The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
425. 900 Automobiles A Year
 Should Be Consumption For Future
Where The I ,OOO, ,OoO Are Now Used. 28,OOO Cars Exported To 83 Coun- tries. California Has Most Cars Per Capita With One For Every B People. Iowa Has A Car For Every 36 Residents

the slowing down of general business during the past six mon tEs:s -st sss 4ss.szs Production in 1ef8 Was s75 900: Even during tffis past year he pEsnS. duction increased from 210. 0O0 TOE 1s12, to 375,00o. Admitting that there
 Was a possible over-productlon or 5000 cars 1t seems absurd to express
 the belief that the limit of nnotor-car
 sales has been reached. These pessi-
 nnists have been helped in their state
 ments by the failure of a few weak
 concerns whose passing will benefit l rather than harm the industry as a
 whole. What other industry can show
 so near a cleanup for the year 1913 :? Figures are most interesting and are the basis for all lines of trade. It is | worth noting. then, that of S75,0OO cars, some 1S0,0oO were made by the Ford company, whose increase was 70
 per cent. over the previous year, with
 the increase of the other makers only 1T per cent, making an average in
 crease of ear manufacture of 37 per cent. The big car held it's own; but the small car increased very rapidly. Commercial vehicles numbered about 13,000, which is a 100 per cent. in crease.
 or the cars made last year those ex- ported will number not less than 28,-
 900, a substantial increase over 1912.
 These cars were sent to S3 different
 countries throughout the world. Be-
 sides this there were probably 12,- 900 cars from the Canadian and Eng fish factories of Ford.
 The best available figures from the states recording registrations show 1,250 600 ears registered. After deduct ing all duplicates and non-resi dents, it is certain that 100000 cars are in active use in America today.
 New York state leads with 135, 800. r,r-f7fr which is a 27 per cent. increase over the previous year. Secretary of State
 Mitchell May reports 57,G00 chauffeurs California comes up in fifth place. showing figures of 2,0o0, with the actual cars in use more than 76, ,000; it being noted that California requires no annual registration, but simply the. registration of each car placed in use by a new owner.
 Illinois is second with S9.122. fol- lowed by Ohio, 1865; Pennsylvania, 30, ,092 Iowa, 63, 104; Michigan, 54, ,331; Massachus etts. s53, 10s, and New Jer- sey 49,932, of which a very large num- Der are nonresident. The figures then run down to 1898 for New Mex ico. It should be noted that California leads in cars per capita, having one
 car for every 333spersons, with Iowa
 having one for every 36.
 In some states registrations are re- quired only in counties, while in other states they are made annually, Re gently the state law of Mississippi was
 declared invalid, so figures from that
 territory are difficult to obtain.
 These figures prove that the indus try is not alone staple but is enjoying
 a healthy growth, subject only to those conditions that affect the pros perity of the country as a whole, such
 as we have experienced during the past six months. Manufacturers have
 reached a point where they can sup ply the demand, and it would seem 1 sound business judgment to have less l expansion during the next few years and more cultivation of mark cts. Mo tor cars are a staple and shoHld be made and marketed on information and under conditions that govern any other article of manufacture which enjoys a normal and healthy growth l by filling a want of a nation.