Show i I OCCUPATION TAX Start Star Concerted Movement t to toI i I Induce Council Connell to Abolish It 1 IT lilS f 1 t IS S REGARDED AS UNFAIR hJ Men Meni IellI s s s Sc See Xo Xu It Reason Why I i i Should be Subjected d to let I Double Taxation m j t I A concerted movement has boon been n started 1 ed among mong the tho lie merchants of oC Salt Sal t I Lako Lake to abolish what they regard as ns double taxation and within a few fow ew weeks the tho crusade ma may crystallize In a t petition to tho ho council to revoke th tho e standing long double tax The Thu movement has been started b by 3 Norman Christenson on and amI a n canvass q o othe of f the business district is being made mal for forthe tho the purpose of or bringing the merchants merchant s together n Besides the regular taxes merchants are arc compelled to take oti otia out t n f license to lo do business II h in the city the license amounting to about half haJt o of oC t the time general tax Mr or Christenson declares de de- Blares clares that Salt Lake Is the only city where a merchant Is asked ed to pay a n license for tor doing business an and he loo hes I s Is s I strongly opposed to th time the custom cs It An amt Imposition I I 1 1 1 I I To ro charge a license foe fee from flom n a pod ped peddler or o transient merchant se seems ms Jus jUR- tillable I s said lit rl i Ch I t n last tn night but bUl I 1 bc believe It Is an imposition impost lion tion upon the business men to make mak th the double tax rax yearly On n my stock k kI I have CJ pay PM about half the price fora for fOl fora fOla a license licence that I do In general taxes and I have ha to swear to th the value o othe of f the goods which I en carry 11 All of th the e business men have to do the same thing I have ha talked with several o othe of oC f the tho business men and the they are arc aga against t it ft to the man but no concerted movement movement movement move move- ment has ever been beon started for COl am Its s eradication I J intend canvassing tho the cH city for Cor or tho purpose of or lining up the I merchants against ac the thc custom and if it enough support is received we wc will goto go goto goto to the council in a body and ask asli that thal the license system be e revoked In case cast the council turns turn a dent deaf par car we will ref refuse to pay and amI make a t test t of oC the constitutionality of the time law |