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Show I, Automobile News ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. "Miles of Iroad which have much to do with the 'high cost of living may become un-Wravelable un-Wravelable in many states unless the tendency to divert automobile registration regis-tration money to floating stato bond 'issues is quickly arrested," asserted Chairman George C. Diehl of the A. A. A good roads board, who today at A. A. A. national headquarters discussed dis-cussed the matter with highways advocates ad-vocates from various sections of the (country. "This is one of the most serious matters confronting far-seeing advocates advo-cates of highways progress," said Mr. Diehl, who has been making a survey ofT1920 state road programs. "A fundamental fun-damental in taxation is that it should he spread according to benefits, and it is ridiculous to say that motorists receive all advantages which accrue from improved highways. When the motorists consent to pay a large share of the maintenance charges, that is as far as they should acquiesce in sharing shar-ing present day road expenses. Keep it in mind that the motorist is also b. citizen who pays the general taxes no wexactcd nationally and in tho several sev-eral states. This picking him out for super-taxation in connection with his vehicle ownership has reached tho limit of acceptance and should be stoutly resisted. "Short-cuts lacking In true economic 1 principles are always ferreted out by the financial expert, and this abuse of tho motorist's generosity for that itn exactly what it is is being shorn of its subterfuges. In his acceptance of a discriminatory tax, tho car owner is entitled to an honest run for his money. This ho doesn't get when the registration funds are used for construction con-struction and not for maintenance, a method which is not put forward in states that arc willing to play fair in) the premises. j "After an investigation of road ' building activities in certain states I which arc engaged in considering various va-rious forms of financing their highways high-ways building, I am more than ever convinced that the original invest-mnet invest-mnet in the road itself should only come from direct taxation or appropriations appropri-ations from general funds, or, when justified, through the issuing of short-term short-term serial bonds. "Of course those great highways Into which numerous other roads discharge dis-charge their streams of traffic must bo exceedingly well built and cost a great deal moro money than was the case years ago. But to divert goodly sums from the $50,000,000 which the motorists now pay throughout the country in yearly registration taxes for the construction of these main arteries ar-teries Is tho poorest kind of judgment. There isn't a man, woman or child in any community who doesn't benofit from improved highways, and those who profit from tho increase In property prop-erty values should pay proportionately. proportionate-ly. "What causes me to utter this protest pro-test is that certain states just awakened awak-ened to road building necessities are following the easiest way of obtaining popular support for legislation by placing plac-ing the entire burden on the shoulders of tho motor vehicle owner, who has got to the parting of the ways, and, in my humble opinion, is about to refuse re-fuse longer to be the boat. Howover, my greatest objection to tho proposition proposi-tion i3 one the ground that money which should be for maintenance is side-tracked and then no provision Is substituted whereby tho many miles of road which connect up 'outlying territory ter-ritory with a nearby market are neglected neg-lected to the extent of adding thousands thou-sands of dollars to transportation costs of food products." "I predict that the year 1920 will see moro uses of the automobile and motor mo-tor truck than .1919," says L. D. Foreman Fore-man of the Intermountain Motor Car Co. "It ha,s become so interwoven in our activities, in our social, industrial, business, bus-iness, governmental and professional activities, that people have come to look upon it as a matter of course and n necessity 'they cannot get along without with-out "Hotels have started to put up their own garages, and parking places the same is true of department stores and apartment houses. Even' manufacturers manufactur-ers and industries have their parking spaces for the automobiles of their employes. "Fanners are erecting garages just as attractive as those in tho city and in every small community the garages are the most up-to-dato and Imposing buildings in town. No matter where the motorist drives ho has up-to-dato service and a source of supplies just ,as efficient and up-to-date as if he wero at home. "The motor truck has become thP business man's freight lino making him less dependent on the railroads for roceiving and shipping goods and supplies. This is particularly truo of the short line hauls as tho motor truck has been proven tho most economical labor and time saver in hauling distances dis-tances of one hundred to five hundred miles. "Tho mammoth good roads program laid out by each state insures that within a couplo of years America will be tho home of good roads, enabling automobile and motor trucks to drive across the continent without getting off of improved highways and byways. "Take it altogether, 1920 will bo a record motor year from every standpoint stand-point and in all walks of life. It has become one of the leading industries of the country and takes front rank in Its accomplishment in the matter of increased production, economy and j efficiency." Investigations carried out by tho sanitary bureau of tho New York department de-partment of health show that tho motor mo-tor truck is rapidly emptying the stables sta-bles of the nation. These statistics are part of a survey now being made by tho sales department of tho Clydes-dalo Clydes-dalo Motor Truck Company, of Clyde, Ohio, preparatory to an intensive sales campaign which is soon to be inaugurated. inaugu-rated. In 1917 the bureau found that there were 10,547 stables in Now York City. In 1919 these had been reduced to 7920. In tho same length of time the number num-ber of horses had been reduced from 10S.03G to 75,170. A decade ago tho passenger car took one big job from Uie horse, and now the truck is robbing rob-bing him of his last opportunity for service. "Sales of motor trucks throughout tho country this year have broken all records. Farmers are not awaiting the development of hard-surfaced highways high-ways before buying." oo COUGHED DAY AND NIGHT. John Vognue, Elberton, Ga., writes ' "Last fall, when my neighbors were down with influenza, I took a severe cold and before I waG aware of my condition con-dition I wan down sick in bed. I coughed night and day and my throat was raw and sore. I got bottle of Foley's Fol-ey's Honey and Tar Compound and took eight small doses In two hours. My condition began to Improve and in ; a few days I was as well as ever. In my opinion Foley's is the best cough medicine made." A. R. Mclntyrc Drug Co. Advorltsement. oo |