. The Saturday evening post. took it seriously wereobjects of the misplaced sympathy of friends, and ofunfriendly comment by the general public. When thelegal rate of speed in many big cities was not to exceedseven miles an hour. When the man whose horseran away at the sight of a horseless carriage alwayshad the jury with him. Those early days mean something to us now becauseto believe in the future of the automobile meant a greatdeal then. To point a business in a new direction,seaward without a compass, took something morethan courage and resource. It took the samevision, the same purpose, t
. The Saturday evening post. took it seriously wereobjects of the misplaced sympathy of friends, and ofunfriendly comment by the general public. When thelegal rate of speed in many big cities was not to exceedseven miles an hour. When the man whose horseran away at the sight of a horseless carriage alwayshad the jury with him. Those early days mean something to us now becauseto believe in the future of the automobile meant a greatdeal then. To point a business in a new direction,seaward without a compass, took something morethan courage and resource. It took the samevision, the same purpose, that were actuating thosewho were spending their days in the shop andtheir nights at the drawing board, producing thevery beginnings of a new kind of transportation. Ittook faith! It took red-blooded, he-man faith! During the last score of years the automobileindustry has made a place for itself from which itcan never be dislodged. It has done somethingmore than develop a new mechanism to serve con- THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. venience, or whim. It has produced a new andfundamental transportation method, whetherfor people or things. It has made a daily contribution to the health andwelfare of every person who lives in the civilizedworld. It has made Better Service between men, andbetween peoples, a fact instead of a theory. It hasjustified the faith of those who saw in it an agency thatwould realize the dream of a Railway Without Rails. The reliable passenger car and truck builders, andevery manufacturer who produces good equipmentfor their completion, are in the same business as therailroads. It has taken hard work, a lot of it unseenand unsung, to put them there. Most of those whotook off their coats in the early days have never hadtime to put them on again. The demand has been insistent for automotivetransportation that should be increasingly better andmore reliable. Each unit of the industry has had toorganize for service. Engineering has made tremendousstrides. Production me
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