Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-07
BRITISHER Sees
U. S. MOTORIZED
Uses Considerable Space to
Tell Of His Impression Of
Autos IN America

1.-THE world owes mo a car" Is the
common catchword lin America now
a-days. according to a writer In the
London Times of a recent date when
he uses considerable space giving his
Impressions of the automobile usage
In the United States. He continues:
1t is curious thing on fine Sun
day to see the cars at any favorite pic
mic ground or outing place, say. in the
reighborhood Of oyster bay, near New
York. Cheap and ill-kept vehicles most
of them. and they are loaded each
and all with family parties of what
hardly look like carriage folk" At
favorable points they are backed off
into the woods or fields until the ma
chimes stand parked in serried lines as
In the enclosure at a race meeting. If
American conditions prevailed in Lon
don. there might we'll be anything from
10000 to 100000 cars parked in Epping
Forest every Sunday.
II Is all enormous boon to the mass
of the people of moderate means 1es5
than moderate, according to the scale
of the nation) that tho women and
children should thus be able to spend
their holidays far out from the city.
But the blessings OF the motor-car are
not unmixed. You will frequently hear
the automobile craze discussed in the
United States not as a mere manifes-
tation of the modern feverishness and
extravaganza of living. but as ono of
its chief causes. Undoubtedly many
people keep cars who would be much
better without them. Undoubtedly,
also, motoring leads to many extrav-
agances and much Incidental wasting
of time. There are those who also see
in the cars one Of the chief reasons
why prohibition sesms so nearly i'm
possible of enforcement, because they
st,,ax IT
liquor so easy. Further. there are
those who blame the cars for a share
In the crime wave" with which the
United States considers Itself at the
moment SO heavily cursed. They make
sudden raidings and establishments
easy, and are a powerful weapon in the
hands of criminals. There is pre-
sumably. some truth in each of these
accusations-the cars do in measure
help to cNtravaEance. to the obtaining
of liquor and to crime-snd to bal
ance the debit and credit sides of the
account Is not easy.
What iB more evident Is that the
multiplicity OF cars Immensely accom-
tuates the difficulties of the traffic
problem. II is bad in New York; and
one is almost tempted to believe that
there will he no other solution than
the double decking OF some OF tho
streets running north and south. only
the severe and admirably exercised
control makes the navigation Of Fifth
avenue in the rush" hours possible
today. Under moro lax control the
conditions in some Of the western towns
are terrifying. Nowhere are they more
homlcidal than in Detroit. which IN tho
home OF the automobile Industry. OF
the making OF cheap cars especially.
With a population OF about "a million.
there are eating on for 100000 cars In
Detroit. and mos. OF them seem to he
always In the streets. either moving
or packed in dcnsc rows along th"
edges OF the sidewalks. on vacant
spaces about tho town YOU viii see rows
of second hand or used" cars stand
ing for Haie. each with "a large placsrd
stating I's price. which may he any
thing from So to $50 dollars tEl5 to
Eeo,. when labor Is earning from
e n day upwards. II does not take
long to save up enough to buy n El'
car; and tho temptation to pick ono
up on tho way homo and drive II back
TO surpriso ones wife is easily under
stood The trouble is that Of the new
classes which have recently become
ar-ownerH. tn, great majority have
never before driven or stocred any
thing In their llvca. and they arc
choerfully contcnptuous of trafric
rules. should not like to be a chauf
four In Detroit
The Ford Cnrs
The Ford works alone have recently
turned out their flve-millionth car,
and tho process goes on at tho rat"
of about t0cp cars n day. II is an OK
,raordinprIly interesting experience to
spend day with Mr.. Ford at one OF
his plants. OF which no feature Ia moro
interesting than tho man himself. Al
most within sight OF ono OF tho works
Is tho whitc-faced farmhouse. f-nnd
ing back in the fields. at which he
was born. Great fortunes arc COM
monty built M by mon who have gone
out into tho world among new sur