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T.HE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1928
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WITH HARD SU
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Automobile Association In
Making Survey Find 1P
Per Cent Surfaced
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The Oregon Sta I-tor asso
ciation in making an analysis of
the highways of the United States
points out that 18 per cent of the
existing highway mileage In the
fnited States was surfaced as of
January 1, 1927.
On that date there were 3.019.
lf'f miles of rural roads of all
typos in this country, made up of
2ST.&28 miles on the state sys
tems and 2,731,172 miles on the
county and local systems. The;
states had surfaced 163.060 miles
and the counties- and townships
had. surfaced approximately 396,
401. The surfaced mileage Includes
roadH with all types of surfacing,
suvh as sand clay and top soil,
gravel, water-bound macadam,
bituminous macadam, sheet as
phalt, bituminous concrete, Port
land cement concrete and block
pavements of brick, asphalt, wood
or tone. Non-surfaced roads are
those which are wholly untm
proTed or hare been merely grad
ed and drained.
The progress of Oregon's high-
t imDroTement as compared
wjth the national situation shows
that Oregon has on Its state high
Way system 87 miles of pavement
or 2 per cent; 576 miles of oiled
. . J.rv. nr IS Der CeDt Of it
total: 1746 miles of rock and
gravel surfaced roads or 39 per
rnt of its total; 300 graaea rou
or 7 per eent of its total; 948 nn
)iroTed. or 21 per cent of its
.....I Tknr these statistics it
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u seen that Oregon has all of its
mVwit system improTed wl
the exception of 28 per cent as of
January 1. 1927. Oregon mere
fore has 72 per cent of Us high
way mileage improved as com
pared with the national figure of
IS per cent.
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MR. JAMES D. TEW
orr's rveommendatlon wma based
on zpedlfaer and not on equity
or on sound fiscal principles.
Tn house ways and means
committse Toted to cot the fed
eral lry in half but when the
matUr cam up for a rots in the
house Itself a few days before the
Christmas recess, that body by an
overwhelming majority roted for
complete repeal. Should the sen
ate do likewise, the elimination
of the unfair burden to which, the
car owners are subjected today
and which totals $66,000,000 a
year is one of the big accomplish
ments that would be credited to
the organized protest TOiced by
the car - owners themselves
through their national, state and
local affiliations In 1927.
The other big tax fight of the
year centered round the efforts to
prevent the legislatures increasing
the rate of the gasoline levy.
About all that can be claimed Is
that except for the eternal "vigi
lance maintained by organized
motordom, the rates would hare
been raised to higher levels than
they actually were. As It was.
twenty-three states increased the
tax. This constant tendency to
pyramid 'the gas levy is a matter
for serious concern. When the
car owners submit in good faith
to the principle of a gasoline tax.
they have every right in the world
to demand that the principle be
applied equitably and with due
regard to the road needs of the
states and also to the legitimate
proportion of the road cdst burden
that the car owners should in fair-
compensating offset in the form
of any guarantee that compulsory
insurance will forward the safe
ty movement in America. There
Is general agreement everywhere
as to the desirability of establish
ing financial responsibility and
assuring compensation to those
injured without fault of their
own. But so far the body of ex
pert opinion does not point to
compulsory automobile insurance
as the way to bring these desir
able things about. Several states
have enacted legislation along the
lines of requiring persons convic
ed of reckless driving, difvln
while drunk and other serious of
fenses to Insure under compulsion
this matter. We have more trade
crossings than any other nation in
the world; we have a larger pro
portion of uuprotecfed grades,
and on the whole, even when they
are protected, the protection is
often of the flimsiest character.
A large toll of lives is the inevit
able result. It is high time the
nation was awakening to the se
riousness of this problem.
The greatest danger facing mo
tordom in 1928 is the possibility
that the victories we have achiev
ed should lull us into a sense of
false security or into an attitude
better torakee. more powerfal, flex
ible, precise, and easier to handle;
in short, ready to meet with sure
ness the difficulties, of modern
traffic. V
Third, street and road construc
tion programs for the year are
based upon scientific study of
traffic needs, whether the item
ot the program is one of street or
road widening - or entirely new
construction.
' Approached from these three
point of view, with no group will
ing to take anything for granted
of unjustified complacency, it Ui until it is aclentiflcally proved, we
true that great progress has been
made, but many vital problems
against possible accidents in theJ remain to be solved. In fact, the
future. Legislation of thl3 type,
and legislation requiring a real
driver's license and providing suit
able machinery for revocation
were tendencies in 1327 which
seem all to the good.
Grade Crossings
There is one big problem toward
the solution of which ljttle if any
progress has been made; that is,
the separation and protection of
decision of the supreme court of
the United States, which by impli
cation at least, placed the respon
slbilitv at grade crossings on the
motorist, has called attention in
a striking manner to the urgency
of the matter. One or two states,
notably the .state of New York,
has adopted a far-reaching pro
gram to eliminate grade crossing
death traps In the Empire state.
But New York stands almost alone
in this respect. Here and thre
bad grades are being done away
hav nothing in the nature ot a
national .program in Regard to
ness bear. There has been no at-
years later he was superintendent iof urgent problems confront
of the tire division of the entire! ins; us in 1928. The car owners
plant In 1028 found him assist-1 in 1927 paid $728,588,812 in spec
ant works manager and a year! ial taxes. There are distinct rum-
(later he was advanced to the posl-l bllngs of nation-wide protest. The
tion of works manager. Soon I American Automobile association
ofter attainlnc this position I takes the Unequivocal position
ho was elected to the board I that this accumulation or car iev
of directors of the company andfies hae gone far enough, too far.
in October. 1927. he was elected in fact, and that the time for a
to the office of first vice-president. I showdown has arrived.
James D. Tew was born in la passing, it Is only fair to say
t. xr... vmw m.. 9 iinai consiaeraeie progress was
iss4 h nrnr.i tnr filers in made In 1827 in tne arnrmauon
OTORDQNTS GAIN
OUTLOOK PRESENTED
(C'ontinuad frnm pg 1-)
continued in a highly satisfactory
way.
Seventh, the fight against the
pyramiding of more motoring
law by the state legislatures met
with signal success, since largely
due to the efforts of motor clubs
only a handful of 4.000 automo
bile laws introduced in the state
legislatures were enacted.
Eighth, the movement for bet
ter and wider roads, the basic ne
cessity of a motorized America,
went on In an encouraging ias
ion. with the firmly established
federal aid principle as a valu
able pivot In ever-expanding state
prngrams.
Ninth, the courts took more serious-
cognizance of the matter of
meting out suitable penalties
against the reckless and the In
toxicated driver, with the result
tha. this heinous violator of the
code or tne roaa is now unuer cuu
stant fire. This is also true of
the general attitude toward the
automobile thief.
Tenth, relentless war was pros
ecuted against the "Gyp" operat
ors of fake, privately owned mo
toring organizations that nave
beeq gathering a rich harvest in
e'very section of the country, and
particularly In those sections
which have been weak in bona
fide motor club development.
Eleventh, the lecision of the
United States supreme court de
claring, against the system of ad
miaifctering Justice on the "fee
system," followed by the victory
won in OhJo In the defeat of the
Marshall law administered a body
blow to the speed traps and the
offensive type of J. P. court that
have for years been one of the
banes of our highways.
Remove Rubbish
Twelfth, the movement to rid
the roads of unsightly rubbish,
"snipe" advertising signs and
slgcs. that endanger travel by im
itating warning and direction
signs went forward apace, al
though much remains to be done.
The benefits that the motorists
have derived and will continue to
derive from better touring condi
tions and service; from united ac
tion in efforts to relieve them
selves of disabilities: from stem
niingtthe tide of wholesale legis
lative enactments; from expand
ing; rad programs, from more
vigorous prosecution of the small
minority of car owners often car
thieves constituting the reekless
and intoxicated drivers; from put
ting "dyp" operators out of busl
ness; from the expulsion of the
grafting J. P. roadside court from
first vice-president of the B. F,
Goodrich Rubber company, James
D. Tew has now been placed in
entire charge of all sales divisions
of the company, according to an
announcement at Akron. Mr.
Tew's title will be first vice-president
and general sales manager.
Although Mr. Tew has long been
recognized as an expert on rub
ber manufacturing, he also has
taken an interest in all divisions
of the organization pertaining to
sales, and In recent years he has
taken an active part in the selling
and merchandising programs of
the company.
There are few men In the rub
ber Industry who have made a
more comprehensive research into
its problems than James D. Tew.
He Is admitted to be a leading an
thority on every phase of the
business from the production of
tires and the thousands of other
rubber products which Goodrich
manufacture, to their distribution
and retail sales outlets.
Mr. Tew began in the Goodrich
the Jamestown schools and later ' e dletum that the special mo
- e p.v- rrnmrrf m h tn tor vehicle taxes should not be
the fall of 1901 he entered Har- u?d "dtr ny clrcumetances for
vard University and was graduat-
I other than road purposes. All in
mar be said that most of
I n it
IUO 11119 JkWWAUK W
Bachelor of Science in Mining.
The following other promotions
were made In the Goodrich com
pany: C. E. Cook to general man
ager of sales, mechanical, foot
wear and druggists' sundries di
vision; H. C. Miller to general
far as this is concerned.
Compulsory Insurance
Of all the hattles of the year.
the battle around compulsory au
tomobile insurance was far and
away the most decisive one. The
demand for compulsory Insurance
most vital of all Is pretty nearly
If not quite as acute as it ever
was. I refer to the problem of
safety. It is a problem to which
the individual car owner and the
motor club should devote more
than ever of their attention and
their resources In 1928. Eternal
effort and eternal vigilance is the
price of safety.
Tnere are tnree powerrui rea
sons for believing that 19 28 will
mark the greatest progress in the
history of street and highway
safety.
First, the American (Automo
bile association, cooperating with
other agencies, is engaged In a
day-by-day effort to educate ev
eryons to contribute his share to
the cause of safety, and, further
It is tirelessly active In the far
flung endeavor to develop traffic
legislation that fits modern con
ditlons
Second, motor car makers, from
the smallest to the largest, have
produced automobiles that Inner
ently are safer equipped with
can attack this great national
problem in earnest, and endeavor
to make 1928 first and foremost
safety year."
growing appreciation of the Im
portance of the motor tourist cara
van as a creator ot community
growth and prosperity. The stale-'
ment concluded: . '-'V -s v '
"From rock-ribbed Maine to ,
sunny Florida, from the Atlantic
seaboard to the blue waters of the
Pacific. America is preparing tor
an unprecedented year In motor.;
tourist travel. Thousands wh
stayed that home in 1927. due to
the cool weather that hung over '
the nation in the summer months,
plan to take to the open during
the present year and to spend
more time entour." '
FORTY-FOUR MILLION
PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL
(Coa!inul from pK 1.)
the past few years and the norm
al growth that each year has
brought."
Two factors, according to the
A.A.A.. which handled 10,000.000
tours last year, are playing a pre
dominant part in the development
of America's motor tourist busi
ness, namely, the establishment of
standardized motoring
throughout the country
HAMPTON' SEES BIO MOTOR
GAINS IN ARGENTINA X
Ellis Hampton, president of the;
Argentina Automobile Dealers As
sociation, sailed for home this
week after a several months visit
in the United States, predicting a .
record demand for motor trins
portation in the southern repub
lic. Crops have been good, Sir.
Hampton pointed out, and the Ex
ceptional values offered In auto
mobiles will open a new future
to the business. The new rojid
program is going ahead gradually
in Argentina, but some of the old
existing roads are being gTeatly
rviis9 Improved due to better malnte
and thenance and repair work.
and distributors' division.
our highways and from keeping
the highways free . frun clutter,
confusing and unsightly advertis
ing signs; these are so patent as
not to . require extensive discus
sion at this time. It can and
should be said, however, that in
all these fields organized motor
dom, as represented by the 950
motor clubs affiliated with the
American Automobile association
has kept faithful watch and ward
throughout 1927.
Let us survey briefly what has
been accomplished in the major
fields of safety, uniform motor
vehicle codes and traffic regula
tions, taxation and compulsory
automobile insurance.
Safety Education
While the statistics continue to
show a toll of fatalities and acci
dents which we cannot but regard
as alarming, it is neverineiess a
fact that the nation is today more
safety-minded than lit has ever
been. This safety-minded com
plex is to my way of thmking the
most hopeful traffic fatality prob
lem. A particularly noteworthy
development of the last year was
the extension of safety education
Into the schoolroom, a humanlta
rian work in which A. A. A. clubs
played a leading role. There is
hardly a city or town In the coun
try where civic and business
groups have not bestirred them
selves In the interest of a greater
measure of safety on the sign for
the ultimate solution of our
streets and highways While the
methods and the programs for
bringing this about varied widely.
the net result was a material ad
vance. We must concede, how
ever, that only a beginning has
been made.
The effort to bring about uni
formity in motor vehicle codes.
and in motor vehicle traftie ordin
ances was one of the Important
movements of the year, as far
as motordom Is concerned. There
is no doubt whatever that the mul
tiplicity and divergence of present
day motor vehicle laws and traf
flc practices continue to be the
greatest obstacle to motoring
progress in America, and Is one
of the most fruitful causes ot ac
cidents as well.
The record for the year shows
that many of the legislatures, with
the backing of A. A. A. elus
manager of tire sales, automotive assumed nation-wide proportions
division; L. A. McQueen to gener-hn 1927. So much 60 that a pro-
al manager of tire sales, dealers'! posal for compulsory insurance in
one form or another was before
almost all the legislatures In ses;
slon. The net result, however.
was the defeat of these proposals
along the entire line. Twenty-
eight states considered rti'
Jected thera, the general conclu
sion being that It is the part of
wisdom to await the results of
the experiment now being tried in
Massachusetts before foisting on
the nation by compulsion a
scheme which would cost any
where from $750,000,000 to
billion dollars a year, without
took official recognition of and
acted on the motor vehicle Tode
recommended by the Hoover con
ference on street and highway
safety. The states adopted ! the
code almost in its entirety, while
fourteen additional states adopted
one or more of the four seceloas
of the code. This was quite an
impressive record. And now on
the heels of this action by the
state legislatures, the Hoover
committee on municipal traffic
ordinances and regulations, of
which William E. Metzger of De
troit, member of the A. A. A. Ex
ecutive committee, is chairman.
has come forth with a standard
ized model traffic ordinance for
cities and municipalities. The or
dinance l tentative, but it can be
said that its framers took .counsel
with the best experts and took
recognition of the practices that
have proven best In actual opera
tion. The proposed ordinance
should command the earnest at
tention of every city and munlcl
pallty In America.
' Ned for Traffic Uniformity
But as Is the case with safety
we have only made a beginning
toward uniformity. It Is difficult
to overestimate the advantagest
that would result therefrom. It
would eave lives; It would mean
less strain on drivers of all ve
hicles, and destroy the psycho
logical hazard resulting from the
existing bewildering diversity of
traffic movement and reduce the
huge economic loss due to traffic
tie-ups; it would promote freer
circulation of the automobile and
be an Inducement to more motor
touring; it would make enforce
ment easier enforcement Is one
of the difficult problems confront
ing us today and it would - In
crease the benefits ot car owner
ship and promote the growth of
our big automotive Industry.
In the field of motor vehicle
taxation, the outstanding develop
ment of the year was hejsftnxen
trated effort made to se
repeal of the hangover. thrn
cent war excise tax on passe
cars. The recommendation o
treasury department that thl
be made -a permanent levy at
motordom to Its very foundi
It was not difficult for the i
sentatlves of the car owne
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