New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-23

An idea Of the position the Onited'
States occupies in the Totoring heId
nav be gained when it is known thai
tho $4,000 cars in service in other sec
t;o,s o. the world represent less than
tina total Of cars registered In inc
,tstes Of New York. Ohio, California
and Iowa.
There e one important factor IN
connection with the compilation OF
,beso figures which has TO be reckoned
With hut which tends further 70 ad-
vance the standing Of the United States
ss a nation of automobiles. THIS Is
~. war now raging on the other side
Of the Atlantic.
Cars Requlsitioned for War.
Tho leading nations involved in this
struggle include the foremost OF the
Furopean automobile builders ana
users. IN Great Britain, France Ger
many. Austria. Russia and Italy practi-
csllv all Of the privately owned motor
vehicles have been requisitioned Tor
military service. in which their period
If usefulness is decidedly limited. Inc
absence Of Official figures on the num-
her Of cars IN use in these countries
makes +, necessary TO estimate the
"motor population using as me pass
for this arnroXiuation the NUMBER oI
,.ot,c1os cncialiv recorded before the
war. adding the machines shipped lro"
tho United States 90 the various couh-
tries since the spring Of 1914. ana also
;ncludinr a moderate allowance LOT the
vebicIes that might have been made at
home during the war period.
In the latter consideration. II must
be remembered that IN view OF we
fact that the various factories are l"
eject government controlled the mum
her Of cars produced Tor pIlFaie con
srr,ntion is indeed very small. III
Great Britain pracncaiy an u wy
motor car factories nave Oeen CON
,cr+cd into munition plants, but IN
france several Of the automobile com
ranies are permitted 20 assemble parts
Tade before the war into cars Tor
NAM Of the countries recorded IN
the ACCOMMODATING table do not omclal.y
erumerate the motor vehlcles WIN"
their borders. the figures SHOWN having
been obtained from reports from con
sular officers and United States govern,
-. evnorts statistics The United
States Of course. ranks first. having
,oore than three times as many cars
8. all the other countries combined.
Great Britain comes second WIN lIs
o-6 600 cars. which represents about
enc vehicle to every nine IN TINS coun-
try. France and Germany, WIN the'I
networks Of good roads and years OF
advance over the United states in the
1.eneral manufacture Of motor vehicles,
occupy third and fourth places, re.
,nectivelv. with 9s 400 and 1l.4oO. IL
"a interesting 10 note in connection
with those four countries that their
standing in the automobile manuiact-
\ rrirc line is relatively the same as
N that given above for consumption.
y Canada Our Heaviest Buyer.
Canada. on the other hand. has
never been q quantity manufacturer
Of automobiles. but has always been
the heaviest purchaser OF cars made
in this country Within the last few
wears several American manufacturers
have established plants IN the Do
ninicn whore cars are assembled. Most
Of these cars. however. have been made
for export purposes. the Canadian as
lembled machines getting q preferen-
tial tariff over the United States cars
when being shipped to the British colo
MES.
While Canada ranks fifth in the mo-
tor nations, with 55,660 cars, Mexico,
on our Southern border. is well down
I'm the list. with but 1920 cars. Aus
tralia is a country of exclusively i'm
ported cars. a large portion coming
from America. and contains about 90
250 machines. OF the South American