The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

attitude Of the States toward this aues-
ton. A Commonwealth reputation for
enterprise, progress. and all that goes
to make IL worth living In Is determined
to a great extent by the character Of
Its roadS-the great arteries through
which flow the business and pleasure
life of a State.
Whenever a farmer loads his wagon
he has in mind the worst part of the
road over which II has to go, whether
that be 100. 800, or COO feet long, OF has
100 feet or 100 miles OF good road at
each end. He knows that its worst hill
or mud hole limits the size of the load
he can move. Because this Is so, the
maximum efficiency Of a stretch of high
that man can haul over the poorest
spot in II.
The automobile has been the greatest
factor in securing better highways, but
the motOrist Is not the only benefactor
The farmer has probably received more
direct benefit than any one class Good
roads appeal to all, whether he be a Pc
destrian, a bicyclist, a horseman, or
motor-car tourist. Good roads are a
boon to mankind. and have probably
done more than any one thing to raise
farm values. Good roads are an impor-
tant factor in advertising a community,
and regardless Of its size or manufactur-
Ing magnitude a towns progression Is
often judged by the Condition OF its
thoroughfares and outlying highways.
1T seems OF me that the hundreds of
automobile clubs and associations could.
do no better work for its members than
to wage campaign for better roads for
the next few months. even II other club
work has to be neglected"
The Motor Truck Corporation, Inc.
handling the Alec and Little Giant mo-
tor trucks, have established ofices and
showrooms at 1919 H street. The Lit
tie Giant is a light truck of one ton
capacity, while the Alec is of the
heavy type. frof two to six and one
half tons capacity. H. A. ellis is the
president of the new corporation. The
sales force will include z. A. Pettis,
who is well known locally, J. r. Sharp,
and H. A. c. Fay.
"Around-the-world travellers, and es-
pecially those who make long cross
continent automobile trips, see many
strange sights and scenes that are de-
MED to the stay-at-home," said DR..
Charles'G. Percival, who is girdlinR the
world in the famous Abbott Detroit
Bull Dog" The strangest sight III
have seen on my entire journey in for
ty-five States, however, was in Cali
fornia, where they had a plague Of
black caterpillars which so thoroughly
creased the tracks OF the Southern Pa
cific that an engine came to a dead stop
three times while I was watching. The
engineer was forced to turn on the
sand to make the wheels grip the
track, and Immediately when the sand
was shut OF the train stopped again.
This was repeated again and again, 40
that the engineer had to keep his sand
running until the caterpillar belt had
been passed. The pests are SO numer-
Gus and destructive to crops that the
only thing a farmer can do Is to sit
down, resigned to his fate, until they
have passed by"
The Bureau Of Statistics reports that
during the calendar year 1911 the total
exports from the United States amount
ed to S2.Os2, ,S75.O41. The highest previous |
year in export trade was 1907, when 81
ga, A. .2O5 was shown.
The American manufacturer Is waken-
ing up somewhat to the opportunities in |
the foreign market" c. w. Seiberling. |
Vice President OF the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, is quoted a. saying.
after reading the departments report.
South America offers a big field for
American products, and now theh ap-
pears to be greater shipping facilities /
and quicker transportation, year BY year
VIII See a still larger increase" says Mr..
Seiberllng. This and an active interest |
in the development OF business in Latin
he continues. enables the
Goodyear Company to go farther into the
field, a within the last year there has
been material increase in the foreign
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