Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-06-20 | Page 10 | Auto Increase Huge Surprise

AUTO INCREASE HUGE SURPRISE Saturation Point in Au Au- Automobile Automobile Automobile Industry Still Afar Ten Tn years ago aKO It was wa believed that the tho saturation point In Amer Amer- AmerIca's America's America's ica's automobile Industry was IlS lust just around the tho corn corner r and according to the Electric Railway Journal It was 9 1 then thought that soon there thero would be one car In every family and surely that would be bethe bethe both the saturation point Now continues the tho Journal there seems seem some om basis for thinking that perhaps there ther Is nO saturation point Instead of one onG car It Is getting so there ther Is I a whole gasoline alley for each family father has his limousine Mother has her coups coupe Brother has his playboy and elster r her brougham Junior has hili his and and no ono one on stays at home this vanishing point tion-point has been ben flitting lust just over the th horizon we w are ar now sud- sud suddenly suddenly sud suddenly denly given the th final blow whon we read In Henry Fords Ford's Ford now new book that with our present capac capac- It ity capacity l of two million a n year we are able to meet the needs need only of our pres present nt owners o-llers If they should each buy a a new car car every six years Ponder Yonder that The miracle le of It ill all Is that the total number of riders on the tho street railways Is I higher e ery year year-at at least the tho trend tr nd Is la up- up upward upward up upward ward Thre Thoro Is also a natural stabilizing force working against the Increased use us of In Individual multiplyIng multiply cars Yo You may keep on multiply multiply- Ing the number of automobiles sold but the amount of or parking space available Is practically fixed As this becomes less and ond less adequate to take care of the de- de demand demand de demand mand and anA as a the streets and high high- highways way ways become become increasingly con oon- congested con contested tested more and ond more mor of o the automobile owners tend to revert ort back to common carrier agencies But Dut to build regular patrons from occasional riders It certainly does behoove e the th railways to concen- concen concentrate concentrate concen on Improving service More MorG Is expected of them than was as ever er the case before the advent ad of the tha automobile n