| Show De Death th Tax TaxIs Is Is' Top Issue of Utah Ballot The proposed per year per store death tax on art chain stores No No 2 on the November ballot- ballot loomed today as the major issue of oC Utah's 1912 election campaign With interest in candidates at atlow atlow atlow low ebb political observers agree that the drastic tax scheme and Its threat throat of higher prices for consumers ers will be the chief chiet concern of Utah voters on November 3 Outspoken opposition to the tax has been voiced by major farm and labor groups among other representative representative representative organizations and their leaders are backing up this action with an appeal to the members of the various groups to protect their interests by voting against No 2 on election day We Ve realize that our organizations organization's organizations organization's organizations organization's tion's official condemnation of oC this vicious proposal may be nullified unless the rank file of our members translate our action Into votes on November 3 explained a n spokesman for Cor one representative group Th There Thre re is grave danger that public apathy toward the election this year may enable sponsors of No 2 to put over their scheme despite despite despite de de- de- de spite public sentiment against It I The only way to make sure that this unprecedented scheme to raise prices by driving chain stores out of th thA th state is to register and then vote against No 2 on election day Similar activity is being spearheaded spearheaded spear spear- headed hooded by farm leaders who are warning their groups that the destruction destruction destruction de de- de- de of oC chain stores by No 2 would not only disrupt an annual chain store market for Utah products but might also subject subject subject sub sub- Utah f Car farm a r m operatives co-operatives themselves to prohibitive taxation because of the chain store character character charac charac- ter of their operations Latest to join in the campaign against the tax is the Utah Council Council Coun Coun- cil of Farmer operatives Co-operatives according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the Citizens' Citizens State Committee Committee Committee Com Com- Against No 2 Organizations holding membership membership membership member member- ship in the Council include the Utah State Farm Bureau Federation Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion Utah Wool Marketing Association Association Association Northwestern Turkey Growers Growers Grow Grow- ers Association Farmers' Farmers Grain Cooperative Cooperative Cooperative Co Co- Co- Co operative Utah Poultry Producers Co operative Association Hiland Dairy Association Utah Fur Breeders Breed Breed- ers rs Association Utah Canning Crop Growers Association and Producers Livestock M Marketing Association I I I I j II I I i Those who attended the funeral I of Mrs Gardner were Dr and Mrs Wm Vim J J. J Snow Mr and Mrs 1 Edgar M. M Jensen Mr and Mrs J. J W. W Thornton Mr J. J C. C Knell and Miss I Naomi Rich from Provo Mr and Mrs Henry Jones Mr Nat Gardner I Mr and Mrs R. R B. B Gardner Mr Arthur Gardner M Mrs s. s May Cox i Platt and Mr Royal S. S Gardner from Cedar City Mrs Edna Snow Nielson Mr and Mrs J. J Gardner and Mr and Mrs W. W W. W Brockbank Brockbank Brock- Brock bank from Springville Sevi Snow Mr 1 and Mrs E. E S. S Gardner from Pine Pino Valley Laura Snow Mr lr and 1 Mrs Rex Gardner and daughter Ora Lee from St. St George Mr and Mrs Mace Snow Vanda Wanda Snow Pet Peterson from Wellington Mr and I Mrs Henry A. A Gardner from Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish Fork Mr Kumen Gardner from New Castle Mr and Mrs Gordon Snow from Salt Lake City and Mr Reed S. S Gardner from Berkeley California |
