New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1921, Page 9

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New Britain, Conn ' Children’s Patent Leather Button Shoes, sizes 6 to 8, $2.98 value Children’s Patent Leather Lace or Button Shoes, size 814 to 11, $3.49 value Children’s Rainbow Socks, regular 49c value 4 Doors South of $1.39 25¢ East Main St. {{Pedestrians . 24 TIMES MORE. DANGEROLS TL Homer Says Motorcycle Has Unjust Enemies T. L. Monier of Monier Bros. has the following to say to refute an opinion regarding the motorcycle as published in Friday evening’s Herald: In justice to the average motor- cyclist in genersl, and not just a few, and ocing a motorcycle enthusiast and rider myself, can hardly let the interview which Mr. Lanpher had in Friday night's Herald, entitled “Motorcycle a Menace,” go by, with- out defending the average motor- cyclist, and let the public know the real and absolute facts, with figures, a8 to the most dangerous conveyance, the auto or. the motorcycle. The writer does not claim that all motoreyclists are gentilemen on the rpad, but on the other hand, who is there that drives an auto, but has condeinned some other auto .driver, for “hogging the road” or passing at a terrific rate of speed, or giving the “squeeze,” forcing one to go in the gutter in order to avoid an accident. 1 drive both an auto and a ‘motor- cycle, and am speaking of conditions found cn the highways in general, and not only on Main street. Mr. Lanpher states that many a motorcyelist being unable to afford the expense of the motorcycle, -has sold same and purchased small auto- mobiles. Imagine not affording the expense Of a motorcycle and being able to run a car, which costs 3 to 10 times as much to keep running. Is there logic in such a statement? Now as to the motorcycle being 2 menace, we will give absolute figures, as taken from the various reports of newspapers and insurance companies. The following is from the report of the Travelers Insurance company of Hartford, Conn., entitled “Fatal and D’uzhung Accidents,” and published in 1918: No. Amt. 24.5% 30.7% . 2119 18.9% . 21.6% 18.99% Automobiles At Home . VOILE AND RAMIE DRESSES Sports and recreation 11.7% Travel 1.8% 11.8% Mlme\laneoul . 3 5% 2.9% d vehicle . 2.29% Mo!orcyclea & bu:ycle: 1 1% 1.1% From this, which appears as the tiggest menace? The following appeared in a New York paper as a report for the year 1915: Automobiles claimed 178 deaths. Motor trucks claimed 105 deaths. None of the persons struck by mo- torcycles died. Some proof. .. Still another paper gives the fol- lowing: ‘56,000 people died las{ year as a result of automobile accidents.” The New York American Sunday, December 2d, 1917, reports 801 killed by autos in the state in 305 days. In 1918 the increase was 30 per cent over the year 1917. The number of accidents in greater New York in 1917 caused by automo- miles was 10,000. Of this number 7,419 was blamed to passenger cars. The writershas endless figures to sustain the abave, and is only sorry, that one will express an opinion to the public, with so little knowledge of the true facts and figures. One has only to pick up any eve- ning paper and read of an ' endless number of auto accidents and occa- sionally one to a motorcyclist who in- variably only hurts himself, where an auto as a rule maims five or six. Has any one ever heard of a motor- cyslist being arrested for being under the influence of liquor? If one was in such condition, he would not get very far. I believe if Mr. Lanpher drove along the turnpike, and saw the dozens of smashed fences, where autos have gone through, he wouid realize, and be inclined to take a different view, and not class the motorcycle as a menace, leaving the autos out of this class. People -forget very quickly the four or five people that were burned to death on the turnpike, and a similar 12.0% accident at the railroad crossing, where a like number of lives were snuffed out, as a result of auto acci- dents. If these had been motorcy- clists the memory would live forever. The métoreycle as a rule is the poor man’s sport, and the auto the rich, and we all know who gets the best shake in this world. I write this article as a defense to the motorcyclist in general, and to prove that the motorcycle is a danger in thought only, and in proportion to LEARN TO SAVE—BY TRADING AT |N The People’s Market Co. Parking Space Cor. Park and Elm Sts. Tel. Orders of $1.00 or Over Delivered WEDNESDAY MORNING SPECIALS Shoulder Steak 19c Lean Corned Beef 8c Smoked Shoulder .. 45¢ 29¢ doz. Fancy Apples Fancy Watermelons. .. 55¢ Genuine Spring Legs of Lamb .. 29¢ Loin Lamb Chops Selected Eggs .. Campbell’s Beans Prunes the auto, which Mr. Lanpher upe holds, is only 1-24th as dangerous as the four-wheeler. Many & time at the corner of Stan- ley and Chestnut or Fairview, hu the writer seen autos drive across those streets as though no one else - had a privilege on the road. From the foregoing figures, we will let the public judge for itself—from figures, and they are what count, and not sentiment—which is the real menace. - 4 The motorcycle can be useful and it can be abused—kindly note that the statd uses motorcycles to run - down the ‘“rum-runners” in unto- mobiles. Here's: to fair play to tife motoh‘ cyelist. Thanking you for the liberal space in your valuable paper. T. L. MONIER. BIG -SCHOOL PROGRAM Palestine Government Plan of Edu- cation Most Comprehensive; De- veloping New Training Schools. London, Aug. 16.—So comprehen- sive is the education plan of the gov- ernment of Palestine that, at the _ present rate of progress, the whole , country will be provided with scheols within four years, it is announced here. Sinca January, 34 new vflhn schools, providing elementary educa- tion for 1,360 children, have been opened, ‘while 46 state-aided schools provided in -villages by the inhabis: tants have been taken over by the ™ government. An additional 35 schools® will be opened during the current fie nancial year, it is announced. Measures also are taken for the de- velopment of the two training ool- . leges for teachers. Teachers are also being appointed to live among the . Bedouin tribes and teach their chil= | dren. s A contral education committee has been formed, consisting of four Mos- lems, three Jews and three Chris. tians. Under the arrangements now ia force the people of the villages pro- | vide the buildings and furniture and’ keep them in repair, while the gov= ernment pays the salaries of tha teachers and other costs of maintens ance. A — one valuable idea forgotten — one important engagement over- looked — onepromisebroken — and you have lost Buddy’s cost a