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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1929)
The New Ozccor Statesman. Silent. Oregon, Sunday lUrrting, January 10, 7913 jb... y - -. ... i WORLD' St LOWEST PRICED SEDAN i PeyenueSourlRrkilfcl s by OregdriAccepteff-fn"-44 0ther,StV- - TYltljL two upward 'reV&lojiot ; the automobile gas tax during 19213 compared with. 22 changes ; made daring 1927." sttto7prni'ttee .: regajrdlng this, weans of building better highways has - beei 5 ijtffte J definitely established: Louisiana raised the gas tat daring 1928 front I to cent a gallon while New Hampshire increased the rate tram S.to 4 cents. i All bat three states; Illinois, Massachusetts' and New York, hare a gas tax Tarlag with each . Individual stale from 2 to 5 eeaU a gallon. Ten states, Conaeetieat. Kansas,. Minnesota, MlasourO Ne braska, New Jersey North- Dako ta, Rhode IsUnd, j Washington, Wisconsin and District of Colom bia, collect 2 cents a gallon. Wyo ming has a tax rate of two and half cents.' -- v . t. . Threo-Oemt Tax Popular ' Fourteen states have ; fixed .the Sa tax rate at 3 cents aUoa. Thejr are: California. Colorado. Delaware. Indiana. Iowa. ' Michi gan. Montana. Ohio. Oklahoma. Oregon, 'Pennsylvania. Tennessee. Texas and- Vermont. Utah's tax is three and one-half, cenki a gallon. A 4 -cent tax has found faror in IS states, namely Alabama; Arl sona, Georgia. Idaho, lioutntana. Maine, Maryland. Mississippi,:" Ne vada, New Hampshire, North Car olina, Sonth Dakota and West Vtr. gioia. while a rate of four and one half cents is charged in Virginia. Arkansas, Florida, .Kentucky. New Mexico and South Carolina tax at the rate of 5 cents a gallon, j 8.2 Cents Average Tax , . The average tax in the 41 states jat District of Columbia that hare Adopted this means of increasing juelr revenues amounts . to 3.2 cents a gallon. The average rate far 1927 was S.19 cents. In 192 . It was 2.59 cents per gallon. Morethanr 2SJ,88M0 was raised by gas taxes for gtiod roads during 1927. bf-thls fund 182. 090.000 was ; spent on etate high ways;"' 55,400,f6i went to local rods5 119,099.000 -was appropri ated to . state- and, county -ond pavements sad. remainder went for collection Costs of taxes, and for miscellaneous : projects allied to road building? fEach motorist during 1927 used an average.; of 550.9 gallons of gasoline and traveled an arerage of, T.HT-railes. according to the American Motorists association. These averages are based off to tal gasoline consumption In the United -States of 11.563.490.000 - gallons, an increase of 12.4 per cetrer 1928. Mileage traveled U based on an average -of 13.5 iuiltta par gallon. So during 1927 cars and trucks traveled 1,661, 071,150,000 miles or 42,741.675 miles per day. Adopted in 1 010 Since the adoption of tnegas tax in 1919 by Oregon it has had Widespread application and popu larity. From total receipts of $553. 947. in 1919 the revenue has in creased to more than 250 million . ., " I ,r- : -.in ,'.y. f.- f I 1 1 - ;i :- ST. Tkfea w tftniy mmr la mcmM m ta a the lew pi V tu wmTvOwlnl (VmMir. atsWlosr fa thtt Tl ill SteM MM St W ' k. wtw n. MMMklla C k mw IhM ! WaJset X M St tx bmw Whippet i tW lewect prteed StO MM system early levied 'comparative ly small taxes -aa compared with the present practice. In the early dars'of the tax.lt was thought such a system. would curtail the use of the automobile. Such has not been the case' for with the tax making better road building possible travel has in creased tremendously DEALER ADVISES RUBBER CMS PBS . TOLEDO rThe j WiUysO t ? rr land company broke all its pre vious export sales records during 1928.- ; . i . ; ,. t -Shipments: to foreign countries during the year totalled 36,698 cars as compared with 27,592 during 1927 or an increase of 9,- 106 units or 81 percent. Many of the European and Asiatic: coua "Motorists are able to take out a new form of safety insurance by using Goodyear rubber chains for winter driving." said Frank Doo little, Goodyear tire dealer, who has a complete stock- of. chains on hand at hls service rstatioa. which is located at Commercial and Cen ter streets. "Rubber chains." he said, "fit into the modern motorist's idea of comfortable driving. They offer six big advantages which can be summarised as follows: quietness, tire saving, fong wear, economy, convenience and security. , "The first item alone, although probably not the most important, is worth a great deal in the sav ing of that nerve-wracking jLoiac that is often so prevalent when other kinds of .ehains are ttssd; from an economical standpoint. the tire saving feature is Just as important. They actually prolong the life of tires. "They are economical because they wear about eight times as long as -ordinary chains, which of course results In the lowest cost per chain mile. "Considered . from the stand point of convenience, this fact should be considered: they can be put on the tires at the start of bad weather and left on all -Inter. This means a great deal la the woman driver, as it eliminates the necessity of numerous changes. . " "Our advice to. automobile driv ers is: before you buy tire chalks. find out how they will act in mud Goodyear rubber tire chains make muddy roads safe for th- emotor ist. They dig in with a cleat-like d illars a year. It is interesting to action and bold the car straight note that the states adopting the to the road. lealy to Serve Our fleet of trucks are at your 'service. If you want moving or hauling work done careful ly and quickly Just Gall 93 sage was well over 25 percent The company, has been steadily inereaaiag.Jts foreign business for years.. President Willys said that preparations are being made for Increasing export business during the newyear j 40 percent over the record breaking shipments of Increased its dealer organisation 1928.' The company has greatly abroad, in addition to. development of -manufacturing plants in Can ada, Great Britain and Germany Countries which showed the largest increases during the year include: Argentine, Brasil, Chile Japan, India, Spain, Australia tries showed a much larger In-Java, Sweden, South Africa, New crease In percentage but the ave-Zealand and England. ilifii Expert Advice t Needed for ; Placing of TraffiO ' ' Control Devices WASHINGTON (API Mlsnst of traffic control 'devices fls caus ing public disregard for their meaning In many cities, the Amer ican Engineering council finds after a-surrey of traffic condi tions la 104 American cities A committee of the eouncil is formulating a detailed set ot rales for the guidance of cities to elim inate flaws In present practices and to provide a uniform code that will make understanding and observance of traffie signs 'easy for the motorist. The final -report ' will be pub lished as' soon as traffie experts oa the committee agree upon the Stadr Neglected details ot the recommendations. Many cities are making two fundamental errors 5a Installing street traffie signs, signals and markings, the council's traffie committee finds. One, Is placing traffie control devices without any adetrnate study -of the conditions which their use is Intended to lm prove, or of the evil effect which may. be produced at other Inter sections resulting from attempts to Correct undesirable conditions at one particular intersection, and some are utilizing traffic control devices at places and times not justified by the circumstances. ol aH-traffic signs aad devices, the committee says. 'Such fundamental errors can be avoided by obtaining expert en gineering advice beiore. th in stallatlon ot any system of street traffie signs, 'signals or mark ings. . Local Laws Factor Because of the variations In state laws regarding signs and sig nals It Is impossible for the. conv nifttee to make recommendations which can be universally applied until such laws : are amended. Each municipaijt;'wiil have to vary, from the recommendations of the 'traffie expert's report' M may be required to conform to limitations Imposed by state laws. The committee's recommenda tions will include" definite recom mendations on the sise, shape, col or, wording and construction of signs and devices with the hope; that a naiform system of . signs throughout the country willmake It easy for the motorist to Under stand them aad desire to observe their warnings. Each detail of the recommenda tions has been worked out after a scientific Investigation' ot the Lmost desirable methods. The com mittee -has 26 -of the nation's greatest traffic experts as its ad visors. TiFFICDM 5 OB E REVSOJS BATTERIES DEIJCATB Refilling the storage 'battery with electrolyte Is dangerous un less the person doing the opera tion is thoroughly familiar with the exact amount of filler that may be used and with the proper 3treneth of the solution In the tbs inevitanie result win Dei battery. The life of the plates a public recognition of these er-will be greatly shortened by too rors and a consequent ai3regara strong a solution Complete revision ; of street building fpplerfaf ea oy moaern automobile trarnc demands, according to Captain II. C.' Whltihurst head of the 'city offictal8':dlvislon of the American Hod guilders' Association and as sistant engineer commissioner of. Washington, .Di: C. ; ; :r Twenty billion square yards is given ,'ly- 'Captain Whitehurst as the'. "total J Volume of" Improved streets" over which frpm.a few. hundred to , thousands of cars travel daily, V . - ; Captain Whitehurst urges that accurate coat records be kept so cities inay jknow whether or .not street appropriations are be'ff spent to the best advantage, and so that the most efficient and eco nomical construction and upkeep methods may be selected. Right tpiRondL Causes Argument 4'Ih Paris CduncL V-P A R I Sr-(AP)- M o r an V more pressure- Is being exerted t abolUh fhe lawgiving the right o ' wsy to a driver coming from th .; right.: ' , ,:.;; The general. council of 4he Seine department; which Is- Paris an,! its suburbe.-sdopted a strong res olution urging a return tr(he o!4 practice of .according, the right of the road to drivers on main high ways. .vvv--i: .-- - -So' many accidents are attribut ed to the present law. the general council said, that it ls.lmperatlva to' change It. f Those who support the present practice say.it Is difficult for a driver to know always the Impor tance of the road on" which he H driving, while if the one from the right has precedence the rule al. ways-works. Opponents assert that most of the traffic Is on the high roads. SERVICE SERVICE Call on Us Service - if - Your Radio ' Doesn't Give Satisfactory Radio Headquarters 1 175 S. High We can Fix them. 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