The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-14
DEVELOP ENT OF
MOTOR CAR IS BIG
INDUSTRIAL WORK
President Taft Speaks En-
couraging Words to
Manufacturers.
BY HARRY WARD.

President Taft recently addressed a
gathering of motorists and I'm a charac-
terlstically interesting way told the
story of the development of the automo-
bile. Every person who owns an auto
mobile will be interested in what the
President said on that occasion.
II am glad to know" he said, that
I am having the pleasure of address,
ing not only those who use the automo-
bile, but also the gentlemen who are
making 1t an industry that contributes
so greatly to she wealth of this coun-
try and adds so much to it's manufacture
ing product.
THE working out of the automobile is
wonderful development. AS you look
back as far as can look back-to 1876,
and think of what has happened in that
period in the promotion of the comfort
| of the human race, the changes are
| marvellous. The telephone, the electric
| railway. III the electrical devices for the
reproduction of the human voice, and
| the automobile-what could we do with
, out them now? How rapidly we adapt
ourselves to the absolute necessity of
those improvements of which we knew
and imagined nothing fifty years ago!
| And / am not sure but that of all of
them. the automobile, coming as toy
| Of the weather. classes, is going to
prove the most useful OF them all to all
| classes, rich and poor. 1885,.
"There was a time in the use of the
| automobile when there was a sort of
| spirit of intolerance that was manifested
| toward the horrible looking machine
| that the automobile then was to the or
binary eye. 1 shared it myself, as was
plodding along with the tandem that
| Nature gave me, as Holmes called It.
| There was an intimation of get out of
the way or we will run over YOU and
| a resentment against those who were
| using It, until you got on the other side
| of the door of the automobile, and then
human nature was shown in the quick
| ness with which the attitude of mind
| can change, and you regard as utterly
unreasonable the slowness OF the pedes-
IFian and the idea that he has any right
! to any part of the street, either at
crossing or anywhere else, and then the
utter outrage OF having any dogs at
ALI in any community that should get
in the way of that magnificent instru-
ment Of travel and comfort! But If you
had Travelled as much as have, If you
had been met in every town, in every
State of 5000 or 10000 with hundred
automobiles in order to demonstrate the
prosperity of that particular town, you
Ewould understand that the use of the
automobile has increased wonderfully. It
is contributing, like the telephone, like
the suburban railway, like the rural de-
livery of the postoffice, to the possibility
of a comfortable life on the farm, and
it is tending, with the high prices of
farm products, to turn back again those
who seek the city and professional life,
to a place where they have an assured
| income and are not troubled with suits
or litigation or chased by the Govern
| ment."
The Carter Motor Car Corporation is
TO be succeeded by the Washington Car
Manufacturing Company, according to
, announcement made A. Gary Carter,
: who was president of the former con-
Germ. 1t Is understood thirty represen-
tative business men of this city, Hyatts-
| VILE and Bladensburg will be added to
the present directorate. In addition to
the present models of Washington cars,
three models will be added to the line,
| and it is also the intention of the new
company to bring out complete line of
| commercial trucks. The factory at Hy-
4 attsville will be enlarged.