The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

of 1915, IS per cent OF that total have
already been made. In 1914, 500, 900
cars were manufa ctured: during the
first half Of 1916 that many and more
than half again as much have been
shipped.
Predictions Of 10000 cars for 1916
do not seem far amiss, even though this
is an increase Of more han SIS per
cent over 1915, or in actual numrers,
500 900 more cars made this year than
last.
The total retail value OF the passen-
ger cars built in he United States in
1915 was $565, S56,450. Thus far in 1910,
or for the period of the first half year,
the retail value OF the passenger cars is
in excess of $4S1, 100, 900.
One OF the most important problems
in connection with the work Of a big
production concern is that Of distribu-
ton. 1t is necessary to know the ter
ritory and the people in which h cars
are to be sold, and therefore data
which would END to bring u infor-
nation regarding which states are in
creasing fastest in number of cars, or,
in other words, which are buying most,
is of greatest interest. 1t has been said
that the farmer Is the greatest a
purchaser of today, and this seems
borne out when it is noted that Ohio
bought more cars than any other state
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first half Of 1916. Actual figures cannot
be given for increase up to July |,
1916, but for the six months ending
January !, 1916, the number Of cars in
Ohio increased by 58,S02, or 4S per cent
over it's previous number.
Farmer the Greatest Car Buyer.
The farmer is all important as a car
buyer. In Oklahoma, the increase Of
cars for the year Of 1916, as compared
with 1915 insofar as figures can be
compiled at the present time, is $50 per
cent. In Mississippi it is 1875 per cent.
In Louisiana, 210 per cent, and in Idaho,
III per cent. In the great farming state
or Iowa, there is n car to every IA
persons; in Nebraska, one to every 20
persons, and throughout the other big
farming states on the corn and wheat
belts similar conditions prevail. The
county fair Of today rs incomplete
without it's attending automobile eX-
hibits. And unlike many Of the pre-
tentious automobile shows held, the
farmers actually come to buy as we'll
as to look.
During the six months ending July 1,
1916, the number Of passenger cars ex-
ported to foreign countries has been in
excess of $4,000 and valued at more
than $24. 900 900. Detailed figures are
not as yet available for the month Of
June, but from January until the end OF
May the average monthly expectation
was 5,645 cars and the average
value Of the car shipped abroad
was $4,059,S7S per month. The exact
totals OF the passenger cars shipped
from the country during the five
months ending June l, 1916, was 2S,227
cars valued at $50, 299, 393.
During the first half OF 1916 the num-
Der Of passenger cars made per month
in the United States averaged 25,8l7.
With the average monthly expectation
OF 5,645 just about An per cen of our
total passenger car production Is
shipped abroad. Uncle Sam probably
will always continue to be his own best
customer, but the markets Of the world
are open to him and the probabilities
are that the close of the European con-
flict will open large markets which are
now inaccessible. II is OF course
to assume that the home indus
tries of Europe will be protected. but
II conditions are as they might be ex-
pected to be the market for automobiles
Will be larger than the recreated
European factories can handle.
To sum up the situation, the 754, 902
cars which AVE been made have prac-
tlcally all been sold, and in manY Sec
tons of the country dealers are already
clamortng for their share OF the other
100000 which are to be manufactured
during the remaining six months, and
when the year OF 1915 shall come to a
close, II present conditions hold until
the end. the United States will have
been enriched by the possession Of con
slderably more than $1,000, 900. 900
worth OF cars.