San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 69, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 28, 1926 Page: 45 of 92
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} SUNDAY MARCH 28 1926.
SEEK UNIFORM
MOTOR TUX
PRINCIPLES
This Would Control Special
Taxation of
Autos.
One of the principal reasons why
Hie ear owners of the country are so
heavily burdened with n diversity of
taxes is to be found in the absence of
« uniform nation-wide principle to
fcovcm the incidence of motor vehicle
taxation according to a statement
(from the National Headquarters of the
American Automobile association to-
day. Three definite objectives must be
fulfilled the A. A. A. declared before
the motorist is assured of protection
against constant and recurring efforts
to fill the community chest at his
Expense These objectives are:
First there must be n general un-
derstanding as to what body shall be
the special taxing agency os far ns ths
automobile is concerned.
CLASS TAX LEVIES'.
Second special taxation must bo
m sed on well-defined equitable prin-
ciples in order to assure that the mo-
torist will not pay more than his fair
share for public improvements and for
.what special benefits he receives.
Third in order to make certain that
•car owners get the benefits due to
■them from special taxes there must
ne a nation-wide understanding as to
what use shall he made of class tax
levies on the motorist.
“In actual practice there has been no
hiniformity on these fundamental mat-
ters and therein lies the reason for the
diversity of automobile taxes for many
of the burdens t*iat the motorists are
■carrying nnd for the abuses that have
•Crept into the uses of the motorist's
money” Thomas P. Henry president
of the A. A. A declared.
SOUND PRINCIPLE.
Mr. Henry called attention to the
first axiom of special motor vehicle
states should be the sole special tax-
ing agency. Instead of this sound
principle being applied the A. A. A.
executive pointed out that at the mo-
ment every conceivable type of taxing
agency has its finger in the pie.
“Recently” he said “the federal
government reduced the war excise
tax by 2 per cent. No sooner did the
government do this than the state of
dleorgia came along with a proposal
/o put a 2 per cent on net automobile
'kales. What Georgia can do other
■fates that need the money as bnd
may do and if they get away with it
the government and the states will be
in the business of imposing sales
taxes that are inevitably passed on to
the consumers.
IMPROVE ROADS.
“Another axiom laid down by the
motor vehicle conference committee
■was to the effect that all money
raised by special taxes on motorists
should be applied to the maintenance
■nd improvement of highways and ex-
pended under the jurisdiction of the
■tate highway department.
"This sound principle has ben
■crapped in practice. We find that
one-third of the proposed sales tax in
Georgia would be applied to payment
of Confederate veterans one-third to
provide an educational fund and the
remaining one-third for road purposes.
“This kind .of attitude is not con-
fined to any ouc state or any one sec-
tion. But why should the motorists as
■uch pay for these pensions; way
should they be specially penalised for
education? Surely these are general
rivic matters. Why should car own-
ers be specially taxed for hospitals
apart from the taxes they pay as orni-
nary citizens? There is only one an
ewer. The gold diggers in the various
/taxing bodies have gotten away with
it in the pest.
“Why should the automobile be se
lected out of all the commodities of
commerce for a sales tax? The gov-
ernment had the excuse that the tax
•wa simposed as an emergency mea-
■nre —and was loath to let go of a
good revenue producer. But this is a
very different thing from a state se-
lecting the motorist as the special vic-
tim of a sales tax. The distributor
■would pay in the first instance but he
•would pnss it on. just ns the manu-
facturers passed the war tax on.”
Mr. Henry pointed out in condo-
■iou that the A. A. A. fully recognizes
the freedom of the states to levy
taxes in proportion to actual road
Seeds of the community.
“Because of the difference in road
Jtccds in various sections it is to be
expected that special taxes will be
heavier in some states than in others.
This however is all the more reason
why the motorist should have it det
initely settled ns to who shall impose
the special taxes on him what these
shall be nnd how they nre to be
■pent. If we succeed in clarifying the
situation along these lines the rax
problem of the owners of Americas
20060000 motor vehicles will be con-
siderably simpliifed.”
CHARLES NEUBAUER
BUYS AN OVERLAND
Charles Neubauer of the Citizens
Automobile company Gonznles wns
■ San Antonio visitor last week. He
drove back an Overland Four touring
enr which he received from the San
Antonio Overland company.
BRADSHAW OF BRADY
BUYS HUPP IN S. A.
The Citizens Auto company deliver-
ed a Hnpmobile Six to J. 11. Brad- 1
phaw. of Brady when he was in the I
city Inst week. Mr. BradshawJjlrovc
the rar bark to Brady th*' early part
of the wrrk. stntrM E. A. Kurtz of •
the Company. .
SALES ON GAIN.
An increase of 26b per cent in
Mies of the first two months of th s ।
year ns compared with the same p- r- I
lod of last year is reported by h • i
Peerless Motor Cur Corporation. Tin •
Increase coming nt a time usually - • i
•idered the dullest in the automobile i
Industry is taken ns an indication of t
the unusually -strong position of the i
Peerless Motor Car Corporation and I
|he automobile industry tn general. 1 t
LOWER TAX BIG BOOST
FOR FINE CAR MARKET
“The recent reduction of excise tax
from 5 to 3 per cent on new passen-
ger cars has given the motorist of
moderate means a new chance to buy
more automotive value for his dollar”
says George M. Graham vice president
of the Chandler Motor Car company
in a letter to Burton-Lary Motors
I company.
“The buyer who has hesitated to
buy a new car this spring will now
find through this reduction of 2 i>cr
cent a material difference in the au-
tomobile value his intended purchase
price will buy.
"He is enabled to buy a bigger fin-
er more luxurious more comfortable
car for his money because the 2 per
cent which previously went to the gov-
ernment will apply on his automobile
i purchase.
FAVORABLE TO MOTORIST.
“The .justifiable elimination of tax
on automomtive parts has also meant
a big saving to the motorist.
"As a matter of fact there has
never been any real reason for the
parts tax. A motorist for instance
who through a disastrous accident was
faced with a repair bill of which S2W
was for parts alone bad previously
been taxed 5 per cent on the parts nec-
essary to repair the car. This surely
is placing a tax on misfortune.
“It was one of the most unfair un-
equitable taxes that the people of any
country have ever been called upon to
bear. Its elimination is a source of
justifiable pride both for the motor-
ists of America and for the automo-
tive manufacturers distributors and
deniers who had no recourse but to
collect what the government stipulated.
“The motorist who now meets with
an Occident and has a necessary parts
purchase to meet will be paying only
for the parts he receives.
TIRE PURCHASES.
“The removal of tax on tires will
also be very beneficial to the motor-
ist since tires are a most necessary
adjunct to tbe pleasure and happiness
which motorists get from their auto-
mobiles.
“Tires wear out much more rapid-
ly than tbe automobile itself although
great strides have been made by tire
manufacturers in improving their
product in recent years.
“The motorist will now be paying
for tires exactly what they are worth
and he will not be burdened with a
tax upon an article which is just as
essential to his daily life as are the
soles on his shoes or the stockings on
his feet.
“The removal of the excise tax on
trucks should show a big increase in
truck business in 1926” continued Mr.
Graham.
THE PART OF TRUCK.
“Trucks are now of course a most
necessary part of the transportation
scheme in modern business. They
have brought more service to the ulti-
mate consumer because they have
made it possible for the suppliers of
raw material and foodstuffs to ship
fresh stocks to the distributing points
much more rapidly than would be pos-
sible by water or by rail.
“Many instances of the value of the
truck in daily life of everybody
might be mentioned. Thanks to the
auto truck fresh vegetables and fresh
milk from outlying farm communities
now reach the tables of city folk in
a fraction of the time previously con-
sumed.
“To sum up I would say that tbe
removal of the excise tax on parts and
on tires will mean a big saving in
maintenance expense to the average
motorist for 1926.
“The entire removal of tax on auto-
NEW GM FEATURES
EASE FOR DRIVER
Driver comfort a business invest-
ment paying substantial returns in
economical efficient truck operation
has been stressed as nn important
feature of the new “GMC Big Brute”
line of heavy duty trucks. General
Motors’ most recent development in
tbe automotive industry.
Heretofore it has been the gen-
eral practice among truck manufac-
turers to supply the bare chassis
only to leave it to the owner's fancy
ns to the type of body and cab to
be mounted. Often the driver’s
compartment was looked upon ns
a minor detail. It was open cold
drafty nnd uncomfortable exposed to
the elements in nil kinds of wenther.
with n resulting lowering of his
efficiency ns a careful operator.
EXPORT SHIPMENTS •
GREATEST IN HISTORY
Tlie export business of the Auburn
Automobile Company has been rapidly
increasing during the past few years
r.ud a great many distributors have
been appointed throughout the world.
Shipments to foieign distributors
during the month of February exceed-
ed by a large margin any previous
month's ixjort shipment nnd represent
an increaso of 400 per cent over the
game m Mb lust year.
New distributing organizations arc
being added daily in the export field
and indications an: that the demand
for Auburn cars in foreign countries
during 1926 will exceed that of 1925
by at least 300 iter cent.
This growing popularity of the Au-
burn cars abroad is in keeping with
the remarkable sales increase that has
been made in United States during
the past year" and a half.
1 II". | 111 3 L 1 td t U I it 11 H 1 I .
DIANA ECONOMICAL
IN GASOLINE USE
Averaging 21.8 miles to the gallon
of gasoline a Iliana DeLuxe sedan
recently act a new Pacific Coast rec-
ord for gasoline economy on a 356-
mUc run. Starting from Seattle
Wash. Aaron Reesix manager of the
Iliana Motors company of Washing-
ton accompanied by his wife drove
bis Diana to Vancouver Canada and
return consuming only 16 1-2 gallons
of fuel on the entire trip according
to R. V. Embleton. of the Embleton
Motor company. The gasoline tank j
wns scaled when the ear left Seattle I
and the seal broken when the car re- |
turned. Most of the time tbe car I
wax driven at 25 miles an hour. [I
mobile trucks should stimulate that
branch of the automotive industry
greatly.
“The lowering of the excise tax
from 5 to 3 per cent will enable the
new car buyer to get more real auto-
motive value for his dollar expended
since ho no longer will bo paying for
something which he does not receive.
The Price of the
Packard Six
‘who awns !
Considering its beauty a check for more than one or two
comfort and its dis- hundred dollars to have a new car—a
tinction the Packard Packard Six —at once.
Six is not high in price. Al _.
Those who buy Packard cars this year
For example the 5-passenger Sedan either for cash or on the payment plan
costs but $2870 delivered at your door will not have to buy again for years
with all necessary accessories freight to come
and tax paid.
Packard has offered no yearly models
The accessories include in addition to formore than ten years and has preserved
those usually furnished front and rear the traditional beauty of Packard lines
bumpers automatic windshield cleaner
rear view mirror electric cigar lighter Packard cars are improved from time to
and spare tire and tube and cover. time as o^sion warrants. Progress
could not be made otherwise.
Many prefer to buy on the payment plan
knowing it is much better to buy a long But the owner of a three four or five
life car that way than a short life car V ear old Packard is never ashamed in
for cash. the company of the latest purchaser.
You may have a new Packard Six Rath he {eels the ide of ession
Sedan 4° r $9 60 do T\ n that comes only with long attachment
and the balance on 12 equal monthly
n j and association.
payments.
If your present car has a market value You must live with a car to love it.
we will buy it from you and apply its x
.. j . May we examine your present car and
price on the down payment on the new car. . n r
r tell you how easily you may have a
Quite likely you would not have to write new Packard?
Packard cars are now being sold on the basis of the new tax rate
Citizens Auto Co.
411 Main Avenue “™h’ s
t '* ' f ‘ • - • • 2;
PACKARD SIX
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
BUSSES USED IN
OPENING FAMOUS
‘INDIAN DETOUR”
Tourists will discover “Oldest
America’' this year over a motor
route in New Mexico to be opened
May 15 by the Fred Harvey interests.
They will ride in a fleet of 17 new
White busses just purchased by the
Santa Fe Transportation Company.
Tbe bus route will provide some-
thing unique in vacation touring
breaking the trans-continental rail
journey to ami from California.
MOON MOTOR CAR HAS
20TH ANNIVERSARY
This is the twentieth anniversary
of the Moon Motor Car Company and
Stanley Moon secretary of the com-
pany. points out that it has been in
the last six years that the progress
of the company hns been so extra-
ordinary. During this period of six
years the total sales have been over
$52266350.37. Total cars produced
52050 of which 10.075 were exported.
RED GRANGE IS NOW THE
OWNER OF OWN ICE WAGON
Harold F. Grange familiarly known
as “Red” now possesses his own ice
wagon. It was as a purveyor of ice
in his home town of Wheaton 111.
that Grange kept in physical condi-
tion during the summer months when
he attended the University of Illinois.
But back in Champaign 111. where
■ . ... —
a tbe university is located the citizens
e are not unmindful of the publicity and
c honor brought to them by Grange s
~ unusual feats on the football gridiron.
As a tribute to Grange's prowess
ns a handler of huge ice cakes a group
11 of citizens recently presented Grange
i. with a miniatnre replica of a Graham
e Brothers Truck used for ice delivery.
7
NASH MOTORS BAND
ON WES PROGRAM
I
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A fentarc on the program of WLS
Sears Roebuck Station next Friday
evening will be tho concert by the
Nash Motors company band directed
by Frank Hattbrich. A colorful pro-
gram is scheduled beginning with u
new march “Nash Triumphal" cur
isrecd by the solo cornetist of life
band and ending with Sousa's ever-
popnlar “Black Horse Troop."
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