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Show Tremendous Gasoline Tax Take Raises State Revenue 1 The gasoline tax in Utah will pass Its 35th birthday next Saturday, Sat-urday, Mar. 8, 1958. but the day will not be marked by any celebrating cele-brating only the spinning of tme pump meters continuing to roll up tax revenues in this state at the rate of $1 million every two weeks. This was pointed out today by Frank L. Kirkham, district sales manager of the General Petroleum Corporation, who recalled re-called that it was on Mar. 8, 1923, that Utah motorists first began paying a tax on gasoline. "At the original 2 -cent rate, the tax yielded S7C5CC0 In revenue reve-nue In its fTst full year," Mr. Kirkman said. "Now Utah highway users are paying 37 times as much an cstimaed $26 5 million a year under the present 6-cent state tax and the J cent federal tax." Kirkman noted that the Utah state gasoline tax. which since 1923 has undernone four In-ceases In-ceases and no reductions) Is expected th's year to bring in an estimated $28.8 nv'l'on Annual revenue f-om this state tnx he said, has more than doubled dou-bled since 1950. trin'ed since 1947 and quadrupled rlco 1945. The Federal tax on gasoline, first Imnosed as to n one-cent rate In 1932. vs ircro."- to 1H cnts In 1910, to two cents In "11 nrsd to three cents In 1956. Vationafc th totat "tike" of the f"deral pasol'ne tnx ' now more thin $15 h'llion a year, and of I a'l proline tyrs, more than $4 5 billion a year. |