The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-06
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AUTO INDUSTRY !S :::1sotlY
linked Wilt OTHER LINES
STUDEBAKER OFFICIALS GIVES
INTERESTING Gg; FIGURES THAT
SHOW WIDESPREAD BENEFITS
FROM USE OF MOTOR CARS.

SHOW WIDESPREAD BENEFITS
FROM USE OF MOTOR CARS.
). j. OLIVER, vice-president and di-
ector of sales Of the Studebaker Cor
,oration, has compiled the following
Lata bearing on the value of the auto
Mobile industry to every other kind of
;rade-agriculture, manufacturing OF
mining. These figures furnish specific
reasons why people no longer raise
the claim that the purchase of autos
takes money out of local circulation:
More than 100000 motor veh'
were produced in the IT, --.s,es
during the fisc"' --.aved States
1915. e1 """e ''
The aggregate value of these vehi.
e'es 4, was more than $523,ooo,ooo.
Inc average :,alue of these cars was
about $3.50.
Fully one-half of the cars sold dur
ing the last year were bought by far
mers and others living in rural dis
tricts.
an1pments or automobiles during the
first eight months Of 1915 amounted to
109,821 freight carloads.
In the four years from 1911 to 1915
the humber of cars registered in the
nine grain states-Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, Kansas and Okla
homa-increased from 100000 to 500,-
600, and one-half of them are owned
by farmers who paid a quarter of
billion dollars for them.
More than 100000 motor cars were
registered in the various states, ac-
cording to a census taken in July,
1915, as compared with about 1,OOO,-
600 passenger horse vehicles in use in
1910.
There are $4,000 automobile dealers,
garages, repair shops, supply houses
and charging stations in the country.
These include 19,5O0 dealers, 1880
garages, and $500 repair shops and
l 900 stores that make automobile sup
plies their principal business.
Fully 100000 barrels of gasoline
and 100000 gallons of lubricating
oil are consumed annually in automo-
biles.
The first cost of a car is only part
Of the amount spent on it by the mo-
torist during the several years he OPP
crates it. Each year he spends fair
sum according to the extent the car is
used, to operate and maintain it, and
most Of this amount is spent locally.
Supplies to run the car and acces-
sories are bought locally. These in
clude gasoline, oil, tires, rain coats,
busters, gloves, robes, tools, etc.
Every automobile that is net stored
IN a public sstrage is either housed in
a barn or in a small private garage,
Many Of these garages are built of
bought from the lolal deal
ers and are all erected by local labor.
The $12,OO0,O00 to $15,0O0,O0O paid
to state treasures for licenses, ETC., is
spent on road repairs and construction
which are largely local improvements
made largely by local labor.
1t is estimated::that not less than
5000 tourist cars made the trip from
east of the Mississippi to California
last summer They averaged three
persons to the car, spent $50 per day
on the average, and averaged 35 days
from the trip, making total of
50 100000 expended along the routes.
Practically all parts of the country
are drawn on to supply these mater
ials and parts. Ore for the manufac-
ture of iron and steel comes from
Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Ten
nessee and Alabama; aluminium is
mined and smelted in the Carolinas;
nickle comes from Colorado; copper
from the Lake Superior regions and
western mountain states, and lead and
zinc from Illinois and Missouri. Cot
ION used in tire fabric and for trirr
ming is raised in the south, and wool
for upholstery is grown in Montana,
Idaho, Oregon and other states.
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