Show THAT AUTO TAX IN TN the scramble to find tind new revenue congress congress con con- gress Is considering the imposition of an excise tax on automobiles and motor parts At the outset it must be plainly understood understood understood under under- stood that if such a thing is done the consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer will have to bear the major portion porton of the burden This means that automobile sales will be curtailed and manufacture crippled in consequence The automobile is already plastered With taxes and fees There are property taxes and license fees tees operating taxes and what what- not Revenue from the automobile is used to build the roads and to maintain the highway highway highway high high- way system generally The automobile being no longer a luxury but a very obvious necessity the proposed tax would have the effect of curtailing production production production tion but the consequent damage would be felt in the loss of revenue to the states the loss of employment in garages and other lines dependent upon automobile activity This is aside from considering the plight into which the manufacturer would be projected projected pro pro- j in the event of an imposition of the excise tax Curtailment o of manufacture would naturally throw thousands of men out of employment and thus destroy one of or th the greatest opportunities of the time for the in industry industry industry in- in to aid in the recovery of the nation Added penalties tacked upon industry will do more harm than good Utah's congressional delegation should stand unalterably opposed to the sales tax not alone for the hurtful effect upon the aut automobile automobile au au- au- au industry but for the disastrous re result result result re- re I t sult that will necessarily ensue throughout all the states |