Show What Is s Reasonable Ga Gas Tax Tar Invention 10 of a new tae taK 13 s a dan dangerous th ng ng- however hov e Cr necessary Jt it nm may be at times Only a short 10 years rs ago the state stale of Oregon 1 W off with a tax x of or a s cent a s gallon allon on gas ras gas gas- gasoline oline ohne Today Tecla every ever state i 1 ny the UnIon and the District of Co umbra has such a tax tae in 30 states t the rate is four cents or rug highe ItS It ti i S is not until 5 that all state te revenue from this source e exceeded but butin butin in 1927 they v ere ore about last year rear they thc were 1 and oil auL authorities estimate CJ te bm the total oral otal for forYt 1 t at 9 The Thc nv av avA age gas tAX per motor vehicle velide his has ably ably abb more than doubled sine since 1925 Ta cation of gasoline was ft as UY justified and has hns since been ex CX extended extended tended and increased because of the sound argument that users usera t of the highways hl should pay for them These teed cd lloc however e are not e e r is and nl ance unten- unten tOn confined ned to n anee of rord and it lt 1 is doubtful he whether whether ther suc such a n principle can be bG b main main- maintained maintained tamed a ara ar the te temptation political political cal or ofT ors ars rs ro ro all ah aS ays under lo to ralS raise ho c re rc revenue in the easiest possible po way 1 But it affords some somo measure of reasonableness to consider that thit under the minmi Am rate of t o t 0 cents ceniS cent line giso-line so gaso- gasoline line is now roW subject to a sales ta tax lax ot of like 10 per cent of i retail value and that In m many sta states s the thc tax is 20 ZO to 30 per cent of value alue Declining prices paces for gasoline gt no doubt wt explain the public acquiescence so o far in so 0 startlingly rapidan rapid an m- m increase in increase crease in 10 the taxation lard laid upon pon Its Itsu u use c A reversal nal of market conditions conditions or even a period of stability ly 9 CUlI ly Iy if coupled witha with a t tighter grasp of tho tb-Q ta ha coll collector or would tell teU an 0 the Wall story Wall Street Journal |