Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 27 | Kaiser Failed to Consider Auto Makers

, KAISER FAILED to Hie rairas Motor Preparedness and Motor Patriotism Now Winning War, Says Browning. "Among other things, Germany overlooked over-looked two important factors in America Amer-ica 'a ability to prepare for war," said Manager Arch Browning of the Browning Brown-ing Automobile company, local Willys-Overland Willys-Overland distributors, in commenting icently upon the aid given by our o,000,000 registered motor vehicles in war preparation. "The two items," continued Browning, Brown-ing, "were our motor-preparedness and motor-patriotism. Automobiles have helped answer some questions which the German military authorities probably asked themselves: 'What could wo do and how quickly could we do it?' "These questions were quickly answered an-swered when 1,000,000 Yankees were placed beside the fighting British and French on the line of defense. And again when, on a world Independence day, we had the biggest day's shipbuilding shipbuild-ing in the world "s history. "'Behind all of these outstanding victories vic-tories against time was the good American Ameri-can motor-patriot, quietly aiding by increasing in-creasing his efficiency with his motor car. Taking into consideration the registered reg-istered motor vehicles this gave us a potential passenger-carrying capacity of 25,000,000 people, one-fourth of our entire population, which could be transported trans-ported 100 miles in a single day in our automobiles with only the first filling of gasoline. Into our war program we were ready to throw 100,000,000 horsepower, horse-power, represented by these cars. Needless Need-less to say, this force, this motion, meant additional war-horsepower to . hurj at the Hun. Motorists Respond. "We needed funds, and we called on the motor-patriot who responded with his car. These men in every town have been a part in the raising of over $200,-000,000 $200,-000,000 Red Cross work, and in the flotation flo-tation of over $8,000,000,000 subscribed in the three Liberty loan campaigns. "Thev have helped in the raising of $2,000,000,000 in war savings stamps. Large territories were outlined into solicitation districts, and these were covered in record time in automobile The farmer must be seen and the cam-pjygn cam-pjygn was carried to him on the farm jf,y means of his friends and neighbors r with their motor cars. "Great business districts were covered cov-ered in the same way by the use of the automobile. ' ' Sixteen enormous army cantonments, canton-ments, to house almost a million men, the ordinary accomplishment of years, 'ere built in ninety days. This was accomplished by crowding an immense amount of energy into a small amount of time. Without the aid of the motor vehicles the men who have accomplished this work, admit it would have been an impossibility. Motor corps composed of patriotic nieu and women have been organized and have been working tire- , lesslv. And thousands are volunteering volunteer-ing the use of their cars on certain days for the use of Bed Cross and other patriotic work. ' "With millions of men in seniee, the work of this nation has gone on practically uninterrupted. This has undoubtedly un-doubtedly been materially aided by increasing in-creasing personal efficiencv with the automobile. A very definite example of this situation is the salesman. One of the greatest and most important food concerns in America reports that the automobile has made their salesmen sales-men from 10 to 20 per cent more efficient. effi-cient. This represents an increase in man-power with the aid of the automobile automo-bile which helps to take up the slack caused by men in service. For Professional Men. "But what of the professional service? serv-ice? In this highly important occupational occupa-tional division we find the physician called out in the middle pf the night, speeding to save a life by prompt response re-sponse to an emergency call. We also find him taking care of more patients over a wider area to make up for some other physician wearing the uniform. "The country preacher, too, is going about using his passenger car to minister min-ister to the wants of his congregation by using his car on his mission of mercy. "Likewise the lawyer, the jndge and the college professor find the motor car helps to conserve their time and energy. en-ergy. "Throughout the entire texture of the business world we find the transformation transfor-mation quickly wrought and brought upon a war basis. " Speed, speed, and more speed has been the cry, and America answered the challenge to the Hun with her 5,000,-000 5,000,-000 automobiles which represent the greatest transportation force, the greatest great-est war-weapon ready to hand in the world. ' '