The Washington herald., 1918-09-22

er1lment has been forced to step In
and protect its own supplies by de-
ereeing. more or less forcibly. what
commercial industry's share of the
common hoard shall be. This is not
as well understood as II should be.
The point that is generally missed 10
that curtailment Of commercial indus
Try is proceeding impartially, accord
ing TO a pre-arranged plan; that ex-
cepting only the business effects of
the prohibition movement, no indus
try is being singled out for special
contumely or oppression. Curtailment
is, in fact, being standardized as near
ly as possible. The automobile indus
try is no exception to the general rule.
Automobiles are the greatest
economizers of time Of formers
doctors. contractors. builders. sales
men. and men engaged in all bust
nesses.
They increase efficiency Of an
individual when farm labor is
scarce: physicians are assuming the
practice Of doctors who have gone
TO France. and manufacturers are
called on for increased production.
I There are 150,000 doctors in the
United States.
Railroad service has been cur
tailed and many valuable hours will
be lost by business men If use of
the automobile is curtailed.
Automobiles have been used most
literally in the campaigns for sale
of liberty bonds and war savings
stamps. to. raise war funds for the
Red Cross and the Y. NJ. {. A, in
recruiting, and in many other ways
connected with war activity. To
discourage the sale or automobiles
will make these activities less ef-
hcient.
The automobile Is one OF the
greatest utilities We have and rem
| ders a passenger car service eN-
ceeding that of the steam and cleo
trio railroads combined. By no
stretch OF Imagination can il be
I classed with intoxicating liquors.
\ cosmetics and so-called nOnessen-
| tial luXuries. A tax on the use OF
automobiles is provided for in the
new bill Of Representative Cox. 10
! which ] have heard no objection,
so far as the plan is concerned.
Bobby came rushing in to his Dad.
| ''Oh Dad, there's a million cats in
our back yard" Now Bobby. not
million" said Dad. Well" re-
piled Bobby, there's hundred
| thousand Now look here. Bobby,
you mustn't tell such stories"
1 Well then there is fifty thousand"
Bobby" said Dad. You know there
isn't fifty thousand" There's ten
then said Bobby. Now Bobby. go
! count them" And presently Bobby
! came back. How many" asked
Dad. ''Well there's two, our cat
and another one" And the moral is
this-thst when a fellow comes pus-
! sy-footing up 10 you and tells you
| confidentially about q hundred thou
sand Of our boys being killed, or fifty
| thousand sinking with some troop
; ship. or ten thousand dying at one
| of the cantonment camps-well just
| tell him about Bobby; tell him to
! go count the cats in the back yard
! And if he insists upon his story, re-
| port him to the nearest agent of
the Department of Justice: for he'll
bear watching-Quieter
! B. NJ. BaTuch. chairman Of the War
Industries Board. authorizes the fol-
lowing:
| The National Automobile CEambe-
of Commerce has cancelled the Ba-
tional automobile shows OF 1918 TO
have been held during January and
February in New York and Chicago.
at the request OF Bernard N. Baruch.
| chairman OF the War Industries
Board, and George n. Peek, Commits
sioner of finished products.
Going further TO meet the views
of the War Industries Board, the
| automobiles, trucks or accessories 10
| abandon all plans for such during the
coming winter.
] The reason given to the industry
for this action by the Automobile
! Chamber OF Commerce i. q desire
/ TO Cooperate with the War Indus
! les Board in plans for conserva ton
Of fuel. labor aud transportation.
Within the last thirty day. ls men