Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-10-15
D0o0PERiTY OF PEOPLE 10 Evl
Io1NcED ~ LARGE NUM-
Der OF MACHINES.
MARlY 100000 REGISTERED
:0essptary Of State sehmahl Predtosa
ci1Ixsns VIII Own 100000 Cars
Before 1917 Closes, or One
Auto 70 Every II.
~ Julius A. Schmahl, Secretary q
8tAto.

know Of no better criterion Of thu
wealth aud prosperity Of all classea
'vee the people Of Minnesota than that
OF tho automobile. In 1907, when thu
LEGISLATURE first provided for a state
1eEistration Of automobiles, 1000 were
reGistered. The following year II
Jumped to $4,000. In 1909 the registra
ton was 1880; in 1910 the registra'
ton was 28,500; and the year 1911
@losed with a registration Of about
$4,000. The 1911 Session Of the Leg
Islature provided for three year
period with January /, 1912, and when
t*he department closed business on De-
xeember 81, 1914, the records showed
there were 68 500 licensed automobiles
In Minnesota and in addition there
were a large number in the hands OF
dealers licensed under what is known
- the Dealers Registration Act. The
new triennial period commenced on
January l, 1915, and at this writing;
September 20, 1915, the registration;
ssxe1usive Of dealers, has reached 49,,
600, and there are undoubtedly q
thousand or two more in the hands OF
the $50 dealers throughout the state
that have either not been sold or api
'plications have not been received at
this department. -,
People invest $e4,9so,oo0.
The Wall Street Journal, the ortho,
7dox financial paper of the United States;
published in New York City, in an isl
sue circulated during the month of Au}
.guzt, made the statement that the avi
e<sraxe price OF an automobile owned
throughout tho United States is about
$3.50, over one-half of tho cars produce
ssed selling for less than 500. Using
@$his responsible statement az a basis:
ahe people of Minnesota now have 1884,:
$780, invested In automobiles. Ii
can be positively stated that there la
practically little or no charge as q
>sredit against these machines and that
the entire item is one that is exclusive
t1ropsrty Of the owners.
This .stupendous amount and growth
shows better the prosperity of Mime,
sota than any other one iten that 1
zau think Of and inasmuch it has come
nom the soil of the state within the
last eight years, people from other
16ates desiring to invest in Minnesota
zeal estate and make homes in this
Btate. will not ponder long in their re.
Election as to the actual wealth OF the
ooh of the state. From TIE applica+
Gions on file i'm this office l can make
q safe estimate that about thirty per!
cent. of the total registration has been
made by the farmers Of Minnesota.
This latter registration as a whole
does not cover many of the high priced
machines but it does show safe, con-
1o1vatiye policy on part of the farmers
~ purchasing good and durable mach
ines and machines that will answer all
purposes.
One Auto 70 Every II citixens.
At the present time the registration
comes largely from that section OF
Minnesota south from direct line
across the state from Brainerd but tho
applications from the Northern Sec
4tou are coming In quite rapidly and
indicate that rapid strides are being
lmade In both the agricultural wealth
VI that section ~ we'll as in tho i'm.
provement Of roads.
Minnesota 10 now about the ninth
Htate In the Union In the number of
licensed automobiles. The people OF
the state are calling for them faster
than they can bo delivered from the
factories Before 1915 closes Mime
sofa twill have very near 100000 ma
e11oes registered and before the tri-
A&1n1al period closes on December 81,
1917, the people will own in the neigh
bonrhood Of 100000 machines, equiv
a1e0t' to about one machine to every
<,aesatssa >oitissne Of the state.