The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-01
PROTECTION MOST
VALUABLE BENEFIT
MOTOR CLUBS GIVE
Without Them There Would Be
No Agency for Holding Down
Legislative Lid.
By WILLIAM ULLMAN.


Some one recently asked me what a
for his annual dues.
replied asling a question: what
do you get when you pay your taxesf"
I might have asked: What do you
ret when you pay your insurance pre-
iunfB7' what do they give you when
you pay your lodge dues7"
The best answer in every instance
10, protection" without local motor
TO hold down the legislative lid. ana
motoring would be a luxury denied to
all but the rlutocrat.
The eagle eye OF the political legis-
iator, ever searching for means to
raise money indirectly for governmental
purposes. has always promptly fallen
with longing gaze upon the motorist.
Benefits Every Motorist.
Unlike paying his insurance prem
iums and lodge dues, when a man pays
for his membership in an automobile
club he Is doing something that bene-
fits every motorist in the land. The
work Of the motor club helps all who
own automobiles.
IL has peen conservatively estimated
that each car user was saved SO dur
ing the past year. This Is only one in
stance out Of many wherein all motor
lists profit by the work the motoring
organizations are doing.
Investigations are being conducted
quietly and publicly to ascertain, II pos
sible, the true cause for the almost
steady increase in price of this most
ESSENTIAL commodity.
signmsrking the highways. creating
interest in good roads that will result in
having them built. and logging the
roads for motor tourists. together with
keeping q watchful eye open for unreas-
enable motor legislation. is all part Of
the work Of the automobile clubs.
Who II going to support the clubs in
THIS work II not the very persons who
benefit in the greatest degree through
them?
Some Plan Trips Blindly.
In the days Of not long ago, with the
approach of each spring. It was more
than general for persons in many sec
lions to send for travel literature issued
by the railroads and to stu|v and plan
trips to those many delightful localities
30 adJectively described by the travel
booster.
In this group are thousands who, as
members Of the A. a. A. utilize the
vast accumulation of road data and
routes assembled by the bureau in
WASHINGTON. which serves as a national
clearing house Of touring information.
While in this broad land there are
thousands of routes that are disable
and toured over, the old saying, "tht
. longest way round IL the shortest way
home" many times has it's best Illus.
tration In the routable trips between
we'll known places. Neither a railroad
map nor an atlas Is a safe guide for
touring. but just as in all other lines
of effort, but there Is to be had a wide
choice of maps especially issued fol-
automobile tourists.
Represents Latest Reports.
These maps are the concrete efforts
OF the more than 700 clubs of the A. A.
A. and represent the latest reports from
this combined knowledge and expert.
ence. This service forms one of the
important benefits derived from mem.
bership in the District of Columbia Mo-
tor Club.
The bulletin of the District of Colum.
bia Motor Club for the week endin1
Wednesday, March &c. contains the
names of eighteen new members. They
are:
Arthur Everett Birkle. Raymond H.
Pilson. l.. o. Cameron, DR.. c. Hart Mer.
Ram, James n. Andrews, L. ]. Mat.
thews, Frank Tracy Nelson. X. L.
Simpson, Harvey T. Wallace. Warren
N. Akers. c. o. Hall, ]. Walter Long
Sol Lansburgh, J. A. Whitfield, DR.
John Allan Talbot. Fred A. Emery
Carlyle 8. Phillips and Thomas B