The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15

....tI 40 move SLOW ~ IS Il point
.-.E not taken into cOnsidera-
either party TO the auto situa-
E.. owner or the public. For
.~atuInnbile has grown into AN in
..u If such magnitude that the
has become Il sort of nOn-par-
...M4 partner in the industry and
.I-uIj.
-- the surface the automobile is
.,ljnE and vital question. 1t is one
...-,. manifest luXurIes which ex-
Ur spirit of the mob. To the
of 81 city ii is an unfailing mag
fur rocks and tin cans. Among
I.uygeOiSc the resulting irritation
the form of Il studied indiffer-
# .. Il loud contempt. Among the
.... stricken gentility it raises q
r.u.r if gentle sorrow at the inabil-
"t The rich to enjoy. The Sim
Life which was nothing if not a
.n huok-came at the moment to
...I as a concrete protest against
~uUIotnObile, which those who had
.I NOT We're too modest to voice. 1t
..~tl"d an excuse for not motoring
the penuriouS had awaited long
/ with tears. To those who owned
uDr@ it said take your motor sim
toG what it is worth. If it can't
better than fifty miles an hour
TOSS country, get another ear" The
.p|r life among other virtues pos
sell i'm no small measure the COM
quality of Teutonic guile. But
ro.i"f was a palliative instead of
I%ari.jr. The hurt remained. The au-I
mobilize is simply too big and ex-
aN, to ignore. We see them
.r.-r wa want 70 -, ,aJ -, 49,,
a. thcm Whenever they explode
st ullr line OF vision. 1t is the inner
o"Ivj@e of this basic fact which
motoring 50 delightful. In it
10 is III more than its mere con-
. a.r sense nothing more than Il
"In locomotive. Who rides in an
ou1'hii@ is simply driving 2n engine
aoll wages. The danger, the dis
-l'.t, the dirt and oil and grease
all to be commended With. Speed
g paramount duty which precludes
possibility of actual enjoyment in
performance. The personal ele-
mt of sympathy and control such as
gets through the reinS or on the
TX of a horse is lacking. There is no
-1oiee except the strain on the
the tax on the eyes that see
thing except an unfolding stretch
roat-nOthing except the knowledge
distance destroyed. Observe a driver
the end of his trip and you see a ;
u ou the wire edge of physical eX-
lstion. The face is drawn, there
throws in the brow, the eyes have
tired sQuint of a lookout before
mast. The end of autOmObiling
y be put into a phrase: from here
there and back again. And the
"posn Of the destination is merely
mark the point at which the return
begins. Why, then. should one mo-
"r, not being able to motor, con-
|uN have to repreSS his gorge at
fact hat he cannot? Why do we
Dc impossible to view the motor
with the calm contempt which he
SERVES and which we affect? I'm
llhE ana childlike as it is. the trou-
Us uut our lack but the other man'st
1ses~lnu. And. sad but true, the
.~ that keeps the factories working
time, that is c~Orrupting current
H4IuIe with the affected phrases of
sport II marrying the clippers in
MIiile Of the road while the stern
.'00 struggles with his newly in
-tt 'Sparker" OVer the brOW OF
last hill to the rear, is noe their
but our lack. Excepting
. "Ht Dltdt ana llS III 81
" l"n as Il concession TO ciViliza-
B. ..r measure of happiness to be
...'t iFom having is very nearly III
."...3n To the general want of the
- Possessed. And the more con-
".. the possession, the deepen
@.."taction. All this is vulgar, but
.." automobile fills the bill and
goes up in price Its eX7en-
and its bignesS are twin VIZ
.4H it will take years to con-
.A~ turmoil of it's coming IS
"I pride and torture TO envy.
wan dust and faint with eN-
'.|. your mOtOriSt is sustained by
"."'o| picture of the blurred
"hIeh he passes on the road.
." ..''nt to him flashes the tribute
.At the homage of desire. Ie
.".al G3ping at his progress how
r"1ltelE they turn their heads.
..'t feel him seeing and know
-%"i the automobile is glOrifed
conflict and mutually Of con-
"t't Of a craze of this sort on
..'". I~ more interesting than on
I0tH deVOteeS. And the pub
comDensatiOns. What Isl
E delightful thar q motor