Show OUR prosperity ACCORDING to the united states chamber of 0 commerce is a motor car la in operation in the united states tor for every seven inhabitants ot at the country eight billions of dollars are spent annually for automobiles two billions go tor for new cars and the balance lor for gasoline repairs and accessories there are motor cars in use in the united states according to the figures presented without going into a discussion ot of the economic effects of the motor industry it is shown that during the rise of f the motor era in america saving deposits have nearly doubled individual bani bank deposits have more than griped and life insurance in force has increased two and a halt half times one of the first facts which strikes the average tourist to europe is the scarcity of motor cars in bulgaria there are no more automobiles than in the average small american city nowhere across the atlantic is there anything like the proportionate number of automobiles as in america here may be found another reason why rad radicalism does not grow and prosper in america our automobiles are not owned principally by the wealthy as in europe the great er por portion 00 0 them belong to the farmer the teacher the mechanic the clerk the small merchant the railroad man and so on they are indicative of the progress and general prosperity of america pill all the more significant that in addition to growing automobiles we have been growing savings bank accounts individual bank deposits and life insurance at the same time bolshevism will not prosper under conditions which aich produce in a nation such prosperity and progress among all classes of citizens |