Aid by dealers in promoting automobile industry, 143, 144 Ajax Rubber Tire Co., 178, 179, 182, 188, 190 Alliance Rubber Tire Co., 182, 188 Allison, Robert, purchaser of first American gasoline car, 76 Allen Motor Car Co., 96, 221 Aluminum, extent of use in automobiles, 44 American Automobile Association, 35, 133, 135 American Motors Corporation, 95, 182, 188, 221 America’s part in inventing fundamentals of the automobile, 77 America’s part in the first commercialization of the automobile, 78 Apperson Brothers, 115, 194, 221 Appreciation in value of automobile stocks, 201, 202 Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, 37, 38, 39, 109, 112, 135 Attitude of people toward the automobile in 1893-8, 75 Auburn Automobile Co., 95, 221 Auto Body Co., 193 Automobile, accessories and tire securities traded in on New York Curb 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 187-191 Automobile market for 1917, estimated, 215, 216, 217, 218 Automobiles, commercial—names, capacity, maker, price, 231-242 Automobile securities traded in on New York Stock Exchange, 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 178-183 Automobiles, passenger—names, cylinders, maker, price, 221-229 Average price all motor vehicles, 1916, 100, 139, 174, 175 Average price of automobile and tire stocks traded in on New York Stock Exchange 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 185 Average price of automobile tire and accessories stocks traded in on New York Curb 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 192 Benefits of the automobile in affording first hand knowledge—social and economic value, 155-166 Ben-Hur Motor Co., 96, 221 Benz, builder of first internal combustion road vehicle, 69, 74, 77 Blanchard, Thomas, early American auto builder, 62 Bollee, Frenchman who attained highest efficiency in early automobile construction, 64, 65, 67 Bouton, French maker of gasoline cars, 72, 78 Brady, A. F., early automobile capitalist, 108 Brush Automobile Co., 201 Buick Motor Co., 95, 221 Cadillac Motor Co., 93, 95, 115, 222 Capital invested in automobiles, 141 Case, J. I., T. M. Co., 95, 222 Chalmers Motor Car Co., 96, 115, 118, 181, 187, 193, 196, 222 Chandler Motor Co., 96, 178, 179, 182, 188, 190, 222 Character of American people largely responsible for automobile’s commercial success, 89, 90 Chevrolet Motor Co., 96, 181, 187, 193, 205, 222 Chromium—value in automobile construction, 129 Cole Motor Car Co., 96, 222 Columbia Motor Co., 201, 222 Columbia Automobile Co. of New Jersey, 108 Companies whose securities are not generally traded in, 184, 185 Consolidated Car Co., 194 Continental Motors, 193 Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., 182, 188 Co-operation in automobile industry, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137 Crow-Elkhart Motor Car Co., 96, 221