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


of date cousin the dodo and brother to the
The struggle for speed has been the story of mankind The
telephone conquered distance for the voice the telegraph
quered distance for tine written message.
The automobile enables to about rapidly
bird-and now the intelligent citizen asking himself
WHAT machine shall buy?
Let us give reasons why every who should
buy machinebg snong and expensive if he afford
smaller less expensive but the greatest possible addition to
life, if the big one is too costly,
The automobile economy.
All that man has in this life is TIME and very of
The automobile adds the of hour adds hours to
day doubles triples and quadupe his EFFICIENCY
And this does apply only the doctor with his many visits
the fashionable rushed in directions by calling
shopping and other pleasures and duties.
The automobile will do for small plumber than for
leisure will do for butcher small contractor
other little business than for the richest citizen Be
the little need of the machine that means
work accomplished
Long ago when only dudes called bicycles the
envous scattered tacks and broken glass along the roads
We used to tell the workers then that day THEY
be the chief of the bicycleand that statement
We tell the workers day that the time coming when
them than any other class the cheap automobile
motorcycle will be the greatest blessing another freeing
of the serfs
workman hardly believe that opposed
bicycle the amusement of the rch-bu he DID that.
In short time will be unbelievable that vexatous laws
those engaged in developing the automobile.
You get that will carry five eighteen
miles for twenty cents worth of gasoline
The who writes this with fifty standing
stable his bought automobiles hands
their work foolish let the jog slowly
hind farm horses and the machines COST LESS THAN THE
HORSES farm that produces the horses food
does not yield gasoline
The day is here when the smallest trademan builder skill
ed mechanic can own an automobile ECONOMICALLY. Let
for his machine intelligent boy of fifteen
do it.
Let the consider that he using HIS prop
ery he drives. Then the life of machine low price
almost without limit And the ownership car be-
ing extravaganza actual economy and
makes during the week 1t gives pleasure to the entire
family Sunday. 1t healthfu useful pleasure
courages pleasures that harmful
The little man car is here already The workman car is
away Within five years the tin dinner pail will
and the brake the The
wife will drive her husband to workable her children school,
do her marketing longer tied down the prices the
est store
Many weary workman the day seeing the birds
flying easily their has too had wings
Now the automobile will actually GIVE him wings The
days end need longer tramp country
roads long journey hanging strap city
One workman will take his friend home day The
friend will do the next day.
And workers thus relieved of dudgery will for their
employers added value greater than the gasoline
First we had the white ghost the devil TOYS
for rich young
Then had beautiful quite expensive ideal for
nervous old ladies
Then got the wonderful machines of low price within
the reach of the citizens of small shall have the
workman carhen the automobile job will be complete
What reward what praise be too great men
who have genius fortune inventive power and
less ambition into the making of the nation automobiles
in the highest benefacors kind Long
life TO them, them They ahead and know
that the automobile age just beginning Our million farms
alone mean 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 dollar that costs