Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-10 | Page 25 | The Flivver and Others are Making Good in War times

THE FLIVVER AND OTHERS ARE , MAKING GOOD IN WAR TIMES Recent statistics reveal that there is now an automobile for every twenty-one of the population of the United States. S There has been an ample growth in the nmnber of automobile owners since the war started, all of which disproves any contentions made or beliefs entertained that the industry is beginning to- show signs of weakening weaken-ing because of the stress of war times and its inevitable conservation. Dealers all over the intermountain west are behind in their deliveries. So many aufcos and trucks are used in business and professional life that competition along these lines keeps the dealers swamped at all tunes. The social competition cuts some figure inthe buying of cars, but not to any alarming extent. Today a man or a .woman buys a car because cars have become practically indispensable to modern existence. It is estimated that in Utah there is one auto for every thirteen of population, and by the end of the present year this ratio will have' been cut down materially. This ratio obtains throughout the intermountain section. . - The automobile business is not going backward. Its hugeness, its far-reaching industrial effects, its worth to the nation as a war unit, its hundreds of thousands of happily employed mechanics, salesmen, clerks and dealers, deal-ers, are one of the greatest assets of the country, and the people have come at last to recognize all this.