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Show waiitos Millions of Dollars Are Spent in the City of New York Now York, April 5. A3 evidence that N'ew York is the automobile selling sell-ing center of the world, statistics have bten gathored showing that 33,000 machines arc annually sold here for a sum approximately t SGO.OOO.OOO. Broadway alono has Gl agencies or branch houses handling 95 different makes of American cars besides tho headquarters of a dozen foreign manufacturers.. man-ufacturers.. With the profit on automobile auto-mobile sales reckoned at 25 per cent, the gross income of tho New York agencies Is $15,000,000 a year. There are 700 men engaged as salesmen sales-men by the automobile concerns In Now York Their average pay is figured fig-ured at $2,000 a year, although the Best salesmen make as much as $10,0u0 and in a few instances even larger sums. The rental or automobilo stores alone amounts to $500,000 a year and four times this sum is spent fov advertising and incidentals. oo- |