The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-09
rae scoRcRER IN NEW JERSEY
Law Ablalns AutOmoblIste Should Not Ne
Made 20 aumer for Ills Cpsnslnal FOlly.

To THE EpIroR or The sUS-SiT: Ever
person Interested In the use OF automobiles
for sport, domestic convenience or oommes-
cial utility Ia likely 10 be struck with the
letter written from Eatontown, ~ D., by
&c. d.. IT," which appears In TIE SUN OF
August ?. The letter relates principally 70
the ubiquitous scorcher. but the dire predic-
tion Is made that unless the soorcher 10 sup
pressed, laws excluding automobiles from the
highways will be inevitable. C. d.. H. also
says that those who do not use automopises
hate them. and that those who do not use
automobiles Outvote US 100 TO Z. and comprise
farmers. horsemen and the masses OF pedes-
trlans. No further says that We I'm new
Jersey are right nov up against" a PROPOSE
tion 20 elect a Legislature and Governor on
the sole issue Of safety " highways ana
exclusion Of automobiles" and that societies
are being secretly formed for that purpose
That letter IL Of a strain that New Jersey
ne wspsper readers are entirely familiar Wild
The great mass Of New Jersey automoon-H
are admitted to he law abiding; but because Q
few idiots obtain possession OF automobiles
and rush them over the highways at danger
Gus speed thesInreasonins resident wants all
sutomobilists burdened with the blame. l
have operated automobiles In New Jersey
more than eight years and have never been
intsrfered with by the represe ntatiyes OF law
and order; and like the majority Of automo-
bile owners In my state ] abhor the scorcner
with deadly repugnanoe. but do not consider
Il would be fair 20 close up this source OF my
pleasure and amusement because fools who
ought to be In prison are found at the steering
wheels Of some automobiles. Only last Sum
day I was jogging along a road at my favorite
pace OF nineteen and three-duarter miles an
hour. A handsome dog. innocent Of evil
intent. engaged In a race with my machine.
when. -whizz. a soorcher few past. msngling
49, -sak- ->AA ~ 4 VAd
I started m pursuit OF the Law breaker 70
chasing a pigeon, The number Of the dog
"I'S do not se% know anything about societies
New Jersey, but ! ann well aware tina, there
will breed detractors and nsrrowmlnded
sn nso%oSi n erS q New o Jersey y se sa~s ' 20 bear sss
sentstiona When railways were arst pro.
predicted that the passage % trains would
prevent BOWS from giving milk and that the
tation 70 that hocEs and herds would die Tor
want Of food. New Jersey opponents Of prog
ress made similar absurd predlcti?ns about the
to make good their evil 9Tens they nov, shout
that the motor car is running the roads and
and sraveftorn from the surface OF the roads.
These are mare assertions founded on pretu-
dice alone, without, the least basis OF truth,
but the falsehoods are finding credence
through the force Of persistent reiteration;
What agencies are most destructive to roedsg
The abrasion Of the road building material
by iron and steel tires and the abrasion and
tearing action Of horses shoes. No person
familiar with the. maintenance Of roads will
deny the truth Of this statement. Where "
the abrading element Of . rubber tireI
There is none, and q macadam road would
endure indefinitely we're nothing more de-
strn ctive than rubber tires imposed upon II,
There 10 almost as little foundation for the
charge that automobiles carry away the sur
face matter OF. roads BY the suction that
ton 1 have found that the dust in question
is q light, dourlike substance that represents
very little solidifying material; ~ Is safe
to say that q strong wind would drive away
more of that surface dust In an hour than q
procession Of automobiles would do in a
week. and q heavy shower would wash away
more surface dust in an hour than those pro-
cessions OF many automobiles would move
In q year.
These ara facts. and the enemies Of auto
founded ANGUS SINCLAIR,
President New Jersey Automobile and Motor
Club.
NEWARK. n. j., August s.