The Washington times., 1921-08-04
Is the automobile Boon,
Dead?

LII the world its industries its people, felt after the
- great war people feel ship that has just
into iceberg The question then is: Chow great
is the damagef Are we to sink where are,
get to port somehow, make repairs and go ont"
Mr. Macauey president of the Packard Motor Company,
asks and the question whether the automobile
industry will sink swim in the current number Of Motor
the great automobile authority and exponent Of the United
States.
The average citizen, without Mr.. Macaueys special
of information think out the automobile prob
lem for himself by comparing human beings with birds
Suppose the birds in trouble the human is
now in trouble after great and its dsorganizaton
What would the birds do try to do what would most
interest THEMi They certainly would try to keep THEIR
WINGS in flying order
For whatever may happen the important thing to
bird to have his wings working well Failing that the
cat will get him, he will slowly die the dampness
of the ground.
The automobile, as Mr. Macauley shows you, to the
what wings to the bird Some day, perhaps, the
average human being will actually depend on flying as
the bird does But that day hasn't yet Today the
automobile is the wings of the human And, what
else may happen that race to KEEP its
WINGS able to about make the most of opportunity
and the best of conditions, whatever they may be-
Every intelligent person knows that automobile
be properly described pleasure" vehicle You might
as well talk of birds wings pleasure wings" The
Bird of course enjoys flying sometimes it flies for the pure
fun of flying But its wings ninetenths of the Time
purely BUSINESS wings helping to do what is necessary
So it is with the automobile which gives health relaxation
education, holds families together makes hour do the
work of four hours.
The automobile is TRANSPORTATION Here are some
figures from Mr. Macaueys article:
s. In 49,. s.. =
% % ss' 80 % i' Ss s :s. the "
Seventy billion passenger miles, that in the
automobiles of this country last the travelling equaled
SEVEN HUNDRED MILES FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES. Too bad so
many missed their 700 miles.
Those that don't know, including some bankers that
discourage industry by Tightening credit, speak of the
great cost of the automobile" You might as well talk
about the great cost of the goose that laid golden eggs
Had she eaten cents worth of day and laid daily
golden egg worth hundred dollars her record would
have been better than that of the automobile industry
today Read accurate figures to the work that the
automobile has done in making farm life, necessary to
the country agreeable and in actually INCREASING
FUNDAMENTAL UNITED STATES VALUES Mr.
Macauley says:
year or se.Soua. OF
s 's' "s'; ss'
n. ,:. '''''.
.sTs,s making
food be kept
pus is srssr s:rsf On q. value the
Of Of * per- s cent? 'Ss
tee. which had
the
twenty years automobiles the popu.
ss $ per %
100000 % 100 pr ss' diff. Ss. .r.s 1
r. 1919 h.s 1: ' it.
Of this increase for q yeary'
Next to some nconcevabe agency that would supply tho
farms with free fertilizer free labor and free live stock
nothing could be conceived of that would do more farm
values in this country than has been done by autoo-
bile Think of more than FOURTEEN THOUSAND NH.
LION DOLLARS added to land values, by single
agency.
The only real wealth in the country is of course human
intelligence and activity. And the only actual property
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