Show 1 IN AUTO LICE of 1920 one higher than that ol of 1010 1919 passenger car and motor truck owners of the united states last ear car paid out tho the huge sum of in license fees to the various states according to compilations la 1 inac made by th the e B D F goodrich rubber company approximately 90 per cent of this amount or about goes into the construction of good roads highway authorities say in other words about miles of high grado grade liard hard surfaced highways could be built with the amount paid by the count rys motorists tho the total exceeds that ot ol 1919 by more than 31 3 3 per cent the total of 1919 havling been only this thib large difference is accounted for by the larger it number of machines now in use and also by the fact that many states have laid heavier burden on oil the car ovner by increasing the yearly fees striking an average for the entire country each motorist paid in license fess about 1050 1030 the total number of machines as shown by the 1920 registrations having been 9 in 1919 when ago cars were registered the average was less than 9 tho the larget largest amount paid to any one state was wa 4 paid by new nenn york motorists tourists ts the total being iowa ioa has the second largest total 0 pennsylvania sylvania was third with 11 ohio fourth with and california fifth with twenty four states or just halt half the total number showed totals of or mory mor 3 nevada received from her motor continued on oil page 16 wm IN continued from page nine ests ats only hardly enough to pay for more than three miles of improved lil highway gliwa delaware which ranks second front from tho the bottom in the number ol 01 cars owned received it is interesting to note that practically all the southern states showed large Inci indexes eakes in the amount of tees fees received this forecasts extensive progress in good road w ork in that section during the next lev years many states in the south aio supplementing monc received receive iron licence cell e fee with substantial bond issues thereby making een greater progress possible comparison oi 01 the total license fes of the various states slates with the number of machines which they have registered shows a lack of uniformity in tho the license laws iowa for instance which ranked second in the amount of license fees fee ranks sixth in tho the number of cars owned it has only two thirds the number of cars of ohio or pennsylvania and less than california florida received only half as much as alabama although it has more machines the totals being and 1041 respectively connecticut with cars received 11 N while icile colorado with received only |