| Show lUCK It n ItU Bo lI New York Aug t are be being In ing made b by houses hOUlet and for tor forwarders warders warden against the new war revenue venue stamp ruling by which the Attn Arm are compelled to 10 give Ihl a tamped receipt for eel every separate parcel received b by them The interpretation of the law came u AI AIa ua a great al surprise to the interests affect ed d since none or of th the forwarders It seem have bl been en stamping such uch re e and strong efforts are tit to be made to have the ruling either set let aside alde or modifIed If 11 enforced It la ii claimed that It will not only oDly packing houses hoUlet but will also allO affect fIrms In inmany maa many Un lines or of business and Uld partIcularly small mall merchants In all patti parts of DC the country whose shipments are bulked b by these forwarders fur for transportation Mr I 1 J Armstrong ot of Ih the New York rry Packing company compan said The new stamp rull ruling Is II decidedly unfair fur tur a number or of r reasons alOn chief among them being that It Pl an additional ta lax on OD goods thit tha t are now allE already ady taxed when hn they ue are hand handover handed over b by u us to the express companies and that there I is no sound lOund reason wb why packing should be singled out nut and Uld their TUInI forced I 10 It n ny alai tax when hn Priti all lIy ler dry l und and n firm In lIn uns I throughout Ihl this eli It y are err Ing on Ih the bUI iju t nol nt rn f nii 11 I o in V w i t h the Ihen n nw Unit Th The Ill now orIf in II l o io S 4 S A A A A S A V VV creases the expenses R our U AI for tb the packing companies them themselves selves and the possibility that We may be called upon to py pay fo this new tax tox since Ince Jill July I 1 It would be impossible for tir forme me to make a sworn wom Ita statement I of our receipts from that date dale to the present And even eun It If the department In insist 11 on hick back payment nt it II would be tm possible for tor us UI to tore force lb the shippers ot of th goods durin during that period to pay th Ihl bould th the department nt enforce lois lilt part of the ruling It no doubt bankrupt many l concerns The requirement of 01 a stooped will In Ib Itself seriously affect the busi bul Ass ot of such ucb fIrms but If the Ille ruling Is i I to uniformly stand It ii certainly should hould be I I |
