Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-13
Tax Diseourages Buying.

Tax Discourages Buying.
The druggists were represented By
W. Bruce Phillip and Eugene C. Brok-
meyer IN opposing the sales tax be-
fore the congressional committee
The latter made this comment:
Sales taxes IN any form would in
crease prices TO consumers whether on
nec-sarles or Injuries or both. and
ing.
The National Association OF Retail
Grocers. through c. H. Jansen. secre-
tary-maaaser, wired the committee:
Corporate and individual income. IN
herltance~. and gifts should be gwen
particular thought for the production
OF additional TAX levles on the theory
that ability 10 I3ay must naturally enter
INTO me production OF any Tax program.
Mr.. Jansen also stated:
believe / express the convection OF
the many thousands OF retail merchants
VINO are members OF and affiliated with
the National Association OF Retail Groc-
20 any form o. federal sales tax
whether the same be on essentials or
on Iuxu-ieS-
The National Retail Hardware As
ISOLATION. through its managing d.
rector, Herbert P. Sheets, used these
words:
Unequivocal opposition 10 any form
OF Sj24eS tax. turnover tax or luxury
Lax Ob1tsctlons 10 these variations q
the sales tax are 50 wei known that
they Need not To- repeated here except
that rgaroiess Of the original theory OF
Inc luNury tax no one can TO-DAY deter
~ s.rs-z nsH.~.
rials and Injuries 50 that Il seems
NANTES tiy unfair that certain goods
should be specially penahzed- Neces
sf-ry ADD tlOlal TAX ieXIeS should u- Tor
one year only ana limited 10. fa) Indi-
yzclal incomes II the higher brackets:
tol increase II inheritance taxes; tcj
gift taxes
Roscoe r. Rau, managing director
Of the National Retail Furniture As
ISOLATION, wrote:
Our association makes objections TO
any form Of sales taxes
Against It by Whatever Name.
James II. Stone. manager OF the
National Shoe Retailers Association.
was the spokesman for MS organiza-
tion. He wrote:
Our organization Is unaire-aoiy op-
posed 10 q sales tax Of any character.
whether Z genera sales IAx. retail
sales tax. turnover Tax. or luxury Tax.
o. ny whatever name such Z tax may
Dc called. The imposition OF such q
tax upon reIa1l shoe merchants TO-DAY
would cause tremendous expense 70 the
government 20 collect and enforce the
tax. additional expense and lnconven-
renee TO retailers II maintaining their
sales records. and above all would con-
tribute substantially 70 wlplng OFT their
uea ger net profit.
The above quotations are taken
from the Indexed 1892 Revenue Re
vision Hearings before the Committee
on Ways and Means OF the House Of
Representatives, 7and Congress. First
Session.
Even Worse for State Than Nation.
Professor Harold Groves OF the De-
par1ment Of Economics al the Univer-
sity OF Wisconsin and one OF Amer
ica's leading tax authorities. in mis-
booklet, a Tax Policy for the United
States" writes:
Il Is plain enough that the state
sales TAX 0oes not ESCAPE the cogen-
objections that were offered II Con
--resS against national sales Tax. IN
IEonable since y Is Tar more difficult
- administer and creates more prob
lens IN interstate competition between
industries The fact that 90 percent OF
the purchases OF goods ana services are
maze oy consumers receiving less InaI
$4,000 4 year Il Is important u me
one re-l as L Il II the other More
over 4 large share OF state ana local
revenue Is already raised ny z definitely
reEressive tax that * paid directly or
indirectly oy the numoleS- citizen No
one escapes Lne general property Tax.
for u i reflected n rent The FAX :
regreSslve IN actual practice ooIn De-
cause local assessors quite universally
favor large property owners. intention
ally or otherwise. and because large
pa-1 Of me Tax II SHIFTED anG-lEs
the sales Iax-ls paid ny the consuner-
To use the sales tax as Z supplement
! TO add q second regreSslye IaX and
: further burden 70 those VINO are al
ready staggering under the load OF the
property tax
Some Interests Want Ii.
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