Show f i I Chicago Tractor Traitor Meeting Excites s Unusual Interest I I CHICAGO May 18 13 Just Just what the thereal thereal thereal real purpose Is which lies behind th the e organization o of the national conference of tractor manufacturers which was perfected perfected per per- feeler at a meeting held at it the Congress s I hotel Is exciting the interest of oC those thos e tractor manufacturers who were Invited inviter el l I to attend the conference but hut who were not represented This Includes practically calf cally all the more Important of or the tractor tractor tractor trac trac- tor manufacturers of or the country countr an and d nearl nearly all the m members of oC the tha th National Tractor Manufacturers Manufacturers' association a tion no noa now nowa a subsidiary department of the National I Implement and m Vehicle asso association A Aa As Asa s a matter of fact few of the tractor companies com corn companies panics which have haye a a. production of sufficient sufficient surri- surri clent size to be of an any consequence In Inthe Inthe inthe the tractor trade at It the present time were represented at the meeting Twentysix Twentysix six ty-six companies w were ro represented Motor Motor Mo Mo- tor Age says sas Tine The ostensible purpose of the conference conference confer confer- ence as outlined b by Chairman D D. F F. Car- Car of the New Nw Age Alc Tractor compan company company com com- pan pany Minneapolis was the organization tion o of an association which should work worl for the elimination of ot some of the unfair practices which have grown rom up In the tho trade to stabilize the business of ot buildIng building build build- In Ing tractors to provide e an or organization In which every concern shall have the therl rl right ht to a free expression of opinion and which shall not b bs be dominated by a single ln le personality or policy to gather rather statistics statis statis- statistics tics regarding t tie the e tractor industry to be presen presented to to government t In substantiations substantiations n- n of the tho claim that the tractor in industry industry In- In l Is an essential one and therefore Is entitled to preferential treatment Also to enlist If possible the unanimous unanImous unanimous efforts of the tractor Industry of the country to work cooperatively el with the a agricultural department and the food commission to the end that the tractor industry In may he be stimulated and nd nd sustained sustained sus sus- US- US and the food pro productive e capacities ot of the country countr increased Essentially these purposes arc are embodied embodied embodied em em- bodied In a resolution Introduced by br G. G S. S S Albaugh and which also provides for forthe forthe or orthe the appointment of a tractor war service committee which shall han work cooper cooper-a cooperatively with the government This committee committee com com- Is compo composed erl of the following campan company company com cam pan pany representatives James R. R Collins PeorIa D. D F F. F Car- Car Minneapolis A A. A Violette lolE Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- troit W W. R. R Gleeson Minneapolis H 11 D Lauson New cw Holstein Vis Wis is G G. S S. S AI- AI hau baugh h Chicago I F 1 R. R Beeman Minneapolis Minne alinne- apolis alos F. F II IL Cozzens New r York J M. M Robinson Peoria leorla John Hurlbutt Dt De- De troit D D. Waterloo Ja Ia la R R. T T. J Evans vans Hudson Hudon 0 O. and H H. H W. W 1 Adam Adams Minneapolis I. I Behind this however Is the hope ant and I 1 I I I the purpose e to Influence the the government o through the fire essen essential argument t t to finance the building and distribution of tractors This Idea was conceived conc first by A A. A Violette of Detroit who called caned a conference of tractor which met at Washington This vas was followed b by another meeting at New ew York at It which time It was vas decided to call can the Chicago meeting It was openly avowed o ed b- b by many of the speakers at the conference that the hope of o of inducts inducing the government o to finance tractor manufacture was entertained and |