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THE SUNDAY STAR, LOCAL STANDING. OF CAR IMPORTANT Resale Value Affected by Reputation in City of All Makes. How keeping your standing locally is intrusted to the local orga tion that sells it is told in'a bulletin just issued by the Washington Automotive Trade Asso- ciation Motorists who have considered the car in good points it develops say that this is the first time that the automobile retailer has been presented in this light, previous views having leaned to the belief that the reputation a car enjoved was due lar; to the i rating ‘of the representation cording to the relatively littl has no 1 less of how well may be or how well other cities. Aids Resale. The W. A. T. A.'s view of the mat- ter is in line with its plan of so strengthening the retail situation i Washington as to assure all pre or branch, known the e represented z upon the car owner's place in the process of maintaining the highest possible local nization through se money on ex mong the many causes of poor representation,” the bulletin “this is unquestionably the most serious. It is success that puts the automobile dealer in a position to expand his business and to pop- ularize the car locally. He cannot do this if he js forced to lose money on each transaction. “When the man you buy your car from popularizes the car he sells he popularizes your too. Every time another motorist comes into the clan your dealer represents there is a better market for your present car when you feel that you want to sell it and buy the latest model. Aid Deaier. “The more help the motorist give to the organization he f izes the more th: help h mean He can if you think he £0 to him fran It will do you cause that wes eventually will pay 3 through local unpopularity of your are owning a & s handled 1 vou have a vital mt in the success of the selling or; ization. It is the local dealer who is intrusted with the work of keep- ing the factory's products popular locally, but he is handicapped unle: You enter into the spirit of the thin, You can't be bearish on the car you it to be bullish THE MAN WHO TO TAKE HIS CAR OUT AGAIN. AFTER HAVING You PARK T AWAY IN A BACK CORNER FOR THE NIGHT- Copyright. 1925, by Metropolizan Newapeper WILLYS - OVERLAND - FINE - MOTOR - CARS Its amazing Success isn’'t amazing when You Know-what a FineCaritis The unparalleled popularity and success of the new Overland Six clearly substantiates this fine car’s stand- ing as a motor car value beyond comparison. Overland stepped into six-cylinder engineering and began where others left off . . . sweeping aside old notions and old standards . . . presenting a car beautifully designed, wonderfully engineered ... recognized #nd wel- comed as progress. WORLD’S LOWEST PRICED SEDAN with Sliding Gear Transmission Four Cylinders Four Doors All Steel Body $715 F.O.B.Toledo A car whose beauty, style and luxury command attention, admiration . . . outdoing cars of higher price in power, pickup, smoothness . . . the headliner in traffic perform- ance . .. a car of exactly the right size, weight and balance . . . roomy and restful. Giving value far ex- ceeding its remarkably low price. Small down payment, long easy terms. De Luxe Sedan $1150 f. o. b. Toledo. OVERLAND ~0ith STX cytinders Main 4340 Branch Salesroom, 1022 Conn. Ave. N.W. e Justice Motor Company FRANK M. JUSTICE, President 1515 14th St. N.W. Franklin 5174 WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 3 |Drive for Removal Of Excise Tax on Autos Is Planned Levy to Be Attacked From Many Angles—W ould Cut Prices Further. Prices of automobiles are 29 per cent less than they were in 1914, ac- cording to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which organ ization is heading a movement to cut passenger car prices still further by the removal of the Federal excise tax levy on automobiles. The automobile makers are asking to have this Federal tax burden re- moved in the belief, it is stated, that widespread low-cost motor transpor- tation 1s sound national economy. Among the reasons advanced ainst this Federal tax on automo- tive products are: It is a tax on trans- portation: it fs a special tax, in addi- tion to all the other general which motor vehicle makers and products were burdened 1 Federal war-time taxes; the other items especially a_ war-time measure have function, and the motor vehicl pays $305,000,000 in special & taxes, most of these special fees be devoted to highway purposes. Out of about 9,000,000 balioons of all makes now running, more ! MORE RAILROADS ADOPT t is discriminatory in that | since been freed from these burdens: | special automobile taxation is a State | 1925—PART 3. FREIGHT MOTOR TRUCKS Midwest Follow Example Set by the Two Systems | Pennsylvania. | Two more railroads have adopted the motor truck as a substitute for | rafl freight The Chicago, | Rock Island and Pacific Railroad has | begun trucking service between Chi cago and Auburn Park, 1iL; w . Michigan ~Central has inau trucking e between Ohio, and nroe, Mich. The Pennsylvania Ralilroad on April 1 commenced trucking between its Russell street freight hofise and the Third avenue freight house, in De troit. Similar use of motor trucks by the same railroad has put into effect at Baltimore delphia. This adoption of trucks for terminal freight is in| truc re- | trains begu Railroad_over tw service. | d Phila- | interchange of L. C. L. addition to the place local fr the Pennsylvania levies = WHOLESALE RIMS FOR ALL WHEELS Rundlett Rim Co. 1336 14th St. N.W. / der the seat when you need them fis partly solved by carrying a pair of pliers in a side pocket. It's the handiest aving the 0018 | tool, part v ol ds TRAR e trunk or hidden un-'joned as a screwdriver. Pliers Valuable Asset. The probler ed up in LIGHTS! According to the New Regulations All Trucks Must Be Properly Lighted Tht old, reliable Prest-O-Lite Acetylene System for lighting trucks is economical, sim- ple, dependable, legal and costs less than any other system. 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