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Show AUTOS KiW as i&iraii Considered Patriotic to Own a Car or a Power Wagon. ALARMISTS SILENCED Government Dissipates AIL False Rumors by Becom- 1 ing Largest Purchaser. Hew much of tho actual conditions obtaining in the business world at the close of HU 7 way the result, purely and simply, of war scare1? Apprehension 1 oi some calamity caused many men to draw in their horns and to eea-so to go, out after . business as they did in the dava preceding the declaration of tho intention of the United States to render the universe a safe and sane place to live in. Tt seemingly had uot dawned on' these men that the millions of people' must live about as they did before war was declared and that with the speeding speed-ing up process attendant upon achieviug a war programme commensurate with the size and resources of tins nation, business of all kinds would be accelerated accel-erated as never before. i Perhaps no national industry was hit harder in the earlier days of tho war, than the automobile business. Alarmists were on the job from the beginning, shouting that autos were nonessential and that a shortage of gasoline loomed larger than a new moon in July. They, had theJr inning and made good for a; time, but the season of hysteria was comparatively short-lived. Tho passenger passen-ger car was soon seen to be part of the very existence of the nation, having made itself necer-sary to many professional profes-sional a ad business men, and especially to farmers and rural residents, as a cheap and sure means of locomotion for themselves, their fajnilics and their products. And the power wagons they have helped to save sections of the country from absolute want. They have in a great measure replaced the man powrer that lias been dra fted for the war aud fheir status as a necessity has been eminently proven. Recognition of the motor driven vehicle as a public utility is not far off. Timely Recognition. The national government was not sJow to recognize the place in the economic eco-nomic life of the country that the auto i and truck had attained, and those in charge of that branch of the war board, ! having charge of oil supplies and in-I in-I dustries affecting the very life of the nation, soon dissipated the false alarms that were being touted by irresponsible persons. But this big scare never seriously in-j in-j terferred with the trend af natural and i sane events in Salt Lake and the intermountain inter-mountain west. The auto dealers sold all the ca rs they could this number being limited only by the number shipped them from the eastern factories and continued to advertise and to keep the ball rolling as in the good old halcyon days before Germany went astray. Krom sdiouting nonessential, ' ' ''absolute ''ab-solute luxury' J aivl bringing (dher and diters accusations against the auto, today the wiseacres are declariug that It is highly patriotic and eminently fitting fit-ting that a nation should contijiue to motor, to haul coal, farm products, build roads- and do a thousand other necessary war stunts with internal combustion com-bustion engines. The more fact that Uncle Sam haa become the largest buyer of motor trucks in all the world and has also requisitioned thou?ands of passenger cars and light delivery wagons, coupled with the demand of the people for autos, trucks and trnctors. has brought about this result. The status of the auto has been clearly demonstrated and in a manner that has effectively silenced si-lenced the false prophets and alarmists. The motor is winning the war. Tt is winning it hooked up to the passenger car, the ponderous truck, the farm tractor, trac-tor, the "tank," the caterpillar from which the "tank" sprung, and most effectively, perhaps, harnessed to fleet, elusive, efficient airship. Remember that it is considered patriotic pa-triotic to own an auto; therefore, buy your car now. |