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

To be without an automobile you possibly manage get
be of date cousin the dodo and brother the
The struggle for speed has been the story of mankind The
telephone conquered distance for the the telegraph
quered distance for the written message.
The automobile enables to about rapidly
the birdand now the intelligent citizen is asking himself
WHAT machine shall buy7
Let us give why every who should
buy machne-bg snong and expensive If he afford
it. smaller less expensive but the greatest possible addition
life, the big is too costly.
The automobile means economy.
AL that a has in this life TIME and very little
that.
The automobile adds the power of an hour adds hours to
mans day doubles triples and quadrupe his EFFICIENCY
And this does not apply only the doctor with his many visits
to the fashionable rushed In nine directions by calling
shopping and other pleasures and duties.
The automobile will do for small plumber than
of leisure II will butcher small contractor
other little business than for the richest citizen Be-
the little is in need of the machine that
work accomplished
Long ago. when only dudes" called rode bicycles the
snvous scattered ta and broken glass along
We used tell the workers then that day THEY would
be the chief Of the bcyce-and that
fact We tell the workers to-day that the time coming
to them moro than other class the cheap automobile
motorcycle will be the greatest blessing another freeing
Of the serfs."
workman hardly believe that he ever opposed the
bicycle the amusement of the richbut he DID that
In short time 1t will be unbelievable that laws
and nnumerab should have
those engaged in developing the automobile.
You get a that will carry men eighteen
miles for twenty cents worth Of gasoline.
The man who writes this with fifty horses standing in the
stable his farm bought two automobiles send farm hands
to their work foolish jog slowly be-
hind farm horses and the COST LESS THAN THE
HORSES farm that produces the horses food and
does not yield gasoline
The day is here when smallest tradesman builder skill
ed mechanic automobile ECONOMICALLY Let
man care for his machine intelligent boy of fifteen
do 1t.
Let the consider he is using HIS valuable prop
erty he drives Then the life of machine price
almost without limit And the ownership car far from be-
ing extravaganza is actual economy time and
makes money during the week 1t gives pleasure
family Sunday 1t Is heathful useful pleasure
courages pleasures that harmful.
The little mans Is here already The workman car
not far Within five the tin dinner pail
side the clutch bottom of small car The
wife will drive her husband to workable her children school,
do her marketngno longer tied down the prices
est store
Many weary workman at the days end seeing the birds
flying easily their nests has wished he too wings
Now the automobile will actually GIVE him wings. The
days end need no longer tramp
roads long journey hanging strap city street
One workman will take his friend one day The
friend will do the next day.
And workers thus relieved of drudgery have for their
employers added value greater than the gasoline
First we had the white ghost and the red devil toys
Cor rich young
Then had beautiful quite expensive lmousnes ideal for
old ladies.
Then got the wonderful machines of low price within
the reach of the citizens small Soon shall have the
worlmans car-then the automobile job will be complete
What reward praise be too great for the man
who have genius fortune inventive power courage and end
less ambition into the making of the automobiles Those
the highest benefactors of kind Long
life to them TO them They and know
that the automobile age is just beginning million farms
alone millions automobies-he who doubts that is
baby The great work has only begun
Three cheers for the automobile which repay times
over IN health cash and happiness every dollar costs
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