The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ¢ AUTO BODY T0 ASK REMOVAL OF WAR TAX Secretary Mellon’s Recom- mendation For the Repeal Is Being Cited By It | A TRANSPORTATION TAX A Mere That the war excise tax on motor vehicles, repair parts, tires and ac- cessories is a war tax on transporta- tion and should be removed along with the tax on telegrams, telephones and leased wires which Secretary Mellon of the U. S. Treasury re- commends for repeal as being “the last of the transportation taxes ¢s- tablished during the war,” is the sub- stance of the comment of Maj. Roy F. Britton, chairman of the Legi tive Board of the American Automo- bile Association on the open letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Hon. William R. Green, Acting chairman, Committee on Ways and Means of the U. S. House of Repre-| sentatives. “From a purely technical stand- point and a literal definition of the| word ‘transportation’ as expressed in thé acts of Congress, the secretary| of the treasury of course is entire-! Here are Mesican and American sentries guarding the international bridge at Laredo over the Rio Grande. The Mexican soldier is a cap- ly correct when he stated that the) tain, and the American a buck private. repeal of the tax on telegrams, tele- phones and Jeased wires would mean) the repeal of ‘the last of the trans- portation taxes established the war,” explained Major Britton. “However, when we look upon the during | consideration should be given to the removal of war taxes which are pa- tently discriminatory to so import- ant a means of necessary transperta- broader aspect of transportation tn.” . which must include h{@hways n this motor age, the excisp vehicles, repair parts and accessories is nothing more than a_ penalty against individual transportation. To gauge the mecessity of this individual, transportation one has only to vis- walize the sudden removal of the mo-j| tor vehicle from the transportation! service of the Nation. “The excise tax on motor vehicles,| ‘® repair parts, tires and accessories is paid by the user of the highway just, Cars favorably known Peat Pac tax on motor, Dodge Brothers Well Known For Long Life Doige* Brothers motor cars are throughout the world for many important advan- i s but are probably best known 1 satisfactory iod of years —tor a period of life beyond that as certainly as the railroad war tax| o.smonly allotted to a ‘motorecar. was paid by the railroad users or as the war tax on telegrams and tele-, phones is now paid by their users. The motor tax should be removed for the same sound reasons ‘which justified the removal of the tax on rail transportation and warrant the w ers Touring Car No. Ninety-four per cent of the cars that have been mantfagtured by this ‘company are still in operation, day jin, day out, in all parts of the coun- 1 w ‘At Taylor, N. D., is Dodge Broth~ 17, which left Secretary of the Treasury in recom-| tho factory in December, 1914, this is mending the removal of the tax on telegrams and telephones. Over 13,- 000,000 motor vehicle owners have about nine years ago. latest information this car is in daily service carrying passengers, and the According to paid and are now paying what we be-| owner believes thdt there are still lieve is a transportation in that they are not] No 217 taxed similarly on the product of A other basic industries which they| of the long life and might purchase for equally import-| Dodge Brota ant and necessary purposes. discriminatory tax on} many yegrs of running still left in One of the most notable examples durability of s cars is found in Car No. 12, the first Dodge Brothers car “As an example of its unfairness,| shipped to the Pacific Coast, arriving the motor vehicle user who has the} there in December, 1914.” No. 12 was misfortune to break an axle or oth-| displayed in San Francisco and Oak- er part of his vehicle-must pay the} Jand, used as a demonstrator and excise tax on the replacement part.| evently sold. Recently it was in the In other words, he must pay a tax/ possession of a rancher near Santa on his misfortune. The motor ve-! Rosa, who used it in his daily work. hicle owner in the past has submit-] He refused to sell it outright, but ted to this war tax because he realiz-| finally traded it in on a new car. At ed that the Government must raise] the present time it has been run ap- funds to prosecute the war and to, proximately 175,000 miles. over. “Now that reductions of taxes are in order in accordance with the re- commendations of the Secretary of help pay the bills.after the war “| From Walnut Cove, N. C., comes word that Car, No. 5 is running sat- isfactorily as a servite car,for the Davis Repair Company. Mr. Davis writes, “The motor still has in it the the Treasury, he belleves that anol ong inal pistons and bearings that Se Things You Forget: Wonder why it is that one never seems to remember to get a new bulb, some new fuses, that double socket, a turn-down socket for the bed room —all the little things that one WANTS but never seems to GET? You'll find them all at “B. K.’s”’; make it a point to stop in and get those things! - - “Something for the Car for Chiistmas , CORWIN MOTOR CO., Bismarck. Keo | were installed’ at the factory nine years ago. No. 5 has been in service every day.” There was recently displayed in, a parade in Manhattan,. Kansas, a Dodge Brothers car sold in Decem- ber, 1914. Its speedometer now shows a mileage of 224,000miles, and an si Dodge. Brothers owner. Mr, Schafer purchased a used Dodge Brothers car in. September, 1916. Since then he has driven, and has proofs to support his statement, over 229,000 miles. Mr. Schafer has sworn to the above facts before a notary. BANK ROBBERS MAKE HAUL ON PENNOCK BANK Pennock, Minn., Nov. 17.—Bank robbers which have held Minnesota in their grip for several weeks swooped: down on this little village Friday and after burning their way into’ te@Vanit of the Pennock State) Bank withthe aid of an acetlyene torch, escaped with loot from pri- vate deposit boxes estimated at $5,000. The loot consisted of Lib- erty Bonds and Ottertail Power Company Bonds, held by the vari- ous Gepositors of the institution. warm. We sell “CLEAN- BURN” — “BEAR CREEK” — “ROUNDUP” and “IN- DIAN HEAD” Coals. BIS- MARCK LUMBER COM- PANY. Phone 17. NO REASON... FOR REPORT ~ OF UNREST Major General McInfyre of Insular Affairs Asserts In His Report hington, Nov. 17.—altheugh political activities in the Philippine Islands and in Porto Rico have been marked in the last fiscal year, Major Gencral Frank McIntyre, chief of the War Department’s bureau of Insular Affairs, said in his annual report made public today that there was little justification for feports that “a condition of unrest existed in these territories.” “Political activity has been mark- ed during the ye General Mcln- d, “both in the Phillippine and in Porto Rico. This has led many people in the United States to believe that a condition of unrest existed in these territories, which is Rico and the Philippine Islands have received during the past year great- er benefits from the United States than at any time’in the past, and these benefits have been mofe gen- erally appreciated.” Regarding economic conditions prevailing in the Philippines during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923, the report declared “progress toward normal conditfons” had been contin- ued. “The year has been one of gen- eral prosperity,” the general contin- ued. “The first. six months of the calendar year 1923 show a material betterment in foreign trade. “For this period the total shipment of do- mestic products was $67,109,679, of which $50,470;807 came 40 the United States: the imports were $41,776,348, i$ | of which $24,106,133 came from the United States. “The showing in the sugar indus- try was particularly favorable. The total value of sugar industry was $26,500,000 out of total exports slightly | exceeding $67,000,000. “This excellent showing in. the sugar industry, compared with for mer years, was due to the modern mills erected in the istands in re- MADE TO MEASURE all wool ¥ SUITS AND OVERCOATS » $82.50 Satisfaction Always. ‘ National & ig Sth St. Opposite McKenzie re | BISMARCK‘ STORAGE, ,. COMPANY,;,,: Storage of all kinds. Rates on application. DEAD CAR STORAGE $2.50 PER MO. Office With Lucky Strike Ceal Co. - iton delivered. Wash- very far from the fact. Both Porto | cent years Isrgely ad result-@f f#ee! admission of their sugar into the United States.” es | General Mcintyre also declared that the “rehabilitation of the cu’ ice stem” of the Philippint “was completed during the period covered” by his report—June 30, 1922 to June 80, 1923. LAWN INSURANCE Fertilize and protect your lawn from freezing out by covering with well rotted ma- nure. it now before snow comes. 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