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Show Tax in Many States Thirty-seven of the forty-elgnt 1 states and the District of Columbia start 1925 with a gasoline tax in force. In several slates the tax is 1 cent, in 18 states and the District of Columbia it is 2 cents, in two it is 2 cents, in nine it is 3 cents and In one state it is -1 cents. Of the remaining 11 states, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and New Jersey, as well as Kansas, all have gasoline tax measures under consideration. con-sideration. It is probable that most of these measures will be enacted liitu laws. Massachusetts Is the only state that has definitely turned down a gas i tax measure by popular vote and It Is generally believed that the reason for this defeat is to be found in the apportionment ap-portionment of funds proposed rather than In the fact that it was a gasoline tax. |