Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
FREAK LAWS CAUSE
ENDLESS TROUBLE.
Automobile Owners Believe Them
selves a Much Prosecuted and
Martyred Class
WILL FIGHT NEW BLUE LAWS"
Conditions Hamperlug Progress at
Evolution Of Traffic Methods Appar-
eotly General Through East

The automobile world Is troubled
these days, and Is bowling loud its
woe. The source OF the pinching shoe
Is automobile legislation. and Of this
there seems to be a summer crop In
the east that is freaky to the extreme.
Legislatures characterized by the mo-
torIst ms "hayseed," and opposed to all
progress, as wen as convinced that
motor drivers are In class with mad
dogs and need such legislation as be-
hts a demented person, have made laws
and laws. that have raised the wrath
Of the ear drivers, who try to oyerrun
them
New York seems TO have a full share
OF the new blue laws az witness this
letter from the New York Motor Car
company TO the police commissioner, IN
which the company begs leave to kind
Iy be allowed to live without being
charged 80 much breath by the po-
lice.
"Wnl you kindly advise Us under
what conditions We can continue 10
handle automobiles and demonstrate
them In the city Of New York without
being subject 20 arrest at the hands
OF your traffic squad?
I'VE are An the business, and handle
automobiles price Of which does not
Justify US IN having a demonstrating
machine, in other words, we take out
a new car and dispose Of that machine.
Today our demonstrator was stopped
by three different bicycle policemen,
and they demanded Where arc thu
numbers on your lamps2 70 yol 20
not put numbers on the lamps ara pat
registration seal bearing Tho nunbet
that Is on your tug, which Is on the
back Of your car, You VIII be subject
10 arrest
Should we observe these ia-truc.
tons, we viii have TO have 4 license
issued TO us for every automobile thu,
we may sell during the year and e6ts
"a seal placed on every machine. for ~
remove the seal from the new cur
would ruin the painL Besides should
we get license out for every one 81
the machines that we have for sale,
the new owner as soon as he purchas-
cd t. would have to get out another
license,
IT is our intention and desire to OBJ
serve your regulations and also the
laws OF this state IN every respect, but
we also wish to he able TO continue IN
business
COPS FOR FREIGHT CARS,
The editor Of Automobile Topics, pub
lished al New York, also has his moan
to make. He declares concerning the
stringent laws;
only Hide more of that sort OF en-
forcemeut OF the law which Police Com
missioner McAdoo Of New York has
been giving recently is necessary 10 ro-
duce the whole statute 10 a ridiculous
farce. II Is needed now only that the
cops shall spy out the freight cars car
rylng automobiles as they come into the
city and compel the dealers 70 get a
license for every machine before taxi
ing It from the railroad yard 70 THAR
garages, Then the Much Adoos should
be sent 10 the factories In the subIshs
and see 10 II that every car Ii .Ioense.
as soon az il is put togetheg In the az.
semblying room. Steamers corning TITO
port with motor cars aboard certainly
should DO quRrautiued lot io days ur, ]
Licenses are issued for every Ger, md
II ut all practical 4 man Should b.
compelled TO take out license II Ia
inte1ds &c lndulze IN any thinking
abou. his irsthed OF travel. Attel al!
these matters MA nicely Fixed, tie pa
tee ot1oislE r'ty magistrates, country
consfahlss hhyHsed legislators. and ali
cthelr who hate progress might further
arnuse :hsrnssve, ~ FoirE 10 she see.
sho.s. aGd, TX, KinE CSnute, ordering
the waves a. dc Alp feps.
Below are a few pltAy paragraphs on
this same subject cullod from the auto
mobile press at large.
one hundred and eighty owners OF
automobiles in Scranton last week
formed an association for fighting the
effort 10 compel them to take out IL
censes In each county through which
they desire to run their machines. A
few days ago ll6 OF them were arrested
for failure 10 pay the Lackawanna
county tax Of 50, and they now dIscov.
er that they are liable to similar arrest
IN every county In which they run their
machines.
They will engage attorneys and go TO
the supreme court, II necessary, In the
endeaVor TO prove that the law is UNI
constitutional, AS there are G. coun-
ties IN the state. 1t would cost an auto
mobilist who desired to travel generally
through the state 1874 n year for the
| privilege. besides his state tax.
once more a New York alderman has
| introduced an ordinance requiring au-
tomobilists 10 pay tax to the city and
take out a municipal license. This sug-
| gests for the aldermanlc motto: "T'ell
with the statutes, we need the money!"
A Maryland autotmobillst bearing
| the rugged, unconquerable name Of
| Stonebraker, has begun suit TO test the
| plight Of a turnpike company 10 collect
| toll from Automobiles, He asks for an
! Injunction TO restrain the company
| from collecting tolls on motor vehicles.
| Here's hoping that Mr. Stonebraker
| win break the back OF the turnpike
monopoly,
when petty officials, swollen with the
| pride OF office, cast logic, law and rea-
| son TO the winds, and close public high
| ways 10 one important class OF users. II
| IL plain that the day Of reckoning Is not
| far Off The Massachusetts worm will
! turn at last. and II viii not be the first
! time purbind officials OF the Bay State
have been called down.
The remedy for the whole situation
is education. The man on foot should
| learn that all automobilists are not