Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — TAX ON FOUNTAIN DRINKS MAY BE CUT OFF. [ARTICLE]

TAX ON FOUNTAIN DRINKS MAY BE CUT OFF.

The tax on soda fountain drinks and ice cream will be repealed, William A. Oren, secretary of the Indianapolis Association of Retail Druggists and first vice-president of the National Association of Retail I Druggists, predicts. Mr. Oren said : the national associations and local associations have (been .working for the repeal of ’the tax f#r some time and he had assurance that action ' would be taken soon along with several other sections of the war tax revenue law. i “I have been iir communication with the Indiana delegation in congress,” Mr. Oren said. “AU the local associations, backed by the national association, have . been appealing to their congressional representatives to act in this matter.”