Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

developed the Nations economic
structure Of entirely different
ideals" he said. 1--WE believe, for
example, in high wages, justified
by increased production and &C
companied by the enlarged buy
ing power necessary to sustain
other industries"
Mr.. Barnes then brought into
sharp relief the picture of
America, with its 100000 auto
mobiles, 100000 telephones, its
$28, 000, 10000 of savings accounts
as indices of the country's ad-
vanced standards of living.
Sterilization Need.
Referring again to the neces-
Sity for stabilizing employment,
Mr.. Barnes expressed himself as
opposed to any form of State en-
ployment insurance.
I'm other lands the resort to
state insurance against unem-
ployment is manifestly tending to
degrade the worker-to create a
working class Supinely accepting
unemployment and public charity
as a natural condition" he eX-
planned. "Too, it is tending to
create a class of employers with
no sense of responsibility to their
employees. Such a program would
be productive of general laxity in
business management and would
substantially retard n alton a |
progress"
Measures suggested by Mr..
Barnes whereby the Government
might expedite the return to
normally were:
l. Relaxation of regulatory
legislation that encourages de-
Structive competition by prohibit
ing trade practices and fair agree
ments.
2. Revision of tax rates with
view to eliminating those which
tend to suspend normal business
judgment in buying and selling
real estate and securities.
8. Consideration of the protec-
tive tariff as an economic and not
a political issue.
4. Readjustment of tariff Sched-
uleS to equalize Americas higher
wages and not to suppress or dis
courage international trade.
Plan Foreign Expansion.
Plans for an early expansion of
world consumption of automobiles
were discussed by $50 foreign rep
reSentativeS of American auto
mobile manufacturers and foreign
automobile organizations inSesSion
earlier in the week. Optimistic
outlookS on the prospects for 1891
were expressed by many Of the
foreign dealers in attendance.
That the Sixth International
Road Congress, which was held in
Washington recently, has done
much to stimulate appreciation
for the economic benefits of high
ways and motor vehicle Transport
tation was reported by delegates
from many countries represented.
Conditions in Sweden, as re-
ported by Emil Salmson, vice
president Of the Royal Automobile
Club Of Sweden, are typical Of
those in other nations.
0WC04S1I 1IlOJOI1SOc OUIlIIS J1lC
last year have come to realize the
economies which surfaced high
ways provide and have started q
comprehensive program to have
paved roads substituted for the
gravel ones which they have been
using"
In other countries, it was re-
ported, highway systems are being
extended and improved as a basis
for providing relief to local un-
employment problems.
Extension Of American INSTALL
ment selling methods on a larger
scale in the export markets was
advocated by Eugene Prince of
Berlin.
The organization and functions
of automobile associations were
discussed under the leadership Of
Ernest N. Smith, executive vice
president of the American Auto
mobile Association.