South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-21


than has ever been created.
II is being produced sn quantities.
They shipped the thousandth en-
CINE several days ago, only two
companies having been in produc-
ton. one Of these has been in pro-
duction for about sixty days. The
Ford Motor company has tested its
first engine ana put it through the
official fifty-hOur test. The same
thing is true of the Cadillac Motor
Car company and OF the Buick
Motor company. The Marmon COM
pany, is. ! believe. putting its en-
CINE through the test now.
II has not been a year since the
first one OF these engines was put
together experimentally. II Is a new
product. a new order of things,
which people are not familiar with.
II S perhaps because We DO not
analyze these conditions. that so
much criticism and gloom have
spread over the country. There is
only one thing that VIII answer the
criticisms ano that Is the engine it
self. But / think il will be very
gratifying for you 70 know some of
the simple facts. we can show
you things in Dayton that would
gladden. your hearts and brighten
your eyes. And Dayton is only one
place OF activity in this matter.
More Chicago Lies.
When 1 was coming down from
Chicago the other night. two fellows
We're talking in the smoking COM
partment. one said, i understand
this plane they are making in Day
ton can't get OF the grounds,
friend OF mine was down there the
first day they tried it." / said,
THAT is right, / was there" He
asked, Have they ever been able
70 get il of the ground %" 7 said.
Yes, getting an airplane off the
srOund is like the case OF the fellow
who bought the barrel Of apples
from an Irishman and said No. sir
I don't intend 10 buy any more
apples from you; because the other
barrel YOU sold me had a few good
apples on the top and the rest were
/ worthless The Irishman said MY
friend, II is not my fault. you open
ed the barrel at the wrong end "
The momentous occasion which was
mentioned and OF which an account
was published. happened in this
way; "A manufacturer desired 10 try
out some prOpellers. He sent four
experimental ones. His letter read
something like this: II am sending
You four experimental propellers. I
don't believe the number one pro
peller will Fly the machine, but il is
very important that, il YOU get into
the air, YOU record the revolutions
per minute at which the ensine is
turning. / think the number four
propeller Will De perfectly satisfac-
tory. but in order TO get the data
need am sending all four"
Now the II en- who unloaded the
propeller boxes did not know any
thing about the letter; they unload
ed them out on the field where they
were going 10 make the test and the
| boys opened the one nearest the
machine. which happened TO con-
tain the number one propeller. This
propeller was tried on a plane.
marked no good and put back into
its box IL had not run at a sufii-
cient number Of revolutions TO make
a flight worth while. The next pro
peller which happened 10 be lying
there was number four. and very
nice fight was made with IT,
This was the basis OF all the COM
ment. II was purely a matter Of
chance which box was opened first;
like in the case Of the barrel OF ap-
pies. In any other industry YOU
could not have tried fifty propellers
and nobody would have taken any
notice OF II, but here was q national
issue.
Criticism il Unreasonable.
Their is one thing we ought 20
get into our heads, that [ think we
have not appreciated entirely and
that is the fact that if not a single
mistake had been made in any one
OF the government proceedings. we
would have been delayed from three
10 four months in obtaining the
amount of tools needed because OF
the congestion in transportation. in
addition 10 the extraordinary de-
mand. Some months ago / asked
leading automotive manufactures
connected with the aircraft produc-
ton whether he expected to be able
10 get the tools he had 10 have. He
said. In the last ten years, have
put over twenty-five million dollars
into machine tools and there is not
a manufacturer who is not going 20
give me what I want" He ordered
his gear cutters and lathes and mill
ing machines and What-not When
saw him a few weeks later he
said, Look az this sheet. Those are
my delivery dates. Now don't YOU
think / can get the stuff 7 am an
old hand at this same" That was
an right until the priority board
said. "Thes tools are needed more
elsewhere" He got only a small
percentage Of the tools he expected
within the specified dates. He en-
deacvored 70 get thread CAGES and
other articles. and the same thing
hammered l1s~,7 a xk-aalrS