Arizona republican., 1914-06-04
LICENSE LAW
 ATTACKED BY
 ASSOCIATION
Merchants and Manufac- turers Declare for Repeal and Not Amendment of New City License Tax Or dinance; Successful Ban quet

Opposition to the new city license oi oidinance, and a strong resolution that it be not amended but revoked were features of the monthly ban quet of the Merchants and Manu- facturers Association at the Arizona club last night. Easing their action on the report of a special committee named by heads of the M. and M, the Board of Trade and Rotary club, the gathering passed its 1eso- lution
 G. F. Barrows reviewed the ordin- ance from the view point of busi- ness man and lawyer. His remarks were direct and to the point and brought forth much applause and ap- proNal from all sides
 The discussion was general and the resolution simple, carrying just the one idea as given above.
 The special committee will meet again with the city commission to- day at two o'clock to further dis cuss the ordinance. All the members present last night and all business men are asked to be at the city hall to support the committee
 The closing of the stores from June 15 to September l was ordained for Thursday afternoons. A motion was passed that the merchants and their employees celebrate the first half holiday with a picnic at Riverside Park, June IS.
 Col. J. H. McClintock, postmaster of Phoenix. made an address on the Parcel Post" as convenience to the business man. He spoke of the business of the Phoenix postoffice, explaining its system and showing it to be operated under a system just like any business, house.
 The Committees Work
 The report of the special commit tee was as follows:
 Proceedings of special committee appointed by the presidents of the Merchants X Manufacturers Associa- ton, Board of Trade and Rotary Club in accordance with motion passed at meeting of the joint com mttees of the three organizations mentioned.
 Present: H. A. Diehl, chairman, Judge c. P Ainsworth, Geo. F. Bar rows, C. P Dunn. E. o. Carlisle, Paul S Kantz
 The chairman explained that the committee had been called for the purpose of considering in all it's pro- visions. ordinance No s, with view of making such recommendations to the city commission for notifications and changes of the ordinance in order to make it acceptable to the business l interests
 Judge Ainsworth very ably assisted the committee by a review of the le- gal points of the case, the consti- nationality and legality of various | provisions of the ordinance and the mprobability of satisfactory changes being effected on account of the loose construction. ambiguous wording and illegal provisions of the ordinance. Free and full discussion followed. Although the principle of a license tax was condemned altogether, it was the concensus of opinion that if a license tax was necessary and the only means of finance at the present time the present ordinance was a better basis to work upon than Or dinance No. 6.
 The following motion by MT Bar rows, seconded by MT. Kantz, was then passed by unanimous vote:
 "Moved that this committee report to the president Of the Merchants & Manufacturers Association that it is their joint opinion that we wait upon the commission and ask them to re- yoke Ordinance No. 6 at once and further publication be stopped in or der to save expense; that the pres ent ordinance be amended, if neces- sary, to include any essential points not covered now, but not assess 6 percentage of sales upon any busi- ness"
 The secretary was directed to de-