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Record of Travel and Trade Sparks Auto Boom and Rural Shifts
Grape growers in California's San Joaquin Valley fund prosperity by buying numerous motor cars as demand and crop yields rise. Foreign auto makers attended the 1921 New York show to study American progress, while Bermuda allows small tractors to enter for economical farming. In Victoria, a drive-yourself livery offers cars by the hour or week, with high rental success and no thefts. Auto price cuts reduce Uncle Sam’s sales tax revenue by about seven thousand eight hundred dollars yearly. New York City reports 68,000 trucks, 10 percent of U.S. total, hauling 238,000 tons daily, matching work of millions of horses temporarily. The piece ends noting Keely’s historical overland travel rationale and a quip about a joy juice.
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Uncle Sam
New York City