Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-30 | Page 23 | Pre-War Prejudice to Driving Car Disappears

oo H Pre-war Prejudice to H Driving Car Disappears H The contrast of before and after war conditions in Aleppo, Syria, from an automobile eye is extremely Interest- H ing. Consul J. B. Jackson, represent-ing represent-ing the United States in this territory, jH reports that before the war tho Aleppo district and the neighboring territory contained about two million persons and half a dozen automobiles seemed quite enough for them. There were business men, of course, who favored the adoption of motor vehicles for transportation, but the difficulties seemed insurmountable, and the camel and the mule continued to handle the freight, while the Inhabitants walked, rode in carriages or an horseback. Today we are presented with a dif-ferent dif-ferent picture. There are about 250,-000 250,-000 fewer inhabitants since prewar days, but there are many hundreds of new automobiles. They are chiefly in military service, but they have created In the Aleppo business man a keen de-sire de-sire to use' motor vehicles for trans-portation. trans-portation. Then, too, the autocratic before-the-war idea that manual labor for himself belittles a man seems to have lost Its potency and many people who could 'H havo afforded a car In prewar days, but refused to drive it themselves, aro prospective purchasers. Motor Life. IH