Outing . The horse, in spite of the romance thatclings around Black Beauty and Billy,the fire hero, is too slow and too expensivea means of locomotion to do the business ofthe world when one machine can do thework of Billy, Black Beauty, andseveral others better and quicker. BlackBeauty very prettily noses into his mas-ters pockets for sugar, but the sugar costs,so do the oats, and the groom, and theveterinary, and the horseshoer. A hardcold will reduce Billy to a simple figurein the profit and loss column. It is cheaperif less romantic to put in his place a carwhich does not eat, costs little
Outing . The horse, in spite of the romance thatclings around Black Beauty and Billy,the fire hero, is too slow and too expensivea means of locomotion to do the business ofthe world when one machine can do thework of Billy, Black Beauty, andseveral others better and quicker. BlackBeauty very prettily noses into his mas-ters pockets for sugar, but the sugar costs,so do the oats, and the groom, and theveterinary, and the horseshoer. A hardcold will reduce Billy to a simple figurein the profit and loss column. It is cheaperif less romantic to put in his place a carwhich does not eat, costs little for a physi-cian and does ten times the work. Thefigures show that the demand for pleasureautomobiles is increasing instead of dimin-ishing, and to this industry which has beenthe mushroom among the industrial plants,is almost sure to be added a larger and evenmore healthy growth when the brains andenergy are scattered over the fertile fieldwhich awaits the development of the com-mercial automobile. 219. GOOD ROADS FOR THE PEOPLE BY W. PIERREPONT WHITE EVERYONE is interested in the im-provement of the highways, butthe residents of the towns want toput the expense on the county, and theresidents of the county want to put theexpense on the state, and the residents ofthe state want to put the expense on thenation; but the nation uses its surplus forthe improvement of the rivers and harbors,and so everyone commences all over again,trying to find someone who will stand theexpense of road improvement. The menin the cities say that the man in the coun-try should pay for the roads, and the manin the country says that those in the citiesshould aid in paying for the roads, andwith much show of justice. About twelve years ago a State treas-ury was first called upon to contributeaid to the country districts in maintain-ing their roads, on the ground that nota ton of freight comes to the cities whichhad not at some time passed over acountry highway, and since the cityconsumer paid a tribut
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