NA NATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR TRl L LAND AND AUTO ACCESSORY SHOW SEPTEMBER EV EVENT ENT IN CHICAGO Sentiment of oC the tho In Industry of C motor truck ruck and toward I manufacturing manuC selling a national motor truck show v I is to r reach ch cha a favorable conclusion September 14 t to 21 21 1 when the Automotive J and Accessories I Exposition Inc will l h be e held on the great municipal pier of of oC Chicago TO This exhibition I uon tion will wili be of c essentials motor motor trucks motor tractors tractor motorcycles and orlea Each department will be granted 1 all 11 the space pac desired and the motor truck section ma may have hl every r Inch of ot space reQuired required re- re for a comprehensive e display of the he Industry This This-is the first time t that ha 1 such a 1 thing has hag been offered The municipal mu- mu pier presents amp amplo ampe space ce IMMENSE SHOWROOM Ta Thin pier contains In one showroom 10 00 square feel and In an another I square feet Between the two Is la a roadway road road- 1 Va way vay eighty eight feet In width where may 1113 be he I stored 1 1200 lOO am automobiles of or show visitors 1 ill all checked a and aAd d all s safe ste te from fron depredation of thieves s. s On the electric car ctr car tracks which run along th the side side- of or each buildup build build- lug up going In on one ono side and out on theother the theother other and running on the roof of oC the lower ower floor of oC the pier buildings building th the streetcars will IJ bring the thousand for the as do the they bring bring- to lo OO- OO p people ople nIght nightly to lo the pier to enjoy the cool lake breezes far out In n the lake In the division dl of the great showroom 2340 feet fe-ct In length and anel GS 08 feet in width and without a pillar or the entire length third one-third has been given I cn to motor trucks as at present outlined but hut the exposition Ulon management has an option on the square feet in ht the building at the opposite side of oC the court and Od tune the truck Interests may force a n re rearrangement rearrangement re- re arrangement of affairs as aH It Is believed helle the manufacturers will d desire much more space than 4 square re feet the amount allotted to ta them now Thc They will have ha Ve all space desired DIGGER THAN COLISEUM r In the one showroom Is s square feet an i that Is ii more square Cuare feet than was contained In the coliseum Its I galleries annexes and the First regiment armory when the national motor truck I l shows were promoted there man many years ears I I sago ago o. o At that time the truck makers malters took ever every ery Inch of floor space pace available and andI there Was Wa not sufficient The Industry I has haH grown to enormous proportions now flOW as all a result of tho the high standing gained I b bt motor trucks in war w work and In the ni aiding o of business g of America through i th the relief cHef I of the r railroads In hi carr carrying fr freight through the countr country The Industry Industry Indus indus- tr try will require more space now than of or old 1 Motor truck shows have havo been hen held throughout tho country some as a part pat pator of or local et events e In the lure show circuit others I exclusively for trucks but bul local In their character In Ip ever every Instance the reports I from the these shows have ha been extraordinary lor l- l I nar nary enthusiastic and business returns I J have ha been such as to excite the manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- to continued demands demands' for a na national rt- rt I I event for motor driven business wagons wag In placing the motor truck exhibition I at t th the fore Core in In Its propaganda the Automotive Auto Auto- motive and Accessories Exposition Inc I recognized d this demand and tic the result Is going to be lie an exhibition which the Woid will reco recognize a as the greatest st of oC Its Us I character ever er held l l cr livery ver class of com cont- conti comm commercial m mercial vehicle Is 18 already represented Inthe In Inthe I the requests fo for space and promises have been made mad of an exhibit which will wilt consist con consist con con- slat not noL only of trucks for Cor commercial US use but ut of or trucks s of e cr every character for army us use including tanks taula of several de Lle- Lle Plans of oC the Automotive and Accessories Accessories l Acce Exposition O Inc of which J 1 J 1 I K Duffield Is li president II H. V. V Bud general gen gen- enI en- en eral oral man manager Jer and 1 i T. T Ed Spooner chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the the truck committee wall call for I many conventions contentions which will bring to together together to- to gether men who buy and operate trucks truck and prospective e purchasers as well tell ell The Chicago cham chamber r of ot commerce the authorities of the city of oC Chicago the officIals officials officials of of- of- of of oC the municipal pier and nd the tho men meno o of the press n dail dally daily and trade trad publications lions are apparently in perfect unison In promise e of oC loyal and continued support lIp rt of this event The first of t several everal dinners dinners din din- ners to be give e the season held May 01 a 7 at th the th Hotel l la a Salle Chicago o brought together r representatives o of every ever Industry to be represented at the snow show newspaper men of every ery field city elt authorities authorities authorities au au- chamber of commerce officials and officials of the pier r. r with chairmen of the many committees which will w have havethe tho the management of oC the show hoW In hand There re was never ne held a u gathering where sentiment so universally favored orell an event evento o of an any character and every ery ever promise o of f success was there through the promises of or sustained support from those whose hose e support spells success for fOl such a yen ven ture The Automotive anti and Accessories Exposition Expo Expo- Inc will hrIn bring together tot thos those e elements of th the automotive Indu Industry tr that thai arc are commercial necessities ol ot manpower units of or tran transportation whiten bridge bridge the gap tall in lu railroad facilities nn and stimulate broader agriculture J. J E. E Duffield Du- Du field president of or the exposition company company com com- pany a man of the utmost t energy and anda a man g given van only to successful promotion in all tl es past says a that this event ent will bring brinK to the public mind the many pha phases s of oC aid to the government go which I automotive Industries play such as increasing In Increasing In- In creasing the supply of Of food products product broadening the scope of our present distribution dis ells system and the bringing about of a system of oC permanent country roads road that are military necessities and that the event will show th the manufacturer o of automotive accessories rles tho the broad bro market markH which the tru truck k and tractor industries r represent pl lenthe lent The he event will bring the truck truel- trueland and tractor and the accessory or manufacturer Into clos closer r relationship with the Jobber and anti dealer The exposition will he be the first of Ha Us kind held heM since Ince tho truck and tractor branches of Industry In the great automotive automotive automotive auto auto- motive n field started to show shot their real rt strength n th as war machines and the event will be he broad Abroad and comprehensive In 11 its Int Interpretation of these thes' Industries and I what t the they mean to the nation the corI corporations corporations cor cor- and the Individuals Individual li I Just at this time when the curtailment I of oC passenger car I production Is a R. fact and at R a time when ta enger car dealers I and nd distributors all over oer America arc taking up the time motor truck and giving gl their showrooms over O to the sale salu of cars I for business with their splendid lie tics for service and their well trained d hand and experienced d sales sale forces the necessity I sky sity 1 l of a national exhibition of or m motor tor I trucks is even en more pressing than In th the past when whon so man many of the time manufacturers I have advocated such mch nn event Just at Lt this this- time when manufacturers and business business busi busl- ness men generally are motorizing the I business and anti when hen hordes arc becoming scarcer carcer and less necel necessary ar and r t for th the conduct of business the automotive automo- automo I thc live show with motor trucks as all a load load- t inS inS' feature tr-atur Is more necessary to give o l Ithe I the for fOI a general Inspection I b by purchasers of oC the product of or a nation The event e will twill draw together vast a t numbers num hum f I hers bers of deal dealers rs and buyers bujen by thou thousands who will gather In Chicago for the ex ex- ex 1 position This will include not only th thI the business s men of the great reat cities and or of 0 ortho I tho the country but hut the time farmers an as the i e is right for the event The city of oC Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o I Is the center o of a vast farming population population population I lation and th the logical point Joint In America Ica I for the event e