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Show EASING THE BURDEN We read with interest that an organized or-ganized attempt is to be made when cember to lift some of the tax burdens bur-dens now borne by those who buy and operate autos. Figures show that since 1917 auto owners have paid into in-to the United States treasury nearly In billion dollars In excise tase -jthe tax that the government requu--i eu when a car is purchased, it adds about $29 to the cost of every one sold. The American Automobile association associa-tion is backing the move to get the excise tax eliminatisd, or at least greatly reduced, arguing that Uu man who buys an automobile has to papay a state tax on it,; license tag tax, in most states has to pay a tax on the gasoline he uses, has to pay a tax on the roads he drives ou, as well as a tax on most of the accea sories he is forced to buy. Hundred) of manufactured articles have al-I al-I ready been relieved of wartime tax-I tax-I es and, it Is argued, there is no goou reason vh ythe war tax on autos should still be continued. The government's gov-ernment's revenue from war taxes without this would still show a huge surplus above the amount needed I each year. It Is suggested that auto ownero everywhere get in touch wth their congressmen and the senators from their states and ask them to look into in-to the matter. Citizens around Mil-ford Mil-ford can aid materially by telling their congressman, either by word or letter, that they would like to see the burden lifted, so far as it Is sare, from the shoulders of those who buy and operate automobiles1. We can't get along without autos. But that is no reason why the extra war tax should be kept on thorn when the government gets plenty to operate on without It. |