The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-15
The Automobile A Business speeder.

lie AuCUmoD1Ic - A BUSINESS Spe6QeI.
Twenty years ago neither you or I
ever heard of an automobile in the
modern sense of the word. The man
who was going to run vehicles by cleo
tricity, steam and gasoline, was con
sidered almost as much Of a dreamer
as the late lamented Darius Green.
Today the automobile has worked a
revolution in modern society and in
modern business and it would be hard
er to lose the motor driven vehicle
than anything else that enters into the
solution of the real problems of trans
portation.
The automobile has been the mis-
sionary which has caused neglected
roads to be rebuilt and made perma-
nent highways and in doing this, it has
doubled and trebled the value of
property; it has made more business
possible by speeding up business and
the business man today who attempts
to carry forward his business without
utilizing the power Of gasoline, is an
cold fogeyo and. failure. It has
brought the economic conditions. It
has brought to the people in general
the call of the long road and the open
sunshine and fresh air. 1t has put
years onto the life of lot of people
because it has taken them away from
stuffy offices and stuffy business houses
| and put them out where they could
have their lungs filed with Gods fresh
air.
To the farmer it has brought new
era in life. No longer is he denied the
society of his neighbors, for no mat
ter how sparsely settled the community
the gasoline motors are bringing neigh
bors close together. There is no longer
the question Of finding a market for
the farmer IS products. The automo-
| bile just naturally finds it for him.
Now he is almost as near to the big
gest market in his district as he is to
the door of his garage.
There is no class of people to whom
the motor car has not come as An aid.
To the man who works for his daily
| bread and who never hopes to own a
motor car of his own, it brings the
buses and the jitneys and the cars
which run far out into the open coun-
| try so that he and his children may
find place to spend a happy holiday.
! The automobile has brought all peo-
I pie closer together. The man of wealth
finds topic Of common interest dis
cussing the merits Of motors with the
men he employs. Tt develops the fell
lowship of companionship and the men
who ride the roads behind the putting
motors get to know each other better.
They learn the spirit of helpfulness.
1t has brought the city into close
touch with the farm. It has made it
easier to live and to live better and
even with the high cost of living the
automobile by offering an easy way for
the' transportation of products has cut
| the scale Of soaring prices.
! AS a business asset it is just as i'm
portant as cash in the bank or men to
operate machines.
| Driving motor cars is raising up a
new species of man and woman. The
man who sits at the wheel must have
keen eye and steady nerve. IF he
finds his greatest joy in the purr of
/ the motor, he must eliminate the
things that take from him that eagle
| eye and that steady nerve. In this
| way the motor car has been great
| teacher of temperance. The operation
Of the motor ear has come as a sharp
ener of tie wits and as an enlarger of
the visions of people.
It is the greatest institution that has
come into the lives of men in many
years Snd the man who invented the
| first motor car deserves to rank with
the man who invented the railway loco
motive or with Fulton who designed
the first steam boat.
The motor car is no longer play
thing for the rich. 1t is necessity
! for the rich and poor alike. The days
when men must mortgage their homes
to secure automobiles have passed for
| the automobile has been reduced in
price until now it is a lot cheaper to
| have one than to be without it. The
man who wants an automobile for SER
vice can buy and maintain it cheaper
than he could horse and buggy.
And yet with all this it is an infant
industry and who is able to predict to
what extent the automobile will enter
into the life of the future. The man
who is wise in his forecast must admit
that the motor car with its family SO
numerous as to meet the demand and
the purse of every man and woman
must become the greatest agent Of this
modern life and civilization.
A nrug0ed PeoDlA