Show matorin motoring 9 mileage shows steady gain the average american motorist today drives nearly twice as far every year ns as lie ho did it decide decade and it half ago reports iiii oits the utah motor motoi association lit in a statement reviewing eliis eli ig results of it 11 nationwide survey ej this find hig the statement said la Is insul upon indicating the average obile today uses UTI gallons gi illona of gasoline each year us compared etli si gallons it year ki lit in 1923 fourteen years ago the average motorist spent about 87 a year on oil gasoline lor for ills his tai car whereas today the ity mige expenditure Is lina tely per year for foi gasoline gas oHno the increase in ill cost of gasoline per year icar Is accounted for foi not only liy by more gollon gollo nage but also by tho the constantly mounting rate of tax tion on oil gasoline lit in 1023 1923 the av ela go motorist paid lit in gasoline tas hy by 1029 1929 the average gasoline ax ax per pel mitche had risen ilson to i 1771 ind and today it Is more moio than to tho 1021 1020 level averaging W per year icar it appears certain iti tain that the av annual milage traveled Is lit in crea shig even more rapidly than gasoline consumption figures indicate for foi there Is a higher percent ngo fw of light cars cais on the road load today in any ally time in the past seven years the american motorist motoi tuot orist now is now ilow enjoying better automotive travel in a speedier cli cheaper caper more comfor table cm car at a lower operating cost por per mile than at any ally ahrie in III the past |