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Show fvMOTIC CONGESTION pENTEDBY AUTDS The Premier Invention in Making Economy of Time Possible. IS NOW A NECESSITY Modern Business Methods and Progress Demand the Speed Wagon. By GEORGE A. KISSEL. There was a time when man never thought of riding to his work or to any of his othor activities. The pace at which the world was going at that time placed no strain on the individual's individ-ual's effort to keep up with it. The only man who considered it necessary was the doctor, and unless there was a hurxy-up call he followed the custom rfne times and walked, "-r As cities grew, business area expand-ed expand-ed demanding time-saving methods to keep up with the quickened pace. The telephone, telegraph, adding machine 1 and typewriter were invented and perfected per-fected to make economy of time possible. pos-sible. , . , , , But while these time and labor-saving necessities made possible an economy econ-omy in the transaction of business, individual in-dividual transportation methods still moved at the old pace. Stimulated Expansion. With greater population came more competition. Wide areas took place of confined territory. The street car became a necessity, then keener competition, com-petition, more people, more streets, more vehicles, until congestion became the order of the day. Such a chaotic condition threatened to curtail further growth or expansion. A vehicle was needed that would start and. stop quickly, quick-ly, that would expand with 'the growth of business, that would cut down man's traveling time. The automobile was the obvious result, a utility that has, through its perfection, now become a necessity. Today it is up to every man and woman to do the most and best work, no matter in what line of activity. Through the adaptability of the automobile, auto-mobile, one is able to do more work in the time an automobile 6aves, making it just as necessary from an efficiency and economic standpoint as the typewriter, type-writer, adding machine or telephone. AgaiD, take the men who are under a constant business strain; how long ou they keep up the pace if it were , T for the healthy relief, the natural Jet-down that results from driving behind be-hind the wheels of their automobiles. jThe rush of fresh air stimulates the (flhbngs, clears the mind and puts new liteviuto them. Outside of the time it savrav the health benefits of the automobile auto-mobile is an added reason why professional profes-sional and business men are finding their cars worth many times their original orig-inal cost. Insures Health. I was recently talking with a prominent promi-nent physician, and he made the remark re-mark that in his opinion the automobile automo-bile has done more for the health and efficiency of the American people than any other one thing. With the first S"nin behind the wheel, one becomes alert, old interests become new, vigor and vim replace apathy and weariness. It increases the owner's abilities by increasing his capabilities. It develops devel-ops personal efficiency, induces pro-gressiveness pro-gressiveness and initiative. It mobilizes his mental and physical forces, keeping keep-ing them at a 100 per cent efficiency pitch. One becomes practically a new person, and that is a priceless transition. transi-tion. With personal efficiency and economy econ-omy in time a national necessity of today, with the automobile proving its adaptability along these lines, there is no question in my mind that, with its increased usage in all walks of life, its utility will assume proportions hitherto untouched. ? With the necessity of increased efforts ef-forts which have been thrust upon our country, and the necessity of meeting those requirements without loss of time, it will be written in the world 's history how the automobile overnight proved one of the foremost innovations , of mankind that put the nation on an efficiency basis. |