Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
What the Automobile Means
to Civilization and to
the Individual


To be without automobile possibly manage get
date cousin the dodo and brother the
The struggle for speed has been the story of mankind The
telephone distance for the voice the telegraph
quered distance for the written message
The automobile enables to about rapidly
the brd-and now the intelligent citizen is asking himself
WHAT machine shall buy?'
Let us give some reasons why every who can should
buy machnebg snortng and expensive if he can afford
smaller less expensive but the greatest possible addition to
life if the big one is too costly.
The automobile economy.
AL that has in this life is TIME and very little of
The automobile adds power hour adds
mans day, doubles triples and quadrupes his EFFICIENCY
And this does not apply only to the doctor with his visits
to the fashionable rushed in directions by calling
shopping and other pleasures and duties.
The automobile will do for small plumber than for
of leisure will do for butcher small contractor
other little business than for the richest citizen Be-
the little of the machine
work accomplished.
Long ago. when only dudes called rode bicycles the
scattered acks and broken glass along
We used to tell the workers then that day THEY would
be the chief of the bicyce-and that
fact We tell the workers day that the time coming when
to them than other class the cheap automobile
motorcycle will be the greatest blessing, another freeing
of the serfs.'
workman hardly believe that opposed
bicycle the amusement the rich-but he DID that.
In short time it will be unbelievable that
and should have devised
those engaged in developing the automobile.
You can get that will carry five eighteen
miles for twenty cents worth of gasoline
The who writes this with fifty horses standing
stable his farm, bought two automobiles
to their work foolish jog slowly
hind farm horses and the machines COST LESS
HORSES farm that produces the horses food and
does not yield gasoline
The day here when the smallest tradesman builder skill
ed mechanic, automobile ECONOMICALLY Let
for his machnean intelligent boy
do it.
Let the is using HIS valuable prop
erty he drives Then the life of machine price
almost without limit And the ownership of
ing extravaganza, actual economy time and
makes money during the week 1t gives pleasure
family Sunday heahfu useful pleasure that dis
courages pleasures that are harmful
The little mans here already. The car
not far away Within five years the tin dinner pail will be-
side the clutch and the brake at the car The
wife will drive her husband to workable her children school,
do her makengno longer tied down the prices
est store.
Many weary workman at the days end seeing the birds
flying easily their nests has wished had wings
Now the automobile will actually GIVE him wings. The
days end need longer weary tramp country
roads long journey hanging to strap in the city
One workman will take his friend home day The
friend will do the next day
And workers thus drudgery will have for their
employers added value greater the gasoline
First we had the white ghost and the devil TOYS
for rich young
Then we had beautiful quite expensive mousnes ideal for
old ladies'
Then got the wonderful machines of low price within
the reach of the citizens of small shall have the
workman car-then the automobile job will complete
What reward what praise be great for the men
VINO nave put genius fortune inventive and
less ambition into the making of the automobiles Those
in the highest benefacors of kind Long
life to them to them They and know
that the automobile just beginning Our million farms
alone mean SIX mlion automobies-he who doubts is
baby The great work has only begun
Three cheers for the automobile which repayS
over IN health cash and happiness every dollar costs