The Washington times., 1912-11-23
AUTOMOBILE. NOV
N GENERA: I: zUsE
IN MIDDLE GLASS
No Longer Sign Of Wealth,
But Has Become Neces-
sity in Many Lines.
By HARRY WARD.

The automobile Is no longer to be
taken as q badge Of wealth. for II ID
now the vehicle OF the great middle
class.
ASK the motoring suburbanitc who
has emancipated himself from travelling
in crowded railroad trains: ask the
physician who now visits thirty pa.
tients where he could see only ten be-
fore: ask the business man whether he
would like 10 return to merchandise
hauling with the old-fasnioned, though
faithful. horse, and you Will receive
but one answer. One and all will de-
clare the motor car to be the best and
cheapest vehicle In existence" says the
head Of one OF the biggest automobile
manufacturing companies In the Unit
ed States. This incidentally Will give
ture and judging what the autnmob,lc
= destined to accomplish" he con-
III you were to take from tho auto
spiendor ana admit nothing bot that
the motor car doubles mans usefulness
BY cutting distance In half. t;,e auto
mobile would still stand forth ~ one
Of the most powerful factors In human
progress. |s.N
r Supplies Traffic Problems.
.'"As q matter Of fact the automobile
does much beyond extending nap1 use.
fulness to himself and to "others
into wider fields. II rlmplifes the
traffic problems Of great. cities,
for the fact alone that the. au.
tonobilc occupies only half the space
Soken up by the horse and carriage
speaks loudly In favor OF the plachlne.
without mention Of the further face that
the car may be started. stopped and
Unanswered with greater dispatch and
safety than the poor brain and four
willing legs Of Its animal predecessor.
Rapidly and inevitably the motor car
Il approaching the day when t will be
class. Today the average cost IL near
the 81. 900 mark, but II It were possible
to eliminate all the high priced cars,
which always viii be Beyond the means
age solely " those cars which are In
the low-priced division. the sverige
would be much less than $l.U0. =.
That sum now will purchase a full
passenger runabont. having all the fea-
cures Of serviceabil!ty Possessed by the
larger cars. can be purchased for $3.50.
Certainly this Is bringing the aatorno-
bile nearer to hundreds OF thousands
who can take pleasure or profit from
the use Of one. There are cities and
States In which the ratio Of automobiles
10 population II higher than most per-
s ss,r.,. would believe unless rosf were
No Limit To Its use..- -
- '.In New York State. for InstssSe
there IL one automobile to about every
100 persons. while In some Western
States where. the foreign population /,
less OF q factor there Is one autono.
bile to every forty-fve persons. 30
when II 10 recalled that q single AUTO
mobile Is enjoyed by more than one per,
:'Son-usually by wide circle rsoi
-fs1snds--thc automobile is acfuaiiy
eloser TO our daily life than issst hrs
.'since there is no limit to the auto1no
hllc's usefuir,sss. the logical conclusion
% that there will he no limit to Its use
The present only indicates what the fu
ture will bring forth. and the time Il
fast approaching when all civilisatio
tsrnational good roads. from transconti
rental highways 10 lesser byways-al
tAr0nged with operated units OF traffic
operated independently by mechanical
means"
The Buick Motor Company will hav,
an automobile show next week at IL
aaiesroo,ns. l08 Connecticut avenue. q
which time the full line OF 1918 model!
viii be displayed. The salesrooms VII
Uc uauuSuh'cay uS'oin.eu Ioi Suu wv
ion and souvenirs viii be given all visi
tors. Manager Robert II. Martin am
his assistants will be In attendancs, 4
give visitors information about ,.th'
Buick line for 1919, The Buick compan!
has admirable facilities for q show, o
this character. the salesrooms beinl
among the largest In Washington. .,
,'The new models have excited iitares
all over the country said Manage
Martin. and we are preparing to. on
terrain many motorists during opcn.ni
week.
r. ]. Rowan. district manager Of tn
American Motor Company. was atnonl
the week 8 visitors at the salesrooriis o
the Marion Motor Car Company. r.
r. w. Vesper, assistant general sale
manager of the Buick company, was Il
Washington during the week. visiting
Robert II. Martin. manager OF the Buic
branch.
The Miller company reports the sal
Of q Stutz roadster to W. X. Reeve. TIL
car IL fully equipped and IL finished 1
red.
Tho Commercial Automobile and Sur
ply COMPANY reports the sale OF
StudCbaker 30 touring car to Josep
II. Pilling and a Studcbaker go tout
ing car 10 +. e. Fischer.
MN