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Show MOTOR (MAS TOAJW0RTAT10N F(M L Survey Shows J XvviS X7" 7"C I That 90 per cent XteV ''-'MMfSmk ' I of Automobile J rHVur V ? Use Is for Bus- BBg WuSTZ M TT A in ess Pur- JL vfA m!&mx I " "Y iv poses S r wtMmtr rlsTw fvaw WM TRADE,' If AND ABRirl'ITl'lUS l4pKJ "X Cam) ia. , fi PVRsonai, nniKSTRY 7 By JOHN N. WILLY8. r M"l"( .vim know that right now D there are 5,000,HM motor vehicles In use, or one to every twenty person In " tie' I nltetl Suites? SSw i '" """"' ,'l"'y twentj Ave r-t35CiJ million people, one-fourth of the papulation, sonM he transported 108 miles or more In n single day. Only the first tilling of gasoline would he needed for the Journey. Jour-ney. Hefore the war produced unheard-of unheard-of conditions, It Is not astonishing that pciiphihnd pnld little attention to these matters and had not anal.v7.ed the usefulness use-fulness of the automobile. The manit-fneturers manit-fneturers themselves helleved their splendid sales organisations to have liecn responsllile for their marked sales Increases, when as a matter of fact, the motor car had come to till n demand de-mand which had SXlStsd for centuries. Hut now we haTS stopped to analyze the food we eat. the clothes we wear and the time we ran save. How then does the antomohlle fit Into this hlg plan? Who uses It? There was only one way to find out definitely and that was to nsk the people peo-ple who owned and operated curs. Tills was accomplished hy getting an expression from every man who purchased pur-chased one particular make of car In 1!17, showing the occupation In which he was engaged. This Information has liecn Tjil.til.it. i In classifications hy trade to Conform with the census figures. fig-ures. Investigation Proves Usefulness. The result of this investigation when charted, showed some surprising facts. Tiio llrst one is that this survey proved that i)0 per cent of antomohlle use Is for husliiess purposes. The next great fact, gained at n glance, was that the men whose husi- ncss depended upon covering a great deal of ground in a short space of time were Its largest purchasers. While these figures apply only to the 1017 production of one manufacturer of cars, we may safely assume that approximately ap-proximately the same divisions hy triules nre applicable to automobile ownership' In general. We have therefore there-fore assumed that to be the case in our conclusions. Shall we expect to find ntitomohlles In the city alone? Look at the occupational division of the chnrt. The great American fnrm-Sf, fnrm-Sf, representing M3 per cent of the population of the country, bought 53.1 If t i . By replacing horses th. motor cars on the farms of this country represent a potential saving of suiNeient foodstuffs food-stuffs to supply the wants of three and one-third millions of people annually. an-nually. per cent of the automohlles last year. The farmer is haying automohlles he-rnuse he-rnuse they have done more to lighten labor and '.iiange his entire plane of living and doing business than any other Invention "since the harvesting machine. I ll- imiiiTinrii ! i nc u'miiiii i Olli- and 111 Its plnce have come tho educational educa-tional and market advantage of the city, more contentment on the part of the farmers' families. Again, the "trade" classification of the chart shows u large pet ntage of cars owned nnd again the ennse. Poinds Poi-nds division Is comprised largely of salesmen. Tills classlllcatlon. einlnac-Ing einlnac-Ing !." per cent of the population, owns 1S.0 per cent of the automobiles. These men have found that with the aid of Ihe motor car they can make tlieni selves much more effective In their work. Obviously, salesnu-n In these days must make themselves mors efficient. ef-ficient. Many a salesman Is lidding to his territory that of toioecms in the service. I asked one of the greatest anil most Important food concerns In Ainer- rm lea what the motor car menus to them in their business. Time Saver for Big Concerns. Their answer WM typical of the sa-Ing sa-Ing In time, railroad facilities and man power that the automobile is making. These people told ma thai the salesman sales-man with an aiitouiohlle could cover from 10 to 80 per cent more ground. In the city the salesman can call on the trade more frequently, in other words, the atitomohile Is the ecptlva lent of 10 to 'JO par cent extra man power. The motor cur has heen nn Invalu ahle aid to men In professional serv Ice as is shown by the fact that In this classlllcatlon representing 4.4 per cent of the population, 7.U per cent of the automohlles are owned. Here In this highly important occupational Assuming that mvt every automobile JSak saves one hour a w SB day, the tot.il tine flr Q&B saved represents an 8x KJJL army 6.15,000 B K men at work Cv -flj tJlJf ery day. CompareiH &f th.s with the total B W number of men In V ll service today. U tl division WS find the physician called out In the middle of the night, or speed tag to save a life hy prompt response to an emergency call. We also find him taking car, of more patients over a wider area to make up for some other oth-er physician wearing the uniform of the army, the navy or the lied Cross. Lut what of the country preacher? lie too, Is going about, using his passenger pas-senger car to minister to the wants of ills congregation. Increasing his Sunday attendance and helping In a thousand wuys, taking the place of the "circuit "cir-cuit rider" but using his automobile In his mission of mercy. Likewise the lawyer, the Judge, the college professor all Bud that dw pas- SSttfer car helps to conserve ttlttS In their diiii.s. Another significant fnct Is Ihsl the claHslllcul'in, "Public Service' 1M0WS thnf. comprising as It does !. per t eut of the population, It contains 1 per cent of the automobile owncjs. This branch is Composed of city and county officials, mall carriers and men in the employ of city, state or national government. gov-ernment. Many of these men must cover a wide area In their duties anil it is here that the motor car Is helping. help-ing. Helps to Speed Up Induitry. The manufacturing industry sffords another oi' our vast resources Tills classification covers the factoiy owner, own-er, contractor, baker, blacksml'h, .n.d their operatives. This branch represents repre-sents a total of "7.0 par cant of the total population of Ihe country and yet shows only 10.1 par cent of (he automobiles auto-mobiles owned. Located In the cities. Industry Is nut so dependent upon the gutOUsoblle, and still every motor car In this great branch Is doing its part In speeding , up production. In the business community com-munity having !. automobiles It Is safe to suv that each one In urvlin I will save an hour u day. This would ; maSO that such a community Is l''." working days ahead every day. Carry these figures to the BjfJOOjOOO registered I automobiles In the country ami it , means that the nation Is 828,000 working work-ing days abend every day In time saved. Or commute this into man power pow-er and It gives America Ihe CXtfl services of an army of agft,OnO nun at work every day. I Under Ihe heading Transportation" are included all of the managers, su- M.RMt'K l AIM1- f - ?:? 1 nt!ftvNrm,x -J MINIwTSscJiiAN.SPOaiATMlN V-s3.0 I l MANlTAiTl'RITW (i . .IT V rllFMM Al. EA, 9: perinl snrtenta, foreatea and employees I of the many public service corporations corpora-tions of ii,,. country. Here we find the railroads, telephone and telegraph companion and many like occupations. They represent 8J9 per cent of the population and own but 8JJ per cent of the automobiles. The reason for this small percentage Of car owners it at once apparent, as the bulk of the business of these men Is over various carriers of the country and here the automobile Is not so much an essential to the conduct of their duties. Mining Minutes With Motor Car. The next census occupational li- VlslOU covers the milting, quarry and oii-weii Industries: including owners, superintendents, foremen and operatives. oper-atives. Here we found that while this ctasslflcitlon represented 2J1 per cent of die population of the country, II owns IM per cent of the automobiles. automo-biles. Tills occupation is not one which must necessarily cover a wide area. Yet every hour and minute must count, for all of the products are vitally necessary in lbs war program. The next two classlil. alions are composed of hotel proprietors, rastau ratlt owners, boardiUg-bnttSS keepers, clerks and employees. Here, if nny-vvhere, nny-vvhere, we might expect to tlnd the I passenger cars used almost wholly for recreation. Hut, while these two combined com-bined classifications represent u.r per cent of ii population, they own only H.O per cent of the automobiles. This survey of the automobile and Its many and diversified uses only serves to strengthen the conclusion that it constitutes the greatest nans pollution force in the world. Compare the motor cars with the railroads and we tlnd Ihe automobiles of this country traveling CO.OOO.IK h i.OOO miles a year as compared with the BoV 000,000,000 passenger miles of the rail- ! roads. These multipliers of energy are traveling 40,000,000 miles a day, ! the equivalent of l.iiOO times around the world Many a nation lias been ; pieri'd, not for hick of bravery or sjbi5Lb nrfci The passenger automobile travels 00,000,000,000 miles annually as against 35,000,000,000 miles traveled by all railroads. men, but for the lack of transports Hon. We are farther from our bSBSS of supply than any waning nation. This nation must devote every ounce of energv to produce more food, more munitions, but with the enormous In-I In-I creases must come more transportation transporta-tion ; more done In less time. We ' cannot go back to the days of the army I mule and pack saddle, the prairie j schooner and the "one boss shay." Speed, speed and more speed Is the cry. And America answers with her ft.000.000 automobiles the greatest transportation tool, I lie greatest aid lo personal clllcleney in the World. There are 5,000.000 registered au'cmobi'es In America. This mean thnt there is one automobile to every twenty persons. |