WAR WILL BRING BUSINESS BOOM H. M. Jcwett, Paige President, Makes Optimistic Pre dictions Increased instead of restricted pur rliaslng power, an extraordinary boom in general business and conse quent country-wide prosperity are the optimistic prophecies of businessmen who are analyzing the situation brought about by the entrance of the United States into the war. ® One of these prophets of optimism is Harry M. Jewett, president of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company. His comment was the result of cer- tain pertinent questions that had been put up to him to answer. He was asked, for example, what effect the war would have on business in gen eral. He was also asked If there would be a hold-up in the production of automobiles and other commercial products, whether the equipment by the United States of an army of two million men and the financing of five billions of dollars would not seriously affect the financial condition of the country. Finally, he was asked the significant question whether the pur chasing power of the people would be contracted to a certain degree. His answers were not only a flat denial of any harmful results, but an en thusiastic and confident declaration of optimism based on convincing facts and logic. "The financing of five billions of dollars by the government Is some thing that should have been started years ago," said Mr. Jewett. "The government should have continued to spend for our army, navy and coast defense until this country was in a position of absolute impregnability. "The spending of wo billions for our won defense, which seems to be the present plan, is not a matter of ?l day or a month. It takes time to equip an army of two million men, but our factories are equal to the emergency. The money used is only released for circulation, as it comes back to the people in "wages and through the purchase of raw and fin ished nroducts. As for the proposed loan of three billions of dollars to the Allies, the financing of this operation will not be felt in the United States. "If one will only take a glimpse at the banking situation in this coun try one will be convinced of this fact: It Is estimated that the capital, sur plus and deposits of our banks total approximately 35 billion dollars at the present time. Therefore, the banks alone could loan the national government at least six billion dollars and at the same time carry on the loans they are now making in the regular course of business to finance the industries of this country. "If this is the banking condition of the country at the present time, how can anyone think that the fi nancing of five billions of dollars by the people of the United States is go ing to make a disastrous impression? "The United States government can raise five billion dollars and keep on with several billion more without contracting the purchasing power of the people to the extent that general business will feel the sting, for It * GORSON'S > JSESI THE LARGEST / fi 111 i USED CAR u .|R-F BSES? DEALERS IN s&§ . .X(V AMERIC W^iI Entire satisfaction \vv to a customer / 1000 Used Cars from is our foremost thought / tl6n emno No matter whether yon are looking * *° * for an up-to-date touring oar or a snappy , . little roadster, we feel certain wo hare Jnst what yon want, at a prteo than you expected to pax. Just received from a corpor- 19 „7 ation 25 BUICK 30 H.P. RUNABOUTS. These 3 p4M : cars are thoroughly over- 19 e Yectric U ii2ar N abut 7 " p,M " • hauled, fully equipped, I ' F,lrteld M " : have new rmn.lcici nave new non SKia tires, demonstrator: fine shape. demountable rims and are u T °p Urin * : COTer,: offered while they last at ourlI1 * : n " 1 8000 mlle,: $275 IBie'sTEABNS-KNIGHT Touring: silent * motor: perfect condition; big bargain. 1317 VELIE Touring: light nix; brand- 1818 OLDSMOBILE: 8-cyl. Redan: alto new: great reduction. Suniraer tqi): extra equipment. 1017 MITCHELL Touring: only allghtly 1916 HAYNES Touring; divided front 4P>e*, 1 \ F— VJRTL, SV4E S"N /- \ F— OH .SWES N % >VASM Nou© //T~ 1 _, \||^) * r V * i takes time to spend these billions and In the meantime the people of the United States will be Retting that much more economic wealth. Instead of contracting business, the war" Is going to increase business. It will give the people of the United States that much more purchasing power. "What is making good times? Every factory In the country running to full capacity, every laboring man getting top-notch wages, and every factory selling Its product at a fair profit; every farmer getting top-notch prices for his grain and cattle. Why should anyone think under these con ditions. that there is going to be any contraction in the purchasing power of the people? The people have the money and they want manufactured materials of all kinds. "The government is not going to Interfere with general business in this country or commandeer the manufac turing institutions. Have we not sup plied more than two million troops of the Allies with munitions, clothes, arms, motor trucks and other articles used in war without taxing our man ufacturing resources beyond the limit? "The allied nations have caught up now and the factories of America are no wopen to the task or supplying the T'nited States government with its requirements for equipping an army of two million men. They are ready to turn their attention to supplying our own troops with everything they need for the defense of our own country. We have the Allies to thank for this important factor in prepared ness. It means now simply speed ing up on production instead of de creasing and America will come out within the next two years with a magnificent army. It is more than possible that our army will not go into the fighting trenches of Europe, but nevertheless we will have one of the greatest scientifically equipped armies in the world and America can take her place among the nations of the world In a fitting position. "Universal military service has got •to come. The really pitiable position which America is in to-day with prac tically no trained fighting force has proven that and it will be one of the greatest boons this country has ever had. It has taken a crisis Such as this to prove it to the American peo ple. Ayear's military training serv ple. A year's military training serv try will fit him to be a real man and give •us a sense of security that America has never yet felt. And American institutions are worth fighting for." Cadillac Production Up to 100 Cars Per Day According to the statement of Sales Manager E. C. Howard, the produc tion of eight-cylinder Cadillacs for the month of March reached a total of 2.032 cars, and April Is expected to show a substantial increase to reach an average of one hundred cars per day. During the winter minths, numer ous handicaps have been experienced, caused by delays in obtaining ma terials In spite of foresight In placing contracts long ago, and on account of railroad congestion both in and out of Detroit. The railroad situation, however, is reported somewhat easier, and the material situation is now so well In hand that production sa far as the Cadillac factories are concerned can be pushed to the limit. Soldiers Made Hurried Trip to Repel "Invasion" Eighty-five men of the Tenth com pany, coast artiHery corps, under Lieutenant Frederick Price, early tho morning of March 18, made a record run from San Francisco to Half Moon Bay to repel an imaginary Invasion from the sea. The run was made In one hour and fifteen minutes In twenty cars and two trucks of the Chester N. Weaver Company, San Francisco, dis tributor of Studebaker automobiles. Major S. F. Bottoms was in com mand of the trip, which was made in accordance with an offer to the mtli tla authorities at the Presidio by the Studebaker men at the time of this government's severing of diplomatic relations with Germany. Although the offer was accepted at that time, the Studebaker organization was not no tified in advance when they would be called on. At 3.30 o'clock the morning of March 18, the call came to be ready by 7.30 at the Presidio. At the hour appointed the caravan, each car In charge of a Studebaker driver and carrying its quota of soldiers, pro ceeded via the San Mateo road. Not a halt or a "mishap delayed tho run, and at 8.45 the force was landed on the bay shore, the two machine guns unloaded from the truck and hurry-up preparations made to pre vent the imaginary hostile fleet from landing men. Considering that the distance Is thirty-nine and one-half miles, it will be readily appreciated what the time means. Swinging, sliding almost, down the mountains, around the curves it was a miracle that they escaped without ac cident, tire, engine, brake, motor or any other trouble. The fact that every car and every man arrived at the same time, clearly demonstrated the efficiency and "durability of the Stude baker. Major Bottom, military observer on the test run, said: "It was one of the most satisfactory demonstrations I have ever witnessed, and forcibly dem onstrates what can be expected of motor vehicles over any other method of transportation. Without large con crete placements of big guns along the coast for protection against the raid of any enemy, the short time to move troops from one point to another by auto, is convincingly evident that we can protect our coast at any point without fear of the enemy successfully taking any one point. I can't say too much in praise of the actions of the Studebaker cars on the run to Half Moon Bay." Break in Automobile Motor Gradually ■ "To insure that the working parts of the motor adjust themselves prop erly this car should not be driven in excess of twenty-five miles per hour during the first five hundred miles." This notice appears on the wind shield of every car shipped by the Willys-Overland Company, of Toledo, Ohio, and according to distributors and dealers, is doing a great deal of good. All engineers and most good me chanics know that nothing is so in jurious to a new mechanism as high speed, yet probably a vast majority of new cars are driven at high speed ihslde of twenty-four hours from the time they are delivered to the retail purchaser. It is this tendency on the part of inexperienced drivers which the Willys-Overland Company is trying to combat. In no other line of manufacturing, possibly, is the product so quickly turned over to the mercies of a man who knows little of its mechanical construction and still 'ess of the way to take care of it. "A high speed passenger locomo tive offers an excellent comparison," said the local Willys-Overland dealer. In discussing this topic. "The locomotive is built to" run easily and pull a tremendous load at seventy miles an hour. But is that locomotive put at oncq into such serv ice? Hardly. The superintendent or master mechanic who would permit such a thing is not St to hold his position. "The locomotive is run 'dead' in a freight train to its point of delivery. Then it is easily and carefully "broken in by being given slow freight serv ice before it is turned over to the passenger crews. "It is a good deal the same in the case of a steamship. She is built un der a contract guaranteeing so many miles per hour, but no shipbuilding concern would think of submitting a new boat to a trial run until after her engines had ample time to 'wear in.' "It should be the same with motor cars. The better a car is built, the more care should be exercised when the motor Is new. "Careful handling of a car when new means a better and smoother en gine and fewer repair bills." College Men Want to Drive Trucks in Circus To become a member of a circus troupe has always been one of boy hood's greatest ambitions. Many per sons outgrow this attraction for cir cus life but with some the lure always remains. No better evidence of this universal appeal of the outdoor show could be found than in the list of ap plicants for the position of truck driv ers with the new motorized circus, which opens in May. There are more than 1.000 of them on file in the office of the United States Circus Corporation and most of them are from college men. Grad uates and undergraduates from the leading universities of thfe country— Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Colum bia, Princeton, Dartsmouth, Cornell— want Jobs in the circus parade as pilots of the 100 Firestone-equipped Kelly-Springfield trucks and Troy trailers. > There hasn't been much to offer the young college man in circus work HABRISBtJBG TELEGRAPH heretofore. But the new enterprise with It* motorized features presents a different aspect. Almost every young man, nowadays, can operate a motor car. Some of the circus applicants tell of their experience with father's ma chine, while others tell of their own personal attractions, such as the young man who described his social posi tion and suggested that the use of his name would bring out the social elect In every town visited. Roominess of Velie Six Instrumental in Sale Gale Henry, comedy star of Uni versal productions, wanted a car. She is a favorite among her film com panions and in addltlort to power and riding comfort, she wanted "room," so she might take as many of her r he Studebaker —As to Quality For sixty-five years the name Studebaker Compare the quality of its genuine has stood for honorable dealing with the leather upholstery with that of cars public. costing S2OOO or over. Studebaker has put into its product the Note the high grade, leather bound crim most careful and experienced workman- son carpet in the tonneau, the genuine, ship and the best materials that money pin tumbler Yale ignition lock. can buy. Note the heavy gauge crown fenders, the These combined with time honored beautiful head lamp mountings, honesty are the things that make These are outward evidences of quality, quality. but the real quality in Studebaker cars In the Studebaker Six, quality is present is that which meets emergencies, the life in the material, deep in the vital parts giving "factor of safety" which is where it is revealed by years of dura- splendid insurance for you to buy. bility and by silent, smooth running Come in and let us show you point by efficiency. point the evidences of Studebaker quality. There is further evidence of Studebaker Let us convince you that to equal the quality which you can plainly see. Studebaker in quality you have to pay Compare its beautiful paint and varnish man y hundreds of dollars more, work with that of anv car on the market It is well worth your while to investigate. F,r.C,lMerM.deU nRKfOI I AIITfi frt s,x .m. FOUR Roadster . . . . $985 UlVluvV/LL AU IV/ VV/ SIX Touring Car . . . 12M FOUR Touring Car ... 985 SIX Landau Roadater . . 13M FOUR Landau Roadster .115# -a atm Q r* p SIX Coupe** * * 17M FOUR Every-Weathar Car 1185 14/ 5. L dt. SIX LimouslAe ! \ \ \ MM All trUn /.. t. Dtlrtll All trlctl /..*, DftriM friends with her as conld be com fortably seated. Invariably there are a great many cars parked around Film City watch ing the Interesting procedures, so Miss Henry and six other, girls start ed out to look them over. It was agreed that a car wns not to be given a second look If it failed to seat three in the front scat, and four in the rear seat, comfortably. After trying about a dozen the girls decided to give it up as a bad job, when Eileen Sedgwick drove up ■ in her Velie Blltwel Six. The girls climbed in unceremoniously and with one accord exclaimed, "Here It Is!" The fact that it was a "Velie" capped the climax and caused a sale. Now, Miss Henry devotes all her spare time in the company of a car full of girl friends enjoying her new Velie to the fullest extent. Housewarming at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Seward West Fairvlew, April 14.—Mr. and Mrs. George Seward were given a "housewarming" Thursday evening in their newly-furnishei home. Music was furnished by Frank Handshule, of Harrlsburg, and Haymond Kauf man, of Camp Hill; also a vocal solo by William Davis. Games were en joyed, after which refreshments were served to: Miss Mary Weltz, Miss El sie Watts, Mrs. A. W. Emrick, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Handshue. Mr. and Mrs. "William Davis, Miss Anna Brown and Russell Kelly, all of Har rlsburg; Mrs. Ashby, of Steelton; Miss Irene Ashenfelter, of Marysvllle; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kaufman, of Camp Hill; Mr. and Mrs. H. Wolbert., Miss Nora Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. W. McCurdy, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Curry, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Haubaker, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cripple, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller, Mrs. T. J. Eshenbaugh, Miss Sophia Curry, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Miller, Mrs. W. Foulk, Mrs. R. Rapp, Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge Keefer, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kooper, Mrs. F. Bretz, Mrs. E. Walsh, Miss Thura Baker, Jo® Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Smeltrer, , Charles Smeltzer, Mr. and Mrs. George Seward and Vaughn Cripples. SENIOR CLASS ENTERTAINED New Cumberland, Pa., April 14. Last evening the senior class of the high school was delightfully enter tained at the- home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoyer on Market Square. The rooms were decorated with the na tional colors. Music r.nd games were played, after which refreshments were served to the class, composed of twenty members. 11