Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-26

Statistics compiled by the Il. r.
Goodrich Rubber Company give a TO-
tai of 1o524S95 ears and trucks reg
istered in the country during 1921.
This is an increase of l.22a.u23. or 49,
per cent, over 1920. when there We're
e295312 motor vehicles registered.
The gain rlade during the past year
warrants the consideration Of the au-
tomotiya pe>ssi.nist. The automobile
business has gone through It's SUI
preme test II has emerged Vlctorl-
Gus, and there is no LONGER any room
for pessimism. Authorities cohced"
that more than cna-third OF the cars
running are ownrd by farmers. De-
spite the fact that six. large asrieul-
tural states show a decrease over tht
previous year. the industry has forged
ahead. 1t is remarkable that 50 rev
states show decrease. Wheat ana
corn in 1921 sold at extremely 10"
prices frequently far below the ac-
tual cost of production. TINS OF IL
self would tend to restrict the use o!
automobiles by farmers. Vet IN such
states ss Kansas Nebraska and Iowa,
where the agricultural depression was
most acute. the number Of cars has
Increased Motor vehicles are becom-
Ing as essential as farm implements.
New York Leads Field.
New York again leads the field.
with S16.o1d cars and trucks an in
crease of 123.S3S, he largest made in
any state over the previous year
Ohio is second. with 100. a gain of
10S.7e0 over 800. Pennsylvania clings
to third place, with $50 $50, while
Illinois IS close on its heels with
670434
The largest pa~s -ntase gain was
made by Nes; Virginia where an in
crease of 3S.l per cent is recorded
over 1920. California and Florida re
fleet the popularity of ti'ir climate
and roads with respective gains OF
19.5 and PAS per cent
1t is interesting to note that six
states account for more than one
third of the years increase in regis
tratiens. Illinois, Indiana. Michigan.
New York. Ohio and Pennsylvania
accomplished this. with a combined
gain of 573.3i7 cars. Any one Of
these states HIS more ears than the
entire European continent. Their ag
gregate total of 5 7s1 $40 i greater
than the to-al registration of the
country in 1916. and greater than the
present world registrations. exclud-
ing the United States
Nevada is on the bottom rung of
the ladder with l0,S0o cars. Della
ware is only one step above with
e1.413. BY comparison. these states
are not as badly mired as it seems.
than the entire Chinese empire.
One for Each Ten Persons.
There was one motor vehicle for
every ten people in the country in
1921, as compared with one for lis
in 1920 If this average We're MAIN
tanned throughout the world there
would be 10 dn0.U0 cars in use The
world. registration today is approNi-
mately l2.5n0.0 900. California and
Iowa lead in the number OF ears as
compared TO population, with ore car
for every 50 Inhabitants. South Da-
kota has third place. with an aver
age of 5.3. Nebraska. the 1920 leader,
dropped 10 fourth place, with 5.4 peo-
pie for each ear. Alabama makes
the poorest showing in this respect.
with twenty-eight persons for each
automobile. New York, with the
greatest number of cars. has an aver
age of l2.1 people for each one in
use. If the leaders per capita aver
age could be maintained throughout
the country We would now have 90
$4,000 motor vehicles in use. The