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May 10, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 55 A. C. OF I. OPENS BAnLE TO CURB UNJUST TAXES President Si Mayer Declares Only Active Opposing Can Stop Rising Gas Prices The Automobile club of Illinois which is making strong efforts to pre. vent further increases in gasoline taxes is declaring open warfare on state officials seeking to further burden autoists of the country with unjust taxes. Si. Mayer, Vice-President of the Association and President of The Automobile Club of Illinois, declared that only active opposition can stop the gasoline tax rates fr.om going from a third to fifty p~rcent of the average filling station price. "Gasoline taxes are now an a \'Cragc of 25 percent of the filling station prices," Mr. Mayer points out. "This is in reality a sales tax of 25 percen .. , and is in addition to the numerous other taxes that an autoist must pay. Organizat~on is Planned "Gasoline taxes beyond this point .should, and will, be bitterly opposed and om Association is preparing to carry the campaign of opposition into every legislative district, if necessan· to preYent further increases in gasolin-e:: taxes," Mr. Mayer declared. Through a comprehensive plan of organization, the Association intends to enlist the support of automobile clubs and individual autoists everywhere in a campaign against what ~t declares to be excessive and unfair gasoline taxes, it was announced. Such a nation-wide organization would be prepared to fight any candidate for the legislature in any of the states who does not agree to be fair and reason- . able in his attitude towards legislation affecting the autoist. "The time has passed when a few handpicked politicians can gather behind closed doors and, looking for more public revenue, soak the autoist and get a\'..·ay with it," 1fr. 1Iayer stated. "A tax on the autoist is more far-reaching than an income tax. The latest motor vehicle registration figures of the Lureau of Census snows that there are about 24,500,000 automobiles in the United States, or an automobile for every five people in the country. A tax affecting such a large portion of the public must be levied with extreme· caution, and only with the consent of those \vho must pay. Firat ~as Taxes Decade Ago "Gasoline taxes were first levied ten years ago. The theory was that the autoist," who derived the principal benefit from the use of highways, should pay i! fair share of their construction and maintenance. The tax, therefore, was levied for the sole purpose of huilding and maintaining highways. But it was not long before politicians, seeing that gasoline taxes were readily collectable and immediately available for expenditure, began to· abuse the taxing privilege. "The Automobile Club of Illinois intends to take the lead in the fight." A· quality not for sale piERCE-ARROW itself cannot purchase, or offer for sale, the quality which sets it apart. That quality must be earned, o.ver a period of years. It is a product of integrity .... d time. ~ fine car - long, low-swung, slender and with rare individuality. But some other fine car might have achieved all these attributes, save one -the single element of lineage, the patrician thing that is Pierce-Arrow. The new Straight Eight arrives at the psychological moment. It meets a · waiting demand- the greatest in Pierce-Arrow history. It happens that Pierce-Arrow has just created a new Straight Eight. This car was given the very finest engineering and design and materials known to the manufacture of automobiles. It emerged, an ultra-modern Body and En tine by Pierce-Arrow -and Pierce-Arrow in every part! I z5 Horsepower Engine ~ 8 5 Miles per Hour ~ 1 3 3-inch and 1 43-inch Wheelbase~ Non-shatterable Glass ~ Fender or Bracket Headlamps optional without extra charge. THE NEW STRAIGHT EIGHT BY PIE ~CE--AR,ROW $2775 TO $8200 AT BUFFALO FROM DOOMS AUTO JUNK YARDS With a view to suppressing the unsightliness of a ·pile of junked automobiles along many of its main highways, the City Commission of Miami has recently adopted an ordinance regulating the parking or storage of old or dilaoidated automobiles as well as the 1perating of automobile junk yards, except w-here specific~lly p~r mitted, according to The Automoblle Cluh of Illinois. In the higher priced field, Packard is an excellent performer, output at that point being rated at 191 units a day. In purchasing a car from in·come, the average allowance on a good used car usually more than covers the initial Pierce-Arrow payment Chicago Pierce"' Arrow Sales Co~ 2420.. 22 S. Michigan Ave. Tel. Michigan 2400 Benell Motor Sales 5714 Broadway- Chicago