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Show WILL YOUR BUSINESS BE NEXT? Last year, 12 states had no gasoline tax; this year, only one is left that has not passed or up, to March first was not considering a ga8 tax law. Arkansas had a 4-cent tax last year, the highest of all; this year, four have decided on a 4-cent tax, and four have made it five cents. Only New York sticks to the 1 -cent tax; all the others are from 2 cents upwards. The amount collected last year was $76,648,85 1 ; using the same amount of gas, the states under the new laws may expet to collect $198,985,138. Taxes, must be paid to support governments but special and unequal un-equal taxation has for centuries been a curse to, and a destroyer of many goverments. The Standard Oil Company of California has made an open and above board fight against the constantly increasing gas tax, as a matter of principle, not because;" the tax hurts the Standard Oil Company, for it is simply transferred to the public with each gallon gal-lon of gas sold, but because! the system of taxation is unsound and unless curbed, will gradually be extended) from one business to another. |