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Show MANY GADS NOW 1 IN USE IN ALL PARTS QFCANADA Automobile Formerly Looked ' Upon As A Luxury Now Looms As Leader in Canada The use of automobiles in Canada has become more and more extensive - first their service was regarded as limited They were looked upon as a luxury for the few rather than a utility util-ity for tho many. This was due, in great measure, to tne condition of the roads at the time automobiles were Introduced There were not the highways high-ways that there are today. And motor mo-tor cars were no1- built as sturdily then as now. But with the development of factories fac-tories within (li.- dominion, for the production of motor vehicles and the Installation Of modern methods for manufacturing cars in large quantities, quanti-ties, things have changed. Automobiles Automo-biles have developed in quality. Their I dependability and superior convenience conven-ience have been demonstrated And With these Improvements have come Uhe low-priced car that Is also econo-Iniical econo-Iniical to operate. j Their low cost has placed these cars within Hie means of almost every one. Their ability for service has made them a practical investment, not only a.s passenger vehicles, hut also as commercial com-mercial carriers. And with the steady increase in the number of automobiles in use. there has come a continuous improvement in the condition of city streets and country highways. Travel by motor car lias been made possible throughout all the provinces Rapid transit has been establiahed between cities and railroad terminals and points that were scarcely accessible before the days of the automobile. l"he owner of a mo lor car. whether private Individual, merchant, manufacturer, farmer or professional man. now has all of Can-ado Can-ado within his reach. Me an deliver his products to market, mar-ket, he can serve his retail customers more efficiently. He Is independent of all other conveyances In the cities and their vicinity. And he is also independent in-dependent nf ralroads. In lxndon. drivers of public motor irehJClea must pass n satisfactory test in mechanism, driving, rules of the road and location of .itreeis |