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Show West States Oppose Proposed Sales Tax acific Coast Congressmen Lining Up For I Finish Fight Against Levy; Tax On Canned Goods Objectionable. By GARDNER JACKSON Western Features Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C, March 21 There is no question ut the new revenue bill, except for the import tax on oil, II jf passed, bear down harder on the west than on any fitr section of the country. The way in which the west legations in congress are fighting the bill's major provis-isalmost provis-isalmost as a unit, particularly the 2't per cent sales x is evidence of that, if any evidence outside of the bill ie'lf is needed. Reactionary and Progressive, Republican ltl Democrat, they are almost all active opponents of the j) . . the grape concentrate tax proposal, propos-al, maintaining that 90 per cent of the grape concentrate products are for so-called legitimate consumption consump-tion at soda fountains, in grape juices, etc. Then tncre is the 10 per cent tax on theater admissions. The California celegation, considering their state the home of the moving picture industry, naturally objects strenuously to that tax. Finally, there, is the proposed tax on telephone and telegraph messages. The Pacific coast communities, com-munities, farthest west in the country, will obviously feel this tax more severely than any other region, if it is passed. So, by a combination of the Progressives Pro-gressives in the Pacific coast delegations dele-gations like Phil Swing who denounce de-nounce the sales tax as grossly unfair un-fair in its incidence and the others who foresee injury to the interests of their home sections, the Pacific coast in congress will have a big hand in beating the revenue bill as it now stands, if it is beaten. easure. The reasons are not hard to se: ( ,e sales tax, as it is now writ- . , hits the canning industry, o've all others perhaps. And ( e western canneries, including e tdlmon canneries in the Pacific rtnwest, are among the most tensive in the cunlry. The Diber industry, ii th2 rioldrams cse many months, is another im-ttant im-ttant industry whose sales may ill be seriously . affected by the cs tax. The Pacific coast is one the most important regions in at industry. Crack At Lumber flic tax on wort, malt syrup and ;,K conce:itra;e. drsi-nci to net 5,000,000 for the government, is other provision of the reunite januri which the Pacific coast legations contend it aimed di-;tly di-;tly at their area. Much wort and malt syrup has i origin in the Pacific northwest litis, and as for grape concen-Ue, concen-Ue, the origin of that is too ob-dus ob-dus to mention. How the Cali-inia Cali-inia delegation does see red on at provision! hy Xot Legalize It? If the government can get $50,-0,000 $50,-0,000 by a tax on the ingredients home brewing, say the wets nong them, why not legalize the cwing process and collect seven eight times as much? And even the drys are riled at |
