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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1928)
5 1 i I jr ft., IIS III ,11 v i 11 1 1 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19. 1928 onsTcn OF laZfl PRESEwTED President of Hudson Motor Co. Gives Statement In Report An optimistic view of 192 8 plated or are well along toward oMptloii tn this state, including the Roosve!t highway. Therefore, with the greatly increased reven ues as a result in the greatly in creased uumbr of automobiles in use and the greater consumption of Ras. therebs- increasing the in come from the special gas tax. far more money is provided now than when these major highway construction projects were in pro- Jre?s. secrets ry of Stale Sam Ko- ' r.f-r publiflv announced more than I two year ago that more moneys a were received from automobile li a automobile year is expressed byj cenn and soeHal gas tat than R. B. Jackson, president of the Hud-ion Motor Car Co.. in his re marks to Hudson stockholder which accompanied the annua! re port. He said, in part : "We are now beginning our 20th year, with our factories well roundel out, both as to personnel and physical equipment. "Our dealers throughout the United States have bren increased in numbers and strength, efford Ing us on of the Jest distributing systems In the country. "We have appreciated the val ue of export business and have persistently developed it for years. Our foreign distributors ar well organised and financially capable. To encourage them and at the same time offer our product at competitive prices, w hav estab liabed assembly plants in several strategic locations. As a result, re gardless of the great drive for for eign business, we have maintain! our position. During this period, we have Increased this export trade from nine to 14 per cnt of our total volume. "It la our belief that 192S. the 20th Hudson year, will brine vas needed and that a reduction ;n the li.-ense. espcislly on used ,-ars. ! o'lld be made, yet no noti'-f r actiou was taken of this state nent and recommendation by the 'gislature nor legislative automo bile and highway committee. The fact are a great reduction could be made in the automobile license fee and not embarrass kighwa construction, interest and bond re tirement payments In the least but it appears that the only wa this can ever be accomplished is by a vote of the people of the State generally on "the question Regarding the automobile own r living near the Oregon-Wash ington and Oregon-California State lines buying their gas outside the -tate should a cent or more be idded to the nrosent tat tax. is a jok. It is well known that the Vancouver an: Cascade Locks in terst'Pte bridges are toll bridges we believe also the Hood River White Samon bridge to le. hence the round trip toll of ".0 cents to 'ay nothing of the 20 miles round rip drive from Portland and other Imilnr points would far more h?n absorb the saving made in fflline up the car or truck with 'ett'emnt along the Oregon-Ca! 'fornia I in- that the loss to Ore gon in gas purchases In that dist rict would be so small, that a dis- v ..... . marked results in our further Washington gas. So sparce is the growth and success. The com pany's history supports this con fidence. "Nineteen years ago tha total cash Investment of the Hudson Motor car company was but $15, 000. The expansion of the busi ness since then has been entirely through earnings not a cent has been added from ouUide sourcta. "Our operating group has been developed largely from within, U responsible for the company's ad vancement, and has participated in its results; always proving capa ble of meeting the emergencies of a fast-growing business. This de velopment la bound to continue with the energetic urge represent ed hyathe present organisation. "In addition to the foregoing healty expansion from within, so Important to any corporate suc cess, we believe our automobile offering to the public this coming year to be of unusual appeal. The 138 Hudson and Essex models measure, in ineir present progress of design and manufacturing qual ity, alongside the growth of the company." Stack's Study in Contrasts t-tfjSrc&i rjsJrt z-yv Buick 's twohoucanJth car. produced 20 year ago, is shown here beside Irs two-millionth, which rolled off the assembly line a few weeks since. The occasion was a reception held in Central Park, New York, and mended by A. P. Sloan Jr.. president of the General Motors Corporation, nd A. G. South worth, manager of the Buick Motor Company New York Branch. Mr. South worth and Mr. Sloan are seen in the front seat of No. L000, while Arthur L. Newton, branch sales manager, is in the rear seat. cussion of this question would simply be a waste of time. Respectfully, W. C. Conner Salem. Oregon. Fb. li. HUPMOBILE SALES AT RECORD LEVEL f ("orit i nufi from 1.) time, within my knowledge, that such an accomplishment has been made In the motor car Industry. The answer is that public demand for Ilitpmobiles is so great that dealers are compelled to deliver them as rapidly as they are receiv ed. "Our February output will mat erially surpass that of January. We anticipate that March will be the greatest single month in our entire history. "All three of our new "Cen tury" cars are enjoying a Bplen did demand In every section of the country. For Instance, in De trolt, generally considered the most critical market in the world except possibly New York city Hupmoblle retail deliveries dur ing November, December and Jan uary were exceeded only by six manufacturers all producing cars of lower price than Hupmobile During December our deliveries in Detroit were exceeded only by three companies two of them the lowest-priced producers In the In dustry. "During those three months De troiters bought nearly four times as many Hupmobiles as during the corresponding months of 1926 tl." UiruiUAV DADlfC 1 fresh ment stand owners to take JliUnWAT rAnl Uowm their gUrlnx "Sto" sign" BEING LOCATED d n otrs ti-t wauid 4-i vertlse tneir Dusiness dui noi ai rect traffic. The real purpose of this ruling is to avoid a repetition of the "Wolf! Wolff anecdote. Motor ists passing one or two of these 'Stop" signs that meant only an advertisement might disregard the next sign which would actually mark a safety stop. If the new (Continued from pag 1.) paved or oil bound macadam. Up on completion this will form one of the beat roads In the country as the oiling of roads has been ex tremely satisfactory In the north west producing a road which in some cases is preferable to pav ing. include some ruling forcing; the llmiaatioa ef the bill Wrds t nrvH ul c rose-roads It woakl mean another stride forward in the elimination" of accident. Motor Trucks Join United States Troops Three heavy duty motor trucks and three cross-country cars have i i-r been Dart of regular equipment J7 vuv wa. of each U. S. c a Tarry regiment after February 1st, according t a recent feaouaoetneat by tbe War Department. This departure from custom is being made by tin Department after a series of ex haustive surveys have shown thn motor transportation as an ad junct to these units will increa- their efficiency. If Columbus had never discov ered America, wonder who EuroT" Traffic is so thickly congested In large cities, according to the Oregon State Motor association, that it is often Impossible to dis tinguish funeral processions which are frequently broken up by "cut ting In" of ordinary traffic. East ern cities have been forced to make provisions tor the distin guishing of funeral processions so that other motorists will recognize cars as being part of a procession and not break in. One of these methods Is the burning of head lights; another ie the pasting of! brilliant stickers on the windshield or other parts of the ear. This is merely one of the "grow ing pains" which has affected traf fic in our cities. 8trldes have already been made in highway building; securing of wider right-of-ways; addition of shoulders to present right-of-ways; arcading and widening of city streets; all of which show that the cities of the future will be supplied with greater and wider streets and safer traffic conditions. A commendable part of the Fed eral highway code la that no signs which would mislead the motorist will be allowed to be erected along these Improved roads. This ruling: according to the Oregon State Motor Association, would force many carafe and re- 'i w is mm S k 111 AUT OLICENSE LAW CONSENSUS SOUGHT (Continued from par 1.) and more just equable license law will be drafted and pasaec at the next session of the legisla ture. but no one believes that these promises will be fulfilled and rather than take any further chances on legislative action and as a result continue to pay $40 H7, 55 and $60 annual license on an automobile five or six years old and worth about as much as a years license fee, the farmers and laboring classes particularly will vote for the proposed $3 flat license fee if given an opportunltv to do so. and the politicians havi only theraselvejs to blame. ine fact is far less money i " Aeded today to carry out the omie s uuuaing program tnan was required a few years ago when the great state and interstate high way were under course of con struction. Pacific highway, the West Side highway. 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