Show THE AUTOMOBILES LE GREAT REAT PROGRESS I THE GREATEST G automobile show L ever eve conducted in this country countr has just come to a a successful con conclusion conclusion in New York York The exhibition was of general generl interest and attracted wide attention because It I demonstrated I ed that the automobile is no longer an anI I Instrument for the propagation ton of what a is s known as the speed madness To say slY that tat the automobile has come to stay sty is to state a truth tritely Astonishing progress has been made with wih the horseless vehicle since its it tentative Introduction a few years yea ago The early machines were noisy nois cum cumbersome cumbersome heavy hevy and slow They were sources of danger dag r to their operators operator and to the te public and they tey speedily 1 aroused arou a a strong adverse sentiment s That sentiment sentiment thanks tan to the numer namer ous Improvements made in the vehicles vehicles cles des is rapidly wearing away awa Automobiles are arc now superseding the horse for work of a character that was once thought Impossible Horseless plows have been bee introduced in England with wih considerable success horseless vans carry car heavy loads rapidly and noiselessly about the te streets of all al the te larger American cities horseless cite car carI carriages j I rages are seen everywhere The time I has passed when the automobile in or order order order der to be operated with safety requires require an absolutely smooth and perfect high highway highway highway way They ar ar ari used now how on mountain roads roa they are driven through mud and arid slush 81 and and snow over rocks rock and indeed In 1 many places paces they have hav been ben aJ operated oper ted where horses hones could not last It I Is easy ea enough now to see the te foun dt l n the motor tor car c 1 enthusiasts enthusIast i base their prophecy that th i the te ex extinction e of the tb horse h rt for driving or rd rid riding riding ing Is a not r possibility I ITe The Te difficulty about the te general genera g heral use of the he automobile up to date has beet been the excessive cost coat o tie the tha machines They have been looked look upon pon as a devices for the te entertainment of ot the te rich alone alonE and Jt t t Is true e some extent that only the rich can as a yet afford aford to own auto automobiles auto automobiles mobiles obIes But it is reasonable to sup suppose suppose pose se that tat it i will not be a great geat while until every eer man who really realy needs n eds an automobile cart can cn have hav one It It Wil wili be remembered that when bi bicycles bicycles cycles were first invented their cost cast wheel f was prohibitive A cost anywhere from 25 to and a a number of ot years year elapsed before the prices were reduced to the popular point point Now a good bicycle can cn be bought for as a small smal a a sum as 20 The automobile will wU follow the the lead of th UIE bicycle although it ian Can never neer neve be sold so s cheaply However Howver How ver Itis not t improbable improbable improbable able that the machine mac ine which costs to today today today day to 30 will be on o the te market m within ten tn years at from 50 to I and then well wel all al own one |