Show NEW SALES TAX HITS POCKETS ON ALL SIDES after june 1 next whenever dad buys a 30 suit it of 0 clothes someone la is going to pay t the 0 state cents practically all of which will be used by the state tor for the relief of unemployment whether the retailer will pay the tax direct or collect ott oft dad la is not very material since ultimately the retailer will have to go out of 0 business it he does not malce make some profit and competition compels him to keep his profits within a narrow margin the sales tax Is designed to apply especially to purchaser ot of tangible property which includes about all the family eats eata and wears it a family ot of live five persons averages a year per person on tood food and clothing it will contribute 15 out ot of the 2000 to the emergency fund oleomargarine on which an excise tax Is already collected Is exempt but Is about the only article 0 of food that la is big brothers t cigarettes or dig big sisters do not have to pay an extra tax but there will be a tax on dads cigar just juat as there will be on mothers cosmetics every time anyone goes to the theatre or to a show at the church school or elsewhere there will be an extra cent added to the admission price the tha malt for the family beer paya days a 5 per cent tax taic but then beer is not made in utah but whatever the malt Is bold tor for it pays the tax gasoline tor for the automobile Is exempt as already taxed but the oil will pay a tax ot of 1 cent for or each of the purchase price when the family buys a new car it pays 34 3 4 of I 1 per cent of the purchase price including the allowance tor for the car turned in the tax Is due with each installment all this until april 1 1935 unless the governor by proclamation ends it sooner salt lake tribune |