Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-26 | Page 19 | Automobile Makers Biggest Consumers

Automobile Makers Biggest Consumers CHICAGO June 26 Importance 26 of tile the automobile to the industrial stability of the United States was emphasized in a bulletin released by bythe bythe the American Research foundation showing that the automobile industry is the largest consumer of at least six important commodities Not only is the automobile Industry industry indus Indus- try the largest consumer of six basic commodities but in four of these commodities it consumes more mare than half the annual production the bulletin bulletin bul bul- letin pointed out Automobiles consume con coIl sume 85 per edIt cent of all tile the gasoline produced in the United States per cent of all the rubber per percent percent cent of all the plate glass 53 per cent of all tile the malleable iron 30 per cent of all the nickel and 26 per cent of all the lead lead and and even in the case of nickel and lead no other single Industry in industry In- In consumes so much Although it may not be surprising surprising ing to know that the great oil and companies are largely de dependent dependent de- de pendent upon automobiles for the tremendous success which they have achieved in ill the past decade it may not be generally realized that automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles actually consumed gallons of the gallons of gasoline produced last year in the United States Neither is It generally known that gallons gal gal- ions lons of lubricating oil were used last year to keep American automobiles in proper operating condition