The New Ozccor Statesman. Silent. Oregon, Sunday lUrrting, January 10, 7913
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- 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
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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
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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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