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Char,rttte' Autr -otiv Tritfle asocia
Uon i.,at "f r-.r cf auverse led
lotion, row U f ,ator t;,an'at any otrr
lima.", i:e t M ' a' attitude- of the
government-fcoAiila suUi.j at -Washington
had acquired "a much better
tnlertanu:r' cf tve "tomotlla Jn&ar
utaeturlns. and ala Industry because
of Information tha national"' flealers
, wssociation haa presented." t ( i.
Mr. Vesper and E. E. Peake. execu
tlva secretary cf the association, Vere
the guests of tbe Charlotte dealers'
organisation during yesterday - and
' trere the principal apeakera at a din
ner at the Bel wyn hotel at 3 o'clock.
They departed last night tor Atlanta.
Tha. fight before the war Industries
hoard, te conservation board and the
house 'aadi senate ' committee in the
interest of the dealers, directly , and
Indirectly Was reviewed in detail by
Mr. Vesper in an address . continuing
mora" than an hour. He declared the
automobile industry is tha third
largest manufacturing Industry In
tha world, the steel and clothiar man
ufacturing industries being; - greateiv
Considering tha railroad and packing
industries, tha automobile industry is
the fifth greatest In the world. With
tne'vlew of emphasizing th rapidity
of tha growth of the Indlstry, Mr.
Vesper told , of the satisfaction an
automobile manufacturing- company
expressed oyer their possibilities if or
1 a iitw tliree-sivry
jt...iuiu o.ia ity of
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U Cais Ja.',, whs occupied
sr o.-- lniriiif the lat 12 months of
full operation, Mr. Vesper n:ild tliut
company turned out 51!5 cars each
day. ,'.'.. '
" "Tho thought Centrally In the minds
of the pul !U: end iroverniuent olScials
that .the automobile . as ' purely a
pleasure car and pos'y.-ed no marked
Utilitarian value i-as cost"", this
industry "-more . than. 'any other one
thing." .aid ; Mr. Vesper. "That
thought is .not- t ."entirely! destroyed
even In the' nilndvof the official at
Washlnirton," he added. "It was Just
one year ago that the' government be
gan te understand the automobile has
a utilitarian value. Just yesterday
the war industries board, for the first
time, called- the automobile 'a pas
senger car' and if the national deal
ers', association never - does another
thing this change in official thought
will stand1 aa- a great accomplish'
mentV ,A, i ,-, -
.. Discusses; Industry's Magnitude.
: Mr. Vesper said 830,0 AO people were
engaged in the manufacture .and sale
of . automobiles, this number repre
senting 11 per cent of tha people en
gaged in the manufacturing and me
chanical industry. The $470,000,000
paid annually by - tho . industry in
wages and salaries supports 1,000,1100
people, The payrool, he said, repre
sents a sum twice as great as the in
come of the United .States postal de
partment, and is more than $100,000,
000 more than the amount of gold in
circulation in the United States; . The
capital stock of the units. of the in
dustry -la '4297.000,000, , a sum three
times the capital stock of the Stand
ard Oil company subsidiaries and
"Wfce i $ vU'S -iato dfta'.l ii 1 ' ."-
cik ion ot tne war woik-of t i.
du.-ary. Mr. Vesper, said the ir.-i-: '.ry'
development of facilities for iv-,;-.u-
I factei the 'Liberty motor i i it
Quantities proved conclusively tha
magnitude and also the spirit cf. the
industry, "This industry built the
most wonderful piece of machinery in
the world, and prepared to turn out
quantities In such-a' short time -that
tho accomp4ishment itself ml?ht prop
erly be regarded - as Wonderful. Over
lS.ooe'Uberty motors were -ready for
service In IS -months' after' the blue
prints -were made, and In that time
It was necessary to make the 'ma
chines and tools. When the war was
Won the daily-production was in ex
cess Of the 300-motors the war de
partment "said -would-' be required
each day." Turning to" a. brief dis
cussion of the. delicate work m-manufacturing
this motor, Mr. Vesper said
a variation of not more than one and
one-half thousandths: of an inch in
fitted parts was require. J'Ahother
wonderful , fact about.'' this-" motor,"
said Sir. .Vesper'.' "Is that It develops
two "horsepower for eacli pound of
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; ! "S v,r Hit Dealers Hard. i.
Turning, to a discussion ! of changes
In conditions concerning thin industry
as a result of American entrance into
the World war,-Mr, tVespet said war
work .previously. had, required 14 per
cent of the steel production and 8$
per ent was allowed commercial pur
poses, i "Eleven ; months., later. 1 war
work was requiring it per cent of the
steel output and commercial purposes
were allowed only, 14 per cent-4-fust
reversing ; the .figures, - Autowobile
factories 'took ' time .by the forelock
when aeveral-months agorthe,, lndits
try was advised to get on a 100 per
cent ; War basis - by January l, t 191,
and Rosens bf them now are not mak
ing a, tagle car. .-having, already com
pieteiy. converted their plants." stated
Mr.. Vesper. .'.''" - ""'"'
The war industries, board was highly-
complimented for its "sensible, fair
handling of the matters of great im
portance which came before it.". He
expressed .the hope- that , the board
would be kept intact, '-'even to the
office boy" and , the, law by which it
was created amended to continue its
existence -si a . "peace industries
board until such a time when Amer
ican industry again is wholly and
safely established - again on ; peace
Wprk,, .!.' - y. t . k
"It will require a considerable time
for the manufacturer to get- back on
a peace basis,". In declared.- "If every
factory could get all the raw materials
it needs for maximum pre-war pro
duction, mach 4eiay - would - ensue
while war work: tools and machinery
are disposed of and the plant" again
tooled up. The4 automobile-dealer 10
the '-meantime': must sit steady in the
boat and "hold firmly the faith - that
his business i endurable. , Keep your
balanoe now and- keep your head. It
lairealiy more important that you keep
your head now than It-was si months
ago, for rthenthe government exer
cised " control ' over Ind Uslry but now
industry mttit' largely control itself."
Ift aloslng," Mr." Vesper discussed the
benefits of .organization, ;. both lbcal
and national, in an abstract way and
urged "hut- heavers to-vget acquainted
with your competitor you may like
Mm '. ? . f "w i11
- Facing Industrial War.
iSIr." Peaks' spoke Immediately after
Mr Vesper, and informed the gather-'
ed dealers that the end Of . the world
war Brought them Into a commercial
-world war; and added that a contlnua -,
tlo M pre -, war- success in the auto
mohile 'Vidpsry,, especially the sales
end.Would require!. careful - planning,
hard . work and r)n(ii-
:"DtneTWine." the conditlohg we have
oeorr- toivea "to, contend -witli during
recon oi0ntha-havlngfar'- more cus
toiOTMl 'than 'caxir Will h , reverd "
he " aaidA . " 9 , i - :A
Early in his talk he began a review
of the history of the National Auto
mobile 1 Dealers' association. . Its or
ganization, he said, 'was the result ot
a delegation of representative deal
ers being asked "whom do you repre
sent" when they appeared . before a
senate-committee at Washington. "WO
hadn't thought of .that," Mr, Peaks
said they explalned.t "and that night
it was decided to .organize , the na
tional dealers' association:' - A year
ago this association had 100 members,
but during the past 11 month this,
number has been Increased to more
than 4.000, of which there are seven
in North Carolina and the same num
ber in Bouth Carolina,'.' . " . .. . i
Turning to- discussion of the nians
of the national association in the in
terest of the individual; dealer.v Mr,,
Peake said "we inWnd to' undertake
a cahipaign that Wfts called, a propo
garida campaign when we. were at
war.-- Also, representOAtves of . the as
sociation ,: win. camp ..at Washington
and at every'State capttol during the
legislature sessions to be prepared to
diecuss. condition in the industry
snouia any nuis unjust to the indus-i
try' be- introduced.". Ki-r-li'y :
Mr." Peaks ,was accorded a round
of cheers when he declared one bf
the great tasks before the ; national
association f"W see to it .that we
get rid of so m"kny mud roads. We
will be helped by, the, boys whert they
returh from overseas,' for they will
.demand that Ameica have as good
roads 'as they found In France."
yd' the purpose of ' emphasizlnT
What he termed the necessity of the
dealers throughout the nation, Mr,
Pea ke told hi hearers "don't be fool
ed.like Qermany was," He explained
that ""Germany was fooled nil the wav
through when It came to her consid
ering America's participation In the
war. j They undereetimated the trans
portation facilities of i the American
army. They did hot ' figure that the
autoraobller .waw faster .than the freight
train. They did not figure that,
United States could make In on yeau
more automobiles than the rent f
the world could in five years." , '
WcJ.-onwd hf Slayor, ?A
At the opening of ..the. 'meeting,
TTavor McXJnch was introduced by J.
T. Madden, president of tho Charlotte
tomoblle - Dealers' . association,
f eaklnar for .-the City of Charlotte.
I ' 'Vor Ki?"nrh extent1 I a wr'como
. i". .. n, 07. 'S. v'a..-.m. S.
' , rf Hickory; M. A.
: "-.; J. C. lirow;i, w i-
? t; A. I,. , . en, BenettsvlUe; E. L.
: . ' ?, I ; (. J. Rose, Syracuse,
V.; K. ... . non, Ruthorfovdton;
i;. L. J " : Mt. Holly; E.. H. llar-
r-. ( . ii: D. P." Clarke, :tL
lry; J. M. l)-;aton, tatesviUe: G. L.
.' vn1. i. ouresville; M. D. Tomlin,
f;ate-vi..e.O. 11. H. Winkler, Hick
ory; J. H. Norrlx. Raleigh; R. AV.
C'Une, Newton; W. ,A. Anderson,
Rock Hill; G-G.-Ludwig. Mooresvllle;
JV8. etmur, liendersonvllle; C W
Keeter., Rutherfordton; R, O. Fergu
son, Matthews; T. . J. Northway,
Rochester; R. 8.- Corpening. Newton;
W. J. Alrey, Khelbr. W. G. Alrey, Shel
by; T.. P. Stewarts Campobello; G. S.
Johnson, Hickory; R, U- Jenkins, lit.
Holly; R. L. Smith,- Mooresville; F.
HJ-Wilson, Fort Mill; vj. : F. Carter.
Davidson; W; H. W'ray,: Gastonla; T.
B. Slms-Washington: J4 B, Tutt.
Greensboro; B. I Hames. Gaffney;
A. If. James, Laurinburg; G. D. Ket
terenx Columbia; J. A. Beck, Concord;
M. E. Rhyne and R. D. Lewis, J3as
tonla; J. 8. Plyler. Waxhaw; Paddy
Reld. Rock Hill: G.-C. King. J. O.
Brockett, - T, R. Padgett and J. H.
Thomas, Forest City; B. B. Doggett,
Henrietta; J. C. Rankin and C. M;
Robinson, Lon'ell; C W. Hewitt, Dar
lington; J. ,W. HcdW-. Hickory; A. M.
Secrest, Monroe; R. W.. West,
and J. T. West and J. T.
Asheboroj O. E, Turner Gaffney: B. M.
tumble; J. W. Henderson, Piedmont;
G, W. Hayworth and C. M. Hayworth,
j : w :-. ; . 13 ti.
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A, u: : i.'tori i luienzol'iern, -v Ife
of the forner German emperor. Her
whereabouts at prt-t-ent is unknown.
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Anac is me Digsest single reason we. can give you
- whv vou should select Reimblics. A maroritir vote, of
sucn overwhelming proportions from trucjt users all -.
over America can have Dut one meaning, t - 1
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' owners have satisfied them
, selves that Republic Trucks
. ' are of the quality and give the
service they are looking for. ,
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