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Show No Tax on Piano. The vigorous protests' made la France against tho proposal to levy a tax upon' all owners of pianos In that country have had the desired result, and for tho present no further attompt will he .made to carry tho suggestion Into effect. The plan, as the London Telegraph recalls, was to make every possessor of a small piano pay the equivalent of two dollars a year, and the owners of a grand were to disburse double that amount. It was estimated that the revenue from the proposed tax 'would enrich the coffers of, the state to the tune of $1,000,000. Many collections collec-tions of other Instruments have been known to produce a worse tune. |