Show THE SALES TAX the different schemes mes for paying taxes have hane become so complicates complicated that every vaudeville artist in tho the country has amused his audiences by making jokes about their income blanks everyone heemst 0 be perfectly willing to let the burden ot ol taxation fall upon his neighbor providing it reduces the size of his own check to the tax collector As one follows the arguments with relation to tax schemes he cannot help but bui feel sympathetic with the dear old lady who suggested that it if these taxes are ara so bad why do we have them to bother us the proposed sales tax has been discussed in washington before the senate finance committee and at the outset the arguments were all in support of 0 the plan now comes R G elliott of chicago representing the credit men who contends that the operation of the tax will make it tall fall upon the ultimate consumer thereby throwing the burden upon the necessities of life and upon persons least able to pay on the other hand it Is said in behalf of the sales tax that it Is direct and to the point and although it may have its painful features the taxpayer knows exactly when he is being touched tor for his part of the expense of the running of the public machinery nevertheless the sales sale tax would doubtless outrival the present nuisance features of existing tax laws it if put into effect we might expect to hear it referred to as the blamed nuisance tax |