Show THEATRES PLAN PROTEST ON TAX i Will Ask Patrons to Join in Petition to Congress I Against Increase I Salt Salt Lake Ike theatre and motion picture mana managers ers at a meeting yesterday yesterday yester yester- ester I da day decided to ask the operation co oC of ocal theatregoers In in protesting protecting to Congress against the adoption of the tine proposed law raising the thc present theatre theatre the thie atre war ai tax from Crom 10 t to 20 Q per cent Petitions will ill be bo circulated in over every theatre and motion mollon picture house In Inthe Inthe the he city during the week Patrons will bo ho asked to sign them speakers at tho tIne various various va va- arious a rious amusement places are giving short tall talks alks s to Inform audiences regarding the tire proposed increases an and what it means In n the wa way of ot raising the tire price of ad ad- mission The rue petitions aro are to bo be forwarded for warded warde to Morris Guest Century theatre theatre theatre the the- atre New ew York chairman of tho the na national national na- na committee working against the war ta tax Increases It will be pointed out b by the speakers speak speak- ers era that an any Increase In the present theatre tax will have to be borne borno by 11 bythe bythe the tho general Jeneral theatregoing public as Is the caso now Theatres will not be permitted to assume tho burden burdon theIa tho the Ia aw being specific in its demand that tho the patron pay the tho tax This will ivill mean Increases of from Irom 10 to 20 cents on all tickets costing 30 cents or 01 over an anup and up UI to 1 tho the ratio of ot Increase being tho the same sarno above this sum JA Local cal theatre managers believe belle tho the proposed Increase will put many of the tho smaller theatres out of OC business as their patrons will refuse reuse to bear with additional taxation They hey point Int to the tire fine Ino record achieved by the Iho places In Red TIed Cross drives driven Liberty loan campaigns and all other features of oC I 1 war work and nd declare they have nave al already already al- al r ready ady been taxed as 33 much as they can bear jear |