Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-24
AUTOMOBILE EXPORTS
LARGEST IN HISTORY
Million Brought To American
! Manufacturers
FOREIGN TRUCK SHIPMENTS
Manufacturers and Working Men
Despite War Obstacles Wake o.
New Markets Replace Oid

More passenger automobiles were
exported from the United states
during the year 1917 than In any
! previous year despite import pro
hibitions by the countries that were
! formerly the largest buyers OF
American motor cars, and scarcity
OF ocean cargo space, with consc-
iquent greatly increased shipping
rates The report OF the depart
ment Of commerce shows that there
we're exported during the twelve
I months ended December II, last
65,792 passenger cars valued at
S5l ,0S2 $50, wholesale This Is al
most double the value OF tho COM
bincd eXoprts OF passenger and
commercial cars In 1918 or 1914 aud
an Increase OF as per cent In eN-
ports OF passenger dutomnf Hos over
1918. and nearly 10 per cent over
1915.
These figures ARE significant Of
the appreciation OF tho utility ~ the
American motor car in all the
countries Of the world, when Il Is
remembered that imports OF auto
mobiles have been prohibited dur
Ing the past year In England.
France, Italy and India, that Ger
many, Austria. Bulgaria and Tur-
key have been dropped from our
trading list, that shipments have
been almost impossible TO European
Russia, that tires could not be eN
ported to the Scandinavian coun-
tries and that Australia prohibited
the importation OF automobile
bodies
Tremendous changes have oc-
CURED IN the motor car market OF
the world in the last two years,
Whereas exports .ot passenger auto
mobiles 60 tho United Kingdom de
creased from l4.7S7. valued at
Sli,4s3.675 in 1915. TO only
! 340. valued at Si.97S.0IS in 1917. |
the exports 90 chile decreased from
491. worth s3iS.9l3, 10 3.937, worth |
81, ,4slO O6l, or eleven fold in the
same period. During the same two
years exports to Russia dropped |
from n total value OF {5762.OI9 to ,
it.76l.3Ss, while passenger car ox-
ports 10 Canada increased from !
{I.30I,7ls TO s12, 2,40l.T05,
- The high tide OF sales Of army
trucks 10 our allcs was reached in |
1915, when 22.09i, worth tb9,S3g. |
303 were shipped. Last year the |
number fell to 1884 worth |
sac, ,364,773, Some at least or this |
decrease was made up by shipments |
Df trucks 10 France for the Ameri |
can expeditlonary force. but these
DO not appear In the official report |
q exports.
Last year the United Kingdom. |
France and Russia bought lt.ls6
trucks. valued at s3l.495,0S7. while
All the other foreign countries com
llned took only 3,2ll. worth
I4,Se9.6s6.
Canada is by far the best Gus
omer for American automobiles
aking nearly four times as many az
my other country. Australig ranks
lext with more than S3.5OO OO0
worth; Chile Is a close third. and
Argentina, Cuba. British South
Africa, the Dutch East Indies and
New Zealand each. purchased cars
o tho value Of between 10000
md $4,000 900.
Remarkable showing Is made bv
he smaller countries not considered
" sufficient Importance to he given /
In the monthly summary
4 exports and therefore combined
Inder the item other Countries"
Their passenger car imports IN
rcased five-fold in the two years.
rom value OF S2567.306 In 1915,
o fl2,24i79S last year
What the export trade OF the
industry mcauu To tho
prosperity " the American working
nan ana to thofmany lines Of trade
m which the industry draws for
upplies OF materials liz shown by
he fact that exports OF motor cars
nd parts, engines and tires 10 for
ign countries amounted to IA total
I Sf3s. .043.075 last year.
To this should be added more
han t3,300.000 worth OF motor We
lcles exported last year TO Alaska,
laval and Porto Rico non con
Iguous territory of tho United
tatcs also t5S7.0OO worth OF
utUuohile parts, Apt Including en-
ines and tires, also exported to
hose American possessions.
The exports ~ passenger automo-
Hes and motor trucks exceeded in
oluo 10y 80 per cent last years OK
Orts Of railway locomotives and
assenger and freight cars or Of am
lCctricBl locomDtiyea. machinery
nd appliances, were eleven times |
y great as the combined exports Of
irrlages. wagons. bicycles, motor
ycles, airplanes. traction engines
nd caterpillar tractors ana nclsly
1ree times rs great as exports Of
j agricultural machinery