h
is
inb fcvn
Vol. llj.
Palmer, Alaska
July 6, 1951
No. 26
Or. Bari Graves
Sec• 3^*66 P.L. andR.
U.S. POSTAGE
It PAID
PAIMER, ALASKA
Permit No. 3
PEOPLE OF PPL ITER VOTE
Oil SPLES IPX, JULH 10
The people of Palmer will he adc
cd to vote for a 2% salc3 tax next
Tuesday. Its proponents say that
it will bring in about $72,000 a
year and that it will be usod to
defray the oxpenses of the new citj
of Palmer. It will apply on all
retail services and sales. It wil
take the place of a general pro
perty tax.
It is common knowledge in the
city of Anchorage that the law au
thorizing a sales tax of thi3 kind
was repealed in tho last legisla
ture, when the new law authorizing
a 30 mill levy was authorized by
the legislature. When tho old law
was replaced it consisted of two
sections, one authorizing a gen
eral property tax and one a sales
tax. Both sections were repealed
and no nev; section was placed in
the now law authorizing the sales
tax. Attorneys do not know whether
this was done intentionally or not
--it may have been an oversight.
But most Attorneys believe that th
sales tax is no longer legal and
that if it were contested it would
be declared unlawful.
According to Territorial law,the
sale of drinks or liquor in cock
tail bars would not be taxable.The
law plainly states that no addi
tional taxes can be placed on li
quors in addition to the Territor
ial taxosj therefore, the local
sales tax could not be collected
from the bars or liquor stores .
The Management of the Co-op be
vt;a uii«i b uxiu auuuumuiiu u.u uj
a proponent of the sales tax, that
sales of food to farmers in 100 It
lots would not be taxable, would
not hold up. If that were true,
how about a hundred pound sack of
sugar if it were sold over the
counter in a retail food store, or
many other items of this kind.
Would these be non-taxable too?
Practically all economists of
recognized standing claim that the
sales tax is the most unfair tax
that is being collected. It takes
just as much and often times moro
from tho lowest paid worker, who
isn’t getting too much now, than it
does from the more prosperous, bet
ter paid citizen. It enables the
speculator to hold on to his proper
ty at no expense to him, while the
man who has to work for a living is
taxed continually,CR
The city council has intimated
that its members have contributed
something tangible to tho present
1 water supply.
In fact, ono of tho council’s ar
guments for gathering support to
put over tho proposed 2% sales tax
is that, quote, "The city council
did a good job on tho water.1'
Now, gentlemen, lots not always
distort the facts.
The two people directly respon
sible for proposing, directing and
making the whole project a success
in spite of tho counci1 aren’t even
considered.
Just for tho Record, you may
thank tho Messrs. Frank Clark and
Carl Rassmussen for carrying the
1 job from the cradle to the grave.JK
JUNEAU--American housewives will
soon make themselves hoard, in the
planning for futuro price-control
regulations.
The Territorial Office of Price
Stabilization has been advised that
Consumer Advisory Groups are being
formed "to balance the flow of com
ments and suggestions of industry
advisory groups".
Heretofore, whenever the Office
of Price Stabilization prepared a
regulation to control the prices of
a specific industry, it consulted
with the representatives of the in
dustry to obtain necessary data and
suggestions.
With consumer advisory groups be
ing organized, the housewife will
also be allowed to present her view
to OPS officials, thus providing a
continual reminder of the primary
aim of the control program~-thc
stabilization of prices.
"The purpose of the committee,"
Michael V. DiSallc, Director of
Price Stabilization said, "Will be
threefold. We want to be hoard, on
cont'd. pg. $