Show TOBACCO PR PRiCES CES MAY BE PROBED Revenue Officers to Investigate Investigate Investigate gate Graft on Smokers by Some SOllIe Dealers The unscrupulous u use e of oC the new war tax as as- as asan an excuse for tor attaching unnecessarily unnecessarily un un- un- un necessarily high prices to commodities ties soon ma may be Investigated b by In Internal Internal Internal In- In revenue agents in the local dis dis- Complaints of oC excessive prices already have been made to Col Cot Willlam Willlam Will Will- lam Jam M M. Chapman revenue specialist antI and John Griffin In charge e of at the stamp department of the Internal revenue ro The bettor better class of at tobacco and confectionery confectionery con con- stores in Salt Lake are said to be re reasonably clear of or suspicion that f the tIle they have taken an any advantage of Qt new ness war tax but It Is said that ma may bo be subjected to Investigation The Internal revenue commissioner at Washington recently sent out a a. long appeal not to take advantage of ot a measure measure meas meas- ure such as the w war r tax It Is reported that tho the law department department depart depart- ment merIt of ot the tho Internal revenue re bureau now noss' Is engaged d In finding some legal leral means of or stopping the tho practice of In Instituting instituting In- In excessive prices under cover of the war tax Resentfulness has been shown b by local tobacco dealers and confectioners who have been asked If It tho they have added an any unwarranted cost t to their goods as the tho result of or the war tax They state that the tile affixing of or any such price on the plea pica that the war tax taxIs taxis l Is responsible would b be unpatriotic and shortsighted shortsighted short short- Only a most unscrupulous sighted dealer would try tn to make such uch prices said one of or the leading to tobacco tobacco to- to bacco dealers last night nigh t smokers usual usually are arc too keen koen to be befooled fooled very lon long and the de dealer who tries the is sure lure to lose 1010 trade trade- j |