Show v Burdensome e Taxes firms and individuals s co corning coming ng within th the B BUSINESS range of the federal income b. b tax law and this includes in in- a mighty number have but hut two wo days in Wl which ch to te tofile file their returns D. D C. C Dunbar Utah collector of cent nt less than twenty five per internal revenue rc says o oC 01 the number Dumber who filed last year have made their re ro- re- re turns Undoubtedly the number subject t to the thc tax this Ar is considerably greater since the i inflation tion of thc tho year past year has caused an apparent increase in salaries the nation naHon At the same saIDe t imo io PlO tho the exemptions t lions s' s allowed arc are maintained at the old figure The The difficulties and expense penso involved in collecting Ills His tax are readily apparent when tho the situation existing exist crist- jug ing here is given consideration consider They are indicative of ot fife defects in this form of taxation While Whilo it is undoubtedly un nn- un- un ci trite that many thousands will report in tho the next two days it is also true that thousands who are arc aresu su subject to th the tax will not report at alL The government govern ment has provided penalties for the tax evader but t. t j docs does not solve e the problem and necessitates gigantic expenditures in the l collection of an unpopular lar tax While the government is attempting to run ZUIl dawn lawn these evaders men of means will be seeking new newA A ways ays s of defeating the tax Others will mIl escape altogether As a result it is seen that the fA tax is a blot on our national character serving to promote deception and cannot set about sion among our people Congress establishing an entirely new plan of raising revenue any ruy too soon since the honest individual will not fancy faney for Dr long the idea of carrying tho the tax burdens of tho the unscrupulous individual who evades or dodges tho the fedal federal fed fed- eral al l ta tax The tax works a double burden on people of moderate means who cannot evade the system of reports re re- ports directed against the salaried individual These x men aI and d women go through the year car paying toll to the government on every hand hang rhey meet the excess profits taxes of or industry in inn n li f and nna Ii in If they go o to a theatre tb they yn make ke- ke kea a direct contribution of ten per cent Dt If the baby needs a bit of f talcum powder or the theof 12 of the house follows the feminine whims of the they pay a direct tax ta t to the government And when the day of reckoning arrives the they take tako the fun fam ily income and ancl pa pay l' l another mother tax on that which has hns already already al already al- al ready been taxed for tenth one of its value or more Tile THe tax cannot improve the thc moral fiber of the nation since it carries too tO many discriminations and penalties nr the citizen of honorable and add conscientious mo me- o tives Congress should 1 revise revise rC this system of taxation in iw immediately but in the meantime wo must give till it |