Show 0 t I c SS from other editors From The Beacon Deacon Lake Charles Louisiana John D. D Morris of the New York Times reports Congress Congress Congress Con gress appears likely to prescribe remedies for some of the taxpayers taxpayer's taxpayers taxpayers taxpayer's ers er's most annoying g headaches by overhauling the tile long neglected long neglected excise tax system Mr Morris describes a few tew atthe of at the absurdities that are now p part rt of the excise tax setup One example example exam pIe is a bowling ball ban bag which bag which is taxable as luggage at 10 per cent If If U space Is provided for carrying carryl g bowling shoes but bitt Isn't taxed otherwise oth oth- To take another after aftershave aftershave shave lotions are taxable as toilet articles while articles while shaving before-shaving lotions lotions lo lo- lions and oils are tax free unless recommended for after sh alter shaye after ve use To take a third an automobile windshield Is taxable If the Installer Install Install- install er buys it ready made mad but its it's tax tax tree free If it he cuts the glass In his own own shop r As revenue producers the ex excise lse taxes dont don't amount to to m much h. h But they can be bee a item to the consumer who needs the many items in dally dani use use which are subject subject sub sub- to the tax They undoubtedly discourage consumption consumption-at at the expense expense expense ex ex- pense of production and employment employment employ employ- ment In the affected enterprise They are arc a real and expensive burden on the nations nation's retailers who must try to cope with endless red tape and conflicting rulings and opinions That expense like all aU others must ultimately tely be paid for by the buying pub public ic Finally most of these ta taxes es w were re emergency war measures measures' just as as were transportation discouraging taxes The overhauling which Mr Morris forecasts is certainly due From De b Independent Dearborn Michigan Regardless of what Is being it might be bewell bewell bewell well to point out that we should n not t become complacent about ou our curr current current nt rec record rd levels of production production tion employment and nd Income We must keep In mind that it Is not enough to ma maintain j the the existing high level of output must continually increase its If we are afe g going to prevent prevent unemployment UI from arising f 1 ir Thus us 11 If ve ive we merely f r tr try t to rh main maintain main ln- ln tale tain a certain level of output Instead In- In in instead stead of Increasing It It we have f forced r tending ito t arli ment neat Is Is Interesting to note that we produced approximately th the same amoun amount oun of at goods od and d s services lr IQ ip the the- first quarter of I 5 as we we did in the second quarter of 1953 but buY we di did ill it with tw two i n less workers The peak production of 1953 was an insufficient nt io maintain full employment two two years yean later later I In order t to prevent this type typo of situation from arising we must constantly expand put gut economy |