The Washington times., 1921-09-24
AUTO OWNERS
WANT NUISANCE
+. TAXES LIFTED
Direct Levy on Manufacturer
and Revision Of Other As
sessments Favored.

| the Irritating nuisance taxes WniCH
when purchasing accessories for their
cars. but believing that It will also
have a stimulating effect on industry
and help to solve the menacing ma
tional problem Of unemployment, the
| American Automobile Association.
comprising about 700 State and local
automobile clubs and representing the
individual car owners Of the country,
has none on record for manufactur-
ers' tax and to support a tax revision
program involving the repeal Of the
special discriminatory war taxes now
| in effect. ...r.
Admitting there Is a. selfish inter.
est to be served in seeking the elimi.
! nation Of the nuisance taxes. the A.
A. A. directors are quite emphatic In
declaring that their organizations de-
cision was prompted with little con.
sideration for this feature. The main
| motive in indorsing the manufactur-
ers tax IL to give to the business men
Of the country just what they them.
selves feel Is needed to set in motion
the wheels Of industry that will give
employment to more than 100000
now idle men.
Manufacturers Tax.
In going on record In favor Of a
manufacturers tax, the A. A. A. be.
lieves that this form of taxation
would not only help to solve the un.
employment problem, but that II
would be less costly for the Federal
Government, more easily assessed and
more completely collected, more un.
derstandable to all the people, less
irritating, and provide a more equit-
able distribution of taxation.
The A.. A. A. also takes the stand
that the day Of discriminatory spe-
ciai taxes which were imposed dur
ing the war for the purpose OF re.
stricting production has passed: and
that the taxes which were levsied
particularly at non-essential enter.
prisSs during the war ought to be
repealed for the reason that today
there is no non-essential industry.
A. A. A. Indersos II.
The A. A. A. endorses substantially
the proposals Of Senator Smoot, who
ls soon to introduce a new tax bill
as a substitute for the measure which
has been passed by the House and
Is now pending before the Senate
Finance Committee. These proposals
include enactment Of q new general
manufacturers tax: retention OF
the present income tax OF 10 per cent
on corporations: retention OF exist.
ing taxes on tobacco. narcotics, and
olsomargarine; and retention of ex-
listing inheritance taxes.
The A. A. A. idea Is that q manu-
facturers' tax would be imposed at
only one point in the process of
production: that is, when the manu-
featuring process is completed so
that tho tax could not be pyramided
or passed along to the consumer In
expanded form.
In q communication sent to its
affiliated clubs today, the A. A. A.
says, in part:
"Cnquestionably the most serious
condition confronting our country
today is that caused by more than |
five million persons out Of employ.
ment-~ Any action that will tend TO |
relieve this condition by putting this |
vast army back on the job deserves
immediate impetus. Unless this |
problem Of unemployment is met |
promptly and effectively, we are 20. |
ing to experience dark days unparaI. |
leled in our nations history. Hun |
CRY people may be fed promises, but |
they cannot subsist on them. Prom. |
ises must be followed by action: &C. |
ton must be followed by employ. |
ment; employment will be followed |
by food. Then comes prosperity and |
contentment. That Is what we want. |
Must Bring Relief.
There is a real reason back Of this |
unemployment This reason Is def.
nitely known and can be remedied. |
We can and must do our part to bring |
relief.
TO relieve the present situation, it |
Is imperative that all the wheels Of |
industry are put in motion withou: |
delay. Our foremost industrial ana |
commercial leaders belieev this can |
be accomplished by the proper sort of |
taxation. They favor and have in.
dorsed what is known as a 'manufac. |
turers' tax and contend that the |
adoption Of this tax will at once abol.
ism many Of the present annoying |
and discriminatory taxes which were |
enacted primarily for the purpose OF |
restricting certain production during
the war and which are now doing |
more to curtail and to limit business |
bined.
IF a form OF taxation that 10 IA.
vored and indorsed by\a majority Of |
our industrial and commercial leaders
10 what Is needed to bring better
times, let's have It. This IL not a
question OF politics, but rather one OF
principle, which needs to be under.
stood and driven home before the first
blows OF winter are upon US.
Personal interest and prompt &C.
ton by everyone is necessary IL we
are to get out Of our present business
depression this year. Fewer resolu.
tons and less expert control with
more sound business practice win
bring relief. Lots all get busy and
help put It over"
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