Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Motor transportation is making ire
mendous strides in almost every coun-
try because of its effects in economizing
human energy, decreasing distances and
contributing to commercial and national
prosperity, according to John N. WHY'S,
chairman Of the export committee OF
the National Automobile Chamber Of
More than $4,000 motor vehicles
were exported from the United States
to other countries in 1928, as compared
with 643,262 in 1927. Some of these
are exported complete. and many are
shipped in parts and assembled in fac
tories scattered throughout the world.
The reasons for this steady rise in
export sales are manifold. The motor
vehicle is productive of increased EN-
cheney and prosperity in every field OF
human activity Wherever railroads
are lacking in mountainous or Sparsely
populated countries, the automobile is
the logical method Of transport for pas
sengers and express matter.
LIamas Yield to Cars. - Co.,.
Over the high passes of the Andes
and across the wastes of the Cobb and
Syrian Deserts fleets of cars and trucks.
on regular schedules. are taking the
place of the llama trains and numbering
camel caravans of the ancient trade
routes Even in Iceland American au-
tomobiles have replaced horses and
carry passengers and produce to and
from the few towns Ranch owners in
Australia and Argentina, with enormous
sheep and cattle ranges to supervise
regularly, find the automobile invaluable.
A very important development is also
the coordination of rail and motor
transport, whereby railroads use motor
trucks and buses as feeder lines into
territory where it would be improbable
to build or operate railroad. In Mex
leo. where distances are great and pop
ulation sparse. the railroads are increaS-
ing their scope inexpenSively by use. OF
motor routes, which open up for settle
ment and commercial development ter
ritory previously populated only by
grazing cattle.
Trucks Brave Jungle.
Across the high plateau of Old Cas-
tile stretch routes of passenger bus lines
which bring to, isolated communities an
access to the outside world which they
have never enjoyed before. For many
hundreds of miles along the coast OF
French Indo-China trucks, and buSses
follow winding road through tropical
swamps and jungles to link UP rail-
road in the north with one in the, south
and give access to the coast towns along
the way. ~ ;, H..
Another stimulus in motor transport
In many countries is a growing realtza-
ton by their governments that taxation
of motor vehicles must be reasonable
A reasonable tax tends to make cars
available to persons of lower purchasing
power, and the aggregate use of motor
vehicles becomes far greater than Il
would be under system of high taxa
ton. The nation as a whole proSperS
from the increased facilities for trans
port and communication thus created
The government revenues from the mo-
tor vehicle tax are also greater If large
numbers of cars are in operation at a
low tax per unit than If the automotive
transportation is Strangled BY a high
tax per unit and correspondingly few
cars are put In uSe.', Governments
abroad are showing appreciation of this
need and are anxious to- follow the ex-
ample Of the United States, which re-
ceived the enormous sum of $76u, 000, 900
In revenues from motor vehicle taxa
ton last year owing to- low limit tax
alton and the large registration OF
automobiles thus encouraged.
In many parts Of the world the chief