New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1924, Page 14

men; mark dreds of thousands of opened new and tremendotv for. such allied industrics as ass, lumber and ng industry, through the erection of thousands of private an public garages, has benefited; road Luilding, entailing the employment of thousands, h 1 a point of de- velopment surpassing even the expec- tatiods of the good road advocates o ten years ago. In like manner hotels and merchants in towns throughout the entire country have njoyed in- creased business through army of tourists that travel the roads from carly summer until late fal But while the motor car E ed materially in the development of this country one of its most important contributions to weifare of the nation is unknown to most people, and that is the enormous tax it pays toward the support of t wern- ment. From every standpo und and unprejudiced reasonin wobile is an essential, y singled out to bear placed on all motor and parts. In a though it were a the world's mos cconomical m 1 of same functions as the wagon, ti farm implement and other essentials that are viewed purely as necessities to the industrial life of the nation and which are unburdened by an excise tax. During the past year alone this 5 per cent excise tax on motor cars h brought to our government the stag- gering total of more than one hun- dred million dollars. this sum with the total amounts received by the government in the same period from some in the uniori and it will open your eyes. T am not un- mindful of the nec of taxation with respeet to the tremendous bur den of debt entailed by the world war but with 14,000,000 motor cars in this country filling ndamental need for rapid and economical transporta- tion there a ay who serious- v regard t as a luxury NASH ARGUES FOR LOWER AUTO TAXES Declares Few Now Regard Motor Vehicles as Luxury annual each There are today 14,000,000 motor cars and trucks turning their wheels cn the highways of this couptry with every prospect of a substaiifial crcase during the 1924 season. Only a few years ago there were those who feved and had figures to prove, at the “point saturation” wo reached at the 5,000,000 mark. Al- he motor trucks is taxed Juxury, whereas it is Ivanced and mo performing or, as Contract state o most three today luctior the 1 Hannah Misu ! will One evening, after finishing work “lat the mill, Hannabh, with Martha, her friend, went to the clerk of the \avey Parish church to give notice of her arket. but §t intended marriage. . fnite market | The clerk rn'ml‘wl-d-"l to fill up the poRiglites usual forms mnd ask the necessary manufactur- | o ctions, which were timidly but correctly answered, until the elerk asked, “Are you a spinster? “No, sii I'm a weaver, Hannan Marth: Bits (Lond He Got 'Em Cheap ! ston Blagkie—Where d'va get de swell outfit o' clothes? Chicago Silm-—At de “How much " “Aw, 1 dunno gone home foh de Legion Weekly ter the close tion" Wh wturation” in t 3 reached, there will be annual replacement will be a more or and competition ers and dea at any £ battle country L very among ers will b time in t ready o » 1924 season, more story of itomo- 1 ival of a year of the sury 14,000,000 Cars on Highways, Meanwhile with 14,000,000 auto- mobiles and trucks on the highways of America motor car industry Las reached oportions undreamed of by its pione The automobile has contribute ways to the advancement of , it has 78 NASH CARS SOLD IN 1923 store e night.™ boss done had s American Unusually Attractive Time-Payment Plan FPOUR PRICES Five-Passenger Touring . Carriole (5-Pass. Enclosed 1. o b. Milwasker SPACE NO. 3 4-door struction, priced and -NEW CHRYSLER SIX | PLEASES AVIATOR British Flyer Lands Per[ormance% of New Auto Pr has fallen to the Chrysler Six has not come from any one e opinion that the Chrysler is an exceptional plece of en- gincering work and of wonderful body design is not confined alone to auto- motive engineers and experts. At the various shows throughout the country, where the Chrysler has been shown, motor car builders, mo- tor car engineers, motor car dealers and motor car owners have been one in conveying their high approval of the car. ) Walte which group. hrysier has received nu- merous letters from various prom- inent men in the industry and from numbers of people greatly interested in motor mechanics. One letter of which he is most proud came from n E. D, C; Herne, a prominent aviator, |considered an au- on internal combustion en- - Mr, Chaysler has good reasons to take prid€ in having received a let- ter such as Captain Hern Here it is; you can judge for yourself: After twenty years' experience with motor cars of all nationalities, during five of whieh 1 served my ap- prenticeship in the largest automobile factory in Europe, after many years' | flying on all types of aeroplanes, in various parts of the world, both be- tore, during and since the war, it takes something very unusual in the way of internal combustion engines to arouse in me even the slightest de-| gree of enthusiasm; so T am sure that vou will pardon a complete stranger | taking the Jiberty of addressing you a few appreciative remarks concern- | ing the Chrysler car, | “I happened to be strolling through | the Commodore lounge yesterday aft. ernoon, and noticing a crowd gather-| ing around something, went to inves- tigate. The attraction proved to be your chassis and an immediately no- ticeable ‘cleanliness’ of design caused me to look a little more closely, when | was surprised to sce a certain very| sfficient type of -eylinder head I had thought existed only in —incorporatgd in your motor, 1 was now really interested, examined the | chassis in detail and became more | agrecably surprised every moment. | had never before seen an en- je of that piston displacement with | a seven-bearing crankshaft, the wa- ter-jacketing around the cylinder uu‘l[ valves was admirably carried out, the | exhaust and inlet manifold arrange- | ment were excellent, and all the ac- | cessories tor, ignition distribute: I and filters, etc, seemed extraordinarily well placed and one certainly could not help being struck by the absence | of all ‘annoyances’ in the chassis, such | as brake #d torque rods, which in the average car are never greased and | are inclified to breed rattle: By this | time one of your salesmen had rallied around and began volunteering some startling information, the outstanding feature of which was the fact that the car would .do seventy-five mile per hour. “I stopped him at that point—T was very sympathetic, mind you—and | told him that I quite understood that | what with the woyry of the show and | all that sort of thing, one was liable to get a bit 'foggy,’ and advised him | to rest for an hour or so and take a| couple of aspirin tablets, But he stuck | to his guns .and insisted onh this sev-| enty-five miles per hour business. “Well, M®. 'Chrysler, I know and| you ‘know Avhat that means for an/ engine of @wo hundred one cubic inches displacement. Wind resistance has the unfortunate habit of increas- ing as the square of the speed, and seventy-five miles per hour with a touring car with the top and wind screen up, means perfect baluce of | Juick 7" SEE US AT the motor and cha: it means power, with & capital P, Of course, I didn’t believe him and told | him so ind he insistéd that it would be only fair to him.if I drove the car. “I drove it for an hour this morn- ing and all T can say is that it is ac- | tonishing in every way. ' It took Fort George Hill from a standing start in high gear, with five, passengers, with- out a murmur, and finished up at well over twenty-flve miles per hour. It then went up in second speed with the same load at a comfortable forfy— riding magnificently over the cobble stones, On the ldvel, \dld approx- imately = seventy-seven miles, per| hour.” Credit to Russian Govt. | London, Feb, 27.—The government is considering a scheme to advance| large credifs and issue a loah to Rus- | sia for reconstruction work there ac- cording to the newspapers. An indis- | pensable condition is, they add, lha,ti all the materials ‘he bought in Great Britain to help relieve the unem;‘loy- ment there, THE ,SHOW g The New Nash Six Special Today we are showing for the first time thislow- Inspect the many beautifully-built new Nash model. Come in and study it! Find how Nash hassuc- ceeded in spanning the gulf between the open car purse and enclosed car luxury. Mark the low price! This Special Sedanisbound _ to create a great new army of enclosed car owners because it is priced down to a point but little above that of an open car. View the handsome body! Note its convenient t, its all-metal panel con- its spacious comfort for five. A. G. HAWKER cloth seled si press you. Weigh all it offers! Contrast the appointments! The select tastefulness of such features as the blue mohair ery, fine jeweled clock and tas- curtains is certain to sharply im- STYLES FOR 19%4 Latest Mofles in England Call For Women's Dresses of Almost Boyish Simplicity, London, Feb., 27.—Boyish simplic- ity awill be the predominant note in women's styles for 1924, the English fashion mentors and dressmakers have decreed. Short, semi-fitting | gowns, falling perfectly straight down the figure in bold, steamline effect, will be worn with turn-down white Eton ¢ellars and turn back cuffs. The natural contour of the body, | both front and: back, will be subor- | dinated in order| 0 achieve youthful, boyish straightn: and angularity, The women will be practically without any walists, and where any attempt is made to achieve one it will be at the top of the hips. . A furtheritouch of masculinity will be imparted by the adoption 6f bob- —A REAL 4| béd hair for single vomen while ried ones will wear their hair well plastered down on, the head, Frocks will be a few inéhes shorter, but there will be no return to the “just below the' knee” skirt. Small hats will be the rule, although with higher crowns, Ribbons and em- broideries will be the accepted trim- mings, Senator Greene Continues “On the Mend,” Say Doctors Wuh‘nnon, Feb. 27.—Senator Greene of Vermont, dithcugh still in a critical condition from the bullet wound in his head “continued on the mend” today. Hhis physicians, how- | ever, say he still has a long struggle | ahead and they have been unable thus far to pronounce him out of danger. 4 They'll Work Longer Berlin, Feb. 22.—The German cabi- net has decided to enforce a nine- hour working day for all governmcit officials. SERVIGE— BATTERIES — TIRES GASOLINE — OILS ACETYLENE — OXYGEN TWO SERVICE CARS — PHONE 900 — O'NEILTIRE BATTERY CO. 39-45 WASHINGTON ST. 'NASH CARS IN. SOLD 1923 ¢ A Great' Value $1640 f. 0. b. factory Six Cylinders Five Passengers Five Disc Whezls and Nash Self-Mounting Carrier - J. 313% Church St. Authorized Nash Service Station value of this latest Nash creation with the sur- prisingly low figure ofg$1640. You'll agree! Nash hasintroduced the outstand- ing motor car achievement of the new year. But see this car now! Make it t to visit uwmnfiemmm;. 52-54 ELM STREET $25 additional B. MORAN