Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

1903. this growth being cO1nc1dent WIFI
the expansion of the domestic industry
of automobiles. Thus in the period from
1899 to 1901 the value Of domestic man
ufactures of this class of articles in
creased about S25.OG0,O00. from S5.0OOOOO
in 1899 to $50, 100000 in 1904 an increase
of SO 100000; while in the period from
1904 to 1909 the value of the output in
creased practically 220.OO0,OOO from $5O-
100000 in 1904 to S2i9, COCOON in 1909. Ac-
companying this notable growth in pro-
duction, the imports of automobiles de-
creased from S4,2Io.000 in 1906 and 81, $50,
600 in 1907 to approximately So. 100000 in
1912.
While France still leads the world in eX-
ports of automobiles. the United States
surpasses that and all other countries in
rapidity of growth Of production and ex-
portation. For example, our own exports
of that class of articles have increased
from s.. 900, 600 in the calendar year 1Jps
to nearly $50, ,000 in 1911: while in the
same period those of France increased
from So, 100000 to S31 zoe, 600; those of
the United Kingdom, from S7,6O0,0O0 to
SIS, J1O,a0o: those of Germany, from
So. 100000 to $11 100000 and those of Italy
from 50, 500 900 to Sc, 100 600. Thus in the
brief three-year period from 1908 to 1911
there was an absolute gain of about $15.-
100000. or 300 per cent, in exports from
the United States; OF S7,9O0.00O, or over
100 per cent, in those from the United
those from Germany. and of S600,O or
slightly more than 10 per cent, in those
from Italy.
Approximately % per cent of the au-
tomobiles exported from the United
States are shipped to Canada; about
40 per cent to Europe, chiefly to Great
Britain; about 20 per cent to British
Australia, about per cent to South
America and smaller proportions to
Mexico. the West Indies and various
countries in Asia. Oceania and Africa.
During the ten months ending with
April, the latest period for which fig
ures of distribution are available in
the bureau of statistics, Ats auto
mobiles were exported to the United
Kingdom, 4,424 to Canada. 1904 to
British Oceania, 1882 to South Amer
lea, $40 to Asia and other Oceania; and
1902 to all other foreign countries.
same period 40 automobiles to Hawaii
342 to Porto Rico and IL to Alaska
OF the automobiles imported into the
United States, France supplied about
ported during the ten months end
ing with April, 339 were from France,
10 from the United Kingdom. lis from
Italy, 10S from Germany and 113 from
all other countries
The fall in export price Of automo-
biles is an especially striking feature
of the bureau Of statistics figures
They show an average valuation for
all automobiles exported in 1903 of
81 800 each and in 1912 of $3.50. the
average export price in 1912 being thus
but little more than One-half of
that of 1909. This remarkable fall in
the average valuation of the automo-
biles exported is due. in part to a general
reduction in the selling price of automo-
biles during the period in question, a
disposition the part of manufac-
turers to reduce the price of the ma
chimes to meet popular demand, but
~.,11 - ~ e. l4% -
numbers of partially used or second
hand" machines are in recent years
being exported to Canada, Mexico and
the West Indies, thus reducing the
average valuation of the entire num-
Der exported.
Henry w. Ford, president Of the Ford
Motor Car Company, spent yesterday in
town as the guest of Messrs. Claude e.
and Charles E. Miller, local representa-
tives for the Ford car.
Overland cars were delivered last week
to George A Baker, model SO T; Max
herman. model 80 T: the Rupprecht
co F, and NJ ]. Colbert, model So de-
livery car
81 X
wilfred Garwood Of the Everitt Motor
Car Company is the guest Of w. p.
Barnhart e. Co.
X X X X
President Taft has consented to serve
as the honorary president Of the Ameri-
can road congress, which is to be the
combination of the big conventions of the
American Association for Highway I'M
provement, the American Automobile As
ISOLATION, the National Association of
Road Material and Machinery Manufac-
turers and all their affiliated organizations.
The congress is to be held next fall, either
in September or October, the exact time
and place not yet having been deter
mined.
The President has agreed to act as hon.
orary president because the congress is
designed to crystalline the road movement
| in the United States. All the associa-
| tions which are to participate in the con-
gress have previously been holding indi-
vidual conventions. All have been work
| ing whole-heartedly, but in different
| ways. for the improvement Of the roads
of the United States. The congress will
| bring all factions together. 1t will line
| up the farmers with the automobiles,
| the state road authorities with the federal
authorities, the manufacturers with the
engineers. the scientists with the laymen.
| Every interest working for q better sys-
| tenn OF public roads in the United States
| will be represented at the American road
| congress, which is expected to be one OF
| the biggest conventions, outside those OF
| a political nature, ever held in this coun-
try With the American Association fol
| Highway Improvement alone nearly 1Ol
| states, county and municipal road i'm
| provement associations are allied. With
the American Automobile Association