Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1919 — JOY FOR RESTAURANTERS; TAX IS TO BE LIFTED. [ARTICLE]

JOY FOR RESTAURANTERS; TAX IS TO BE LIFTED.

The present congress wffll repeal the schedules heavily assessing ice cream and soft drinks, finding that the plan has been a failure as it is costly to both the government and the business main, as well as being found hard to collect. Aside from the inconveniences the plan was found to be a nuisance to the general public as well as to the dispensers of the drinks in the matter of making change. ' „ This decision was reached following the meeting of the ways and means committee which unanimously adopted a bill recently to repeal the luxury taxes. When the idea was first proposed in the house a short time ago a howl went up from a certain class of reformers who cherished the notion, but who have since* changed their minds. Since the.law went into effect the business men, in many cases, dealing in articles which cattne under the luxury tax has been forced to employ am extra bookkeeper that he might keep his affairs with the government in an acceptable condition. The government also finds that the difficulty ixf collecting taxes and the expanses and the annoyance to the retailer, who must collect amd pay them over, are so great as to render the whole .scheme impracticable.