The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-23
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eign markets. especially tAo9e of Es- rope, Great Britain and Australia. They have been singularly successful Tn the case of the last-named conti- nent, while their success in continen- tai Europe has so far been rather linn 1ted- But in England the number of American cars has been increased con stantly of late, and this development
 has given rise to serious agitation
 of the British industry and trade.
 While, in the beginning, the Britons rested on the hope that the superior lty of the American product would soon stop and nullify the influx oe such cars, as the British imports of American bicycles lasted only short time. the trade of the United King dom soon proved to be mistaken. As The Motor dondon) recently remark ed, the Americans had learned their lessons in the bicycle days and now American automobiles is never out of proportion to the price paid for them, and as result their market among the middle class is constantly increas- ing Our above mentioned contem- porary has analysed the situation and has arrived at the conclusion that the American success in Great Britain is due to five reasons: CD TO the low cost Of production and low price of cars. which is made possible by the stndard1zeds production methods ap- inducement to the purchasers of the cars in offering them completely equipped machines, which gives the car the appearance of a bargain in an- other way; Ca) the ample reserve pow CT afforded by the use of relatively large power plants; tD simp1iffoation plant and driving units; (5) energetic business methods.
 Rapacity of Road Houses.
 best story book information obtainab1e on the subject, there lived most re- markab1e goose. This goose had a daily output of one egg, which fact, in itself, was in no sense remarkable. Other geese of the period, and of Ia- ter times, have been able to boast of haven't even excited the envy of the cold storage magnates. But here's the point; this old bird Of legendary fame laid golden eggs Think of itl gold, and a continuous output of one egg day. IL so happened that the good fortune of owning such. a fowl fell to the lot of an avaricious old party whose foresight extended in a direct line somewhat less in length than the distance between the corner of his left eye and the end of his nose It often transpires that some of our 1uckiest citizens are able to penetrate the future about this far. Every day the greedy old codger who owned the wonderful goose slipped into his car pet slippers and sal1ied forth to the hen house, full of expectation, and emerged WlIn another nugget. 1n1S goose was long on reliability and ap- parently long on eggs, hence the daily contributions to the masters coffers were as regular as c1ock-work.
 Gathering golden eggs is what might readily be termed in Twentieth Cen tury Vernacular, a moral cinch.
 Just think of having nothing to do all day, but follow around after a de- liberate old fowl and at the proper moment snare a hunk of precious met al out of a nest and then retire to the shade of your veranda with nothing to do until tomorrow.
 But, as frequently happens when things are coming easy, the old miser. wasn't satisfied. He wanted all his rolling in fast enough to suit his par simonious disposition. So one day he pulled off the prize bonehead play of the allegorica1 league.
 Gathering up the family axe he pur- sued the waddIing old goose around the barn lot determined to effectively corner the golden egg market by gar nering all the eggs of which the goose was possessed. And we all know what happened.
 The poor old boob deftly instrted the the goose to the great discomfture of the latter, and when it was all over and a post mortem had been held, which yielded no eggs at all, the hor- rif1ed miser suddenly awakened to the fact that he would have to go to work
 The point of this yarn is just this: our old friend. the miser, was only about three jumps ahead of class of caterers who are doing business and apparently enjoying life at the present time; They conduct road toring parties. At great many such places killing the goose that lays the golden egg is the principal indoor sport, according to the vigorous conr pIaint of one car owner who was dis cussing the matter the other day with an official of the United States Tire Company
 '@rhe prices charged at some of these resorts are almost prohibitfve,'' de- clared this motorist, "my experience has been that the very minute an au- begin going up The motto seems to be, Get the money and get it quick Actually, it is almost impos- sible to entertain four persons at the most meagre kind of a dinner for less than S2O or s25. And every other convenience and accommodation of the place is charged for an exorbitant basis. Of course there is a certain class of tourists to whom the matter of expense is of little account, but this class is in the minority And afford to spend if he feels so fnclin- ed. re1ishes the idea of being tstung.'
 Tt strikes me that the attitude of these inn-keepers is entirely wrong and that their policy has the effect of extensive touring and motor car entertainment If, instead or en0eVOT1nS to COEHef dlI the money in the world in a few short months, they would reduce their prices so the average car owner could patronize them without mortgaging the family jew elry to pay the checks, I think their business would show an inme- diate increase.
 AS the situation stands at the pres ent time these resort keepers certain Iy are giving a modern illustration of the foolish occupation of killing the goose that lays the golden egg. If 4I,< f iesI car owners will be financially able to patronize these resorts more than once or twice a season. It is simply 9 question of the vitality of the goose.'' 1
 Across the Continent.