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Show OWNERS MOBILIZE TO FIGHT THE AUTO TUX Motor Vehicles Discrimi nated Against by State and Nation, Is Charged VASIirhGTOls Dec 18 Contr but g n so called reg strat on taxes over $20 000 000 yearly to the upkeep of the nat o s roads d scrinunated aga nst n that horse d a vn chicles are ne ther tagged nor taxed nor restricted n oross, ng and recrosung state 1 ne au tomob le owners are not recieving with an ast enth siasm the proposal that the shall pay aga n substantially n the cost of war preparedness Wh t raaj accent ate the r d ssent fron once nore be ng singled out is that in many states owne s now pay three ta'tes for regist ation of the car, operat ng license for its driving anl also under the head of persona propert In M ss ss ppi aud Oh o the state s preme courts dec ded that it was unconst tut onal to tax an auto mob le owner for registrat on in ex ess of the cler cal cost of the issuing of the dent f cat on numbr as he was already pay ug under the head of per sonal property New Jersey a courts de c ded that n ore than one tax could be mposed and other state courts have ruled anously Because of the con fl ct ng op n ons thevmer can Auto mob le association carr elll the "Sew Jer se case to the United States supreme court and a ruling is expected in the next few months Communicat ons by po6t and wire from clubs and ndmduals to the na t onal headquarters of the American Automob le association in Wash ngton md cate a practically unanimous inch nat on to protest emphatically aga nst th s latest effort to s ngle out the mo tor st as a special road user and disre gard the thousands of horse drawn veto ve-to cles Incidentally it is est mated that some f ve m U on acres are necessary to ra se feed for the several million norses in the country The substitution of ve hides us ng gasol ne and eeletrlcity would release all this acreage and di vert the labor engaged in its tilling to the needs of humans For years people have employed horse drawn veh cles for ut 1 tv and so cial purposes and no plan came forth to tax the owners of these veh cles other than through the usual channels of raising revenue |