, 1925-01-29
PARCO NEWS
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fall, that rs percent of the cases in
his court were for offences against
laws that had been passed during
the last fifteen years.
1t Is estimated that Motorists pay
one-quarter Of a cent every mile they
drive for registration ees and gaso-
line taxes and this does not include
a dozen other ways hat have been
invented to tax the industry. How
eve there is no doubt that today
taxes amount to a greater sum in the
whole industry from oil production
to the distribution of auto accessories
than dividends or profits do. This
is one reason why our Legislators do
not advocate Government Control"
for they are like the Jew who once
remarked that what was troubling
hin was where the gentiles got all
the money they took from them"
We are not the only people on the
earth that are building good roads.
The city of Canton, China, one of the
most ancient of the walled cities in
the world, has had the city wall TAX
en- dow to make room for the con-
struction of a modern boulevard and
they have a modern transportation
system Of motor buses.
The French have O a regular
motor buss line across the Sahara
Desert and the peculiar thing about
these developments Is hat they have
MT yet discovered that it cannot be
lone without a gasoline tax" and
the poor benighted people actually
believe that the pioneers of these de-
velopments are good citizens and
are not the subjects of constant "po-
litical" Investigations. 1t may be
that V these people did catch the
political investigation bug and pro-
coed to carry them cut at the expense
of the public that they would have
neither time or money for real con
structive work.
New York State has more register
ed automobiles than all the rest of
the world.
h first automobile accident on
record occurred in 1896 when a Mr..
Jonathan West collided with a laun-
dry wagon.
h first American made gasoline
motor car sold in the United States
was a single cylinder Winton. 1t
ran under its wi power in a parade
held in Cleveland. July 22. 1898,
held to celebrate the 125th annivers-
airy of the cities founding. This car
was sold to a Robert Allison, a me-
chanical engineer of Port Carbon, Pa.
on March cath, 1898.
In New York State the authorities
are demanding that applicants for IL
censes to drive automobiles shall be
able 10 read English sufficiently well
to enable them to read public
notice boards and be able to speak
and understand the same Language.
They might with perfect propiety go
n step further and demand that users
OF the roads shall at least be able to
think In English. We may be mis-
taken but from the actions of some
OF the road hogs we have met we
doubt whether they have ever been
taught to think in any civilized Ian
guage.
IL IT were not for the fact that
such interference is highly dangerous
to the best interests of the country.
some OF the decisions of the Public
Utility Commissions. would be so
funny that they would make n cat
laugh. One has only to suggest that
they would like to start an auto
stage )tne between two points In diff
ferent states. When you get through
with presenting our arguments for
certificates OF Public Convenience"
and satisfy the demands OF n few in
corporatcd towns and then hear about
the immortality OF unbridled compe-
tition you will begin to think that
you have committed some crime that
you will never live long enough to
serve your sentence out for.
In Colorado the oil Jobbers are at
tempting to organize. They are try
ing to make some nov to at least
offer some resistance to- the con
tinued attacks that are being made
on hem. Quite recently In this same
state n Convention of the County
Commissioner was held and n reso-
luton was passed urging the Legis-
lature to Increase the gasoline tax to
four cents per gallon. OF course
County Commissioners. rs a rule.
get their gasoline Mt the expense OF
the taxpayers, don't realize what
such an imposition would mean 10
h general run OF people who have
to work for \ living.
One reads accounts Of the Moham-
madam pilgrimages To- the sacred city
OF Mcccn were formerly pilgrims
went long distances on foot across
the desert that many OF them now
20 by auto.
About twice n week ono hears OF
a wonderful discovery of n prcpara-
ton that will do all the work that
gnnoline does today ut about onc-haif
inc price. u%p-to-datc there IL moth
ing In sight that would be Mt all
within n measurable distance OF It.
Quite recently some Investigations
were carried out with one OF the
so-cnllcd gasoline improvcrs'' that
hao been very extensively advertised
ana the Investigations proved beyond
any possible doubt that not only was
,no preparation useless but was n
positive dctriw.c,