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Show Farmers Union To Oppose Gas Tax The Farmers Union in Utah will seek the repeal of gasoline taxes applied to gasoline used in farm tractors and machinery off the highways, Paul V. Kelly, Kel-ly, director of the Utah-Southern Idaho Farmers Union announces. "The gasoline consumption tax is intended for highway purposes," pur-poses," Mr. Kelly said. "It is obviously unfair to levy the tax against fuel used in tractors in the production of crops. "Nearly every state provides an exemption for such gasoline and several of our Farmers Union Un-ion locals have already urged that we propose legislation extending ex-tending the exemption in this state. |