Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07

win the friendship first OF the man
of the farm, for, like the stranger upon
the crowded streets in a strange city,
who meets with courtesy of residents,
he is won to the place from the SMALL
est act that denotes interest in the Wis
itor. Hence the automobile has done
this much to bring about the growing
friendly feeling the farmer is having
toward the automobile instead of hos
tility, and have no doubt has added
much to the fast and widespread in
terest in good roads.
aside from this, the statistics show
that the farmer is becoming more and
more interested in the automobile as
a necessity for the economy in time in
looking after his work, supervising the
acreage under cultivation and all the
varied encroachments upon his atten-
tion in the proper conduct of his FARM
From the horse drawn vehicle with
which he plodded wearily over a few
miles each dav he is shown that a
weeks time is condensed into that of
a day by the use of the automobile,
therefore his capacity for superintend-
ence multiplied to just that proppor-
tion. The largest consumers of au-
tomobiles in the country today are the
farmers and fruit growers. They start
their automobile careers naturally with
chimes at that-but a few weeks ex-
perience with these prove to them their
necessity and they have been educated
that Betsy and the old rig must be
felegated to oblivion. From the small
car for service, it is but an easy step
to the larger, heavier and better car
for the pleasure of himself and fam
lily, and it is a matter of note, that
in many of the big farming sections
Il frstW .A4.rls,
ing, when the farmer and his family
drive to town to do their shopping,
and where formerly in the public
squares stood the old and faithful horse
tied to the courthouse fence, now hun
dreds of automobiles may be seen
there, and the horse and rig the ex-
ception.
1.-THE perfection attained today in the
production of automobiles, their en-
durance, speed, ability to endure hard
and terrific wear, has been so frequent
ly and ably manifested that it is un-
necessary for me to dwell upon that
subject. but when the conditions of
many of our most travelled highways
are considered it is almost marvellous
that machinery and parts can be as
sembled into one perfect operating ma
chine and stand up under the grueling
grill they are called upon to meet. This
has agitated in part the movement to-
war good roads, and as the automo-
bile gains in favor the grand movement
now under way to give better road ia
cilities is bound to become more popu-
lar than ever before.
81 desire to congratulate the Santa
Barbara Automobile club upon it's pros
perity and the splendid audience gath
cred here this evening, for personally I
can assure you l appreciate the honor
conferred upon me in being permitted
to look you all in the face and tell you
l am glad to be with you, for in no
place has there been more courtesies
extended me than in your beautiful city
of Santa Barbara"
Mr.. Ruess was loudly applauded dur
ing the course of his pungent address,
which was delivered in the we'll known
forcible Ruess style of speech and the
earnest speaker covered himself with
all the glory he attained when he rode
the Badly winner with his Pope
Hartford.