The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-28
THE UNITED STATES
LEADS IN AUTOS
80 PER CENT OF WORLDS We
HICLES IN AMERICA. IN EV-
cry PART OF WORLD.


United States With 10,50566O in this
country and 961,030 in the other Eng
lish speaking countries there are lett
only l,122,030 for the remainder OF
the earth.
Divided into continental classified
tions, the world registrations of motor
vehicles are: North and South Amer
lea, 1l,l621lO; Europe, 1,ll0,996;
Asia 134,730; Oceanica, l25,2Sl Al
RIGA, 55,S32 Registration in Spanish
speaking countries aggregates 24l ,o6+.
These statistics were gathered by
Automotive Industries. Others from
the same source show that countries IN
which motor vehicles are most nuner-
Gus are. in order: United States, ~
505,660; Great Britain, 497 ,5S2; Cana
da, 463 ,448; France 236,146 Germany,
1854; Argentina, $4,000; Australia,
$4,000; Italy, $4,000; India, 1888;
Dutch East Indies, $4,000; Spain, g.
500; New Zealand, 81 500; Russia, 49,
900: Belgium, $4,000; Union OF South
Africa, 26,468; Brazil, $4,000; Mexico,
25.000 Denmark, 22,260 Cuba, 2O,0O0;
Switzerland, 1907; Austria, 16,350;
Norway 1880; Sweden, 1880; Hol-
land, Is, 800; Philippine Islands, L, 1851 :
Japan, 1920; Algeria. $1,000; Poland,
10000 and Chile 10000.
There are motor vehicles every
where, however. The Malay states
have 5000; Turkey, $500; Egypt, 2,-I
084 Czecho- Slovakia, 4,l33; the Gold
states, $500; Morocco, $500; Siam,
2,187 Dominican republic, l,0O0; Ha-|
wall, 1,500; British Guiana, l,650; ca
nary islands, 881; Newfoundland 6O0;
British West Africa, 500; Portuguese
East Africa. 400; French West Africa
230 Madagascar, l59; Italian SomaIl-
land. 90, and even MonrOvia has s.
The province Of Ontario with 200
900, has nearly half the total for. Can
ada while the prairie province OF Sas-
katchewan with 63,370 leads the old
province OF Quebec by 1000.
Taxicabs in Buenos Aires.
Although Argentina has total Of
$4,000 cars and trucks, the city OIL
Buenos Aaires, with a population OF
100000, has only $4,000, nearly hall
OF which are taXicabs
The total registration of 497, $50 for
Great Britain, including Eng land
Scotland, Ireland and Wales, shows
one motor vehicle for every 90 per
sons. France has Only one for every
152 persons.
Mexico was the only country which
imported more automobiles in l9Zl
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 furnished
by railroads. The development of bus
lines on the island has reached large
proportions. The use OF the motor bus
also is a recent development in Saliva
dor.
Poland, with a population Of 24,00O,-
900, has only 10000 motor vehicles, a
large percentage of which are in War
saw, LODI and Posen. The free city
of Danzig has HOO
Bulgaria, whose transportation sys-
TEN was wrecked during the war, has
only LAO cars and trucks for its >
100000 population,
The increase in the number of au-
tomobiles in Belgium since the war
has been almost 100 per cent and the
country now has one automobile Tor
every 230 inhabitants. i
The Russian army operates 800 OF
the8,5 motor vehicles in Ruman1a
and there are 3,400 in Bucharest alone.
China, with 10000 miles of we'll con
structed courier roads and a popula-
ion of 400,000000, has a motor We
hicle registration of only $50. Shang-
hal has 4.670 of these and Picking l.
127
Half Jap Cars in Toxic.
Approximately 1000 OF the 1920
automobiles and trucks i'll the Japan
csc empire are in the city of Toxic.
Poor roads have restricted he sale CT
motor vehicles in Japan.
Bombay has 10,288 and Calcutta T.
$50 of the 45.oS3 in British India. Hall
the 5000 motor cars in the Malay
states are in Singapore. Practically ell
the motor vehicles in Arabia are used
in the city of Alden. Palestine, the
cradle of Christianity, has $50 cars and
trucks. 1t now is possible to motor
from Jerusalem to Damascus.
In comparison with the other coun
tries OF the world the density OF the
motor population in the United States
is startling. Final revised registration
figures show one for every lO.Z per-
sons. Iowa has one for every So;
South Dakota, one for every 5/6;
Nebraska, one for every 5.49; Colora-
do, one for every 5.78, and Kansas
one for every OLA.
New York still leads in total regis
trations with 812,03l. The other lead
ing states in order are: Ohio, 72O,632;
Pennsylvania, go, $50; Colorado, 6z3,
$50: illinois, 670434 Michigan. AZ.
O37: Texas, 467,616; and Iowa 460,52
The only other state to exceed the
100000 mark was Indiana, with 400
342
There was an actual registration
gain Of 1,573,202 in the United States
in 1921 over 1920, or Il per cent. The
largest percentage gain was in Florida,
Five states gained more than 100000
in registrations last year. They were
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Cali
fornia and Illinois.
HAS PRETTY BODYGUARD.
The king of Siam is said to be gen
orally attended by a bodyguard com
posed of so of the prettiest women in