Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01

the generaO the battle was lost" All literature is full of the achievements of man plus the horse-from biblical times down to the tanning of the west ern nrdirieS. As a tribute to his usefulness. Alexander the Great treated his favorite steed Bucephalus. like prince!" Richard the Third, in an emergency. was only too glad to offer a Kingdom for Horse"
 Will the horse joing the dodo in ob- livion? Many persons now believe that the horse is slipping into oblivion and that he will soon be as extinct as the dodo or the dipiodocus Mil lions of dollars are expended month ly to persuade the public to buy mo- tor-driven vehicles and machines, and the true situation as to the horse has been smothered from view by the lavish publicity of the manufacturers of supposed to- be- substitutes. No body has any incentive to spend a million a month to advertise the horse: nobody has any horse factory where he can turn out 5000 a day to sell to the public.
 The horse does not need protec- tion; he needs publicity Despite the [ high publicity carnival Of the motor i car manufacturers, the horse is still
 
 There are twenty-two million hors- es in the United States. The horse l will soon come into his own again when the facts in regard to his po- sition in the general economy of things | becomes known again to all the peo- | pie. When the facts are revealed as 1 to the tragic experience of corpora | tions that have been hood winked in | to using motor trucks for the usua horse range" delivery 1t will Sc, many to thinking. who will return tC the more profitable horse drawn ve- | hiele delivery, as many are now do. | ing. And that is but one phase O.
 the campaign of education that is tt | be inaugurated.
 1 { Horse facts for people of good hors, sense! The automobile, the moto truck and the tractor are all right il | their place, but the nation has gon
 start, raving auto crazy--led by tn,
 spacious claims of the rictouus adver | tising that has been poured out b, the automobile manufacturers. Ther
 are six million automobiles in tn | United States, and not over a million | families can properly afford to own on of them. This orgy of spendthrif
 prodigality, this wild, auto-intoxica
 tion is speeding the country toward CrISIS. IL IS bItlc tIdl lIIe 1dClS WeT known and carefully appraised by al t am seeking to bring sane viey on the part of the public of the actua
 situation. I do not seek to displac the motor industry, but it should nc
 be allowed to undermine the economi
 basis of our country. I have the fact
 to show that the motor-driven ma
 chimes can never supplant the hors
 within certain range of efficiene. say up to ten or twelve miles at leas I will demonstrate that the hors must still be depended upon for tn
 most vital work that is involved in tn term transportation" and in labor o the farm. will show you cost fig ures in favor of the horse that can nc
 be gainsaid or buried from view b any hundred million dollar avalanct of sales publicity.
 Fl Lincoln highways are all right. bl
 Dobbin highways ares economic neces : sities. I will show the economic erin l of building all the new roads for mott 5 traffic, whereas the sensible pla would be to put strip of highway