166 The Right Hon. Lord Montagu of Becmlieu. [April 3, 



Finally, I would remind you all that the motor car is still in its 

 infancy, although it is now beyond the stage in which it was only 

 considered to be the toy of a few wealthy or enthusiastic persons. 

 It is now used very largely by the professional classes, by doctors, 

 agents, commercial travellers, judges on circuit, tradespeople, engi- 

 neers, and even archbishops and bishops are benefiting by its use. 

 The democracy, although its vehicles are perhaps not yet very 

 comfortable, still owe to it already a measurable amount of relief in 

 reduced rent and in facilities for living in better air, further afield 

 from its work, and in securing more varied holidays. It is the swiftest 

 thing on earth, having accomplished a speed of 127 miles an hour, 

 or well over 2 miles in one minute. The world is gaining by a faster 

 means of locomotion, for time means money in more ways than one. 

 It is stimulating the road-maker and the engineer. Sanitation is the 

 better for a diminution in the horse droppings in the street, which 

 when dried are euphemistically termed dust. Cities will gain also in 

 the welcome diminution in numbers of the house-fly, which scientists 

 tell us is now one of the most active and potent agents in spreading 

 diseases. It will thus increase health as well as comfort ; and, in 

 conclusion, I assert that the motor car has not only come to stay, but 

 has come to improve our country, to make our lives more comfort- 

 able, to assist all classes, and to help in the steady forward progress 

 of mankind. 



[M. OF B.] 



