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Show WALTER P. CYSLEIR'S WHY TRA:-'C If. IMPORTANT The regulation atul d-ilrr! , f traffic has gradually forcrd iic!; 10 i the front of the prc.f.ii'g bu .Ipc.ns ; folder of every Own !cr "i C-ui-merce in the Onite.l Sta'r. When a few statistics are studu'il the rc-i-, son for this is most c-uloit. U bus , been estimated that there are liioi-i ; than 22.000,000 cars iii commission in the United States todav. In 19 IS there were 2,00(1,000. During the ; fourteen intervening years the pop-i pop-i illation of the country has increased ;2 per centvmd the registration of automobiles has increased 1,186 per cent. This does not mean that ; 20,000.000 people own cars for. in many cases, it is also estimated that '3.000.000 families own two cars. Some own three or more. It H.3 mean that most of the 31,000,000 wajic earners in the United States , have a car of some sort. In 1915 there was one car to every 60 people. Today there is an aver-' aver-' age of one car to every 6 persons. i closely Ls the automobile tied '.' -villi industry that it is impos--:-'c io make traffic regulations v. .'..out thoroughly investigating the .' jld beforehand. Practically every c.;:re:i is involved from some angle., V. Oelher or not you are on the p 'iiee board, or hold a civic job, the tratfic question touches you and is part of your own problem. Your viewpoint is needed. Ally yourself w.;h some organization which is helping or could help in the gather-ii.ij gather-ii.ij of statistics and the solution of irninc problems in your community. If you belong to a club your yearly program should contain provisions pro-visions for making at least one. iral.ic survey in your town. In small communities where it might l e difficult for a civic organization to get an appropriation for a study of this kind, a club survey would be progressive and very much worth while effort. i |