The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-08
CO.,. TtR>ER O> GOOD ROADS.
NIrhIxsns ENrruINr TeIis auto Makers
s:e, -rnmeOI shSaia EeID.

GOV Fret " Warner 10 Michigan
told tho cUo dia",S az TN. lanquat Il the
AS nCittipu e IIcels'l Nutonph lie
Nanufa rs urers "a the Hotel AstOr Last
night that he hcliey~i tho time would
come when the Federal GovsFnmsnt
would help the various States nI tho Union
"A IN" construction ii better roads. Gov.
Warner ud he thought the invitation
o. - pre-"yt Was IN recognition
Vt Nivhigan's place IN automobile manu-
featuring
IN. Governor said that the automobile
manufactures and their allisd concerns
make up the most important industry
II hrs state There were thirty. five com
f., ui,.s stalking automobllsS whose fac
IuroS turn oui 2lO.pD ears annually
/ " hsu run at their full capacity GnT the
entire WEAR the combined capital II
$50. 1O.UD lhey employ 2s.OsI men.
whose daily wages amount To- S5s.UD.
Twelve years ago there ~" q" =. Nj fac
tories 10 all KINDS in MIChiGi .. employing
- ,s0 men At the end Il Last year. there
W.rs Nh factories In Michigan. en-
plpyIug bH.OsD men
Iinv Marn"r declared the growth 10
the autnmnlnl. industry means the "N-
tension It gord roads Vie sad tn" money
appropriated In Michigan To- aSs,st the
counties in building RoOd roads WAS
heing practically doubled each YEAR and
hs sNp..-'tsAi th. State would spend about
half a m,lhpp this year He thought
tho n1tinnal iovarnm"nt should help
tn. ~ lt.-s ~ huIldIn, gn0d roads and
.'iis-.t some II the money spent ON
wat.rWavs aud th., navy in re'ent years
would have done more gc"d u u had cen
spent fer Rad binding
In his oIrninE retnarks job Hedges aid
he had organized th" American Motor ar
Manufacturers Association. hut all ~ Its
members had gone into the Licenaast Asso-
ciation and his annual fee had bsen ant
~ he was glad To- he able tn announce
that Henry Ford had retained him and he
welc,ned ~" members ~ Mr.. Ford
nafue This assert ION brought forth great
laughter. a. Mr. Ford u engaged IN legal
battle against tho Selden patent. upon
Whi,h the IAc~n-s-d Association - founded.
Arthur Rr SHANE RECALLED being ~ a
dinner given twelve years ago Nv John
RrIsl,.n MaNcT, hon the latter
prpphrsIsNd that IN ten years there would
". SIO.epo AUTOMOBILES m this country.
and h'' told ~ IN" inoreciulnus ~mileS WIN
which this was greeted
Mr. brisbane SAID that automobiles
W"r" Increasing 80 fast that in ton years
all II the cities would have letter ana
cleaner pavetnen'S and pre,lbrted that by
that time all the cleaning would he done
by the vacuum proves. tie Thought
AOAI dNTs'NtN w uNiNF-NF " NftNpNuik
mobiles WAS heing overdone and that the
81 ~ and knowlrige ~ chaufeurs would
not he increased hy Arre~tinG them. tie
suggested that a number Of the manu-
factuTers cooperate in the production ~
IHn. EN small. cheap hut reliable cars with
HNed front seats and removable bodies
50 the ~ars could ~ used for delivery
PURPOSES during the week
Col t'snrge pope then presented n silver
loving cup ON b@hah ~ IN" association
tn Cob clifton. Who has h~en president
~ the P~sociation for siN years.
William ~ Edwards Commissioner 1T
Street leaning. said u might interest TN"
manufacturers - know he had had
count made ~ the nuUIrer ~ autnno-
h,l les and horS.. dra wn vehicl'-- that passed
Firth avenue and Fortv-s~Cund street
heiween I and O'Clock IN IN" after
MORN and ia thai tim" 49, automobiles
and so horse drawn vehicles went Nv.
Others ~ the -raa lsr~ table were Hugh
halfnsr- l. " kIttreytSe. N \ I.O,ler.
u y Olds. Fen amin RrSCoe. H"rt,ert
! IOyd @'.ert L. Pope. = ! Davis Jr..
Th0urs Henderson and Howard y Ray