Show fl FIGHT Hl A AIN I HEAVY TAX O FILM ETAL NT Al All l I I i I Theatre Pat Patrons Patons ons Sign Plea I to Congress for Removal I of Five Per Cent Levy I Speakers Aid Campaign I IU T U 1 TAIlS TAH'S fight against a heavy I tax film rentals i on began I when George Mayne manager of i the Swanson theatres in ill in Salt Lake the American Liberty and Strand and George Gem Carpenter manager manager manager man man- ager pf oC the Paramount Empress theatre theatre thea thea- tre prepared petitions to be circulated at the motion I picture theatres The pe peI petitions petitions pe- pe are to be presented to tile tae Utah delegation at t Washington ashington and emphatic ic protest is t to be made against what the film men term teim discriminatory leg leg- SPEAKERS WILL EXPLAIN In addition to petitions the theatre patrons will be asked to sign each theatre will vill be provided with a speaker who will in several minutes summarize the work that the motion pictures have done for the nation will v Rh how much money has b been en lost through the trie daylight saving law law w war I I tax influenza and the taking away of the young m men n of oC the country into military mil mu- service mil mil-j I MANY HAVE LOST MONEY I I According to local managers many I theatres have lost money during the year but have kept in iii business be beI because because be- be I cause of the better times that were seen at the end of or the war With the 1 levying of ot a tax of ot 5 per cent on film I rentals rentals- however according to the managers they would be compelled to I I advance admission rates to make up the loss This advance in prices would I u Ibe be unfair to the great masses of the I people who attend the motion pictures I I Many lany of them would be deprived of I their only amusement The tax on film rentals according to theatre owners owners owners own own- I ers is just as silly as a tax ta on stage I properties as the rUms In the motion I pictures s are the props of the pro pro- I I |