PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUENAL
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1935.
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President Urges
Share Wealth
Tax Program
Heavy Tax Being Asked on Large
Fortunes Founded Thru Col
lective Effort of Many.
A share-the-wealtu tax program
based on the philosohy that big for
tunes are created by collective rath
er than individual effort was sub
mitted to congress Wednesday by
President Roosevelt with an impli
cation that he hoped for action thi3
rcssion.
That the president had such an
idea in mind took nobody by sur
prise. But that he should ask en
actment of such a board plan when
leaders already were bending every
effort to get congress ready for ad
journment by mid-July startled some.
Republican leaders immediately said
that to enact such a comprehensive
program now would prolong the ses
sion indefinitely.
Five I-Iajor Points.
Briefly, what the president sug
gested as a "sound public policy of
encouraging a wider distribution of
wealth," was this:
1. Imposition of inheritance and
gift taxes on top of the present es
tate taxes, to be segregated for re
duction of the national debt.
2. Higher taxes on incomes above
one million dollars a ear.
3. Graduated taxes cn corporation
incomes ranging from 104 per cent
to 16 per cent instead of the pres
ent flat 13 per cent;
4. A constitutional amendment
permitting taxation of incomes from
now tax-free state, county and city
bonds and, on the other hand, state
and lecal taxation of future issues
of government securities.
5. "Simplication" or corporate
structures Ty elimination through
taxation of "unnecessary
holding'
companies in all lines of business,"
and similar discouragement of "un
wieldly and unnecessary" corporate
surpluses.
The fifth proposal, he said, could!
not "adequately be debated" in the
time remaining thi3 session, and
leaders generally were agreed that
T.V.A. Aims to
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One of the objectives of tie New Deal which has
not been shattered by the NRA decision i3 the elec
trification program for rural districts of the United
States. Work is now progressing rapidly toward
upplying farms of seven southern states with
cower from the Norris dam and supplementary
projects. David E. LUienthal, TVA director, esti
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBEASKA
Neb., as second-class mail matter
he felt it would be all right to let
that go over. But because he made
that qualification on holding com
panies, they interpreted the rest of
his tax program as "must," or at
least "ought" legislation for the
present session.
It was disclosed the president en
countered vigorous opposition from
some of his advisers who thought he
should let the share-the-wealth plan
go over until next year. That was
indicated by one leader close to the
president who said privately:
"This plan hasn't a chance in hell
of going through congress this ses
sion." Nevertheless, Chairman Doughton
(dem., N. C.) arranged to discuss it
Thursday with members of the house
ways and means committee, to
which the plan was referred.
FLOOD DAMAGE IS SURVEYED
Trenton, Neb. Forrest J. Seriv
ner, Hifrrhcock county agricultural
agent, had Just completed a survey
of damage done In this county by the
first Republican river flood, and tor
nadoes when the second flood swept
this section of the state.
The result of the survey follows:
1. 20,000 acres valley land inun
dated. About 14,000 acres of this
could be seeded back to pasture crops
or other crops.
2. Upland fields, those on hillsides
and others, about 60,000 acres badly
eroded. Reolanting will be necessary
on about 85 percent of all the lands
in the county damaged by the flood
and other destructive elements.
3. Fifteen farmsteads completely
destroyed by flood or tornado.
4. Fifty farms on which one or
mre majr imprvements, such as barns
and granaries, were lost.
, , 5. Seventy-five farms with ' minor
losses of buildings and equipment.
6. One hundred sixty-five farm
buildings, including homes, barns,
granaries and other large outbuild
ings destroyed. Sixty-three buildings
damaged. Forty-five cindmills des
troyed in the valley.
7. Stock losses include 750 head
of cattle, fifty head of horses, and
about 500 head of hogs, approximate-
ly 12,000 chickens.
Corn stalks are made Into wall
beard, Raycn silk and numerous
other articles for which there is a
good demand. Why not factories
io Process this abundant product
or uass coumy rarmsv ir trie an
swer has been 'high shipping cost,'
river navigation should help to
solve that drawback.
Electrify 3,500,000
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mates that electrification of one-half the farms in
United States, the goal set for achievement by
1945, would create a demand for $1,507,000,000
worth -of material and provide employment for
thousands. More than 25,000,000 United States
citizens would benefit by the program which is to
be financed with public works funds.
VOTES FOR SALE BY DRINK
North Platte. By a majority of
more than 2 to 1 North Platte voted
Tuesday for the sale of liquor by the
drink, and in so doing it became the
second town in the state to take such
action. Deshler recently approved
sale by the drink by a narrow mar
gin. The North Platte vote was 1,026
for drink sales and 419 against. Re
turns from five of the eight precincts
earlier in the day had indicated the
legalisation would carry by an over
whelming majority.
Fine Crop Out
look Foreseen in
West Nebraska
Much Abandoned Wheat Has Been
Replaced Some Corn Is
Hurt by Hail.
The crop outlook is very promising
in western Nebraska, according to
Arnold P. Nordquist, assistant statis
tician, who has just returned from
that midsection. Much spring wheat
is planted, potato planting is well
advanced, and aside from some dam
age to corn from excessive rain and
hail in a few localities, conditions
are "excellent.
After three or four years of poor
crops, western Nebraska is coming
back with excellent crop prospects.
Western Nebraska has had heavy
rainfall, and with the accumulation
of available plant food as a result of
several years cf short crops, this ter
ritory has splendid prospects.
Winter wheat abandonment was
heavy in this section and much of it
was replaced with spring wheat
which looks very good.
Other small grain crops are prom
ising. Ranges and pastures are about
normal, potato planting is well ad
vanced and the present outlook for a
crop is splendid. Local hail storms
have caused some injury. Also heavy
rains in limited areas have washed
out and also covered up some of the
corn.
Wheat that survived the winter is
showing up far better than expected
in western Nebraska. It has stooled
and is now about even with the" fence
posts in height!' Owing to lo'cal heavy
rain at Seward and northward, some
of the winter wheat has lodged.
FIGHTING PROCESSING TAX
Kansas City. The Larabee Flour
Mills company filed suit in federal
district court here to restrain the
collector of internal revenue and the
U. S. district attorney from collect
ing the AAA processing tax .on wheat.
Tha company asked a temporary re
straining order pending hearing for
a permanent injunction. The appli
cation for the temporary order will
be heard Friday. The petition
charged the processing tax was un
constitutional. Farms by 1945
t !
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Old Paper Tells
of Early Days in
Southern Cass
Union Ledger of Some Forty-Five
Yean Ago Shows a Large
Number of Changes
There has come into the hands of
the Journal a copy of the Union Led
ger, published August S, 1890, which
contains numerous interesting items,
as recounted below.
The paper was published by Chas.
L. Graves, a duly qualified lawyer of
the town as well as editor. Mr. Graves
is now police judge in this city.
One interesting account tells of
the arrest of four tramps for stealing
watermelons from a railroad car in
the Union yards, and the subsequent
escape of one, who broke away and
proved to be a much better sprinter
than Jame3 Taylor, Tom Barnum or
Jce Lynn, who had gone to the jungle
camp near the stock yard3 that was
frequented by hoboes. The account of
the lively chase concludes: "Taylor
was too awful fat to run fast, Lynn's
pipe interfered with his speed, while
Tom on the blind horse well, he
could have made better time riding a
stick in the opposite direction." The
other three prisoners were later turn
ed loose when no one cared to file
charges against them.
The market quotations are interest
ing, hogs selling at 3.20 to $3.30,
cattle, $3.00 to $3.75, and corn at
36 cents per bushel.
Attorney D. O. Dwyer of Platts
mouth was mentioned as having been
in town on business the Saturday pre
ceding. The Factoryville roller mills was
advertising its price list on flour, as
follows: XX brand, $1.40 per cwt.,
Baker's flour, $2.10 cwt., and Victor
(guaranteed as good as any on the
raaike)t $2.25 cwt. Special price on
lots of 500 to 1000 lbs. G. A. Rose
& Co. were also advertising "plenty
of Weeping Water Snowflake flour."
A two line local stated: "Thirty-five
cents gets the Omaha Bee from now
to December 1st." (about 4 months).
How times hava changed!
A low first, class fare for round trip
to the National ncampment of Grand
Army of the, Republic at Boston on
August 10th to 16th was being ad
vertised by the Missouri Pacific. The
Civil war had been over but 25 years
and the average age of G. A. R. mem
ber at that time was around 4 6 but
little older than the average Legion
naire of today.
The ads present an interesting
study compared to the modern day
typography, being set In the old fash
ioned type faces that have long since
given way to more readable and mod
ern creations of the type foundaries.
A limited amount of this old type is
still in the cases cf the Journal office
and now and then a line of it is used
to lend contrast to ad3, but for the
most part it3 use is tabooed and it re
poses In the old cases covered with
dust and dirt.
The ads were mostly business cards
of single column width, set up when
ordered in and let run until the type
was worn down to the proverbial
second ni he. , One of the "heavy"
j'ront page ads was that 'calling at
tention to the Second Annual Re
union of Old Settlers" of Ca33 and
adjoining counties, to be held there
cn August 22nd. The grand success
of the previous" year's reunion was
commented upon and the "good peo
ple of Eastern Nebraska" invited to
again visit the' beautiful grovo and
participate in another grand reunion.
Lt is a m:.ttcr of history how that
event wa.3 continued year after year
with increasing: crowds. The orators
idvcrtircd for that second meeting
vcro to be J. Sterling Morton, Judge
Chapman and lltn. J. C. Watson, also
i first class band and "refreshments"
the ground. That being long be
fore prohibition, the nature of the
efreth!nent3 is left as a matter for
conjecture.
New York state had a new execu
tion law, putting criminals to death
by "clearicity," and a quite extended
article tc!d of the.rlr-t man to go to
his death in that manner.
A chattel mortgage sale notice sd
viscd of an impending foreclosure suit
by the Westinghouse Electric Co., to
secure payment cf some $2, COO due
ar.d unpaid them for generator and
"ther equipment used in tho electric
light plant at Weeping Water.
Under Plattsmouth date line a no
tics was being published by E. P.
Reynolds & Co., contractors Omaha
Southern Railway, that they would
not be rcFponeible for bills contracted
by- sub-cor-ractors, foremen or other
employees save on written order.
A three line local stated that the
sausage factory at Nebraska City had
quit business arid the plant was be
ing moved to Sioux City.
A Eerlin (Otoe county) lady was
mentioned as suing for divorce "simp
ly because her husband disposed of
her property worth $1,000, swindled
her father out of another $1,000 and
then skipped out for California." Di
vorce was evidently not considered as
lightly In those days as In these mod
ern times when a breakfast table ar
gument is justifiable grounds for the
filing of suit therefor before time for
the noonday meal.
A MInden (Nebr. ) man had beat
Jiis wife to death, attempted to hang
himself, and finished the Job with a
shot gun.
II. R. Wills was Missouri Pacific
agent and the road was publishing an
extended time table ehowing arrival
and departure of its numerous trains.
Of course that was in the good old
days before autos were dreamed of,
and everyone who went places rode
tho chco-choo cars.
The directory o" county officials
included the following: B. S. Ramsey,
judge; Bird Critchfield, clerk; Mat
thew Goring, attorney; W. II. Cusk
ing, treasurer; William Tighe, sheriff;
A. C. Mays, surveyor; G. W. Noble,
superintendent of public instruction;
C. C. Parmele, recorder of deeds, and
J. I. Unrue, coroner. A. B. Todd,
Louis Foltz and A. C. Loder were the
members of the beard of county com
missioners. The Union business directory In
cluded: R. II. Frans & Co., general
merchandise; M. L. Thomas, druggist;
G. A. Rose & Co., general merchan
dise (with a large ad calling atten
tion to Orr Pantaloon Overalls, war
ranted not to rip) ; Miss Josie Pitman,
millinery; Miss Lizzie Martin, dress
maker; John Martin & Co., hardware;
William Wolfe, blacksmith; W. W.
Wills, jeweler; Noelting & Meyer,
hardware; R. B. Wallace, physician;
G. N. LaRue, blacksmith; G. E. JIc
Dermid, barber; Franz Eaucr, shoe
maker; J. II. Douge, Union hotel; T.
M. Warne, Roller Flour Mills; M. L.
Thomas, physician; C. L. Graves, at
torney; Thomas Baker, hardware; II.
M. Brissey, meat market; George
Leach, livery barn; Glass & Rice,
poultry and fruit; George Spicer, car
penter; II. R. Wills, Mo. Pacific agent;
McQuin & Lynn, meat market; Chas.
L. Graves, editor; John Younker,
painter; John Martin, Justice of the
Peace; Peter Clarence, constable; A.
R. Smith, billiard parlor; F. P. Ten
ancy, stock- dealer; -.Nathaniel "liarlcss,'
wagon maker; D. W. Foster, Chicago
Lumber Co., and Gccrga Ferguson,
carpenter.
ALUZSTED AG SPIES
Brussels. Two men accused of
spying for Germany were caught
photographing Belgium's new forts
under construction at Battice. north
of Liege. They were arrested after
motorists Joined in their pursuit and
overtook them near the frontier. A
miniature camera containing thirty
pictures was seized.
,. 1. . Ut, toot U.'n rif .Ufoavt
Mim
t!Ue Pisianee Roofs
From One to Three Years
Ko Down Payment Ko Mortgage
OTJR PLAN
$100.00 Job, we add $5.26 interest, 12 monthly payments cf $8.77
100.00 Job, we add 7.69 interest, 18 monthly payments of 5.98
110.00 Job, we add 11.13 interest, 24 monthly payments of 5.06
LARGER JOBS IN SAME PROPORTION
SPECIAL FEATURE
We will finance Repairs, Alterations, etc., up to $750.00,
providing 25 per cent cf the job is Roofing Materials.
E. JJ. nidlEY
Phone 128 Lumber and Coal PlatUmouth
Another NRA
is Planned by
President's Aids
Union cf EIne Eaglet and the Fed
eral Trade Commission for a
New Setup Is Sought.
Washington. Legislation for still
another NRA, created by union of
the hamstrung "stop-gap" recovery
agency and the federal trade com
mission, was disclosed to have been
drafted by an Important administra
tion group.
Whether President Roosevelt had
ordered the step or approved the
plan could not be learned definitely.
But it was recalled that in setting
up the fledging NRA the president
referred to an "opportunity" for fu
ture legislation. Further, word was
passed on capitol hill that a broad
er law seeking to achieve limited,
but substantial, objectives of the old
code rule was under white house
consideration.
Guarded comments from various
official and congressional quarters
envisaged these likely steps If a new
bill is pressed:
1. Virtual coalescence of the trade
commission and NRA by increasing
the number of commissioners now
four with one vacancy to seven, so
as to blend commission and NRA
views.
2. A new congressional definition
cf interstate commerce by which the
government could regain supervision
of some things stripped from NRA by
the supreme court and yet be able
to stand the test of constitutionality.
3. Founded on this new definition,
a middle-ground industrial rule
falling somewhere between the ag
gressive control of the old NRA codes
and operation thru order3 to stop un
fair practices of commission fair
competition agreements.
While all plans were classed as ten
tative, some congressional quarters
viewed another NRA as a companion
measure to the new tax program's
stated objective of increasing mass
purchasing power. Others emphasized'
Ambassador of Bad Will
that James L. O'Neill, NRA adminis
trator, said only thi3 week that the
question of legislation was "open"
and George L. Berry, his assistant,
added a message that developments
in that direction were "moving rapid
ly." BEET BENEFIT BOOST SEEN
Washington. Representatives of
sugar beet growers organizations
were reported to be nearing agree
ment with officials of the farm ad
ministration sugar section on In
creased benefit payments on the 1934
and 1935 crops.
Charle3 M. Kearney, president of
the National Beet Growers associa
tion, said he believed a satisfactory
arrangement was near but the farm
administration was not ready to an
nounce any figures.
It was learned from other rources,
however, that a tentative agreement
of 75 cents a ten addition on the
193 4 crop ha3 been reached. Grow
ers' representatives had asked for
more and are seeding a larger sum
cn L935 crop payments but it was
indicated the 1935 crop payment
probably also will be around seventy-five
cents.
RICEBEHG TAKES HIS LEAVE
Washington. Donald Richbcrg
trailed his former partner and late
foe In the NRA campaign. General
Johnson, into private life, amiling, a
hope for the. future of the principles
of the . recovery agency.
Ilichberg said goodby over the
white house luncheon table to Pres
ident Roosevelt, and, like Johnson,
left the government as a close friend
of the chief executive.
Keeping carefully away from the
political side of the itsue, the re
tiring NRA chieftain insisted that
Thursday's session was not a "fu
neral party" over NRA and that from
the "philosophical point the prin
ciples of the national recovery act
can and will be maintained home
how." 'See it before you buy It."