Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1922-06-18
GRAHAM 8 TALK
HERE STRIKES
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one OF the most enlightening talks
ever given in Phoenix on the subject
OF the automotive industry's relation
TO national economies was that de-
llvered by George M. Graham. vice
president of the Chandler Motor Car
company, who was recently in Phoe-
nix.
Mr.. Graham is foremost spokesman
or the automotive industry in Amer
lea and member of the highways,
motor truck and taxation committees
of the National Automobile chamber
of commerce.
Graham is one of the most promi-
nent men in the industry and has fire.
quently represented the industry be-
fore congressional committees and
other bodies and was one Of the two
spokesman who discussed the prob
lens of the industry with President
Harding last spring.
From the time of Christ to that
of George Washington, the world
saw many an invention for the bet
terment of mankind he declared.
Three great revolutions brought lib
erty to nations. But in all that Is
centuries, transportation alone was
at o. standstill. The same methods
And then came the steamboat and
the steam, locomotive. In 70 years
man has made more progress in
transportation than ever in the his
tory of the world. And then in the
last decade came the electric cars and
later in our own time the motor
driven vehicle.
And transportation since then has
increased by leaps and bounds To-
day there are $4,000 miles of navig
able inland waterways in America,
$4,000 miles of interurban lines: 49,
600 miles of railroads and 2,753,00
miles of highways, II per cent of
them improved
Last year 90,00o,O00 tons of freight
were carried on the water: 1000, 900
tons on interurbans: 1904, 900 600 tons
on railroads and 1902, 000,00 tons es :
timated on the highways.
During the same year, / ,066. 600. 900
passengers were carried by the ALL
roads: 10000, 900, 900 on the inter-
urbans, with 3,000,000,0 transfers.
To judge how many We're carried
from one point to another by motor
vehicles is impossible.
I'VE have the motor vehicle. COM
bined with the telephone and the mo-
ton picture to thank for the inn
proved living conditions on the farm.
or the 100000 machines in this
country, fully ne-third are owned
by residents of farms and small towns
Of less than $4,000 population. Over
half the number are owned by resi-
dents Of cities of less than $4,000.
Congress said they would in no
way incur a hardship on the farmer
during the war and yet they taxed
two of the main important features
that connected the farmer with the
outside world-the motion picture and
the motor vehicle
Graham declared that though the
motor vehicle was a great medium
of transportation, it would never do
away with the interurban or the rail
road.
Motor vehicle transportation 10
chiefly used for quick service be-
tween two points that are not to far
distant. If | wish to go to certain
city ] can go and come at will in
a machine. But on railroad / have
to be there at a certain time and
arrive at the scheduled time.
There are 100000 transporta-
ton monopolies in America. Each
subject to the will of its owner. 1t
is due to these monopolies that Amer
lea has arrived at the state of pros
perity it enjoys today"