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Show MOTOR VEHICLE TROBLEMS THERE are many problems which should be solved effectively by the legislature now in session with regard to vexing motor vehicle matters. mat-ters. So far the lawmakers hsve ridden rough shod over practically every proposal championed by the secretary of state, who haa been the administrator admin-istrator of most of the laws relating to fees and licenses. Whether or not this action has been wisely wise-ly taken is, perhaps, debatable. There are phases of the larger questions involved, however, on which there should be no difficulty in reaching agreement One of these pertains to the operation ot foreign for-eign trucks on the state highway system. Mr. Welling was able show the legislators before whom he appeared that a. foreign truck operator may obtain a license out ot tha state for S3 and, upon payment ot a $1 fee, operate his truck as a freight carrier over the Utah tax-supported roads for aix months. To operate during the remainder re-mainder of a twelve-month period he simply re-pests re-pests the procedure. To carry on the same sort of business over the same Utah roads it coats a Utah truck operator as high as $325! Wherever it is decided ultimately to place the administration of the fee and license law perhaps does not matter very greatly. It should be in the hands of the official or body who can mostly efficiently effi-ciently do the Job at the least cost for overhead The most Important thing, though, is to impose a burden upon the foreign competitor of the locally lo-cally owned truck at least equal to that the Utah owner or operator is required to carry. Inasmuch as the foreign truck may contribute much less to the gasoline Ux than does the Utah operator, this still lesves an advantage for the out-of-state vehicle. ve-hicle. It is an obvious duty of the legislature to p";u .? 'f'I,atru?k at le,st on u1 footing with the Utah truck. |