The Washington herald., 1914-06-07
over 100000 FORDS
NOW IN Use NU. S.
New York State Leads in Total
Number Of Cars in Actual
Service.
IOWA TAKES SECOND PLACE

Detroit, Mich, June 6-"Of the 100000
and more Ford cars which have been
produced, over one-half Of them are In
operation In this country" says Motor
Age. This is according to rather IN
complete returns of the registrations IN
the different States between January !
and April ], OF this year. In several OF
the States complete figures OF the regis
tration of Ford cars could not be OBJ
tained. These include Pennsylvania
South Carolina. Louisiana. Missfssippi
Texas Oklahoma In these. however. q
figure was given which was known really
to be exceeded. In West Virginia and
Wyoming no estimate as to the number
Of Fords was obtainable.
.Neglecting these two States and taxi
ing the minimum figures In the other
States mentioned there were 24s,2o Ford
cars registered on-April for the 1914
season in the United States Conse-
quently II Is safe to say that complete
returns would Indicate q registration
considerably In excess OF 10000 Fords In
this country.
ITO get an idea of what this number
means. glance at the total registration
of all makes of cars will be OF assistance.
On this same date, April 1. the 1914 regis
tration of all the cars In the United
States was 1.26s,53. Just over hve times
the incomplete total Of Ford registra-
tions.
Taking up the separate States. we
find that New York. which leads in
the total number Of cars, also takes
first place as a Ford State. In this
state there are 2l.0oo Fords in actual
service. Iowa comes second with 2o.50o
Fords, although II il only sixth In the
number OF cars OF all kinds registered.
In that State. according to the resistra-
tions, every third or fourth car Is a
Ford. Ohio. which is third in the list
Of cars OF all sorts. also Ii third as a
Ford State. and Illinois. which comes
fourth in the list Of car owners, il
fifth as a Ford State. with Massachu-
setts sixth. and Nebraska seventh.
III We consider the number of Ford
cars In proportion to the population Of
the various States we hnd that these
cars are more popular in Nebraska than
they are anywhere else. The Depart
ment OF Commerce has issued an esti-
mate Of the population OF each State
July 1. 1914 as based on the census bu-
reau's figures OF 1910. Assuming the CEN
sus bureaus figures to be correct. II Is
little unfair to base the comparison
on the population calculated for July
and Ford registrations in April. as It
gives the stork a three-months' start
over Henry Ford. However. these dates
arc ClOscst IL Is pOsSlpie 10 get At
this time. II is safe to say that the
March record OF 2s.712 Fords which pass
ed out OF the factory doors during the
month will be continued. in which case
our figures are cheating the Detroit man
ufacturer to the extent of s6.l36 cars.
Nevertheless, based on these two
dates. Nebraska has one Ford for every
100 people in the State. Iowa. which Is
second in the total number of Fords
owned, also is second in the per capita
Fordage. with one for every los people:
North Dakota shows up with one Ford
for every $50 people in the State; Cali
fornia has a Ford for every 1s4 people:
Michigan. its home State. is at the boil
ing point with one Ford for every 2l2
people; in Ohio every 2Soth person owns
a Ford. and in Illinois every 3soth. In
New York you have to count 40 people
before you come to a Ford owner, and in
Alabama 1t takes 1900 people to make a
Ford family.
when 1t is considered that there is an
average of five people in each family the
ratio shows up even better. For instance,
in Nebraska every twentieth farm house
would have a Ford in front OF II II II
were not for the fact that the latter
probably is on the road taking the butter !
and eggs to town. As a matter OF fact. |
in the agricultural States fewer than
twenty farm houses would be passed be- |
fore one of the little cars were found. !
but the average Is brought down by the |
less comfortably situated city popula- |
ton"