The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07
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nre in operation in this country" says
Motor Age. This is according to
rather incomplete returns of the regis
tatiouS i'll the different States between
January and April of this year
In several of the States complete fig
nreS of the registration of Ford cars
could not he obtained These include
PENNSYLVANIA, South Carolina. Louis
ana, mississippi. Texas and Oklahoma
In these, however. a figure was given
which was known really to be exceeded
In West Virginia and Wyoming no es-
Inmates as to the number OF tords was
obtainable.
'NcSlecting these two States and
al<inS the minimum figures In the
other states mentioned. there were
.i'.-'V Ford ears registered on April
for the 1919 season in the United
states. Consequently, II is safe 10
say that complete returns would indi-
ate q registration considerably in en-
cess OF 100000 Fords In this country
TO get AN idea of what this number
means. glance at the total reyistra-
ton OF all makes of ears will be of
assistance. On this same date, APRIL
l. me 1874 registration of all the cars
IN the United States was 1855, 523, Just
over I'VE times the incomplete total of
Ford registrations.
Taking up the separate States. we
iind that New York which leads in the
'''''i hummer VI cars, also taxes first
place as Ford state. In this State
there are 2l,O0O Fords in actual SER
vice. iowa comes second, with 2O500
fordS. although it is only sixth in the
number of cars OF all kinds Registered
IN that state. according 10 the regis
irattons, every third or fourth car is
Il Ford. Ohio. which is third in the
list OF cars of all sorts. also Is third
as ford state and Illinois, which
comes fourth in the list of car owners
is hfth as Ford State, with Massa-
chusetts sixth. and Nebraska seventh.
III we consider the number of Ford
cars in proportion to the population Of
me various States, we find that thcs.
cars are moro popular in Nebraska
IMAM they are anywhere else. The De-
partncnt OF Commerce at WASHINGTON
mas issued an estimate of tho populu-
uon OF each state, July ], 1914. as based
on the Census Bureaus figures of 1910
assuming the Census Bureaus flruroa
to be correct. 1t Is Il little unfair to
base tho comparison on the population
calculated for July. and Ford rcgistra-
ions IN April. as II gives the stork n
thrco months start over Henry Ford
however these dates are the closest 1t
is possible 10 get ut this time. II is
sa1c 10 say that the March record or
-S,'l2 Fords which passed out of the
factory doors during the month. will
ne continued, in which case our figures
are cheating the Detroit manufacturer
10 the extent OF S6,l36 cars
Ncrcrthclcss based on these two
dates, Nebraska has one Ford for every
loo people IN the State Iowa, which is
second In the total number OF Fords
owned, also Is second in the per capita
fordagc. with one for every los pco-
pic; North Dakota shows up with one
Ford for every 1870 people in the state
California has Ford for every 1874
people Michigan. its home State. is ut
inc boiling point. with one Ford for
every 2l2 people. in Ohio every $50
persons own Ford. and in Illinois
every 300. In New York you have 10
count 40 people before you come to
a FORD owned. and in Alabama il takes
-'ouO people 10 make Il Ford family
hen IL is considered that there 10
an average OF live people in each fam
NY, the ratio shows up even better
ror Instance, in Nebraska every TWEEN
l'th farmhouse would have Il Ford in
front or II, il II were not for the r,ct
mat the latter probably IS on the road
taxing the butter and eggs to town.
AS matter of fact, in the ayricul
tural states fewer than twenty farm
houses would be passed before one OF
the ilttle cars were found, but the aver
age Is brought down by the less com
iortahiy situated city population