Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-03-14
50 PER CENT Of
MOTOR VEHICLES
ARE IN AMERICA
Total in World Is 1885,
949; IL S05,660 Of
These - This Coun-
try, S< /eS Show.

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! New SMareh 1s.-More
than 3 I >sht of the 12,5ss,949
mot -.> $ in use in the world
arg - 81 .$United States. With
lIr& n this country and 961,-
II V other English-speaking
~ there are left only 1,122,-
% t4re.rest of the earth.
Divided into continental classifi =
| cations the world registrations of
motor vehicles are; North and
South America. 11.162.110; Eu-
rope, 1,110.996; Asia. 134,73O;
! Oceanica, 125.2St; Africa. 65,SS2.
Registration in Spanish speaking
countries aggregates 241,5S4.
These statistics were gathered by
automotive industries. Others from
the same source show that coun-
tries in which motor vehicles are
most numerous are, in order:
United States, 10,505.660; Great
Britain, 4975S2; Canada, 463,44S;
| France 236,146; Germany, 1884;
Argentina, $4,000; Australia, 73,-
800; Italy $1,000; India, 45.9S3;
Dutch East indies. $4,000; spain,
1850; New Zealand, 37,500; Rus
sia, $4,000; Belgium, $4,000; Union
of South Africa, 26,46S: Brazil, 25,-
900; Mexico. $4,000; Denmark.
22,260; Cuba. 10000; Switzerland.
1901; Austria, 1880; Norway.
1434O; Sweden. 14,250; Holland,
13,500; Philippine Islands 1881;
Japan, 1890; Algeria 10000; Po-
land, 10,700 and Chile 10000.
Motor Cars Everywhere.
There are motor vehicles every.
where, however. The Malay statea
have 5000; Turkey, $500; Egypt
5,0S4; Czecho-S -Slovakia, Abb; the
Gold states. $500; Morocco, g.
500; Siam. 2.1S7; Dominican re-
public 1900; Hawaii. 1900: Brit
ish Guiana, 1.050; Canary i. LANDS.
SS1; Newfoundland, 600; British
/ West Africa, sec; Portuguese East
Africa, 400; French West Africa,
23O; Madagascar. 159; Italian So
maitland, &C, and even Monrovia
has 8.
The province of Ontario with
100000 has nearly half the total
for Canada. while the prairie prov
ince of Saskatchewan with $3.50
leads the old province of Quebec
iby 1000.
| Although Argentina has total
of $4,000 cars and trucks. the city
of Buenos Aires with a population
of 100000 has only $4,000, near
/ ly half OF which are taXicabs.
The total registration of 497,5S2
for Great Britain, including Eng
land, Scotland, ireland and Wales,
shows one motor vehicle for every
96 persons, France has only one
! for every 152 persons.
Mexico was the only country
which i'm ported more automobiles
in 1921 than in 1920 and careful
estimates show that its automotive
registration increased nearly so
/ per cent last year.
Porto Rico is using motor vehi-
cles to supply transportation not
furnished by railroads. The devel-
opment of bus lines on the island
has reached large proportions. The
use of the motor bus also is re-
cent development In Salvador.
Poland, with a population Of a.
100000 has only 10000 motor ve-
hicles, large percentage of which
are in Warsaw. Lodz and Pesen
The free city of Danzig has 1,100.
Bulgaria, whose transportation
system was wrecked during the
war, has only LAO cars and trucks
for its 100000 population.
Increase I'm Belgium.
The increase in the number of
automobiles in Belgium since the,
war has been almost 100 per cent,
and the country now has one auto
mobile for every 230 inhabitants.
The Russian army operates IL
500 of the $500 motor vehicles in
Rumania and there are 3,400 I'M
Bucharest alone.
China. with 10000 miles of we'll
constructed courier roads and a
population of 400, 100000 has a
motor vehicle registration of only
O,lDU. pildUS Hdls IltS Nv ~ VI
these and Pekin 1927.
Approximately 1000 Of the 12,-
260 automobiles and trucks in the
Japanese empire are in the city Of
Toxic. Poor roads have restricted
the sale of motor vehicles in
Japan.
Bombay has 10,2SS and Calcutta
1850 of the 45,9S3 in British India
Half the 5000 motor cars in the
Malay states are in Singapore.
Practically all the motor We
hicles in Arabia are used in the
city of Alden.
Palestine, the cradle of Christi |
anity. has sac cars and trucks. 1t
now is possible to motor from Je-
rusalem to Damascus.
In comparison with the other
countries of the world. the density i
of the motor population in the
United States is startling. Final |
revised registration figures show
one for every 1912 persons. Iowa !
has one for every 5.2S; South Da-
kota one for every 5.3S: Nebraska |
one for every 5.49; Colorado one
for every 5.7s, and Kansas one for
every 6.14.
New York still leads in total reg
istrations with S12,031. The other
leading states in order are: Ohio,
720,632: Pennsylvania, 6S9,5s9;
California, 673.S30: Illinois. 67o,-
4S4: Michigan, 477,037; Texas.
467,616 and Iowa. 460,52S. The
only other state to exceed the 400
600 mark was Indiana with 400,342.
There was an actual registration
gain of 1.57s,202 in the United
States in 1921 over 1920, or IT'S
per cent The largest percentage
gain was in Florida, Five sta,
gained more than 10000 in regis
tration last year. They were New