The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-30
AVERAGE INCOMES
SUPPORT THE AUTO
Il IL Not Necessary Now to
Be Rich to Be Able to
Keep a Machine.

Richmond families with incomes av-
eraging $4,000 to $4,000 can AFFORD tho
modern motor car Had this article
been written three or four years ago.
1t would have said averaging $4,000
to $1,000" Since then, as with every
great invention, there has been ana.-
Ing progress
A dozen years ago the average fami-
ly could not afford tho expense Of hay
ing a telephone In tho house. Today
there are practically az many tele-
phones an there are homes. The tele-
phone in earlier years was q new
means of communication. The autouno-
bile 10 merely a new means OF trans
portation. 1t Is fascinating to tho Az
erage family because 1t allows them
to travel faster-from q power source
under personal control-than any 9th
er method in the history of mankind.
As was the case with the telephone
with every great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing progress has placed It within the
reach Of the average family quickly.
This has como to pass with tho auto
mobile new invention to facilitate
personal transportation.
Analy1e the average mans owner
ship OF the modern motor car We WIN
grant that a portion Of his savings or
Inheritance take care of the purchase
price of the motor car costing. let us
say, between $1,000 and $1,000.
Averaging up the yearly mileage of
all automobiles, It Is found that tho
average car In used 1000 miles rear
this includes summer trips, week
end trips. the TIP to and from the Of
fice and evening jaunts. That makes
an average of shout 633 miles . month.
For gasoline the cost In $2.7S . month,
for approximately twenty-five galions
are necessary. Lubrfcating oil win cost
about $3.50 a month. II he owns no gar
ago Of his own so q month n tho
standard gnrage charge.
Cost 81 TFsA
Then comes the matter Of taESs.
Most tires give about 5000 miles ser-
vfce-sone a high - 1000 mites. The
cost, then. spread over year. WIN b
about Us q month. Allowing tor puno-
turs repairs 81. the cost 10 80 a
month. The reliakae automobile deal
erS ta1pe care OF adjustments On their
cars.
There yuu hsvo apUeoxtnaAely eS5-
adding up al ngrss-as q maximum
charge, and wAsa I staNe that figure I
taks into confederation tho fAct that
tho motor car = the most abused Of
all machinery.
This II the pF4oe of supporting an
auapmobiie-A TITLE less than So a
week. With family whose income is
IN Tho nsigf1hozAood Of $125 . month
the Ovnes1hlD Of N sutomobtle leaves
sppsoztznGAsly e19o for household and
personal szDenseG- Considering the
bsoeAsnlng bsnsnt tbs social BENEFITS
q car brings. the great difference it
makes In . manes mental range, and
The stznon pure entoyment It gives q
faml1y-f y worth the price and
good deal msss.
These 80 reasons why the automo-
bfle has CONS - sta1. The bicycle, be-
Ing an cider vshAcae, was a lad" at
hrst. But WIN the passing Of the tad
the b&cyu3e was paAoed on q sound
basis. II became . transportation nee
costly 10 thousands Of worknen and
once men. In the hsyxssy Of the bicy-
Gle fad lsss than 100000 nsw machines
we're purchased each year In America.
But last year tbs continent "consum-
ed" 400,oo biny0les and there In q
steady Increase Of 5000 bicycles each
year.
MoAor Gar Not q Fad.
There never wa, DOR never can be,
a Ind" period with tho motor car. For
1t constitutes the ultimate means Of
individual transportation. That tact In
generally recognised.
In keeping with the subject of own
ing a motor car comes the question of
how long will an automobile last.
That, Of course, depends basically up
on the cars design and materials.
Then comes the important item OF the
care Of the car by the motor1st.
The average motor ear is the most
abused piece Of machinery in exist
ence. Yet look at the years and years
that most cars run. This exempfifies
the progress which has been made In
this industry and the slsepless nights
engineers have spent In designing and
constructing a piece Of machinery that
could stand the strenuous use to which
1t Is put. But car wen cared for can
give lifetime service
Take the railroad locomotive. Every
few hundred miles 1t 10 carefully en-
amined and oiled. At every two-min-
ute stop the engineer psts out with
his oil can and iubricnses the moving
Joints Of the steed Of the rail The 10
connective has an expert mechanfcian
in constant attendance. It runs on rails
that are Nike a level floor.
10 q Masterpiece.
Contrast this with the treatment of
an automobile-with the roads It
must enoounter-you viii quickly see
that the modern motor car Is q trans
portation masterpiece, for It performs
with more certainty In the layman's
hands than does the locomotive con
trolled by an experienced man Imag-
Inc. then. what the motor cor IN tho
hands of the layman who win endea-
vor to care for II can be capabls Of
at small expense. Care Of car 10 VI