Arizona republican., 1920-11-07
INDUSTRY FACTS. MADE PUBIC BY
 NATIONAL EDDY

NEW YORK. Nov. 7-(SpeciaD- More than 6,S0o.O0O men added 57 per cent to their productive efficiency during the past year. More than D. so0.0OO families have found it possible to 1.-Two in the suburbs or otherwise im- prove their home surroundings working force equivalent to 100000 laborers is being applied to farming. Such is tho creative effectiveness of the passenger car, as reported in re- plies to thousands of cards sent to car owners.
 This questionnaire, conducted by the national automobile chamber of com merce. went to automobile license ~ holders. taken at random from the reg istration lists of ten widely diverse states: California, Iowa, Massachu setts. Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, ohio, Texas. Virginia and wyoming The card asked the owners occupation, the annual mileage, the amount CT mileage used for business and for rec reation. the amount used to supplement or Tn lieu of trolley or rail connection. It asked to what extent the passenger car increased the owners business, and whether is affected his housing prob lem or living conditions. The present figures are compiled from answers to tho first 10000 cards of this survey, which is being further extended Hntil information on the uses of cars by all classes of owners is fully determined.
 Ninety per cent of the owners re- ported that they used their cars more or less for businesa while 10 per cent stated that their automobiles were for recrentfona1 use only. The average in- creased efficiency of the car owner IS 5s.7 per cent A number report but small gain in productivity, but this IS heavily overbalanced by the testimony of the farmers who have added nearly 70 ner cent to their labor effectiveness, ana bv the doctors and salesmen whose business is doubled. tripled and in some cases quadrupled through use of the car.
 The use of the passenger car, ac- cordingly, has meant a net gain to in- dustry of s,000.000 men. There are more than 100000 automobile owners in the country, each increasing his CT fioloncy 5s.1 per cent through the use of the car, making an addition to the business productivity of the country in excess of s.e0o,000 workers.
 As there are between S00,000 and 100000 men manufacturing and selling passenger cars. parts and accessories, there remains a net gain of more than a,000, 900 men. If one were to add the productive efficiency of the 750,0OO motor trucks now in use a still greater gain would be shown.
 Tho largest gain in productivity has been in farm life. There are 2,367,00G farmers owning cars. The answer; from farmers reported 6S per cent in crease in productivity of owners or fl addition equivalent to 1,600o00 hired men,
 In America the passenger automobile has been the great factor in solving reconstruction problems. The cessa ton of building during the war ha meant overcrowded conditions every where. But S7 per cent of sae car own CTS, 2900 900 families, are finding tn automobile help in this situation, en abiing them to lsVe in the suburbs, an otherwise improving their living condi tions,
 The railroad and trolley lines whic have been handicapped by war condi tions are being relieved and supple mented by automobiles. Sixty-two pc cent of tho cnr owners report that the use their motor vehicles instead travelling by rnil or, electric lines. Owe one-third of tho total automobile mile age is used in this way.