Show TOWELS IN PUBLIC V WASHROOMS IS In this era of codes and special special cial taxes situations sometimes I arise which are arc of great importance import import- ance ante to the public but of which they learn very little For in instance instance instance in- in stance in m protecting one industry ry by holding down another it becomes a public question how much the one is benefited at what expense to the other and with what results to the public publicAn An illustration has just come cometo cometo cometo to light in the paper industry which has surprising and farr far- far r aching reaching results Long filtering from Irom demoralized conditions clue due to overproduction restricted demana demand denland de de- mand mana and prices pric pric- es it now has a new problem prIc 1 secretary Wallace acting under under authority conferred on him by bythe bythe the Agricultural Adjustment Act has imposed a heavy processing processing pro pro- pro pro-I tax on paper towels and other paper products amounting amount amount- ing to tp approximately ten cent of the me manufacturers manufacturer's selling price lie reason given is that it will I prevent a shift in consumption cotton to paper Howe I However er the other paper items may be treated it is certainly certainly certainly to be said in favor of the paper towel industry that it has hasl made a real contribution to sanitation sanitation sani sani- sanI 1 tation ration in public washrooms over the period of the th-e last decade raper laper towels are used in schools public buildings s and ring plants where in most instances instances instances in in- stances no towel tovel service was ras used prior to paper and in all likelihood no towel service serVIce willAbe will willbe Abe be be provided if the price of paper towels as a result of the tax I becomes prohibitive I It is to be hoped that Secretary Secreta Secreta- Secreta-I Secreta ry Wallace Vallace will viII take this into consideration in fixing a revised I and nd just rate so that the use of II this sanitary convenience which is provided primarily to school schoolchildren i j children and workingmen in factories is not not discarded It is I of too gre great t importance to the public h health alth and the health of school children to be ignored It would seem that instead of ot bearing an unreasonable burd burden paper towels should be given I very ivery encouragement They are area a distinct forward step in the i direction of improved sanitary I cond conditions in public washrooms To tax them out of these and I many other places would be 00 a a. a backward step i in our mod modern rn progress I |