The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-11
The United States on Wheels
Leads World In Automobiles
EVERY DOLLAR SPENT FOR
AUTOMOBILES is WELL
SPENT-BRISBANE
Not an Extravaganza ana Every
Family Should
Own One
Written Specially for The Courier.
By Arthur Brisbane
Thru AutOcaster Service

Xxi AA|0N6SNCA 0CAHAGE
One thing the people of the United
States have done thoroughly and we'll.
better han all the countries put to-
gether, and that thing is AUTOMO-
BILE PRODUCTION.
The civilization OF a country Is
judged by the AVERAGE COMFORT.
And on that basis THIS is the worlds
CIVILIZED COUNTRY.
Years ago, when there were a few
hundred automobiles only in all the
United States, this writer predicted
that a nation buying two million Bug
gies a year, to be dragged ever the
muddy roads by slow moving horses,
would eventually provide roads worthy
of the automobiles.
That prediction has come true al
ready. The genius and good judg-
ment of American manufacturers
have produced cars by the millions,
and most wisely and fortunately for
the country the constant effort has
been to lower the price and increase
the quality.
Only such QUANTITY PRODUC-
TON as this nation has achieved
would make possible the reasonable
prices of automobiles today.
This is a country of high wages
and high prices. Yet, because the
people buy on a big scale, and the
manufacturers compete earnestly in
lew cost production, you can buy for
your dollar in the United States twice
as much real automobile VALUE as
you ear buy for that dollar in any
other country in the world. The ether
countries admit it, do not attempt 10
compete with this country. There
have been financiers and others so
shOrtsighted as TO suggest that the
United States spends TOO MUCH
MONEY on automobiles. And some
that do not understand conditions or
true values speak Of the automobile
as a pleasure vehicle"
Every dollar spent for automobiles
has been WELL spent and has brought
back two dollars in value.
There is no such thing as a "pleas-
ure automobile" You might as well
talk of pleasure fresh air." or Of g
pleasure beefsteak."
Time-Its Value to Men
The automobile saves TIME, the
most valuable thing that men possess
the NEST precious, the most important
The automobile, truck, tractor anc
gas engine have doubled the life Of
the farmers by enabling them to &C.
cOmplish twice as much in a giver
time.
When those who read this were
boys a trip to town meant that tn,
farmer must take a whole day. III
must plow through the deep ruts
taking the horses from work or tn,
farm.
Now a strip to town." with tim,
enough to do the necessary buying
means half an hour, at a e~onvenien
time Of day, with the use, perhaps, o
ten cents worth OF gasoline for tn
round trip.
Nobody can estimate the value o
| the time and money that automobile
have saved for the farmers.
And what is true Of farmers is tru
, of other classes. Ask the doctors, es
= peciaily those that live in sparsel
J settled regions. Thanks to the auto
mobile, their value has been multiple
by four and five, their possibility 0
doing good work, and also their CIV
/ earning power.
Ask those that understand the labO
problem. The shortage of labO,
: building mechanics especially, he
been largely overcome in rural region
e by the fact that the carpenter OF ms
son now thinks nothing of going te
miles to a Job.
The automobile has saved ever
Z year, IN ACTUAL WORKING TIM
: for this country, more than all Il
automobiles of the nation cost. This
Y should be remembered by those thI
s talk nonsense about national autI
mobile extravaganza"
There was a time when men plov
{ ed, using human power to pull Il
e "plow," a pointed piece Of wood, har,
: ened ns4he fire.
+ In very ancient days, as Recls
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