FRESH FINNAN HADDffiS
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AT COST TO
4
Quality
Stores
FIXED
MILLION DOLLARS
Important In Nation's
Automobile Is.
are stored in public garages, number
ing 25,500, or in buildings especially
rented for that purpose, and the cost
of this service must aggregate a large,
sum, although perhaps the heaviest
expense of all as in looking after the
dtiving and care of the cars, the need
of which has opened a new calling of
a vast extent.
The total number of professional
drivers licensed in this country dur
ing 1911 reached nearly 175,000, and
since that time their number has in
creased two fold. If the wages of
this number were fixed at the rate of
$15 per week and the compensation
of others employed about the car
were added the total would reach up
ward of $5,000,000 annually, and thus
the running expenses of the motor
ists coupled with the purchase price
and incidentals would reach the enor
mous aggregate of billions of dol
lars. Other Huge Items.
But these figures cover only the di
rect expenditures upon cars and their
operation and do not take into ac
count distribution and sales costs and
the moneys spent indirectly in con
nection with motoring, such as the
cost of suitable clothing, hotel and
traveling expenses while -touring-.
At least half of the cost of repair
and renewals goes to labor, while
even such items as garage expenses,
registration and .license fees and in
surance also mean employment of la
borers and helpers, collectors and
clerical staff.
