Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-03-13
One CAR FOR
every TE i
10, 524,3 1874 Automobiles Reg.
istered in United States
in the Year
1921.
BIG GAIN OVER 1920
B. F. Goodrich Company
Complies Statistics on
Autos.
BIG GAIN OVER 1920


of 10.524,39 cars and trucks registered
in the country during 1921. This is al
increase of 1.22DO2:; or 1872 per cent
over 1920 when there were 9,29j,337.
motor vehicles registered
The gain made during the past yea,
warrants the consideration Of the auto
motive pcssimist. The automobile bust
ness has gone through its supreme test
1t has emerged victorious and there is
IA longer any room for essimism
authorities concede that over one thirG
of the cars running are owned by
Farmers. Despite the fact that 81.
large agricultural states show 4 de
crease over the previous year. the i'll
dustry has forged ahead. 1t is remark
able that so few states show Il decrease
Wheat and corn in 1921 sold at ex
trcmcly low prices, frequently far be
low, the actual cost of production. This
Of itself would tend to restrict the use
of automobiles by farmers yet iii sucl
states as Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa
where the agricultural depression was
most acute, the number of cars has in
creased. Motor vehicles are being rs
essential us farm implements.
New York in Lead.
New York again leads the field with
and py,, nj
123,S3G, the largest made i'll any state
over the previous year. Ohio is second
with 72G,7OO, Il gain of 1OS,7OO over
1920. Pennsylvania clings to third
place with GS9.5S9. while Illinois is
close on its heels with G7O.434
Iowa is in eighth place with 4GO.52>
cars, IL gain of ia per cent over 1926
when there were 1926 cars in the
state.
The largest percentage gain was
made by West Virginia where an i'll
crease of ISL per cent is recorded over
1920. California and Florida reflect
the popularity of their climate ant
roads with respective gains of 1919 pcl
cent aud DIS per cent.
Six States Lead.
1t is interesting to note that sin
states account for over one-thrd Of the
years increase in registration. ILL
nois. Indiana, Michigan. New York
Ohio and Pennsylvania accomplish this
with combined gain of J73.341 cars
Any one of these states has more cars
than the entire European continent.
Their aggregate total of 3,1S1 SD is
greater than the total registration OF
the country in 1916. and greater than
the present world registrations cXclud-
ing the United States.
Nevada is on the bottom rung of the
ladder with 1O.SOO cars. Delaware is
only one step above with 21.413. by
comparison these states are not as bad.
Nv nlired as it seems. for either one
Of them has more cars than the entire
Chinese Empire.
Car for Every 10.
There was one motor vehicle for ev-
cry ten people in the country i'll WI
,;s COMPARED with one for lis in 1870.
If this average were maintained
throughout the world there would bc
10 600. 900 cars in use. The world reg
istration today is approximately T.
800 600. California and Iowa ieau III
the number of cars as compared 10
Formulation with one car for ever! D.
Inhabitants. South Dakota has third
r.a,p with an average of o.'. Nebraska
the 1920 leader dropped to fourth place
with - pople for each car. Alabama
makes the poorest showing III TINS
respect with IS persons for each auto
mobile. New York with the greatest
number OF cars has IN average OF IL
uroplc for each one in use. Ii the lead
crs' per capita average could he mann
tanned throughout the country we
would now have 20,321.O 600 motor
vehicles in use. The Saturation point
has hardly been reached.
Car Mortality Remarkably Low.
At the outset of 1921 various authorl-
ties agreed that at least 6OO,OOO auto
mobiles would he strapped during the
wear. National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce. and other production
figures for the year compared with the
increase in registrations show tins
total to he we'll under the four hundred
thousand mark. Cars are delivering
exceptional service. Instead Of being
discarded at the end of the estimated
five-ycar period. they are delivering ut
least six years service. The total pro
due. ion of cars and trucks in l!Gl was
I .l7I.t;S6. Registrations increased L.
...,9.O.3 1t is reasonable to believe that
the difference between these two figures
or Jag .6G3. represents the number of
ears that We're junkcd last year.