In 1900 ​ — about 21 years after the first Watch Tower was printed — ​ only 8,000 automobiles were registered in the entire United States, and there were just a few hundred miles of roads good enough to drive them on.
وَلٰكِنْ حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ تَتَوَفَّرْ لَدَيْنَا وَسِيلَةُ نَقْلٍ مُلَائِمَةٌ وَٱضْطُرِرْنَا إِلَى ٱلسَّيْرِ مَسَافَاتٍ كَبِيرَةً ،‏ نَبْذُلُ كُلَّ مَا فِي وِسْعِنَا لِلْقِيَامِ بِعَمَلِ ٱلتَّلْمَذَةِ .‏ —‏ مت ٢٨ :‏ ​ ١٩ ،‏ ٢٠‏ .‏