Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 2 | Uniform Sales Taxes Will be Urged in West

UNIFORM SALES TAXES WILL BE URGED IN WEST t Political Leaders to Try Plan Pian in Washington Oregon Oregon Ore- Ore i gon Idaho B Br Di Associated Press Puss SALEM Ore Dec 29 29 Uniform Uniform ales taxes for tor Oregon Washington and Idaho will be urged upon legisla tures of the three states at their forth forth- coming oming sessions This was agreed upon here yesterday yesterday yester- yester day by a group of political leaders Interested interested in In- in the financial worries of ot the Pacific northwest Identical laws will be sought to protect local industries indus tries from interstate bootlegging to escape the tax After an all day discussion of the entire field of tax problems the conferees conferees con con- tentatively agreed on the so called Oregon plan which would levy levyS S f two per cent tax x on retail sales and expenditure for lor labor for 26 months It contemplates no increase in iri selective taxes and provides no ex cx- The proposal will be one of several presented to a special s session ion of the Oregon legislature call called d for next Tuesday to devise means of alleviatIng alleviating alleviate ing the real property levy Legislatures Legislatures Legisla Legisla- tures turcs in Washington and Idaho which meet later also will be confronted by taxation worries Conferees included Ben Idaho commissioner of finance L. L F. F Parsons of the Idaho state chamber of commerce George F F. Yantis candidate candidate candi candi- date for speaker of the Washington house of representatives and Charles Charles' V. V Galloway and Earl Fisher Fisher Oregon tax commissioners The Idahoans said their state Is is' is seriously considering adopting a sales tax Parsons added Idaho must look for lor about new revenue because because be be- cause an ad valorem tax would not raise sufficient funds In Washington Yantis said lawmakers lawmakers lawmakers law law- lawI I makers face the necessity of raising I additional since passage I of an act limiting property taxes to 40 mills s