The Washington herald., 1918-04-28
Auto Heraldings

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Quite properly the effort, of almost the entire automobile
s for the past twelve have been winning
the Production of automobeseyen automobile truck-for
ordinary commercial and domestic purposes has ceased be the
paramount of automobile manufacturers for the makers
Of have been busy converting the
energy. the ingenuity. the esourcefun and the efficiency which
the past decades have enabled the automobile industry
manufacturing methods and develop quantity production
point before dreamed of.
This energy has taken many and divergent forms
Not all Of the automobile factories actually producing munitions
of although the production of trucks for military service, of
plane of ansubmane craft OF artillery tractors and
thousand and other things which the United States and her
allies need urgently tor direct winning the
surprisingly large part Of the productive capacity of of the
biggest automobile factories in the country
In view of the which the automobile industry already
has rendered the prosecute the most
effectively particularly since this activity being constantly
creadwe shall not be accused of sordd commercaim of
lack of patriotism if this time dses for the purpose Of
attempting diagnose the future of this mammoth industry itself For
winning of the war the injunction % time prepare
more clearly applicable than today
Without exception every dealer Washington extremely op
mc outlook for the automobile only for
the period after the but for the immediate The
limited by natural which fundamental but
by the desaby and necessity for sacrificing selfish ends the
greater in which all so vitality interested.
At $1,000 of the 100000 who employed by the
automobile and allied industries at this time last the
of Uncle SAM either the khaki and blue of the
and engaged the production of material and military
equipment.
trades have lost higher of employees than other
dusy the decrease the number of workers January, for
p being than oneenh of the total number employed during
the previous month.
While the the service flags indication that thou
sands of them will over the and keep their fatefu ndez
with death No Mans Land the majority of the $1,000
contributed the of liberty by the
and plants probably will the adventures
Of the firing n beng skilled mechanics that valuable tor
the maintenance and OF aeroanes and aviation
engines than trench fighters
The loss of this legion of workers will handicap automobile
production this however, due to the fact that the progressive
companies industry famous for resoueuness have been
preparing for just such an emergency as has arEen
Everything the national situation focuses in Washington
indicates that transportation will govern with increasing severity
conditions of American living in the twelve months.
This the opinion formed weeks study in Washington
ang production and reference
the by the of large automobile
Shortages develop one after another with startling pdy until
the large under the that insufficient supply
the rule he But usually shortage induces nrush of extra
effort and additional capital with the result that the machinery
Transportation however another story Though may pro-
duce surplus of commodities of different kinds different spots
for the general situation And facilities created
instantly the comparatively long time takes to
We may find ourselves the wheat for bread the steel for
and the coal for each surplus at its and still
be terribly want OF them because OF Inadequate transportation
That's hab be the real shortage of for
The who needs for the efficient of his affairs
and the efficient participation of his wife and daughters the
forms OF patriotic work which engaged hardly
foresight than buy The available nowbu
the whole tendency that they will not be few months from
Moreover the kind of buys important the
getting of Automobiles should be chosen and bought with
reference their efficient economic ability of
looks if only the beginning of curaed paen-
ger service by rail- Troop increasing rapidly Freight
mounting beyond anything has known
So more and more the motor called extend its range
from suburbs suburbs smaller 40
and so miles the largest $50 200 miles distant
Another factor the probable length of the The enemy
striving make short and bitter for But Washington is
proceeding the idea that will be of longer duration.
buying should buy with the that
H
of the how long will last and how high its resale
value will be he decides suddenly go government
"A and that will have the permanency of real
investment the only safe advice in prevailing conditions