Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
MOTOR MANUFACTURERS
| INCREASE FOREIGN TRADE
Total Value in Automobiles and
Accessories Exported Abroad
Aggregates S275 900, 900.

The automobile manufacturers OF
he United States made in the fiscal
year just ended. their highest record
n supplying foreign markets. The
.otal value Of automobiles and Access
series. such as tires, engines. and
jthcr separate parts. exported In the
iscal year 1920, says Il statement by
he National City Bank Of New York.
aggregates s275.000.0G0 against $685.
100000 two years ago. and $4,000
100 in the year preceding the war.
Thus. the value o. automobiles and
accessories exported In the fiscal gear
go are nine times az 6,uch as in the
year before the war, and more than
ioublc that OF the closing year Of the
War.
The whole world, adds the bank"
statcincnt. seems TO be demanding
motor vehicles for passenger and
freight purposes and looking 10 the
United states for it's suppiy. The
lumber Of commercial cars exported
n the first eleven month, tf tn" fiscal
year 1929 was. according 10 tn. OIL
f,iai reports Of the government. ~
PISS agains; 1850 IN the same months
II 1919. and the number OF passenger
ears l03,liJ. against 33.ii2 in the
corresponding months OF 1919.
Great Britain. which saw the prac-
ical qualities Of the American COM
tncrcial automobile during tho war:
ook in the FIRST eleven months OF
the fiscal year 1920. according TO
he above authority. over si.hoO.oop
worth Of our commercial automobiles.
ILgninSt $4,000 worn, Ia the sam"
months OF the preceding year.
Cuhn Enter. Market.
Cuba. which recognized tile con
t;cnicnce and prncticnb.lity ~ 4 trop-
3licie, as against that driven 10y ans
f1nais. took OF our commercial auto
SnDbiics In the eleven months Of the
Fiscal year 1920. 1919 machines.
fnachines. valued al 1t little over
| 100000 IN the same months OF the
preceding year.
To the distant Dutch East indies
bent was $40 against 30g in the same
months Of 1919 ana only slSt$-cirht
lin the corresponding months OF l"lS.
and TO our own Philippine Islands
f5sS commercial MACHINES IN The l"@O
period. against lj3 IN the same period
2ot 1919. while British Occania, which
consists chiefly OF Australia and New
Zealand. took '2o commercial ma
chimes in the eleven months ~ the
fiscal year 1920, against 21l in tho
same months of 1919. and II: IN the
month. OF lalS.
In passenger machines tho growth
IlS equally SlTlhliE. TIE l9lLl n'i'i-
Iber exported 10 all parts OF me
Iworld in the eleven months ending
with May having been. according TO
Inc official records. lo3liS against
I33.il2 in the same months OF m.
Immediately preceding year. and tn.
Stated value for the eleven months
Iof 1920. Slll.0O0,oUo nEains, $4,000
geo In the same months Of 1919
This increase In til" number Of
passenger machines Is cspecially
tnarkcd in the movement - The
tropics; TO British ludia the number
Sof passenger machines sent ia the
Irlcvcn months OF tho fiscal year 1870
'ss stated at 1.0Q2. valued at a hSs,
R00. against only $40 machines valued
Ft $4,000 IN the same months Of
fhe preceding year. and hfty-r!no
tmachincs valued at $4,000 Ia the cor
Responding months OF 1918.
Argentina Incrruscs.
To Argentina the number sent In
|;hc eleven months OF the ISca! year
Same months OF 1"l". ~ r-ru. $50 ma
Fchines against is5 in the same months
(of the preceding year: to The Philip
ssh South Africa, 5.Il0 aga!ns; I,lSl
HI the same months o! the preceding
year, practically all the countries
|aoovc named being. with ihc ~ 'ep-
Hon OF Argentina, distinctly tropical.
land illustrating the growing demand
|of the tropics for the horselcss vc-
|hiclc.
mexico, u"sIpl" IN" unsettled con
(litions. took In The eleven month"; OF
( sao. 2.is9 machines agains; 1852 in
the same months OF thc preceding
year; Cuba 2.2iS passenger machines
against l,SSI In tn: same months OF
the year preceding.
This demand for our machines
brings Win II a corresponding de-
|mand for equipment TO accompany
them. The value OF automobile .ircs
exported In the eleven months OF the
fiscal year 1920, was S3G .UOn. 900
against si9, 00Q,c00 in the same mu.ths
|nf last year, and Sl2.VUUpuU IN the
corresponding months OF tho year
preceding. and of automobile engines
|35,3l3 valued al S5.337.O0O IN me
eleven months Of the fiscal year 1924.
against @i,l.v;, valued AT s373J. 0uG H..
the same months OF last year OF 'hr
s36.oO0.o0" worth OF tires exported III.
Inc eleven months ending with Nrv.
l92c. two and One-third million dol.
lars worth Went To France two ana
one half million Noilari' worth 10
Great Britain two million dollars,
worth 70 Cuba. ana abou; four NIL
las a whole