The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-21
A REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED GROSS SALES
TAX LAW

NV ,, lvocoted by influential n state
sstslaur has earnest and indignant protest
commercial industrial sections OF the state Fe gross
NIL briefly provides Il" "'"So" " n alike to corpor-
lss property thousand dollars "pP's anne
n bnsnCss ana amounts t" license 's " m s rr vcrs time
lesc o. making thousand dollars during one year
ason tn" subject is Of sue" vital Importance n, o,
ruhes welfare Of the state that the vicious
ban objections both Of principle and Q" policy; 00'SS' ~ "
b. on unwsdem and inefhcieneE.
First, and perhaps most that the gross sales tax
vxnseu,ablc business and as to some businesses
sy destructive Many this and every other s"'0
IRE margin" Wholesale dealers IN Sp ~
their returns from the large ' " -
-. !, fair estimate wholesale grocer
he the Wholesale ds00dS "eFeH" VIII m
cent. and in many cases during adverse yeas w w -
a will fall below per Of o"half OF one per cent
an to these very necessary '0""' h
only burdensomc IN the extreme O'
Specifically destructive the wholesale bust
Aess in West done i" the cities and towns %, CUS
harder Huntington Charleston Grafton
D , Nnown Farno wholesalers in these
orps would I've compared with ner
Ohio pennsy Virginia. Eventually the
s tax IN the PROMOTION bulk our wholesale 'F
conditions no merchant" "
nsepsins submit to nFoSo" ''N
NJ away from profits without disaster
Exep greater be destructive to the general oFoNs
Ire business largely developed in west ~
rnr the pas, eight stock sales arc nor
,y one-ch Of both the buyer and the seller inns ~ "
,ry fixed in Pittsburgh New York and every
ther epmc,e ~ charge OF "nh"f
BE one per cent charges wud create "a" en-
.n,e against every Virginia t" thru"
hines It's present without saying that such tax
could not increase the charges "
..tors because transfer ;he business to i'S
barxn Baltimore would them on the same
shares of stock through BROKER
,S civ Of wag brokerage That buyer Is
o. going topay service when by t"hoh"F 10
brokerage continue receive the same service TOT
kl.5N
In Wheeling We nsy. perhaps employing
one hundred persons business Of distributing
kscurnes Of industrial among the
ope of the state In HEn""
ud business has been extensively a'e
bped Under the would be destroyed
=,
Shensev considerable revenue from
(oro.rag businesses .ha revenue would wiped
"a industrial and of
west located other
4a,es for Investments Of purchase Of
average from to
no per sales applied
most
&c per year% addition to
lightly
advantage
y from c srss sales tax than the
snd however there relatively
advantage" the OF rroh
m run rrai . to- 80 pew cent and on these the gross sales tax
Of
all lines of business tnenuic
Hrpashou. burden"
some the
more the the greater in fact the
proportion Of obvious
nA. WISE S' ' $500 ;.ay -, ~ .,tr a 'sn,, -, ,rnoo..
khe heaviest small volumes Of bust
ess policy around Its burdens are
heavcs, they Of public service
which most general welfare prosperity of the state
Second n"Qutablc
BIZ. but it appl
Ohio valley valley larger operating
in selling o" states least have outside
connsetionS Many bsm
more ipo
their arDlcNo" of the
sales 'aN~" far as IT," greater " OF their business is concerned In
fact We
determined upOS the the gross
sales tax N"o" az concerns DUNG businesses OF o""S q" ~
Der year g of creating outside agencies for