Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-12
MORE Than S} PER CENT. OF
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES IN WORLD
Are OWNED IN UNITED STATES

States. 1o.o5o.sso; Great Britain. 49,
$50; Canada, 463,44s: France. 236.-
146; Germany. 91.3S4; Argentina, 75,-
600: Australia. 73.9o0: Italy, $4,000:
India, 45.9s3; Dutch East Indies. As
600; Spain. 1850; New Zealand, 37,-
500; Russia. $4,000; Belgium. $4,000;
Union OF South Africa, 2s,46s: Brazil,
$4,000: Mexico, $4,000; Denmark, 22.-
$50; Cuba, 10000: Switzerland. 49,
OIL; Austria. 1880: Norway, 14,34o;
Sweden. 14.25o; Holland. 1880:
Philippine Islands. 1881: Japan,
l2.2so: Algeria. 10000; Poland. 1o.-
700 and Chile. 10000.
There are motor vehicles every
where. however. Tho Malay States
have 5000: Turkey. $500; Egypt.
5,oS4: Czechos slovakia, 4,1s3: the
Gold states. $500: Morocco. 2.5oo:
Siam. c,1sT: Dominican Republic. L.
500: Hawaii, 1900: British Guiana,
land, 500: British West Africa. sec:
Portugueses East Africa. 400: French
West Africa. 23o: Madagascar. 15s;
Italian Somaliland, 66 and even Mon
rovia has 3.
The province of ontaria with 900
Canada while the prairie province of
Saskatchewan with $3.50 leads the
old province Of Quebec by 1000.
Altho Argentina has a total of 75.-
600 cars and trucks. the city of Ruenos
Aires with population of 100000
has only $4,000. nearly half Of which
arc taNicabs.
The total registration of 4e7.5s2 for
Great Britain. Including England.
Scotland. Ireland and Wales. shows
one motor vehicle for every as per-
sons. France has only one for every
f52 persons.
Mexico was the only country which
irunnrtcd n lnhflcS In 80
than in 1920 and careful estimates
show that its automotive registration
increased nearly so per cent last year.
Porto Rico Is using motor vehicles
TO supply transportation not furnish.
Cd by railroads. Tho development of
bus lines on the island has reached
large proportions. The use OF the
motor bus also n recent develop
ment In Salvador.
Poland. with 4 population OF $4,000
has only 1910 motor vehicles large
pcrcentaKc of which are IN Warsaw.
DanziG has 100.
Bulgaria. whose transportation sys-
tom was wrecked during the war. has
only f.i<0 cars and trucks for i's
100000 population.
The increase in the number of
automobiles In Belgium since the war
has been almost 100 per cent and the
country now has ono automobile FOR
every gao inhabitants.
Tho Russian army operates 1900 Of
the $500 motor vehicles in Rumanla
and there are $500 In Bucharcs;
alone.
China, with $4,000 miles o. we'll
constructed courier roads and popu-
lation of Ao0.o0O.o0o has n motor
vehicle registration of only s.15o.
Shanghai has $3.50 of these and Pek
Ing i.ief.
- a
automobiles snd trucks in the Japan
Csc Empire arc IN tho city OF Toxic.
Poor roads have restricted the sale
OF motor vehicles in Japan.
Bombay has lo..ss and Calcutta
1850 ot the s5.as3 In British India.
Half of 5000 motor cars In the
Malay states are In Singapore.
Practically all the motor vehicles
IN Arabia arc used IN the city of Adcn.
Palestine. tho cradle Of Christianity.
has F3s ears and trucks. II now Isl
possible 10 motor from jerusalem TO
Damascus
In comparison with tho other coun-
tries OF tho world. tho density Of the
motor population in the United States
Is startling. Final revised registration
figures chow one for every io.2 persons.
Iowa has ono for every SIS; South pa-
kota one for every 5.Ss. Nebraska one
for ctcry sta: Colorado one for every
SIS; and Kansas one for every ga.
New York still lends in .o'ri ----'--
t-1tior with N2.o3i. The other leading
states In order are. Ohio 40. s3y.
Pennsylvania 6sa.5ss. Colorado s15 $50:
Illinois s5o.i7 Michigan i5T.055: Texas
SIS and Iowa iso.5ss. Tho only other
state 10 exceed the 10000 mark was
Indiana with t0o.3ts.
There was an actual registration
gain of i.513,so, in the United States
10 1921 over 1920. or i7.s percent.
The largest percentage gain was in
Florida. Five states gained more than
100000 in registrations last year.
They were New York. Pennsylvania.
Ohio, California and Illinois.