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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MARCH Page 6 test the law will be induced to do so immediately after its passage. 6. Question. How will the tax CONGRESSMAN PATMAN PUSHING PASSAGE OF CHAIN-STORTAX ACT IN U. S. CONGRESS E be collected? Answer. By the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and usual penalties are not made available to or inure provided in the event of failure to (Continued from page 1) date of enactment of this act, the to the immediate or ultimate bene- pay individual store, store Exemptions tax under this section shall be one fit of any or owner, any other person, firm, 7. Question. What are the exhalf of the amount determined in or corporation operating a retail emptions under this proposed bill, accordance with subsection (a) store as herein defined. H. R. 1, if any? hereof; and for the second fiscal same The under term the three-fourt(c) be shall Answer, (a) It will not apply to year, the tax of the amount determined in ac general management, supervision, any concern, regardless of the ownership, or control shall include number of stores being operated, if cordance with such Sec. 2. If any person subject to control or direction by one man- the gross business does not exceed $250,000 a year. the tax imposed by section 1 opens agement or association of ultimate whether by legal con(b) It does not include filling establishes, operates, or maintains management, or direct or actual trol, indirect, by stations engaged primarily in the during the taxable year retail control, direct or indirect, through sale and distribution of petroleum stores under the same general ownership or control of evidence products, if not engaged in the sale management, supervision, owner- of, physical property, or distribution of automobile tires ship, or control located in more or indebtedness, other assets, through contract, and tubes. than one state, the tax imposed by or lease, arrangements, agency 1 the be shall (c) It does not include the estabsection multiplied by number of stores (including the through interlocking directors or lishment maintained by a common or through any other carrier, such as restaurants and District of Columbia) in which any officers, means. newsstands for the convenience of of such stores are located except customers. its (d) (Administrative only.) that for the first fiscal year beginof 1 date Sec. 5. of this (d) It will not include individIf any provision of ning July following the enactment of this act the tax shall act, or the application thereof to ually owned stores, whose revof 1 per cent of the any person or circumstance, is hel enues, in part or in whole, are not be amount determined in accordance invalid, the remainder of the act, made available to or inure to the with the preceding provision here- and the application of such pro- immediate benefit of any other inof and that for the second fiscal vision to other persons or circum dividual store or concern operating of 1 stances, shall not be affected there- a retail store. This will exempt year the tax shall be one-ha- lf voluntary and cooperative stores per cent of the amount determined by. that are individually owned. in accordance with such provision. Purposes of H. R. 1 3. Question. or section or Why were these If this any provision 1. Question. What is the object allowed and inbe held shall exemptions thereof of II. R. 1, the bill application for a particular allowed? not others valid the validity or application of Federal tax on retailproviding chain stores? Answer. The laws of the differsection 1 shall not be affected Answer. The object is to curb ent states that provide taxes a few large interstate chains that thereby. stores were carefully Sec. 3. (a) (Administrative are attempting to get control of re- against chain and the exemptions conexamined, tail distribution in this country. only.) bill are the usual extained this in 2. Question. What does the bill Sec. 4. When used in this act in state laws. contained emptions in regard to taxes? (a) The term person shall in- provide the bill be 9. Will Question. Answer. The first 9 stores in clude any individual, corporation, amended as it is? or passed partnership, association, joint stock any chain are exempt. The amount Answer. proposal Every major company, or business trust, how- of tax is graduated from $50 per is seriously considered by a comto store uo $1000 per store where mittee in the House and in the Senever organized and whether or not incorporated, but does not include there are over 500 in a chain. The ate as well as on the floors of both any such person if during the tax- tax, after two years, will be the House and Senate before it is able year the gross business of the tiplied by the number of stores In passed and presented to the retail stores opened, established, which a chain operates. This will finally of the United States for President it prohibitive for a concern operated, or maintained by it does make Evidently there will be not exceed $250,000, or in case of to operate a comparatively large approval. considered. As amendments many the taxable period between the ef- number of stores profitably in one to whether or not they will be fective date and July 1 following, state, if ijot prevented by state will depend upon the will adopted does not exceed such part of $250,-00- 0 legislation. of a majority of the members of 3. Question. Why propose a as such period bears to a year. Congress. (b) The term retail store shall tax for the purpose of curbing in Status of Bill mean and include any store or mer- terstate chains ? Why not offer a bill to which 10. What is the Question. prohibit their expansion in cantile establishment in status of the bill now? goods, wares, or merchandise of more than one state ? Answer. Such a proposal was sold at Answer. It has been referred to any kind or description are not inconsidered. lawSome the Committee on Ways and Means shall the best of term said but retail; clude any filling station engaged yers in this country said it would of the House. Hearings will be renot be constitutional if enacted. quested as soon as this question primarily in the sale or distribunot and Therefore, a bill to tax was agreed can be presented to and discussed tion of petroleum products distribution for the purpose of reaching by a fair percentage of the people shle or upon in the engaged of automobile tires or tubes, any the same objective. No one can of the nation. The hearings will establishment or facility main- doubt the constitutionality of a law doubtless furnish much additional tained by a common carrier as part thus using the taxing power of the information for discussion, and the success or failure of the bill will of its transportation facilities pri- government. oth4. or on public sentiment. If the Is this abuse an meals Question. for depend furnishing marily of the taxing power of Congress? people want it, they will likely get er commodities to its passengers Answer. No. The Republicans it enacted into law. It is evident and employees, or any branch offor well as the Democrats have in that the people are more disturbed as a fice maintained by newspaper the for or of its distribution past used the taxing power as over the problem than ever before. the papers advertisea vehicle to reach a worthy objec- If such intense interest continues or taking subscriptions and continues to grow, the bill will ments therefor, and shall not in- tive. 5. owned When does stores, the tax Question. clude individually undoubtedly become a law in a reasonable time. whose revenues in part or in whole become effective under the bill? Answer. July 1, following date of passage. Section 1 of the bill A provides that it shall apply to conCOFFEE JODIES cerns owning or controlling 10 or more retail stores. Where They All Stop for For the first year beginning on Good July 1, following the enactment, the tax under this section shall be one-ha- lf Eats and Sweets the amount determined and for the second year three-fourtBEER ON TAP of the amount. 2 of the bill provides High-Grad- e Section Line of Complete tax the Bob shall be multiplied by that Fishing Tackle, including the number of states in which the Flies. Tainters hand-tie- d stores are located, except for the JUNCTION PARK CITY first 40 AND U. S. Y year the tax shall only be of 1 per cent of the amount, OPEN ALL NIGHT, second year shall be one-ha- lf and the SATURDAYS 1 of per cent of the amount. Therefore, any concern having so Our Best Wishes to Park many stores in so many states that cannot be profitably operated Miners they City under the law will have two years Trade With Your Friends in which to dispose of them. At Who Support Your Cause the same time a low tax is provided first two years, in order PAULL BROS. AND thatfor theconcern expecting to con- any hs sub-sectio- one-four- n. th hs one-four- th HI-WA- WILSON Dealers in Union Made Overalls and Tobacco, and Staple and Fancy Groceries, Hardware PARK CITY, UTAH 17 WE BUY, SELL OR TRADE LIVESTOCK I Fresh Cows; will trade for dry stock. Milk cows sold on easy payments. For Bull Service Call-- 765 Provo W. 5th North Phone 65 7- -J 1 7. 1939 r UTAH AT THE GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION small models true to color and scale. The committee was glad to. utilize the talents of a young local" commercial artist rather than to take advantage of the experience of organizations whose representatives submitted plans and bids for Utahs exhibit. Nearby exhibits in the Hall of Western States are using three times as much space as purchased by Utah with proportionately large expenditures for placing their exhibits. For advertising value, however, the Utah exhibit is outstand- ing and the members of the committee are proud of the results of out-of-sta- Utah, through its display at the Golden Gate International exposition is inviting the world to visit and inspect the interesting scenes which are a part of Utah's wonderland. The exhibit was made possible by an appropriation by the state legislature of 1937. A committee of representative citizens of the state was appointed by Governor Henry ,11. Blood and have worked unceasingly for the past year to get the best exhibit possible for the limited amount of monev available. The sum of $25,000 was set up for the representation of the state at the San Francisco exposition. Space in the Hall of Western States cost $8487.50, leaving approximately $16,000 for building and installing the exhibit, also maintenance. For several months the committee met and discussed various methods of presenting the scenic beauties of Utah which was early decided upon as the natural theme to be developed. This, after all, is Utahs greatest asset. Fine Exhibit Finally a proposition was accepted that of showing in diorama form several of the . outstanding scenes in Utah. The Great White Throne, Bryce Canyon, Edwin Natural Bridge, were among the first scenes to be chosen. Others which were added later were the Temple Block, the Salt Flats, showing a picture of Captain Eyston's car Thunderbolt travelling at 357.6 miles per hour; a typical Utah irrigation scene and the Utah Copper Mine. These are all reproduced in color, built to scale and represent a cross section of Utahs scenery and industry. Constantly changing lights add to the effectiveness of the scenes. The exhibit was one of the few e, ready on opening day. General director of governmental participation for the fair, complimented the committee on thi3 achievement. Although Utahs exhibit is small, the members of the committee are proud that they covered so much of the varied interests in the state, with the appropriation from the legislature no larger than it was. For comparison, records show that the state spent over $85,000 in 1915 for its exhibit at the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Artistic Labors The building and installation of the exhibit was placed in the competent hands of Mercer Christensen of Bountiful who has worked for nearly eight months to get these Gill-mor- te their efforts. Mrs. H. E. Godwin of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Lucille Wallace Wolf of Ogden are acting as hostesses in the exhibit. Utah Day Flag Day, June 14, has been set Utah Day aside as and appro- priate ceremonies will be held. Geo. J, Gibson, S. J. Stephenson and H. J. Plumhof have been appointed by the chairman to make arrangements for this day. Members of the Committee appointed by Governor Blood are as follows: Frank M. Browning, Ogden, Chairman; Geo. J. Gibson, Salt S. J. Stephen- Lake, son, Wm. M. Knerr, B. D. Nebeker, O. F. McShane, all of Salt Lake; Mrs. David L. Rice, Farmington; Jas. A. McMurrin, Logan; Will R. Holmes, Brigham City; Edward C. Maw, Ogden; Fred S. Mulock, Salt Lake; B. O. Colton, Jr., Roosevelt; Alex Hedquist, Provo; Mrs. J. L. Asbury, Richfield; L. L. Taylor, Moab; H. J. Plumof, Salt Lake; Sol J. Selvin, Tooele; Mr. Shay, Cedar City; Mrs. R. E. L. Collier; Salt Lake City, and E. S. 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