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| en neij=a-sa LX Un In Oy oh Id t] > A vag HUY DE i BE pe STE 0 lo] RY | Uh rr may tn A Fn -- "BATAAN th Aen Mt A di 4 nor -- tA mR TY Nh be 3 IT YD 0 1 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1924 SEEK TAX CUT ON MOTOR CARS Cadillac Head Urges Excise Tax Removal By H. H. RICE (President and General Manager Cadillac - Motor Car Company) In a letter written some few weeks ago by Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon to Congressman W. C. Green, act- ing chairman of the House ways and means committee, recommendations were made of tax reductions amounting to more than $300,000,000. As Government receipts from taxes are now several hundred millions in ex- cess of fiscal needs, the recommenda- tion has received general approval throughout the country. President Coolidge has also committed himself as unqualifiedly in favor of the Secretary's suggestions. It was a matter of great surprise to motor scar owners. and manufacturers that the recommendations did not in- clude the abolition of the present dis- criminatory excise taxes on automobiles ; and that these taxes were not mentioned in President Coolidge's message to Con- gress. 4 Wants Excise Tax Lifted : The excise tax on automobiles - was imposed in the first place along with many others to meet a national emer- gency. The country found itself face to face with a great war, and needing revenues from every possible source. The question of justice or injustice was not considered. Congress saw fit to impose taxes along lines of least resis- tance, and the classification of certain commodities and services as luxuries, and the taxation of them as such, was a manifestation of that thought. Automobiles were placed in the cate- gory of luxuries, but the manufacturers and users of motor cars made no com- plaint, particularly in view of the fact that railroad transportation, telegrams, telephone messages and the use of leased wires were also taxed. Congress has already removed the taxes on railroad transportation, tennis rackets, toilet soaps, sporting goods, chewing gum, thermos bottles and por- table electric fans. The Secretary of the Treasury has 'particularly recom- mended decreases on surtaxes and in- come taxes, and the abolition of taxes on admissions, telephones, telegrams, leased wires and jewelry of general use, such as tableware and watches, and of a whole group of taxes bringing in only minor revenues, : Tax Discriminating With the ending of the necessity cre- ated by the war, all of these special ex- cise taxes became discriminatory, and as such should now 'be entirely removed. With many of these taxes already re- moved, and with many others recom- mended for removal, the remaining tax on motor cars, parts and accessories be- comes particularly obnoxious. It is con- tinued for a purpose for which it was not originally imposed, and directly penalizes a necessary and highly prac- tical form of transportation which is almost universally used. The day has passed when it was neces- sary to demonstrate the true service per- formed by the motor car. It has be- come so essentially a part of our: highly organized American life that to realize its utility and necessity we have only to imagine what would happen if auto- motive transportation throughout the na- tion should stop for just one day. A bill has already been introduced in- to the national House of Representa- tives by Representative Clancy of Michigan calling for the repeal of the tax on automobile trucks and wagons, other automobiles, parts and accessories, tires and inner tubes. While mention of motor cars is con- spicuously absent from the President's message, the Clancy bill is in close keep- ing with the apparent spirit of his rec- ommendations. Reduction of taxes is the outstanding note of that portion of his message dealing with fiscal affairs. It calls for the relief of farmers, 3,500,- 000 of whom are motor vehicle owners. It stresses the need for efficient trans- portation, which the automobile certainly S. In view of the impending removal of the higher taxes imposed as war meas- ures, it is to be hoped that the tax on in- dividual transportation--the automobile-- will likewise be removed. DODGE BROTHERS BRING - OUT SPECIAL TYPE CAR In addition to their standard types of cars, Dodge Brothers are now pro- ducing a special type-A sedan, special touring car, special roadster and spec- ial 4-passenger coupe. The standard types consist of the touring car, roadster, business coupe, 4-passenger coupe, type-A sedan and type-B sedan. Dodge Brothers believe there is a distinct demand, especially in metro- politan centers, for a type of car with more complete equipment than that carried by the standard types. They have therefore arranged to equip as special their type-A sedan, 4-passenger coupe, touring car, and roadster. In handling the special equipment, they have been very careful to introduce only such features as will increase the beauty and comfort of the standard types without reacting unfavorably on Dodge Brothers cars in the second- hand market. For these special types, Dodge Brothers have adopted equipment con- sisting of nickled radiator shell, cowl lights, nickled front and rear bumpers, special striping on body and louvers of the hood, rear view mirror, auto- matic windshield wiper, scuff plates, motometer and lock, special blue leather upholstery in touring car and roadster, and disc wheels with 6-ply 5.75 inch balloon tires. Dodge Brothers contend that the special 6-ply 5.75 inch balloon type tire adopted by them embodies features which.make it superior to-.the balloon | tire adopted as standard by the trade, chiefly because it gives the air cushion effect in riding and has longer life with less possibility of puncture. Open Wills Sainte Claire Agency on Evanston Row Reagan and Simmons, Inc. are now established as Wills Sainte Claire dealers with display rooms and first class service station at 1015-17 David street, Evanston. New Wills Sainte Claire models are now on display and salesmen, qualified to deal with discriminating buyers, prepared at all times to give pains- taking deconstrations. The firc emphasizes the facilities of its service station where only fac- tory 'trained mechanics are permitted to handle the cars. Reagan and Simmons have been $1,175.00 WILLYS-KNIGHT--OVERLAND F. O. B. Toledo SALES-ROOM AND SERVICE-STATION 1141 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette _C. H. BRIGGS_ $495.00 Phone Evanston 140 [1° 208 D i undue costs. v Ap L CO Nl > 4 Whatever the Circumstances the same courtesy--the same helpful service in managing all perplexing details--are ac- corded you whether desire an unlimited expendi- ture or whether circumstances suggest that you refrain from 3 Xs) Nt 3 Mit Co 2 NA NG lige SAR de >] = <= you 1124 Central Ave. Phone Wilmette 654 Wilmette selling only high grade cars for a num- ber of years and recommend them- selves as well qualified to attend to the needs and desires of prospective and present Wills Sainte Claire own- ers. Novel Stunt in Shifting Gears Shown at Detroit Shifting gears from high to second or second to low at high speeds is so unheard of that it is a decided nov- elty. Recently at speed tests conducted by the Lincoln Park, Detroit, police department, a Paige driver demon- strating the car to the officials shifted from high to second at 48 miles per hour. A!l of the police officials want- ed to jump out immediately. They thought the transmission would jump irom the car, they said later. The chift was nothing unusual for the Paige, according to the engineers of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car com- pany. They said that it is one feature which makes the car such a remark- ably easy automobile to take on long tours. Going down the steepest hill is perfectly safe and accomplished without the least wear on brake bands as the engine can be made to hold back the car through the manipulation of the gears, Saw Blade Steel in New Paige and Jewett Clutch Innovations in motor car manufac- (ure have caught the public eye. One of the greatest advances in conven- tional manufacture is in the clutch of the Paige and Jewett. ; In the vital part of the mechanism of these two six-cylinder cars may be found a plate of saw blade steel. It is the driven member. As it is very light it slows down rapidly. Its flex- ibility gives it the power to give and take very quickly in answer to the de- mands of the other two plates which act as the driving members. The building of clutches with saw blade steel plates makes the old-time steel plate clutch obsolete, according to officials of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car company. FOLKS WILL THINK vou ordered a new car when they see your old one come from our hands all spick and span new paint and enamel Our auto painting does make a wonderful difference. And the skill which we apply our high grade paint is with finish. with responsible. . ROBERT W. McINTYRE Rear of Wilmette State Bank Phone Wil. 684 " pleasure. "The Home of The Well-Groomed Automobile." We offer the auto- mobile owner the kind of service that makes motoring a 724 ELM 1 PA RICHARDSON'S GARAGE WINNETKA PHONE 841 available supply. ately, to avoid delay in delivery. Gore Motor Rims, $85 extra Detroit, Michigan NOTL: A small payment down pu your name on the preferred delivery list. 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