Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1924, Page 50

Motorist Already Pays Unfair Share of Taxes, Figures Show Not Only Bears Cost of Road Building| And Maintenance, But Meets Other Deficits—-New Levies May Be Brewing. i WILLIAM UL a fore such) e ATAN, need for issuc of | ¢ g and under money must the money tances the But under the 1 n By discus quite | more t over their proper ex- es rather than to adwocate en granti would autom all other mc e ay ditury ned by vehicle tax on H nuine attempt to of his unfa vould be made from by ¥ taxcs tax, tus- further ot taxes for are sought with- feration of the fact that ar owner has already paid ‘portion of any use he rom the roads, and pparent attempt 1o as- supposed. “substi- {1 tax dees not mean of another tux * motor v out o ever had & and probably | rapidly enough to shonld its advocates make a effort to push it to comple- dary s that vari- transhortation should equaily fair basis, but s¢ the pres- ection he wil iterest is not the | posal | it the motor | ent et 1dily see that his rts in this a over- | But, | t tand more taxation without going tankrupt. He does not | to obje having his taxes ! es. and since all ( of necessity it | lus of tax money. Treasury or thosé . will render it portation | naking the { the exce axztion fmposgd upors the rail- ind other common ¢ Unialr Burden Predicted predicted by trend ca r owners of the country her and block this attemp axation burdens they will be f all proportion for their that i n the fede ! <l fight for a reduction win out The r; ads wou! rn such use th organized. The be left high better than the ¢ are vastly bet- r owner would | and dry, paving e | centige of the situ; in or .010 more t 1 steam ds paid in taxes, would be, eclipsed. | Where Auto Tax Goes. { The motorist has a problem on his ation chiefly be- | ated much unfair | 1 the taxation ady im- { s does 1ot seem to realize | amount of his federal | automobile tax is not being used for | {road bullding, or that virtually none of it is being for road malintenance. | He does not appear to object because many states, s Arizona, Geor- & Kentucky, Loufsiana, Oregon, .;\ \s)\llnglun, New Mexico, et are fime agein. Goes | #PPIYINE their gas tax to general ex- T O it For the formec itlogiag: | penditures, o that Montana a third of | Tnethads, but actually supplements | the tax fund is applied to the school , fund them Naturally he is not Iikely to sus-| pect that a special road mabntenance | tax handed to him on a gold platter may mean that he would eventually shoulder more of the taxes, which should be pald by the railroads or other .classes of taxpavers. As a matter of fact it 1s contended | by some experts that the motorist | should not be paying for the new highways now being built. Highways, nent put forwa secking 1o co-ordi- | on facilities and put ing me plight as many railroads is this notor vehicle derives a special from the improved high should, »fore, bear the entire of maintaining these roads odieondition las when they Each form of transpor- argued, should hear its burden of public where his fair into an a little fon that cffort to help him share can easily he turn "pportu to gouge him uore. There can be no que: he car owner {8 not being t but the fact Tax Reductions Few. The gasoline tax was advocated many states In the belief that would serve as a fair form of tax: tion through roughly charging each | metorist for his road use, but with very few exceptions there has not heen a single reduction of the many other taxes. Taxes are imposed because there is in 1t ch 2387% Sales One thing sure—it takes a wonderful motor car to make the brilliant record Willys- Knight made in 1923. It certainly shows that folks are out for the biggest value they can get—and determined to get it.. People are to the Knight for its beautiful coachwork, its luxurious comfort, its distinction, its great strength—but mainly and mostly. for the many incom- able benefits of the wonderful Willys- l?x:ight sleeve-valve engine. The famous engine that actually grows quieter, smoother and more powerful in use! { more"than uny one cise, not even if he |5 DOWN THE ROAD—One ///’//7/ l Gl 7 7 (Copyright, 1924, by Metropolitan Newspuper Service.) they say. are free and should be buiit | gough about motor transportations to out ofgeneral public funds very much | D¢ Willing to pay his own way along # & % uncs very MUch | the road. But when the taxes now as schools are provided for. On this|jno "o8d- But when the taxes now Souice: therefore, It should not be nec- | why not insist upon their proper us ssary for var owner to pay any|pefore even submitting to & conside | ation of need for a new form of tax- ation. | 1f car owners would give the sub- 't u little thought they would soon read the handwriting on th opyeight, 162 uscd the roads. Overpaying Road Costs. As matters stund the motorist paying for more than the cost road bullding, standing all the pense of road maintenance *and, addition, making up many tax defi- ciencies’ which should be borne by | some one else. Why, then. should he sit idly by while plans are Being mads to edu- cate him to the value of a special tax and then have him heip out the rail- roads? He has enough on his hands without winning other people's bat- ties. Tihe man who buys road bonds does not need to be considered in any dis- cussion of the motorist's tax problem, becanse bond buying, whether for rallroad or highway development, A business proposition repres & 2 good investment an who pavs the taxe ever, is entitled to some con tion. The average motorist 1§ broad- minded enough. and BUSSES PUT IN SERVICE. Nearly 7,000 new otoy buses Were put into service during 1923 on lines |in the United States, according to a survey recently completed by Bus | Transportation. ‘These figures are based on reports of twenty-six bus manufacturers of the country, and show that a large proportion of the buses were of the strest car: type, seating from twenty | five passengers. is | > } A e When you hear some motorists de- | scribe the hills near their cars will elimb it's easy enough to understand why Webster sanctioned two “gees” in ex- aggeration Increase! Here is welcome freedom from valve- grinding and carbon-cleaning— and other disadvantages of ordinary poppet-valve engines. Willys-Knight owners report 50,000 miles and more without néed of tinkering with the engine. And no Willys- Knighlcnghelmencrficpknmbmmd! The day of the Knight is here— for good. You can hear evidence of it from happy owners. You can get the evidence yourself in a demonstration of its action. Any car -tHat leaps ahead 238% in one year strongly invites looking into! R. McREYNOLDS & SON Sales, 14th and Park Road Sales and Service, 1423, 1425 L Street N.W: Phones Main 7228-7229 L b A Case Where a Woman Is Not Interested in one to twenty- Shall Show Profit to Dealer Washington Automeotive Trade Associa tion Says Natural Tendency in Trans- l actions Is for Buyer to Force Terms. That the motorist o interest as a very defl-much praies upon it that every|t0 his friends that he fe simply § part-time salesman for the dealer dale made by a lo dealer repre- | The result is that the publio that i sents a profitable sale, is the opinion | :g{'p:}-fii_' S k?;:mjlln;s:r;?;;i.' :‘;}I;ng‘;‘ set forth in a recent bulletin of the | 2025 YBAT It krows it wants and re Washington Automotive Trade Asso-| Deopls o anced Tacauss 6 clation. The W. A important to make this point owling to the fact that tendency of transact buyer to force the seller an unprofitable sale. “Profitable sales,” it is pointed out, | “are a benefit to buyer and seller alike. No dealer can remain in busi- making a legitimate | M and proper th make thus admitting in seeing n it is worth he fe les, but he finds it is the best kind of advertis. Car owners admit it, otherwis. hey would not be buying their car: where every sale is a profitable sale Not Regarded “Good Business.” “A lot of peopie seem to thin that because they are around town for i T 7777 47 sl 4 i “Indirectly it is 4 tment to th | The grow 3 unprofitable E i a dealer simply weal | strength of the deale ens his organization. The motorie as revealed at the lgst m 1y meet- | wa x = i Transmission. ing ordinary engine oil | tranemiseéion as a precautior It shifting and imprope: very cold weathe: re to add oil occastonally, It is driven extensively in win of the gear case 1 ¥ not enough when engine oi |is mixed with the usual heavier gear compound e | This is because the engine ofl tend > | to work around bearings and the gaskets, particularly when the gea have warmed it up. The lighter th lubricant used in the transmission better, but in this is needed over a por nths. morning to find tha: ing, it Is explalned, that the |he is driving make that has importance of the profitable sale is|local standing, the dealer hav secoming more generally recognized. |gone into bankrupt assoclation, therefore, vuxlmldr‘lrs —_— n excellent tim to settle the m once and for all {LIGHT WINTER LUBRICANT. “There was s the deal- | er bulletin, hen in order to prove | Trstema— the value of the automobile the deal- | More Needed in Cold Weathe: er feund it advisable to make certain | sacrifice order to place the ca in service it on its miss of producing for its owner. Under such an un- |the profitable sale might several profitable s torist would pro that an bile 1o other prospec was worth ow he however, | Eroup in the matter of retail deltver- |18 no T |tes as co red with June 30 last, !9 ‘tr¥ e As a member of the Charmed Clrcle, | it 18 necessary D. C. DEALER HONORED. Mr. Burr was presented with a special | profit Franklin Agent Made Member of |y.ig. and was cented at a special | the ac £ % w” circular table at the luncheon given ' Temptation Is to Sacrifice. ! Charmed Circle. | by President 1. 1. Franklin in the | o H. W. Burr, Franklin dealer grand ballroom of the Commodore | _ Washington, has been elected b Hotel on Wednesday, January ber of the Franklin Charmed e Club, whi¢h includes those Fr parts of dealers who on December 31 last improved their relative positions the particular group of which the were a part, or who had maintained models cou | either first ‘or second" place in t i BUSSES CARRY CHILDREN Motor buses are used to carry 16 000 children to school dally in th | United States. according to a surve: | of aperation now being completed » editors of Bus Traneportation e ers, Siecle from al! were present. s “Such sales do not good pu be. gets his car at a reduct an exce £ his = any who (thgough ywan: i accomplish | e appreciation for the new ! offsst some of the de- R b T : The Chevrolet Utility Coupe $640 f. 0. b. Flint, Michigan has a high-grade body with extra wide doors, large plate glass windows with Ternstedt window regulators, comfortable uphol- stery, roomy single seat, and a mammoth rear compartment for luggage and parcels. ; It is casy to handle, dependable every day iff the vear., and has ample power to contend with bad road conditions. See Chevrolet first. for Economical [ransportation T — it Y CHEVROLET - f 't = Superior Two Passenger Roadster. Superior Five Passenger Tour: Superior Two Passenger Utility Superior Five Passenger S Superior Commercial Chas Superior Light Delivery.. Utility Express Truck Ch: Prices §. o. b. Flint, Mich Bl Coupe 640 705 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Any Dealer " Washington