Arizona republican., 1917-12-02

shipment of alloy steel for the manu- facture of them.
 The Price of Former Conditions
 The motor car industry should never have been taxed the per cent manufacturers tax. Our industry was badly beaten in it's hearings before the different committees. rhe matter was not nearly so well hand led as it should have been There were not enough of our biggest men in Washington standing up and fight ing for the industry. We made a weak showing. It is common gos- sip around Washington that we did. We now are starting to pay the price. We are but at the begin ming. There is no telling where the end will be.
 If the motor car industry is non essential in the national life, then in war times it should go, out that must first be proved. Can the motor car industry be declared more a non essential than the piano ln- dustry Can it be declared more q luxury than the piano industry?
 Compare the tax on the two. Motor cars pay the per cent tax. Pianos are not so taxed. It was pro posed to tax pianos but the pian
 makers invaded Washington and their best and greatest brains told how the piano was a national neCes- sity in rounding out the education of the people. The piano player might be a essential and a luxury, but the piano is an educational neces- sity. The proposed per cent manu- facturers' tax was removed from pi- amos.
 Official Washington today con siders motor cars greater luxury than pianos. Official Washington today considers pianos more essen 1 tial to the national life than motor | cars.
 1 The motor car industry must set official Washington correct on thia estimate of the third largest manu- | featuring industry or admit that ii | has not that stamina which is necCs- sary to win this war
 A part of the motor car industry is luxury. That has never beer de- nied. A part of many, nearly all industries are luXuries. Silks are not essential in the last analysis of the clothing of a nation. Pat terms in clothing are not essentia Different styles of women's hats ar. not essential. Different styles o collars for men are not necessities, Shoes might all be made to rh, same last. The manufacture of sill hats might be stopped. The fin, polished finish on furniture is no necessary The elaborate finish If parlor cars, in Pullman cars and Il steamboats is not finally essential
 You may try to close all thearer but in London the attendance q theaters is greater than in times C peace. They are a national stlmu lant-a necessity.
 You might restrict the sale ', Jewelry, but since the war the jewl
 cry trade in Germany has hcel greater than in any times # peace It is d war necessity.
 You might prohibit people iron
 travelling and close many 1f .th
 hotels or restrict their accominr,d ,da
 uon, on the ground that living :.
 them is very expensive, but tn
 facts are that our city hofeIs ar more crowded today than thev wer a year ago. or than they have bee
 in. any fall since the war startec
 They are necessities
 The army will require nearly 750. 900 horses and mules These mus
 come from the farm. On the farn
 horses are equivalent to motor ear! farm tractors and trucks To tn farmer, the passenger car is an es , sential It is much more of an es sental today than it was before tn
 war started. Due to shortage ( help the farmer needs the motor ca He needs it just as he needs tn
 daily paper and the rural telephon You could take both from him. b1
 do 1t and you cut down his capacit
 to buy Liberty bonds. You ct down his desire to buy them. To
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