"You cannot gain an idea of the growth of the business unless you travel from city to city and see these show places.

Chicago has nearly 350, Philadelphia about 200. One theatre in the latter city cost $150,000, another meant an investment of $75,000.

It is safe to say that there is hardly a town east of the Rocky Mountains of 2,000 population or more that has not a moving picture show.

In many cities of from 75,000 to 100,000 population you find surprisingly elaborate theatres of the sort costing $50,000 or upward.

If the average investment of $4,000 each is placed on 10,000 theatres in the country the investment would be $40,000,000."