The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19
Edited by WILLIAM ULLMAN.

present VIII be thoroughly informed as
to the various types OF road best adapted
to their uses.
The United States once of Public
Roads has arranged TO present a COM
plete exhibit OF all its electric models.
showing road machinery at work and
| models showing the various types OF
road. There will be stereopticon' views
and lectures by experts. President Taft.
as honorary president Of the congress.
viii make an address. The other speak
ers will include some of the leading
government officials. diplomats, engineers,
railroad and automobile men. The con-
vention will last a week. and there will
be a programme for the entertainment
of the distinguished guests.
The great economic principle at the
basis of the educational work of the
American read congress is that money
invested in the public roads makes an
nual returns almost as great as the
money originally expended The officials
of the congress have prepared figures
showing that the improvement of the
main highways of the country. consti-
tuting about 20 per cent of all public
roads. would result in an annual saving
of at least SEQ, 600, 900 in the cost of haul
ing alone 1t is estimated that the
amount saved annually in hauling alone
would be sufficient to improve 5000
miles Of road at an average cost Of $500
per mile. In five years this would i'm
prove $4,000 miles of road, which would
be sufficient to bring the total mileage
o. improved highways up to the required
% per cent. The increase in land values
10 another important factor that will be
dwelt upon at the congress.
There are lords" and ''lairds." Spell
it either way you choose, but 1t is no
Al he
Tong green." Nor in either case do you
have any real reason to believe them
more honest than ordinary mortals. And
we. who have become wise by the Tex
perience route" must have either the
coin of the realm or its equivalent in
one init before we let go of real value
with the other in making a swap. At any
rate, II was this hardheaded business
policy that landed in Bow Street jail. of
London, one Douglas Gray, alias Mac
0ullom Moore, and popularity known as
She motoring laird"
II appears that his Hardship" while
sojourning In Paris. became inexpressibly,
ssnitten with the graceful lines and un-
bounded power Of Mitchell Six demon
strating car at the Mitchell garage He
must have that car, that particular car,
right then and there. To be sure it would
cripple the Paris agency for a day or
tao until another could be brought from
London. 1t might even lose a few sales.
But these Inconvenience and trivial
profits could be easily compensated for
by a wealthy young Scott in Paris on
pleasure bent His check was quickly
rendered to cover all this, for his souFs
unrest would be unbearable without that
car, and he must possess 1t on the spot"
The manager looked sad, for the car
was not his to sell. Could the laird
wait until he could wire the owner?
Forthwith the messenger boy and the
cable to London. But to Henry Pillow,
the Mitchell European director. the real
coin was more seductive, and the banker
said his ''lairdship's dream might be
golden. but his account was not" The
motoring laird is now IN Bow Street
jhil
Throughout all nature there are just
two kinds of growth-rapid and healthy.
The plant which springs up in a night
dies as suddenly, and the oak. which
takes a life time for development, wears
Indefinitely.
There you have 1.-THE old story of the
Acorn versus the Mushroom.
What ails the automobile industry?
The answer Is obvious It has grown
from a nonentity t. one of the three big
gest Industries in the country, and so
rapidly that only a few who know the
inside facts fully appreciate its magni-