There are obvious reasons why the problem of making public highways safe for the people who own them should be given immediate consideration by the automobile makers of the country, unless they expect soon to be confronted by a great volume of hostile public opinion, stretching from coast to coast, said S. J. Williams of Chicago, secretary of the National Safety council.
"Reports dealing with the commercial development of the airplane just received from England show that 75,000 persons were carried on aerial journeys in that country during the last year with very few accidents and but one fatality," the council's statement continued.
"Statistics for the current year in this country show that three times as many people are being killed by automobiles as in all the factories, mines, railroads and other industries in America.
"One person is killed by an automobile in the United States every 35 minutes, and the menace is growing all the time, almost in proportion to the increase of the machines in use.
"It is estimated there will be 10,000,000 automobiles in this country by the end of 1920, and the number probably will continue to grow tremendously."
FISHER WOMAN GREETS KING
... Illustrating
A striking photograph
the democracy and popularity of King
Alfonso of Spain, showing the fisher
woman Paulite embracing the king at
Santander, Spain, Just before he left
for Sebastian to preside at the League
of Nations session. 