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1 1 MONDAY, SEPT. 1, 1930. PLATTSK0T7TH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTTRNAE PAGE nvi Farmer Shown Taxed Beyond Ability to Pay Prosperity and Justice Demand New Tax Pan,- Econom ist Declares Ithaca, N. Y. Nothing short of a radical revision of the United States; taxing system will suffice to bring about justice and widespread pros perity, according to Prof. li. A. Hih bard oi the University of Wisconsin, si-eaking before the International Conference of Agricultural Econcm ists id Cornell University on A113. 21. Ail studies show, Professor !Iib baid held, that the farmer, in pro portion to his ability to py, is taxed more heavily t linn ziTt $ otIiot occupii tio.i group. Mo-.-tover, the burd:n i? getting' worse, ai d has been for near ly a decade vtll-nigh unbearaole. For some yer.rs, almost a quarter cf all 1:11 m sales have been forced suls. That taxation is a factor is ob rious when mary studies show ih-l taxes take from 13 to 40 per cent -.f the rn income rf the whole class f furmc:s and a vera. nearly 30 pr 'it. At the sa4r ii-uo. the tax prob lem is but one of .,e oal major cr s "ations, he dc-i,!'i "d. '1 '. oeiis" of ' ije unfair and un hr-utable inqua.'ry.' 1 rofessor illl bard asserted, 's t ic ' reliance un-r-en archaic ge.ie -;1 jr jiertv tax 1 !:. i. have oa rvjVM the economic setting- of the early and commendable general property tax." he continued, "but v.e are held in the vice-like grip of its political tentacles. All told, the farmer's taxes have in creased about 100 per cent since be fore the war, while his income has increased one-tenth or one-eighth. "Within the last 50 years, the busines world has undergone pro found changes. Wealth and income have concentrated in the cities. In cme is no longer made primarily out of the ownership and use or tangible property. It comes froi.t transactions of less visible base. Even yet some tax experts insist that the property tax has not had a fair trial. While experts are still discussing tax views, the farmer, with nothing but visible property and most of it in real es- ""There are many details to be faced and problems solved after the income tax principle is adopted," he con tinued, "but no good argument has yet been made in favor of the gen eral property tax in comparison with the income tax as the main basis of raising revenues. Most farmers should not pay out of proportion of their ability, arid income is the best means of measuring ability. Though not equal in importance to the in come tax in possibility, is a tax on a selected restricted class of sales." The gasoline tax, the cigarette tax ind others were cited by him as sources for the raising of millions of dollars annuallj. "We need a tariff revision unlike the one just enacted," Professor flib bard declared. "This was designed as a notional pacifier or a n;wly polished gold brick, with just enough of the precious metal in it, so that in the hands of any assayer perfectly acquainted with contents and ar rangement, a good report could be made as to its analysis. But let no skeptic handle the asayer's tool, lest the true contents be discovered. "Should some of these types of taxes prove unpoppular enough, the very discontent would compel a study of the situation and create sentiment out of which we must hope fzr a. real tax reform." PAYNE A SUICIDE D7 CEIL Amarillo, Tex. A. D. Payne, Am arillo attorney, held here awaiting trial on a charge of having dyna mited his family car, killing his v.-it'e, last June 12, Friday night killed him self in his cell at the Potter county jail here, apparently with a blat of dynamite. Sheriff W. N. Thompson and the jailer rushed to the cell after hearing the blast and found Payne's mutilated body. His bed had been set afire. Hohe procured the dyna mite they did not learn immediately. The noise cf the explosion was heard several blocks away from the jail. irns tan- Retar vassed Give Nor ris 33,958 Democrats by Thcasands Failed to Vote for Democratic Senator Eepublican Gains. CHICAGO BABY jfflXUP IS OFFICIALLY SETTLED Chicago, 111., Aug. 20. Boby Bam berger and Baby Watkins frolicked in their cribs at their re-nective homes today, all unmindful thr.t judges and lawyers had finally de creed them rn identitj. The cfhciul settlement rf the ju- tate. is paying not according to abil- i venile mixup came in Judge Sahath's ity. but at least double that, while court with the entering of an orcrr a large part of the tax-paying abil ity of other classes is carrying a light load." N To remedy the present situation, Professor Ilibbard suggested moves, as far and as fast as circumstances would permit, to greater reliance on income taxes. giving to Mrs. William Watkins th- youngster originally handed to the Charles F. Bambergers by the hos pital as their own and christened as such. The Eambergers have the baby first awarded the Watkins and each famils- is convinced it has its own child. Secretary of State Frank Marsh, official tabulator of the vote cast at the primary election Aug. 12, an nounced the official vote Thursday on United States senator and gover nor. Senator Norris given a major ity of 23,985 over W. M. Stebbins on the republican ticket. Norris receiv ed 108,471 and Stebbins, 74.4S6. Read, republican received 6.458. The total vote on the three candidates is 189,415. Governor Weaver received 139,074, winning over Harry O. Palmer by 94, 427. Palmer received 44,647. Former Senator G. M. Hitchcock, democrat, received G0.S4C, Jennie M. Callfas 1G.417, a majority of 43,929 for Hitchcock. Charles W. Bryan, democrat for governor received 69,39S, Jensen 14, 42S, a majority of 23,480 for Bryan. The secretary of state has not com pleted the total vote cast by the two parties. Comparison is made by tak ing the highest vote for senator on the republican ticket, . which was 189,415 and the highest on the dem ocratic ticket thus far canvassed, which was 83,826 for governor. This vote for democratic governor is 23,480 higher than the Hitchcock vote for senator, indicating that this number of democrats voted for a dem ocratic governor but did not vote for Hitchcock for senator. It is significant, say politicians, that these missing democratic ccr teiipond closely to the increased vote cast for United States senator. Two years ago the total republican vote was 1S5.279 and the democratic to tal vcte was S2.S0S, a difference' of 72,471. This year the republican vote on senator is 189.415 whil the demo cratic vote on governor this year is S3, 826. showing that the republican vote exceeded the vote of the demo crats this year by 95,5 S 9, and in crease in the republican vote over its vote of two years ago by 23.11S, almost the exact number of demo crats who voted for governor this year but who did not vote for Hitchcock for senator. In the Norris vote there is said to be a possibility of sorae democratic votes counted thru error of local or county canvassing board. Some dem ocrats voted a democratic ballot and wrote in the name of Norris for sen ator thinking their democratic Norris vote so written in would be counted along with republican votesf or Nor ris. Counting boards were warned that democratic and republican votes could not be added together for a candidate. The republican vote for senator this year exceeds the republican vote for senator of two years ago by 5, DS5. The republican vote on senator this year exceeds the total republican vote of two years ago by 34,136. Norris this year received 11,745 more votes than he received two years ago for presidential preference. The total vote cast by democrats for governor is higher than the com bined vote of Hitchcock and Callfas by 7,063. Governor Weaver received 44,830 more votes than he received two years ago. Bryan, democrat, received 10,258 more than he received two years ago. Takli Favorite Anti-English V eapon Little Yam Spinner Used by Men in Street Cars, and Children; Going Everywliere. Bombay, Aug. 2S. As part of Ma hatma Gandhi's scheme to drive the Britosh out of India by takli parties have became the rage throughout the country. A takli is nothing more han a simple little twirligig for spinning cotton yarn, and has teen put in use by men, women and chil dren sympathizers of the independ ence movement, almost everywhere. Men in the street cars on their tvay to work, children on their way to school spin their little taklis. Women at home, and sitting as pick ets in front of the toddy shops spin iuur after hour. Nationalists shop Keepers and their cleiks keep their taklies going most of the day. The takli, a very plain affair costs out a few coppers. It has become tnown as a "nation building weap on" because cf its popularity. Those who have become adept in the cotton spinning say there is a certain fas cination about the task conceived by the mahatma as a means of increas ing home industry and keeping out foreign competition, principally Brit ish. Gandhi, in prison, spins by the hour. He uses not only a takli but also a spinning wheel for a change. The nationalists maintain that the takli has become such a craze that many of their friends who are not congress party members have been fascinated and are now spining as a pastime, merely because "every body's doing it." Says Gandhi: "If we want a total of textile imports, and an immediate replacement of 6uch exports, every one of us must strive to make our own cloth and until we are able to do that we must make it a point not to purchase any foreign cloth." New Working Committee. All members of the All-India con gress working committee who were arrested yesterday at New Delhi were sentenced today to six months' sim ple imprisonment. Their arrest took place on charges of holding a meeting in defiance of the high commissioner's notification proclaiming the committee an unlaw ful association in Delhi province. As a result of the arrests a new working committee has been formed composed of six Moslems and six In dians in addition to the three mem bers of the old committee who were not arrested. The city has been observing a pas sive strike since last night. The "war council" of the Bombay divisions of the All-India National congress decided to defy the Bom bay government order which recent ly renewed the prohibition of drill ing or moving in military formation by congress volunteers on the Es planade in Maidan. The volunteers have been asked to rally on the Esplanade Maidan Sunday to salute the nationalist flag. World-Herald. GIRL VICTIM OF VIOLENCE South Bend. lad. The lifeless 'jqSta eSe iddv auicqacp; jo Xpoq a wire bound about the neck and an abrasion on the head, was found Thursday night in an alley at the rear of house about two blocks from the home of her mother, from which she disappeared list night. The coroner, who took charge cf the body, said the girl had been dead but a short time, and police said they believed she had been held pris oner for nearly twenty-four hours in the neighborhood. t Detectives working cn the case sought to determine the identity of a man driving a small automobile who was reported Wednesday to have asked Marbarir.e and several other children to take a ride. The chil dren refused. The girl disappeared last night, and her mother, Mrs. Eula Appel, asked police to search for her. F.ead the Journal "Want-Ads. France Queries the Efficiency of Conscript Army Von Seeckt's Book on Iilitary Or ganization 3Iakes French men Think Parte Somewhat astonishingly the controversy on the respective merits of a long service professional armjr, such as was imposed on Ger many by the Allies in the Versailles Treaty, and the short-term conscript national army to which France has pinned its faith, has become both ample and acute and it is understood that a new formula of national de fense is being studied by the military authorities. General von Seeckt's took on mil itary organization which, while pos tulating complete freedom for Ger many in military matters, seems to vaunt the superiority of compara tively small but well-trained troops over vast nebulous reserves which may indeed have received certain in structions but are nevertheless un trained, has gone far toward con verting a number cf Frenchmen. In France every man is called up for one year under the colors and then is placed in reserve. Obviously these reserves, though large, are rf doubtful quality from a military viewpoint and it would iequire some time before they could be mobilized and fitted for service. Thus France appears to have considerable re sources but in fact their value is questioned. Germany was forbidden by treaty to have a conscript army. Accord ingly, it has a small professional army and armed police forces. Gen eral von Seeckt believes that If there is war, it will be an affair of train ed troops manipulating machinery. It is discouraging in a certain sense to hear these continued speculations on the possibilities of the next war, but they appear to indicate that uni lateral disarmament iirposed upon one nation hy others must eventual ly fail in its effect, and that the only sensible method is all-round disarm ament by consent. Stephens Lauzanne, in the MaJn, has raised what it is hardly an exag-c-ration to describe as a cry of alarm. The Echo de Paris follows suit. On the other hand, Joseph Paul-Boncour definitely opposes the idea of a pro fessional arm-, believing that na tional defense is for the whole peo ple. Yet he concludes "if interna tional security remains as it is, and if the professional armies toward which Europe may return do not Journal Want Ads get results and the cost is very small. 'Buy Now Move and High Wages Vital to Trade Signs of Business Eevival Eeported in Europe and the United States come under the control of the League of Nations, and are not contingents put at its disposition in case of diffi culties if, in a word, the interna tional army does not exist, General von Seeckt will win his first victory." ST. PAUL'S AUXILIARY The Auxiliary of the St. Paul's church will meet on Thursday, Sep tember 4th at the church parlors with Mesdames John Kaffenber ger. Miss Eva Wichman, and Mrs. George P. Meisinger, as the hostess. Washington Signs of recovery from the business slump both in the United Suites and Europe were re lated to President Hoover by Eld ridge R. Johii.'ou, former president of the Victor Talking Machine Com pany, who has just returned from a trip to Europe. The United States, Mr. Johnson pointed cut, is only partially de pendent upon Europe because it has an internal consumption that is fr.r in excess of the European home de mand. He directed the President'8 attention to several instances of a general movement toward business and industrial recovery. After his conference with the President, the capitalist declared that "the thing that will snap us out of the present slump in high wages. It is far easier," he explain ed, to resume on a high-wige basis than it is on a low-wage basis be cause on a highwage basis every thing begins where it left off where as on a low-wage basis, it will take years to build up again to the old standard. "I do not believe the purchasing power of the country has been very greatly impaired either by the col lapse of the securities boom or the drought," he continued. "The way to start general prosperity is to begin it individually. Let everyone who wants something go out and but it now if possible. Do not wait for bet ter times. Every dollar spent is a dollar put in circulation. Prosperity is not at an end. It has become a fixed habit." V f y y Y v f v fife 1 rjr 4r .. m f.--A -v - v mm w4 w 89 A.' m M M JJiSU In our more than twenty yezvs c-S catering to the sissds o Students 'in BlatZsmouths we have never had a mere complete stock than we are sMe to o2er this yeaz We can tr&h2SIy say "Everything fop Students." The items listed below do not include nearly everything we ai?e carrying hi sches! susniies. Astd he host gai? c cm service is the low prices we are able to o2er you this year. School days nd the parents o2 siside&ts Invitation to come in and look over oar line o supplies. 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