The Detroit times., 1911-01-13
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AS MAN ON FOOT
SEES AUTO 60 BY


halcyon and hectic period OF the horse
1eos era passes and there ensues ths
]ruryivai OF the ntsest: ,, In1 con-
oumer'' II not the impatient purchaser
Who paws his mouey in advance, gets
,hiu check at the office and waits In line
for HIS machine at the factory, out the
IN whom the maker OF the best car
{or his purposes end purse will uiti-
mately reach.
Even q man who walks must s no M
M on account of a few internai eA-
Missions, but Immediately applies tne
6ombustion to the plunger OF expert
|once. and sends some powerful tnroos
G1on3 the connecting-rod of conserva.
1ion 70 the circumference OF the Wheei
~ restored confidence!
The cloud, no bigger than .,s
hand. that hung over the motor woriu
remained just long enough to show us
~ Michigan the silver lining so con-
o1dorately furnished by New YORK A.
= token of neighborly conndence anu
& ;sThe spirit OF the times shall teach
me- speed" When Elisha cried, MY
father, my. father, the chariot OF israei
<soment OF the prophet Elijah's
'translation in the whirlwind u
vaS q preigurement Of the horses
and chariots OF fire that Of a truth fly
Sver the earth and across the blue OF
hoaven's dome today. IL you dismiss
this a. q strained fgure, you must see
through your WINDOWS uarhiy, TOT me-
nxofnst the snowy whiteness OF the
Inter night fiashes the limousine In
y Holden glow and wheeling Its night
- the sunlight OF a summer holiday -
tie shining aeroplane - more Ike
<hnriots OF IRE, both Of them. than the
nhining shapes Elijah's followers saw
IS the electric flashes of the whirl-
We warn the licensed automobile
manufacturers. in applying the lessons
% 1905 reimbursement. not to wax TOO
ntrong In righteousness, for the faciii-
sss e srsnsi amoie are these days
0Iectric and gasoline propulsion.
+ IL we could turn time back In It's
nlght az easily as we accelerate the
WINGED Victory OF this palpitating
Dorfod would write In the crises and
'6onditions OF the past. III when Genus
~ Falerii. and Lauspulus, OF urgo ana
Aruns OF volsinium and Astur the
Hreat lord of Luna bounced In vain
EDon the dauntless three who held tho
bridge. Lars Porsena had just ordered
[{ffer with his invincib1e Arco. the
|nys OF the Ancient Rome would
fecfte How Horatius Had the Brldge,
but COULDN'T Keep Napoleon
night or Grouchy might come at
Waterloo, but he would have Numbered
through field telephone to Grouchy TO
net busy and burn up the road TO
Il eferioo with his automobile brigade.
And would the plowman have piodded
IHio weary way homeward? Nay, there
ronu1d have been still another arrange
nnent OF this most alterable line OF the
Iuse. He would have whizzed home
'cheerfly I'm his gasoline plow, unless
1e chanced to. be using Ills gasoline
Nifch- digger that day. And Black
Bssuty." that pathetic autobiography
- horse. could have taken on the
>s1oal happy ending-say something
Ike the sound of an auto-truck horn In
1he distance. seeming To shout Saved,
~ @edis
"A Betroit's position on the national
Dotndary f. prophecy of how vail
|nnIly IL will continue to front the un-
-1xDansion. We were not originally a
.nl<cher broken at the well, but wheel
blnecfed by the river. This straitside
nIfnation said to the city founded by
<&hx French courtier, "A segment you
must remain through all time" but so
xnIlantly did modern Detroit grapple
NTH the outpost problems Of this TWEEN
tIeth century enterprise that through
some mystery OF conformation the
'0emf-circle has taken the form OF a
circle. the broken wheel has become a
RESTORED wheel. which, like the morn
/nx drumbeats of Britannia, In heard
rolling around the world.
This IL a far-fiung aspect OF our
11fy's supremacy in this craft. II takes
nc theme quite beyond the vision and
Dhilosophy OF one who walks at home
@oble. Our world encircling machines
10 eyangels OF gainful peace to
lands oppressed by militarism, teach
Inx what Industry uncursed by war
&nn wrought In n fair and busy port
Iookfng out upon the American do