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Show KILLING THE GOOSE ' ' Everybody seems to be going crazy on the subject of taxing gasoline to build roads. The sums vary in amount, I cent a gallon to a proposed 5 cents a gallon in the state of Oregon where motorists motor-ists are already paying a tax of 2cents a gallon. It is true that automobiles benefit greatly by good roads but they' do not benefit one-tenth as much as adjoining property or the state as a whole, which through a good road system attracts thousands thous-ands of tourists who would never otherwise enter the state. It is entirely possible that before the year has passed we will see a proposal to tax every1 tire sold from one dollar to five dollars or a proposal to add a sales tax of some five dollars to twenty five dollars on every automobile sold in addition to the state license tax. The field for taxing the automobile and oil industry seems to be unlimited but like all other propositions which are carried to excess, the aim sought to be accompished will be defeated by the drastic methods applied. What motorist wouFd care to tour in a state that had the reputation reputa-tion of charging tax of five cents a gallon on gasoline. While the total amount he might pay would be small, the average man hates to be held up and will stear clearl of a hold up proposition. |