Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-05 | Page 7 | Auto Makers Demand Reasonable Tax Levies

AUTO MAKERS DEMAND REASONABLE TAX LEVIES I CHICAGO, Feb. 5. Repeal of all IIbbbI special taxes growing out of the wur. lH f.r .Lag the cost of the world war over U period of fifty years, and a moder- Iibbbbb! ate protective tariff wero among pro- Lbbbbb! posals for a federal financial program LH approved by directors of the natlonul i automobile chamber of commerce. Elimination of the proposed $1,000.- 000.000 Increase in departmental estl- Pl Imaites for 1922. reduction of the mill- H ,tnry and navul program "to Its lowest 'H practicable point" and a further slash H !of ton per cent In all estimates were H ..Is., sugp. del The reductions ap- jH I proved would total approixatuly JL- c f 1500,000.000. ibbbbb! If further revenue were required the program suggests a consumption tux H of one per cent on all commodities ( UH based on retail sales to the consumer .1