The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-12

road clearance, ability to take hills
on high, electric starters, large
wheels, balloon tires. flexible chas-
sis and other qualities which en-
able the American car to excel in
performance and to negotiate roads
which are impossible to cars made
to the European standard.
Road conditions, distribution OF
wealth and social conditions in those
newer countries very nearly APP
proximate our own.
.sIn fact, they are more like ours
than the customs and conditions OF
the older European countries.
SO their needs are the same as
ours.
And it was our needs and road
conditions which developed Ameri-
can standards Of motor sizes, and
other factors.
''Basically, our standards are
founded on natural laWs-whfle
European standards are founded on
artificial conditions and man-made
laws which latter may be repealed
or radically amended at any time.
''That they will be repealed or
radically amended in the very near
future, am certain.
Fight Gas" Tariff
/ eFor. already European buyers
are in rebellion against the high
tariff on gasoline, which prevents
them owning high-powered. luxurious
cars like ours, unless they can af-
ford to pay twice the price for the.
car ard more than twice for fuel.
New. gasoline, is not necessarily
any mere ccslay in Europe than
here
Most cf It il Standard Oi.' or
Sinclair gasoline anyway--tne bulk
from Nmes "a.
''Most folks imagine this Is the
reason why gasoline is anout so
cents per gallon in Paris.
mot so.
1.-THE actual cost OF transporting
a gallon Of gasoline from this coun-
try to Europe is one and one-third
cents per gallon-54 cents per
standard barrel of ~ gallons.
I'm other words. it actually costs
less to deliver q gallon of gasoline
to q filling. station in London, Ber-
lin or Paris than to ship and de-
liver from an Atlantic or Pacific
seaport to Chicago or Denver.
so, the only real impeachment to
progress-tne only real obstacle in
the way of universal ownership OF
motor cars Is not real at all, but
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., tariffs and vari-
GUS kinds of luxury taxes and Off
These can and will be changed
sooner or later by mandate of the
peoples of the world.
ION the other hand, natural laws
cannot be amended nor repealed.
They cannot even be violated for
long.
so, we American makers are on
solid ground.
!. our European rivals are on
shifting sands.
Demands Are Increasing
European buyers seem to sense
that fact for, during the past six
months, demands for American cars.
has increased at an amazing rate.
European makers are frankly
worried over the situation. 49,
'sgThey know our high-powered
cars will out-perform theirs under
all conditions.
'aThey have seen the world trade
slip from their grasp. Now we are
outselling them right on their own
ground.
'tIn past years European makers
sent cars over here to compete in
our big racing events. Since the
war they have been conspicuous by
their absence.
1--WE beat them on their own
ground in speed when an American
won the Grand Prix!
Nov, another stage has been
reached. Our representatives in sew.
eral of the leading capitols of Eu-
rope are concerns who formerly
built or sold famous French, Ital-
ian, English and German cars.
$50, see no reason for adopting
their standards-that worry is no
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