Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1932, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1932. BUREAL PROPUSES NEN AUTO LEVES Scheme Approves Higher Gas Tax and Present Personal Property Plan. —(Continued Pfom First Page.) Auto Tax Recommended for D C. Estimated collections from registration fees and taxes récommended by the Bureau of Efficiency follow: No Type of vehicle 2 Private passenger . Private passenger (electric). Light commercial Comnrercial— Taxicabs—H tags. Livery—L tags.. Rental- R tags Truck—Pneumatic . Truck—Solid ... Truck—Pneumatic (electric) . (electric) . the estate tax, and urged that it be Pewritten along more equitable lines. In today's report, the bureau com- bined the bills dealing with increased gas tax and weight tax, and later on will submit' & report on the Mapes local incomte tax plan. The bureau’s 1 will take up the bill in- volving the basic issue of fiscal rela- tions, by which the House is seeking to repeal the substantive law which established the 60-40 ratio of appor- *Bus—Miscellaneous . Motor cycles....... “'railers—Pneumatic Trailers—Solid .. Trailers—Steel tire,.. *Bus—Interstate .. 126 Dealers’ registrati 2,135 Dealers’ tags. Total collections......... veaes tloning the cost of maintaining the National Capital. Plans Treated Separately. In these reports on the various tax bills, the Efficiency Bureau is taking each plan of taxation separately. R’u presumed that the effect these various tax increases would have on the equitable apportionment of &!e expenses of the National Capital 1 be_taken up later. ‘The plan of creating a new highway fund In the accounts of the District, to be financed directly out of motor taxes plus Borland assessments, would, if adopted, have an important bearing on the problem of fiscal relations, be- cause it would relieve the United States of sharing in the cosi of developing & street system laid out on an unusual scale to meet the requirements of the Federal City and constituting one of the chief items of annual expense. ‘The bureau drew a distinction be- tween highways in parks and those in the city generally, reaching the con- clusion that motorists should not be re- red to pay directly, through the new flhvly fund, for the road work done in the parks. $4,000,000 & Year Needed. The bureau found that for the next few years the amount required for street work, half the cost of bridges and th: of the Vehicle and Traffic Department would be approximately $4,000,000 a year. The tax program ‘which the bureau recommended to the Benate Committee would ' meet this total requirement of the new highway fund as follows: Motor fuel tax, 4 cents a gallon, $3,300,000; motor vehicle registration fees (inclu weight levies on trucks), $467,000; motor vehicle operator per- mits, $200,000, and motor vehicle title fees $90,000. These total $4,057,000. “Including the estimate of an annual average return of $200,000 from Borland law assessments, this total would be $4.257,000," the bureau added “With estimated needs totaling $4.000,000 a year, the surplus of $257,000 may be considered a 6.4 per cent reserve to allow for the ibility of reduced col- lections due unforeseen contingen- cles.” After outlining the scope of the pi med new highway fund, Herbert D. wn, chief of the bureau, stated fn his letter of transmittal to the Senate commif ttee: “This plan would place almost the entire burden of street construction and maintenance upon motor vehicle own- ers, and would relieve the general tax- payers of the District of any share of this obligation. The cost of construct- ing and maintaining bridges would be shared equally by the highwav fund and the general revenue.” Changes Are Proposed. ‘The remainder of Mr. Brown's letter of transmittal outlines specific changes in the wording of the Mapes motor vehicle weight tax bill. th:"hou‘h lnwmmendln: retention of personal property tax on motor ve- hicles, the bureau not make this revenue & part of the separate highway fund for street and traffic expenses, but rcommends that the personal levy con- tinue to go into the general fund of the District. Since the Mapes bills made no provi- | %, slon for the separate highway fund advocated by the bureau, the revenue which would have resulted from the Mapes weight tax would have gone into the general revenues of the District. The present 2-cent gas tax already is kept as a separate fund exclusively for street and highway work and the bureau used this as a nucleus around which to build its proposed new high- way fund. . Taking up the Mapes bill to double the gas tax, the efficiency report quotes the Bureau of Public Roads statistics as showing that for the country as a whole this tax ranges from 2 cents a gellon in 4 States, to 7 cents a gallon in 2 other States, with 17 States charg- ing 4 cents. 11 States 3 cents, 9 States 8 cents, 1 State 51; cents and 4 States 6 cents. This, the bureau said, gave an average of .041 per gallon. 4-Cent Levy Defended. “This indicates a tax of 4 cents a gallon would not be unduly burden- some, provided it did not yield reve- nue greatly in excess of the amount chargeable to motor vehicle owners as their share of the costs of highways and related projects in the District of Columbia “In order to determine whether this tax would yield such an excess, it is necessary to estimate the receipts from the 4-cent motor fuel tax, from the registration taxes proposed by H. R. 824 (the weight tax). from other hway fund collections from motor icle owners and from real property °ssments (Borland law) to be cred- to the highway fund.” Nter pointing out the present 2-cent gas {ax amounted to $1.649,302.78 for the fi\-al year 1931, the bureau states: “Bafed on the actual experience of the various States, the bureau estimates that, with a 4-cent tax, the increase in the collection the first year would be at least 100 per cent. An exact 100 per cent increase would produce a total moter fuel tax of $3.298,605.56, and. for ::tklmatz purposes, $3,300,000 has been en.” The report explains that the House bill on weight tax contains rates that vary according to the use, weight and tire equipment of the vehicles. The House schedule ranges from 50 cents per 100 pounds for private passenger vehicles, equipped with pneumatic tires, to 85 per 100 pounds for trucks weigh- ing over 12,000 pounds and equipped with metal tires. Registration Tax Estimated. To arrive at an estimate of the revenue that would be collected from registration taxes, based on the weight schedule in the House bill, the Ef- ficlency Bureau made a study of the motor vehicle title records in the Traf- fic Department and worked out a table which showed the following results would occur under the House bill: Private passenger cars, numbering 108,280; total collection, $1.515,776, or an average of $14 per vehicle. ‘Taxicabs, 3,058; total tax, $109,852; average, $35.92. Pneumatic-tire trucks, 10,991; total tax $697.030: average, $62.50. Solid-tire trucks, 1571: total tax, $456,690; average, $290.70. Pneumatic tire electric, 5 $393; average tax, $78.50. Solid-tire electrics, 3,218, total tax, $35,007; average. $110.08. Motor cyeles, 233; total tax, §1,490; average, $5. ‘The table also showed that the aver- age tax on busses in local transportation ‘would be $238.47; for sight-seeing, $200, and for interstate busses, $25. ‘The bureau found the total collections under the House registration weight tax bill would be $2,015461 on a total of total tax, Number of vehicles operating on free Total number of vehicles registered in Disf Arbitrary estimate of cealers’ vehicles in use. Estimated total of vehicles operated. *Statistics from Public Util'ties Commi All other data from records of d of vehicles Averace tax a¥ing tax Der venicie $1.00 collections *108.280 s B GRBa-eSHERBL Ly 83333228888338 2 $459,886 3,400 4,270 $467,556 tags 2,727 128175 2,000 130,175 ion, District of Columbia. ircator of vehicles and traffic. Note: In the case of electric vehicles, the bureau has added to the basic $1 registration fee, $18 represel tax paid annually by the average ca times as much gas as passenger car: trucks to equalize gas tax. SCHEDULE OF TAXES FOR PNE! Gross weight Over 3 to 4 tons. Over 4 to 5 tons. . Over 5 to 6 tons Over 6 to 7 tons. Over Over Over Over Over Over Electric. O 55 of a dollar Note.—For determined by the director of vehicle: SCHEDULE OF Gl Gross welght. o Over 2 to 3 tons. . Over 3 to 4 tons Over 4 to 5 tons. Over 5 to 6 tons Over 6 to 7 tons. Over 9 to 10 tons. Over 10 to 12 tons.. OverNu mn;u ote.—For t; vu?uu body of the vehicle and the we! determined by the director of ve! pavement, would contribute approxi- | mately $1500,000—more than 50 per | cent of the estimate revenue from reg- istration taxes on all classes of vehicles.” Principles Given as Basis. After setting forth in detail its new plan .r; the ae-nonun{n a highway fund argumen! support of its modified form of motor vehicle weight tax, the bureau advanced the following principles as the foundation for its recommendations: “l. The revenue from any special taxes imposed upon motorists or motor vehicles should be used only for the special purposes for which the special taxes are assessed and should not be used for general municipal purposes. | The revenue for general municipal | purposes should be assessed and col- lected in the form of general taxes. “2. The basis for special taxes on motorists or motor vehicles should not be 50 high that it is unduly burden- some, “3. The revenue from special taxes on motorists or motor vehicles should not exceed the amounts required for highway and related projects, with due allowance for revenue from beneficial assessments against abutting real prop- “4. The total tax should be so ap- portioned that those vehicles that cause the heaviest construction costs and the greatest damage to the high- ways shall pay the heavier taxes. “4. The Bureau of Efficiency believes that the registration fees and taxes rec- ommended in this report meet these Tequirements.” In his letter of transmittal accompa- | nying the report Mr. Brown, chief of | the Efficiency Bureau, explained how | the proposed highway fund would operate as follows: “To this fund would be credited :ll‘ collections from motor vehicle opera- tors' permit fees, motor fuel taxes, motor vehicles' registration fees, motor | vehicle title fees and the real property assessments made against abutting property for benefits incident to first permanent paving. This plan would place almost the entire burden of street con- struction and maintenance upon motor vehicle owners, and would relieve the general taxpayers of the District of any share of this obligation. The cost of constructing and maintaining bridges would be shared equally by the highway fund and the general revenues. Cost Question Weighed. “The buresu has given careful con- sideration to the question of whether the cost of constructing and maintain- ing park roads, park bridges and . ways, or some part thereof, should be added to the items to be charged to the proposed highway fund. It has reached the conclusion that, as between the motor vehicle owners and the general taxpaying public, the placing of this additional burden on the motor vehicle | expenses of parks and parkways in the District of Columbia should be a charge against general revenues, and tha therefore, the general revenues of the District, supplemented by such amount as the Federal Government may con- tribute toward the support of the Dis- trict of Columbia government, should be charged with the cost of construc- TAXES FOR SOLID-TIRED VEHI( ROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF 4,000 POUNDS. Hectric. gross weight should include the chassis and ht of the maximum permissible load as icles and traffic. owners would be inequitable, that the| t, | tion and maintenance of park roads,| nting the equivalent of the gasoline r. Estimating that trucks use three , $54 is added to electric solld tire UMATIC-TIRED VEHICLES WITH GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF 6,000 POUNDS. Basic fe~ - Weight tax ther.' 14 (£ross wet). *$5.50 8.50 12.00 16.50 . 21.50 27.00 33.50 48.00 65.50 z : 1 85.50 140.50 86.50 have been made an even half dollar ———Total tax) Etectric Other. $60.50 $6.50 63.50 9.50 67.00 13.00 17.50 22.50 28.00 pal for convenience in assessment and collection, tax purposes gross weight should include the chassis ana body of the vehicle and the weight of "dw maxim um permissible load as and traffic. WITH A asic fee— X —Total tax. Other. Eie her: . Eiectric. Other. 00 Arbitrary. 300 500 855 1 565 501 erty tax on motor vehicles in the Dis- trict of Columbia should be ret:ined and that the proceeds should be covered the general revenues of the Dis- trict. In this manner the motor vehicle owner would continue to pay his share of the District of Columbia, under the personal property tax law. There ap- pears to be mo more justification for exempting the motor vehicle owner from the personal property tax on his vehicle because he is subject to special taxation than there would be to exempt a restaurant owner from the personal gropeny tax on his equlrmem because e is subject to & special cover the cost of necessary inspection by certain offices of the District gov- ernment. Any cost to the government brought about by the peculiar use to which a certain type of personal prop- erty is put should be finenced by ad- ditiona] taxation of the owner. The use of the roads and streets by motor vehicles has caused increased construc- tion and maintenance expenditures that motor véhicles s far as is reasonably le. However, it is only equitable that the additional or special taxes levied on the motor vehicle owner should be used to finance only those special projects for which he is re- sponsible, and should under no ecir- cumstances be diverted to general rev- enues. If general revenues are not sufficient to provide adequately for the projects of general public interest, the deficiency should be met by general taxes on the community as a whole, and not by a part of the community which has already paid its pro-rata share of all forms of general taxation.” The items of municipal expense which the bureau recommends be financed from the proposed separate highway fund, to be created by pooling the various motor vehicle taxes and as follows: Salaries of surface division: one-half of salaries of bridge division; road and street improvement (gas tax revenues); condemnation work; street repairs, opening, grading and exten- sions; bridges, one-half cost; salaries in office of director of vehicles and trafic; purchase. installation, etc., of electric traffic lights, signals and con- trols; purchase of motor vehicle tags; miscellaneous office supplies. The same table shows that the fore- going expenses would amount to the following totals for the next four years: 1933, $3.743,760; 1034, $4.104,540; 1935, $4,075,600; 1936, $4.063,140. These es- timates are based on the remainder of the five-year program of the Highway Department, together with the antici- park bri¢zes and parkways. “A plan that would impose upon the motor vehicle owners the cost of the construction and maintenance of park roads, park bridges and parkways would place B burden to a large extent upon trucks that are barred from th of these facilities.” The report begins by recaliing that | prior to the advent of the automobile the constiuction of highways was met | from general taxation, the same as| schools, sanitation and other public service projects. It states that since the advent of the automobile the de- | mand for improved highways has grown | year by vear until the combined high- | way programs of the State and Federal | governments now amount to from one | to two billions of dollars annually. Pre- sumably in support of its contention that the personal property tax on motor vehicles thould be retained, along with the higher gas tax and the new weight | tax on trucks, the bureau states: | “The principle that the motorist should continue to be subject to all| forms of general taxation is commonly recognized. No instance is known where the motor vehicle owner has been re-| lieved of his income or Teal property | taxes on account of any special motor | vehicle taxes levied upon him. The | one exception wl;i:;‘l ht:‘ been noted is the persongl property tax on motor ve- hlclc': A"few of the States have ex- empted the motor vehicle owner from a personal property tax on his motor vehicle while continuing to tax all| other forms of personal property which he possesscs. However, according to data furnished in the publication ‘Spe- | cial Taxation for Motor Vehicles,' 1931 | 125,448 tax-paying vehicles, or an aver- age for all vehicles of $23.24 a vehicle. e private pessenger vehicle the “which causes lml]Jx no modern type city edition, published by the Motor Vehicle Conference Committee, 34 of the 48 States continue to tax motor vflnd-l 88 personal property. | “It is believed that the personal prop- | of the general costs of the government | license tax to | should be borne by the owners of the | fees, are listed in a table in the report | of the Vi N e 5t S W o by the motoring public through & fund segregated from the general revenues of the city, the bureau shows in its report that if the House motor vehicle weight tax bill became @ law in its present form, to- gether with a 4-cent gasoline tax and existing fees from operating permits and title fees, the total sum raised an- nually from motor vehicles to finance this highway fund would be $6,490,000. This amount of revenue would be at least $2,400,000 more than would be needed to carry out the bureau’s plan of taxing motor vehicles to meet di- rectly the cost of highway and traffic department activities. The bureau eliminated this large anticipated sur- lus by rewriting the Mapes motor ve- cle weight tax bill in & way that reduces its estimated tax yield from | $2,900,000 under the House rates to $467,000 in its revised form. In the process of rewriting this bill, the bu- reau left passenger cars, light com- | mercial vehicles and taxicabs with a | nominal $1 registration fee, but re- taining substantigl weight taxes on ! | trucks, with especially severe rates on those with solid or steel tires. | Electric passenger vehicles would have |to pay a $19 registration fee under the bureau’s bill. The report points out that, since electric automobiles are not reached by the gasoline tax, the bureau has added to the normal $1 registration fee for passenger cars & fee of $18, which the bureau says is the average annual gas tax on other passenger Cars. ‘The following table summarizes the estimated receipts from motor vehicle owners from the 4-cent gas tax, the weight tax as passed by the House, the present operator permit fees and the present vehicle title fees: From 4-cent | gas tax, $3,300,000; the House registra- | tion weight tax, $2,900,000; operators’ | permits, $200,000, and tilie fees, $90,000. | | Tnis produces the total for credit to highway fund of $6,490,000. Of course, | under ‘the bureau’s recommendations, motorists also would have to continue paying the personal property tax on their cars, but that sum is not included here because the bureau advocates plac- ing that revenue in the general tax l{{:m instead of the special highway n T > report next turns its attention to ti» question of what should be done with Borland assessments, which are levied on abutting property owners when a street is newly paved. In this connection it states: “If the complete costs of construc- tion, maintenance and repair of high- ways, roads and streets are to be met by the highway fund, all collections from abutting property owners made under the terms of the Borland law as amended * * * should be credited to the highway fund. The law requires in general that one-half the cost of any permanent type of paving be assessed against the abutting real property. Under the law as recently amended, the amount thus assessed will frequently be less than one-half the cost. At present, whenever the funds for such paving are advanced from the gasoline tax road and street fund, the collections under the assessments are credited to that fund and, similarly, if advanced from general revenues, the collections are returned to general revenues. If the highway fund is to advance funds for all such paving, all collections on that account should be returned to it. Drop in Collections. “Due to litigation and to the recent change in the basis of assessments under the law, the collections, which were $292490 for 1930, dropped to $150,686 for 1931, For 1932 the Dis- trict auditor estimates that these col- lections will be negligible. The matter undoubtedly will be adjusted and within a few years these collections should | amount to approximately $300,000 a year. In view of the fact that the present low collections probably will be followed by higher returns, $200,000 | seems to be a fair estimate of the average annual return over the next several years, “The amount of estimated collections | from taxes proposed in the bills H. R. 5823 (4-cent gas tax) and H. R. 5824 | tregistration weight tax) and from re- lated sources of income, as previously | shown, will be $6,490,000 annually. To this sum, the estimate of $200,000, under the Borland law, has been added, mak- ‘To make it |ing a total of $6,690,000. | reasonably conservative, this estimate is reduced to $6,500,000. “The expenditure iteths amounting to $4,000,000 (included in foregoing de- scription of activities under proposed H flon (as pre House B “would distribute more equitably the highway fund) are all that can reason- ;b;’};‘ba charged solely to the motoring ublic, “Therefore, the revenues from the increased motor vehicle taxes proposed in H. R 5823 and H. R. 5824, together with other revenues from taxation of motor vehicle owners and from collec- | tions properly to be credited to the | highway fund, will be approximately 182,500,000 & year in excess of the esti- mated needs for all projects justly chargeable to the motoring public. “By conservative estimate, the revenue | to be derived from the taxes prescribed |in H. R. 5823 and H. R. 5824 alone | would amount to at least $6,000,000, or | $2,000,000 in excess of the requirements | for the program for highways and re- lated projects. Even the proceeds from | the present 2-cent motor fuel tax for | the fiscal year 1931, plus the estimated | proceeds from the registration taxes | provided in H. R. 5824, would produce ‘annunlly a surplus of approximately $500,000 as follows:" | Proceeds from 2-cent tax, 1931, | $1,649,302: registration receipts under | H. R. 5824, $2,900,000. 'Total, $4,540,- | 302, as compared with highway fund requirements of $4,000,000. “This surplus of $500,000 would be ‘!n:ruud by returns from operators’ ) Flowers_and Decorations e UR four flower shops are generously stocked with appropriate potted blooming plants, FERNS, bright green- flower. leaved house s direct from plants and fresh, fragrant cut our own greenhouses. Order early for prompt service and satisiaction. More Than a Quarter of a Million Feet of Flowers Under Glass DON'T PORGET TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW AT OUR BLADENSBURG ROAD GREEN- HOUSES, PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1 TO § P.M. MAIN o, 8103"14th St. COlumbla 3103 STORE: Member Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association 1212 F STREET N.W. Phone NAtional 4278 Other Flower Shops at N.W. permits, title fees, and Borland law ASSeSSI ::l of 4 ents. “However, the motor fuel major portion of the tax burden charge- Iblg wpomo(or vehicles, provided it is supplemented by nominal registration Tees, plus surplus weight taxes for those classes of vehicles that cause the great- est damage to the highways, the weight taxes to be so graduated as to encourage the use of other than the most destruc- v ypes juipment." “‘ifl"er dzo\'lnuegg p-t\eral es to pags technical discourse on the relative effect of vehicles of different size and tire equipment on road surfaces, the bureau l%m%-;ches its substitute plan of regis- tration weight tax, with the following discussion : “With gross weight as the basis, the scale of registration taxes should be pro- portionate to the street cost that the operation of Vehicles of different weights entails. It is known that as the gross weight of a vehicle increases, its de- structive effects on highways not de- signed to carry that weight increase, but the available information is not sufficiently exact to use in fixing the taxes on the different vehicles. Modern methods of transportation demand that highways be constructed to withstand the onslaughts of heavy vehicular traf- fic. It seems to be the consensus of opinion that the upper !mit of per- missible weight for commcial vehicles should not be less than 10 tons gross weight. Obviously, a ‘10-ton highway’ will not suffer from a 3-ton static load, nor will it be measurably impaired by the 1mpact of a 3-ton load if carried on pneumatic tires, or a 2-ton load on solid tires complying with regulations as to thickness and width. The only remain- ing factor to be considered is surface wear on other than concrete roads. It is belleved that the proposed motor fuel tax imposes an equitable and ade- quate charge for surface wear, as well as such slight impact damage as may be occasioned by the lighter weight vehicles that are propelled by motor fuel. Registration Fee Proposed. “It is, therefore, recommended that for the District of Columbia for all pneumatic-tired vehicles of this type having a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less, and for all solid-tired vehicles of this type having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less, a registration fee of $1 be charged to cover the costs of ;;:mmum, and that no weight tax be posed. “It 18 recommended that for all solid- tired vehicles propelled by motor fuel and weighing in excess of 4,000 pounds and not in excess of 20,000 pounds gross, the registration taxes be deter- mined in accordance with the formula: ‘The formula worked out by the bu- reau for its substitute plan of regis- tration tax contemplates “a fixed con- stant of one dollar to cover the cost of registration,” plus another fixed constant “in such amount as may be needed to assess as a surtax on such solid-tired vehicles, the amount ap- portioned to them on account of the special damage they do to the streets and highways and the added construc- tion costs “incurred to provide the heavier types of road construction.” Estimating that the average tax per year on gasoline passenger cars is $18, the bureau recommends that. in apply- ing Its formula to solid-tired electric passenger vehicles, the sum of $18 be added to the basic $1 registration fee. Estimating that the average commer- cial vehicle uses approximately three times as much motor fuel as a passen- ger vehicle, it is recommended that, in applying the bureau’s formula to solid-tired electric commercial vehicles, the sum of $54 be added to the basic $1 registration fee. 53 BUFFALO FOR SALE Included in 101 Ranch Property Offered for Auction March 24-25. | PONCA CITY, Okla., March 16 (#).— Want to buy a buffalo? The entire FLOWER GARDENS CAMPAIGN T0 OPEN Hyde to Launch Plan for Beautifying Homes During Washington Celebration. of It - o L Apedony e e, ‘Washington Bicentennial fiower-g len campaign, sponsored {,‘M by the States Bicentennial lon, in a Nation-wide radio broadcast over the National Broadcasting Co, network. The flower-garden plan, under which it is proposed to have every vacant space around homes all over the coun- try bloom with flowers during the Summer in honor of the Bicentennial | anniversary, will be explained by Rep- | resentative Sol Bloom of New York, as- | sociate director of the commission. A program of music will be offered by the | United States Marine Band Orchestra. ‘The Garden Clubs of America, as well | as school garden clubs and other floral | organizations, are co-operating in this plan, according to the Bicentennial Commission. The Agriculture Depart- ment is co-operating with State Bicen- tennial groups in this work, and horti- cultural experts attached to agricultural colleges throughout the country are promoting this activity through schools. { . Amateur gardeners will plant Colonial | flowers, ln]nunl‘s and perennials which | were popular in the days of George Washington. The United States Bicen- tennial Commission is essisting ama- teur gardeners in this connection. "TRUCKING CONCERNS PLAN TAX BATTLE Vehicle Owners’ Association Called to Map Opposition to Mapes Program. ‘The board of governors of Com- mercial Motor Venicle Ownefi" Asso- ciation of the District of Columbia will meet at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at 2 o'clock tomor- | row afternoon to discuss the program | for participating in the fight on the Mapes taxation program. The association, which includes in its membership all those industries which use trucks for the conduct of their busi- ness, has estimated that the operating costs of these would be boosted by hun- | dreds of thousands of dollars by the proposed weight tax and increased gaso- | line tax, which would, in turn, be re- | flected in consumer costs. At tomorrow's meeting also Jerome Fanciull, the secretary, who led the | fight before the recent 'session of the Virginia Legislature which brought about full reciprocity in Virginia for Capital motor operators, will report on the results obtained in Richmond, COMPANY SHOWS PROFIT Consolidated Food Produets, Ltd., | Makes Annual Report. TORONTO, Ontario, March 16 (#).— Consolidated Food Products, Limited, |and its subsidiary companies, Arnold | Bros, Limited, and Pure Food Stores, Limited, earned net profit of $47499 before allowance for depreciation and interest charges, the annual report for fiscal year ended February 27 showed yesterday. This compares with Tiny Pearls Added To Treasure Trove By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, March 16 —A small bag filled with pearl and gold beads, some of almost too small to Oaxaca treasure trove, recently discov- ered in a tomb at Monte Alban. Prof. Alonzo Caso and his aides care- |fully screened the sandy dust on the floor of the tomb for several weeks to add these small objects to the treasure. | which has moved here recently and was | described as one of the richest arch- | eological finds ever turned up on the American continent. | Some of the beads were so small that the finest needle would not peneirate their perforations, and the excavator. | have been convinced that many still | smaller ones have been lost in the | sandy floor of the tomb, which was the last resting place of a group of Mexican chieftains. The tomb was estimated to be 300 or more years old. FIRMS FAIL TO FIGHT RUM PLOT CHARGE Nolo Contendere Plea Entered in Alleged Industri>l Alcohol Conspiracy. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 16—A nolo contendere plea to & charge of conspir- acy to convert industrial alcohol into beverage channels was entered in Fed- | ersl Court here yesterday by the Ama- zon Industrial Chemical Co, New York; the American Oil & Supply Co. of New Jersey and Nate Scharlin and Joseph J. Darvin, New York, officials of the Ama- zon Co. At the same time the Government similar charges against Arthur P. Jell, secretary-treasurer of the Amer- | ican Solvents & Chemical Co. The company pleaded nole contendere to the charge with several other com-| panies March 1. All of the firms and individuals| | charged were indicted last July by the Federal grand jury in what the Govern- | ment described as the largest alcohol conspiracy ever uncovered. ‘Two firms, both located in New Jer- | sey, and two individuals were tried in | Pederal Court last week on the charge | and convicted. Five individuals were | | acquitted. The convicted fgms were | fined $10,000 each and the individuals | sent to jail for two years. | GANGSTER SENTENCED Jail Term Is Deferred Because of His Injuries. | BELLEVILLE, Ill, March 16 (#).— Pleading guilty of impersonating an | officer and carrying concealed weapons, John Moran, 30, of East St. Louls, re- | | puted associate of Gus Winkle, notorious | | gunman, was sentenced here yesterday | to serve six months in jail and to pay | | & fine of $300. | | The jail sentence was deferred, how- ever, because of Moran’s condition, re- | sulting from injuries he suffered last July when an automobile in which he equipment of the noted “101 Ranch,” |a deficit on the same k;uln of $230,524 | was riding with \g‘mklz‘r crashed into a which includes 53 of them, is bei of- | in the previous year. After interest and | tree at St. Joseph, Mich., former home g depreciation, the 1932 deficlt was $85,- | of Fred Burke, now serving a life term Were placed together in a great fered at public auction March 34 and 25 by Fred C. Clark, receiver. | 259 compared with $324,352 a year ago. | Plans for reorganization and consoli- in the Michigan Prison for murder. | Officers said Moran had represented It is hoped, however, to sell the dation of the concern are outlined in | himself as being a deputy constable of buffalo privately. the report. More dealers sell BREYERS - | Dupo, Ill. them | was added yesterday to the {one of the chai CANNON MINIMIZES OTE INHOUSE Not an Accurate Test of Attitude of Members, Bishop Says. Gold Beads Found in Monte Alban Tomb Al- | most Too Small to Handle. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Bishop James Cannon, jr, chairman of the Board of Temperance and Social Serv~ | ice of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who is visiting in Los Angeles, think the prohibition vote in fonday furnished an accu- the House of Represente day to discharge the Judi= from further consicer- Linthicum prohibition t was not an accurate test of of the members of the districts, on the prin- n.” said the bishop. Iy every wet member voted to discharge the committee,” he | continued, “a number of dry members like Representative Rainey joined with them, either because they favor full op= portunity for freedom of discussion of prohibition on the floor of the House of | because they sincerely believe that re- submission of the question to the States and the definite rejection of the wet by the States would be the e method to put an end to agitation. the attitu e = of time of the House scussion of prohibition ult economic situation nasses of the people need and r bread more than booze, it is r to admit that genuine drys might insist that the prohibition principle was not involve in the vote. “However, in view of the fact that a majority’ of Representatives in 29 States voted against the conside eration of even the resubmission reso- lution, why throw the whole country into the throes of a pt ct until a majority of the Representatives from at least two-thirds of the States (32) vote to submit any prohibition to the States, for 36 States must approve before any amendment could be ratified. Certainly there is quite & gap to be cov= ered by the wets before 29 tes resubmission is changed into 32 States for resubmission.” GETS $25 ALIMONY Ethel R. Nelson Awarded Sum Temporarily. Mrs. Ethel R. Nelson, 707 Tewkes- bury place, yesterday was awarded tem- porary elimony of $25 monthly pending the hearing of her divorce proceeding against her husband, Arthur q‘ Nelson, an automobile salesman, and his cross~ petition against her. Mrs. Nelson in an afdavit denied of the husband's cross-petition in which he claimed he had mede full settlement with her by paying her $350 and deeding his intere est in the Tewkesbury place property to her. The wife asserted the property wes purchased with her own money and declired her husband never had any interest in it. PRISON RIOTERS TRIED PRINCETOWN, England, March 16 () —Thirty-two convicts were brought m Dartmoor Prison today to stand trial in connection with the riot there last_January. 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