Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-02-27 | Page 2 | Here's Bad News! Price Goes up on All Smokes

Heres Here's Bad News I Price Goes Up UpOn UpOn On All Smokes Wives Vives who have berated their thell husbands for their expensive habit of smoking cigars and cigarettes now have added cause for action Today the fragrant weed took another another an- an other substantial jump In price making an advance ot of n nearly ariy I Iper per cent in the last two years I The advance comes as a result of the passing of the war wat revenue I bill which taking effect immediately imme- imme mak makes s all tobaccos shoes clothes and all ail luxuries in fact liable to heavy additional taxes The new tax includes many subjects subjects sub sub- and in different proportions For cigarettes and tobacco It provides pro pro- vides ides more than a 10 per cent tax popular brands of cigarettes ettes on the markets selling at 15 cents yes yes- yesterday esterday now sell at two for 35 cents while two for a quarter cigars are selling at 15 cents each and all other forms of tobacco have taken similar and proportionate jumps in the price The tax on 15 cent cigarettes is 2 cents per pack pack- age