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Show Chains Fear Light Yote Might Result In Passage of 'Death Tax' With nearly 100 important Utah organizations on record against No. 2 on next Tuesday's ballot, the all-Utah campaign to defeat the chain store death tax today reached its most critical phase. "Organized groups of citizens that have studied this issue are practically unanimous in condemning con-demning this trick tax scheme to raise prices," says a statement issued by the Citizens' State Committee Against No. 2. "But that won't mean a thing, in the final analysis, unless the people of the state go to the polls next Tuesday and cast their votes. "Our only fear now is that, with sentiment overwhelmingly against No. 2, too many people may sit back and think their votes aren't necessary. If any considerable number of people stay away from the polls through over-confidence, then there is a very grave danger that the bill might be adopted. Tax Would Ralwi Ihrl "This would be a tragedy for the State of Utah, since it has been proved conclusively that the passage of No. 2 would raise retail re-tail prices and thus lower the standard of living of practically everybody in the State". Organizations on record against No. 2 include dozens of agricultural agricul-tural groups led hy the Utah Councd of Farmer Coeratives. the Sugar Beet Growers' association, associ-ation, Utah Farm Bureau, Utah Poultry' Irxlucers' Cooperative association and numerous other representative farm associations Also on record as emphatically against No 2 are the combined, forces of organied latw.r. sK-ar-headed by the Utah Federal ion! of Ualxir, the CIM and t lie I'.ol-i I'.ol-i Continued on Suppl merit i Against Chain Store Tax (Continued from first page) road Brotherhoods. The Utah State Press association, associ-ation, the Utah Real Estate board, and dozens of other important groups from St. George to Logan and from Wendover to Montimllo have also condemned No. 2 and are urging their members to vote against it. "All these groups," the statement state-ment adds, "recognize the fact that No. 2 is a sinister threat to the welfare of Utah. It would disrupt important outlets for Utah q agricultural products, force con- a sumers to buy from higher-priced stores, throw many Utah men and women out of jobs, and eventu- g ally drive out stores that buy more than $16,000,000 worth of (; Utah products every year and pay nearly $1,000,000 in taxes. Competition Would Die VY "There is not one store in a thousand that could possibly stand an extra tax of $5,000 a year in special taxation, for that is con- R siderably more than the total profit earned by most stores. Thus, the low-price chain stores-like stores-like J. C. Penney, Sears, Wool-worth, Wool-worth, Kress, Walgreen, Mnt" gomery Ward and Safeways -would eventually pass out of the picture and the many benefits they bring to the people of Utah would be completely lost. "There is only one way to avert 'such disaster. That is for the people of Utah to go to the pop on Tuesday and vote against No-2. No-2. There is no other way to de- fa feat this unfair scheme to destroy des-troy competition and raise pri on the necessities of life". ttl |