Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-03 | Page 4 | Editorials by the People

Editorials by the People Many editorials are re received by this department so that it i is s obviously impossible to print all of them immediately In many cases there must be a certain amount of unavoidable unavoidable unavoidable able delay In no case is this column opened to religious dis dis- dis- dis All communications must bear the authors author's name and address ss If you do not desire your name published indicate indi indi- indic c sate cate te this and it will be held confidential CONSUMER PAYS ANY ANYWAY WAY Editor The Telegram The consumer is well wen aware that thai he is and always will be bc H affected af affected affected af af- b by the merchants' merchants license tax The pO poor l' l bedeviled consumer is also wen well aware ware having ing learned from repeated experience that no merchant has ever invited them to participate in the profits accruing from remitted taxes And further that the ultimate consumer pays the thc tax anyway no matter who it is collected from so the they p favor a merchants' merchants license I because the tax is accessible and inexpensive to collect Common sense would dictate a graduated tax tar based on capitalization capitali capitalization or gross earnings o but did you ou ever el see a politician apply appl common sense I II I am inclined to think that the board of city commissioners is far too wise to resurrect the poll t x Certainly if I was going to oppose them for election re-election I would ask for no more popular issue than a poll tax The poll tax is in a class clas by itself exacting the same amount from the pauper as from the millionaire Could at anything thing be bemore more moreA f A UNION ION LABORER Editor The Tel Telegram gram I admire Charles Webbers Webber's Pica Plea for Humanity p in Tuesday e This to birds an and animals evenings evening's Telegram gram ram common pr practice needs practical discountenance Kee Keep P up your good work against cruelty to dumb animals animal I s. s R. R c. c