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! And do not stop
with a casual inspection, for the better you learn .
to know this car the more you will appreciate its
unusualrtess its right to be known as "Tho
New-Day Car For New-Day Needs."
9 .
The Neu'Day Car
A modem, Mf h-tfliciency 6-cyllnfTt
with a Paining '"pick-ub" that ihools you
out of tangled traffic In tha flick of an rye.
Paige hydraulic 4-ufiI brdlej, brlnflnf
you to cuihiontA reit almost Instantaneously
from any normal drlclnj speed.
FulleH posiffile develofmieni In ease of coif
frol resfionfe to wheel and throttle that
maket ihli car serm to a newer to your vlh
father than your touch.
Amanc roomlneii more than In many
120 Inch tvheelbase ledant eaiy entrance
and exit luxurloui eomforu
'. Cltartu of clear viilon thai
reveals the unwary btdef
man ana makes it ttnpoiilble
' for another car la approach
uniecti.
New accomplishments In
economy o in! coil, ofra
tlon ana upkeep.
And Jewell1! lowest clojed
car price.
Alt (Ms made paiilhl by 17
yetrs of I'alg experlenco
and with high quality certi
fied by itamlardi from which
Paige ,'iai never deviated.,
H. J. BRINGLE
71 W. 9th Street. -
CO.
Phono 343
Xw
Mk,v
y.w .wv.'.v. v
S- ::v:'4 w
Pip';
1P
m
Iff
v. ....
W.Wwv.'N
W.V.V.W.V
WAV' s'. Vt
r Y
for this full-size
5 passenger
J
... - .WAV '.
OVERLANXJ
Stanritinl SciLiii
1799
lo cwhody dimension, nuke thi scar,
real I' ive Tiisscngcr Snlan.
''cntysiiimrcftTtofwiiultnvspaceeivs '
ittlicopcnvisionoCatouriin-car TfiJ
forvvrcispec,lH,nukcit;,S;,rccaftoh,nde
muler nil driving conditions... Bi m
cicnt brukes inukc it an easy cartocontroL
Completely furni.hcj with ill nccciury .nsJ
uip.ncnt In dcliveted price represem.itifin,!! ,
to vou. . . Invritig.te t . I, lit,!c i, rcllvcowwo
to buy tint rsr even on the mo cxtciklcd'tomj.
COMPLETE: balloon titeii
speedometer; onc-picce wind
shield; cowl ventilator 87
other bi cir Tenure.
iwSi'Wm
Johnson Motor Sales Corporation
Cor.9th5c lVarl iMioiu-592
Christmas Suggests This Judicious Purchase
The Fordor Sedan is an ideal Christmas gift for
the whole family an attractive and practical
, all-year ca. It is finished in deep Windsor
Maroon, with interior upholstery to harmonize.
Nickeled radiator, low, deep
seats, wide doors, hooded sun
visor and large fenders. See
' this. good-looking car at the
salesroom of the nearest Au
thorized Ford Dealer. Easy
terms gladly arranged.
TV Dtrolt.Mlch, . "
-'-'.'fl-S
Ti ' ji i nn nn ii
eiifftahoH.
II 7Vn4rtftCar
$260
290
C.nuttt
l udor Acaan
$520
880
I II J vMr .rv luaurofaan , oau
jy.li Cloied cart (n color. Demountable rlmt and
i&Sfi trtT extr on open ri.
X&lfSL All brtttM f, e, b. Detroit ' X