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Automobile
Section
SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE
There are upward of two hundred and five manufacturers
of automobiles in this country to-day. More than
one billion dollars is invested in their production, exclusive
of accessories. Four hundred and twenty-five
thousand American cars were bought in the United States
last year and more than four hundred and twenty-five
million dollars paid for them. Luxurious figures, but a
large per cent of this sum went into commercial cars. A
luxury yesterday, the automobile is an absolute necessity
to-day. It is no longer, " Shall I buy an automobile ? "
but rather, "Which automobile shall I buy?"—what tire
use?—what special equipment?—what oil?—what tools?
Scribner's carried its first automobile advertisement in
December, 1900, and from the beginning of the industry
has presented the announcements of the best automobiles
and accessories manufactured. Month by
month throughout the years its advertising pages give
the most reliable answers to these important questions.
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