The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-13

In Letter 10 The -Autom0biie club of
Maryland Motoiist Urges That Mo-
tor Vehicle Laws be Ei9idiy En-
forced For Protection OF Public
And Automobiles.
Great boons bestowed upon the
Twentieth Century civilization are
the automobile, the motor truck and
the farm tractor.
The motor car tends for civiliza-
ton and the advancement of every
thing that helps to make the people
prosper The motor car has made
wonderful change in the life of the
people of our country and State, and
far from being considered a luxury,
it is now a vital necessity on every
farm in every county of our State,
and in every part of our country.
The automobile is just as essential
to our present-day civilization as the
steam railroads and the electric rail
ways-the automobile has really
done more to link up civilization than
railroads and electric railways; it
has brought the farmer into close re-
lations with the people OF the city,
and it has brought to the farmer an
intimate knowledge that if his farm
is away back in the county, far away
from railroad communication, he can
get into his automobile and drive ov-
er our wonderful system of good
roads to the cities in the course of a
short while
There was time-and not so long
ago at that-when our farmers to
visit the larger cities had to spend
the night with their city relatives or
at the hotels when going to the big
business centres to transact bust
ness; not so today. Now our farm
ers in the remotest parts of the State
leave their homes early in the morn
ing in their motor cars and drive ov-
er our beautiful roads to our cities,
transact their business, go to the mo-
vies, the theatre, or get some other
form of amusement for themselves
and their families and then drive
back to their homes in the country.
1t can be readily seen that the auto
mobile has brought real happiness to
the farmer-not to speak TO the re-
taxation accorded him away from his
farm duties.
You hear occasionally of the"back
to-the-farm" movement. Nothing has
aided this movement like the automo
bile-the automobile, with it's great
utility, power, speed Il don't wish
to give the impression of violating
the speed lawsl, has become a great
factor in keeping our young men on
the farms. For this alone civiliza-
tion really owes another debt of graft
tude to the automobile industry,
which today has doomed up as Araeri
cas- third largest industry. The
steel industry and farming arc first
among our great industries-and
that We must appreciate the nece5-
sity of the motor car we only have
to realize that the automobile indus
try ranks third among our country's
industries.
l not only recognize the necessity
of the automobile, but also the mo-
tor truck. l can readily sense the
big economic value to the complete
utilization of the motor truck for all
short hauls with the greatest system
of good roads in any State in the
Union, and, with work being done
continually to keep our roads in re-
pair and to build more good roads,
l have formed a mental picture of
the future of Maryland with its roads
overrun with motor trucks, hauling
from city to city and from rural to
urban localities and back again, do
ing the good work of war as is be-
ing done today by carrying loads
both ways.
1t is Imperative that every step to-
ward better transportation should be
taken. Motor trucks should take care
of large part of the short hauls, |
relieving the steam roads and going
into territories not penetrated BY the