Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 67

| development of opjnion in Congress that . L the ta: should be eliminated al- ' together. N i, “Foremost members have not hesi- oo X ted to express belief that only the fact that money was needed, and FOR AUTO TRU fiair Parts Marks End of ! 1 .7 Long’ Struggle. e i when statistics are given. (in 1900 there were about 5,000 auto- moblles. tablishes the place of the motor ve- & hicle than the recent action of the House of Representatives in amend- ing the new revenue bill by reducing 50 per cent the tax on repair parts] and accessories and cxempting from & It taxation certain truck chassis,” 68ys day wi the ear has Fred C. Chandler, president of the :!u.(hlor ome time, but it's easy to Chandler Motor Car Company. “It Is, of cou the Senate will concur. still further in of Representativ “But, in any event, it is & no sccomplishment to have convinced the Jower branch of the national legisla- tu-e that autumobiles are a utility # and should be relieved from taxation to take the burden off transportation. “The extent of progress shown by this action can best be giasped by making a compari: th the condi- | tions seven years when the first ; urgency re.enue b.li was passed. “It will be recalled that at that) time very few members of -either the | House of Representatives or the Se: ate evidenced any compunctiol against heavy taxations on motor v hicles, Special Considerntion. # “There seemed to be a féeling that the passenger car was a luxury and that the truck had not reached the point of commercial availability to *entitle it to any special considera- tion. “It was felt that motor vehicles formed a proper subject for almost any limit of taxation. and there was, at one time a good chance that cars | would have to carry a tax of 20 per cent and trucks 10 per cent. “It will be recalled that one of the great tasks of the National Automo- | bile Chamber of Commerce, the American Automobile Assocfation and the National Automobile Dealers’ As- sociation was to demonstrate to Con- gress the important place of the mo- tor vehicle in the nation's fabric of transportation. “Those who made the fight for the National Automobile Chamber of ommerce, including Hugh Chalmers, Charles Hanch, A. B. C. Hardy, George 3L Graham and Alfred Reeves, found no very sympathetic welcome await- ing them when they went before the House ways and means committee and the Senate finance committee to plead the cause of the industry and ©f the automobile user. “But it was found that the mem-/ + bers steadily grew more responsive to ! the campaign of education. “Bvery time a revenue bill was un- der consideration the National Auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce pre- | sented its spokesmen and protested | against the injustice of the principle ! of maintaining war taxes In_peace ! Two Expressions Effective. *Two expressions were found very af!ec(iv. in this campaign of educa- jon: “First. Reference to the tax on re- | pair parts as a ‘misfortune tax’ car-! ried a very strong appeal to those! ho had overlooked the fact that by | collecting a tax on a broken axle, for | + example, the United States was capi- | talizing the hard luck of the. maa | whose car had sustained the damage. “Second. The term ‘stigma tax’ was @ reminder that maintaining war taxes on automobiles put the motor | vehicle in the same class as murder- ous weapons, narcotics. alcoholic liquors. and other similar things ! whose _value to the community is so | frankly questioned that taxes are' purposely made high In order to re- strict their use. “Undoubtedly, the . great increase in the use of motor cars and motor trucks has had its influence in chang- ing the legislative viewpoint. “At the time the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce began its great fight In 1917 the automobile registrations in the United States ‘were 5,104,321. “Now they have grown to 15,000,000 “This is an increase of 200 per cent in about seven vears. *“No_ alert student of mational prog- ress could be indifferent to the sig- nificance of these figures. + _“Therefore, we have scen a steady fefore: e have seem 2 steady TIRES Tire Shops, Inc. 327 13th St. N.W. fl;nu against an article of high utll-, | Open an Account for Your Tire Purchases NO = Financia] Charge WEEKLY PAYMENTS Delay EBONITE wil! silerice a noisy trans. mission, -because it: haracter and con siste exert ¢ cushioning effect which quiets noisy gears, board service statiom sign. FBONITE Has No Rivale Thepe In No Substitute. EBONITE (ITS SHREDDED Ol FOR TRANSMISSIONT ot ' bill, and | of ‘time before these tazes Reduction of Taxes on Re- | oo smimeiet” : ber of motor cars in service has in- |1 urping peri; . t-ani not certain that '~save” the engine. It is also a The grease In the transmission will * possibility that the Scnate may go;:’f like molasses, 80 if the car is run __THE nd that taxes could readily be automobtle collected, offered any excuse for their coutimuance. “The industry believes that some re- will be afforded jn the present CARS MULTIPLY RAPIDLY. The rapidity with which the mum-|the country as reased is difficult to realize. even f an hour on a single stretch of road evoted to supply and dispatch trans- |sions expressed by H. H. Rice, presi- Tt Cadillac Official Prediets Times for Year After Long Business Trip. Steady, conservative prosperity for (380 ©f §oods which might create a ‘whole, absence of of efther inflation | and lndunz in those sections this a SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 16, 1924—PART 3, SEES PROSPERITY AHEAD FOR NATIO Good Tn France|or deflation, a substantial increase of motor car production during the year During the late world War|ang an increase of 35 per cent in the |in No de: 1y es- *No development more clearly that many might be seen in the course|, .o "0 ' pe ompany were conclu. | the south: per cent over the 1933 total, although 1933 was our largest year. “I was greatly impressed by the substantial developments which are ®oing on In the states I visited, and there is evidence of returning prosper- | ity in the oil regions. Nowhere did I find evidences of overextension of credit. Merchants had met the period of defiation by cutting their Inven- tories to a safe basis. They were not overstocked, nor was there a short- seller's market. I look for middle course an the part of b ;:lr. and t is the basis of the form of proaperity. 2, fo general business conditions 924, 1 that what applies to also true of the country as & whele. Surveys within our own organization indicate that dent and general manager of the our bushess generally will show the [ S—— STICK TO MODERATION. mistake of stralning the in_your esgermess to rmine , moderation! Mr. Rice states. business there for the benefit of our company, Cadillac Motor Car Company, upon |same his return from a trip through sev- eral of the southwestern states. £ “The purpose of my trip through the | 5 Doen, IADGIE | goythwest, and particularly through Kansas and Oklahoma, was | ropes, conditions | are enerous increase which we are g:cl ng In the atates through which e just traveled. Nobody ever ade money by seiling the United tates short. European conditions are not likely to hurt materiaily the pros- perity of our own country. The Bu- situation is improving, but we leveloping our own prosperitv ide from developments abroad, and, as Judge Gary expresses it, wita 1iv,- “The trip has con- (00,000 contented, happy people, we vinced me,” he continues, “that condi- |are beginning to realize that we have tions there will be far more prosper- [ within our own country all the cle- BUYING AUTO ON LAST YEAR’S TIP PROVES COST- LY MISTAKE TO MANY (Continued from Sixth Page.) But there is still entirely too much buying on antiquated information for the good of motoring. It Is still somewhat discouraging to those who are working for a better distribution of cars among owners through more logical buying to note how many moto-ists are still talking about features, both good and bad, that haven't been seen on the new cars for the past two years. One make used to turn out a most unsat- isfactory paint job, and there are thousands of people all over the coun- try who say today that the Blank car is right good, except for the paint. Little Judgment Used. When a group of average motorists get logether and s cars one would have evar{ evidence to support the belief that they were discussing | models of two to five years back. Without opening the hood to see what | th. situation Is at present, two mo- torists recently decided that the fan belt was a point against & certain car. be use jt f th { mate on the counterah [ o d gear and itsous than in 1923 We expect our busi ~e *o “a ine-eaged ahout necessary for economic we i turer had been using a belt of dcuble width for two years, Somebody had a fire with his car e, and avor since then n made particular make. cAr now with tl highest in the surance manual; Some people have such unlimited pride in their cars ti they manage to mislead every one who comes to them for advice. This pride is fre- quently justified, but these are not tho cars for sale. The tips do not apply. They may not be useful even as a general guide. Prejudice works the same way, As a consequence the wise car buyer shops on & value basis, and thus comes to avoid the poor model as well s the danger of overlooking the good. He usually makes a satisfac. tory purohase. —Cmgiet) Rad ators n:l‘ l;'eldm Y KIND MADE EPAIRED. uflml installed 11 a: lu%,u 10 DIFFERENT MAKES IIATORS, WITTATATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. Fr. 6416. 1485 P. _¥r. 8036, BALLUON WHEELS AND FOR ALL CARS SERVICE T¢RE CO. 1336 14th St. : Automobile Salesman To meet large demand for new model popular Star and Durant cars. Experienced salesmen will have backing of old established and progressive organ- ization; satisfactory trade allowances and liberal financing of sales, "This is the best opportunity in the uti\; for an Experienced Salesman to profit from the sale of the cars rapidly becoming the most popular in America. Big selling season now ‘6’;’19' way. No investment required. See Mr. vis. Harper Motor Company, Inc. 1130 Connecticut Avenue Distributors of the Durant and Star Automobiles U. S. Royal Cord alloon-Type Tires For the 14,000,000 Car Owners Who are In- terested in Balloon Tire Cushioning—But May Not Want to Scrap Prgsent Wheels and Rims 'OST every car owner now under- stands and wants the advantages of Balloon Tires. For the man who is buying 2 new car this year, the way is perfectly plain. He has a wide choice of cars carrying Bal- loon Tires as optional equipment, with wheels of the correct size to take full Balloon Tifes. & - But the man who waants to drive his old car another year or so finds that he has to buy new wheels and rims, if he wants to use full Balloon Tires. It is quite an expense to buy 4 or 5 ncw wheels and rims, so he begins to look into the so-called Balloon Tires that fit the wheels already on his car. So far he has heard litdde more than 2 mass of conflicting arguments advanced by one manufacturer or another. Here is a plain statement of fact by the oldest and largest rubber manufacturer in the world, tohelp the manwho now owns a car, and who doesn’t waat to scrap his present wheels and rims, to determine whether he should stick to his high-pres- sure tires or change to U.S. Royal Balloon-Type Tires. ' To do that it is necessary to get back to the “what” and “why* of the Balloon Tire. s s s Every car owner knows that his car rides essier and that there is less jolt and jar when his high-pressure tires are under-inflated. But he also knows that when he runs the tires soft, the milesge he getsis greatly reduced. The constant flexing breaks down the thick rus at high air N.B.= wall low pressure Do sot confuse U.S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tires with pressures. Such tires are sometimes offered umlylw-irq_m Hence will not give the cushioning quality of the thin side- and Balloon-Type Tires. ‘This is the U. S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tire—the latest devel- opment in balloon cushioning — a_thin, flexible side-wall, low air-pressure tire—that you can use on your present wheels and rims. oversize thick side-wall tires built to n Tires but cannot be operated suc- United States Royal Cord Balloon and Balloon-Type Tire Sizes neceseary side-walls and they go to pieces. U. S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tires, msde to fit present wheels and fims, are built speci- fically to run on low air complished by making . ‘This is ac- side-wall thinner. Because the side-wall is thin and flexible instead of thick and stiff, it dossn’t beesk down ‘when it flexes. ‘changes necessary 29x4.408S. 8. 31x525 « 31x525 « 32x525 « *31x4.408S.8S. 32x4.95 “ 33x4.95 “ 34x495 « 33 x4% « 34x4% « 33x5 « “Change rims 8 streightelde if car is now equipped with clincher. 32 x4%S.S. necessary 33 x5.778.8. 34x5.77 « 35x577 « 35x6.60 « necessary 32x6.208. 8. 33x6.20 « 33x6.20 « 34x7.30 « While U. S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tires are larger than regular Royal Cord Tires, they don’t change the gear ratio. Being soft, they bend out under the weight of the car so that the outside wheel diameter (counting the wheel and tire as a unit) is practically the same. U. S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tires are scientifically built for the wheels now on your car. And it is entirely practical for you to mount two U. S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tires on the rear wheels with standard high-pressure tires on the front. This makes it possible for you to use up your partly-worn high-pressure tires on the front wheels, while changing over gradually to Balloon-Type Tires. s » * . Now—a car owner may very well ask—if theseU.S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tireswhich fit present wheels and rims give balloon cush- ioning—why the U.S. Royal Cord Balloon Tire? Simply this— The first development in low air pressure tires was the full BalloonTire for 20 and 21inch rims—a bigger cross section, “fuller bodied” tire than the Balloon-Type. It has, frankly, a bit more cushioning qual. ity and a bit more service in it— because the angle of flexure is not as acute as in a smaller cross sectional diameter tire. It also gives more bflking_ surface. Asidefrom this, itisthesamethin, flexibleside- wall, low air pressure tire as the Balloon-Type. L I * . U.S. Royal Cord Balloon-Type Tires—the latest development—are, however, the tires for the owners of cars now equipped with high pressure tires, They require no wheel or rim changes. They fit present wheels and rims perfectly. They do not interfere with fenders, frame or brakes. They do not change the gear ratio appre- ciably. They are thin side-wall, low air-pressure tires embodying the balloon principle and giving approximate balloon performance. ‘They bear the endorsement of the oldestand largest rubber organization in the world. U. S. Tires are the only tires in the world made of cords solutioned in raw rubber latex | Un ed States Rubber Company