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Show HEN TO EXPLAIN IIS KM SYSTEM l''irmcr. business rncn and roauusors will be Intereslcf In what undoubtedly will be the most Interesting session of the forthcoming Federal Aid Good Koads convention In Washington, D. C. In the evening of JIarcli C the National Grange, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and tho American Automobile association as-sociation will supply Uiclr prominent highway advocates. Senator Jonathan Bourne, chairman of the Joint commit-' tee of congress which Is now Investigating Investigat-ing tho subject of fcdoral aid, hux been Invited to preside at this evening gathering, gath-ering, the conclusion of which will be In tho form of an Illustrated talk bv "Warden "War-den Thomas J. Tynan of the Colorado state penitentiary. No man In tho United Statos has accompllHhed so much as Ward on Tynan In the use of prison Inmates In tho building of roads, and all this with methods that embraco an honor system, an absence of guards, nnd tho wearing of chitons' clothing. Other Famous Speakers. Tho National Gi-ango spokesman will "be C. S. Stetson of Malno, chairman of its executive committee, on who has given much thought to the roads question In Its relation to tho men and women living liv-ing In the country. T( is expected thnt J 'resident Harry A. Wheeler will speak for the Chamber of Commerce, and the Interest, of his organization In the Improvement Im-provement of the highways has bocn an inevitable developinc.nl. The automobile industry, tho growth of which has been a business wonder. Is well represented In tho National Chamber of Commerce. Prominent examples arc IT. A. Meldrum, former president of the Automobile club of Buffalo and now the president of tho local chamber of commerce, and C. C. TJanch. president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Identified with one of the largest motor-car manufacturing- concerns. A statement Issued recently by a group of prominent automobile manufacturers predicts that during 1013 over 300.000 cars will be manufactured and placed on the American market. Last year 250.000 cars, exclusive of motor trucks, were produced. No other Industry has ever shown such marvelous growth on American soli. At the present time thoro Is an automobile In use for every HO persons In the United States, tho total of vehicles being In excess ex-cess of a million. Manufacturcra of truclcs arc just now looking Into the future of the use of commercial com-mercial vehicles on a scale that would startle the general public If the plans wero made known. The general belief today among clear-headed truck builders is, that before tho end of another decade the motor truck will have come Into as common use on the farms as the fann wagon or any class of modern farm machinery. ma-chinery. The extended use of farm motor mo-tor trucks will, of course, depend largely upon the general development of Improved g&yS' ,hC tW W,M tll Rvery member of concrcsg uiiiB vl ted to attend this coniS!.Si Ing meeting, and In numerous Iniull tho local boards of trade nnd autoS clubs have named as convention dekZjM their senators and congreffraen, r,3' whom have statod positively thdrlrt(l Hon of being present. The datts tuMM convention are March 5 nnd 7 an! place is the P.ulelgh hotel j |