Show W Who o Profits Most The gasoline t tax x spread d over the country like a case case of meales meale Now that it has been established the tendency tendency ten tendency ten ten- dency t ts ts- to increase the tax because it is- is isan Isalt alt an art easy way to get t tax x money Man Many 8 states ates have a tax as as' as high as asS 3 S cents a gallon and proposals have already been made toras for as us high as 6 0 cents The gasoline tax is on the theory that the automobile owners profit m most Bt by the good ro roads ds but I it tr is safe to say eny that no no one one profits to toas toas tons as ns great an extent by such roads as do the tho i property owners along them Take the owner of t property on the f t tI I main aln street of any t. t wn or small city which is traversed by a paved highway The automobile driver lver who pays pays the tax to build the road Increases in In- In creases the value of this property to such an extent that rents are doubled ed cd d trebled and and quadrupled q There there were motor vehicles registered registered regis regis- in the United States on July 1 l last st If If automobile owners could realize their numerical strength there would be less chance of their thelE being p penalized n as gasoline pur purchasers hase has has- e ers ersi I W tol |