The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-15
FINE WAR RECORD
OF MOTOR INDUSTRY
Its Products Turned Out With
Speed Made Early De-
cisiOn Possible.

when the full story OF the great
war is finally w-itten." declares J. c.
Flowers, president OF the Premier Motor
Corporation, "the chapter on what the
automobile industry contributed will be
one OF which every automobile man can
well be proud.
"I am not overstating II when l say
that without the American automobile
industry America could not have been
an effective factor before the early fall
OF 1919: and close students of the
purely military phase OF the war say
that the tlmeliness OF Americas entry
with two million electives was the one
thing that made 1t possible for Foch to
maintain a continued offensive on wide
front--and It was this continued Of
fensve which broke Germany's powe-
and forced her to sign an armistice.
without the patriotic sacrifice OF
the American automobile industry Foch
would not have had the strategic re-
serves soon enough to end the war in
1917
Have you stopped TO Inventory the
contributions of the automobile industry
to the winning of the war?
"In tho first place. vt was an auto
mobile man who card indexed Americas
full manufacturing equipment. and thus
fastened vast production of shell, trucks
tractors, chasers, turbines, oil burning
engines, airpanes and the Indispensable
Liberty moto-.
Millions upon millions of dollars
worth OF machinery were turned from
peace time production TO war time produc-
ton almost over highland most OF this
war machinery was contributed by the
automobile industry.
at was Vincent of Packard and Hall
OF Hall-Scott who designed the Liberty
motor The names of motor car men
who piloted war production through
that first heart breaking six months are
myriad.
THE only industry in America that
was ready when the call came was the
automobile industry. Belgium and
northern France were fed by American
built trucks. The marvellous work OF
the American Red Cross hinged pri-
marily on the volume OF American built
trucks at its disposal. Pershings fight
ing men were provisioned and kept in
American built trucks. and their deadly
artillery was brought into action by
tractors produced by the American au-
tOmoblle industry. The engines which
drove Simss chasers and destroyers
and which in turn did much 20 drive
the SUBMARINE SbAb WcTcS
many OF them. made in American auto
motive factories.
Right from the start the automobile
industry ignored its own interests conf
pletely and set a mark Of pure devotion
for the rest OF industrial America to
live up 20.
To-day. as a result OF It's war activl-
ties, practically the whole equipment Of
the automobile industry Is set up for
war production. and the industry faces
its second great trial In making the
shift back to its normal business OF turn
ing out passenger cars. trucks and acri-
cultural tractors. That the shift will
be made without any changing or strip
ping Of gears Is already evident
Il am proud that Premier has played
it's humble part in the war game we'll.
We. along with the rest will gradually
get back into peace time production,
and by spring the grand old. dependable
automobile industry will be hummins
along at her old time speed.
America Is great country, and
there is nothing more typically American
than the automobile industry"