Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1903 — A MILLION FOR AUTOS. [ARTICLE]

A MILLION FOR AUTOS.

That Amount Spent in One Week in Chicasrq Recently. A million dollars’ worth of automobiles fold in Chicago within n week! The figures are astonisliing, but they are vouched for by the managers of the automobile show which closed its doors the other night. The exhibitiou was under the auspices of the Cliicago Automobile Club, and the National A'ssociation of Automobile Manufacturers and its success Ja._jeyldeu£.e. of _ horseless vehicle. OVer 8,000 persons attended in one. day, which when one considers-the'limited qifopoftion of people who can afford to be interested iu autos is quite astounding. ,