The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-06
$4,000 MACHINES
MADE N AMERICA
Manufacture Of Automobiles
This Year Has Estab-
Iished New Record.
U. S. Is LEADING WORLD

~ THE TOURISTS TO SECURE
UNIFORM SPEED LAWS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Chicago, Dec. ct is estimated that
$1,000 gasoline, steam and electric mo-
tor cars were manufactured in Ameri-
ca during 1909. This is an increase ov-
er 1903 by about 48 per cent or $1,000
cars. In production, the United States
led foreign countries this year by a
good margin, having built and market
ed more cars than all other nations
combined. France produced. in round
numbers only $4,000: England, 10000;
Germany, 1000. and Italy, 5000. At
present there are upward of 100000
motor cars in use in the United States,
a relatively small percentage Of which
are Of foreign manufacture. This
means that this country now possess
es more than half the cars on the en-
tire globe.
fair percentage of the American
output was exported to various parts
OF the world, the government reports
showing that for the nine months end
ing September. 1909, the value of au-
tOmObiles and parts amounted to
$6,099,857. as against $4,346,298 last
year, during a corresponding period,
which taking the last three months
Of 1909. not yet reported. into consid-
Grafton. shows an increase OF about
32,OOO.O00. foreign shipment Of
2.426 complete cars was recorded for
the nine months 12 more cars than
for the same months of last year. The
average export value per car this seas
on was $4,000, which indicates that it
is tho high-priced cars and not the
cheaper ones that are going abroad.
New Plan for Contests.
One important matter taken up in
1909 was the formation and incorpora-
tion OF the Manufacturers Contest AS
sociation, composed of number of
January 1, 1910, will have control of
contests and racing: having work
ing agreement with the American Au-
tomobile Association, which in the
past has not conducted contests along
the most desirable lines for all con-
cerned.
Special legislation, affecting motor
lists and their relations with the public
at large, has interested many states,
tn, jY1u
remoulding of speed and operating
laws, or the enactment of new ones.
The licensing of operators has been
widely adopted Thirty-eight states
now have motor vehicle laws-a slight
increase over last year-and twelve of
these require that all operators be IL
censed. The latter number includes
all Of the New England states. Penn
sylvania. New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, West Virginia and Missouri.
Eight states. among which are New
York, Illinois and California. now IL
cense professional chauffeurs only,
while fourteen more Western and
Southern states have no licensing pro-
vision in their statutes.
Effort for Speed Laws.
Greater efforts than ever have been
made during the year to secure nation
al uniform touring and speed laws-a
movement still pending-while more
recently, in Paris, delegates from
dozen foreign powers endeavored to
secure international uniform regula-
tions. Owing to the fact that the Unit
ed States has no uniform laws for its
states and territories, it could not take
an active part in the movement. Nine
European countries, however. signed
an agreement which will greatly sim
plify travel in the principal countries
abroad.
The good roads propaganda has
made gigantic strides in the twelve
months past-especially in the South,
where there has been a ver1table
awakening" thanks to the efforts OF
the promoters of the New York-Atlanta
tour, which produced the new Nation
al Highway'-the Atlanta automobile
show and other influences. One bill
lion seven hundred and twenty thous-
and millions and five hundred and
thirty-nine thousand dollars-no sum
to scott at-was the amount appro-
priated by various states for road
building and improvement this year.
and $73.OOO,OO0 Of it, a goodly sized
chunk, was the South's share. More
than 1,975,OOO miles OF roads were In
volved in this improvement. The
good roads convention. held at Cleve-
land on September 81. attended by del
egates from almost every state in the
union, was responsible for much of
the highway agitation. and the good
results OF it will be noticed in 1910.
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