From the issue of The New York Times:
In Arms Against a Tax.
Montreal Merchants Aroused, and Say They Will Not Pay It.
Montreal, . — The retail merchants of Montreal are, figuratively speaking, up in arms over a tax imposed by the Provincial Government with the intent to raise revenue, and are going to fight it to the bitter end. They have said that they will resist the officers if they come to their stores to collect the tax.
When the present Government was elected by an overwhelming majority they found the Treasury empty. To raise $1,000,000 they imposed a tax on merchants throughout the Province, but instead of making an equal one, Montreal merchants had to pay twice as much as those in Quebec, a city half the size. This the Montreal men refused to do, and, after repeated meetings, as the Government demanded the tax, they raised $2,000 to contest it, and now demand that a test case shall be made on the ground that the tax is unconstitutional.
Some of the largest retail merchants in Montreal have refused to pay, and now Provincial Treasurer Hall says they must or be sold out. The merchants have engaged the best legal talent to contest the tax, and their association committee says stronger means will be employed if necessary.
