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Show OUTPUT OF MOTORS WORTH $3,163,327,874 Factories' Report Shows New Production Peak. Washington. Production of motor vehicles In the United States staged a comeback last year, after a slump In 11)21, and reached a new peak. The value of the Industry's output In ly23 reached a total of $3,103,327,874, according ac-cording to llguies In the biennial census cen-sus of manufacturers, announced by the census bureau. Tills was an Increase In-crease of 89.3 per cent over 1921. Manufacture of almost three times the number of closed passenger automobiles auto-mobiles as were made In 1921, 22.4 per cent decline in the number of electric vehicles produced, and an Increase of almost six times In the output of public pub-lic conveyances, such as motorbuses, sightseeing wagons and cabs, featured the year's developments. The number of establishments with products exceeding $5,000 for the year was 351, compared with 385 In 1921. Michigan, with 54 establishments, led the country, while Ohio had 46, Illinois, Illi-nois, 82; Indiana and New York, 30 each; California, 28; Pennsylvania, 26; Wisconsin, 20, and Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, 14. . Wage earners employed averaged 241,350, an increase of 68 per cent over 1921, and wages paid totaled $400,730,-278, $400,730,-278, an Increase of 83.2 per cent. The number of gasoline and steam motor vehicles produced was 3,88S,808, as comrared with 1,500,499 In 1921. Passenger vehicles numbered 3,472,-420, 3,472,-420, valued at $2,277,830,046, and commercial com-mercial vehicles numbered 402,408, valued at $295,808,451. Open touring carB led In the passenger passen-ger vehicles produced, with a total of 1,782,992, while closed passenger cars numbered 1,201,316. Roadsters and runabouts numbered 873,203, spori speedsters 58,944 and other varieties 2,709, while public conveyances numbered num-bered 12,878. Of the business vehicles, delivery wagons numbered 27,890 and trucks 252,394, of which the largest number were from one to two and a half tons capacity. Automobiles valued up to $500 formed more than half the output of passenger vehicles, the number being 1,727,958. From $500 to $800 the number num-ber was 814,090; from $801 to $1,500 there were 064,189 ; from $1,501 to $2,-500 $2,-500 the output was 1,701,948 and from $2,501 to $3,500 It was 80,903, the latter lat-ter class being the only one to show a decline In number, which was 7.5 per cent. From $3,501 up the number was 11,337. |