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Show AUTOMOBILE COMPETITION V' Railroads that do a heavy tourist 9. business havo been complaining B nbout their lossoa through automo- H bile competition. With a good slz B eil family, tliu saving by using a Br motor can be very considerable. It Ei Is ono of the economies which poo- Bj. )lo plan In advance to offset tho cost Bi of tho car. Hut as a mattor of fact Hi there may not bo much saving here. I ho averago motor party probably spends ns much In hotel bills and garage fees ns It saves. But they think they nro saving tho prlco of tho railroad pnssago, which nmounts to tho same thing The effect Is seen In tho passengor earnings of nny lino doing n tourist business. In tho commuter towns nround'tho largo cities, the motor partly tnkes tho plnco of the train. In tho plainer communities, the working pcoplo still scrnmhlo for tho 7:12 train for tho city ofllco ns they did of yore. Hut In the wenlthler neighborhoods tho sociable sight of tho who'o masculine mas-culine clement rushing en masse for tho 8:34 Is no more. The swift moving motor gives the business man flvp minutes longer over his egg and coffee. The railroads for tho tlmo being will ho hard put to It to mnke economies econ-omies to counterbalance this loss. Perhaps they could cut off some nearly near-ly empty sleeping and parlor cars. Many of theso are hauled over long dlstnnces with thrco or four pcoplo lonely in solitary grandeur. Theso cars arc heavy nnd It costs good monoy to haul them. Tho rallrcads will alwoys continue to be tho great democratic highway for tho mass of tho people. Long tours In n motor car havo zest for a time. But In time U ceases to bo n novelty. Tho trnln covers tho distance "in the lenst tlmo and tho grcntcst certainty. It costs moro and moro monoy to build n railroad so thnt an existing right of way gets moro and moro vnlunblo. Tho country coun-try Is growing nnd there will bo mnny freight shipments additional for every motor party thnt Is lost. |