Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-19
STATISTICS ON
f0RDGARSSHOW
MANY IN Hu.S.

lion and more Ford cars which have
been produced, over ene-half of them
are In operation in this country says
Motor Age. This Is according TO
rather incomplete returns Of the regis.
tween January, and April i Of this
year. ;: In several OF the states cem-
plete figures of the registration OF
i Ford cars could not be obtained. These
include Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Louisiana. Mississippi. Texas, Okla.
honta. In these. however, figure
was given which was known really, To
be exceeded. IN West Virginia and
Wyoming no estimate TO the number
OF F0rds was obtainable. a. ~ II j.
Negiecting these two states and
taking the minimum figures In thu
other states mentioned there sweae
249, 30 Ford cars registered on April
4 for the 1914 season IN. the United
States. Consequently Il lis safe to say
that complete returns would Indicate
a registration considerably in excess
Ecf 250, 600 Fords In this country.
To get an idea OF what this nun.
Der means. a glance at the total reg
istration Of all makes of cars will be
of assistance. On this same date,
April 1.-the 1914 registration OF all
the ears in the United States was Il.
2C5.523, just over five times the 5in.
complete Total of Ford registrations.
| Taking up the separate states, we
lind that New York. which leads IN
1.-THE total number OF cars, also takes
first place as q Ford state. In this
Estate there are 81 900 .FOris In actual
rim service Iowa comes second with
10000 Fords, although tits only sixth
m the number OF cars OF all kinds reg
iistered. In that state, according 10
the Fegistratios, every third or fourth
lear Is. a Ford. Ohio, which IS third
Fin the list OF cars OF all sorts, also Is
third as q Ford state, and Illinois.
which comes fourth in the list of car
owners, Is fifth as Ford state, with
Massachusetts, sixth and Nebraska
seventh.
IF we consider the number of Ford
cars in proportion to the population of
the various states we find that these
cars are more popular In Neraska
than they are anywhere else. The De-
partment of Commerce at Washington
has issued an estimate of the popuia-
ton of each state July 1 1914, as has
ed on the census bureaus figures of
1910. Assuming the census bureaus
figures to be correct, 1t is little I'M
fair to base the comparison on the
population calculated for July and
Ford registrations In April. as 1t gives
the stork three months start over
Henry Ford. However, these dates are
the closest It is possible to get at this
time. 1t is safe to say that the March
irecora of 2S.T12 sFords which passed
cut of the factory doors during the
month will be continued, In which
case our figures are cheating the De
troit manufacturer to the extent of
6,I36 cars.
Nevertheless, based on these two
dates. Nebraska has one Ford for Eev-
cry 100 people in the state; Iowa,
which is second IN the total number
of Fortls owned, also Is second in the
t,per capita Fordage, with one for ev-
fery 108 people; North Dakota shows
up with one Ford for every 150 people
in the state; California has Ford
for every 1S4 people; Michigan, it's
home state, is at the boiling point
with one Ford for ever 212 people: in
Ohio every two hundred and eightieth
person owns Ford. and in Illinois
every three hundred and sixtieth. In
New York you have to count 470 peo-
! pie before you come to a Ford owner
and in Alabama 1t takes 1000 people
ito make a Ford family. a~ E.. , .<.r
when it is considered that there
! is an average of five people in each
family the ratio shows up even bat
/ ter. For instance, in Nebraska every
twentieth farm house would have a
Ford in front of It II 1t were not, for
the fact that the latter probably Is on
, the road taking the butter and eggs
to town. AS matter OF fact, in the
agricultural states fewer than 90 farm
houses would be passed before one OF
1.-THE little cars were found, but the
laverage is brought down by the less
comfortably situated city population