The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-22

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The Liberty motor developed by the
department Of military aeronautics, is
to have a special engine oil which is to
be known as the Liberty aero OIL"
1t was developed by the fabrication
branch while the latter was still part
Of the signal corps. 1t is a mineral
oil and will be used not only on the
Liberty motor but on all stationary
cylinder aircraft engines Of the army
and navy.
It's development is due to the energy
and Skill of Il staff of men who worked
exclusively cn the problem for year.
Capt. O. ]. May, who deserves greatest
credit for It's production, SO exhausted
himself by his laborS that he could
not recupcrate from an illness and
died.
When the aircraft program was an
nounced in 1917 no one in authority
had q definite idea as to the proper
kind Of fabrication required. There
was no uniformity. For every engine
there was n specific oil. Some en-
gincrrs insisted on castor oil. others
mineral oil, still others castor and
mineral oils mixed. 1t was estimated
! that 100000 gallons of castor OIL
costing SO per gallon, would be re-
quircd and that quantity was not avail
ahlc.
Captain May and assistants set out
to develop Il suitable lubricant for the
Liberty motor at an average cost OF rs
cents II gallon. and also system for
rcclaiming oil already used. In %
| days Captain May supervised the run
ming of 81 engine tests In Il laboratory
where five engine tests Il week would
be complete program These en-
gneS were run with different kinds Of
oils and each oil was analyZed and
measured before and after tests. The
work required ceaseleSs vigil. Alti-
tude tests were made in an alright
building capable Of having the air
| within 1t partly exhausted.
From these tests the Liberty aero
oil developed. 1t will cost about one
fourth the price Of castor oil, saving
the government perhaps $11 100000
year. y system of rcclaiming used
oil was developed and nt least 80 per
cent can be made fit to use again.
The national war labor board has de-
cidcd against establishment at this
time OF Il minimum wage to be applied
generally throughout industry. 1t
adopts an attitude firmly opposed both
TO unjust profits on the part Of capital
and unreasonable demands on the part
or labor stating that capital should
have only such reasonable returns as
will assure its use for the worlds and
the nations cause, and that the physi-
cal wcllbcing of labor and its physical
and mental effectiveness in comfort
reasonable in view Of the exigcnces of
the war, likewise should be assured.
The board declares tho war to be an
lnterrcgnum in which the wheels of
industry should turn only In the COM
mon cause ana for common ends, and
neither for unjust profits on the part
Of capital or unfairly inflated wages
for labor, strcssing maximum produc
tion as the paramount necessity and
unselfish cooperation as the prclimi-
nary essentials to this accomplishment
There is reafiirmatiOn by the board
Of the principle that the worker Is en-
titled to wage sufficient to sustain
himself and his family in health and
comfort, and n rcstntemcnt by the
board to apply this principle In each
of the cases to come before 1t for de-
ciSion.
American dletitans have made
bread by substituting as high as 25
per cent Of rice for wheat flour and