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Show I Automobile Is Big Factor In All Lines of Business Roll Explains the Pace Shown Throughout the Country by Business Men and the Great Good Being Done by the Automobile in All Sections I-It was the advent of the automobile automo-bile that tho business world struck a pare thut has become eharacteriatii of ihc twentieth eenturj and a n i bi slt of the present Unit. tabling owners to do big things at a saving not only In time and moneya but of physical and mental exertion," says D. M. Roll of tho Great Western Motor compan The dependability of tho automobile automo-bile in meeting th' transportation requirements re-quirements of owners in all line ol business and social activities has caused a dependence being placed on it . which cannot be duplicated In any other labor and time saving machine or appliance This dependability enables en-ables owners to practically double up on their time, which, in turn. Increases In-creases the results of their activities. The story of a pioneer lawyer who conducted two court cases on the same ' day by using his car to whisk him bark and forth between the two courl buildings where the cases were being hi Id, is apt illustration of t h automobile's auto-mobile's ability to Increase the owner's own-er's activities doubling his time COVER TERRITORY "The hip mercantile houses .mri manufacturers who equip their salesmen sales-men with automobiles, Is another instance in-stance Their salesmen coer more territory In faster time and less expanse, ex-panse, without depreciating their physical or mental energ "The doctor, with his horse and buggy was better than walking bu even at that, he was many times too late, due to the limitations of horse tlesh: but with the advent of the automobile. auto-mobile. tln doctor not onl mikes more calls In the same time, but he is better able physically to cope With additional cases and emergency calls, "There is a certain town in a western west-ern state that is reported to have 1 car to every six people, without a doubt, this town will soon outstrip : Its neighbors, because Ms people urc equipped to accomplish more m less time and are not dppendinK on the old-fashioned transportation methods nor are th ir activities bounded bj a railroad time- ta Die. "Harriman made his executive ability abili-ty a vital forOS main- hundreds of miles from where he was sitting by I the use of the telephone Business 'executives of today are able personally person-ally to oversee the different business interests of their Institutions l; em-' I ploying the automobile as q means of I Individual transportation, thereby In-cre.aslng In-cre.aslng their personal efficient 3 l doubling their time I "And In Just the srvme Way that the : automobile has Increased man s efficiency effi-ciency and economy of time during his business hours so it is accomplishing the same results In the home While heretofore the week-end was usually 1 spent In stn infr indoors, today the family, with an automobile drives out Ir. the open air glvlnc their bodies 'ond Kinds complete rest from the ' week's work and activities. "All the week the wife and mother ; has been spending her time in the j home or attending to social duties, the I children have heen going to school, j while the had of the house has been I working hard at the office, or factory. as the case maj be Through the un-I un-I limited utility of the automobile and I Its ability to give uniliterruptt d service, ser-vice, every member of the family Is benefited and pets a complete rest n that when the new week starts, thej have fniiv recuperated from the netu- illes of the past week and are In fine Condition to tackle the duties and work of t he ne. w ee K "This adaptability of the automobile to the transportation requirements In , business, home and social activities has done more to create a new standard stand-ard of persrm.il effirl, ncv than any other one thin. INCREASE VCTIVll ES ' Ith the business or professional man It has made him see that he can Increase his activities without a corresponding cor-responding Increase in money or time or effort. The comfort which the au-tomoblle au-tomoblle gives t , owners the rapldit) with which it enable? him to PT"t about j the ease of handling and taking caro lof the car, have had a natural Btimu-j riating effect on his activities. It has made him desire to do more and better work. SPEED I P I "Perhaps no hetjp,. example of t ho i Increasing interest in life which Die automobile induces is that of speed-InK speed-InK up the Individual's activities In patriotic and philanthropic work. From President Wilson down to practically prac-tically every member of the cabinet i OngreSs and the house of representatives, representa-tives, officials and executives In the military ajncl state department, prac-' itjcall every branch of government I work ihc automobile has been brought I into use to speed up the Individual's 'activities, so that the nation as a whole can maintain a preparedness pace that I win leave no doubt in the eyes of the I world that If the race is to the swift as well as to the stronc I'ncle Sam will be in the lead at the finish. ' The automobile has Titled so naturally natu-rally Into the Individual's transportation transporta-tion requirements that we hardly realise how valuable it has become. j That It Will prove more of a rieceSaitj as time goes on, is certain, because I manufacturers, realising tin- incstim- lable help the automobile is rendering SVfery branch and twig of the nation, are continually making their product as nearly 100 per cent efficient as human ingenuity and manufacturing lskll! fan nroduce." Florida now possesses mora than 14000 miles of surfaced roads. |