The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-27

| roads bond election February IS, by .
 great majority when they arose as speak
 CTS in the annual session of the Alabams
 Automobile Dealers Association here yes 1 terday morning.
 Not only was all of Alabama repre-
 sented, but colleges and schools, govern
 ment and sectional workers were pres ent urging the automobile dealers. be
 cause they are everywhere and in touch
 with all road users. to give their every effort to helping carry the election to
 successful conclusion.
 NJ. K. Johnson of Montgomery intro
 duced the city's mayor. William A. Gun ter, Jr., who welcomed the automobile
 dealers to the capital city.
 sydney J. Bowie of Birmingham re- sponded for the association. After short
 but graceful, expression of thanks fol the warm welcome, MT. Bowie started 1 aIking good roads.
 ''The automobile dealers and owners he said are willing to pay the principal and interest of this $25,o9c,OOo bond issue 1t will be blessing to the state and every man interested in motor transportation Never before has any organization snoui' dered such burden for the benefit of commonwealth It is unprecedented. Tne automobile and truck owners alone VIII pear the expense. Yet they ares showine only patriotism, wisdom and ordinary ln- l telligence. It is the best investment Ala oama or Alabamians ever made. The first speech of the programme was The Future of the Truck, oy J. Johnston of Montgomery, who toio VI uhat the motor-driven vehicle Tor caI rying freight had done Tn reoucins SoSs, s,.., to farmers, manufacturers, storeheepe.S state. county and national departments oi con struction, and it's power during lns war in taking the place of railroads tha' had been put out of service, or where hN railroad existed He sand that if the truch was taken from industry now there Wouiu ,e absolutely nothing that could take l.S place and at the same small cost keep industry going. re. NJ. G. Patterson of Montsoinery nl counted the history of the Autoinophs naaIers' Association, telling how the frs' rew members had succeeded in securlns Inc necessary Legislation to hold the cai within hounds. and later had secured tne revocation of legislation that would ha killed the industry in Alabama. t1e eoie e ho1y fhe campaign of education had peei | "a rried through to show that the car was moi just a pleasure vehicle, but the great l est modern necessity. l eve have had eight annual meetings I and all of us have gathered more lro. '. l tbe association than we have put m |. It ie m to us to make the organizaeio' on influential factor in the state 5 ilie. 1 ,.rt ueualtv takes a man 45 years ~
 ,aarr thaf when you serve others you heiI
 R. M, Henry of Montgomery spoke O 1 .oThe Future of the Tractor Tn the early days" he said; oesie,r os | bought tractors then shipped them paSi ! for lack of sales. But that ilas ,s5,,strx, Agriculture is the base of all inuus..y .,,' " vat so far. it has been the most oach' ward ,,ss
 .prha farmer who now does not use 2 tractor is like a man travellng III staeeccach instead of train. "The farmer is not going to ouy many tractors until he owns ms oW | land. When we have good roaos ns will be able to get the iano "n' buy it.'' ,a ., B [, Malone of Albany talked ol l Service" saying: orbe minute we go into business service should start. If you are no' nrepared to sell service. your flrst GUS toners never return.
 "Selling man one ear doesn't pay | If is making him a customer th% 1 counts. Service must follow the car If YOU don't give that you have nur the whole business
 "When you give service free you are robbing your own family
 w. I. Christian of the Alabama Poly technic Institute. Auburn. told or ths school for automob piles started in Au' burns mechanical department. Ht said:
 "Jt gives auto training to the stu dents. It is two-year course It glVes no degree Theoretical and mechanical instruction are given. tire work. de- signing, drawing of parts and mendine damaged cars On this last work they get their rating. They must, from stock parts. assemble on paper cal not costing over $500. The school is recognized by the government as a school of vocational training. "These students assemble weekly fol discussion of questions furnished by the factories. Particular attention is paid to the marking of price for work done at it's actual value.'
 President l.. c. Adams of the asso- citation indorsed the school and asked .he co-operation, of the dealers. 1T. E. Spencer of the Firestone Tire company told of truck demonstrations to be given in the state saying that January 90 loaded trucks from Bir- mingham will start for Tuscaloosa to work for the good roads movement He told of s1O.0O0.O0o worth of sweet po- tatoes being lost to the market from Ala bama last season because of lack of roads and trucks in Alabama to move them to the railroads.
 W. F. Teagin. director of the good roads board bond election campaign, spoke al
 length on what good roads mean to eSu-
 cation.
 "Tn Montgomery county" he said three years ago we had the poorest schoolhouses in one beat in the state. To
 day they are thoroughly modern. ant electrically equipped because they are
 reached by good roads
 "1Trom an educational standpoint ws can't take another step until we have good roads to reach the schools. so the
 children can be drawn to school in pas senger motor cars. free of charge. "Railroads and the public works oi cities were built with bond issues. You must have organization. You must have | V -1-zA t-xz