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Show 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m n' :: Automobile Industry " " ICIghty-two per cent of the world's motor vehicles are ' owned In the United States. Motors are now the third Item of our nation's exports. American automobiles to the number of r.'Sfl,7-ll were shipped .. abroad during last year. In the truck and bit- Held It is noted thut 11,000 m.f of bus " routes are operated by electric railway eouipiiulos. The automobile Industry gives " employment to 3,4-15,(1-12 per .. . sons. " ' ltailroads curried 3,010,000 carloads of automotive frulghf " 1 1 in VJ25. . The purchasing power of fac- lory wages for automobiles bus Increased l."0 per cent since 1014. It required 1,482 bushels of I! wheat to buy the average motor ' cur In 11113, while only 5.T2 .. bushels are needed today. More than 1,500,000 motor " vehicles were scrapped lust I! year. .... A total of 14,011.000 motorists I! visited ttie national parks In .'. 1925, or i!0 per cent more than " " n the preceding yeur. Taxes paid by the motor " I ! vehicle aggregated $007,000,000 T-H I II I 1 I I i 1 1 1"H"H-M I 1 l-H -l- |