Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17
IMMENSE VALUE
OF AUTOMOBILES
@CoSTNuFp FROM PAGE oNE.
lIUlS SECrtONJ

iustTy that makes possible our pO-
lrntial aircraft army. for which con
gfew has appropriated 26I0,O 600
An nirplane merely IN 'utomohii,
,f the ar rhls air trmy would be
only % hopeless dream today eX-
,ept for the engine making capacity
OF the automobile plants Tho Holu
t!on OF the war. In the belief 81 many
authorities iics IN tho quantity pro-
durtion uf arplancs. ana quantity
production ha6 become "A high art.
$4,000 Motors soon Ready.
AZ LONG urO ~ last October Sec,
rctBiWuf ''~ wv r7- "u0nunced that
,Ontracts had been let and thP'
was In prucrcss ON practically the
entire &C. 600 planes and $4,000 mo
t2Is scheduled To bn ready next July
II ~ probable that this production
Nhl DO largely exceeded
IN the gigantic task u fllling this
sholrsnle guvsrnment order the hu-
!utnObile industry is exerting all its
constructive cnergy. II hcTps M tn
,eAiiTo what Standardization means
ehcu we know that pnrm Of air
TAN made on tho Pacific coast must
nt into parts made on the Atiunti,
tcaHt. An tho guns, ammunition aud
other airrraft equipment. too, must
~ just where th'Y belong
MANY OF those details are matters
Of military Information. but We mnS
iI.e II Tor granted that the Unltrd
HAatcH is working more or leAH along
lhs lines uf the air equipment now
uscd IN Europe. and that IN our air
srffy will h" huge machines capable
pf com hating the German TAuhes
,Hd GothhS Tho Caproni nirplanrs of
italy carry twenty-five men and u
tdihl weight including bombs mud
Ammunition. Of five tons They tray
III nj the rate nf 100 miieH an hour
and can fly IN JuH1nd miles with
b1t stopping for fuel The torpedo
rlanr itself wns patented by an
hrp-rican admiral n 1919.
Then there are military flying
bat that 20 through the water at
fprty miles an hour, aud then leap
lrfp the air and travel at ninety
nNea, They are dangerous enemies
l0puhmarlnes The aviation service
wtil need 10000 men to operate the
new air fleet IN Europe and the
"a, ernmont has authorized twenty
tdur fylng schools These piluN of
me air will came largely from the
rssks OF the motorists men who are
N1uhluU0fu W Hanullilk kHNbilUf en-
gMes. Rec Ytly the army advertised
fot 100 200 ma chirlsiH electrician
carpcntera and gasoline enpinomen
fdt tho aviation section, To keep
srriy airplanes in repair and nat
utally these must come largely from
nien trained In automobile factories
ln connection with aircraft mohl
liMtion let us not forget that the
srsnt rubber factories arc in II, oun
nektratinE on observation balloons
asp colossal sharklike ilriRiblrr for
crIising theNRerinl seas We like TO
Think OF these 'at;er AZ SarsbipH of
he skleH. 10 patrol the coast wateiu
fur submarines.
when the president wanted man
tuhead the aircraft Industry he went
to the automobile field and chose
Inward n. Coffin of Detroit who
hGl already one important govern
nwbt work IN making an industrial
inycntory OF the Unltad states lie
Ia now chplrman OF the aircraft
bchrd, Mr.. Cotfin said 10 me i'm
Washington
An Inspiring Mobilization.
fIt Is an inspiring mobilization
thst you find N he automobile IN
d1ttry. which. IN addition "a build
IN motor vehicles for the allies. IL
making such things as ahells, guns.
rafts OF armament Of various Kinds.
sNel helmets and armored motor
equipment and is doing a tremen-
cmis lot of other work for the United
sSts.
moblliga tlon, and Of tho patriotism
ofautomobile men, n their remark
a g.. s..sa a .4.
nwthods their development of stand
arriEation and methods ~ quantity
prpductlon, their influence on the
prrRress OF machine tool designing.
thu development and manufacture ut
tw standard army truck. tho do
yelnpment OF the motor tank aud the
designing and construction OF air.
cran englnca 90
IA good instance ut the service
the automonve industry Is giving the
government is found In the manu-
taeture OF the recoil mechanism for
hW guns, The ordnance department
hni sought from coast to coast Tor
facilities to ip this work, when the
mctcr car Industry of Detroit snid
This is our iob. wen .ake IT. They
do and passed II along 20 one manu-
fafinrer,
hWithout the motor vehicle indus
w there probably would never have
rem an aircraft Industry. because
the motor car munufnCt nvers dcvel-
opad tho gasoline engire 60 point
where II was dependable for uae ln
thu air. Tho Liberty motor Itself
iSa result
"A very important thing too is
that the automobile Industry has
heen responsible for the DEVELOPMENT
OF alloy steel from the beginning
Commenting on mon essential"
Industries. MIR Coffin went on
There IS Practically no such thing
aaa pleasure car industry. The use
ot the passenger cur Is so pcr cent
Tor business and unitarian pur-
poses
fOf course we all realisc that u
TIM war eues on many industrial
rhanges viii be brought about and
Il h probable that tho motor ear In
ddStry,N along with others must be-
converted inosome degree 70 governs
utent needs. Rat we need TO do THIS
conversion gradually, and only after
careful STUDY. So that we may ANuii
tina wreckluR ut great oates organisa
tiehs and collateral interests built up
uver long periods
'lt we continue TO finance the
war. we must keep this country go.
ing as u prosperous, economic ma
oliine. War urdcra may bring I'm
itef profits to the Individual manu-
facturer but when our governments
. Fa4enues bsppme daDendanf aDlelN pft