Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-26

up to 1912 vas but 10.114. There were
] 1875 registered commercial vehicles,
and 1909 electric cars. The state re-
ceived 1922 ll4.09 III registration fees.
Commercial vehicles have increased
considerably i'm number as was widely
predicted last winter. the countrys' to-
tai jumping from 25.45l in December.
1911, to 3l.574 by July 1. 1912. AS IN
the case Of the pleasure cars, New
York state leads With Il total registra-
ton Of 1871, California keeps up her
reputation by falling into second place
With 3.1S0.
The total evenu Vt the states from
fees. etc. for the past six months WAS
81, 16?. SD. 29. The state making the
most out of it's automobile department.
since the first OF the year is. of course.
New York, whose revenue from TINS
source totaled $941 ,347.2 5. Pennsylva-
MIA stand second.
In the electric pleasure field. which
comprises a total of 32. 900 vehicles,
having approximately 5000 of them in
use. proudly bid for second
place with 2,917 and Massachusetts
shows her standing AS an electric car
state by displaying Il total OF $500.
Those states having no regulation for
the registration of automobiles have no
revenue from this source, of course.
W WI kltOSG NSNNS III NhiA& A1S
tration is q local matter are similarly
situated, the fees generally going to-
ward the Improvement of the roads in
the country in which the automobilist
is resident. AS the fees are usually
devoted to the same end. however. in
the states in which they go to swell
the income OF the state treasury, the
result is practically the same. The
states having no provision as yet for
registration and regulation of automo-
biles, namely. Idaho, Kansas. Montana.
Nevada and New Mexico. are coming
imposing Il slight tax on automobiles.
increase in Registration.
To increase the registration through
out the United States in such Il marked
degree as the figures indicate, the sale
of automobiles must have been enor-
nous in the past six months. And.
naturally. in the logical course of rea-
soning, this mean II greatly increased
production of cars
An interesting side to the output to-
tai is the fact that a larger percentage
of 1t han ever Is made up of small,
low priced machines. two companies
ing the year from July 1, 1911. to July /,
1912. This also has another effect on
the situation, that is. with reference
to h verag price of the American
quit car. AS shown In the chart on
page 1865. this has been steadily de-
clining ever since 1907. the year in
which it attained it's highest level.
$2.131.56. Last year 1t was ST. 45. 80,
and this year it has dropped to $1,OS3. 10.
The small cars form the bulk of the
automobile exports of the country, the
average price of the cars exported dur
Ing Inc past six months being 1917. 9S.
The difference in the average price
caused by the wide use of the higher
priced cars in the United States is sig
nificant.
Big and Little Machines.
The output IT the small
machines as compared to the larger
ones points out another interesting
fact. This is the degree to which the
American automobile factories have
become organized. systematized and
standardized SO that everything works
along smoothly. resulting in a large
output. which, however, is not of a
spasmodic character, in spite of it's
magnitude.
The last six months have been yery
busy ones for the industry. almost
every factory in the field doing some-
thing with a view to either increasing
it's capacity or lettering its appoint-
ments and equipment. A great MANY
OF them have been putting up addi-
tions, some large enough to double the
former capacity of the establishment.
while others have built OF leased new
factories. finding their previous quart