Evening star., 1933-01-29
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
OPENING IS HAILED
heW-Car Exhibit at Audi
torium to Be Open All
This Week.
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how the home production can be aided
by foreign exports. For 1882 passen-
ger cars on American farms totaled
100000. Motor trucks on American
farms totaled $4,000.
Total miles of surfaced highways in
the United States are 1853 900, and to-
tai highway miles are 3,055,000. High
way and street expenditures were ST.
100000, ,000 Persons employed in motor
vehicle and allied lines were 3,700,000
Taxes came fairly high last year. The
total motor vehicle used taxes were
s1,085 100000. Gasoline taxes. Federal,
State and municipal were s595 ZOO, 600
The service station value of gasoline.
before taxes, was S1,787, 100000 Per
cent OF gas tax to service station value
before taxes was 33 Percentage of
motor users taxes to all taxes from all
sources-Federal, State and local
was H.
Relation to Other Business.
The automobiles relation to other
business also tells a big story. The
automobile industry is the largest
manufacturing industry based on value
of finished products. The automobile
industry is the largest purchaser Of
gasoline, rubber, alloy steel and MALE
able iron, mohair upholstery leather,
lubricating oil, plate glass, nickel and
lead
The number of carloads of automo-
tive freight shipped over railroads in
1892 was 2,570,00l. Rubber used by the
automobile induStry was 83 per cent.
Plate glass used by the automobile
industry was SIS per cent Steel and
iron used was II per cent, lumber,
hardwood, IA per cent; copper, Is per
cent; aluminium, 20 per cent; nickel,
rs per cent; tin, II per cent; zinc, 7
per cent. Gasoline used by motor
vehicles Cbarrels of AZ gallons) was
320,000,000. Lubricants used by motor
vehicles (barrels). $500 900. Percentage
of lubricants used bv the motor vehicles
was 81 per cent. Crude rubber used by
the motor industry in 1882 (pounds
was 589,00o,0C0. Pounds of Gotten
fabric used in tires was 165 100000.
There we-e 2.500.o00 motor truck
owners in 1882. Common carriers were
512 per cent of al trucks. Contract
trucks, and privately owned and
operated trucks. 85.8 per cent. The
total motor truck taxes were s290,000.-
900, with the trucks representing l3
per cent of all motor vehicles and pay
ing 81 per cent of all motor taxes.
railroads using trucks as pert OF
shipping service were 100 Motor trucks
use1 bv steam railroads were 1000,
and motor trucks used by railway ex-
press agency. 9,c47.
Motor Bus Use.
There were $4,000 motor buses in
use. Forty-five thousand were revenue
carrier buSseS. Consolidated schools
using motor TRANSFORMATION were 16.700.
Buses used by consolidated schools were
$4,000; buses used by street railways
10000; buses used by steam railroads,
4,3oo: street railwey5 using b:ls-es. 245,
erd steam railroads using busses, 80
Tho runter of Ame- icen motor
vehicles eol1 ou Siie the United States
to.oie1 $4,000. showing a decrease of
:! rer c-nt er 1891 Percentage of
RIO rct:-n fcr-i0n sid was 13 pe- cent.
We c. r'oto. vh'clee, parts md tires
eI'-o- - 'rc', United States ani Canada
W so",12S0oo.
to tota' Of car and truck t'ealers
= vcc- il thN United States was
:o.o71 Tfsee nu--ber Of garages, service
s--tca e1+. rscai- Shops wss 97.721.
-'7o ru--bo- Of rupp'v tres WIS 69.179.
T-'a' real o',tlets were 103,605, and
tie numb9r Of gasoline filling stations
VIZ "5" .nno
From the above it can be readily
reen wha+ the automobile industry and
its side lines constitute in the growth
and welfare of the Nation. It's i'm
portance cannot be lightly stressed. 1t
b essential to the body polite of the
country. TTansro-tat ton must go on.
It's vast army Of workers must have
jobs.
Question of Taxation.
Therefore the subject of taxation Of
this industry must not be lightly con-
sidered. Taxes are necessary, but they
must be imposed with discretion. Too
heavy taxation will cripple the indus
try and prove harmful to the well being
of the Nation as well. 1t is fact that
too much taxation on any business will
result in its yield to the Government
being lessened.
No fair minded member of the great
automotive fraternity and its kindred
interests will object to fair taxation.
Its membership is more than willing to
do its share. But the time comes when
it is asked to do more than its share,
and it is then that a protest is made.
Alfred Reeves, general manager of
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce and noted motor authority,
makes an appeal for fair play and asks
that tax raids be stopped on automo-