Show FAMILIES KEEP THEIR MOTORS shrinkage in licenses less thannas than was expected new york that the automobile in austry has a firm basis for recovery Is indicated in a report issued by james dalton editor of motor the expert ence of 1932 shows that there Is still in operation one car for every six of our population the figures show that the american people regard their cars as an essential part of their lives and cling to them as long as possible the record of car reg st rations reported by motor discloses that there are still passenger cars in operation in the united states count ing the 3 trucks that are in operation the total is 24 vehicles this represents a decrease of car registrations or 6 61 1 per cent from 1931 but since 1932 marks the culmination of the business reces areces slon sion the decline was less than might have been expected the trucks regis in numbered which is 6 61 1 per cent under 1931 A drop of only 2 2192 car licenses from the peak is an unexpectedly small shrinkage and provides 11 till il evidence of the importance of in dh bidual transportation the editor of motor points out that the losses in passenger car regis reg istra eions since lo 10 reflect with fair ac curacy the relative pitch of the depression pres slon in different states broadly speaking the industrial last new york new jersey connecticut mas and rhode island and the west coast held up the best the pi pl of the farmer Is clearly revealed in the drop in car licenses in agrical tural sections the states that had the worst decline in the three years span were the southern and western agricultural states numerically the heaviest losses were michigan cars texas ohio oklahoma iowa north carolina illinois and wisconsin more than cars it Is not to be concluded from these drops in car registrations since 1929 that more than 2 cars have gone to the scrap heap A large pro portion of them while serviceable are in storage because the owners are un able to pay operating costs |