Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-19
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DETROIT. Mieh.-"sGf the half mil.
lion 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 Incomplete returns Of the regis.
trations in the different states be
tween January and April l of this
wear. In several Of the states CON-
plete figures of the registration of
Ford cars could not be obtained. These
include Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Louisiana, Mississippi. Texas, Okla
hema. In these. however. a figure
was given which was known really, &c
be exceeded. In West Virginia ana
Wyoming no estimate 70 the number,
Of FOrds was obtainable. sa;&. ~ I.
Segleeting these two states and
taking the minimum figures in the
other states mentioned there were
2fS.270 Ford cars registered on. April
/ for the 1914 season in the United
States. Consequently it is safe. 10 say
that complete returHs would Indicate
a registration considerably In, excess
of $1,000 Fords In this country.
To get an idea or what this mum.
Der means, a glance at the total reg
istration of all makes of cars VIII be
of assistance. On this same date.
April 4. the 1914 registration or all
the cars in the United States was 4.
2G6,523, just over five times the In
complete total of Fond registrations
Taking up the separate states, we
lind that New York which leads in
the total number of cars, also takes
first place as q Ford state. In this
state there are 81 900 Fords in actual
" in service. Iowa comes second with
20, 800 Fords, although II Is only sixth
in the number OF cars Of all kinds reg
istered. In. that state. according TO
the registratios, every third OF fourth
car is Ford, Ohio, which is, third
in the list of cars ct all Sorts; also Is
third; as az 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 Nebraska
than they are anywhere else. The De
partment OF Commerce at Washington
has issued an estimate of the popnia-
ton Of each state July I, 1914, as bas-
ed on the census bureaus figures of
1910. Assuming the census bureaus
figures to be correct, 1t Is little un-
fair to base the comparison on the
population calculated for July and
Ford registrations in April as it gives
the stork three months start over
Henry Ford However, these dates are
the closest 1t is possible to get at this
time. II Is safe to say that the March
record of 28.712 Fords which passed
ont of the factory doors during the
month will be continued, in which
case our figures are cheating the De
troit manufactures to the extent of
Sc, 1876 cars.
. Nevertheless, based on these two
dates, Nebraska has one, Ford for ev-
cry 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 eV.
cry l08 people: North Dakota shows
up with one Ford for every 150 people
in the state: California has Ford
for every 1874 people; Michigan, its
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 pe0-
pie before you come to Ford owner
and in Alabama it takes 2000 people
Ito make Ford family +. ~
@When it Is considered that there
Is an. average Of five people in each
family the ratio shows up even bet.
ter. For instance, in Nebraska every
twentieth farm house would have a
Ford in front of 1t If 1t we're not for'
the fact that the latter probably is on
the road taking the butter and eggs
to town. As q matter of fact, in the
agricultural states fewer than 20 farm
houses would be passed before one or
the little cars were found, but the
average is brought down by the less
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