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

II
date cousin the dodo and brother the
The struggle for speed has been the story mankind The
telephone conquered distance for the voice. the telegraph
quered distance for the written message,
The automobile enables man to about rapidly
the bd-and the intelligent citizen is asking himself
WHAT machine shall buy?
Let us give some reasons why every man who can should
buy machne-bg snorng and expensive If he afford
it, smaller less expensive but the greatest possible addition
life If the big one is too costly.
The automobile economy.
All has life is TIME and very little of
that
The automobile adds the power adds hours
mans day. doubles triples and quadupes his EFFICIENCY
And this does not apply only the doctor with his many 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. only dudes so called rode bicycles the
envous scattered tas and broken glass along the roads
We used to tell the workers then that day THEY would
be the chief of the bicyceand that statement
fact We tell the workers day that time coming
to them than any other class the cheap
motorcycle will be the greatest blessing another freeing
Of the serfs.
workman hardly believe he opposed the
bicycle the amusement of the rich-but he DID that
In short time will be unbelievable that vexatous laws
those engaged in developing the automobile.
You can get now that will carry five eighteen
miles for twenty cents worth of gasoline
The who writes this with fifty horses standing the
stable his farm bought two automobiles send farm hands
to their work foolish waste let the jog slowly
hind farm horses and the machines COST LESS THAN THE
HORSES, farm that produces
does not yield gasoline
The day here when the smallest tradema builder skill
ed mechanic, automobile ECONOMICALLY Let
for his machnean intelligent boy
do 1t.
Let the consider that he using valuable prop
erty he drives Then the life of machine price
almost without limit And ownership car from be-
ing extravaganza, is actual economy
makes during the week 1t gives pleasure the entire
family Sunday 1t Is heahfu useful pleasure that dis
courages pleasures that are harmful
The little man car is here already The workman car is
far away Within five years the dinner pail
clutch and the small car The
wife will drive her husband workable her children school
do her marketngno longer tied down to the prices the
est store
Many weary workman at the day end seeing the birds
flying easily their nests he too had wings
Now the automobile will actually GIVE him wings The
days end need no longer tramp country
roads long Journey hanging strap in the city street
One workman will take his friend home day The
friend will do the next day.
And workers thus relieved of drudgery their
employers added value greater than the of the gasoline
First had the white ghost the red devil TOYS
Ser rch young men.
Then we had beautiful quite expensive mousine 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 be complete
What reward what praise be great for the men
who have put genius fortune inventive power courage
less ambition the making of automobiles Those
in the highest benefactors of their Long
life to them to them They ahead
that the automobile age is just beginning Our million
alone six millions automobileshe who doubts that
baby. The great work has only begun.
Three cheers for the automobile which repayS
over health cash and happiness every dollar that