Springville Herald | 1933-12-21 | Page 2 | Sales Tax Collections under Probe

SALES TAX COLLECTIONS UNDER PROBE Governor Blood, C. of C. Investigate Charge Of "Racketeering" SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 19 (U.R) Two investigations investiga-tions into methods of collecting. collect-ing. Utah's two percent sales tax were underway today, following protests of "gouging" "goug-ing" made by 100 citizens who signed and presented a petition to Governor Henry H. Blood. The governor ordered one investigation, inves-tigation, alter which the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce did likewise. It was charged in the petition that many merchants are collecting collect-ing more than the two per cent from shoppers, and are keeping the difference. An extra cent on small purchases, it was pointed out, is much more than two per cent. A denial of the charges was issued is-sued by the Utah Retail Merchants Mer-chants association.