Arizona republican., 1917-12-02
ALLOY STEEL SITUATION CAUSE
 OF CRAVE CONCERN TOFACTORY

months ago by both the national automobile chamber of commerce and the motor and accessory manu- lecturers 10 give everything to the government if necessary. it is far from being convinced today that restriction of from 40 to 75 per cent of the passenger car business is necessary; in fact, it will have to be shown that such is necessary be- fore it will submit to the dictates of the War Industries board
 In taking this stand the motor car industry, and the several makers comprising it, will permit of no chal lenge of their patriotism. Howard Coffin. voicing this sentiment be- fore the War Industries board, hao the entire directorate of the x. A. c. C. and the NJ. A. NJ. behind him.
 Greater Steel Output Possible In a word, the industry questions the completeness of the knowledge that those responsible for the ruling have on the steel situation. Leading | accessory and car makers have in- formation from the makers of al l Joy steel that it is possible greatly l to increase their output in the short | space of three months. One maker admitted that he could increase his output 10 per cent in three months. l Charles NJ. Schwab, the biggest steel man in America. if not in the world, has declared by public statement within the last few days that there is no shortage of steel and that it is not necessary for the motor car makers of passenger cars to be re- stricted for such an alleged reason.
 r., .f, I.,
 that the industry is patriotically op-
 posing the contemplated restriction
 until the truth of the Steel market
 is known and if the industry has
 to be restricted. necessary restric-
 tions will be carried out by a com
 mittce representing the industry
 rather than by outsiders.
 The industry is opposing the con
 templated restriction on the ground
 that it is nationally and economically
 unsOund statesmanship to start re-
 stricting the third manufacturing in
 dustry or to restrict any other in-
 dustry in a time of war, unless tha!
 industry can be classed as wholly
 non- essential. which expectation can-
 not be applied to the passcnger car
 industry, If you destroy industries
 you cut down the potential power Of
 the nation. You cut down its war
 fighting powers. You reduce it's bus-
 mess power. Instead of keeping the
 nation strong and hcaithy in wal
 when you need it's strength. it's
 health and it's money, you under mine it.
 Howard Coffin in yesterdays hear
 ing before the War indust-tcs beard
 used a happy phrase setting fo1tr
 tf,fe . the beginning of great ocornmi, [ mistake" He had in mini the mil lions of Liberty bonds purchased nc- , only by the manufacturirS end oi the industry. but the hundreds o millions purchased by the gred
 merchandising end of the industry located in every country, in every
 town, in every village and in every
 state in the union. He had il mind the bond purchased in the frs , and second Liberty loans, but h. : also had his eye trained to the da! ahead when we will have a new P Liberty Joan every six months unti the war is over. Those future Lib
 erty loans must be subscribed to f we are to keep the boys in Franc, , supplied with rifles, with ammuni , ton and properly clothed The mer chandising end of the motor car in dustry cannot be 75 per cent re duced and still be able to buy it ! share of the bonds and keep tn $ war going.
 :. The motor car industry is spurre' on in it's fight against any restric I tion- of the industry by the fact tha 9 official Washington, the War In P dustries board and too many other Q consider the passenger car industr
 a. non essential in these war day: f They consider it almost entirely | luxury industry, in proof of whic F consider the per cent war tax tha I all buyers must pay, although th 6 tax measure classifies- it as a manu . lecturers tax. Those back of tn tax believe the industry to be yer 1 largely luxury industry.
 . A still further proof that the Wa = Industries Board considers the in dustry a luxury and a non-essenti; a is Priority Order No. 7, that class
 fies passenger motor cars with furr V iture pianos, material for buildln sl moving picture houses and materia s for building roads. The order pro # hibits shipping any of these in oper il top cars than can be used f, e coal shipments.
 Now comes the third indicatio .- that official Washington consider d the passenger car a luxury and nor lc essential namely Drobibitino r.