The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-02
IS PER CENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLE
OUTPUT IN U. S.
'p.v,stra.ion Statistics Divided Into
Continental ClassIficaiions
Show America Leads.

ss,hs United States. With 10,505,660
~ tb,s country and 96l.050 in the
nshar English-speaking countries
.ssre are left only LIZ. 900 for the
rest OF the earth.
Divided into continental classin-
..t,ons. the world registrations Of
..otor vehicles are: North and
ruth America, II, 162, 10; Europe,
11Io ss6; Asia, 134,730; 0ceanica,
,ss 2s1: Africa, $500. Registra-
ion in Spanish-speaking countries
AGGREGATES 241,5S4-
These statistics we're gathered by
.rtomotiye Industries. Others from
~ same source show that coun-
.rsas in which motor vehicles are
LAT numerous are, in order: Unit
J ~ States. 10 sos $50; Great Britain,
1852; Canada, 4e3,44S; France.
ess14s; Germany, 9l,3S4; Argen-
ina. $4,000; Australia, 1880; Italy,
"a 400; India, 45,5S3; Dutch East
indies. $4,000: Spain, 1880; New
zealand. 1880; Russia, $4,000;
pslgium. $4,000; Union of South
If-ica. 26.46S; Brazil. $4,000; Mex
20 $4,000; Denmark, 22,260; Cuba,
!. IN 600: Switzerland, 1901; Aus
ria. 1880; Norway, 14,340; Swe-
dsn 1880; Holland. 1880; Phil
inpine islands, 1881; Japan, a.
aso: Algeria, $4,000; Poland, 10,700.
and Chile, 10000.
There are motor vehicles every
where. however. The Malay states
have 5000; Turkey, $500: Egypt.
1854; CzechoS lovakia, Abb; the
cold states, $500; Morocco, 2,500;
siam. 2,1S7; Dominican Republic,
1900; Hawaii, 800; British Gui-
ana. 1850; Canary islands, SS1;
Newfoundland, 600; British West
africa. SIS; Portuguese East At
rica. 400; French West Africa, ESQ;
Madagascar, 159; Italian Somali-
land, sc 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 by
1000.
| Although Argentina has total
r. OF 5000 cars and trucks, the city
II Of Buenos Aires with population
OF 100000 has only $4,000, nearly
half of which are taxicabs.
- The total registration Of 497,5
zfor Great Britain, including Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales,
shows one motor vehicle for every
g6 persons. France has only one
for every 1872 persons.
Il Mexico Calming.
Mexico was the only country
| which imported more automobiles
! in 1921 than in 1920 and careful
4 estimates show that its automotive
registration increased nearly 80
| per cent last year. r.
L Porto Rico is using motor We
| hicles to supply transportation not
/ furnished by railroads. The devel-
/ oDment 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
I 100000 has only 10000 motor We
II hicles. large percentage OF which
4 are in Warsaw, Lodz and Posen
| The free city of Danzig has 1,100.
Bulgaria, whose transportation
/ system was wrecked during the
war, has only LAO cars and trucks
4 The increase in the number oi
automobiles in Belgium since tbs
war has been almost 100 per CEN
and the country now has one auto
n mobile for every 230 inhabitants
/ The Russian army operates 1.50l
l Of the $500 motor vehicles in Ru
mania and there are 3,400 in Bucha
rest alone.
China, with 10000 miles of we'll
constructed courier roads and {
population of 400 900, 900 has a mo
TOR vehicle registration OF onl.
$3.50. Shanghai has 4,670 of thes'
and Picking 1,127.
approximately 1000 of the 1926
4 automobiles and trucks in the Jap
anese empire are in the city o
Toxic. Poor roads have restricte'
the sale of motor vehicles in Japan
Bombay has 10,2sS and Calcutt
1850 of the 1888 in British India
Hali the 5000 motor cars in tn
Malay states are in Singapore.
Practically all the motor vehicle
IN Arabia are used in the city O
Alden
Palestine, the cradle of Chris
tanity has 536 cars and trucks
II now is possible to motor froI
Jerusalem to Damascus.
In comparison with the Cthe
countries OF the world. the densit
Of the motor population in tn
United States is startling. Fina
revised registration figures sho'
one for every 1912 persons. low
mas one for every 5.2S; South Da
kota one for every SIS; Nebrask
one for every $40; Colorado on
Tor every SIS, and Kansas one fc
every GA.
New York still leads in totf
registrations with s12,031. The. 9th
er leading states in order are
ONO, 720,632; Pennsylvania. $50
sSs: Colorado, 673.s30: Illinoi
ei0,434; Michigan, 477.037; Texa
A!,s1S and Iowa, 460,52S. TT
oaly other state to exceed the 40o
VOC mark was Indiana with 1908
There was an actual registratio
gain OF 1,57S,202 in the Unite
States in 1921 over 1920 or II
per cent. The largest percentae
l. go