| Show BOSTON SHOW BREAKS RECORD Figures Show Greater Attendance Than at Any Other Automobile Exhibit Ever Held i BIG INCREASE IN SALES SALESA A ME RICAN MANUFACTURERS CONTROL HOME BUSI BUSiNESS NESS 1905 Automobile Statistics Automobiles built hi United States 4 Automobiles sold In 4 United States 2290 9 Aggregate prIce of OO Automobiles Imported 1036 Appraised value of latter Aggregate sales salea of Iatt latter r Grand total sales In year Grand aggregate selling price 4 A Average selling price per car 1780 Average selling seUng prIce of o foreIgn cars 4 Total cars sold under Sel Selden Selden den patent Hc license l t t 4 Boston March Boston auto uto show this week Is breaking all kinds of records record The official att attendance figures given out tonight indicate that the number attending before the close of the exhibition will e exceed that Of any previous auto show iIi in America The value ot of the machines and accessorIes on show is In excess of Eastern experts have just gathered from authoritative sources practically the first authentic auth information eon con corning canting the vOlume and valUe of the business In n the United States There have been numerous estimates of the machines manufactured import imported ed and sold in this country but most of these have been wide of the mark The output from factories has been generally figured anywhere from to An estimate in iii inThe The Herald months ago placed it at The exact number proves it to have been There are r c cords of the sales of of these leaving In the factories or In the hands of agents at the beginning of o othe the year Of the automobiles sold were licensed under the Selden patent and their gross selling price was 31 78 Machines sold without licenses num numbered numbered only i of jf a gross selling price of making an aggregate sell selling selling ing prIce of automobiles of Importation Statistics The total number of i and foreign oars during the year was 3 of an aggregate selling price of Automobiles imported for forthe forthe the twelve months totalled 1036 of an aggregate selling price of The I growth in the importation of automo automobiles bliss biles Is notable In 1903 the number brought in was of a total appraised value of In 1904 the number nuner was of an appraised value of 2 The appraised d value of the Im Importations importations last year was Detailed statistics of automobiles manufactured and sold under license to the Selden basic patent Is furnished by bythe bythe the sworn t testimony In the United States circuit court by M J Budlong president of the Electric Vehicle corn pany plaintiff In Selden patent litigation tion now progressing The figures sworn to by Mr lIr Budlong were furnish furnished ed by manufacturers in depositions un under under der oath ThiS testimony shows that in three years from Jan 1 1903 to Jan 1 1906 the total number of domestic automo automobiles biles manufactured and sold under 11 cense was of a gross value of upon which was paid In royalties In the same perIod for foreIgn eIgn cars were sold under license or of a gross vale of upon which 75 was paid in royalties In three years the total sales under license w were re the total value beIng and the total amount paid in royalties to the Selden being Steady Growth of Sales The increase of production in 1904 1004 over 1903 1003 was 30 per cent and the in increase increase crease in the value of the gross sales sale was 58 per cent The increase of pro production production In 1905 was 32 per cent and the increases in sales was 66 per cent Mr Ir testimony furnished interesting figures in the gradual in increase increase crease In sellIng price of licensed auto automobiles automobiles mobiles In 1903 the average selling price was 1110 in 1904 it was 1422 and In 1906 it was 1780 For the three years the average selling seIling Price of I AmerIcan a automobiles was 1429 ana that of Imported cars was I The increase in selling prIce is claimed to be much less in proportion to the increase In cost of prodUction Better Jetter material is used than formerly at almost do double the cost skilled labor has gone Up tip in price while machine work has become more thorough and more expensive The material used in American automobiles is declared to be equal to any in the world and the prediction Is made by American manufacturers that in 1907 the Amen Ameri American can industry will wUl lead the world in ex excellence excellence as well as In volume |
