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Show OPPOSITION TOOpposition TO TOSTATF ORANIZED ORANIZrD . : STATF TA TAX ) , . I If ; STARTED STARTEDOpposition - of Utah retail mer- mer merchants merchants mer merchants - Opposition requiringmonthly requiringmonthly requiring requiringtiwiMo chants to the new law 1aw monthly Inventories to * determine -ti-wiMo ti wiMo - - abasis a aI a abasis taxes on mer merchandlse merchandise basis for property but the thestate thestate speeding speedmg speedingdencing I chandise chandlse stocks is IS not evl evi evldencing evidencing state tax conllUlsslon commission dencing any alarmpointing alarmPointing alarm alarmPointing out the county assessors assessorsare assessorsare assessorsJUT Pointing ' t- t t"f "f f ob obtaming obtanning "h h "hthat " charged ' ' with - " ' - the " - duty - - ' of " are r inventories and colIect collect colIecti(1 collectig taming tanning : the Secretary Leo A Jar Jardine Jardine i(1 i1 ig ( ! the taxes saidthat said saidthat commission dine of the tax that body would wou1d take no action un un1ess unless unless were unable unab1e tQ to tQmake tomake tomake 1ess less the assessors make coIlectionsUnder collectionsUnder collections coIlections collectionsUnder Under the new law it is expected expectedby expectedby by the commission that tax collec coHec- coHec collec- coHectlons collections collections - tions tlons will be greater than in thepast thepast the thepasi . now . mclude include mcludethose includethose . protests - - -those those - The * past pasi .nv nv piv .ai ai j .v v .vthose those from merchants in Ogden OgdenProvo OgdenProvo OgdcnProvo Provo Logan and Summit swnmlt county countyas the thestate thestate thestate other sections of as v . well sell en as state where protest is not yet fullyorganized fulIYorganized fully fulIY fullyorganized organized organizedRay Ray H Butler secretary of the theUtah theUtah theUtah Utah State Retailers association associationsaid associationsaid associationsaid said a meeting would be held In InSa1t inSalt inSalt Sa1t Salt Lake City of representatives of ofall ofall ofall all trade areas soon to determine determineupon determineupon determineupon upon a concerted course of action actionMeanwhile actionMeanwhile actionMeanwhile Meanwhile he said merchants are arebemg arebeing arebeing bemg being advised to file their returnsorder returns returnsunder under order protest so the tnei they can recover if ifthe ifhe ifthe the he } law a.vf avf . is declared invalid |