Arizona republican., 1922-04-30

our calculations let us take an even
10 Million
IF each car carries an average of
but two people (most Of them can
carry five) and operates but 800 days
year (most of them could operate
365 days a year, the equivalent of six
billion passengers are carried each
year. In addition, according to the
national automobile chamber of COM
merce, 1,200,000,000 tons of freight are
carried by the motor trucks. This is
four to six times the number of pas
sengers carried by all the steam rail-
roads in the United States and about
half the amount of freight hauled by
the railroads.
'"The national automobile chamber
Of commerce has made survey and
ascertained that the average travel
Of the passenger cars is 6.400 miles
annually. That would mean approx
mately 60 billion miles travelled year
ly by all the passenger automobiles
in this country. which is about l64
million miles day. The chamber Is
authority for the statement that 80
per cent of all automobiles are used
more or less for business purposes.
Further, that SIS per cent of the total
number of automobiles in the United
States are owned by people living IN
communities of 5000 inhabitants or
less. Also, that one-third OF all pas
senger cars and one sixth of all mo-
tor trucks are owned by farmers.
Contrary to popular opinion. these
facts show that the automobile is
more generally used in the country
and small towns than in the city.
They further emphasize the great
need of a network of good roads COW
ering all parts of the United States.
"The U. S. Bureau of Mines says
that in 1921 consumption Of gasoline
in this country was four and one-half
billion gallons. According to the
highest authorities in the petroleum
| industry, four billion gallons, or 80
per cent. is used for operating motor
vehicles.
yet us endeavor to parallel the
telephone figures with those Of the
automobile"
"The telephone Mr.. Raskob as
serts. is generally conceded to be one
| of the essential tools OF modern civ
! ilization which is absolutely indis-
! pensable to man in his hours OF busi-
ness as well as recreation. Few civ
| ilized men live in such isolated soii-
| tude that they are beyond the reach
| of the telephone.
| In this country there is one tele-
| phone to every persons There is
| one motor car for every IL persons
/ There are three calls daily on every
! telephone. The average motor car
| travels Il miles daily. Every time
/ telephone rings there is a motor car
| somewhere in this country which has
! travelled Z miles performing some
useful function
! Here we have statistics demon
| strating the constant and universal
use of two mechanisms" he says.
leach in its own sphere performing
an indispensable function in the
every day life of millions of people.
| Their widespread use is based purely
! upon their utility value. No other
reason would be satisfactory ex-
| PLANTATION of this phenomenon.
individually we can multiply our
| personality by the writing of letters,
by the use of the telephone, telegraph
| and cable. Occasions frequently arise
| when these methods of communica-
ton will not answer. Our physical
bodies must be transported quickly
from one place to another. The auto
| mobile is the only effective means of
always having at our disposal the
power thus to overcome the obstacles
of time and distance.
when Morse invented his tele-
| graph and Bell his telephone, man
had long before learned to draw fine
wire :else these two inventions would
| have been useless. The railroad train
would be merely an interesting me-
chanical curiosity TO exhibit in the
Smithsonian institution IL man had