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Show CANDY INSTEAD OF LI- I vH QUOR iH I 'flVal Heavy consumption of candy has i 1 HJ followed prohibition In Alaska. Re- & iflBB ccntlv the Alaska Englnceilng com- HBVJ mission, which tins charge of tho ' VHH construction of the government raid j iHJ road In the north ndvcitised for bids S VHl for l.'OOO pounds of chocolntcs and SB caramels and liundiedH of boxes of HJ Imr candy nnd chewing gum. The . candy and gum will bu tnken north 3 jHHJ for the men working on tho Hue. jl , IBBb And yet candy is classed nh u lux- , f SHV ury and taxed special e.clue tax i . 9BH above nil other taxes paid, &mff KBB No better IlluHttatlon Is needed to 4? ?. B show tho shortcomings nnd lucqual- r, '- ' jBBl ,tty of legislation passed under the y. j'' iBVJ stres of war conditions. The cilsls . ' .HBJ Is now passed and our taxation s)s- jHJ tem should bo relsed so as to equnj- flBV izo and lighten tho tax but den on ;: XVA1 'duslry arid thereby encourngo Indus- j , I trial expansion Instead of dlscounu- $ IBJ |