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Show When railroads were first ngltntlng the country there wcro gloomy predictions predic-tions that the steam locomotive would senl the fate of the horse, sn)s Victor Smith, In the New York Tress. It did Jitst-lhe rcycrse of laying him on the shelf. The same prognostication was innihThbont Ihe automobile n few years ago; It would retire the horso permanently. perma-nently. In England horses are dearer than before Hie coming of Hi motor car. The only sufferers In that country coun-try are Hie rnllways. Tcoplc can get about the tight little Island lu automobiles automo-biles much better Oinn by train, therefore there-fore n new school of travel lias been created. In America, of course, our mngnlflccnt distances preclude the pos-sllilllty pos-sllilllty of niilomoblles successfully competing with the railroads, except in suburban travel. |
