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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19. 1928
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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-
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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
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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
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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-
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AUT OLICENSE LAW
CONSENSUS SOUGHT
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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. Columbia
River highway and many othei
great highway building projectr
wore carried out and interest on
bonds and all other financial re
quireruents were met when the in
come from automobile licenses and
gas taxea was far less than it
Is today. In fact the largest and
mo3t expensive highway building
projects have already been com
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