The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-24
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represent four mills. Actually, you
only owed three mills. for the sales
tax law calls for but two per cent.
Now buy a nickel cigar, such as
reporters smoke. With II you sur
render one token. But you didn't
owe one token You only owed half
that much, or one mill.
In that manner. Pettus de-
clares, about one quarter mil
lion dollars each year goes 10
dealers throughout the state
which ought not he collected.
OF course, the dealer not neces-
sarily Ia at fault. lie either must
accept that added profit" or col
lect less than is due and assume a
loss. The cause lies In the fact
there la no one.mill tax token.
So comes, or will come, the Pet
tus proposal. 1t is that the state
should mint" and place in cir
culation one-mill and five-mill
tokens, In addition to the two-mill.
II this were done, he believes, the
tax always could be paid in the
correct amount, exactly and easily.
Such a system, he reports already
/ is in use in some other states,
where the various denominations
of tokens are made of different
metals and so differently colored
for easy Identification
Pettus does not intend to intro
duce bill In an effort TO affect
a change.
He will wait until a taxation
measure comes along in the natural
course of events. Then he'll pro-
pose his amendment
1.-THE reform will he more
than ever needed" he argues.
"when, which appears likely.
the sales tax exemptions on
certain necessities are abol-
ish.d."
Joe Gilbert, OF The Seattle Times,
is dean of the legislative press gal
lery at this session. II Is his 18th,
Attendance records of Pierce
county's senators and repre-
sentatives, to date, have been
excellent. All have been In
their seats during floor ses-
sions md faithful Mt committee
| Jobs.
This reporter often Is asked,
"Whe are, legislatively speaking,
best-in'ermed among Pierce coun-
TVS d, egation ?"
The answer Is easy-and obvious.
does one understand something of
the law-making machinery Each
house has rules committee. Those
committees decide what measures
will be placed for final action on
house and senate calendars daily,
and at all times are informed OF
intentions, plans and policies of the
dominant majority groups. In
short. they're in the know"
Only Republican member of
the senate rules committee Is
the North Ends Ralph Met
calf, Oldest member of the
upper house In point of serv-
Ice.
On the house rules COM
mittee Ii South Tacoma's
"Zak" Vane, right wing Demo-
crat.
The rules committees meet prior
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II follows. then, that so long as
present organizational lineups of
the legislature are maintained,
Metcalf and Vsne in advance.
should pretty much know what is
TO be done-and why.
In contrast to what likely would
been the case in years gone. c. f.
Trombley. stocky editor OF Gig
Harbor's weekly newspaper and a
Pierce county representative. is
not greatly concerned over obvious
possibility that the eventual Mar
rows ridge-Bremerton highway
will not pass through his home
town.
BEST modern highway plan
ming" he says. "ealls for trunk
roads not to pass through con-
gested areas. And the old
idea that town exists by rea-
son Of trade coming from
passing highway users pretty
generally has been exploded.
I'm not worried about the sit
uation," he says. and i don't
think Gig Harbor Is either. Our
community is built on firmer foot
ing than that-and will continue
TO be SO"
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