Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

m al DECENTRALIZATION at least,
M ore cut of every II natives
in the heart of Africa should
' 4 own an automobile. The
same applies to the ice
bound inhabitants of Greenland, as
well as to the bushman of Australia.
In fact, for every II persons anywhere
in the world there should be one
automobile or, rather, there is one
automobile.
The automotive division of the
United States Department of Com
merce has figured it all out, and
shows. in addition to the fact that
one out of every IL persons on this
globe is the owner of q motor-car,
that the United States has the greatest
number of automobiles of any country
and has the highest ratio of auto
mobiles to population, with one car to
every six persons.
Statisticians of the automotive divi-
sion point out that Hawaii has the
second highest ratio Of automobiles to
population with one car to every IL
persons, while Canada is third
with one car to Is. The ratio
of New Zealand, which is next in
order, is one car to every IA residents,
while Australia has one car for every
20 inhabitants and Denmark, the sixth
| one car for every 81 persons. At the
opposite extremity of the ratio order
is Afghanistan, where only one. auto
mobile Is in use for every 120. 900 per-
sons; Hejaz, which has only four cars,
or one for every 225, 900 of population;
Abyssinia, with one automobile to
every 1888 persons. and China,
which has ratio of one car for
every 31,S71 inhabitants.
Solomon Islands Have 2 Cars.
The Solomon Islands, with popuia.
| ton Of ISL 900. possess but two auto
| mobiles, while Liberia has 81, or one
| for every 54.259 residents in the re-
public
Estimated percentages Of American
| cars which are owned in a number of
| countries Of the world have been OBJ
| tanned from registration figure and
Import statistics. This survey reveals
that in 10 Of the 80 coaneries con-
s-dered. az LEASE % per cent of the
antom obiles owned wUcS manufactured
In this country. while in GSven more
countries at least - HaP ocat 0s the
caxB owned are Of AnaRlcan make.
approximately 80 per cent Of the
| automobiles in Argentina were pur.
| chased in the United States, about IS
| per cent Of those in Australia origs.
| mated In this country; 81 per cent Of
all Mexican automobiles were I'm
| ported from the United States, and
| 95 per cent of all cars in Peru are
| estimated to have been received from
l this country. A smaller proportion
| of American-made automobiles in the
| countries OF continental Europe is re-
vealed in the survey, which diecloses
the fact that only 10 per cent of the
Il fHoy~ tn t,.S.v, - y
| rs per cent OF those in Germany were
| produced in this country; 2 per cent
of all cars in Italy had their origin in
the United States. and As per cent of
| the total number of automobiles
owned in the Netherlands were pur.
chased from American manufacturers.
/ This survey, made by the Depart
ment of Commerce, extending TO all
parts Of the world, including mere
dots in the Pacific, reveals many
more interesting things regarding the
spread of the automobile into the
most remote parts of this planet, Fol-
instance, in the continental country
of Spain there are but 10000 cars
while the Union of South Africa, OF
| which the average person usually
| thinks in vague and questioning
terms, boasts a total of SO $50 motor
powered conveyances. Darkest Africa
evidently is not SO dark after all.
1850 Cars in Russia.
| Or, as shown by the department in
an deliberately worked out graph, ii
is to be noted that whereas British
Guiana has zoos cars, Dutch Guiana
has but 100 and French Guiana still
less-77. 1t doubtless will come as a
surprise to many to know that the
Canary Islands, off the coast of
Africa and famed in many an old and