Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press Winnipeg i 1920 to Hail strike puts another crimp in 1920 car output of a million workers forced to idleness by outlaw strike. Lao Tiger whack has been taken at Tor car production for 1820. A 100- or two ago extremely optimism from the principal Mami centres of the automobile a Jay indicated that the pro of new cart for the year was almost certain to 1 Irr Assed factories were Spoerl in and despite minor lao or diff Sass it looked As if tiie shortage Razoto cars might be overcome 1ss a Vear instead of the two Searf which seemed pro.0a.ble a Tirre since. I Mav be that these optimistic will be fulfilled after All i Railroad strike of the last has at least done very the motor car in has formed a habit of Domser things of Ovi Roo nuns be Ringle insuperable difficulties hat it a sians task on its Hunt Oai another new Republic one of his by the Breen motor company local Republic dealers to Reynolds Moore 9 Bantry lid., Pickle manufacturers. A of just cover a dust cover made of. Linw eclied enough to cover the car Wilh the top up is a Good invest ment. When proper shelter can not be obtained you can depend upon this cover protect the car from rain Sun or dust. It May be folded and Pla red under the rear Cushion. When brakes Are dangerous. Nearly All the motor truck lines in the United states operated by corporations or firms Are engaged in Urban business. Skid in a most precarious manner. Under such conditions tire sliding in descending ions Steep Hills if. With Cross chains on every link the brakes Are applied so that the a transmission Brake form the wheels cannot turn the car is Artt to method of descent. That Detroit Felt the Ful effect of the i Roiti almost immediately. An or a arms i sued april 12. By tiie de Rolt Edison company that All Power to be shut off and that industries i he supplied the com e ther the forced to close do to entirely or run on Power sen crated in their own Plains. I As virtually the automobile inc the territory depended upon company As the main source of i their Power the effect was imme Diate i full effects come later. Efforts were made by some of the manufacturers to install emergency j Over plants to meet the crisis but even with this expedient it was pos i the to run Only at about half nor Mal capacity. Other companies accepted the situation without a Strug Gle uie posted notices informing their employees of their shutting Down. I Ost of the factories Weru. Running a part production is Thoj week Eliuk cd but it Wum virtually cer j Tain Bluit unless Relief a l ordeal forty eight in seventy two hours the entire Industry would at u Suu Lisull. I Hile the actual numb i of employees thrown out of work cannot to accurately estimated it is he j lived that tit Leas t so per cent of the j men employed in the Industry were Al j footed. General manager Haynes of the Dodsie Brothers factory declared that of the company s is.000 employees were of Fecit cd and a can Vass of the other factories indicated that virtually the same conditions prevailed elsewhere. The Ilo Tor co. Main factory is operated by its own Power but the blast Furnace and body Plant Are dependent upon the Detroit Edison co. And at least 20.000 men employed by Ford Are affected. Inability to get raw material or to store the finished pro duct is expected to throw about 30. 000 More out work within the . Out of work. Two Days after the strike 6ta.rted it was estimated that Between wild men were out employ ment in Detroit alone another in Flint in Pontiac in Lansing and so on Down the line. In the entire automobile Industry in All parts the country men out of work on account of the strike be a conservative estimate. When the strike started most of the plants were just beginning to re cover from the effects of the steel and Coal strikes and had Little Opportunity to replenish their Reserve Stock of materials depleted by Thesa two strikes. They were As a Rule running on a hand to Mouth in fits and even had they not suffered the loss of their Power undoubtedly would have had to curtail production on account of a. Lack of materials. Even with an immediate s Ettle ment of the strike the full effects cannot be overcome in the Detroit District for at least a. Month or six weeks. Most of the companies Are Down to the very last of their stocks and they will not be Able to replenish thes e for some time. When the strike is Over foodstuffs and other necessities of life will naturally be the first to move Over the railroads and materials for automobile Manu facture will have to wait until the j accumulation of these necessities has i been cleared away. In View of the fact that the railroads have proved i inadequate to handle even. Normal j flow of their business it May readily be seen what the automobile Indus try has to face. I j baiter filler j a very convenient filler for put j Ting electrolyte in. Battery jars la i made by steaming an cold Jar until it j is soft and when forming a sort of spout at one Side by Means of two pieces of of arc. When the Jar Opp la it retains the shape that Lias been Given it. Republic trucks honest value Low operating Cost Long term a usefulness dependable service these Are the reasons for re Public preference Here and everywhere. 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