Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-11
AUTO DEALERS
FOR GOOD ROADS
LOCAL ASSOCIATION PLEDGES
ASSISTANCE
OFFERS TIME MONEY AND CARS
FOR THE CAUSE
President Bush Confers with Cam
palan Committee and Calls Meet
Ing for Tuesday Night to
Begin Work

The auto dealers of Southern Califor-
MIA have taken up the good roads cam
naien and declare that the bonds
should be carried To this end they
have aligned themselves solidly ana
pledged their time their means, their
machines and any other assistance that
they can offer. w. f. Bush, president
of the Automobile Dealers association
of Southern California, visited the
campaign headquarters in the cham
Der of commerce building yesterday 70
tender his personal services ana 10
assure the committee that all his as
sociates equally are enthusiastic. All
of "gasoline row" is wearing the blue
and gold campaign button and every
dealer and employe is enthusiastic
about the coming election.
''You can rest assured" said Mr..
Bush, ''that we will do our part. we
expect to meet Tuesday night at III. o.
Harrison's garage and then and there
make good on this assertion.
Mr.. Bush asked what was desired OF
the auto men and in turn was Informed
that the committee needed money, the
use of machines, any amount OF per-
sonal effort on the part of dealers, the
stirring UP of dealers in the smaller
towns and, especially on election day.
plenty of machines to take voters 10
and from the polls. 1t also Is expected
of the dealers that they will conduct
an active educational campaign among
their customers and, in fact, urge the
necessity OF good roads in every pos
sible way. Mr.. Bush seems to think
these demands are nothing to what the
dealers would be willing to do and
heartily is in sympathy with what was
asked. The dealers, when they meet
Tuesday, will find these matters put
I'D to them, and it almost is beyond
doubt that they will support the good
cause, as they always do In such
emergency.
Mr.. Bush argues that no single class
will be more benefited by good rock
| highways than will the motorists, ex-
cept the rancher. Thousands of east
ern motorists in the winters months
take their machines, leaving the east
ern cities, and HE themselves to more
congenial climes Florida, with its fine
shell roads, gets much Of this wealthy
travel, but Florida has nothing to COM
pare with the Southern California cli-
mate and scenery, which would draw
practically all such persons did 1t have
better roads wherein they might run
their machines. The very lack of these
roads, he argues, keeps hundreds of
these tourists away. At the same time,
it prevents the auto dealers from
profiting by this trade. 1t also mill
tates against sales of ranches and
farms, which these people would be
quick to acquire did the county possess
adequate roads for transit facilities.
Thus, dealer and farmer are one in
their desire for these improvements.
In another point, too, Mr.. Bush ar
CUES for good roads-facility of travel
tending to prevent accidents. When
motor and team meet on the present
muddy or dusty trails. it is not only
troublesome, but often dangerous to
pass or turn out. This leads to COM
plications. sometimes of an unpleasant
nature. With broad rock roads, per-
fectly drained, there would be no
danger, when a machine took the side,
of skidding or upsetting, and the ILL
feeling sometimes engendered by such
encounters between motorist and
farmer would be avoided.
ST think we can find reasons enough"
declared Mr.. Bush. why the automo-
bile dealer should support the bonds
to make us unanimous in voting for
them and become about the strongest
advocates of them in the country. We
are going to work hard for the ISSUE
and you can command us, as far as we
are concerned"