The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-18
UNITED STATES
HAS MAJORITY
Of ALL AUTOS
80 Per Cent in This Coun-
try; Balance Divided
Among Nations

lnHn 81 per f'nl OF lH' goo N'''' y
motor vehicles IN usc In the world
are IN the United states with 10.
jO5,GGO In this country and JGl,-
$50 In the other English Bpeakina
cOunirlrE. thcrr are left only l.l22.-
$50 for the rest Of ia" earth.
Divided into continental classifi-
cations, the world registrations Of
motor vehicles are: NOrth and
South America, itiG2.1iO; Europe.
l.1i0.GGG: Asia. 1870; OceanIca.
i25.2si; Africa. jj,sa2 Rcgisira-
rion IN spanish speaking counirics
agRrcglloa 2ii,jSi.
These statistics were gathered by
auiomo'iyo industries. Others from
tho same source show that coun-
tries In which motor vehicles are
mos, numerous are. IN order: Unit
ed states. iO.j0j.GG0: Great Brit.
ain, ig7,jS2: Canada. iG3.isS:
France. 23G,l46; Germany. si,3sI:
Argentine. $1,000: Australia. 49,
800; italy. $1,000; India. 1888;
Dutch East Indies. $4,000: Spain.
1850. Sow Zealand. $1,000: Rus
sln. 5000; Belgium. $4,000; Union
Of South Africa. 2G,iGS: Brazil.
$500; Mexico. $4,000: Denmark.
22.2G0; Cuba. 10000: switzerland.
1901: Austria. 1850: Norway.
1880. sweden, 1850; Holland,
1880: Philippine Islands, 1881;
Japan. i2.sGo; Algeria, 1900;
Poland. 1900. and Chile. 10000.
Thhcre ave motor vehicles every.
where, however. The Malay states
hiyo 5000. Turkey $500, Egyp;
j.osi, CzuoEo-slovakla Al23. the
cola State $500. Morocco $500.
STAN 2,lh5, Dominican rep1bl!c
lsoO, Hawaii l.joo. British Gu.aGs
l.u5u. Canary Islands Ssi. New
fouud'aud 600. British West Africa
SOC. Urtugpu,se East Africa 400.
French Yves, Africa ESQ. MldaEas-
car ii'. Italian somnliland SO aud
even Monroyia has 3.
The province of Ontario, with
100000. has nearly half the total
for Canada. while the prairie prov
inco OF Saskatchewan. with 63.3T0,
leads the old province OF Quebec hy
1000
Although Argentina has 4 total
OF $4,000 cars and trucks. the city
OF Buenos Aires. with population
OF 100000 has only $1,000. near
ly half OF which are tlXIcabs.
The total registration OF +67,5s2
for Grea, Britain. including Eng
land. Scotland. ireland and Wales.
shows one motor vehicle for every
96 persons France has only one
for every i52 persons.
Mexico was the only country
which imported more automobiles
in 1921 than In 1890. and careful
estimates show that It's automotive
registration increased nearly so per
cent las, year.
Porto Rico Is using motor yehi-
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 alio Is re-
cent development In Salvador.
Poland. with a population OF ga
OO0 600. has only 1900 motor We
hiolcs. large percentage OF which
are in Warsaw, LodE and Posen,
The free city OF Danzig has i,io0,
Bulgaria. whose transportation
system was wrecked during the
war. has only lao ears and trucks
for It's 5,OOo,O 900 population.
The increase of automobiles In
Belgium since the war has been
almost 100 per cent, and the coun-
try now has one automobile for ev-
cry 23O inhabitants.
The Russian army operates 1900
Of the $500 motor vehicles in Rus
sia. and there are 3,4O0 in Bucha-
rest alone.
China, with 10000 miles OF WELL
constructed courier roads and a
OF O,O00.0 900. has a
motor vehicle registration OF only
$3.50. Shanghai has 1870 OF these
and Peking l,l27.
approximately 1000 of the l2,-
$50 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 lo,2SS and Calcutta
1850 of the 54,9S3 in British In
dia,
Half of the 5000 motor ears in
the Malay states are in singapore.
Practically all the motor vehicles
in Arabia are used In the city Of
Alden.
Palestine. the cradle of Chris
tianity, has 536 cars and trucks. 1t
Is now possible to motor from Jeru-
salem to Damascus,