Show VALUE OF AUTO IS Eastern Financial Finan ial Paper Makes Comparisons of of American Life Is he a 11 motoi motol car oar a luxury Put In Ina ina ina a brief brier sentence the answer to the thc Ie Is I a motor car a lux- lux luxury luxury lux luxury ury Is It all depends It la is a 0 comfort and aneS to many ny people doC people doc doctors tore tors to 13 for tor a instance Instance a demonstrated necessity says an eastern financial paper It may be a superfluity to toone toone toone one who stints such pro provisions Ion as lire life Insurance the proper education or of his lila children 01 oi the tha 0 owning ot or h his own home homo It would be easy to show figures proving that the pop pop- popular pop popular ular In Investment nt In motor cars cors li is I an item Itom to be counted In billions and no em small all number of billions In- In Indeed In deed the annual upkeep run runs into billions But the annual upkeep ot of the American people runs Into man billions It if we no e come corns to that Iman Clothing manufacturers manufacturer 1111 0 pointed out In not altogether die die- dis disinterested alarm that the I could buy bus more clothes they economized on gl gasoline to the pro pro- pro pro point Whether bother homes home suits sull fitted I bathrooms appliances and nd other comI com com- I make mako life lire tolerable I ore are sacrificed to the tho purchase or of automobiles s Is an arguable bIc question and the tho simplest answer TV nih III I probably probably ably not be bo found in tl figures Ure We Wc I shall not the A strengthen verago Man ran the tho owner of or one car ar In ten by Interfering In hIs hie I which I Is hI his own Up- Up Upon Upon Up Upon on tho whole hole and allo allowing Ing for tor aids I divergences of or to taste te hi hta purchase 11 ill t nd In tie the direction whore he be beget get the best heat value malue for tor his hiB money the tho term value Including con con- con convenience pleasure health and a number of or other things not to be measured b by any pawnbrokers pawnbroker s stand standrd rd Assuming that the pur purchase ot of any article precludes the purchase of some other article 10 less what Mr AverAge Man Is compelled to buy for bare subsistence does docs not represent all his bla expenditure although al- al I though It may be the greater part ot or It Ho He docs does not Iti Ih 0 by bread alone But some e figures turcs can be d when It Is IsI that when this citizen finds his hie 1913 dollar will wll pur purchase hll I worth of or automobile as against 52 82 cents worth morth of ot clothing land and 46 45 cents centa worth orth of or a 9 home In- In Independent independent in independent dependent transportation b gln to look attractive e Does Doea not this thil bring brine us to another useful conclusion Tho The automobile industry ha hag been prosperous because be because cause no matter whether con con- con or unconsciously It hM has I been faithfully following follow an eco eco- economic eco economic law With each succeeding I Icar tear ea manufacturers manufacturer of or cars have havo I be been n satisfied with a 9 smaller pr f it land a larger turnover er Suppo some ome other othor hethel of or Sunday clothe or tried trl d I out that way before they com con complained about motor c car r competition lion tion The Tho output of or automobiles Is Ia eight Ight time times aa us large as in 1913 but the tho expenditure is only five fh e and a 0 halt half times as great The clothing will buy only ault suit where whore It formerly bought two To maintain the 1913 output or of clothing the expenditure must mut mu t b bO doubled on tho the 19 1918 1913 13 expenditure the moto motor car output can be In- In increased In Increased I creased Surely tho the car Industry II- II 11 lu that prosperity rests rents In making goods good abundant and cheap There are too many of or our manu manu- manufacturers I talking or of o Mr Ir Ford as oe a aI amecO I mecO Are they not like to do better were they to regard him not merely as a a lesson but an en- en encouragement en |