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Show MANY AUTOS II ! COMMERCIAL USE Eighty Per Cent of Cars Now Being Used for Commercial Commer-cial Purposes An analysis of the use of the automobile auto-mobile discloses some Interesting figures fig-ures and taots It is sometimes accented ac-cented that automobiles are bought for pleasure and recreation, hut t:i-tlstlcs t:i-tlstlcs show that SO per cent, of the machines are used for utility, and and 20 per cent adopted to pleasure. Another feature substantiating the usefulness r the automobile Is a statement showing that l.'.000,ooo farmers own cars, and that these are used primarily for utility, succeeding, In many Instances, the UmC-rhonor d Dobbin who toiled so long and friltn-fully friltn-fully on the farm. RECKK TIo Surely no one can object to the American citizen having some recreation, recrea-tion, and It Is conceded that the automobile au-tomobile furnishes a better OpportU-nltv OpportU-nltv for genuine pleasure than any other vehicle or means. There are o . r ion. nun doctor- who own automobiles Traveling salesmen, telephone companies, oil companies and other cssentiil Industries find the automobile indispensable In conducting conduct-ing their business. But with all the figures in the world there are persons who will tell you that the automobile is a non-essential; a luxury, a fool thing that Is unneces-sary unneces-sary to the country's growth These people would have sxiid the same thing about the railroad, the steamship, or any other invention that bar. played m Important part In the world's progress pro-gress (i sr OPER vi ION. If all the automobiles in the country coun-try ceased to operate, say for ten days, whit would be the outcome" Could the demands for efficient ineam of transportation be taken enre of without with-out the automobile? -Reno, Xevaua ' Journal.. |