The Detroit times., 1911-01-13

me speed" When Elisha cried, MY
father my father. the chariot OF isr ,ha
trsnslation In the whlriwind y
was a prehgurement OF the horses
over the earth and across the blue OF
heavens dome today. IL you dismiss
this as a strained figure. you must see
against the snowy .whiteness OF the
winter night fashes the Limousine IN
golden glow. and wheeling It's nlsnt
in the sunlight OF summer holiday is
the shining, aeroplane more IKE
chariots of fire, both OF them. tnan the
shining shapes Elijah's followers saw
in the electric flashes OF the whiri-
wind.
We warn the licensed automobile
manufacturers. in applying the lessons
OF 1905 reimbursement. bot 10 wax tvo
strong I'm righteousness, for the tacii-
ties OF translation are getting 10 DC
surprisIngly ample in these days OF
electric and gasoline propulsion.
II We could turn time back In It's
flight as easily as We accelerate .hs
winged victory" OF this palpitating
period would write In the crises ana
conditions OF the past. IL when genus
OF Falerii and Lanspuins., OF o.sp a the
great lord OF Luna bounced IN vain
upon the dauntloss three who held thS
bridge. Lars Porsena had just orderea
litter with his invincible Alec, the
lays OF the Ancient Rome would
recite How Horatius Had the bridge,
but Couldn't Keep It. Napoleon
night or Grouchy might come AZ
Waterloo. but he would have thundereo
through a field telephone TO Grouchy 10
get busy and burn up the road 10
Waterloo with his automobile brigade;
And would the plowman have plodueo
his weary way homewardI Nay. there
would have been still another arrange
Muse. He would have whizzed home
cheerily In his gasoline plow. unless
he CHANGED TO be using Ills gasoline
ditch digger that day, And BlaSx
OF a horse, could have taken on the
usual happy ending-say something
like the sound OF an auto-truck norm IN
the distance. seeming to shout saved
saved!"
Detroits position on the national
boundary is a prophecy OF how vail
antly IL will continue TO front the un-
developed possibilities OF motor venice
expansion. We were not originally
pitcher broken at the well. but wheei
bisected by the river. This straftside
said to the e,y yoy
must remain through all time; but so
gallantly did modern Detroit grapple
with the outpost problems or THIS TWEEN
tieth century enterprise that through
some mystery OF conformation the
semi circle has taken the form or a
circle, the broken wheel has become
restored wheel. which. like the morn,
ing drumbeats of Britannia. Is heard
rolling around the world.
This Is far-fung aspect or our
city's supremacy in this craft IL takes
philosophy OF one who walks at home
or who would wax facetious at this
table. Our world encircling machines
are evangels of gainful peace to
10 10 hN
ing what industry uncursed by war
has wrought In fair and busy port
looking out upon the American do
powers in the world.
What better peace commissioner can
Detroit send to imperial capitals than
this skilfully- fashioned product OF IN
dustriaI and domestic tranquility?
II conquest We're the slogan OF our
republic. the contented labor That mas
grit the globe with these creations OF
beauty and usefulness would be drain
ing the wealth OF the people to provide
enginery of destruction to be directed
against a continental neighbor
How simple IL all is The century
long pact providing for a minimum OF
armament that has kept the peacefui
currents OF our Great Lakes uncrim-
soned by international strife. is les,
son in continuing amity between all
the powers OF the earth.
In a speech contemplating the
landing of the Pilgrims John Quincy
ago, one of those rare minds to whom
IL Is given to discern future greatness
in Its seminal principles upon contem-
plating the situation OF this continent
pronounced in a vein OF poetic inspira-
ton, Westward the star or empire
takes its way Let us unite In ardent
duplication TO the Founder OF Nations
and the Builder Of Worlds, that what
then was prophecy may continue fold
ing into history.-that the dearest
hopes of the human race may not be
extinguished in disappointment. and
that the last may prove the noblest
The star OF empire has done Its work.
II went before the Pilgrims and rested
Star OF the East guided the wise men
to the Bethlehem munger where the
Prince OF Peace was wrapped In
swaddling clothes.
wagons to this star OF empire, for II Is
now fixed star, doing sentinel duty
on high. while we must move on as we
catch the cadence on reslstie hnre eiv a.
fy to for conscience sake; no more
Plymouth Rocks, whereon TO plant our
protesting feet, we must stay mere ana
hight IL out, doing our best TO trans
mute prophecy into history, that the
dearest hopes OF the human race shall
not be extinsuished In disappoint-
think the automobile can help In
fightlng II out II did not think so
I would not glory in the growth OF an
output OF 100000 In 1900 to $50. 000.-
600 in 1905 and TO s250,000.000 In 1910.
hold that every forward stride in
commerce. invention. industry should
be measured by what IL contributes TO
the realization or our highest destiny
as a republic.
The automobile takes many lives.
Does IL bless. broaden, enrich. relieve,
ampnfy and extend other lives TO de-
gree that atones for the human toll IL
collects? 1 think II easily possible for
this vast industry to place the balance
on the side OF benefaction.
We have seen how II may become n
force for world peace. II may become
factor for political progress by en-
abIinR the half-million who motor To
know how the other ninety millions
live by going where they toll and
IL can transfer by easy locomotion
the tariff beneficiary to the farm or
factory or mine where the consumer Is
paying the tax I'm the sweat OF his face
In the recent campaign the motor
car proved to be the peoples machine,
eagerly accepted in place OF the old
machine, rejected as reacuonary ana
out OF date.
The old machine didn't need cylin-
ders IL relied on star chamber for
its work II despised publicity and
had no use for mobility. 1t wanted
things done in secret, and every one
and every thing TO stand pat
The primary elections give the peo-
ple a voice and the automobile brings
the candidate within the sound or It's
commanding accents
IL worked so well I'm Michigan that
we have Just elected a -cylindered
executive who, in his first message,
has tust been heard cranking up for