The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-14
held by the stakeholder, pending

decision.
 Politics and religion have always
 been topics for heated argument
 When the horse was in his prime friends often fell out over the respec-
 tive merits of their steeds. Bicycles,
 too, inspired partisanship that often
 led to blows, but when it comes to a
 real rough and tumble argument in
 which neither side will, be inclined to
 give in an inch the respective merits
 of automobile takes the prize.
 'fVBhen man drives an automobile
 he soon learns to feel his car. He
 can get just a little more out of his
 engine than any one else can and he
 can tell what a1Is it quicker than most
 anyone. Therefore most automobile
 owners come wrapped up in merits of
 their own car they will fight for it
 at the drop of a hat
 New Uses of Auto.
 You. believe me- said the old tim
 CT, ''that there has been some inn provement in transportation facilities since was a boy, I haven't in mind now, the steam railroads and the trolley lines, but the figure that the aut utoIIAolliIe cuts as an agency of transportation and in other depart
 ments of our everyday activities. As
 you understand, a. good. part of my l boyhood was spent on a farm in the l country and my, coming to the city has not caused me to lose interest in agriculture. To keep myself sort of posted on what the farms are, do- ing I subscribe for couple of aEri- cultural journals. I was much In 1 in reading the copies of these papers, and my wife, whose girlhood was spent on a farm in the country not great distance from where lived, was
 as much interested as myself in what these publications disclosed af a good many men in the city who, when boys swung a scythe in the hay | field, as I did myself, and 4I'If tell you 1 1t was interesting to my wife and my l self to see pictures of an automobile l attached to a moving machine and l the moving machines laying down l the grass. Of course there was 9 man in charge of man automobile and another man in charge of the naow- | ing machine, but the man on the mower had only that to attend to-, while in the old days, he would have f not only to attend to the mower, but | to the horses as well, and, of course, 1 we can all understand that by this
 method of moving an acre of grass l could be laid down in much quick er
 time than with horses or oxen.
 Autos Make For Improved Roads.
 The automobile is exercising 9
 mighty political influence in the in- I6TSSIS OF SOOo TQed1S dA4 ka- - O@ 1 the United States to-day. For a num- l Der of years this power has been con- sfstentIy and tnsdstently working 1E I municipal councils, county comm1s-
 sions state Legislatures and in the i national Congress for better highways l throughout the nation* The auto
 mobile has won many an important good roads victory It 'FAs Wieldlng | it's force right now.
 In January, 1913, there were 1s000,- 900 automobiles in actual service in 1 the United States. Everyone of these 1 ,OOo, GOO car owners is an enthusiast | for good roads. No matter how ef- l fcient, durable, easy riding an auto ! mobile is the fJz11ness of motor cal Ipleasure cannot be obtained unless l the roads travelled are in good con- dition. The minute a. man purchas- es a. car, that same minute does he
 become a propogandist of the gooe roads idea
 The records If the automobile bus
 mess show to-day that the farmer i' the big purchaser of cars. Although always advocates of good roads. tEs q farmers owning automobiles are to day the leaders in the sectional anc l national moveme ents for favorable 1 routes over which to travel. Tilel 1 have in many states, forced the can didates for county and state office: to pledge themselves to road improve ments before giving their support t' , thedE political contests
 Looking farther into the good roads array. there are the1sTnaH town mer } chants. These number into the nun
 dreds Of thousands, Their trade i a farm trade. The farmers are tray cling via, the automobile. Thei } purchases are more frequent. neees I sarify, when the roads are good Therefore, in the interests of tnei 3 business, these merchants ara a1lfet with the good roads forces.
 Changes in Bridges.
 : The remarkable growth of the au 5 fContfnued on Page 1O)