Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
WOULD BOOST DELAWARE BY
HAVING MOTOR CLUBS VISIT US
W.K.KNIGHT THINKS DELAWARE
SHOULD ISSUE INVITATIONS
Automobile Clubs of Pennsylvania and
Other States Should Be Urged To
Take Trip Over Fine Highways


ed and packed in the orchards; come |
and see them, it's worth the time and !
trip" This in substance is the invi-
tation that w. X. Knight, of PIP
North State street, Dover, would have
the Diamond State extend to the Key
stone Automobile Club, Of Philadel-
phia, the West Chester, Pa, Chamber
of Commerce, the Salem, n. j., bust
ness men or any other group of indi-
viduals who are accustomed to out
ing trips or who would take them if
the invitation were extended. Or
"Do your fishing in Delaware. Well
find the bait for you, find the best
places, of which there are hundreds,
and see that you are not Over-charged
for the expenses any such trip would
stand you" Such invitations as the
latter could be addressed to sports
mems and fishermen's organizations.
Not only does Mr.. Knight suggest the
invitations but he is willing to serve
as guide for any parties of this kind
which he can be expected, as one
man, to handle, and would make no
charge for the service. Mr.. Knight is
proud of Delaware's roads. He thinks
many of them are the finest to be
found anywhere in the country. He
wants people from all points within
motoring distance to know of these
roads. Hence his interest in the sug-
geStions and his offer to serve as
free guide to such parties. CAS- an
aftermath, l suppose, of the interest
aroused in Delaware roads by the
celebration held on July 2, at Dover
to honor General DUPONT for his gift
of the dupont Road to Delaware, lit
orally thousands of people from hun
dreds of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, and even New York cities
and towns motored over the Delaware
roads on the Fourth Of July and the
Saturday and Sunday following" " said
| Mr. Knight" AS a result the increase
in traffic over these roads was any
where from so to 100 per cent more
than any traffic that we have ever
known heretofore. If they will come
here in this number of their own ac-
cord, merely to see and ride over our
fine roads, how many thousands of
others may we expect to visit Della
ware if some inducement for their
entertainment as pleasure is offered
after they arrive here?
Peach and Apple Industry
peaches and roads and fish are
not the only attractions he have to
draw them In the apple-packing
season a similar inducement could be
offered. In the berrypicking season
would be another good time to come,
and many other similarly suitable
seasons might be found 1t costs us
nothing, absolutely, to have them
come here, except to see to it that
they find the places they want to
reach and not be robbed for the ne
cessities they must buy while enroute
That our invitation would be accept
ed by scores and perhaps hundreds OF
organizations goes without saying
when we consider that thousands OF
motorists are already coming here
without invitation, without guides
and without any encouragement from
Delaware, merely because there is
something new to be seen here anC
good roads to travel over while the!
are sightseeing. l don't know just wht
to suggest to take the lead in sendins
out the invitatiOns-a camparativel!
small task and involving but the col
lecting of a list Of names of the prop
er organizations to invite and writing
and sending out of the proper form
of letter of invitatiOn-but any of tn
automobile organizations, chamber
of commerce or even the State High
way Department might take the lead
ership, with little trouble but a grea
deal of credit to be had out of the eff
fort, both for the organization dOini
the work and for the state original
ing the idea.
| "BOOst Delaware" is the Slogan
| "Let's sell little old Delaware t
the world. If we can get thousand
of people to come here and see u
see our peaches being packed, our az
| pies picked from the trees, our fis
caught in the ponds and our eannerit
| packing the produce of the soil, the
people outside of Delaware who con
here on our invitation are going 1
| have a personal interest in Delawal
and demand fruit and produce grow
and shipped from Delaware WHIT
they make their ordinary, everyds
purchases. And, if they remal
- them, Delaware's market for the ou
put of its farms, canneries and ia
tories is going to be so largely slim
lated that the whole of Delaware W
u reap enormous beneficial of this
exchange for an interesting and a
al sorbing little invitation that costs
ur nothing but the writing and sendii