Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1928, Page 76

THE . SUNDAY:. STAT, T ASHINGTON, 1.. €. NOVEMBER, . - - ’ 0 31923 - PAR ]Salurday Auto 322,000,000 U.S.Cars | WHY MOTORISTS DIE YOUNG. | AUTO OUTPUT SEEN SE13S3977 SPANT BY .. ON ROADS Federal Share in Building! Highways Is 50 Cents | Per Capita. ! Uacle Sam's share in building the | Federal aid highway system has been | approximately 50 cents per year for | every man, woman and child in the | country. This :tatement was issued by na- | tional hiadquarters of the American Government's expenditure of $613,993.- Mishaps Exceed All Other Days( Saturday leads all other days of the week in the number of automo- bile_accidents. This statement Is made by the safety department of the American Automobile Association, based on a study of accidents in New York State. It continues: “Saturday leads all other days of the week in the number of auto- mobile_accidents. Out of a_total of 71,891 automobile accidents in New York State in 1927, 12,596 oc- curred on Saturday. Sunday comes second with a total of 10,797 and Friday third with a total of 10,136. The statistics examined of automo- bile accidents in other States show similar results.” SEEETEE ST AN MOTORST 977 for completed highways since the program was started in 1918 and a pop- ulation of 120,000,000. The national motoring body says that this forms one of the most convincing arguments yet advanced for a continu- ation of this program. which has done more than anything else to bring na- tional prosperity. Less Than Cost of Tires. “This means that since the program was started in 1918,” the A. A. A. state- ment points out, “the Government has aided highway building with an amount less than the car owners spend for tires in one year.” 000,000 in 1927 for tires and replace- ments. There have been a total of 73,119 miles of Federal aid roads completed as of September 30, 1928, and 10915 miles are under construction, with 2,139 miles apnroved for construction. The cost of the mileage under construction is estimated at $274,485,685, of which the Federal Government will pay $108,- : 748,746. ‘The national motoring body says the Federal aid policy is now firmly en- trenched in the Government's program, with members of Congress quick to ig- nore attacks on this beneficial legisla- tion. “However,” says the statement, “with 25,000,000 motor vehicles registered in the United States and automotive pro- ductior. at its highest peak, road build- ing is not keeping pace with the in- crease in registration.” Revenue Is Cited. ‘The statement continues: “Since 1918 motorists as a class have | paid the Federal Government in the form of excise taxes on automobiles and parts the sum total of approximately $1,100,000,000. “This means that the Government has spent just a little more than 50 per cent of the amount of motor vehicle revenue paid by the motorists as a class to the Treasury Department. At this rate the Government still ‘owes’ :)‘83 motorists approximately $500,000,- “In addition to the great need for continuing Federal aid on an undimin- ished scale, there is also a pressing de- mand for Federal assistance in building roads through the public land States of the West in order to protect national resources and at the same time connect up important transcontinental routes.” AMERICAN MOTORS POPULAR IN BRAZIL Cars and Trucks Have Virtual| Monopoly in Market, Commerce Department Reports. ‘The American motor vehicle has a virtual monopoly in Brazil, according to a trade bulletin on that market just issued by the Department of Com-! merce. More than 98 per cent of all the cars and trucks in use in that country in 1027 were the product of American factories, and this despite the fact that the market is an open one having no tariff preferences. Brazil ranks next to Argentina as our best South American market for motor vehicles, taking last year 24 per cent of the passenger cars and 41 per cent of the trucks shipped from the United States to that area. The outstanding factor in the in- creasing imports of automobiles into Brazil has been the steady development of the good roads movement, the bul- letin points out. Low-priced cars constitute the great bulk of the coun- try’s purchases, about 90 per cent be- ing in the price-class under $1,200. Last year approximately 46 per cent of the imports were under $500, while less than 3 per cent represented cars costing $2,000 or over. Brazilians have a marked preference for open models and it is only in South Brazil that any number of closed cars are in evidence. North of Rio de Janeiro less than 5 per cent of the cars in use are closed models, while in that city and Sao Paulo about 85 per cent of all cars in use are open. Lack of adequate railroad transporta- tion in the irterior is bringing about a steadily increasing demand for trucks and busses. As road improvement progresses, it is declared, a demand is cerfain to arise for busses of modern d;;igrll mounted on medium priced chassis. . iy Wiesbaden Turns to Busses. Car owners soent $925,- | USES 262 TIRES |Figures for 1927 Compiled Averaged $1.49. Each motorist in the United States | during 1927 used 2.62 automobile cas- | ings and 2.98 automobile tubes on his automobile, according to figures com- piled by the American Motorists’ Asso- ciation, based upon tire and tube pro- duction figures furnished the Depart- ment of Commerce by the manufac- turers. The average wholesale cost of high- pressure casings during last year was $9.99 each, compared with $9.95 whole- sale oost for balloon casings. The aver- age wholesale cost of inner tubes was $1.49 each in 1927, compared with $1.53 each in 19: computations show. The manufacturers during last year produced 63,549,949 outer casings, and of this number 60,738,791, or 2.62 casings per registered automobile, were used by the motorists of this country. A total of 69.072,967 inner tubes were sold in the United States during 1927— an average of 2.98 per registered ve- hicle, the association’s figures show. Comparing the motorist's 1927 tire bill with 1925, the figures show a reduc- tion of 6 per cent in wholesale cost, despite an increase of nearly 9,000,000 automobiles in the country during the. two-year period. This is explained, it is pointed out by Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the association, because of the wide fluctuation in crude rubber prices in 1925. During that year the price fluc- tuated from 40 cents per pound to $1.21, which was passed on to the ulti- mate consumer. by Commerce Board; Tubes | \ | . == - | = THE C AND PAMPERED IS PRIVEN UP A PUBLIC GARAGE INCLINE ABOUT 40 IN SECOND GEAR! , the association’s | [ AMBULANCE ATTENDANT — " NAW - THIS GUY DIDN'T 61T RUN OVER; STARVATION GOT HIM WHILE HE , WAS LOQOKIN' FER A PARKING PLACE. NOTHING QUITE 50 HEART-RENDING To THE OWNER OF A NEW CAR,AS THE AWFUL 5 SOUNDS AGGOMPANYINGA COLLISION MAP OF WAS DISTRICT oF tom‘;:"” L ocAL DRIVER TRY ING TO FIGURE OUTA DIRECT ROUTE DOWNTOWN WHICH WILL AVOID ALL TORN UP STREETS. e | programs_such as have been outlined | for New Jersey. This State, he said, is |covered by a network of roads, im- | portant ones, which carry the bulk of | all east and west bound transcontinen- | _1n several speeches throughout the | tal traflic. The cost of these roads is State, Hamilton F. Kean, Republican | borne entirely by the people of the State candidate for United States Senator. | of New Jersey, he pointed out, and with went on record as pledging himself in |the ever increasing traffic problems favor of Federal ald for road building | the burden of a few for the benefit of KEAN WANTS U. S. HELP ! the whole will increase proportionally. | “Approaches to such important inter- “Without the improved roads of New | state links in motor travel as the Phil- Jersey.” he continued, “people traveling | adelphia-Camden: Bridge, the Holland from Maine to Florida and New York | Vehicular Tunnel, the Fort Lee Bridge, to California would be forced to make | now in the course of construction, and long detours zround our State to get|the two Staten Island bridges, are all to their destination. The roads we must | very expensive propositions. have, I admit, but the cost of these or indirectly the cost of these ap- roads should not be borne entirely by | proaches is paid out of the pockets of the people of this State.” the people of New Jersey in taxation.” Directly | Octob Run 220,000,000,000 Miles During Year The 22,000,000 cars in operation in the United States travel approxi- mately 220,000,000,000 miles annu- ally based on an estimate of 10,000 miles per car per year. These cars use 65,000,000 spark plugs a year. This means that one plug is used for every 3,384 miles a car travels, according to a spark piug company engineer. HOTOR VHCLE * OUTRUT GROWING | Total of 4,068,727 Cars and| Trucks Produced in Past Ten Months. | Production of cars and trucks during the first 10 months this year reached a figure of 4,068,727, surpassing all pre- vious marks for a corresponding period, according to reports submitted at the directors’ meeting of the National Auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce today. The report further shows that the pre- vious high mark for the first 10 months cceurred in the year 1926, when 4,062,110 cars and trucks were turned out. Vice President Alfred H. Swayne presided at the gathering. October Production. October output was estimated at 397,000 motor vehicles, as compared with a total of 434,915 in September and 227,510 in October last year. October was 75 per cent greater than October, 1927, and 8 per cent under September | this year. Reports at the meeting indicated that more than 800,000 American cars and trucks would be sold outside of the United States this year. During the first nine months more than 627,000 vehicles were shipped to 107 countries, and the last three months should bring the fig- ure up to well over 800,000 for 1928. This foreign demand exceeds last year’s | high mark of 643,634 vehicles. Statement Includes Canada. Motor vehicle production by months in United States and Canada is as fol- lows: 1926, 1927. 1928, Januar$ 325,02 254,30: February . 3830 Maren . Zon: | | above what 4,503,529 AT FAIR AVERAGE {Production Figures Show | Level Exceeded, Despite | g . ! Season’s Declines. | AR | While automobile output continues | to show the normal and fully expected seasonal declines, the general level of production is well above the average for this time of ch= year. according to B. | | Cram, president of Cram's Automo- tive Reports, Inc. ‘Ibe rates of oper- ations by the icading 1nanufacturers as | an industry group is alout 46 per cent it was at this time last year, and shows a decline ¢f about 34 per cent from the level which was in cffect this time last month. It is cer- tain that further declines will take place during the next four weeks, with the level being reached about the middle of November. By that time producers will be in a position to cnter heavy production on new medels scheduled for January 1 announcement, and the up- ward trend should be resumed by early December. Retail Demand Drops. While retail demand shows some slackening, demand generally is strong for this time of the year and is holding up well. Thirteen trade centers report sales are good, 17 fair and 3 slow, while the trend shows improvement in 8, is down in 15 and remains unchanged m 10. compares with improve- ment in 8, dropping off in 12 and no change in 11 as reported two weeks ago. This comparison reflects a steady condition with a firm market in most parts of the country. New car stocks are normal in 24 centers, high in six and low in three. The trend remains unchanged from the previous survey of two weeks ago. Low-Priced Market Firm. ‘The low-priced marret is the best, and remains very firm. Medivm-priced sales have eased off only slightly, while high-priced sales may be classified as fair and show a decidedly downward trend. Used-car sales are fair and show a decidedly downward ternd. Used-car sales are fair and stocks range between hign and normal. Stocks, however, are increasing slightly. Repos- sessions are normal and are maintaining an even trend. 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