Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-19
AUTOMOBILE TRADE GROWS
Census Bureau Gives Figure, show
Ing Developments of Industry
In United states.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S-rre rsIuarzahie
growth IN the automobile industry ana the
decline Of bicycle products are strfkins.y
Indicated in a statement issued today ny
the census bureau on the manufacture of
automobiles. bicycles ana triCycIes for lll5.
The total production Of automobiles IN
las .ZoS9 valued at 81. 545.Js4. as sainst
only az in lso. with a value 1f si.7Astll.
thus showing an Increase IN value 1f AL
per cent.
OF the 1.5e2 autos" turned out by auto
mobile factories 1883. OF S.B per cent
were propelled by gasoline. 1.5sS. or - per
cent. by steam. and L. Is, Or G5 per cent
bv electricity.
The figures concerning the manufacture
Of automobiles. represent the output II the
II establishments reporting The completes
automobile In addition TO these. there are
furty-seven establishments engaged In other
manufacture. such as carriages. bicycles.
wagons. sewing machines. etc. which dur
ing the year covered by the census. turned
out LIS automobiles valued at ST.. 20:
and ifty-seven establishments which manu-
faCtured automobile bodies and parts to
the value of S.SSS ~.
Inf the period between the two censuses.
the number 1f establishments turning out
the finished automobile as their prtuci-
pal product increased from ffty-seven 70
n. the amount 1f capital invested In these
establishments from S. 76S So 20 S20.555. ~:
and the average number of wage earners
employed. from 22H to lO.-S9- The average
capital per establishment increased frun
Slo1-3S to Sl6S.S7S. or SO per cent.
or the total number Of automobiles manu-
factured in automobile factories. I2I5 OF
80 per cent were runahouts; ana ~ or
stood third in number turned out 90; stan
hopes fourth. with 58O: and delivery wagons
fifth. with Al
The value Of American made automobiles
and parts exported increased from se4s 5Zs
in Islo. the first year that they were sep
lrately reported. to & 81. 24s IN 1906. The
greater part II thsse exports went TO
European markets. although Europe per
centage of the total foreign purchases ap-
pears 20 be decreasing IN the years 1g0e
to 1876 these percentage was 3-9 10. rs.
and 57.5. respectively Nevertheless the
absolute value of the exports to Europe
almost doubled in the three years To the
united Kingdom more than s6ooOo0 worth
OF American made automobiles and parts
has hesn exported in each Of the years from
1879 90 1916. In the same period exports to
France have increased from 5s.561 TO s15Z.ae:
III lazy ALNilA a=--l- 10 hl1-ssts ana 10 Ter
many from 24ssl 10 E54.lI IN 1915 there
were in all sixteen European countries
which imported American machine
The exports to foreign countries uf North
America increased from S77.Sn in 1872 to
SSSZ6s in 1876. nearly nine-f0ld In 1876
nearly rvo-thiris cf this value went 20
Canada which stood next to the United
Kingdom among all foreign countries N
imports Of the American made machines.
The total number Of countries importing
the American product in iRs was dfty-
three. IN 1876 the census II the nauufac-
ture Of hlcyoles ana triCycles disclosed
great decreases since 100. The number of
factories declined from s12 to i0l: the cam
tai invested from -. 7SS $50 to S5.Sss. 54s: the
number df wage esrners from I-55 to
2Sl9. ana the value OF products from "a
si5&S to E.I52eao. Many establishments
that manufactured only bicycles in 1910
were AT the later census engaged nr4nci-
paIly or to some extent in the manufacture
OF automobiles
The number Of chain bicycles turned out
decline from 1.l3G.I.2 in 1850 to "a sal AZ the
census of 1876: chainIess from 42929 TO 4JT7
and tr1cycles from 8.I1O 70 Las The
tricycles were almost entirely childrens
TOYS. Motor cycles increased from I5s 70
. 4ss