We are very glad to see that persons interested in
the motor- car industry have addressed a memorial to the members- of County Councils of England and Wales, protesting against the recommendations for farther interference with motor- cars made by certain Councils to the Looal Government Board. -These were to the effect that "(a) all motor vehicle's should be compelled to carry a distinguishing number, and that (b) the of the speed of motor vehicles shonld be reduced to ten miles per hour." The meniorialiets very pro- perly point out how-grossly absurd as well as greatly unfair it would be to subject motor-cars to these disabilities. In truth, they would kill an industry which is just making a start in this country, and which ought, under fair conditions, to be far more .developed than it is. There is already over 4,000,600 of eapital employed in the motor industry, but compared with France this seems a very small figure. In France the value Of the motor-cars turned out every year is over g1,1:90,000, and directly and indirectly the trade gives employment to over a hundred thousand men. We very greatly hope, then, that the new restrictions sought to be plated on motor-cart will not be adopted by the Local Government Board, for if they are adopted they will be certain to strangle the industry. This would be bad from the special trade point of view, but it would be even worse from that of those who desire-to see a centrifugal influence at work in all our great centres of population. We want -to see an exodus of all classes countrywarda from the towns, and this' mcivement can be greatly helped by the spread of the use of motor-cars.
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