Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

were exhibited at the first commercial We
hicle show at the Olympia, London, last
month.
The Automobile Club of Maryland a Bal
timore organization, and clubs al Hagers-
town and Roland Park will form state
association and enter the American Auto
mobile Association.
To increase the foreign display at the
Madrid show. the Spanish government will
admit exhibits free of duty, provided they
are taken from the country within three
months.
One hundred and three automobiles, in
voiced at $780,. 100. were imported at New
York in March. against 100, worth $685.
in March, 1906 and 40 valued at $685.
in March 1908.
The legislatures consent secured. Syndi-
cate of Iowa capitalists will connect over
100 towns with cement roads and operate
system of big motor cars for passenger and
freight traffic.
The road from Atlantic City to Philadel-
phia is now marked with signboards, ana
the route from the resort to New York soon
will be. The work has been done by Al
lantic City motorists.
A noticeable rule for this years Gildden
tour is providing penalties for replace,
ment of parts not carried. daily RECORD
of new parts placed on car, repairs ana
adjustments is required.
President William H. Hotchkiss speaking
of what he hopes to see the American Au-
tomoplle Association become before the
close of the present year. says:
IF the association is to exert any inf1u-
ence as national body it must have the
states of the country affiliated with 1t.
When We go before Congress at the next
session, as We hope to do to advocate the
passage of the new federal motor act, we
should look ridiculous if we could only
show u state membership of half dozen
states. At the first of the year we had five
states; two came in last nDnth-Connecti-
cut and Minnesota. Pennsylvania and
Maryland have already applied and will be
elected. Indiana. Missouri, Wisconsin ana
Michigan are preparing to form aSSocla-
tons, and Secretary Elliott is now on
western tour to attend their meetings and
explain the purposes of the American Auto
mobile Association. l have also received
letters from prominent motorists in South
Carolina Georgia, Iowa, Vermont. Maine,
Colorado and Delaware. saying that they
were anxious for state representation on
the national board. | 90 not want to be
oversanguine. but l fully expect to see
twenty states affiliated with the American
Association before 1908 This will give us a
splendid working force. and already serious
efforts have been started in many states
toward the enactment OF reasonable laws.
particularly in granting tourists the privi
lege Of travelling through the different states
without the necessity of obtaining addi-
tional registration numbers and paying ex-
ira license fees, provided they have COM
piled with such regulations in their home
states.
Legislators realize th-t automobilists
furnish a very comfortable revenue for the
state treasury, and where the money SO
paid is used in the maintenance of the
highways. there Is little objection But IL
these taxes are paid once there Is a strong
feeling on the part Of the motor car owners
that they should not be subjected to similar
taxation in other states. New York does not
exact any fee from the autoist who has con-
formed to the law in his home state. and
while 1t Is perhaps too much to expect that
all states will be so lenient, the tendency
toward this end has been shown by the re-
cent enactment of laws offering from ten
days to two weeks privileges without adj
ditional regiStrat Ion.
"A bill is now before the Pennsylvania
legislature granting ten days touring priv
ileges for outside autoistS. Delaware has
done the same thing. Connecticut and Mas
sachusetts liberal in this respect. and
some of the western states. it is interesting
| to note are more liberal than many of the
eastern states. New Jersey has undoubtedly
the strictest automobile law on the calen-
dar. The amendments to the old law only
provide for three days travel without con-
| forming In every particular to the state
| law and even for these three days a fee Of
i 81 must be paid.
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