Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-20
Auto Is as Essential az Tele-
phone, Telegraph or Rail-
way Systems.
c. W. NASH OUTLINES ITS USE
Western Manufacturer Saw
Passenger Cars Are Great
est Time Savers.
tBJ G w Essh, Manufsctnfer Of N..i
Automoblles


So closely has the motor rAr he
come Identified with present .daS
American life that II requires but
moWonts consideration to realize that
IT iH Just as necessary an institution
as the telephone. the telegraph or the
railroad
Perhaps the most obvious as well AZ
the most important role Of the auto.
mobile IL that of a timo,shver. In
lhlH hustllng country. Of outA time n
AV All important clement To Euro.
prans the speed with which Ameri.
cans put thru their pro jects hnn nj.
ways been n marvel. II was America
thht flfst conceived the possibility OF
sending locomotive speeding a.
sixty miles an hour. And IL wa,
America that firat applied the motoi
car to tho task of Increasing the eff.
cheney OF modern business. Thru M
orlces wa have Speeded up trans,
porlauon widencd operating radii ant
made Distance no longer a matter OF
miles but matter of minutes.
Imagine. II you can. an Anerics
without motor cara and you will hav,
an America seriously hampered com.
merolaliy. Can you picture the rush
hour traffic, 40 familiar part of our
denly TO "A tangled Jam OF hor~s- drawn
vehiclesf The smooth deftness with
which the traffic policeman handles
the swift moving motor craft would
bo impossible. and the accom- pilsh-
ment now matter OF hours would be
drawn Into tho days
But even we're the motor car 10 be
suddenly banished from existence, We
would no longer depend entirely op
me horse. During the past ten Year.
II has been plainly evident that the
day OF the horse IL numbered, Day
by day man has been placing more
and more dependence upon his swift.
er mechanical beast OF burden. Gas-
oline liz cheaper than oats and hay.
Horses Getting scas~e.
In consequence tho breeding OF
horses has fallen far beiow the rec.
ordH OF previous years. Then with
tho outbreak OF war IN 1914, Euro
pean governments sent hundreds Of
buyers into this country 10 purchase
horses for army use. In this way
from our already depleted ranks OF
horses were drafted hundreds OF thou
sands more and n greater share OF the
work once done by the horse In farm
mobilc
More and more the Importance 81
the automobile as applied TO business
pfe has been made apparent. But the
city man holds no monopoly on the
automobile. You have but to resort
TO available figures, or. better still,
take trip thru n thriving n9ricui-
tural community. to realize that the
American farmer Ia now one of the
most consistent buyers OF motor cars
The farmer. who formerly depended
on his horse and buggy MS means
OF transportation from farm to city,
now sits at the wheel Of his nutomo.
bile ana makes the trip In fraction
OF the time formerly required under
the old regime.
IA n feBult the farmer OF today IL
a better Informed man than the farm
or of yesterday He In no longer iso-
lated from society A matter OF ten
fifteen or twenty miles, when the
weather IL bad, no longer Keeps him
from attending his grange meetNk. or
hearing lecture on scientific Warm
Ing In the city, lie can drive to town
In the evening after hia Days work is
done. when he returns home nj night
there is no horse 10 unhitch. he mere.
B runs his car into his garage and ~
Us Nere until morning lie covers
more territory sees hbw other sue
caasful men are conducting their af-
"A
man runs his Establishment. Not the
least important aid that the antomo-
bile has been % the American farmer
is tho added attraction Il has lent 10
arm life by baniehiug loneliness and
influencing tbs young mon that rural
life ls not without its attractions after
oil
Autos for Doctors.
The medical profession as a whole
has adopted the motor car Eyerv
doctor drives HIS car winter and sum
mer while making his daily profes-
sioual calls Were he dependent on
the horse and buggy HIS working m
dius would he seriously hHmpered
Incidentally II an emergency call
comes In. when quick response may
moan tho saving OF n human life, the
physican's red cross on his radiator
permits him 30 exceed the speed limit
and rush first aid when II IA needed
The city salesmen who drive motor
cart have automatically widened their
working territory many times over
This has enabled business concerns 10
extend better service TO their Gus
toners
Consider how our cities reflect the
Influence OF the motor car. Suburban
towns have sprung up miles from the
business Centers their Inhabitants de-
pending almost entirely on automo-
biles The hanson cab has almost dis
appeared from our city streets Swifi
tleetH of taNtcabs. stationed al the
various depots distribute transients
10 all parts oi the grent cities with
put loss Of TIME
We have accepted the revolution as
4 matter OF course We have been ad-
usted TO this condition While the
OF our street car lines aud
'ailr0ads has grown 10 meet the oyer
increasing demand placed dpon il hy
he public, II would nevertheless Co.,
insufficient TO take care of the trans
'ortatlon OF the entire populace OF
his great country were tho motor car
% bc hapished Should tliC autotuu.
'ile suddenly disappear from our city
treets there woUid follow conpcS,-
ID condition which could not hc easily
Illeviatrd.