El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-05
MOTOR CARS IN
UNITED STATES
Over Half a Million Cars and
Trucks Added to Mum
Der Last Year.

New York, June 5.-Over half a mil
lion cars and trucks were added to
the number in operation in the United
states during the year 1914 and Cali
d0ruia, the golden state Of the west,
his leaped from seventh place in the
space of one year TO third in the list
OF registered carsi
According to the most accurate sta
tistics and other authentic sources, the
total number Of cars and trucks in the
United States at the end Of 1914 was
1.15A57Os all duplicate registrations,
dealers. etc, being deducted, where
such figures were separately listed
This represents a gain Of 500, SIS over
the total at the end OF 1913.
An idea of the steady increase in
registrations may be gained from the
statistics on July and october l. On
July ] the total was 1,54S,350 cars and
trucks, an increase Of 994,475 since the
first OF the year, and October 1 these
figures had grown TO the total Of !, 49,
369, q gain Of 203,503 over the statistics
reported at the beginning Of July.
Car Increase Remarkable.
Very few people realize that since
1911 the number Of cars and trucks
in the United States have increased
from 677,0 to 1.754,570 at the begin
1912 the total had increased TO 1s01o. 4S3
and in 1913 to 1,253,875.
When we come to analyze the gains
made by the various states over their
California is apparently at the head
Of the head Of the list with gain of
63,1OL This, however, is misleading,
inasmuch as when the statistics were
compiled at the end OF 1913 only $4,000
cars and trucks were registered in the
golden state under the new law which
had just gone into effect This, OF
course, was far from the actual total OF
cars and trucks in the state at that
time. so the actual gain is probably
less than $4,000. A much more sig
nificant figure is that which stands
second on the list, the sS,118 registra-
tons gained by Iowa This represents
actual increase in the number Of cars
and trucks added to the equipment OF
the residents Of that prosperous state
Illinois is a close second to Iowa with
1852 more machines than il registered
in 1913, while New York comes next
with 1892, the three state forming =
remarkable example Of parallel gains. I
Ohio's Strong Position.
Ohio, with a gain Of 36,348, has |
good lead over Pennsylvania, whose in /
crease was 32,6l6, while Minnesota fol- |
lows with 1855 more than II had last i
year. Massachusetts is the only other /
state 10 record an increase OF over /
5000 registrations, having 254 over j
that figure. Michigan and Indiana both 4
have gains Of over 10000. Michigan /
having 22,O23 and Indiana 2O,762. IN i
cidentally, Michigan's secretary of state /
anticipates a registration in 1915 Of 4
over 100, 200 cars and trucks Wiscon- i
sin falls short OF the 10000 mark by
lions while Kansas has 6,1O1, Missouri 4
1928 and. Texas 1886 The main
reason for the tremendous car buying
Indicated by these increases IS that
the farmers are beginning TO realize
taat the automobile is here to stay,
that II is a necessity and not a luxury,
and they are finding it Of everyday use
for both work and pleasure. Practical
amHmn HHnaH q
istrat ion ron the 6Tz increase in Della
ware 10 the 3s1f3 in Iowa The only
iaS tcnccs in which no increase is re
corded are District Of Columbia and
Louizi@ha, for which previous figures
were too high. and in Georgia and
Oklahoma In Georgia the new law is
responsible for the apparent decrease, |
while in Oklahoma the registration law !
runs from July TO June instead Of
through the calendar year as in most
OF the other states
California Third in List
A number Of changes have occurred
IN the sending Of the various states Z
in respect to the total number Of car /
and truck registrations. Comparing
the position tables for 1913 and 1914, Of
states having over $4,000 registrations, I
t is shown that California, which was Z
seventh last year, is now in third place
ohio. which was third, is thrown into
fourth place and so on down through |
The list Minnesota, which was 18th /
last year. is now in ninth place, and
Indiana has moved one notch into tenth I
position Wisconsin was 18th and is
now 18th. having displaced Missouri. ]
which is now 14th Kansas has gained /
1ne place, being now in 18th position.
Nebraska has dropped from tenth to
9Th
Perennial registration still reigns IN
he District Of Columbia, Florida, Utah /
md Texas registration in the latter |
state being also Of a local character. |
Sew laws, since the beginning of 1914, /
ave affected the registration in Cali !
ornia and Georgia. Local registration, |
besides being the rule in Texas, is
ound in Louisiana and South Carolina,
While Minnesota is unique in having
riennial state registration, that is-
eglstraIiOn is required once every
hree years The general tendency in
registration may be char
-cterized as toward sane and reasona-
lie measures, although the freak bills
idiotic and Objectionable
eg-1lariouz are still rTaufffrr7