Show A GASOLINE TAX the question of 0 just and equit equitable equitably abl way to raise money for or road parloa as Is one which la Is causing a considerable amount of 0 discussion at this time bolds are being built and maintained at a rate never before dreamed of improved roads and road systems benefit communities in two ways waya first by benefiting the individual user directly or indirectly by benefiting the tha community is a a whole by making it more accas elble and more desirable at the pret prel nt time road money cornea comes largely largel y rom two sources a tax on property and an auto license tax perhaps this Is as it should be but the demand tor for more road mon ey Is so insistent that our law mak ars are hunting for or new and equitable sources ot of taxes at the present time the auto pays on its size site this Is very unfair as you have a tord ord car which is only run a few miles a day for or three or four our months in a year and I 1 have a ford car exactly like yours which I 1 get out of at the garage in the early morning ind keep it running till early tho th next morning and it goes every dai in the ehg year yet you pay the same earn tax as aa I 1 do john jones owns a truck chic he uses to go to the farm arm and ge get t i load of 0 hay bay once in a while and jacl jac smith owns a truck just juat like it which mates makes steen trips a week be tween deaver beaver and bill elkord tord bott pay the same tax now it 1 then were some way each would pa pay y ir proportion to the amount they UBI net the road it be fair air you get at it by weighing their loads ane anc measuring the miles traveled thia would practically he impossible ai least it would be impracticable now suppose john jones uses five gallons of 0 gasoline a week and jacl smith uses 70 gallons in the sure bairn time and a tax of 0 three quarters quarter of a cent per gallon was collected as 11 tax on oa motive would that be fair air between the two ford owners if not kindly write u us your and we will give them to the public your reasons will not be unless your name la Is signed to the article however your name wll wil not be printed unless you give your you per mission to do so let us heat heal some arguments on this question 0 a gasoline tax it Is a now new though in utah and undoubtedly has hag ments menta both for or and against let ut u hear bear from rom all interested in this roar flu eatlo |