Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-09-29
Is PER CENT INCREASE. IN INAUTOM0B.LEOWNERS

Pessimists and knockers and members of the Ancient Order of Gloom got a jolt when the 1922 automobile regis tration figures for Unites States came out, according to Will Tarr, Goodyear Service Station dealer at Kingman.
 Despite generally adverse business conditions and teh fact of the thous- ands of cars that went out of ser vice, the people of this country own 1,428,775 more automobiles and trucks now than they did a year ago, an increase of 15 per cent.
 "It means just two things-one that this country is long ways from be- ing broke and two that automobiles are not regarded by the people of this country as luxury to be bought only in flush times.
 "As a matter of fact Americans bought within the past twelve months as many cars as the rest of the world owns altogether. Statisticians figure that there are about 12,s00,O00 cars running in the world all of which but about 100000 are owned in this country"
 "Mr. Tarr had collected some inter- esting figures in regard to automo- piles owned. For example, Great Britain has about 497,O00 cars, Cana da 46S,OOO, France 236,000, Germany 91,000 and the next one down the list is Argentine with 75.000.
 There are only 12 states, his fig ures showed, out of the 45 in this country which do not own more cars than Argentine.
 "Why, this state alone with reg istration of 32,847, owns more cars tha many foreign country in the world, except Great Britain, Canada, France and Germany. .'
 "That means 32,S47 cars and trucks carrying merchandise, supplementing the railroad service, carrying men bac and forth to work, bringing the farmer and his produce into town from where he carries back the man. ufactured goods that he needs in his home or on the farm, enabling the working man to live out beyond the congested areas and own little tract of land and still keep up his work in the city, performing in one hun. dred and one ways various useful functions in the development and op- eration of great industrial nation.
 "New York leads the country in the number of cars, then comes Ohio with its rich industrial and agricultural wealth, then comes California the playground of the nation, then busy Pennsylvania and the the rich state of Illinois. Any one of these five American states own more cars than any foreign iountry on the globe.
 Canada has only few hundred more cars than Michigan, the state where so many automobiles are manu- factured.
 "Then comes Texas, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and New Jersey, all of whom have more cars than France, the third largest car owning foreign nation. .,I
 Nebraska, Florida, Oklahoma, Washington, Colorado, North Carolina Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Geor- gia, Connecticut, Tennessee, South Dakota, Oregon all run ahead of Ger many, the fourth car owning foreign country.
 Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia are all ahead of Argentine.
 Five states showed an increase of 100000 cars in a year with Illinois just under the mark In other words, California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania added more cars within the last year than any of the other countries, except Great Bri- tain, Canada and France owned,
 Tn other words dealers in automo- piles, tire and other accessories nave the most wonderful market in the world for their goods right at their door. '''ei'
 We in America have much to be thankful for in the indsutrial situa- ton that this automobile survey dis closes.
 The automobile is not merely the rlch mans plaything in this country as It IS in many of the foreign coun- l tries. It is the vehicle of democracy of the plain people,-the farmer. the tradesman, the factory worker, the oftlce man, the small merchant, the professional man, even the teacher and the preacher in thousands of in stances, although these two groups have not always mad their fair share of the worlds rewards. i
 We complain lot of times because things aren't a lot better but these 1 figures show that they could be lot worse."