Show GOOD ROADS INFLUENCE j a SEEN SEEri IN N MOTOR V VALUES oo 00 Better Highways Have Products R ts Pil ed Better Cars j rv r v vA o 00 A summary of the s to ob obtain ain to day to by the expenditure of a dollar s as as cOr compared 1 ared with ith ten has s been made by the Nati National nal Automobile Chamber of Comm Commerce This chart shows vs hn an increase in Value for both cars and tires as opposed to a great decrease in value of such commodities commodities' as clothing shoes food furniture and house furnishings furnishings fur fur- bulling building crops and live stock and such intangibles as the cost of living and rents According to this summary a dollar in 1913 purchased a dollars dollars dollar's dollars dollar's dol dol- dol lars lar's worth of motor car In 1923 J jt it purchased worth of motor motor motor mo mo- tor car wh whereas reas the dollar which bo bought a dollars dollar's worth of food in 1913 today buys cents worth of food A dollars dollar's worth of tires in 1913 1918 cost a dollar For the same dollar in 1923 one buys w worth rth of tires whereas the dollar dollar dollar dol dol- lar one sper spert for clothes in 1913 will buy today but cents worth of suit or overcoat It is not a matter of argument that one of the great factors which have raised the value of motors per dollar expended expended expended ex ex- ex- ex is the large increase in good highways These have been a predetermining cause in inthe inthe inthe the purchase of a large amount of motor vehicles and It is quantity production which has lowered the cost or increased the value as you please of the 1913 dollar unit of value The statistics are based on re reports ports from such authorities as the National Industrial Conference Conference Conference Confer Confer- ence Board the U. U S. S Bureau of Labor Statistics the Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Trust Company the Department De De- 4 of Agriculture and the Federal Reserve Board |