La Grande evening observer., July 31, 1926, Image 9

Auto Section I gft (HUtfe OTgntttfl (jbaror Motoring New
VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1926.
NUMBER 18
TAX CUT IS
TO
Average Saving to Mot
orist Amounts to About
$11 Total Saved
'$44,000,000.
is
WASHINGTON-, P. C, July 31.
.Elimination of the two per cent
excise tax on automobiles is saving
every car buyer this year un aver
age of 9 W.on. The pertinent
question What Is he going to do
with this money? is raised by of
ficials of the American Automobile
association. ,
WII1 ho put tho $11 back into
the car In the form of some acces
sory or efficiency device? This
courso is regarded as unlikely in
a vast majority of cases, because
tho 192G automobile, almost re
Kardless of price fully equipped
wllh all tho fitments that contri
bute to the convenience and safety
oC driving.
With the accessory field virtu
ally closed lor this season, what Is
there loft in the field of motordom
for which this saving can most ad
vantageously be used?
Organization Is Urged
' "Why not put it into orgunlza
tion. the most neglected fcaturo in
motordom In this period and one
of its most Important so far as the
motorist is' concerned," a s ks
'J'liomus 1. Henry, president of tho
A. A. A. "It is to organization,
even on its present scale thht the
car buyer owes this tax saving,"
says Mr. Henry; "Tho word 'owes'
is used advisedly It is literally
true that the elimination of the ex
cise tax was the result of organ
ization. Car owner unity produced
the volume In objection to this ob-;
noxious levy that convinced con
gress of the wisdom of removing
it.
0 "Tho avurago saving, hi itself,
looks like rather a small mini. H
Is estimated, however, that 4.0t0,
000 automobiles will be sold thin
year. If this figure is correct, it
is apparent that elimination of the
excise tax will result In a saving to
car buyers of $44,000.1100. Hy any
appraisal, this is no negligible sum
un dlt contains a significant and
valuable lesson. - . .
"That lesson. Is simply, .that or
ganization pays motorists huge
dividends. Tho excise tax saving Id
small In comparison with the tre
mendous achievements that the fu
ture holds when a greater propor
tion of America's 20,000,000 car
owners become conscious of the
advantage of mass action."
Pointing to the old. adage ' that
llfo is a conflict. Mr, Henry con
tinued: Industry Needs Team Work
"Kverything about tho automo
bile industry, tho greatest In tho
world, thoroughly organized, ex
cept tho motor car owners. The
Individual concerns represent" the
acme in efficiency becauso the
need of coordination was appar
ent in tho Industry's infancy. Deal
ers have their organizations. Oar
age owners havo their associa
tions. Tho great automobile firms
have their national chamber of
commerce.
"What is tho purpose of tills
unity? It is simply, progress and
protection. It results are manl-
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feat to even tho casual observer. !
"This impulse for progress and
protection already has Impressed
800,000 Individual car owners who
arc members of SI5 local motor as
sociations scattered from ono, end
of the country to tho ',oth cr, 'und
wltli a coordinating agency lu
Washington to speak the collective
mind of this constantly growing
group. .
"This national coordination had
a lelllng effect, in connection with i
the consideration of tho revenue
bill and It resulted in. tho elimina
tion of, tho excise tax.
"That is but one of hundreds of
fields in which it enn ntnko ltsiilf
felt to make motoring moro free
from pre.(u"(TTcTa"rreHtrlellnnfl of all
kinds, financial, legislative: and
otherwise.' '
IMIA,AIOMS I'IKMS
, iiomj isi:i cAit show
Kirst annual exhibition 'of used
cars was held In Indianapolis re
cently in - Kiversidn park, Thfi
formal opening was preceded by
n ' parade through downtown
kI reels of the. used products cut
i d in t)ie exhibition.
A special .st a ffe for Die. display
California Company Is
Placing Largre Block
Letters on Buildings
Throughout West.
To aid In tho development of
aviation the Standard Oil company
of Oil Torn la j ongdged hi ' Ihe
tak of marking tho airways of
the pacific ('oast, by' placing
names of cities on roofs or com
pany buildings. The chart whown
herewUh Indicates lhn airways of
the T'uclric Coast, an mapped by
the United Kittles army ah service,
and the points tit which the stan
dard Oil company htm or will soon
erect air-signs', loiter many oth
er town where the . company has1
buildings will be, similarlv marked.
j whether on established iilrways or
(not. and ultimately nil of the 700
distributing plants which tho com
munes, tho company will also
paint arrows indicating true north
as an additional aid to aerial na
vigation. The signs consist of largo block
letters on a dark background.
They are vLsiblo from sovcral
thousand feet In tho air. Fliers
of tho armly nnd navy, tho mail
servlco and commurciui,! aviators,
consider them a most valuable
thing. Tho following statement
was recently issued hy tho Ninth
Corps Army heaJiiuartcrs at tho
Presidio of San Francisco:
"This project is onn of inestim
able value to aeronautics. Mad
our cities been so marked with
these aerial signboards In earlier
dvij-H, many, pilots who bocamo lost
In fog or rain, nnd wero killed in
consequence, would bo alivo 1o
day. it is of Infinitely greater im
portance to the flier than to the
motorist to know exactly where he
Is, as the motorist may Btop any
whe and ask the way, and this
of course 1h impossible to the
aviator. , Kow, with these valuable
guides to aid 1ilm, he ran, If lost,
pick up his true . hearing and go
to a field that he knows or return
to lils starting point.
"Nothing hns ever been dono in
I tho West to givo such an impetus
to commercial aeronautics. ITpon
tho completion of this splendid
project, there should ho a greatly
renewed interest on the pnrt, of
every community to establish mil
nlelpii.l airports, and this Just lu
turn will affect the reality of ulr
commerce."
Deliver Year's Quota
Of Cars in Six Months
Although twulvo months orlertu
ally wero urrangcU by I'Yankliu
factory executive!! as tho period in.
which ' mi liKllvlihml BHlcsnmn
could reauonahly rtso from tho
Btutua of rooklo to Unit of general
In tho Franklin Annlvoraury scll
lne contest organised nlonf? army
HneH, iieverlheteua, a numbor of
men mude their annual quotas of
deliveries In tho first six montlts
of tho year. Ilay .K. Drew, of Au
rora. III., was tho first general in
tho Fiwuklln army. Tho other
gcnerultt to datu are: Paul ' O.
Murray of Lancaster, Pa., W. B.
Ward, Jersey City, N. J., and Fred
F. Orlsel, Wuau, Wis. - ,
fcever follow tlio car ahoad so
closely I hat It Is necessary to Jam
the brakes on violently, if it Is
suddenly slopped.
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inuiely 1500 ears wero shown dur- Coast will have signs to guide the
in& the exhibit .V aviators. In Addition to town
Instead or a Imnclt 1
Hien a funnel h not available
lo fill the storage battery with dis
tilled water, phice u, st:rew driver
over tho bole and pour wnler
slowly along the shank, Tho tool
will direct l lie water into Iho bat
tery without spilling. '
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