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Show Auto Production Production of automobiles and trucks in the United States "during 19 7 ins i approximately 20 per cent belo'7 that j of 1926, due principally to the curtailment curtail-ment at the Ford plant in preparation for the new model. Even with this reduction the United States produced last year 81.6 per cent of the world's output, followed by England Eng-land with 5.5 per cent. France with 4.G, i Canada with 4.3 and all other countries ' combined only 4 per cent. ! Automobiles ranked third among all Unued States exports, the greatest number going to any single country being taken by Australia. Cotton ana pecroleum were the only products exceeding ex-ceeding automobiles in export value. Only 635 motor vehicles were imported during the year. Kansas and California have one car for each three persons, having the highest percentage according to population. popu-lation. Alabama and Georgia have the lowest, wi'h cn car for eah twelve persons. The total number of motor vehicles in use in the United States at the end of 1927 whs 2'i 127.315 and the industry ranked first in the total value of its output, with meat packing second, sec-ond, steel third, )vtrr.lf:m fourth and priming and publish!"; fifth. The number of motor vehicles in use today is four times as great as that, of only ten years ago. And we thought we had some automobiles in 1918. |