The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
UNITED STATES HIGH RECORD OF
 AUTO EXPORTS

The recent assertion that three fourths of the automobiles of the world are owned in the United States and that nine-tenths of those now III the whole world were produced in our own manufacturing est.thlish- ments lends interest to a compilation by The National City Bank of New York regarding our eXportaton oI automobiles from the earliest date to the present moment.
 These figures show that the exports of automobiles and parts thereof including tires and engines, nave m the 20 years since the eXportatlon pe- gan,- aggregated about $l,OO0'ooo'Voo.
 The calendar year 1919 surpassed all records, even that or the war years when we were sending large numbers of commercial autos 10 Flu rope for use in the war area The value of autom obiles and parts ther@- of. including tires and engines, eA norted in the calendar year 4FA9 o9 = eregated approximately oo'Voo'o'o as against $40, 100000 Tn the ltSc<ti wear 1916. the former high record; s9S ooO OO0 in the fiscal year 1914, all Inf which imme diately preceded tha war S11,00O.000 in 1910; S2'- 500 900 in 1905, and slightly less Yhan s1.OOO,OOO in 1902, the hrsr .&cJ wear in which automobile exports were considered of sufficient import ance to justify a separate statement in the Government record Of nher- chandise exported
 Of inc S185,OO0,00 worth of auto 1n1hi!es and parts thereof exPo[Ie'l in inc calendar year 1913, s5o'ooo'- 900 worth were commerclal carS' s75.OOO, 900 worth passenger; S4l,- 100000 parts of automon1les heal 1v s3O.OoO,O0O worth tires, and about re 0oo ooo worth of automobile en- zines. :.
 Where do they go? Literally to averv mart of the world. France forroerly a very large manufacturer of autom obiles, is showing remark able appreciation of the American commercial machine, the total nuin her of commercial automopiies seh' to that country in the calenoar yea. 1919 having been about 3,60o, valued at over S15,O0O,0oo; though or pass enger machines the demand iroiH France is comparatively small, 'hs total for the calendar year 1913 az eregating less than 1,ooo anu 'iiS value but about $2,oo0,Ooo.
 Great Britain, which took large numbers of commercial machines during the war period is now apPar' entfy manufacturing them Tor her self, for the total value of cor1Gner cial machines sent to that country na' fallen from s20, 100000 in 1917 ant and nearly s7,O0O,000 in 1918 to onE about s5OO,0O0 in 1919. Cuba IS ap parently appreciating the auto truck for the number sent to that island II t1e19 is about 750, valued at nearIo s2.OO0,OO0, as against 557 in l9lo valued at about $1,000,oo0-
 Sixty countries and colonies tool American commercial machines Il 1918 the latest year for which a de tailed statement is available, and tn number of countries taking passenSe
 oobines was SO Iceland took il 1o1s 40 passenE-eI. machines at val ne of S34,000, and one commerce. machine. vaIned at $2,245. To Sian +he number of p"e=enger machine ox-Dorted in 1918 was S5 at value c S75 S6o: to India, ?2 machines, val ned at s7o,254. and Il commercia machines, valued at $22,0Oo. To tn Far off Dutch East Indies, we e1 norted in 1918 no less than 1,26 messenger machines, valued at Sl,oot [ 76e and of commercial machine 754 valued at $335, 536, while th .fieures for the calenda~ year 191 indicate a total of about 2,ooo ms chimes, valued at approximately $2 100000.
 The imports of automobiles into tf United States. which have aggregate s31 100000 s:uce the first recor that of 1906, have declined from II high water mark of $3,S3l, ,OoO