Show MOTOR MOJOR LEADERS SILENT AS WAR AR PlAN IS HINTED HINn Durant Will Reveal Sensational Sell Sen- Move at an Early Date SPECULATION IS RIFE Ford an G. G M M. C C. Companies Corn Com Involved DETROIT Mich 26 CAP AP APAs I As the period approaches when the long rumored war within the motor Is is expected to be brought Into the open leaders In III Inthe the In industry continue to observe a tight respecting their plans I In t the e meantIme meantime persons by the ebb and flow of the market speculate In aU all directions reg regarding the next move of the principals Of the three prime factors In the rumored war the Ford organization tion the the General Motors corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion and th the from independents only the latter jias Jas there conic come a statement upon w i ll might ht b bE placed the stamp WIlliam C C. Du 16 a a manufacturer In tt the e independent field which Includes concerns neither with the organization nor the General Motors 1 announce announced that he shortly will reveal for a move that Will rival in his already sensational career r within the motor industry SPECULATION RIFE Speculation regarding Du Durants Durant's arit p bt Ian tS S1 ri fer b t rii ost p t tent rumor mor is t that t. t he with with- draW from WaIf Vall street and again tal take up an active role In the manu manu- g end of the the b Rumor has It he plans a anew new low priced car the product of ofa ofa a combine on which he Is reported been working for more than fe year r. r Whether the I bIne contemplates a merger Of tour four factories In which Durant uran lOW ow the interested flint Du St r wIth o oti pr r companies Is a a. nu mE pf f much speculation One i 1 has it the Continental Moto a number of other in int t nt in published reports 8 1 l in in- merger tha-merger the merger If It hi about 1 I ither the Ford p 1 1 Motors x c ened feg regarding Duranto t d' d t prod er els el's gl r n e f Ul rm I r t li rotors 1 iL ih lJ illi Jr r j 3 J f c I i t I 4 1 h 1 f fl at e ba bag of the enigmatic Ford But Ford I is' is reputed to lo locked ked iii Ill his own brain brain- and thus far far ho he has given Information regarding them for fol consumption Of the numerous numerous plans o the Ford company one one which is given more than credence Is that It soon announce announce-a a revised revised re- re re- re schedule sCh on the light car It now has on the market markel this to be followed later by the introduction of a n new w four cylindered machine with an an co cooled air l d motor and 9 changed transmission The new car It H. Is repotted reported will In the lower class V a few months according to tl these ese reports Ford will be on the open market with a second new car car this an cylindered t machine of the priced middle variety RETICENT The Gen General ral Motors corporation third factor In the rumored war wal f fOr r supremacy supremacy has been retIcent ret ret- regarding plans Indications Indications' however are th t the corporation will stand with Its present line of cars General Motors 1 now ov has a total of seven passenger machines on oh the market and a host of trucks and accessories Its light cars the I Chevrolet at present Is the leading on page 12 S ii MOTOR TOR LEADERS 4 SILENT AS WAR WARS S PLAN IS HINTED S Continued from page 1 sell r field which previously was wag dominated b by Ford General Motors Is understood to take the positron that the phenomenal phenomenal enal success of f their product wa wal not cau d b by added demand but bu on the contrary was due to the In theIr process of cutting on competitors competitors' business Respecting the relative posItions of oC the three principal groups only the status of the Ford organization Is' Is not a matter of public record iBy By reason reason ot of the tremendous sale of its products heretofore however the company Is conceded to be solIdly solidly sol sol- idly The company is owned the Ford famIly famIly fam- fam Ily and its stock Ot listed on the open marl market et Ford Is Ig reported to have been silently silently si- si retrenching for or the past year and a halt half and and to to have plied piled up an enormous sash cash reserve No production lion tion figures have been Issued durIng durIng dur- dur Ing th that t time and tIlls this fact has led to th the report that the plans were were being g- g galte alte alted d for the Installation of ofa ofa a new line of or machinery for the production of new types of cars The rhe plants have been oper tIng on ona a basis during this reported reported re- re ported alteration SHOW GOOD EARN Although some of tile the Independent companies ompa Jeg did not announce large profits last year most of them are declared to have shown good earnIngs earnIngs earn earn- Ings and to have surpluses surpluses-en land General Motors 1 has just concluded ed its record year In which sales of more than a a. billIon dollars were announced along with net profits or of I Most 1 of Its its its' plants now now are reported reported re- re ported running at The Chevrolet plant plan t at FUn Flint t Mich l last month of more than machines and this month ears ars at atthe the rate of aday aday a a. day are being being- turned turne out The March schedule for the plant calls for or machines The plant is working in shifts S The Cadillac Buick Pontiac and other General Motors plants ure tare said to be at the peal peak of f also The new Oakland plant I which has just been Jeen completed at is Ig just getting under headway Approximately cars carsa a day are being turned out there with production gaining g rapidly The new LaSalle car produced by General Motors hardly has had time for proper introduction on the open ma ket but Is also reported as malting rapid progress S Jf If the rumored plans of Ford ma- ma he will be In the field against General Motors and the Independents independents In- In dependents with the three major types of cars for the first tIme durIng durIng dur- dur Ing his career in the automobile Previously he had be been n content with the light ht car field lie He would have in the lower priced field the Ford and the rumored new four four- cylindered machine his reported new eight in the medium priced class and the Lincoln in the higher her price field fJeld |