Arizona republican., 1921-12-25

from an examination of the vari- GUS sources from which the report was compiled, it seems that the late estimate of the Boston News Bureau ss 10 automobile reEistration in the United States up to December Sl -e-s surprisingly accurate.
 The exact figure as given by the News Bureau is 10.4S7, ST, and is supplied Sy reports of state registra- z1o7 officials. motor vehicle commis- SsnnerS. secretaries of state and oth- CTS in a position to determine local registration figures. Financial inter exts brought about the compilation cf this report The report also con- tRius sn analysis of distribution and essential figures on the distribution of wealth and the density of popula- ton fn relation to number of auto mobiles
 It will be seen from the gross total c- registrations that there is now car an the United States for every 10 people but of course, motor trucks are included in these figures.
 According to the report, New York leads all the states in total of passen- ger cars and commercial vehicles, having an estimated registration on December s1 of S6o,44s. But the pop uiztion of New York, while the dens- E@A All AAlt S1NCS O tIS k6L1 e1 ton 10 but every 12.1 persons.
 The local need, expediency and pur- chasing power of community die ate the relative motor distribution S7 n given section, says the report. Other things being equal, motor ab- scrpfion per thousand of population fS bound to be less in great centers Of population. in the thickly congest- ed districts and in the industrial dis sricts than in the prosperous rural communities In the big cities, other means for rapid transit are available than the privately owned automobile The concentration of poverty is also 10 be noted in the big cities as well as the concentration of wealth. The tanner of the West who operates on a large scale must absolutely have a motor car, and the development of good roads, together with this re- 1uiremenf. plus purchasing power, IS the reason to Q gerat extent for the large density of automobiles in such states and districts as Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and the Paci- fsc slope.
 There is a well-defined relation between the statistics of wealth, pur- chasing power indices and automo- hile density" declares the writer. The personal net income reported from the different states under the federal income tax returns for 1913 furnish a valuable and interesting guide. The wealth statistics for the various states as ascertained by the last census will not be available for another year or two, but the 1912 census figures. although now greatly exceeded in all cases, furnish a guide to the relative purchasing power oi the various sections of the country
 The writer states that the 1919 taa returns in conjunction with wealth statistics, indicate why motor dis tribution in the southern states i: relatively less per thousand and be low the average of the country as { whole The South made great stride: sgriculturaliy in the past two decades and industrially as well. Recover, from the effects of the civil war hai been slow. but these effects have be come almost obliterated. and this sec ton of the country presents perhap the greatest possibilities for furthe development than any other sectiol of the country
 In some of the southern states tn
 motor distribution is quite thin i relation to population. Alabama ha one car for every 2s.5 persons. Louisi ana one for every 27.2, and Arkansa one 10 every 26.1. The average per
 scnal net income. taxable, also fig
 ured strongly in the returns for auto
 mobile density.
 The following table gives the moto
 registration as of December 31, mum
 Der of people per car and the pc