Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-25 | Page 20 | Illinois to Pay Heavy Auto Tax

ILLINOIS T TO 0 PAY PAS T HEAVY HEAry AUTO TAX Chicago O Aug Au- 2 24 Illinois Illinois motorists will pay about to the federal government so I If the proposed license ta tax for Cor car cOor owners is adopted as it now stands This estimate Is based on the assumption that the number of or cars Inthe in inthe inthe the state will have r reached ached when the tax goes Into effect tar tary of or State Louis L. L Emmerson thinks the tle total v will be almost e exactly that figure b by the tho end of or 1918 The present plan Is to base the ta tax on horsepower rating as Is done In Inthe Inthe the time case of oC most state taxes Here Is the wa way the proposed schedule compares compares com corn r pares with that now In effect in Illi nol nois Federal Tax 1 Illinois Tax Under 23 h h. h P p. p 10 I 11 25 h. h p. p p 6 24 30 h h. h p p. p 20 35 26 h. h p. p p 9 31 40 31 0 h. h m p p. p p. p 1 Above e 40 h h. h p. p 50 j I Above 50 h. h p. p So o e Probably 75 per cent or more of at th th I automobiles in the state fall in the 1 class as retards regards the federal license e. e The Tho Ford Buick Bulck four Chevrolet four Maxwell 1 Overland 90 four Oakland six Saxon and Studebaker four tour for example are 1 all rated at less than 23 3 In the 20 class fall such cars as the Buick six Rix Chandler Dod Dodge e Brothers Franklin Haynes six Hudson Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan Lexington Mitchell Nash Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Olds- Olds mobile eight Reo Studebaker 6 50 Stutz Stutz Velle Yelle White hUe and Willys Willy's six Roughly speaking the proposed federal federal fed ted eral tax cra a averages e about twice that now In ef effect ct In Illinois The Tho average e Illinois license payment p. Is now about Tho The average o federal tax payment payment pay pay- ment therefore lOa may be Le e set eel at nt about SIC 15 1 or for cars calS