Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-02
DEsERET EVENING NEWS MONDAY AUGITsT 2 1909

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fof Two cities, 2 relates the killing OF q
a. boy under the wheels Of q French lr
Saristocrat's fast driven equippage, as
he returned from a ball In Paris to ms MS
pilla--ilow he threw gold coin to
the distracted father how tina coin or
was dashed through the window Of the
CarriaSe a Il the feet of the occupant, py
the outraged parent.
he gap ut divergence between i I NJ ll
two cages, is not so Very; great. .l rs
from his rich eninence upon the VIC
tim and Is able to pay al damages, as
the poSsessor of such r Costly Ivy,
should be.
But there lis no need OF drastic meas
ures on + he part of the people, II the
cit authorities both judicial ana eX-
ecutive would keep the auto driver
down to "A pace. that would make the
horse the equal of the autocratic auto
Why should the farmers wagon, Or
+ his light surrey or buggy, give wa TO
the Is II onk, of the $1,000 or So 600 mon.
sster?--the horse was here tirst-and
has the first right to the road. get
in the desire of fast loeom2tion. the
auto has been allowed to usurp rights,
which are not in accord with Justice
and fair play.
I Has the athlete weighing 200 pounds,
the right to dash into a crowd of child
rem just out OF school. scattering them
{ from the sidewalk right and left:
leaving his little victims bruised and
wounded. because he chooses perchance
to train there?
Has the auto the right Of way over,
our roads at 9 rate of speed. that;
brings CONSERVATION to the minds of
citizens, placing their limbs and prop
erty In jeopardy?
Has man the right 10 stop his
buggy to pick up his whip This is not
conceded by the man ut Provo. Who.
with his auto knocked two aged men
out of their buggy lately.
q The auto has come to stay, says the.
owner, and Mr.. Farmer and horse user,
your team must get used to them--we
have now been allowed the precedence
OF the road to drive at a rate that3your.
fastest horses can't maintains; now get
out of the way or take the conse-'
,quences; we have been allowed the
speed. it has become the custom, and
Where Is the municipal power, that has
audacitY to restrain us now? s
To one suffering with wounded and
badly bruised body, inflicted by am au-s
tomobile dashing into his light buggy
the argument Is very strongly in favor
OF restraint on the speed of these new
.conveniences, also on the bike.
Our old time friend, w. w Phelps,
wrote, IF you could HE to Kolob in.
the twinkling of an eye:n there Is no
need of trying 1t. poetical idea only:
not practical In our day, although the
spirit of the age Is for speedy transit.
TRAINS run. over a mile aSminute Autos
have exceeded this. 33
presume men have the right of
forcing their bodies through space at
any ate they can produce-there is
no limit to the craze for speed4-ali
right, let them so, but they should be
on roads Or spee dwa.ysE of their own \
In the ordinary needs OF business
and transit in the streets of our cities,
the medium speed of the horse Is equal
for al ordinary occasions,
az am aware 1T Is the reckless driver
that brings the auto under condemna- j
ton, and that there are many, owners
of autos who use them in n manner
that Is not objectionable. Racing men
and people who recklessly speed them
selves to death. may go to their graves
With the remark. serve the fool;
right, from: some coarse. unprogres-
siye mind.
But the most cautious with any de-
gree Of the sporting bump on us. very
much dislike to let our colt be passed
on the road. d
With this sport for fast speed prevail.
In s. In human nature so strongly, 1t boz
comes necessary that the law should
restrain, You that have the power an
ply 1t, and make the auto popular. in
stead ola menace to public safety. AMI
save IT from, the enmity and condenna-
stton Of atl outraged public. g'5ii II q
Respectfully
< firovo, Aug ALBERT ONES.