The Washington times., 1921-11-29
CANADIANS
WELCOME
TAX PAR Y
Congressman Get First Insight
Into Splendid Value Of Sales
Levy in Montreal.
BY JOHN X. WINKLER.
Universal Service.


MONTREAL, Quebec, Nov. 29.-
The special delegation Of American
Congressman visiting Canada % tho
guests of William Randolph Hearst
to study the Dominion sales tax sys-
TEN have begun to acquaint them
selves with the operation of the tax.
Get Great Welcome In Montreal
The forty-seven Congressmen, rep!
ressntins twenty-nine States, and ac-
yconpanied by . dozen attaches and
received q great ~ei.
come when their special Pullman train
pulled into Montreal yesterday.
Greeted formally and informally by
a delesa ton of distinguished Canadian
officials and citizens. the Americans
were Immediately taken in motor cars
to tho Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where ar
rangements had been made for their
reception and accommodation.
The days climax came yesterday
afternoon, when a brilliant luncheon
was given the American visitors by
the Canadian Club in the Windsor
Hotel. Here 500 Of the foremost cit-
Gems Of Montreal gathered to frater-
nixe with the Americans and induct
them into the simple mysteries Of
Canada's great painless tax" which
II expected this year to add upward
Of 500, 900 900 to the Dominion's reve-
nuea.
Dignitaries There.
At tho guest table and about the
room sat mon noted In economic, po-
litical and social life. Acting Mayor
John p. Dixon Of Montreal, u valiant
old patriot, said to some Of tho dele
cation:
1T does my heart GOOD to sec you"
There were Senator Lorne G. Web
ster. president OF the Montreal board
Of trade; J. Stanley Cook. secretary Of
tho board of trade: City Clerk Rene
tauset. with a largo and noteworthy
following in Montreal: Alderman E, G.
Generaux, chairman Of tho Canadian
Club entertainment COMMITTEES, Bena.
tor J. b. Casgrain, a true votary Of
the spirit of international comfy. and
hundreds of others.
was aptly caught by Lieut.. Col. A.
A. Magee, president of the Canadian
Club, who presided at the luncheon in
the flag-draped Rose Room. Smooth
shaven, scholarly, forceful. Colonel
Magee, presiding at the big round
table set in the center of the diners,
oiasped hands figurativeiy with the
Americans with this declaration,
I'VE have never entertained 80 de
t'nguished q group as we honor To-
day"
What the Sales Tax II.
The Dominion on May 10. 1920,
made effective the following tax
ions, including certain foodstuffs,
initial sale by the farmer of his own
products, and the first products of
fish cries, mines and forestersI
One per cent tax on sales and de-
liveries by manufacturers and whole
salers or jobbers,
Two Per Cent Is Conservative Tax.
Two per cent on sales and deliver
es by manufacturers to retailers or
consumers,
One per cent on the duty paid
value of importations by manufae.
turers or wholesalers or jobbers.
Two per cent tax on the duty paid
value of impertatiens by retailers or
consumers.
This simple painless tax" brought
in s50, 900 900 last year as against
$40, 600 ,888 for the income tax and
t40, ,o00, 900 from the business profits
tax,
On this same basis the painless
tax" would yield 81, 400, 600 ,0e0 for the
United States, certainly an item worth
considering, even In these days of In
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