Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-26 | Page 4 | Going after Gyps

i i Going After Gyps T r TWO YO TO bills before the legislature aim among other things to protect the public against gyps engaged in iii the transportation business Sen Senate te bill by Huggins is an nn act to regulate regulate regu regu- late the transportation of motor vehicles in caravans providing for licenses for drivers of or cars in caravans and permits to be issued bv by the state ta tax commission also making it unlawful to tamper with mileage registering devices or to sell sen caravan vehicles chicles as new nc A A. preamble to the bill remarks that the highways are being used for this purpose to the he risk and hazard of the public and without requiring an adequate shar of the tho expense of highway highway- maintenance as well as exposing t the e public to unfair practices It is reasonable to infer that the railroads and responsible automobile dealers denIers favor lavor this legislation perhaps are arc promoting it This is no detraction from the desirability of its enact enact- ment The motor caravans offer unfair an and l undesirable competition in moY moving vehicles from factories assembly points and reconditioning plants They arc are an undesirable menace men ace acc on the highways s 's and in many states notably notably nota nota- bly California have haye caused a great outcry against bringing into the states many individuals individuals who become a burden on relief rolls These rhese are chiefly youths employed ed to drive cars across the country Upon finishing their journey journey jour jour- ney the they arc practically without means and in some cases have coi conic come e to grief grier with the law Jaw The chief benefactors of the thc caravan plan of bringing in ill ill cars ears and trucks are dealers not above sharp practice who are arc able abib to save the freight bills but do not overlook the opportunity opportunity opportunity to put them into the thc sale price of a car sold as new but which has undergone incas meas- wear and tear on the thc road load The proposed proposed pro pro- posed law as it shot should d would make the thc op operation operation opera opera- ration ra- ra tion of such caravans unprofitable and protect protect pro pro- teet the railroads ethical automobile dealers and the public as well as keep cep undesirables from entering the state It is a measure that has everything to recommend it for favorable consideration by both houses House bill bin offered cd by Mrs Gibson o oX ot Carbon county countr relates to the nondescript transportation broker This individual engages cn en- g gages to book passage on motor vehicles other t tan an common carriers The traveling public has no assurance whatever of ever cyer reaching destination and has no recourse against th the broker or the owner or driver of the vehicle on which a journey is being mn made e. e This is a ag g gyp p game of the thc worst sort Police records arc filled with the thc complaints of those who hio have trusted such brokers only to find themselves them selves stranded and without funds because the broker or the owner or driver of the vehicle or all aU combined had bad no intention of acting j in good faith or would not or could not fulfill the contracts made Mrs Ir Gibsons Gibson's bill would make it a practical impossibility to o engage in this business Considering Considering Con Con- the risks involved by the public and because the state receives no revenue from front those lOse involved lc licensed t. t as ns and taxpaying carriers car car- the thc business if f it may be called thing anything but a racket should be outlawed