Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
WORLD HAS ONE AUTO
FOR EVERY Il PERSONS.
Greenland Is Only Spot on Globe Where
Cars Are Not Found, u. S.
Leading Ratio.

modern song and story of romance
and stirring adventure. now has a.
total of 3,35S cars travelling over ita
roads, while the Madeira Islands to
the north are possessed of 439 auto
mobiles.
In Russia, a land larger than the
United States, there are but 1880
cars in use, a figure which shows up
poorly by contrast, especially with
little Iceland which, for all its name,
garages 313 automobiles.
1t must be said for the statisticians
of the Department of Commerce that
they have overlooked no part of the
globe, probing for figures in every
remote nook and Granny, delving into
almost nameless ocean islands, max
ing inquiries in tucked-away lands of
Asia and dissecting with facile and
bloodless scalpel one of the mightiest
of all Industries.
Who shall deny the importance of
the fact that Mauritius. small island
off the east coast of Africa, miles from
the Island of Madagascar, the nearest
large body of land, and a great dis
lance from Australia, which lies to its
east, can lay claim to LBS cars? The
name Mauritius may not mean much
to most persons, but every one must
realize, however, the significance of
such a representation of an industry
which has reached it's greatest perfec-
tionssin almost every sense, in Amer
lea. Nautilus 2,135 automobiles tell
a great and sweeping story, a story be-
coming greater and more sweeping
with each succeeding year.
Greenland Left Out.
With map stretched out before
him, the observer can lift up his fin
nj h tc felr
downward and find 1t at rest upon a
spot where at least some automobiles
are at this moment carrying passen-
gers or goods. That is, at practically
every point on the planet. Greenland
Is left out, and that appears to be the
only large tract of land in the world
bereft Of at least one machine And
expecting to find car in Greenland
is about the equivalent of planning a
motor tour to the North Pole.
Plunge the finger! What does 1t re-
veal? This time it shows that Cyprus
"a incorporating name, name of
ancient days, name bringing
thoughts of laden donkeys, cloths and
curious coins and medalS-is harbor-
ing In It's m,6It no less than 669 cars.
or more than the number boasted-by
Lithuania. The latter country's roads
are traversed by 545 domestic automo-
biles.
The United Kingdom shows up very
well with 815,957, while the Irish Free
State has 81 $50. Canada's 1882 cars
put that territory well up in the list,
and Brazil's $3.50 exceed in number
those of any other South American
| state except Argentina. The latter
| republic had 17S,050 cars at the time
this survey was completed, while Chile
nd
The finger now falls on the Farce
Islands, a small group to the south
east of Iceland, and investigation re-
veals that the inhabitants thereof are
confined to IL cars, just three more
than are to be found on the island of
Seychelles, stuck way off in, the In
dian Ocean. The boot of Italy con-
tains 114,700 cars; Germany, 323, 900;
France, $4,000; Belgium, 92.713;
Greece, 5000; Turkey. 300; Czecho-
slovakia, 1890; Poland, 14,61S, and
Austria, 1885.
| The fact that Japan has but 80 ,69S
machines doubtless will come as sur
prise to many, while China's total of
49, $50 probably will excite no particu-
lar wonderment one way or the other.
Everything considered the figure
seems just right. New Zealand shows
| the very respectable total of 99,443
cars. with the Dutch East Indies
rather well represented by an aggre-
gate of 38,050 carriers.
And so the figures go on and on in
an apparently never-ending stream
and from an apparently limitless list
| of continents, countries, peninsulas.
islands and specks upon the map, all
attesting to the literal power, majesty.
scope and vigor of the automotive in
| dustry, an endeavor which has found
in the United States it's most fecund
| nest.