El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-24
IJSE OF MOTORS MAKES RUBBER
IMPORTANT ITEM Of WARFARE
National Geographic Society Issues Bulletin On Import
ance of Rubber in War Times; Armies Now Travel
on Rubber: Haitians First Used Rubber; Intro
duced in United States in 1900.

ca-s. valued at S3.015. as against %
rars. valued at S9.9SS. in April year
20 During the nine months period
fTe exports there increased from s.
80 valued at S5S.26S. in 1915. 10 256
CsrS, valued at S1T2.531 in 1915
aOther Europe" imported $50 cars,
lined AZ S9229SS in April last, as
,--eiDs+ SIS cars. valutd at S2.535.16g
- Anril a year ago, while the ship
,,en+s for the nine months period fell
-ron1 a.l1S cars. valued at S6.129,392. in
fa15 TO I745 cars, valued at S2,-5s, l42
i' On This side Of the Atlantic the
f;.r,I-es show that Canada contributed
largely to our export trade during the
ne-iods under consideration the eN-
i.Crfs in April last IOtaling 2.130 cars.
rs valued at S611.191, IN April a year
ago. During the nine months period
~ ernorts 20 the Dominion increased
fr.,-, 3 7sS cars, valued at $780, 59
cars. in 1915. 10 7,45S cars. valued at
S''l'oi sen -. Mexico sales Field
v7rsT vrar-ridden Mexico IS showing
n increase in its imports or American
o~rs The number shipped there m April
. --asr ago being six. valued at S4.O2a,
;rcc-essine- 10 A cars, valued at S43.S94.
H. Anvil las while during she nine
-1-r1fbs' ueriod the shipments rose rom
"a cars. valued at S6S,5hO. IN lsl5, 10
2SS cars, valued at SS-S-@le' IN AsAO-
c---7o-+ trade in cars with the British
yVesf Indies and Bermuda, the figures
- knri1 last being 491 cars, valued at
Ss72 0qe. while during the nine months
If +bis wear the number was $500 and
~, --s1rie 50 1856 Last year the re
inns showed that pa ears, valued At
>sI1qSqs. were shipped there IN April
vvhile the shipments TOT ne nine
months of that year tolaleu I'i-A al =
1.-.snd in south America.
a sfrikinE feature Of the automobile
EXPORT trade is the constantly me- = t 80
Ing demand for American cars IN SoIIh
Ar-arican countries. Formerly the oe-
r,.-rtunent grouped all the automoohe
e~ro-ts to South America under one
head and last years returns snow ina
qS cars. valued at $50, 80. were Shippsu
rrere i'm April. while during the
- months period the number was
cos cars. and the value S4s4 .Aoe N
A7riI last Argentina alone shipped 90
cas- from this country, the Naiue OF
v-bicb was s2459S4, while during the
nine months of this year the shipments
amounted TO 1897 cars, valued AT 81
eaQ43 Chile bought 123 cars from
rs in April last. the value beng 500
S1A while during the nine months
period the number was go cars, ,l M
IRE value S46f,555. Only 20 cars Nalueu
At sf2.S1S. were shipped 10 Brazil IN
trril last. but during the nine months
OF this year the number reacheu -e4
cars. valued at $lzI-144- Nenezuela J
contribution was A. cars. valued al
SeE.7IS in April. and 416 cars valued at
sa64410 during the nine months OF TINS
ve@r. while all other South American
countries purchased 40 cars. valued al
81. 4l9. in April. and f55 cars, valued
at s256.2SS during the nine months
period
British OSsania a Factor.
British Oceanic is looming up big IN
+ or motor car export trade, no less
/ THIN 1919 cars. valued at Se4s.S6i, be-