Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-28
Motor hdustry's Output
In 1886 Above 3 Billions
Final Figures Establish VIII oesale Value of Production
At $3,319 ,497, 973; Amer lean Manufacturers Turn
ed Out 4, 1881 M otor Vehicles

New York, July 2S-Abundant evil
dence Of the recovery progress
achieved by the automobile industry
with last years operations accounting
for an output Of 4119.S11 motor ve-
hieles which, with replacement parts.
tires and accessories had a total
wholesale value of $3.50 1873, is
presented in the 1886 edition of Au-
tomobile Facts and Figures released
today by the Automobile Manufac-
turers Association, All subjects relat-
ing to the manufacture, sale and OPP
Grafton of motor vehicles are cover
ed statistically in this new 96-page
book.
The industry's 1885 operations, both
from the standpoint of the number of
units produced and the value of out
put, were at a level almost two hun
dred percent above the depression
bottom of 1882. the book discloses.
Directly and indirectly, more than
six million workers derive their in
comes from occupations in connection
with the manufacture, merchandising
and operation of motor vehicles. Of
these, $4,000 workers employed di-
ASClly III HlOtOI NtIiIClC anu PAL Us ldC-
tories received 1857 1872 900 in wages
during 1885
2lc Pound Was Average Price
of 1885 Cars.
A novel method of showing the
trends in car prices is used in the
book. The average factory price of
1886 cars is presented in terms of the
average price per pound and per
horsepower. On this basis the price
of the average 1885 car was 21c per
pound or tic less than the price at
which 1925 models were sold. On the
horsepower basis last years cars were
sold at the rate of $500 per horse
power whereas in 1925 the price a
mounted to $3.50 per horsepower.
Traffic Safety Emphasized.
In keeping with tn intensive pro-
gram for the promotion of traffic
safety that is being conducted by
members of the automobile industry,
a 12-page section of the book is de-
voted to this important subject. In
formation regarding work being car
ried on by the industry and other ma
tional organizations for the reduction
of traffic accidents as well as sta
tistical data regarding traffic mis-
haps are featured in this section.
Some of the other interesting facts
disclosed by the book are:
Nine out of every ten motor trucks
made last year had a capacity of less
than two tons.
Only one out of every two hundred
passengr cars produced in 1885 was an
open model.
95 percent of the passenger cars
produced last year had a wholesale
value of less than $3.50 each.
New York State led all other states
in the number of motor vehicle re-
gistratons with 233O,962 cars and
trucks registered by it's citizens. How
ever, motor vehicle ownership was
more densely concentrated among the
residents of California where a ratio
of one hundred motor vehicles for
every 262 of population was reported.
Motorists, as d class paid in special
taxes one out of every eight dollars
collected by national, state and local
amounted to $1,286, 100000 last year.
The automobile industry led all
other manufacturing industries in the
value of its export sales.
Nearly three out of every four
motor vehicles in the World are own
ed in the United States.
The automobile industry maintained
its position as the largest single con-