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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-02
On Commission ROIU

11ices BENG offered 10 BUYERS bY local
commission dealers
Fruits-Bsnanas 5izc 10 Apples In
dana W.nesaps SIS. Golden Delicious.
g. SIS. Lemons. Sunkist. 26OS. S4.25 Grape
5as. Jos and SOS $3.50 Lines. Mexiean.
peg carton i2s CSC; Byram. seedless per
hundred s. PIneapples. Porto Ricans
taG crates. $3.50 Avocacos Florida. box.
81 50. Strawberries. Florida pint. i4GI5c.
s6-Ut. crate Sc Apricots. 50 crate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Northern Danish
Sob. bag SIS. red, S0-lb. box. SIPS
New Texas cabbage large crate. So IS.
Onions sweet spanish. large. 5o-lb
bag. s.. Michigan yellovs S0-lb bag. S2.75.
Potatoes. Green Mountains I00-lb bag.
s. 50. northern round white. lOO-lb. bag
Ohios. ioo-lb. Bag. 81: Idaho Russets 100
l1 bag 81 60. Ne~ Florida Triumphs.
rushel. s. Sweet potatoes. Indiana JERSEYS.
bushel sl65. Tennessee Nancy Halls.
tushel Si-55 Beans. round stringless.
hamper. SIS as. Celery. Florida.
dozen. soc. Jumbo. dozen. soc. Cucumbers.
hot house dozen. 81 40; dozen box 50 So
EUcive. California. dozen. 9oc: peck basket
s. ECC plant 50 so dozen. Kale. buShel
soc. Lettuce hot house. l5-lb. basket Sis:
Arizona Iceberg head lettuce $3.50 Man
81 Parsley. dozen. 3oe- Peas hampers.
SIS. Spinach. Texas. bushel. 81 IS.
Radishes dozen IS soc. Tomatoes io-lb.
carton. s. so Florida original 81 rs.
Tlrnlps. eushel 7Sc PaEnips 5ushel
sr7s Beets hushel 81 IS. Carrots bushel.
r7use. S-lo. carton. sSc- Mushrooms. 10
All quotations subject 70 change I'D or
down.
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MINING ISSUES
CONTINUE RISE
ON BIC BOARD
Advance Follows After Gain
in Spot Price of Gold
and Silver.
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

MAkkEIS AT 4 OLANNE
Stocks irregular in narrow range;
trading quiet.
Bonds quiet and irregular; for
eign issues steady.
Curb stocks dull and irregular.
Chicago stocks quiet and mixed.
Dollar strong in sterling; steady
in gold currencieS.
Cotton eases to points.
Rubber off 2 to points.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-02
Managed Currency Seen
by Vanderbilt as Method
to Safeguard Initiation
Former Banker Believes We Should Look to Scientific
Price Index System as Objective in Regu-
ating Currency
BY RANDOLPH PHILLIPS,
Times SpeciaI Writer

NEW "A managed plan to achieve stable
vanderlp looking control of initiation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-02

CHICAGO. March Eggs-Market
steady. receipts. 9297 cases: extra hrsts
y &C. fresh graded frsts. 2lc: current re-
oeiptS;. zoe. oir;ies. lsi2c: checks lsc. But
ter-MsrAet, weak; receipts 1869 tubs; ex-
ira hrstS '90-9lis scorei. 2qie n 2954c: ex-
trsS 80 score. soc. hrsts SS-6ei, score
29ft29i,c. seconds f66-67is score 9sG
2si &C. specials. 30i,d3lc: standards 30c
Poultry steady to easv: receipts.
trucks. hens; l7is q zoe. Leghorn hens
e-s q q 23c. cspons. 81 lbs 23c: old
ROSTERS, 49, 2W &c. ducks. ia 2lc: tur-
KEYS. 100 2lc. geese. lac. stays. Isle.
fryerS 22G23c Cheese-Tw!ns. is5-S
l7e: Daisies. l7AIf7i2c: Longhorns. 49,
s ~ 5se- s-oAs55riyals., so; on track.
moderate; demand trading moderate;
market STEADY: Wisconsin round whites
late sales FRIDAY IS cents: no sales re-
ported todav unclassified soc: Idaho Rus
sets. 81 40 A. few 81 50. one car IS
10. sacks. Sl65 a hundredweight New
stock-Supplv moderate: demand and
trading light; market steady. sales 10 lob
bers. Florida bushel crates Bliss Triumphs
washed. Sis
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Produce Markets

Delivered in Indianapolis prices: Heavy
breed hens. lac: Leghorn hens, &c; col
pred springers. i3c; heavy stays. &c: Leg-
horn stags. &c; old ROSTERS. &C. ducks.
feathered and fat. SC: ali classes Of
suineas. l5c; No. l strictly fresh country
run eggs loss Of: lie. Each full case must
pound for each pound under IS lbs will
De made. Butter-No. l 81 a 36c butter
lat. SIC. Quoted bv the Wadley Co.
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LOCAL CASH MARKET

CITY grain elevators are paving 90 cents
for No 2 soft red wheat. Other grades
on their merits. Cash corn No. 3 yellow
81 cents and oats 48 cents.
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u, S. LEASING
OF ALL ROADS
URGED AS HELP
Terms Suggested to Be on
Basis of Average Earn
ingS Over 10 Years.

EH 'f1fs pfrfrl
NEW YORK. March 2-The pro-
posaI that the Federal government
lease the nations railroads on the
basis Of average earnings over the
last 10 years was made today by
Graham Adams, formerly Of J. A.
Sisto & Co. who is well known in
Wall Street investment banking
circles. The 10 years earnings basis
would comprise five good and five
bad years.
Mr. Adams proposal embodies
the ma ior points. In the first place.
10 would entail no costly outlay of
government funds. he said.
The government must and should
refnance the railroads require
ments." said Mr.. Adams. If the
billions Of dollars of rail bonds held
by banks, insurance companies, in
stItuuons and government agencies
arc not TO default.
Has Moral Obligation
Furthermore, the government has
a moral obligation to the railroads
10 see them through It is largely
because Of government laws, restuc-
tions and regulations, the subsidiz-
ing Of competition and pre-empting
the investment market that the rail-
roads are IN their present plight"
Government leasing Of the rail-
roads could achieve operating adj
vantages sponsored by Joseph B.
Eastman. Federal CO-Ordinator of
Transportation. Mr. Adams said
Thcv would include those of consOH-
datiOn freight car pooling. stand
ardizatiOn. Joint use of terminal and
other facilities. and so on.
M Adams pointed out that IS
pc cent of the rail mileage car
rieS , per cent of the traffic, an
umeConomic burden of which the
railroads can not relieve themselves
because of political barriers More
over. railroads can not rehabilitate
themselves at present. The leasing
terms could also be used as a basis
for pending reorganizations.
Would Receive Benefits
The railroads are normally the
best customers of the heavy indus
tries. IN which unemployment is
greatest said Mr. Adams. They
have lost half their traffic since
1929 The railroads have cut ex-
pcnditures S2.265.OO a year, and re-
duced their employees by 100000
since 1929. BY leasing the railroads
now the government would itself re-
ceive many benefits from increased
traffic and could lease now on rock
bottom terms.
There are 100000 miles of rail-
roads operating in every State and
section. They need modern equip
merit. repairs. deferred mainte-
nance. requirements and improve
mentS of all kinds. This would give
constructive work for hundreds of
thousands in widely spread and di-
VcrSified communities.
Money spent on railroad reha-
bilitation Is non-competitive. non
experimental and would use
maximum of labor. Based on past
experience it would be repaid to
the Government in more than one
way
Mr. Adams declared that neither
railroad stockholders nor labor could
object to this program. Neither
would banks and institutional bond
holders
If the period Of governmental
operations under lease luStifies
eventual government ownership"
Mr.. Adams concluded. 1T can then
be intelhgently considered on the
basis of actual operating results and
experience"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-02

HighlightS Of News
During Last
Week.
BY FREDERICK MATSON-
Linz. FlnanrLaI MrLler

THIS was hardly a week for New
Il Deal cwitauon. In contrast
with the striking victory u received
bv The Supreme Courts gold deci-
sious last week the Administration
suffered tvo setbacks WEDNESDAY
FEDERAL Judge p. Nle.ds. IN
wilmington. Del held that Section
IA n Tho MIRA IS unconstitu-
r0ral and void as applied 70 the
Wc.-on steel Co. and denied The
Government plea for an Injunction
to restrain tho West Virginia firm
from dealing collectively with IT'S
emn,ovez through q company
union. He held the union Is ace
ouate under The act- ~ LOUIS
vile. Federal judge Charles DaW-
son granted s. western KentGcky
coal operators "a permanent Wrlt
preventing tho government from
enforcing The bitumloIs coal code
The court ruled that coal mining is
am .ntra-tate business and Dcyonu
the regulatory power ~ Congress.
Meanwhile. the deadlock be-
tween President Roosevelt and the
senate over tho 81 880O00000 works
rrucr hIu continues. A. weeks end
the White House and organized
labor settled down 20 a grim strus-
c.c. with no immediate break IN the
s-alcmafe seen probable Busi-
ness activity iu January reached
the highest levels since mid-sum-
mer 1883 and was higher than in
any January since 1880. the Fed
craI Reserve Board reported in us
monthly survey The PWA
made a direct grant OF $4,000 20
bo used in the construction OF a
new 500 100 administration build
ing at Indiana University.
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Money and Exchange
INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT
TREASURY STATEMENT

(Bv United Press
WASHINGTON. March 2. - Government
expenses and receipts for the current ifs
cal year to Feb. %, compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal
year:
This Year. Last Year.
Expenses .s4.511 .935. 1921 s4.237,77l, 480. q
Receipts 2.262 OH 1921 1885, sol .240 IS
Deficit ~ 2.249 923.23540 2,352,I7O. 239 AZ
Cash bal. 1880 644, O91.65 4.9O1, 1853 1881
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Retail Coal Prices

The following prices represent quota
lions from leading Indianapolis coal deal
ers A ascent carving charge per ton
will De added
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The Government is trying to
encourage a baby bond in every
home. It's the birth of new
idea to which even Margaret
Sanger will not object.
II n r.
Independent operation of
the Rose Tire Co. free from
outside control or dictation
enables US to maintain a broad
customer policy and to give
every purchase that touch of
individual relationship which
permits better understanding
of the customers needs and
a greater degree Of satisfac-
ton.
n n
There is breath of spring in
the air ard from afar one hears
the call Of the woods and
irons.
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N. Y. Bonds
DAILY BOND INDEX
U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS

by Fenner & Beanel
Liberties
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-02
Daily Price Index
BY United Press

by United Press
NEW YORK. March 2-Dun & Brad
streets daily weighted price index Of 30
basic commodities complied for the United
Press tl930-l932 average 1907:
Today As
Yesterday 49,. l22 81 Year ago ...- l09 IS
Week ago 49,. l22 0o 1885 High 49,. 81
Month ago l22 % 1885 Low l2l %
Copyright. 1885. BY Dun & Bradstreet.
Inc
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Commodity Prices


: 81 Feansr 4 seanei-
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urw 100000 administration build
ing az Indiana University.
LIMITED STATES Savings Bonds.
- popularity known as baby
bonds" went on public sale IN
1900 post offices throughout the
country yesterday William H
lIeub. general agent Of the New
Enelaud Life Insurance Co. was
the FIRST indianapolis purchaser.
FIRST DAYS sales Of The neV -ecu--
tiles here Appropriated $4,000
Operations OF the J. d. Adams
Manufacturing Co. indianapolis
makers Of building machinery.
were Li-h.y profitable last year
not income after charges and
taxes rising more than $50 per
cent over 1888 according to the
C0mpanys annual report.
Continuing a steady climb during
The last month. swine prices rose
TO $3.50 a hmdredWcieht al the
Indianapolis stOckyardS Thursday.
the highest price paid since Oc-
to 500 hundrcdweight At the
indianapolis stOCkvardS today.
Agriculture. predicted that food
costs during the first half Of this
year probably VIII be II per cent
HIGHER than n the last half Of
1884 The cost or living as a whole.
however. Viii not increase more
than about : per cent he eSti-
mated Exports OF scrap iron
and steel ON the United States IN
1894 SET an all-time record Of
1855 s54 gross tons. compared with
exports of 773 400 gross tons in
1888. the Department Of Commerce
reported. Japan was the largest
purchaser. taking 116S.796 tons. or
63 per cent Of the total
THE Indiana Senate yesterday
Il passed the State-NRA bill
by a vote Of IS TO %. The meas
Urc was one OF the most bitterly
ss>ailcd Of the Administrations
backed bills. Passed by the
House II was drastically amended
I'm the Senate. Prohibition OF
price fixing and use Of loss lead
ers we're eliminated by the upper
house The bill now goes back TO
the lower house for action on
the Scnatc's amendments.
United States Senator's Frederick
VanNuys and Sherman NIintOn
favor repeal Of the pink slip
publicity provision of the Federal
income tax law Reps Louis
Ludlow. John Bochne. Samuel B.
PcttnElu. James Farley. Virginia
JeuckeS. Eugene r. Grove and
Charles 4. HallcCk have all CX-
pressed themselves as for repeal
ing the publicity provisions
All restrictions on feed grants 10
farmers in drOught-strlcken areas
were ordered lifted immediately
bv Harry L. Hopkins. Federal
Relief Administration. Az the
same time Mr.. Hopkins predicted
THE end Of the big problem III
the drought sections within three
mont his The state LegiS-
lativa Gas Committee closed its
activities Yesterday with the
hearing II testimony of Henry L.
DuhmCr. president Of the city
utilities district. AT TWO hearings
carllsr In the week. H. F. Rhine
DELI New York attorney for J. H.
HIIl1nau Jr. who is president OF
the Kentucky Natural Gas Corp
William J. Hinchey. greensboro,
XIV. general manager OF Ken
tuckv Natural. Gavin PAYNE
and Herbert Todd. Indianap-
oils brokers. were witnesses
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Young Bo,cling Star to Shoot
Here With Greensboro Quint

Blakeney, Astor Clarke and Joe Har-
rison are the only assured D. c. en-
tries. Blakeney will be the defending
champion. Nick Tronsky and Joe
Morelli, winner of the recent Eastern
Sweepstakes and national all-events
champion, may come down from Con-
uecticut for the tournament.
Joe Hardy, an old tenpin star Che's
now 65). showed considerable class
as a little-ball roller last night with
a set of 371 in the Northeast Temple
Major League. Fireman Jack Moo
ney was high for the night with 395.
Tony Santini will attempt to sew
up the Washington Singles League
championship in a match with Nor
man Schroth at the Temple.
Following Is tonight's schedule:
At Convention Hall-Pricci VS..
Cowden, Talbert VS.. Megaw.
At Boulevard-O. Hiser VS.. Wolfe.
Krauss VS.. Brown.
At King Pin-Miller VS.. Woods, Ise-
mann VS.. Ebersole.
At Lucky Strike-Weidman VS..
Watson, Campbell VS.. Parsons.
At Temple-Pacini VS.. Geib; San
TIM vs.. Schroth.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
A YOUNGSTER whom Ollie Pa
~ cini has tagged as one of the
~ coming duckpin bowlers of the

country will appear Saturday
with the Dixie Pigs of Greensboro.
N. c.. against Hugh Waldrop's Pig n
Whistle team at the Northeast Tenn
pie. The lads name is Johnny
TrIbble.
About all he needs" says Pacini.
ito become one of the best is expert
ence" Tribble Is % years old.
The match Saturday night will con-
clude a home-and-home series, the
Pig n Whistles having rolled up a
comfortable lead at Greensboro.
A mixed double-he will be
rolled Saturday night at the Lucky
Strike between Washington and Nor
folk teams. The Sholl's Cafe stars
will open a series with the Peninsular
Bus Lines, and the Lucky Strike girls
will finish a series with the Boush
Street Alley team.
Lorraine GULL will pass up her title
in the Yankee Sweepstakes at Hart
ford to roll with the Lucky Strikes.
Ida Simmons, the Norfolk ace, will be
the favorite in the Yankee.
The Boush Streeters will present
Catherine Wick, Kathleen Stevens,
Velma Letters. Bertha Jones and
Clyde Gross: the Luckies-La GULL,
Helen Sullivan, Lorctto Leaman. Polly
Shugrue and Catherine Federline.
Only few Washington stars are
expected to compete in the Ray
Barnes Sweepstakes Saturday on the
Overlea drives in Baltimore Ed
Evening star., 1935-03-07
PIN STANDINGS

Season Records.
High team sets-Petworth. 1.792: King
David. 1,719.
= High team sames-Stansbury. 639:
High individual averages-Billheime
(Joppa), 1863: Wolfe ~tStansbury)
1910: Homer (Petworth). 114-14; Ise-
man (Harmonyl, 114-S.
High individual games - Billheimer
(Joppa). 169: Phillips king David. l6s;
Collins tJoppa). l67; House (PotomacJ.
l64.
High individual sets-Billheimer tJoppa)
44S; Wolfe tStansbury). 40I: Steven.
lPotomac). 800; Sackman (St. Johns,
800.
High strikes-Guerrier tTakomal. 46;
Voorhees, king DAVID. a; Gray NAVAL.
A: Jordan tTakoma). 40.
WORTH. III; soIemi king David. 165
High weekly games-Cleary (Whiting).
15I: Gordon lWest Gate. 155.
Evening star., 1935-03-07

A full-bodied, long life
lubricant, 1000 vacuum
distilled and free from
wax. The quality that
usually sells for zoe qt.
LOOT. can 78c; plus 10c
tax.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
MERMAIDS WILL MEET
Shoreham Strengthened for Tes,
With Philadelphia Club.

Strengthened by the addition of
several new swimmers. the Shoreham
Girls Swimming Club will face the
Penn A. C. of Philadelphia Saturday
in a dual meet slated for the Shore
ham pool.
Events scheduled include a relay,
10O-yard breast stroke, lNO-yard free
style, high board diving, 100-yard
back stroke. 200-yard free style and a
medley relay.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
CAVALIERS Will GO
STRONG ON DIAMOND
81 Games Make Up Longest List
in Many Campaigns-Squad
Composed of Vets.
r UNIVERSITY, Va, March 7.-vir-

UNIVERSITY, Va, March 7.-Vir-
l einia's longest base ball sched-
ule in many years has just been
announced by James G. Driver. di-
rector of athletics. 1t covers II weeks
and includes 81 games.
In addition to 10 games against
Southern Conference rivals, the Vir-
ginia tossers will play Dartmouth.
Michigan, Navy, Vermont, Amherst,
West Virginia and others.
Virginia has a squad of veterans
this Spring, coached by Gus Tebell
and captained by Orlin Rogers, south
paw pitcher.
The list:
April i, Vermont; 4. Washington
and Lee, in Lexington; 6, Dartmouth:
10. Michigan: 13, v. M. l., in Lex
ington; Is. William and Mary, in
Williamsburg; II, Maryland; l8,
Long Island University; %, Washing
ton and Lee; IS, West Virginia; 81,
William and Mary; %. v. P. I.
May /. v. NJ l.; 3, North Carolina,
in Chapel Hill; 4. North Carolina. in
Greensboro; 7. Maryland. in College
Park; 8, Navy, in Annapolis: 13, v. p
l.. in Blacksburg; Is, Hampden-Syd-
ney.
June IS, Amherst, at Amherst; 1T,
Vermont, at Burlington.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Jones Serious This Time.

~He Jones man himself is going to
be the biggest stumbling block
in the tournament this year.
He finished along about seventh place
last year, far back of Horton Smith,
the winner. But the Bob Jones OF
last year. the great entertainer. who
felt 1t was his job to sit up bending
an elbow with the lads, is going to
eschew all that sort Of thing this
year and concentrate on playing some
golf. Bob will be there, taking a
convival and friendly drink from time
to time, but he is serious about his
golf this year. according to word from
Atlanta. If he gets that putter going
as it used to go. he can win and prob
ably will for no man in the world can
hit the ball to the green better than
Bob and he knows all there is to know
about the course which he built him.
self
But with the tournament being held
so late. at time when going is get
ting under good headway in the
North, you can look for small. but
classy field at Augusta in April with
only the big shots going after -
five grand. It's too late for the
bows who hold regular club jobs ana
they are not easy to get these days.
Evening star., 1935-03-07

Cadet Roger H. Copeland Of East
Falls Church has been named man
ager of the 1885 Virginia Tech foot
ball squad.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
District Pros Will Pass Up Jones Tournament
0NLYFRED M'LEOD
CERTAIN TO ENTER
Date of Masters Event Is
Inconvenient for Golf
Teachers in North.

JUDGED from the way matters
are shaping up at this time.
~ month in advance of the
masters tournament over the
Bobby Jones course at Augusta, the
links jamboree which gets the biggest
ballyhoo of any affair outside of the
nationals. is going to get along with
out several of the local pros this year.
AL Houghton and Roland MacKen-
Eie, professionals at Kenwood and
Congressional, respectively, who re-
ceived bids to the tourney last year,
are on the doubtful starting list this
year, and so far Freddie Mcleod, a
close personal friend of the one-time
emperor of golf, is the only local pro
who has drawn an invitation to play
at Augusta.
1t all SINNERS down to the acknowl-
edged fact acknowledged among the
pros) that the Jones tourney, marking
the one appearance each year of the
Great One from Atlanta, comes too
late this year.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Can't Afford the Time.

A NY Southern golf tournament that
~ comes after April !, even one
that carries such a considerable
piece of money as the $4,000 for which
the boys will shoot at Augusta, is too
Late, for most of the pros are supposed
to be back in the old home golf shop
on April /, ready to start of the
Northern season after a Winter spent
in the enervating atmosphere of the
South. where professional golfers are
as thick as palm trees on one OF the
Florida keys. The Mcleod is more
than likely to be the only local en-
trant for Freddie has had no vaca-
tion this Winter and has been invited
by William w. Hinshaw to spend the
week of the tourney at his home in
Augusta.
Both Houghton and Roland envision
such a fast start in local golf around
April /, that they feel they cannot
take a week off at that time, at the
loss of considerable revenue, to play
in even such a tournament as the
Jones affair. Bob Barnett. who start
ed last year. probably will not be
competitor at Augusta, for Bob is due
back at Chevy Chase on April l. The
Jones tourney is slated to follow the
North and South at Pinehurst by a
week. with the Pinehurst affair sched-
uled for March 81. % and 20.
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Enforce Traffic Laws

CONTINUED from Page u
theless, until education teaches the
motorist better habits and prop
er respect for the added advan-
tages given by traffic engineering
safety, enforcement must assume
the practical leadership in accident
reduction.
People who are otherwise law
abiding, deliberately break traffic
laws every day. The result last
year was $4,000 killed and close
to a million injured. The police
cannot afford to let down in their
enforcement efforts-rather must
they intensity them. Probably the
first requisite for good enforce
ment is good laws to enforce. The
truth OF this statement is proved
by survey made by the National
Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Underwriters. This survey show
ed that the trend In the ratio of
motor accident facilities to gaso-
line consumption increased twenty
per cent in six years In group Of
states having no drivers license
laws, while at the same time, it
decreased twenty-five per cent in
those states with standard license
laws. So long as the law itself is
lax, not only about licenses but al
so about the whole motor vehicle
code, it cannot be surprising that
the motorist is also lax.
A second requisite of good en-
forcement is intelligent applica-
ton Of the law. All offending mo-
florists are not alike, either in their
attitude or the degree of their Of
Tense. No police officer has the
right to abuse his authority by alb
using a motorist where harshness
is not called for The "rawling
OUT should be saved for the ex-
treme offender. The average vio-
lator. being the average man, is
amenable to reason. The police
man who can explain how safety
of the offender and of others has
been endangered by an Illegal or
an unsafe practice and who is
equipped as well to demonstrate
statistically the toll taken by that
particular violation, is far more
likely to win convert to the good
driving idea. Correction and not
punishment is the aim of modern
traffic law enforcement.
Real enforcement, therefore, is
self Death and de-
struction on streets and highways
vii practically cease when every
driver-and every pedestrian-be-
comes his own agent of enforce
ment.