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About Morning register. (Eugene, Or.) 1905-1929 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1925)
I EICHT MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, ORE., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923 HATE VEXING TO STATES Nation - Wide ' Reciprocity Hindered By Imposts UNIFORMITY PRIME NEED Diversity lion Produced a Situation Whereby Ke<leiit of Olio Hfatc I'ay to Anotlier " WaPHIN'OTON. IV C. One of th imiiortnnt fnrtor that 1b hinder nir the development of nation-wide reciprocity la the un equal rnte of tha Ritdolino tnx In the forty-rour stntc that have Adopted thin form of motor vo hlc'e tnxnt'on, accorrtlnff to . a statement from the national hend nimrttira of the American Automo bile tiasoclhtlon today. . The. A. A. A, statement la a !en for uniformity and was- prompted by the dsftire of the national nwtorlng body to awaken motor It la everywhere to the ireed for a hange In present methods of tax ut.on If there 1b to be equality and fairness shown automobile own ers throughout- the country. , "The wide diversity In the rate of the Ran has produced a situa tion whereby the residents of one stato are pay.nK tribute to other states In the shapo of Kasollne taxes which are higher than the rates In the:r home common wealths," Thos. 1". Henry, presi dent of the A. A. A. dealers. r Principle Is Involved As viewed by the A. A. A. motor ists pay the gasoline tax for the maintenance of the roads they uso -and an excessive charge in one state militates against the principle .of reciprocity . which is regarded as vital to he continued growth of motor-touring In Amer ica; "The pyramiding of the tax In some stars." says Mr. Henry, "while other states hold to a comparatively low rate Is a good example of tho unsc'entlfic methods of motor vehicle taxation to which the automobile owners of - the country arc subjected." He continued: "There . are 21 states and the District of Columb'a levying a tax of t cents a gallon. This Is the nearest approach to uniformity In taxntion. but It Is far from what Is desired.- Tho tax varies widely In other states and undergoes fre- cuent rov.slona. Three states Im pose tax of 1 cent a gallon while there are thirteen taxing at the rate of I cents. One state has ?H cent tax. two tax 3 cents, three tax 4 cents while one. South Caro lina, goes the limit at 6 cents. "On- a has:s of registration and total gas tax receipts of ten states. 'which are not "resort" states, the . average car used 151 gallons of gasoline for the first six mon'hs of Ih's year and paid a tax of $3.02. Vor the same period, the average tax paid in Florida was 111.80. Since .the tax in this state Is J conls the I nures would indicate a consumption of 393 gallons for each car. Florida. Tourist In Favored ' ". "The "figures, however. 'are mis leading. The difference between the taxes paid in any of the ten , non-resort states and In Florida Is largely the amount of taxes exact ed' from tourists. Yet the Florida motor' tour st- can travel through UUhol. New York. New Jersey and Massachusetts wl'hout paying -a penny for. the' use of the roads. The same Is true in comparing Other- states: ."Rhode Island Is a good example of the wide variations In taxes and taxation methods. Automobiles registered In the smallest state in the union total 89,247, yet, despite a- tax of one cent a gallon, tax re ceipts were only $45,848. This is only 61 cents for each car.' What H the answer? Does the Rhode Inland motorist bay only 10S gal lons of gas a year or is he buying ' his gasoline in Jiassachuaeita where It is tax free? "Whether the gas tax is right or wrong; it Is obvious that a variation In the tax rate auto matically defeats the principles of reciprocity. If South Carolina levies a lax on the Pennsylvania motorist of five cents on every gal lon, and Pennsylvania asks only two cents from South Carolina motorists for every gollon of gaa he purchases, there can be no re ciprocity between the two states. "It must be apparent that the present state of affairs Is leading to unnecessary complications and by tending to -throw up barriers between states and is nullifying at tempts to bring about reciprocity, v across tho floor." Santa Barbara News, "I'm sorry t ran over Would a dollar make Motorist: your hen. 11 right?" Kurnior: "Wal, better make. It two. 1 have a rooster that was mighty fond of that hen nmi the i hoi k might kill him .too. "Why do you rise so early In the morning?" "I have to get downtown early in order to find a parking place for my car." "Hut do you not then have a good deal of timo hanging on your hands?" Oh, then, I tnke the street car home home and have breakfast." Cornell Window. AUTO FATALITIES MOUNT 15,528 DKATIIS IXXTIUIKD lll ltlM! YKAR 1024 , WASHINGTON. l C The de pTTrtinent of commerce announces that the returns show that during the yeur I9S4. 15.52S deaths re sulting from accidents caused by automobiles and other motor ve hicles (excluding motorcycles un less In collision with nutomoblles) occurred within tho death registra tion area of tho I'nlted M.ntes (ex clusive of Hawaii, which area contains tiS.4 per cent of-thc total population. This number repre sent n death rate of 16.1 per 100. 000 population ne axutnxt 14.9 In 19:3, li t lii mi. 1 1.6 In 1U21 and 10.4 In I9?n. In the 34 s:ntes for which data for 1920 are available, the actual number of these deaths lneroused from S.S2S In that year to 13. 4s In 1923 and 14.417 in 1924, the corresponding rates for these throe years being 10.3, 16.1 and Is. The bureau of the census ssslmis the cause of death from collisions between two vehicles In the heavier vehicle; therefore these totals do not include coIII-.moiis ; net ween automobiles and electric cars mid ill lroad trains. The interstate commerce coni 'oi reoorts VtiSS dentils re clining from collisions between auumnblUvi and railroad trains. Cf this total, l.oSS occurred In registration states. However, In caiimutiug the automobile falall- lies; this number should not no added to tho ' 1924 state Ilgufea tor In nil iirennn'liiy many roport- rd to the Interstate commerce commission as collisions wero re- t orted to the bureau of tho census as automobile accidents. September Motor Fuels Tax Revenue Sales for Month of September Amounted to Sol9.46S.27, an Increase ot $41,340.2S Over Corresponding Month of 1924 bor 30, Total rorumls March 1, 1921 tu October 31. 1926 f 360,349.89. . . Motor Vt'lilo'o llcglxtmiliiiui Motor vvhicle registrations tor the month ot October, 1925, num bered b,2s which was an increase of 1.219 over tho October, 1924, leglatnillons. Of the last month's registrations 6.223 were passenger uura iiiul 603 were truck. The tnul registration ot motor ve il. clea lor tho year 1925, to and including October 31, wn 311, 370, ot which 194,076 were pus iHMiger cars uud Is. 695 were trucks. This 'represent nn In crease ot 32.223 motor vehicle re gistered to October 31.1924, mid of 18.741 over the total registra tions tor the entire year 1924. The total receipt for tho regis tration of motor vehicle, Includ thg motorcycle, chauffeurs, and operators I.cciihch. for tho ten noli. lis' period, January 1, to Oc tober 31. 1925. was ia.Sl6,25.1s, an increase ot $692,798.03 over the t'oricsiiontlllii; period of 1934 anil of g.'49.l?l 28 over the etitlio year of 1924. There were 04 motor cycles, 12 dealers, 044 chauffeur and 3,601 operators licenses Is. sued during the month of Outobor 1926. making a total ot 9.618 motorcycles. 694 dealers, 14.S31 chauffeurs, and 45.706 operators licenses Issued for the ten months' period ending October 31, 1936. Hegislrnllon fee for the month of October, 1926. tire erod.led and chiKflficd as follows: lVssenger cars ..6.223 137,823 15 I I I I I I II Ml BUfCK FACTORY UNABLE W7 ITF ri TO SUPPLUIIH DEunAND V .. . r..a,TiiKi)0 js"..r State revenue renluted from taxes collected on sales of motor fuels for the month, of September amounted to 8319.40S.27 which represents an Increase of $41. 340.28, or IS per cent, over the amount of revenue collected for the corresponding month of 1924. according to a statement made public today by Secretary of State Sam A. Koxer. Mr. Koier finds that the rate 'of Increase In motor vehicle fuel sales for the ten months of 1925. ending September 30. over the same period of 1924 was 14 per cent and estimates that, if the same ratio of Increase is maintained during the remaining three months of the year the total revenue for 1925. from this source, will approximate $3,000,000 as compared to $2,672,481.98 for the year 1924. Gasol ne sales for tho month of September. 1925. totaled 10.367. 174.65 gallons, an Increase of 1. 314.566.45 gallons over September. 1924. and distillate sales for last September aggregated 338.121 gal lons, as compared to 26S.706 gallons for September, 1924, an increase of 26 per cent. The total amount of gasoline sold during the ten months of ir25. to September 30. was 75.670.770 gallons, as com pared to 66.234.436 gallons for the period of 1924: distillate sales for the ten mon'hs' period of 1923 amounted to 3.103.429 gallons, as compared to 2.662.181 for 1924, an increase of 9.436.334 gallons of gasoline und 441.242 gallons ot dis tillate. The total amount of revenue col lected from the sale of gasoline and d stillntes from February .25. 1919 to September 30, 1926. wn 110. 072.762. 86. and refunds of fund consumed for purposes oiher than the operation of motor ve sicles upon the public highways, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 274. laws of 1923. from 'larch 1. 1921 to oetoher si. ls-' S amounted to $350,349.89. The fol i lowing table shows the nnioiint of ! taxes collected upon the total num. ' ber of gallons or gasoline and dis i tillnte sold within the stute. by 'venr. from February 25. 1919. to September 30. 1923, Inclusive Onllons Year Gnsol'ne 191931.812.112.5 1920 45.016.314.5 1921 61.144.614.8 1922 51.266,038.4 1923 73.110.200.15 1924 86.447,155.1 1925t75.670.77O.25 420.467,705.70 $10,072,650.86 From February 25 to December 31. tFrom January 1 to Septom- Total Taxes Collected 341.524.82 463.773.12 1.006.465.54 1.183. 726.41 2.057.140.31 2.672.481.98 2. 347.660.63 Trucks 603 Motoreye.ej 64 t'hauftotlrs 644 lienlers 91 llolllt. dev. n;ivl:t. 1 Transfer 6.995 implicates 224 Operators 4.583 Oertlti.' of 'title ,1.694 Duplicate crrllrl cutes oi'w regis tration ,T 28 Total f?en' $58,333.79 Transfers. 6. 815. 89 104.75 644.00 332.00 60.00 6.993.00 J24.0U 3.843.50 1.687.50 14.00 I, on K I lie lurk'nir OnlliuuH-c Louisville Is to be complimented for assstttig motorists III parking their c:rs. Here, as In Atlantic Cltv, white l'noa are run parallel to the curb nnd mark the houndary line for parking. A motorist must .not permit any portion of his car to project over this line toward the center of the street. At first glance it 'mpresses the motorist ns it newi difficulty In parking, but when he comes to watch the white line he does not need to watch ihe curb. Is the maligment of shafts united J by disc unlversnl Joint, in cars ne.vlns this kind of Joint at one or both ends of the propelled shaft a verv notlcenhle vibration may arise if The shaft does not run true. This can frequently be eliminated by tightening tno nous mat noin me lscs to tho spider. If the trouble la not overcome by this operation Install now dire. Production Facilities Boosted To Keep Paco NEW MODELS FIND FAVOR Ointimiy Aroiria.tn 12,000,000 lkt I'Mtl In Ti ling Output in . 1200 Otr IVr Ihiy ' Announcement was made today that ihe liulclt Motor company had oppt-oprlatcil two million dol lar, to be used for increasing tho pruduclloii of lltilck autoniobllus in twelve hundred cur per day. This action was made necess ary becau.ie of the great demand for the now liulclt model which were Introduced In August. Thu company has found It Impossible to keep pace with order for car with present production facilities. In October, usually a mouth when production beitlns to fall off, the l.u ck plant strained every effort to mem the flood of orders, ship ping ttventy-tlirve thousand shipping twenty-three thousnml automobiles from llul pluut and breaking a'l monthly production recvrd.i. Ju;t prior to setting this record, announcement wa made that peak production would have to be ma'ninlned through the win ter month to meet the domain! tor cms. Tho company then saw ih.it only by Inorea.ilng Ihe ca p:ciry of the plant rcould It hope to keep u:i with order. The np rrlprla.lon will be erpended for iddltoii to present building, nnd frr machine and tool equipment. conveyor, etc.. to bring produc tion up to the figure of twelve hundred cars per day and a pos s bio product 'on of three hundred thousand cure per year. There Is connlerahle rnntrart be ween the contemplated produc tion figure of next year and that In 1904. when the first llulck automobiles were made. In Ihnt year, thirty-seven cars were built. The next year th total reached neven hundred nnd fifty, the fol lowing year fourteen hundred, and each succeeding year production has been doubled nntl tripled, making additions tu the plnnl necessary at frequent Intervals. Tim present year has proved the great est In the hhtory of the company. with a cortnlnty of over two hun-'" dred thousand cars manufactured and marketed. Ninety per cent of these will be closed models. The addition to the plant nnd In sinuation of equipment w!l h started at once. llulck officials hope that the Increased produc tion may begin by early summer. Fluhe From Spark Plug No Wonder .. Schram. who had run out of gas on the outskirts of a country town, aw a boy coming along tho road carrying a big tin can. "Bay, boy!" he yelled, "I hope that' gasoline you have In that can." ' ! t ''Well, I hope It ain't," returned the boy. "It would taste like the dickens on ma's . pancakes.", Golden Circle. .'.'.-.-. A Special Price Owner: "What will it cost me to llavo my car fixed?" (Jurago man: "What's tho mat ter with It?" x . Owner: "I don't know." Oarage man: "Forty-eight dol lars and fifty cents." From flic Hack Scat ' "Does your wife drive your car?" we asked a friend. ' "Oh, yes," ho gepllcd, 'but only when I'm at the wheel " Uoldon 'Circle, .,.' ' Not So Slow - Mabel: "You handle tho clutch .like a genius, dear.", ' Madeline: "Oeorge' has spoken of that also." '. , The ;ntimny The village Improvident was ob served dickering with an automo bile salesman for un expensive motor. "What do you mean," asked a candid ' friend, - "by buying a big, . fast car when you can't even pay your bills?" i "That," admitted' tho Improvid ent, "Is the main reason I am buy ing a big, fast car." Philadelphia Ledger. H Isn't the girl that goes out rid ing that we would like to meet, but Ihe one thnt conios back riding. Carnegie Puppet. . . Hinr Culling "Good heaven, man, what Is tho matter with your face? Wero you .In nn automobile accident?" "No, 1 was being shaved by n lady , harbor when a mouse run THE new-day car is here and it's a Jewett. It is the answer of one of the automotive industry's oldest, strongest and most successful ' organizations to today's vital motoring needs and problems. No surface comparison can adequately gauge this car's worth. Measure it instead against the situations and emergencies of driving. Begin, if you like, with the severest test of all take The New-Day Jewett into close-packed city traffic. ... t Dart in and out shoot swiftly ahead of the jam stop with soft smoothness park in spaces you would have thought impossibly smalll, , Realization will come quickly that here is a car, marvejously responsive to your touch, which takes instant advantage of every opening, gets you through streets that seem impenetrable, lets you come and go as you please where ordinarily you would never try to drive. A New-Day Car For New-Day Needs. . Then leave the crowded streets and seek un frequented couritry roads where The New-Day' Jewett will reveal a quality of performance which not even preceding Jewetts, acknowledged masters of the open road, can surpass. After years of preparation, The New-Day Jewett is here ready for you to see it and drive it. , Let nothing prevent your seeing this epochal new-day car without delay! 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