Show LARGE INCREASE IN AUTOS SHOWN BY BYA A REPORT ri Government Government Census Bureau Issues ue Figures on Motor Business t I Com Comparative summary of number of automobiles manufactured as reported reported report report- ed for the censuses of 1914 and 1909 e j e j om j I-j g eon t tiK Fa oa as m III Type 1 0 go goT g T r V F Total G Gasoline and Gase steam am Family and pleasure p. Touring cars I D Delivery wagons and de trucks ru sg 2253 22 2253 53 2771 oi I AU Ml other 1391 1491 Electric Returns were received from only two establishments making steam automobiles automobiles automobiles au au- In 1914 The statistics for these companies are consolidated with those manufacturing gasoline automobiles automobiles automo automo- hu biles es In order to avoid the disclosure of ot their their operations Special to The Telegram WASHINGTON Feb A A pr preliminary preliminary UmI- UmI nary statement of ot the general results of the 19 1914 4 census of ot manufactures for the automobile Industry has been Issued by L. L Rogers of the bureau of ot the the census department of ot commerce It can consists of a summary comparing the United States totals for 1909 and 1914 prepared direction of William M. M t. t Steuart chief statistician for manu I The returns show that during 1914 there were in the united United States es establishments establishments es- es manufacturing complete automobiles their output b being ng machines valued at Thir Thir- ty-eight ty of these establishments were engaged primarily in the manufacture of bodies and parts agricultural Implements implements implements im Im- im- im and other products and re reported reported reported re- re ported the manufacture of complete au automobiles automobiles au au- au tomo as a subsidiary product In addition there were twelve e establish establishments establishments establish establish- ments which manufactured twenty cars either for experimental purposes their market own use upon m value could be placed Only in in- 1909 At the 1909 census establishment establishments were report reported d as engaged ii in the t manufacture manufacture manu manu- facture of automobiles either as a prima primary primary ma mary y or as a subsidiary product and their output was 1272 7 machines v valued luel at 16 During th the five years 1914 1909 there has thus been an increase of per cent in the num- num her of automobiles manufactured and of 1817 per cent in their total value The fact that the increase in value of output output during during the five years years Was was much smaller relatively than than the increase in number of machines made is accounted ac- ac counted for not only by a general gener l re- re re prices but also by the production production pro pro- of a large proportion of machines machines ma ma- chines of low priced makes jn in the later year Jea as compared with the earlier Some Big Increase Of the total number of automobiles manufactured during ur ng 1914 those operated operated oper- oper h by gasoline or steam steam- power numbered numbered num num- and tho those e. e operated b by electric power as compared with operated by g gasoline soline 01 steam and 3 3 by electric power manufactured in 1909 The Increase during the five years in the number of gasoline and steam and team machines manufactured was tints thus per cent rent and in the number I 1 of electrics per cent |