Show S S AI Making aking H Headway W WITH IT ITH the the settlement of th tho west the old practices of ste stealing horses borses and rustling cattle have fallen faBen into disfavor and disuse The departure of this fertile field for the thc adventurous criminal waS was hastened by a western v determination lending emphasis to laws Jaws on the statute books But every age has bas its problem and today it is the owner of the automobile who sighs for the dawn of ofa a better da day f. f Automobile thefts have gro grown to startling proportions Lions in the United States in in- inthe the last few years Organized Organized Organ Organ- gangs make a n business busine of the practice i in some see sec of or the country More often however thefts arc inspired by joyriding joyriding- d desires ires of the modern youth There however er is scant solace for the automobile owner in the latter fact and the tIle time lime is rapidly approaching when the honest thief must stand alongside of the tho man who makes a business of stealing motor cars carn That determined efforts will he be made to bring a sudden sud sud- den halt to this form of American excitement is evidenced evi evi- evi in the fact that the federal government is interesting interesting inter inter- esting itself in ill the problem A bill has bas been introduced i in Con Congress ress providing pro a n year ten-year prison sentence for automobile au au- au- au thieves thic and extending no merc mercy to the The federal bill is based on ill interference with commerce which is caused by automobile thefts Every state a J. J the union also is working toward better bet het- ter r and stron stronger r laws for the prevention of automobile S thefts themselves arc are organizing associations u t to wrestle with problems conr confronting them not the least 4 of which is tho the l loss ss of cars by theft In view of these efforts the automobile owner has bas e cl every reason to believe belice that the modern modem effort will iII be bo just as effective as s tin thc noose of old in putting a n stop to vicious practices S Pa fa u |