The Washington times., 1920-10-16
Autos Vital NatOn--ShOuld Be Classed Essential &v


have been = terrible catastrophe had
it not been for motor cars. for with
out the motor car the strikers could
have had the country powerless- The
motor car helped break the strike be-
cause without q single railroad run
ming IL would still De possible TO oon-
vey food. fuel. express freight and
passengers from one point to any
other point and In very little more
time than required by the railroads.
"Aoroplsnes did much TO win the
war, but u was motor car develop
ment that developed the aeropiane
engine. and without the motor car i'm
dustry OF the past ten years there
would have been noN Aeropians de-
velopment
An effort 10 made 10 separate the
truck from the passenger car, but In
tho early days OF the truck-yes, up
TO the last two or three years-Ali OF
the development of motor trucks has
been done By passenger car manufAc-
tnrers. They made their money on
passenger cars and spent IL to de-
velop the truck. There would be no
motor truck today were IL not for the
passenger car manufacturers who had
the money with which TO experiment
on trucks. but who could not have
afforded to had there been nothing
but motor trucks to sell
AUTO IMPORTANT As DOCTOR.
"The motor car is as important to
diploma, and the car he uses is q pas
senger car. not a truck.
ASK any physician his opinion OF
tho motor car and he will answer
that II Is tho biggest single factor
In the prevention Of sickness and dis
ease, for II keeps mon healthy and
strong and therefore able to resist
disease germs There has been no
plague of any kind since the intro
ductlon OF the motor car. and II II
could be Investigated and definitely
determined. II would Undoubtedly be
found that the car WAS just as i'm
portnt a factor In the good health of
the nation as sanitation itself.
"A food shortage Is threatened. Can
we imagine the farmer of today with
out the motor car? More than one
half OF all the motor cars sold are
bought by farmers. II his reaper or
planter or other machinery breaks, 1t
is into motor car for a quick trip
to town to get the part and back
home again. In an hour instead Of a
day.
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| fifteen years ago with the farmers 8
wife today. The motor car has added
twenty years to the average life OF
the farmers wife. IL there had never
been a motor car, she might not re-
bel but now she knows the advant-
! age of a motor car. and IL you are
| going to put 1t in the luxury class
: and limit it's production, you are go
ing to find the farmer not only short
OF help but short a family, because
, the family isn't going to live long II
you take away from 1t the motor cars
! means of easy communication with
4 neighbors, with church and with city.
Because of motor cars hundreds OF
! thousands OF men and women are
living in suburbs who, without the
motor car, would move to the already
crowded cities
Consider the servant problem as 1t
affects owners OF country homes. The
cities are so crowded that millions
must have their homes in the country
at the present time. In order to keep
help, they have to provide motor cars
to run them back and forth. That
| might easily be referred to as a
| luxury. but II It Is, 1t is a luxury that
| the working class IL demanding and,
having become accustomed to IT.
without it they would desert 100 per
cent.
If the farmer has any say-so in
| the conduct of the nations affairs, he
will veto any legislation aiming to
| curtail the motor-car industry. be-
| cause no class knows better how es-
sential is the motor car than does the
| farmer, and in no occupation OF
American life is the automobile more
| unanimously used than in the agri-
| cultural States.
Motor trucks can bring motor
parts to the motor car factories; mo-
| tor cars made from these parts can
| be sent out on their own wheels to
| all parts of the country. and, IL neces-
| sary, laden down with commodities
which might not be able to md other
means of transportation.
CONSERVING GASOLINE.
'If 1t Is a case of trying to con-
| serve gasoline, then there are just as
| effective ways of doing that as re-
| ducing the number of cars manufac-
| tured. The Standard Oil Company
seems to have a pretty effective way,
when it raises the price every few
days. Such motor cars as are used a
| part of the time for pleasure and the
majority Of their time for business,
will still be used for such business
| requirements as are necessary, and
1t will be the pleasure end-if there
| is such an end-that will be limited
more effectually by the high price Of
the gasoline than by a shortened
| production.
Complaint Is made that cars are
sold on time and the bank has to
finance the paper. Does anybody ever
buy a home for cash? Does anyone
| ever borrow money for a home and
pay off the loan in six months7 True.
| some unwise risks have been taken.
| but losses have been negligible."-H.
| 3. Harper. president National Auto
| mobile Dealers Association.
| Throughout the country the overall