Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — WOULD PUT TAX ON AUTOMOBILES [ARTICLE]

WOULD PUT TAX ON AUTOMOBILES

Proposed Law Would Put An Annual Tax of $5.00 to $2540 On Each Cay. ■ Taxing automobiles, or rather the owners of automobiles, will be o&e of the provisions of a proposed law to be presented for consideration at the Indiana better roads convention, to be held in the German House, December 10, 11 and 12, by Fred I. Willis, who is secretary of tie convention. The amount of the tax in the hill will not be determined until it has been thrashed out by all interested in backing the good roads movement in Indiana, but just to start the discussion, Mr. Willis has declared that automobiles should be taxed from $5 to $25, according to horsepower, In a communication which has gone out to automobile owners and men active in the good roads movement, Mr. Willis said: “Automobiles do not pay their fair portion of the tax to keep up good roads. The farmer has had too much to do and the fanner has thought rightly that the automobile owner got too much benefit. Roads are torn np mostly by the cars of high speed. “Such a tax as this, $5 to $25, according to horsepower, would not be burdensome and It would bring about good roads in Indiana. Also it would be cheap for the automobile owner, tor it would save bis car wear and tear that it would not sustain with smooth thoroughfares. Good roads, in the saving of tirr expense alone, would pay the tax imposed under this plan of assessment. I am sure the automobile interests and automobile owners are willing to pay their share of taxes in the support of good roads.” The Indiana better roads convention will be held under the auspices of the commercial organizations of Indianapolis. \ Some of the features of the R.-C-H car are most axle clearance of any car, Warner auto-meter, tally-ho horn, central control, automatic sparker, straight line shaft drive, Bosch magneto, non-skid tires, Jiffy curtains, etc. And best of all, the car is sold for S9OO, fully equipped. This price includes everything. You do not buy the car and then have to spend two or three hundred dollars before yon are ready to take a trip. If interested ask John M. Knapp, the local agent, for a free demonstration. The Melrose convertible wagon bed, the greatest labor-saving and resultincreasing Invention of modem time*, for sale by Hamilton A Kellner.