Show AL ICE SODA TAX repeal of tile the fen ten per cent on oil ice cream soda and other soft concoct eions is provi dedIn a bill introduced in the house by representative longworth of ohio a member of the ways and means committee and in the senate by senator james E watson of indiana a member of the finance committee and it is likely that the republican Republic majority in both bodies will see thattie tax Is rem removed before the summer Is ia over 1 1 this tax said longworth imposes an unnecessary and obnoxious burden upon the people in theiron ot of a harmless drink the j I 1 majority in congress will easily find oth other er means of getting sufficient revenue especially by protection on imports besides taking tile the extra penny or two from the young people of the country and this of course also lias reference to all of that section of the present law which has to do with taxation on ice fee cream and other sweet preparations in addition to this imposition the public the tax Is bad because it is proving very difficult and unsatisfactory in its administration it is pretty generally believed by the treasury experts that it costs more to lo collect it than it yields to the government |