Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 35 | Why the Auto has a 'Place in the Sun'

VUmr THE AUTO HAS A 'PLACE IN THE SUN' j Figures Prove That the Motor Car Is Now Indispensable. COOOO IN DAILY USE Tip on What This Number of Gas-Eaters Can Accomplish. eer :a the history ot the 1'aite.i is '-he s-jbioi-t of trsnpoTt.a- in a'.l its aspivt? been ot eiu'h it:i! :tr;Hrtjni e. nor has it ever o fr.ro?:ea tho tester 1f popular inter-r: inter-r: as :t Joes r:v. An.l when the sub- -vt of transportation i? beiu cossivl-cr-i it is nevearv to thi:ik of all the rr.?ar. ot trar.sportation at haul or tbit may W made aa.ibie. The ra:l-r:a ra:l-r:a :5 and steanihiy linos have boon sreat'.v cver.aieJ, almost constantly, ir.:e this touts try decided to outer the Tear. Or; the ?:h of this month there wiil ie cwsci in Salt Lake cce of ti-f bis-jtst bis-jtst a"toa-.obie shows ever witnessol west of the Mississippi river and the object ef trsnsportatioa. as it affects tie catior.. the individual and the we!-lire we!-lire of the entire wor'.u. may be studied a: firs: hnnd. I You will see there the refine 1 pas-erer pas-erer ears of the 191S model, brought tip tje in every respect and only -nj to co c.'.t into the highways ' do their duty in transporting the es to and irom their places of s'.ness in the crowded cities and eer I re2. lit ail tin.es to brie 5 the rural cou;m?5ves and the big business marts into closer relations, and ready always I to facilitate the efforts of those who must fight at home and to beip speei ! up the bi war programme. ' It is time to consider ail things, even j sjtomobile shows, from one standpoint j and that standpoint must be the winning of the war as soon as possible. Giant Power Wagons. Veit in the esteera of the home war: workers may be stren at the show inanv J sizes and models of the sturdy power i wagons that are, today, practica'iy revo-utionizic local transportation i troL-itrins. The five-ton ieviatnan. tne j three-ton pant, the two-tonaer and the! hdrht delivery type, capable of flitting ad over the map with a ton or more safely stowed away, will be found at the pavilion awaiting your commendation commenda-tion alike for what they have already d'-ne in th.s war and for what they may er do it civen the o-oi-crtmuty. j Just a few fijures reeariing antes i irar not f.e amis?! Everybody knows tat there are about 4.L"J0.0C"i passen-??r passen-??r cars now doing dutv ia this country. coun-try. It is estimated that about one-fourth one-fourth of this number, or l.OuO.OOP, ir-'.-ks have been s-t in motion. This mak-ts a grand totai of five million motor ears now' serving 110,0'.'0,'-"-'U I r-rie. It is said that each day of the year tne 4.,d0,0,'0 raseEer cars travel ap-proiintately ap-proiintately 40.000. 0v miies. or a ai-tsnce ai-tsnce eauivalect to 1600 times around te worid. Statistiuians go further and state this ar-parent stupendous tact of tne a jt-tmobile came as rdayed in 'the baited States today they say that the annual rassenger mileage of ail autos in use during one year, biased on the "Vbove figures as to the number in oper-reaches oper-reaches the enormous tftal of .TVfi mi'es as against 35. 000. 000 -'?s for all the railroads combined. Military Use. There is another angle to this big se of passenger cars it is a military j.--ie with these passenger cars the trjiteri .States could transport 20.000.-fighting 20.000.-fighting men comfortably 100 miles in one day. with one filling of gasoline ani oil for each car: or these cars jrould seat rust as comfortably -'0.000.--""j citizen, or one-fourth of the total Tjpuiation of the country, and trans-C'-'tt them a like distance. The rural resident and the farmer 4-" the largest owners of autos in the -'-tion. Of the total number of pa-jerger pa-jerger ears it is said the farmer and re man who claims the open country as t-ace of abode now own J.7'".'."0l'i.'. U-S ?Jr1')cr represents the actual num-X:;r, num-X:;r, 'inie-saving cjirs iu constunt use. "oen you see the big auto show this Costa perhaps you will think over tiese big figures and comprehend, in raeascre, rust what the automobile CS 1 !l?ia count''.v- Also you will -ee at the show several imtiroved tvpes 'arm tractors. Id time these Etiirdv iemnes will have largelv displaceil farm horse. Then the country will t'raetieailr motorized for Loth 'peace