Show URGE THE GAS TAX I 1 representative 8 sen sell former of the house last reduced a bill calling for the imposition of an excise tax aa gas mr measure follows loii s closely the recommendations made editor editorially in the News Advocate of last week As one of the most influential of thel th eHouse rouse as an experienced legislator I 1 mr jor arensen I 1 is certain to get a thorough gli consid consideration gration of the bill the nes NON s ad advocate ecate editorial a I 1 appeared on thursday mr Joen L seng bill the following fol loNing r day but that was coincidence hild simply semes clieo tl that the aunts of alic proposal ro mosill nrc are being brill regarded b othera others those of us to arc mainly illY anxious to protect the interests of a strictly utah fuel f lie A tux on natural gas strikes us as ideal because taxation is normally based on four major factors namely first the ability to ray second ease and cost of taxation third equalization of tax burden fourth the amount to be ioa hed A tax on oil natural gas mould fall on oil the richest arnd most thickly populated section of the state and mould be only a nominal burden to the colsum us 04 of this commodity it is estimated by compete com t author itcy that such a tax as proposed in ill the jorgensen Jorgens cn bill ii would oil d only cost cun the larger home about 1000 per car ear it ni be a N very cry simple lax tax to tol collect lolle leet ct and the cost of col lection bould be far less th than almost any other tax now imi im posed because under the bill as presented the collection ifould be made directly from she file distributing distri butin 0 concern con cern whereas coal now pays ci a tax of about four cents per ton a tax of one cent per thousand cubic feet of gas would sen serne to equalize the tax burden borne by the respective fuels the best available estimate on oil the amoust to be realized by such a tax places the figure at per 3 ear based on the current rate of con sump tion surely not an share for gas to pay so there youl you I 1 have a perfect t set up for an a n equitable eq excise tax easily collected simple of administration and eminently just from every point of diew new we earnestly suggest that our readers communicate their acu icu s on this subject to the members of the house and the senate and the I 1 nes neus advocate stands ready to supply and interested te person eiith ith detailed information on the subject |