK
nearly all year. Pattern makers g.
IS cents an hour all year round.
The roads from Flint and Lansing 70
Detroit are filled with cars bearing
dealers licenses from other states "
ain transit" cards. The railroad frsis''
car situation still compels drive
aways.p
An entire novelty in body and motor
construction is car designed by Z. n
Nelson. who designed the Hupmoone
80. The Tribune will describe it ~
detail later on.
The police are busy all day !ehe
dragging into the pound cars !ns'
have stood too long at forbidoeu
points. Owners who call headquaf~,'
excitedly to report stolen cars are ~.
vised they can find the lost machine 70
the pound" But a magistrates iee'
ure or q fine goes first.
Some companies making motor t rvssii
as we'll as passenger cars have siaeSss
down on their passenger cars ana ~
making double time on trucks. ine'
have sure market in the govern
ment. but what is better, If they sr
on government work they can be SUN
of materials. Their applications y
steel makers will bear Uncle SAM
o. X.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Await Tax Settlement

Once the tax matters are settled and
people know the details they Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

A little later. and the publication in
The New York Tribune of from 100000
to 100000 lines OF advertising for the
year beginning October, 1915, was made
the subject of an agreement between
the newspaper and Gimbel Brothers.
"All of said advertisements of the
plaintiff, like all the advertisements of
the propFietors of every New York de-
partment store, at the rates paid by
them respectively therefor. for publ
cation during said year, in the daily or
Sunday issues of said newspaper. were
published at "A pecuniary loss TO The
Tribune Association. If the plaintiff
had, in its said advertisements. and in
the sale of goods therein advertised.
not violated the standards OF the dc
PENDANTS with respect to truth in sdvcT-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

Third Chapter in Fight Against Concerns Ad-
vertisng Methods Is the "Answer" Filed with
the Supreme Court, in Which The Tribune
Association Contends 1t Was Justified IN
Printing the Article Sued On-Truth of Every
Accusation in 1t Is Asserted-Facts Which
Led 10 the Publication Are Recited in Detail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

The third chapter OF The Iribunes
Fight against Gimbel advertising
.s.,hods has just been written. u taxes
the form OF sn answer fled with the
Supreme Court Friday by The Tribune
10 Gjmbel Brothers libel suit for sl,-
ooo, 900 damages. 1t recites in detail q
knowledge Of facts which The Tribune
Association contends justified IT IN
printing the exposure of Gimbel Brotn-
ers' advertising methods. The Trib-
ure's snswer pleads the absolute truth
Of every statement in the article
sued on.
The first chapter in The Iribunes
action against Gimbels IN the formers
campaign for truth in advertising was
The publishing of an article on October
%, 1915. BY Samuel Hopkins Adams IN
which he described Gimbel Brothers
agsresions against The Tribune's policy
Of truth in advertising which, the an
swer says, had compelled The Tribune
70 exclude that concern from its adver-
Using columns.
Mr.. Adsms's Article
"Gimbels is out" ran Mr.. Adams's
article. "rhe advertising OF the big
department store at Broadway and
Thirty.third Street has been excluded
from The Tribune for cause. Never
did a store enjoy a fairer, more pa
tient, or more charitable hearing. IL
was long ago under suspicion by The
Tribune, and knew it. Later it was
on trial for the privilege of continu-
ing TO advertise in The Tribune, and
knew that. In the face Of past warn
ings, of past protests in details as 70
certain of its methods, OF past admis-
sions by those responsible for the
stores conduct that all was not as II
should be, but that reform was in
progress, the organization has finally
convicted itself in such unmistakable
fashion that The Tribune has no al
tentative other than TO believe this:
"The special sales policy of Gin
bel Brothers is a policy of inflated
claims. of misrepresentation Of val
ues and Of imposition upon the ere
dulity Of the shopping public.
"The store has been employing ad-
vertising not for its proper purpose
Of pointing the way to sound values
and desirable goods at desirable
prices, but to trick the public with
false claims Of value into buying
merchandise above its normal price.
Advertising space. is not for sale in
The Tribune for such uses. That is
ay Gimbels is out"
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Sighted by Newspapers

MacLaren was fined $500 and costs, or
an alternative Of sixty days hard labor,
Judgment which the Supreme Court
confirmed. This latter case, too, The
| Tribune points out as having been
sighted by the editors of local news
papers. so far as any publication of this
happening calculated TO injure the bust
ness and reputation of the Gimbel store
was concerned.
Pennsylvania Department of Agri-
culture is familiar with the Gimbel
Brothers. too, for from the official rec
ords Of that Office The Tribune repro
duces reports of many official proceed
ings against the Philadelphia Gimbel
store for violations of the pure food
laws. There is case of "orange fruit
syrup" offered TO the public as pure
fruit pulp, found to contain, as an un-
important aside, benzoic acid; there is
pure strawberry jelly charged to be
preserved with salicylic acid; pure
homemade" ounce jelly containing our
familiar friend, glucose, as an admixt-
ure; the latter also finds congenial
company in the Gimbel brand of pure
apple jelly; while our alien enemy,
knachtwurst, and bologna are said to
have harbored such lurking bombs as
coal tar coloring and benzoic acid. In
cidentally, there seem TO have been
pure table syrups which turned out to
be sulphite-laden.
In one case the director of one of
these Gimbel food departments was
also accused with the Gimbel concern,
and the record of these proceedings is
enlivened with adulterated mushroom
catsup masquerading as virgin; adul-
terated Worcestershire sauce as the
pure product; adulterated shredded
cocoanut as the native fruit, and sell
ing -four unfit for food" for which
fine Of $50 and costs in so late year
Of food enlightenment as 1916. "The
result in every one of said criminal
proceedings" declares the answer, twas
that the defendant was required to pay
a fine and costs"
Isaac Gimbel Named
II is charged in the answer that some
of these proceedings were instituted
against Isaac Gimbel, as president of
the Gimbel corporation. The latter is
said TO be strongest of the PERSONAL
ties in control of Gimbcl Brothers, and
( The Tribune declares his to be the
, greater responsibility because of his
peremptory manner of overriding his
associates and subordnates on all
questions of advertising policy and
method of dealing with the public,
where the plans and recommendations
of said associates and subordinatcs did
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-02

! japan to unite TO make war on In" Unit
/ ed States il was time the Congress un!
I the people should be- informed Of III"
: matter"
! While Senator Swanson was assuring
Mir. Lodge that he was authorized t"
state that the announcement b. tn" AS-
! Suciated Press WAS correct. full con-
| iruLatinn was being given officially AT
! tho White House and state Depart :n"ni.
| Senator Hardwick of Georgia.. Demo
| cr;lt, objected to immediate consid"r;r-
! ton OF tho Lodge and other senators
urged him 10 withdraw it,
| Senator Works. Republican, az cali
! f"rnia, argued that. ii should b" adopted.
1t is exceedingly important" said h".
| that We have exploit lnformaii"A
whether the president Il. ~" tin" a."
asked Congress 10 confer Extraordinary
powers upon him knew O: Ii".,,. c"ndI.
lions rs disclosed in the newspapers. Il
the president had III" information :G
that time 1t was Que Congress ANA the
people Of the Un''"h States ihut H."
should lag before congress III ri thn
circumstances that might affect M" act
ion Of Congress. Congress is dcittuE
with that situation and We should itay"
all tho information before takin. any
steps"
Senator Reed deplorrd what II" said
/" be criticism Of the president. al
though Senator Lodge disclaimri an?
intention tn cmbarrasS him.
in me appears 10 be = very solemn one
Senator Reed said We wlli not hitl"
any more manifestations Of diSpuSit ions
IT, .:riticlse the President. let US CriI!
else no ono by any kind of ini'.r.nce
This is O time when Americans should
close their ranks and face on" Nay ;ut
respond 10 one sentiment. hop" tha:
will be done"
Il am very deeply impressed with tho
gravity Of the $ituaIiou," said Senator
Thomas. Democrat. OF tuiO:EIt, ''W"
Rre confronted with q crisis !hat Inny
10 very serious. 1t j. :. "~Incid..ii,r haf
the Associated Press publication comes
when the scnat" Is CONSIDERING -" arm"
and navy bills.
but Ii This lrt:cr from III" German
foreign minister is authentic. "rd II -
said to be by tho. senator from fIrEiniN.
"" should know it am! know i nav. !
hope the resolution of tn" senator from
u massachusetts viii 10 acted upon HHl
| am Slir.. the l'r"sir:cut Will r"<n":tI
I" il. There may b" reason tor Not Il%-
ing the information II nc":Enat hi" with
the public interest.
The fact is tin. Associated Pros has
given this cntir" :,,"r% ~ -" public
With what seems 10 b" most lmpor-
tanl document II - probably anthSr-
tic"
senator Lodge said hH cHr'i littl"
regarding the form ~ his resolution.
Nothing is further from my mind
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Only One "BKoNo QunNE"
TO get the genuine. call for full name
LAXATIVE BROMO SUIEINE. Look
for signature OF E. ". GROVE. Curec
a Cold In One DAY. sc.
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E, 3. POTTS

Main and Tenth SITS. Wheeling, w
Va. ~2t25 Market ST.. Wheeling, w
Va, and 1923 Union ST., 5elIaire
Ohio.
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gratifl"d for US 10 have 1t and yet hes
jtalc 10 formally send II to us as ema-
mating frnn! his own action. see
distinction. very great dlStlnctlon: DE-
tween tho Two lines of action and hope
D. very rluci: 'Iai the resolution may be
adopted"
t IF wish ~ say" replied Senator Lodge.
that the statement the senator from
: Georgia makes is Il perfectly accurate
: one. If tho rr"Sidcnt. at his own action
were 10 send those papers Into the Sen
ate without comment. according TO on"
prcrcdents. It world mean that he
could do nothing automatically. and he
wrote 10 Congress for war
: 1T would be practically a request for
4 declaration of war" said Senator
Smith.
but n we take II ~" there is no such
situation"
: That was just ,hr distinction I was
: "Why not ask the President where ne
got the letter. demanded Senator Hard
wick. Democrat. OF Georgia.
! That's too broad" Senator Stone re-
! piled. That very question was dis
cusscd in the committee and il was
practically unanimous that il would not
= be advisable 70 ask the President inc
! source Of his information in genera
trrma. 1t might not be prudent. J
would rather not discuss Ii here. ou-
lnrrc arc cicdTl! soou TtaSoIiH WI! tH'
executive branch OF the government
should not be required To disclose
sources nf information in such matters.
"Rcading the newspaper accounts Or
the sources of information they had:
i Said Senator Stone. the inference is
, fncvitahl" that the zimmerman letter
was obtained from the executive Off
Gals Of this government. 1t was pup
lishcd for some purpose. cannot ana
| will not undertake 10 say what that
, purpose was further than 10 eXpress the
opinion that 1t was given publication
to affect public opinions or official
opinion or both in tho United States.
THE publicity Of this alleged letter;
SAID the Missouri senator. was made
for some purpose. ! co not know with
any such certainty that would warrant
me in asserting 1t from what source the
newspapers obtained this document. IF
tho documents be authentic in fact. II
il is to bc prcsumed--it Is necessary
sequence that the information was not
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than 20 suggest crit>:4-u Of tn" rreSf-
don't" said he. ~" ought :" have, This
, informant ."n til. r""il" ought t. HAY,
! ito know whether the document -
! TRUE "r MT. II w. ar" l." act together
"" ought - hrV" that tact.
! Il bay" every r"&S"r 10 bellows iha.
! ;h2 inquiry is not cistasi"fuI 10 ihy
President. We must not act on news
! pager r.r"r',; and w ought L" .hav" The
official information. The President =
ASKING rrcut powers. !'nr orr think
! W" ought /" give II !" HIM. And We
ought 10 have this information III thal
rUnnrc;Iun.
| Senator p"n,"r"n" Democrat. Of Ohio.
! said mat Ia addition To The Associated
I'r"NS DISPATCHES. the ~"tal" had III"
! s,at"fnru; Of Senator swanson that h"
Zimmerman despatch wa" authentic.
substantially correct" inicrject"d
| Senator Swanson.
! IT there is nnM yariancn "" ought to
know that fact returned Senator
Ium"roUc. The resolutions amply pro-
tcctS ~" rr$d"n'---p"ru'iiMg him to
Civ" III" Information T. Compatible with
public interests w" a.! realize the gray
lily "r til" SITUATION. want the most
explicit Information before artnE in
u matter which may be >" grave IN its
consequences"
Senator Smith. democrat. Of Georgia
said n" hoped tho resolution would br
adopted at once.
After carefully reading the r"s"!V-
tion. Senator STONE. chairman .! tn.
foreign relations committee. said:
1T Sr"rus To ia" that IN" rcsoiui '0u
ought Ia 70 To tho rnnmitI"" uH for
rigu relations. li"r" ~ u newspaper re-
Turt that the secretary a. foreign rela-
tinnS Of III" iiCrmau government hn.;
sent tho German an.hass.,Inr in. Wash
!uEtCu Il r"r;a:a letter. = h.Ch appears IN
tn" morning papors. We -" not ir-
formed rs - ia" source. "" have -
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found bound hand and foot in her burn
ing home. The police are investigating
e.. II. GElESr 4 co

found bound hand and foot in her burn
ing home. The police are investigating
The case.
ATHENS - Mrs Elizabeth Brooks.
aged 20, was burn-G to death - her
horne. her dress having caught fire.
MARIpN--The ohio Federation "
Womru$ clubs will urge campaign
for better bab!Cs.
DAiTON--Committce from lao0r
Unions and other UorkingmenS oryant-
zar iors have patitinrcd the city AUTHOR
ii:.$ TO investigate. the high cost ot
food here.
SANDC SEY--Trma. aged 4. or Ca
tavba Island. failing TO arouse hee
mother who is deaf. when their house
caught fire. went To the telephone and
notified the exchange operators.
COKE OTTO-The coal sheds or the
Hamilton otto Coke company were de-
Stroycd By fire.
MARIETTA - Wnnlcn OF Marietta
AnYe declared = boNcott on PotNtOeS.
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4 Laxati1e for Babies
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and Efficient Family Remedy.

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