The sun., 1908-10-29
AMONG TIE AUTOMODILISTS
VETERANS ADVISE GOOD BOY
PUPILS Of AUTO SCHOOL.
". n. scarritt, A. n. PardinGton, Alfred
Reeves and Others Deliver Addresses
at Opening Session OF Y. NJ. G. 4.
Firth Year OF Motoring Instruction.

reeves ana Otnerb Denver AuuFebbet
at Opening Session OF Y. ". G. 4
Firth Year OF Motoring Instruction
Several hundred prospective owners or
operators OF automobiles were present
last night at the opening session Of tho
NTH year OF the automobile school OF the
West Side Y. NJ. c. A. II. c. Broksw. prin'
cipal Of the school. presided and intro
duced the speakers, among whom were
Winthrop +. Scarritt. a former president
OF tho Automobile Club Of America and q
member OF the A. @. A. board Of governors
and chairman Of the clubs committee or
public safety: A. X. Pardlngton, second
vice-presldent and general manager oil
the Long Island Motor Parkway; Gen
John 4. Cutting. Waldron Williams. chair
man Of the A. c. 4. bureau OF tours commit
tee. and Alfred Reeves. general manager
Of tho American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association. After calling attention to
the rapid develo pment OF the motor car
industry and congratulating the Y. NJ, G.
A. on the excellent work II is doing In train
ing young men to be competent drivere.
Mr.. Scarritt said:
THE fst obligation OF an automobil-
ist is that he should have a conscientious
sense Of the fact that he is driving more
or less powerful locomotive through the
public streets and highways.
Second, he Is under obligation TO remem-
ber that the highway belongs TO all the
people, and that the law gives the right OF
way to pedestrians.
Third. he Is under obligation TO master
his machine. Here ignorance Ia crime.
The pushing OF the weong pedal or the
pulling OF the wrong lever at critical mo-
ments may mean death and disaster tc
passengers and pedestrians alike. There.
fore a complete mastery OF the motor car
at all times Is Of the greatest Importance
The power and potency OF any agent Tor
good is an exact measure OF its power for
evil under abnormal conditions. The loco
motive drawing an express train Is mighty
agent for good In transporting human
beings rapidly and safely on their way.
But II 1t leaped the track. the same mighty
force that made 1t a blessing to civilization
now makes 1t o terrible means Of death and
disaster.
tion to the public, from whom he gets his
and not menace IT, to drive with the great
est care and the utmost consideration Tor
other users of the highway. This is an
Souttesy ana So decencS dEren S and % fair pas
virtue OF the fact that he is operating the
most powerful vehicle and that he Is, com
paratively speaking. an innovator on the
Fifth the motorist Is under obligation
to be constantly on the alert to prevent
accidents due wholly to the fault Of others.
q dsHf an or hs Boy drs from Re
hind tree. II the driver, be not alert
and go. trained that he ipstinctively does
"In no other field Is the old adaee better
exemplifled that eternal vigilance is the
price Of safety. 1t is. a psychologist law
tod to do the oftener 1t is repeated. The y9nnF
driver should repeat over and again What
shall do 70 stop quickly?' Push out that
SnSh pull on hss iSat brake
repetition and practice one learns fnel liy
just what to do when the moment Of crisis
Somss Apparently without hsy;nE I;nS time TO 70
your car: your life may depend some day
on how quickly you, can stop IT, Perhaps
all these rules may be summarized in one,
and treat the other man on the highway
as you would like to be treated.
Alfred Reeves took as his subject. tt he
Automobile Future in America. his remarks
being in part as follows:
1T wasn't so very many. years ago when
the joke was proverbial that the motorist
spent Of his TINE in pomsmSsr rhs Ss5 and I
turning from q hfty mile trip in the early
days and being met with incredulous smiles
when we claimed to have made the Trip
we have 1000 mile trips with sealed bonneis,
Some learned gentleman once renarked
that there were three kinds OF lies The
ordinary untruth Gsh and automobile
Nevertheless the statistics Of the last
ten years are our mail guidance for the
Reuss Re ssrS q eares Hs sass nfe aoE%s but sale
to say that the automobile sales In 1908
were, considerably less than 200 600.
which has increased 70 over 100000. 600
in Whila this yAAFQ figures when N0m -
piled viii show almost II not about the
came. despite the recent financial depres-
sion. During iSo, something Sid & iike iS, $500 Zoo
will supply about the same figures. al
though many OF them are Of the small type.
il is worth noting that the automobile
ing the last twelve months than any other
line, although the increase was on the side
of the cars selling fer 81 200 or , less; ,,
OF the automobile business is about be-
1000. with. an additional $4,000 900 In
kindred trades and s57 600 900 more In
q total OF sis7. 600 900. According to latest
figures obtsinable there are Ss, 900 en-
ployees In the automobile factories In
directly dire 10 making the parts. @Slis there
are 2i.5Oo In the sales and garage estab-
ishments. This gives total OF more
The recosds show that there are In
this country ,2as builders Of automobiles.
OF which at least i25 are beyond the ex-
pertmental stage and are placing practical
than 500 different trades involved In auto
mobile man ufaoture, running from leather.
yarnish. broadcloth and buttons to steel.
brass and rubber. Although the Inn
portation Of automobiles is fast decreas-
ing II is a fact that some s?s, 900 900 worth
Of foreign cars have been sold here, The
trend Is now going the other way and
the export trade Of the American maker
Is increasing rapidly
With 81 900 cars as a conservative estl-
mate for this year IL Is safe to say, that
1000 automobiles have been sold here
during the last eight years. During the
In New York state alone. making q total
registration In the State since the law
went into effect OF 63.s3s cars. Above
all and Of great Interest % those about
new ohauneurs wero registered during the
current year, One cannot be a. pessimist
on the automobiles future in the face OF
such figures.
Factory reports Indicate a tremendous
production in motor cars for next year
that range from $3.50 for the schoolboy TO
tli 900 cars for the luxury loving million
total production Of 80. 900 cars. two Of the
each. Yet there Is no reason 90 believe
that next year will see an oyerprodu ction,
reasonable pSices. The tremendous buying
power Of this country is. evidenced In a
score OF ways and particularly by the alb
sorblng Of motor cars during the last two
Possibly. next years production win
the last Ave or six years a million, buggles
year have been made and sold by the
them no one has been able to say. but the
manufacturers continue TO turn out these
great quantities of horse drawn vehicles,