The literary digest . A NEW SHIP OF THE DESERT —THE I\IOTOR-CAK PASSES THE CAMEL ON A MESOPOTAIMIAN ROAD. The Literary Digest for March 8, 1919 27. Photographs copyriglited by tlie Press Illustrating Service. CHINAS PREMIER RIDES IN HIS LIMOUSINE AND HIS SOLDIERS TRAVEL IN OPEN MOTOR-BUSSES. countries to be visited, with particular emphasis upon road sys-tems, fuel costs, and the piirchasing power of the people. Themotor-vehicle has to have something more than a footpath totravel over; gasoline, or an equally efficient fuel, to keep itgoing; and a regular expenditure to maintain it. Good roads
The literary digest . A NEW SHIP OF THE DESERT —THE I\IOTOR-CAK PASSES THE CAMEL ON A MESOPOTAIMIAN ROAD. The Literary Digest for March 8, 1919 27. Photographs copyriglited by tlie Press Illustrating Service. CHINAS PREMIER RIDES IN HIS LIMOUSINE AND HIS SOLDIERS TRAVEL IN OPEN MOTOR-BUSSES. countries to be visited, with particular emphasis upon road sys-tems, fuel costs, and the piirchasing power of the people. Themotor-vehicle has to have something more than a footpath totravel over; gasoline, or an equally efficient fuel, to keep itgoing; and a regular expenditure to maintain it. Good roads and prosperity usually go together in the Orientas well as in other parts of the world. They are found es-pecially in the Philippines, the Straits Settlements, the FederatedMalay States, and the Dutch East Indies. Last year the Philip-pines enjoyed the largest trade in their history. The nativesare the principal buyers of motor-ears, and they prefer small,lower-priced machines. In Manila most of the establishmentsthat used to keep horses and vehicles for hire now maintain motor-cars for rent. A motor-bus line is projected, and if fuel costs
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