Country Spending $8 Billion Annually to Buy and Maintain Cars, June 11, 1925

17,500,000 Cars Now in Use in America. . . Country Spends $8 Billion Annually for the Purchase and Maintenance of Autos

Washington, June 8—The economic improvement of motor transportation is emphasized in a report prepared by the American commission on highway transport for submission to the third biennial conference of the international chamber of commerce at Brussels this month.

As made public today by the chamber of commerce of the United States, the report says Americans now spend $8 Billion annually in the purchase and maintenance of automobiles with latest figures showing17.5 million passenger cars and trucks in use in the United States, or one to every seven inhabitants. The widespread use of the motor car has contributed much to the increase of billions of dollars in the wealth and resources of the country it finds, pointing out especially the “revolution” this development has wrought in the life of the farm.

From page 9 of The News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, June 11, 1925

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