Dauphin Decision

The U. S. Congress is about to consider the Patman Chain Store Tax bill, which would exterminate the big chains. Chief reason the chains fear the bill may become law is that no less than 22 States have already imposed chain taxes--and in a far-reaching decision, Louisiana's was upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court. Last week, chain store men found solace in Pennsylvania, whose graduated tax ranging up to $500 per store has been one of the stiffest yet imposed. Because Pennsylvania's Constitution requires that all taxes must be uniform, Dauphin County Court declared it invalid.

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