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Show SALE OF JORDAN CARS INCREASES The statement of the Jordan Motor Car company for the quarter ending January 1, received by the Mercer & Jordan Sales company, local Jordan distributors, shows an increase of 30 per cent in the number of cars sold, compared with the corresponding period last vear. Net car sales for the last quarter of 1917 totalled $571.232. Sales of parts amounts to $19,593. The cost of cars amounted to $500,746. The total to-tal of doing business was $540,524. The net profit was $50,302.55, and the total income $590,826. This represents 16.7 per cent on $300,000 preferred capital cap-ital tor one quarter, at the rate of o'O per cent for the year. |