Show GIVE alVE THE TIlE AUTO A SQUARE DEAL The Tile appearance of oC the automobile in Salt Lake City has lias been I he the signal for attacks from various quarters upon this most useful of vehicles The American un-American prejudice a against the motor which exists exists ex ex- in Eastern cities should not be he permitted to gain a foothold in the West Test Three weeks ago a 3 Short Line train cut a passengers passenger rs foot off otT It does not appear that the he engineer was too blame But suppose the Ute engineer had been driving an automobile automobile automo automo- bile and this accident had happened what then Every local newspaper would have framed flamed an indictment indictment in in- against the auto and insisted that it he le driven Iriven from the city A street car killed the president dent lelit of the Teamsters' Teamsters union union the other day er E Every citizen was shocked by bJ the tragedy but no one thought of advocating a law prohibiting the use of the trolley car A luna runaway way team on State street dashed into a n hn buggy J in which were two ladies Both were seriously injured Yet in the newspaper stories of the accident not one reporter declared the horse was a menace to public safety But had hud one OTie of the these e accidents been heen caused by ly an automobile automo antonio bile a hue and cry would have been raised and an active campaign started to prohibit the use UHe of or the auto Such prejudice is un American because it is foolish T The lC automobile has bas made its debut in Salt Lake and should be welcomed as a useful and practical vehicle It is an date up-to-date invention and with laws Jaws which insure competency in the chaffeur and penalties for fot reckless scorching it is safer than either the trolley car or 01 the thc locomotive e and far more ornamental G Give Ge e the auto a a. fair fail show |