The Washington herald., 1912-01-28


West" said he. .'AIl are good in their
way, but It would be better TO have uni
/ form signs, so that a tourist from New
| York or California would recognize these
signs and come to know them intelli-
gently.
with one standard system OF road
signs from one end Of the country 10
I the other. Il would not be long until
every man who toured would understand
| their meaning. To-day 1t is doubtful II
many know what a sign indicates when
he sees II. Signs Of peculiar size and
shape placed at intervals over a single
stretch of road are, Of course, easily
| recognized by the residents or mat sec
ton; but does a tourist from another
State understand them? Once explained.
It is easy, but not Infrequently the tour
list starts over the road without being
| instructed
| Road signs should be uniform, and
I the time TO make them is right now. be-
fore the entire country Is marked with
variety of signs that the tourist does
not understand"
Away out in San Francisco a Warren
stock car is attempting 10 lower the
worlds record for nonstop service. The
! start was made on the a0th and every
thing was going fine up TO late hour
last night. The run Is being made un-
der the oficial sanction of the A. A. A.
! and all the time an official rides beside
the driver as It runs in and about
Frisco taking on tourists and sight
seers, and making demonstrations. Up
TO the present time the car has been
making an average OF 400 miles a day,
making twenty miles to the gallon of
gasoline. When last heard from, LES
miles had been covered.
The local agency, the Bowles Motor
Sales Company, is receiving daily tele-
grams reporting the progress OF the run.
The result is being looked for with a
great deal OF interest by the motoring
public here and abroad, and viii be re-
ported as soon as the returns are re-
ceived.
The Bowles Motor Sales Company has
just closed with the Lauth Jergens
Truck Company and viii handle their
line here in this territory. The addition
OF the Lauth Jergens gives the local
representatives a complete line VI motor
trucks ranging from one-han to ten tons
capacity.
NJ. Clement, who is a practical auto
mobile builder. Is on his way TO this
country from Paris to see II he can find
out. for the large French motor car in
terests which are sending him, why
American cars are making such inroads
on foreign cars, not only in the United
States, but on the Continent.
This is the first time an emissary from
abroad has ever visited America for such
purpose. Though very little is said
about II, a study Of the figures on i'm
ports and exports of motor cars, COM
pared for a period OF years, shows good
I'M for Whn
Having made good at home. the Ameri-
can automobile is making quite as good
sbroad-and il is significant that this
branch Of our foreign trade has grown
without any special effort on the part of
American builters, who have had their
hands pretty full meeting the home de-
mand
Government reports show that the
United States has become the greatest
exporter Of automobiles in the world. For
the year 1901. automobile exports in this
country were valued at S357,51 Up TO
the end of last October-the latest date
for which official figures have been COM
piled-eXports OF American automobiles
during 1911 were valued in the aggregate
at Sl5,3A.ST7. An estimate which brings
the total for the completed year up to
saO.OO0O0O Is regarded as reasonable
In the meantime. while exports have
been increasing. imports have decreased
ccrTespondingly. During 1910. imports OF
foreign cars fell in value from S3,S27, ,5OS
the year before, to s., 81, ,2Os.
Discussing The day Of the specialist"
J. I. Handley is quoted as follows:
This is indeed a specialistic era In
every line OF work-professional, educa-
tiOnal. or industrial-the pressing hand
ot progress Is forcing a division, sub
division. and even resubdivision OF the
various duties and undertakings Of man
kind. in order that maximum accom-
plishment may be achieved through cen
traIized or concentrated effort to a given
task
in we olden days the physician
pulled teeth 'dUctCred' any and all lame
organs of the human body. amputated
limbs. or performed the obste.ricai du-
ties required by our grandmothers. The
lawyer served his clients in any and all
kinds of litigation, criminal or civil, and
the shopper bought beans, drugs, and
jewelry over the same counter. The one
teacher taught 'readin', wrItin', and
'rithmetic,' and the same railway train