New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
BRITISH HIGH TARIFF
COMING UITHIN 4 YEARS.
S. r. Edge Also Predicts "HOrSeleSs
4ge" Within Decade.

Within four wears, thinks s. F. Edge, managing
director Of the Napier Motor Company. the manu-
1acturers Of Great Britain VIII be protected 10y an
adequate tariff which viii give them the advantage
on their ground and vH aid largely in the
development OF their ovcrsea trade. A tariff de-
signed 10 enable British industries 20 hold their
own NAV even be PASSED earlier but Nr. Edge says
that II is sure To come within four years.
Mr.. Edge, who ;ie James Gordon Bennett
Cup il 1902 the Paris 10 Innsbruck course
the only time that the trophy captured 10y an
English car j. getting his first look al America
lie got here on jhe Celtic on Sunday morning, but
has ALREADY enough of the streets in New
York and vicinity 10 make up his mind that they
about bad a they Nigh; le for 81 the
worlds big cities Some # the roads. he thinks.
admirably made and excelently kept. but there
others had. particularly when contrasted
with European roads. that he wondered that civ
iized community could tolerate them.
AS 10 the British tariff. the visitor says there is
no sharp division between the great political
parties there, and Is certain that. if the parties
were 10 appeal TO the country on this issue. the
party opposing stronger protective measures for
British trade would be beaten
Mr.. Edge represents the Society Of Motor Manu-
facturers Of Great Britain on the Royal Corlmis-
sion which the result OF the Of
the Prince Wales around the world. The COM
mission has forty-rwo members picked from lead
ing representatives, of every industry in Great Brit
ain. Since its creation in April II has done much
toward discovering what methods are To he pursued
in the protection and development Of trade at home
and abroad. particularly the former, which Is its
main object
The visitor who was bicyc,ist and t1icyclist be
fore he entered the automobile field manu-
facturer and driver. says t.at the automobile IN
dustry in England and on the Continent is not
especially lucrative present So expensive is the
industry, he believes -lat eventually in ali Coun-
tries il viii come into the control Of few Of the
larger manufacturers. possibly three or four in
Great Britain and a half dozen in this country Not
that the automobile trust is already in the making
but the industrv Is such an expensive one that cnE
the larger manufacturers possibly keep up with
trade demands
public toward 5fe or driver of an automobile
IS gradually assuming a saner and more tolerant
tone While thinks that 10Y riders should ne
severely dealt with, he says that except in isolated
cases there is now arpaTsnliy change ia the DIS
position to see in every altomobi.lst deat-deal-
ing terror Of the road. There Is disposition in
England 90 make the driver Of car responsible
for any accidents regardless Of the actual speed
Aside from our streets cur subway. in Nj Edges
opinion is behind the urdergrounds Of London. 1t
is noisier and tile ventilation is poorer Our public
vehic,es. such IS hansoms and taXiCahs, are also
behind the European types but cur motor buses
are better and better handled In ten years, he
thinks, London is very likely to have an ordinance
banishing horses from the streets for sanitary rea
sons. az which time viii come the golden age OF
good roads and clean streets.
There is no joke says Mr.. Edge. in the story that
the English really worried about that flying
airship over the East Coast. Ia England and
throughout Europe, lie AVS. Is the opinion that
the American Wrgfts have made the greatest
progress toward solving the problem of aerial flight