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THE shouting and tho tumult dies. Thc shows aro over and busi?
ness will resume its natural course. There is no question that thc
nineteenth annual automobile show in New York was a wonderful
affair from start to finish, and that it proved beyond question that tho
Now York dealers' organization is a eapablc group who handled a big
affair, now to them in many dctails, in a most efficient fashion.
This ia not tlio rlaco to take up a consideration of whethcr there
will be other shows under tho management of tho Now York dealers
in tlio years thal aro to como. That will ho decided later on by ar
rangoment between tho manufacturers and tlio dealers. I believe tlio
Now York men have proved themselves absolutely lit and proper persons
to manage tho show. Other considerations may affect the decision as to
the management of tlie 1920 and following cxhibitions.
I am very much inclined to agree with a statement made by Charles
H. Larson, chairman of tho dealers' show committee, in which ho gives
thc greatest possible credit to tho newspapers for their splendid support
of tlie show. I think that it is a proper acknowledgmont of tho services
of the newspapers in this city, which stool loyally with thc Now York
dealers from the carliest moment, and which because of thc volumcs of
rcading matter published long before the show and while it was on made
it indeed appear that it meant nothing to thc general public who man
aged the show as long as there was a show.
Reports that have been made by various dealers proved that the
passenger car week was a most extraordinary sales scssion. Every dealer
sold a lot of cars, some of them so many that they do not expect the
totals to be bclievcd. I personally know one dealer whose organization
disposcd of sixty-four automobiles at retail in the week of Part 1. And
these were cars selling at better than $1,200 on the average.
There can be no question that we are on thc verge of a selling sea?
son in*motor cars that rcsembles nothing so much as thc 1916-'17 mar?
kct. "This is the year."
Still After the Motorists
rr*HEY are still groping about trying to fix up an automobile law that
-*- will give every one who wants it all the power he desiros to roughly
and peremptorily revoke the licenses of all and sundry automobilists
whose conduet happens to ofTend the somewhat short tempcrcd judiciary
before whom they are haled by the police. One magistrate would like
a law that on thc face of it gives the authority to some one else, but,
actually compols that other person to cancel any license on the order of
the magistrate. This, of course, is a bad arrangement and will not go
through.
I would not like to see any such power in the hands of a man who
makes a statement such as did a Brooklyn magistrate the other day, that
a motorist who drives a car twenty-eight miles an hour is as dangcrous
as a lunatic with a loaded revolvcr. The habit of making speeches in
court is all very well, but I would prcfer to have somebody else have the
power to revoke automobile licenses.
In the interval, with all the outcry about convicts and other bad
characters licensed to drive automobiles, Dr. John A. Harriss, Deputy
Police Commissioner in charge of traffic, has taken a step that will tend
to improve the situation, and apparently he has not found it necessary
to wait for a lot of new legislation. He has a committee of policemen
who investigate all reports brought to them about either already regis
tered chauffeurs or applicants for chauffeur licenses.- In passing it may
be noted that Dr. Harriss has been able to accomplish a great many
things in this town in the way of traffic regulation which we never
thought of before, and he has done his job very well.
It may be that he does not thirst for publicity quite as much as
some of the other persons who have to do with traffic and the control of
vehicles and their drivers. When that "first page bug" bites you it is
nearly fatal.
.4 Wasteful Measure
IN CONNECTTON with the story published elsewhere on this page
dealing with the activities of the Secretary of State's office and the
.apable manner in which it now is being handled, special attention ought
to be directed to a measure introduced last week by Assemblyman Tvlack
rell to providc for a motor vehicle commission in this state. There would
be, according to this plan, a commissioner at $10,000 a year and at least
two deputies at $3,-"00 a year. There would have to be a large office
force and all sorts of other expenses.
As recited in the story referred to, the Secretary of State's salary
is now $6,000 a year. He has an efficient and well managed department
and he attends to it and a lot of other work in his department. The prop
osition to establish this commission is wasteful and extravagant and un
necessarv. It should not go far.
Britain Seeks Air Mastery
ONLY recently a number of friends of R. M. Owen, long time a prom?
inent figure in the automobile world, were entertained at his home,
the occasion being a home-coming greeting for H. M. Swetland, the
motor publication inagnate, and his chief editor, David Beecroft, just
returned from abroad as guests of the British government. They vis
ited automobile and aircraft factories in England and Scotland and also
went over to France, reaching there after the armistice was signed, but
seeing a great deal, anyway.
The message both brought home was that this country should go
earnestly and carefully to work not to lose any of the results of the air?
craft work thus far accomplished. There was also a warning that Britain
plans a mastery of the air even more complete than her suprernacy on
the seas, and that the British are working hard to see to it that the first
"ship" to make the transatlantic trip carries the Union Jack.
Colonel Jesse G. Yincont told the assembl^d guests some of the de
tails of thc early days of American airplane building in war time.
De Palma, With Packard,
Wipes German Records Off
?
' '*u**?*>m?favmm<?*A*..
'1 i.f. r.n. iling "? . I ;?' ? Ralph l?e
Palma >?. seen. He i? at tl ? ??
thi Packard >06, with which on I.jn-.
coln'a Birthday he ,.,,.? hed thi 1 ?'?>
and oi '?'>:??';" Btart
Ormond Beach, Kla. His
paee for the rnih ?.??-. at the rate of
JPf.00072 mili ? ;.n hour De Palma
u.i-iiU >; - m ??<? : 24.02 again ? '?
tl <? f.- ? ,,f the late Bob Bur
man ln tbe Blitzen Benz, April 23, 1011.
Burman drove hc German car oi ?
!>' Palma' i I irne foi
'he kilomatre wai 14.86 seconds. Bui
man did it ln onds, In bi* ,
record trialg \><- Palma rode both way
',' ?.,,<?- eourse, to meet the European
'".'.'*'. II.- broke the record* I
. <? Umn'6 altogel her,
'ih.it uuttia t.'.'.ubliBted and loOft M'* i
by a German engine nre inus wiprd
out by a thorughly American product,
i ,?? Packard twin-six aviation type en
gine. The "906" was tlie third model
produced by tho cornpany in ita efforts
before Amorica entered the war t,, pro
vi'!'- an engine for military aircraft
purpo es. The engine and chassis repro
dent "ti expenditure of $47,500. 'lhe
ha? 905 cubic Inchos piston dis
placement, again t 1,812 for lb<- Ger
man machine.
I),. Palma bclieves thal thrco miles
in a minute i? not ;i remote pos
ulblllty, 'lhe greatest troublo will un
doubtcdly be to get a car of the proper
balance to stay ?,n the grouna when
moving 00 fn:.'. A car of the Packard
906 type ca j"i?ily un airplano on
wheels.
First Motor
T r ii ckF r e i ? h t
L i 11 e S t a r t s
Co-operative Plan of Eighty
Merchants in Chicago
District Is Reported To Be
Working Ont Splendidly
A group of far-visioned manufactur
jrs and proprietors of mercantile es
tablishments of Chicago and vicjnity
are applying the cooperative principle
to truck transportation, having orj.ran
ized what is believed to be tho first co?
operative motor truck freight line in
the United States. Firmly convinced
that th.e time is ripe for extending the
usefulness of the truck in the field of
short-haul transportation, eighty men,
representing business interests in Chi?
cago and citics within a radius of lifty
miles west of Chicago, formed the
Western Truck Lines. It is a coiiper
ative venture, simon pure, there not
being a shnre of promotion stock with?
in the organization. There, is a good
example here for New York to follow.
Rail lines entering Chicago, like the
railroads of the entire country, found
it practically impossible to transport
the vast amount of freight that was
dttmped at their doors last spring and
summer. As a consequence unavoid
able delays in thc transportation of
goods were frequent. It was this con
dition that led the manufacturers to
seek relief through tho organization
of the motor truck line as an auxiliary
to the overburdened railroads.
On September 3 daily schedulea were
inaugurated between Chicago and West
Chicago and intermediate points. Short
ly after schedules were extended and
freight stations were opened at Aurora,
Elgin, Batavia, Geneva ami St. Charles.
As rapidly as possible it is planned to
extend the service to points within a
radius of one hundred miles of Chi
cago. At present the longest haul is
fifty-two miles one way.
The motor truck line has now been
in opera'tion a sufficient length of time
to convince thoroughly its promoters
and patrons alike of its merit both aa
a profitable investment and as a me
dium for quick and economical ship?
ment of goods. ? As a matter of fact,
the enterprise was u success from the
s'tart. Serving territory in which soni"
of the largcst manufacturing plants of
the country are located, the truck line
is giving a freight service much specd
ier than is possible by any < ther form
of transportation. This is truo espe
cially with shipments of less than car
load lots. Frequen'tly freight. is placed
in the hands of manufacturers within
a few hours from time of shipment
that if consigned by other carricrs
might be days rn transit.
Chain of Depots
In the operation of the Western
Truck Lines railway precodents have
been followcd in so far as they have
been found of advantage. A torminal
station or depol similar to those
I maintained by railroads has been es?
tablished in the hear'. of Chicago's
shipping district, at Clinton an.l Polk
streets. This torminal building has
25,000 square feet of floor space. All
trucks load and unload at shipping
pla'tfprms arranged in station order.
Depots are located in all cities through
: which the trucks operate. lOach depol
\ is in charge of an agent, who assists
; in loading and unloading, makes out
bills for freight anrl checks and coi
Iccta bills for freight received in fact,
renders a service for the truck line
much similar to thc dutics of a local
freight agent.
All trucks are operated over estab?
lished routes, but delivery of shipments
and pick-Up of shipments from an.l to
points other than depots in Chicago
and towns west are made at regular
published rates, tho rates being based
upon actual Bcrvico rondered on each
specific shipment,
ln the organization of thc Western
Truck Lines a broad plan for future
developmcnt was, followed. The urcu
derit of tho company, Edwin Anderton,
v..;i?', engagod In tho learning busim
Chicago for Ihirty yoars. Tho vice
i rc Ident and general manager, Georgo
N. Luiiit), was for years ono r.l Ihe fore
most road builders in Illinois and has
U wide experlenco in tho operation of
trucks. Ile was formerly superlntan
r'eiit, rif highWUVS in Kane County, MI.
'Ihe boiiid of (lireolora ia composcd ol
men trained in handling financial ind ?
traffic problems.
White trucks are used exclusively.
They are all live-ton units, fitted with
bodies best adapted to highway trans?
portation service. Comfortable cabs
protect the drivers during the severast
weather. Only the most. skilled opera
tors are employcd, thus insuring "on
time" schedules.
The company hns found that shippers
demand a high quality service and will
i.ot tolerate irresponsible truck linos
that hold out as their only inducement
for business a cut rate. The Wesw.'n
Truck Lines has established rates low
enough to encourage shippers to Jse
the serviceand at the same time 'lig'.i
enough to justify a responsible com?
pany to give the best transportation
Bervicc possible.
Advanlages Are Many
An incident shows the advantages of
fered by this eflicient truck line: The
Independent Pneumatic Tool Company,
of Aurora, engaged on extensive gov?
ernment contracts, fouml a necessary
to ship from their Chicago factory to
their plant at Aurora a number of larg'i
machines, which naturally were of
value to them only while in operation.
The machines were loaded on trucks of
the Western Lines at the close of the
ciay's business in Chicago and delivered
to Aurora, a distance of forty-tv.o
miles, before the Aurora plant opened
for work the following day. There was
iu. loss of time through the machines
standing idle. The dispatch attending
the fransfer of the machines resulted
i:i tne tool company routing nil its
shipments of freight between Chicago
ar.d Aurora via the Western Truck
Lines.
Retail grocers have found that hy
using this service they save in time
from five to ten days in getting their
goeds from the wholesalers, thereby
saving money upon each shipment duc
to cash discount rates allowed. A
fnrther saving is effected hy the elim
ination of pettv losses through damage
in shipment. Shipment by truck also
insures fresher stoeks.
Big Aid to t'armers
Farmers were quick to take ad
vantage of motor transportation. They
can ship one or more hogs to market
on trucks passing their doors and save
the money formerly paid stock buyers
for handling their shipments. Nor is
it necessary to hold hogs, all ready fot
market, awaiting the time to get to
gether a sufficient number for a car
load lot. Farmers using this service
along the routes travelled by the trucks
erect small platforms at the side of
thc road, placing on the loading plat
rorms produce for shipment, properly
marked. The first truck along picks
up the consignment and delivers di
rect io thc best market, with no loss
of time from work on tho part of tha
farmer.
The Western Truck Lines adopted as
their slogan at tlie outset, "The Best
Way." Shippers in the territory cov
ei'ctl. after giving tlie service a thor
ough trial, are convinced tlio slogan
is not a misnomcr. The company has
handlcd thousands of shipments and
has yet to receive the first complaint.
Concerns intrusting the line with trial
shipments have without a single ex?
cept ion become permanent patrons.
Sidney J. Fleel
Head of tho Fleet Motnr Company,
which han taken the representatlon
of the 'J'ower motor truck, mude in
Grecnvllle, Mich., for tho Eastern
territory.
War Brings
New Ideals
To Industry
Better Standards of Honor.
Justice and Service in
Motor Car World, Says
<;. C. Hubbs, of Detroit
The war has developed new anrl
higher ideals of honor and justice and
service in the automobiie industry.
Thc prosperity of peace, npparently
looming within easy reach, will prove
a mere phantom to those who fail to
take into consideration this important
moral phase of their business. George
C. Hubbs, of Detroit, who has been
prominently identified for a number of
years with big manufacturing interests,
fathors the foregoing idea o[ the "auto?
mobiie renaissance." He expounded it
in ?. forcible and interesting address to
a recent gathering of the Ohio Auto
Trade. Association in Akron.
"It is my candid opinion that four
years of war conditions have resulted
i iu putting the motor car business in a
healthier state than it has been at any
time in its history," said Mr. Hubbs,
who is assistant general sales managc
, of Dodge Brothers. "These years of
trial have been highly beneficial in
proving what was sound and unsound
in both principle and practice. That
which was not basically right has been
subjected to needed alteration. The
predominating strength of the business
has been linely emphasized.
"The industiy as a whole has had an
opportunity to express itself in new
and splendid Lerms, and as a result of
these testings there has evolved a
character to the business which is cer?
tain to have an important hearing
upon future manufacturing and sales
methods. Just as the war has uplifted
our individual ideals of honor and jus?
tice and service, so all organized bodies
'? discover that the self-acting of yester?
day will not meet the higher standards
which have universally been set up hy
the close associations and mutual de
pendencies of war times.
"If these experiences have made us
. more certain that only that which is
fundamentally right will stand a test,
and that rightness is quite as much nn
, industry concern as it. is an individual
: or company concern, then the future of
, the motor car business has been made
I that much more securc and promising.
"The immediate future could hardly
be more encouraging. Any one who
can think straight enough to add two
and two can prophesy safely that the
coming year is going to be one. of the
best years the motor car has had.
"The public estimate of motor car
salesmen as 'hot-air. blue-sky artists'
is, happily, fast passing away if, in
(ieed, it has not entirely passed away.
ln its stead there has developed an?
other estimate which regards the
methods employcd in the motor car
business, the class of salesmen at
tached to it and its general attitude
toward the buyer as being of a dis
tinctly efficient and creditable char?
acter.''
Newark Auto Show
Opens With Big Display
The eleventh annual Newark Auto?
mobiie Show, opened last night at tlie
First Regiment Armory. If comprises
the largest number of passenger cars
and commercial vehicles ever dis?
piayed under one roof at any one time
in the history ag the motor "car indus?
try in the State 0f New Jersey.
In the passenger car division tho fol?
lowing makes are shov/n: Allon, Buick,
Chalmers, Chrevolet, Chandler, Cole,
Crow-Elkhart, Dodge Brothers, Detroil
Cadillac, Dort, Essex, Franklin, Ford,
Hayncs, Holmes, Hudson. Hupmobile,
Locomobilc, Loxington, Liberty, Max
well, Mitchell, McFarlan, Nash, Nation?
al, Oldsmobile, Oaklancr, Paigo, Pierce
Arrcw, Peerless, Packard, Reo, Stude?
baker, Standard, Stutz, Stanley,
Scripps-Booth, Vclie, Winton, Willys
Overland, Weatcott motor cars and the
llarley-Davidson motorcyclc.
I" tho commercial car section the
show visitors lind such trucks and
light dolivery cars ns the Acmc, Auto
car, Brockway, Concord, Chrevolet,
Dodge Brothers, D-E Worm Drive,
Diamond "T," Federal, Fulton, Garford,
helly-Springlinld, Maccar, "Maxwell,
Nash, Puige, Pierco-Arrow, Packardl
Uamier, Republic, Sanford, Selden,
blcwait and Sorvico.
Mitchell Six Received
Well at the Show
The new Victory model Mitchell Six,
displayed for the first time at the Now
York and Chicago shows, met with in
stant and gratifying favor.
"There w;is no question in our minds
and at the factory that after eighteen
months of patient development work
by onr engineers we had a car that
would command favorable attention,"
-ai,l President George 11. Stowe of tho
Mitchell Motor Car Company of New
York, "bui i: certainly was comforting
to see thc way the public confirmed
our judgment after they had seen the
car.
"To say that tlie new Victory model
was the sensation of the New York
and Chicago shows does not overstate.
tbe case. ldle curiosity was not the
motive behind the interest, as the
business booked at the show attests.
!f the atmosphere of prosperity anl
eager resumption of business which we
have thus far encountered is a fair
indication oi conditions around the
country, there is a Rrcat year in store
for all of us," concludes -Mr. Stowe.
No Bargains in
Used U. S. Cars
'I hcrc ha\e been stories going
around (hal thc government was
going to di^po.^e of at extretnely
low prices thc passenger cars and
motor trucks that were aequired fr>r
??ar parposcs. and people have
heard they could got Dodee Broth
ers cars lor $385 and Cadillacs for
51,000. These reports lia\c no foun?
dation in facTt. lhe government
about 18.000 passenger cars. of
which more than 8.000 were shipped
ahroad and will not be returned.
Tbe other 1 \0()0 will he used by the
governmenl in this country.
As for motor trucks. they will not
hir sold until the manufactures ha\c
a chance to arrange to take them
back. This is a. part of the bargain
made when Ihe cars were bought.
Foreign Makers
Preparc to Enter
U. S. Field
Great Artivity in Motor Car
Business Is Prophesied;
Must Do Somethiii? to
K v e p Factories Going
By Jack Hiscock
It is well known that practically
every foreign manufacturer of note
has so increased his factory space and
learned so much more than he knew
before about production that very seri
ous consideration is being given to an
invasion of American markets. It even
is stated that many "concerns propose
launching big eampaigns in this conn
try.
Though foreign cars are very well
liked and admired because of their
goodness ot construction and manu
facture, it is well nigh impossible fo'r
them to come here in any quantity be?
cause the foreigners cannot produce
I as good an article at the same price
| as American builders. Just what Fiat,
Sunbeam, Dc Dion and other foreign
makers intend to do with their enor
' mous works and personriel is well in
: dicated in the announcement of Fial
and De Dion to manufacture every
| part of their cars in their own shops,
Fiat going so far as tc make its own
speedometers, clocks, wheels, car
bureter and ignition apparatus.
Fiat has announced four models,
'. three of them with narrow tread; Sun?
beam has a new sporting model with
a 110-horsepower motor. and the Kng
lish firm of Knfield-Allday has a static
? radial engine of five cylinder?.
It is significant in all of the an
nouncementa of foreign makers that
they will continue to use magneto as
ignition equipment in spite of the
fact that most of them are installing
.electric starting and lighting. The
reason is quite easy to see, since the
superiority of the magneto for ignition
has never been quet???oned by the ex
acting foreigner. Though the English,
French and Italians knew little about
magneto building before the war, call
ing on the Splitdorf company for thou
sands upon thousands of magneto*
during the war period and now some
i of them are attempting to make their
' own, rather than use any other form
of ignition. Since America always fol
lows foreign practice, though it is
' somewhat behind as yet, we should
expect a still greatcr use of magneto
ignition for passenger cars here and
soon see it universally used in the
tield as it is in the truck and tractor
! lields, where reliability is willing paid
I for.
Entirely New
Kavoul fOP ?*?
Studehater
Ira <!. Jone^* Beeoinej. Braneh
Manager; Sa!e*roonis Re,
fitted and Service Station
in 77th Street Heq?ired
lra ' ?'' : ' ' '" ' ' "" "':. N .1 f
merl ? ,
jcwellcr. 1,,, be ,ra] J
l;Krr ;!' ','" M^ropolitan StudebZ
braneh. Broadway H| }. f<v ?
Street. Studeb* givw !!
dence of , policy of i?jecUn Jjj
blood into the i. dustry am] of a ^
,n* '"'''''' : "! ?nd triJ
tap;it'!v can m 'chandise auiomobiu;
with the same .her...... 0f succe5s 8
llaS "' ' other li,,..
Associal d , ., Mr. Jones, as r.u'
'"anager, | . ;, k L. ^
Wh? ' r^tc
businpss executive is
that braneh of tho v . ? caJ1 &? fom'
Pan-v- T VV. Biencke, formerly ,n
charge of al! rolling stock for thc
lcxas ":I Company, assuraes direc
tion of the service po!icjrs f,.
braneh under tlie i n ction of Mr
Jones.
When H- v ;: P8 - general wle,
11 ; ;i '' '? ' '? Sales Cor
poralion. was in Xew vork '
We,,k! :u " ' P!?"s tW
called for :, complete renewal of th
iocal the improve'
mel11 va] of the r.'i
corner entrance V , 'a
tionally w id. i doonvav has been
made on the B .:,!.. aii,i a-i
ornate in :, lou..h .
beautj to th. ,
has been i c unpletely re
decorated. , . m(j Ccjl
ings give to I or of tlie sales
room .i n ncd, dignitied element
I ?e floor laid with white tilcs and
carpi ted ? il h . micrs. The
spacioti ;m ? or is secen
tuated !.-. w hiti i amel on side walU
and ceiling. \ con of cars may be
: on disph limi without
; any appear; ? owding,
A hi r wheel nameplate,
a facsimile of the radiator emblem!
has been the buildinc an.l
j is electricallj lighted and operated.
? The wheel, w! I I, has tho ap
pearance of revolving rapidly.
A new live-story fireproof building
has been purchased by the Studebaker
Corporation al Seventy-seventh Street,
between Broadway and Amsterdam
Avenue, aiul hi
I service facilitii of the melropoliUt
. braneh. This new braneh is of rer
forced concrete construction through
ma
A. \. A. Cel* a New One
President H. E. I- c lof, of tlie Ger,
esee Valley Auto i. lub, announce*
.... tion has broken c:T
'. relations with the New York State
Automob le \ ind has made
applicat on to the N'ew York State
Motor !? ederal - on. This
announcement comes through W. L.
j Brown, of Syracuse, who also said the
Randolph ^uto Club had been recent
; ly admitted to membership.
The Federation is a s'.rong sup
porter of the American Automobi.'e
; Associ:
To Race Autos at the "Bay"
Plans are being made for the hold
ing of three race meets, nu
events, at the Sheepshesd flar Motor
Speedway this summer. Datea
? details have not yet been decided.
New York State Doesn't Need Any
Commission of Motor Vehicles
New York's busicst motor car thor>
Tho office of the Secretary of State
has handled the registration of auto?
mobiles ever since there has been any
regular supervision of motor cars in
N'cw York State. Tho work has grown
in volume enormously, in the last few
years part icularly. ?'ar enrolments have
jumped to more than 400,000, and
where once ii was possible to register
a enr merely hy writing to Albany it
has been found nccessary to subdividc
the state mt,, districts, with main reg?
istration points al 'BulTalo and New
York <'ity as well as Albany.
'lhe work has been very well handled
by a succession of incumbents in the
offico of the Secretary of State. and
1 subniit has been particularly well
donc under the present Secretary of
State. Francis M. Ilugo. A completo
ano thorough organixation has been
built up, aud llie licenses are issticd as
proinptly as the applicatioiis of own?
ers are made, except, of COUI'80, thal
in the latter part of January there iu
always a collgostioil becauBO of the de
laying habits of a great manv motor
ists.
Some persons without much regard
to the i-piiit of cconumy that buouIU.
lughfare, 1 ifth Avenue, and thc man wh
State Hugu
rule are urging the formation of a
separate commission of motor vehicles.
About the only reason 1 can see for
such a commissi in is that it would give
a large number of jobs to persons who
would no doubt welcome them, ln
stead of the Secretary of State, who
at. present gets a salary of $6,000 a
year and has deputies who receive
smaller salarics and handle the work
of his automobile bureau, in addition
to a lot of other thmgs, it would be
nccessary to complete a brand new or?
ganization, which after all would do no
more than the present organization
does and would cost t, wnole lot more
money.
From the point of view of expendi
turo, I am decided ly opposed to the
formation of any such commission.
Whntever else it might accomp
highly problematical. i.)no of tlie men
who in urging the formation of a state
commissien of motor vehicles seems lo
have llie idea that it would lead to a
derrea.se in accidents, because of the
power that would be given lo the head
of the commission' to revoke licenses
without caUSC. Ile bases his statement
upon the exumplo oi' thc Stulo of L'ou
o helps control that traffic, SeereUryi