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Show HEW SMft7 Canada imported 2,265 automobiles from the United States in 1920, as compared com-pared with 1,730 in 1919. Throughout the United States there are 189,000 automobile dealers, charg' ing stations, garages and repair shops . As much money Is spent annually Is the United States for tires as is spent for the maintenance and construction of roads. Roping steers from automobiles Ii nw applied on ranches at Marfa, Tex. The car has taken the place of the spirited broncho. Automobiles and other vehicular accident ac-cident attain their maximum percentage percent-age of fatalities among children from five to nine years of age. The annual expenditures for auto mobile transportation in the United States is $S,167,S50,ooo, or an averag cost per mile of 12.06 cents. The Department of Labor flgurei show that the automobile Industry employed em-ployed 32.2 per cent more in the month of March than in February. Motoring enthusiasts in Ieamington, England, have organized a motor caravan club. The new cluh has a large assembly of caravans and trailers. trail-ers. The -35-horsepower limousine used by General Tershing when command- ing the American expeditionary forces; was recently advertised for sale Ii France. |