Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-24
BIG AUTO SHOW
CLOSES TONIGHT
Exhibits to Be Kept Intact Until
After Eleven O'clock This
Evening.
SALES ARE MOST NUMEROUS
No Such Record Ever Made at Any
Auto Show.
DEALERS ARE ALL PLEASED
Representatives of Factories Say
Never Saw Anything Like It.
ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN LARGE
Omaha is Voted the Prize Spot OF
the Country for Holding a Big
Exhibit of Automobiles of
All Makes.
SALES ARE MOST NUMEROUS
No Such Record Ever, Made at Any
Auto Show.
DEALERS ARE ALL PLEASED
Representatives of Factories Say
Never Saw Anything Like It.
ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN LARGE

Only one more day IS left to see tho
Automobile show and there are stu a
few people in Omaha who have not seen
II, Records for the FIRST five days, both
OF attendance and sales. have been so
far ahead Of last year that the show
would be voted a great success II nobody
at all came today. but tho automobiles
are there, the dealers will be on hand
TO answer questions and the people are
expected TO keep coming.
The management gives assurance that
the exhibits win remain intact in every
detail until the show closes, late tonight.
No dealer will be allowed TO remove a
single part OF his exhibit until the close
Persons who have bought cars from
among those on exhibit will have to walt
for them; they can't get them tonight
This arrangement is for tho benefit
OF the showgolng public. The show
opened complete In detail and tho man
agement intends that II shall close the
same way.
One OF the marvels Of the day In Omaha
Is the number Of people that have come
to Omaha TO see the show and buy
autos. The hotels arc still full OF them
Sales are OF such common occurrence
with all the dealers that a single sale
is no longer a subject of conversational
comment. Il requires. say. three sales
In single hour. or flve or six sales in
a day 10 afford a subject OF conversation.
among the dealers.
Many OF the purchasers selected their
cars from the floor. TO be delivered after
the show, and sometimes two would de-
eide on the same car. Such was the case
with the handsome Franklin OF crushed
strawberry color exhibited by Guy Smith.
Two women had greatly admired the ca-
and one Of them walked up to Mr.. Smith
and said:
I'VE have decided to take that car
but we don't know which one Of us ia
going 10 pay for It. Both Of US want E
and we're going TO draw straws now ts
see which takes IT,
West Has the Msn-y,
There Is vast difference In the class
OF people attending the Omaha SOW and
the New York show" said Mr.. Stelnhauer
VI ihe Aouott-pelrolt motor ractOry
who Is here demonstrating the Abbott
Detroit car I'm New York the dealers
would hardly notice a man unless he was
dressed in the latest styles II farmer
walked In they would pay no attention
TO him whsteyer.
In Omaha the dealers are entirely dif.
ferent The farmer is the man they want
TO sell TO- The reason for this Is that
the farmer, while not dressed IN the
latest Partisan styles. is the man who
can produce the roll and buy the car
outright. and the local dealers are aware
Of this fact.
This Is one Of the reasons why there
are more cars sold at the Omaha show
than there were at the New York show,
and one OF the things that makes tho
Omaha show known all over the country
as the great exhibition.
The factories In the east are all
aware that the Omaha show Is one OF
the leading shows in the country. While
there are many local shows in all Sec
tons Of the country. the factory men
are only sent TO the Omaha show"