18,000 000 CARS
"Careful studies made by the statistical departments of banks and by auto manufacturers have established the claim that Prohibition is one of the principal factors in the development of the automobile industry. There are over 18,000,000 motor vehicles registered in the United States." Last year our bill for autos and parts was over 3,000,000,000 dollars. Our gasoline bill exceeded a billion dollars. Such expenditure would be impossible if we were still diverting enormous sums on alcohol.” "Seven million people, it is estimated, arc directly or indirectly concerned in the automobile industry.” Official 1925 Report of U.S. Government. 18
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19442, 30 October 1925, Page 11
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10118,000 000 CARS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19442, 30 October 1925, Page 11
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