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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
War Brings Maine
Back Into Her Own
AS Shipyard State
State Again Becomes Busy
Centre of Production of
Wooden Vessels

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-The war
has brought a revival of shipbulding
in Maine. Once known throughout the
world for its wooden ships, then fall
ing into long period of inactivity,
that state again has become a centre
of production. Less than year ago
there remained but handful Of yards,
and most of them were relics of thu.
past. Today thirty-nine yards, ex-
tending from one end of the coast to
the other, and larger and buster than
ever in the past, are turning out YES
sells for the Shipping Board.
Within the last year The Maine yards
have been engaged in buildng JIG YES
sells, many Of which have been launched
Forty-one Of the ZIG were wooden
freight steamers Of a total lightweight
tonnage of 10000; forty-seven were
schooners of $4,000 tons, eight were
steel trawlers.
In Portland alone, which before the
war only repaired boats, 4.5OO men are
employed on vessels worth $1O,5OO,OOO
Shipbuilding and operation is sort of a
hereditary possession among some
Maine families One of these was the
Hamlen family, known by the firm of
j. H. Hamlen & Sons, of Portland, or
gained in 1845, and which had discon-
tinued its shipbuilding in 1889.
Veteran Comes Back"
When the United States called for
c6i Tor -;
organized the Cumberland Shipbuild-
ing Company and transformed a swamp
near Portland into a shipyard. He
launched his first ship in July. Most
of the workers in the Hamlen yard are
natives of Maine, and as a remarkable
evidence Of American adaptability and
quickness at learning is the fact that
less than 5 per cent of the ZOO men in
the yard knew anything of shipbuild-
ing before they began work there
Another modern shipyard at Port
sci yard. 1t is that of the Portland
Ship Ceiling Company. In July. 1917,
the site was mud hole, but at that
time the ceiling company, which had
been making stalls and bins for cattle
and grain ships, turned to shipbuid
ing. Three wooden vessels have al
ready been launched from this yard.
One of the FORCES in this yard bears
the legend "Roast the Kaiser"
In Bath $4,000 deadweigh tons of
ships are under construction by the
Texas Company, the site of whose
yard was q waste Of land. The yard
has turned out three steel ships, of
almost 10000 lightweight tons There
are also four wooden yards in Bath.
Other Ports Busy
At Boothbay and East Boothbay six
shipbuilding concerns expect to turn
out twelve or more schooncrs, rang
ing from 500 to 500 tons each At
Rockland a 1,G00 gross ton schooner
was launched recently. Camden and
! Thomaston yards also expect to com
! plete several vessels this year. South
Frceport and Belfast also are busting
with shipbulding activity.
The rigors of the Maine winter will
not deter the workers, as evidenced by
many sub-zero days Of last December
when in one yard more than $1,000
rivets were driven daily, an average
Of more than 200 rivets a day for each
group of workmen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Lack of Preparation for
World War Is Laid at
Door Of Agitators
Nation Was Warned
Colonel, in Editorial, Says In
fantry Pays FOX Lack Of
Needed Airplanes
Especial Dispatch to The Tribure)

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 1o.-In an
editorial entitled, "Tt Man Who Pays
and the Man Who Profits" published
by "The Kansas City Star" says
Theodore Roosevelt
"'The men who do the fighting at the
front and their mothers and wives back
here are those who in this great and
terrible crisis are paying. The blood
of the men and the tears Of the women,
with the suffering of men, women and
children, are paying for our failure to
prepare during the two and half
years before we entered the World
War.
"For this failure to prepare, in spite
Of the most vivid warning ever given
nation, the warning that befell the
rest of the world during those two and
half years, the professed pacifists and
the politicians who pandered to them
are more responsible than any one else,
except the prof. Germans.
"lf, when the World War broke out,
OF, dl latest, Wuen tne LuSlldlld Was
sunk, we had done our plain duty, we
had then begun building ships, field
cannon and airplancs and to train men
exactly as we have been doing during
the last year and quarter, except that
we should have done the work on a
larger scale, with more efficiency and
with much less waste and extravaganza
Airplancs Were Needed.
Remember, tina, failure to provide
great numbers of cannon and airplanes
means that the infantry has to pay for
it with huge increase Of slaughter
All the guns and airplanes we left UNI
built during the first three years of the
war has meant so much more blood
shed, so many more Americans killed
and crippled, not to speak of the ire
mendous loss of life to our allies.
"Moreover, when men in small num-
bers are put in battle, when only a
few hundred thousand are forced to
suffer heavy loss in doing work which
two or three million men could have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

concrete without a grave disturbance
of what we have already started and on
which we know we can rely To do
otherwise would not be sound judgment
or good public policy.
IL hope that all the advocates Of the
concrete ship will understand our diff
culties and appreciate our single pur-
pose of meeting the great emergency
that confronts US in the manner that
promises the earliest results We want
everybody with US in this tremendous
enterprise. The authority and respon-
sibility are ours, and I can assure you
that we have chosen our course with
earnest and painstaking consideration
and without prejudice or narrowncss b."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Eighth Ship Launched
Standard Shipbuilding Co. Has
IL More Vessels on Contract

The standardized steel cargo carrier
Hickman the keel of which was laid by
Edward N. Hurley, of the United States
Shipping Board. on July 4, was launched
yesterday at the Standard Shipbuildng
Company's yard at Shooters Island,
Staten Island. The boat was christened
by Mrs. Grace Hickman Swakcr, presi-
dent of the Woman's Club of Missouri
1t is the eighth vessel Of its type to
be launched by the company, which has
contracts for twenty. Hereafter, it was
said, ship will be launched every
three weeks. The Hickman is expected
to be ready for service within six
weeks. 1t is vessel of 1900 tons, ca
pablo of twelve knots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Ship Efficiency Gains
With Increased Size

Efficiency gains with size A 1900
ton steel boat, for instance, is more
than 70 per cent efficient Averaging
all our vessels up to date I think the
average tonnage will not exceed 5000
tons. That is too little. From my own
experience I would say that we ought
not to be building less than 10000
ton boats for transoceanic service.
"The small ships are more efficient
for coasting voyages than they are for
trips across the ocean. We do not in
tend to use any of the wooden ships
in the European service. We can make
use of them to good purpose in releas-
ing the larger ships for transoceanic
transport, but there is limit to the
number that we can thus place.
"To build, now, a great number Of
small concrete ships would practically
be to spend money on vessels that
would not help US meet the present
emergency. If a steel vessel Of 1900
tons will carry as much on long
voyage as three small ships of what
ever material, and we have already
contracted for about as many Of these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Schwab Says Concrete
Ships Are Experiment

and the speed with which they can be
constructed afford an additional source
of ships at time when it is absolutely
impossible to get enough.
In the first place, Mr.. Schwab desires
it understood that the position Of the
Shipping Board and its shipbuilding
agency on this subject is rot q divided
one; that it is not Mr.. Hurley's pol
icy, or his, or Mr.. Piezs, but a DELHI
eratey and tremendously adopted pol
icy to promote the interests Of the
general shipbuilding programme.
81 am not essentially opposed to the
concrete ship as SUCH" said Mr.
Schwab to-day. "On the contrary,
believe in developing all Of its posi-
bilities, as the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration is now doing in broad way
but am opposed to the Immediate in
auguration of q large concrete pro-
gramme, because the controlling fac
tors of the whole shipbuiding enter
prise are such that to plunge at this
time in concrete ships, even if they
were as established as steel ships,
would interfere with tho wood and steel
programme, to which we are committed
on large scale, and there would be no
net gain in general progress, but
rather a setback.
an the first place. none of the small
ships is economical for transoceanic
purposes. We are irretrievably COM
-nitted to some eight hundred wood"~
ships, mostly $500 tons dead weight,
and to utilize the Great Lakes yards we
have had to build a large number of
3.400-ton steel vessels, so that the emer-
gency has forced us to overload with
small ships, anyway. The large con-
crete ship is still an unknown quantity
If we were to go in for large number
of concrete vessels we should be forced
to build small ones in order to be safe
thus adding to the distortion of our
programme.
without pretending to speak with
accuracy, We find that our 3,5OO-ton
7teel vessels are only about so per cen.
efficient. l mean by that that in actual
service they carry only half or less of
their indicated dead weight tonnage.
The small wooden ships are still less
efficient. and concrete ships, as we
build them in the present stage of their
development, rank below wood in eff
ficiency, though we expect to improve
in this respect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
AT Fifteen Well Distributed Stations
In The Greater" New York District

they arrive and of doing the work
in a regular routine. Our men are
so schooled in this routine that they
have mastered every detail of it,
This speed conserves your trucks
and drivers earning power-afford-
ing you complete, reliable tire serv-
ice Day or Night with the least time
consumed. In majority of cases
we arrange to handle tire jobs on
trucks idle time.
A press for attaching solids and
stock of Goodyear Truck Tires at
each of our fifteen stations also mean
instant filling of orders. Every sta
ton aims to carry the types and
sizes Of Goody years which are cor
rect for regular customers trucks
and trucking conditions.
Your local Goodyear Truck Tire
Expert will be glad to explain in
detail the service and resulting
savings, to you.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

Within a short running distance of
your truck garage or loading plat
form in this district is one of the
Good year Truck Tire Service Sta
tons listed below.
It's nearness means a saving in truck
time and drivers time when your
tires need any kind of attention
changing, attaching, over sizing,
switching from wheel to wheel or
replacing with entirely new or
dhferent-ype tire equipment
possibly just few minutes
from your door--you can place your
truck tire needs and problems in the
hands of a trained organization, ably
managed, splendidlyequipped, always
ready to handle your tire work safely
and expertly-and with speed.
This speed in any one of our service
stations is simply the result of our
method Of handling tire Jobs when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

MANHATTAN:
Ilenig & SEWN W Delaney Street
Burrows x Archer, So No. Moore Street
Roberts Tire Co., Inc. 342 E. 18th ST.
J. Mattern & Sons, Inc
2l5 ". 53rd Street
Standard Solid Tire Service Company
302 West 10th Street
The Commercial Car Tire Company
$50 Avenue A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
NEARBY POINTS:

NEARBY POINTS:
Alexander J. White
81 Warburton Ave, Yonkers
Magnus Eriksen II Frost ST., Brooklyn
Nelson Truck Tire & Wheel Shop
l37 Jefferson Ave-, Brooklyn
John D. Klian Auto Co., Inc.
Tompkinsville, S. |.
Sanderson & TAFT Long Island City
Queens Co. Tire & Repair Company
Flushing, Long Island
w. r. & !. T. CaIlister Queens, l. |.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Control of Programme
Absolutely Necessary

~ shall not undertake to say that the
concrete ship will not ultimately play
a large part in marine affairs. But at
this stage it is wise for us to control
and regulate it. We receive hundreds
of applications to build concrete ves-
sells. If we were TO let down the bars
to one we should have to FOR all.
after all, concrete in ships Of size Is
a new field. SO long MS our energies
and labor arc so largely and still with
inadequate results occupied in the Ger
tain field Of shi pbuilding cndeavor we
would not be justified in taking n con
crete plunge. If the concrete ship were
such thing apart and unrelated to the
established programme as would appear
specifically, n plunge would be an en-
tirely different thing, and advisable as
war measure. Az | see it, how
ever. we cannot plunge in the matter OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

small vessels as we can use in releas-
ing the larger ones, and, indeed more,
1T seems plain to me that we should
henceforth strive for larger ships.
We can in the present state of our
knowledge rely only upon steel for
large vessels. The 5000 ton wooden
ship is doubtful, and until we have act
ually built some $500 ton concrete
ships, which we arc now doing, we
would not be justified in largely di-
vertlng energy, material and labor
from what we are sure of.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
CONSTRUCTION IF
 RACINE TIRES IS
 CLAIMED SUPERIOR

Tn any sort of construction, and even more particularly that of tires, the methods employed in the building are of as great, if not greater i'm portance than the quality of materials used" said C. K. Hughes of the Smith Hughes company recently.
 The Racine dealer says:
 More troubles arise from defec- tive carcass construction and more mileage service is given by tires whose carcasses have been built by the most painstaking processes. Most tires are made in either one of two ways. One way is to mould" them and the other way which we have found best in Racine construction is the wrapped" tread way.
 The wrapped cure process differs from the full moulded in that the tire is not placed in a full mould during any stage of it's manufacture. This method enables the makers of Ra cine tires to construct castings without buckles or wrinkles in the fabric; imperfections which are impossible to avoid in the full moulded as they occur under the tread where they escape the inspector. These weak spots later cause fabric breaks and blow outs, sometimes after the tire has been in. service but short while"
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
GIGANTIC PLANS TO
 MAKE FORD TRACTORS

Henry Ford expects, eventually to employ 100000 men in the manufacs. ture, assembling, service and distribu- ton of FOrds on tractors, according to Ed Rudolph, of the local Ford agency.
 MT. Ford recently made this state ment: The present plant is nut a temporary one, employing 1000 men; the permanent plant will be located directly across from the blast fur naces. l will say that following the building of the permanent plant that the Dearborn shops will be used as one of then assembling stations which will be scattered all over the coun- try.
 Crop production will play one of the biggest parts in the winning of the war. This fact is shown through the action of the English government in giving tractor shipments pre- cedent over foodstuffs. England be- lieves that one shipload of tractors is worth 50 shiploads of food.
 Eighty tractors a day are now being turned out; before the end of May the production will be 150 daily and during 1918 we expect to manu- fracture for this country more than 50,00O of the machines Let the farmers keep these tractors going during seasons. day and night, and they will give the Kaiser a knockout from which he will never recover.''
 An agreement has been reached between Henry Ford and Governor Sleeper of Michigan, for the furnish ing of 1000 tractors to the farmers of Michigan, deliveries to be made this spring.
 The tractors are to be billed to the
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
TkDE.''r

Goods shipped to all points c. O. D. Money refunded on goods returned intact within one week.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

sponslble for the merits or demerits of the tires and tubes each workman builds. Each tire and tube is num- bered, and it is always easy to tell which workman in the Savage fac tory is responsible for every job. The Savage factory is so departmentized that one or two workmen is re- sponsible for each tire and each tube offered for sale. According to Mr. Redondo, the fact that Savage work men are held responsible and do re- ceive full credit for good work, means better tires and tubes.
 The Savage manufacturing plant is modern in every detail. The ma terials used are the very best that money can buy. In addition. high quality only. is the policy that gov erns the Savage organization from top to bottom. The workmen are given the best of everything, and are told that only the very best tires and tubes they can build are good enough for Savage customers, so it is not surprising that they take a real and personal pride in their work.
 Frequently Savage castings and tional service are returned to the factory by grateful motorists. The Savage workmen show the keenest interest on these occasions, as there is always a good natured but spirited contest in progress among the Savage workmen to see which can build the greatest number of long distance tires or tubes.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
REVOLUTION OF AUTOMOBILE SALES TOLD;
 PRESENT DAY DEALER MUST KEEP PARTS

know by sight if he has something in stock that will suffice. There is never ending study acquiring an education in this line as there are so many new cars placed on the market every year and so many changes Ill the old standard models. An example of the necessity of carrying a com plete stock of parts was clearly demonstrated not long ago.
 One of the largest department stores of Phoenix was in the rush of holiday deliveries with their service cars busy from early morning until late at night playing Santa Claus with Christmas packages. An un avoidable collision with another car tore a hole in the radiator, sprung the front axle, made kindling out of one wheel and bent all of the steering rods, understand now these parts could not be substituted but must be made for that particular model car.
 The company representing this car were notified on opening hours, re- garding thiA wreck. At 10:30 o'cloc.l all new parts had been placed in the car and the delivery boy was loading packages therein and whistling Christ mas carols.
 Indeed there has been some evolu- tion from the "curber' of yesterday to the established business house of today with an investment of close to a quarter of a million, and whose asset is the good will of the public to whom service has been rendered and whose confidence has been gained by strictly business methods. The public are indeed entitled to know all of the questions they have asked and their answers can be found satisfac- tory in several Phoenix institutions.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

Time was when the only requisite that an automobile dealer needed was sufficient capital to pay for cars and freight and 8 vacant space in a garage or warehouse where cars could be stored. Today the public demands several things before parting with the necessary coin, viz Who are you?" What is your standing financially2" Are you in business to stay?" "Is your personal guarantee backed by the company you rep resent" and lastly but not least, by any means, Do you carry a com plete stock of parts?'
 Some of the curb-stone salesmen of today argue that a good car does not need to be backed up by large line of parts. forgetting for the mo- ment that he might be asked how they would be taken care of in the event of a wreck. one of these ques- tions answers the other.
 If you carry a complete line of parts to take care of a certain line of automobiles 1t will necessitate the investment of from $25000 to $50,O00 and by that it means that much in actual cash, therefore a company with that much money invested in only one division of the business is in business permanently.
 Can safely say that there are from six to ten car owners of makes not represented by dealers who are daily trying to secure a part that will interchange with the one that is worn or broken on their car. As a rule they sheepishly admit that their car is not the one represented by the company they are trying to secure the part from.
 It is the parts mans business to
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
HIGH PRAISE GIVEN
 KNIGHT TYPE MOTOR

George A. Green, captain in the Tank Corps of the British army, and formerly chief engineer and superin- tendent of the Fifth Avenue Coach company, New York City, recently paid a visit to New York on furlough. Automobile Topics, speaking of an interview with Captain Green, says: /
 True to the engine for which his civilian training has instilled a fond ness, and for which his experience with tanks has increased his liking, Green is more enthusiastic than ever in telling of the service which those land forts get from their high-power-
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

state at s750.0O each and the state in turn, will sell them to the farmers. In this way every machine will be kept track of and the state authori ties will be able to get the utmost from them.
 Ford agrees to keep the tractor plant working A hours a day if the farmers will agree to put them to similar use
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

The meeting will be held at S;30 o'clock in the domestic science flat of the high school.
 
 The Harmony club will hold an i'm portant business meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Womans club, ac- cording to the announcement of the president Mrs. H. J. Bennett. A number of reports will be presented at this time and will be followed by a general discussion.
 Robert E. Lee Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, held delightful social session Friday afternoon at the Woman's club entertaining in honor of the Tempe chapter. Cards and knitting were the diversions and dur ing the course of the afternoon, Mrs. Rixie Washington Matthie contributed group of songs among others Dixie" Carry Me Back to Old Vl, : ginie.' and The Red, Red Rose. !" Miss Frances Elliott Was at the piano.
 Mrs. H. A. Guild, president of the Arizona Federation of Women's clubs was the principal speaker at the business meeting of the Madison Im- provement club Thursday afternoon. Discussing the cooperation of the rural club with the state federation, Mrs. Guild pointed out the patriotic program laid down by the state or ganization and outlined the war ser vice work that was being ac- complished by the rural clubs. Mrs. Frank Brown reported the conven- tion happenings and Mrs. Ralph Lep- 1 pla the social features of the gather i ing of club women held here a short i time ago.
 The sweet pea exhibit at the Womans club on April 29, is creating no end of interest which indicates that the exhibit will be larger than ever before. The meeting will be 1 open to the public and the exhibitors are not limited to club members.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
ed Knight-type engines.

When large body of men, many of them without previous mechanical training, have to be taught, there is a distinct advantage in that the fewer things they have to care for the less opportunity is there for any need of
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
RESPONSIBILITY FUR
 TIRE OUTPUT PLACED
 ON SAVAGE WORKMEN

We all get a lot of satisfaction from from doing things well, especially when we receive credit for good work. Things being equal, men prefer to do good work rather than poor work.
 According to Mr. NJ. P. Redondo, manager of the local Savage wholesale branch, the Savage company goes farther than other tire companies in holding workmen personally re-
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

attention on account of things going wrong says Green. You cannot over-emphasize the merit of havig as few adjustments as possible" Such is his tribute to the Knight engine
 The Fifth Avenue Coach company uses Knight -motored cars.