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Dodging the Tax Problem.
From the Rache Review.
The program of fax revision put out last week from Washington may, as
th<» newspaper accounts of it say, meet the approval of most republican
H>»uae leaders and many senators, but it will not meet the approval of the
people of the country who have given the matter careful thought. The shift
ing of the tax from excess profits to other taxes, is a mere change in form
of suffering, and is evidently planned to meet the fact that there are to be
no excess profits to amount to anything from now on, and this new legis
lation aims only to take, if possible, some more enterprise out of business.
The experts see that there is nothing to be gained by beating a dead horse,
and turn to an attempt to goad the animals that have still a little life left
in them.
Nor does reducing the surtaxes from 73 per cent, to 40 per cent, effect,
in the least degree, the switching of surplus incomes out of tax-exempt se
curities, back again where the unjustifiable knife of taxation can stab them.
It seems almost puerile to say, as the account from Washington does, that
this will effect, or it is hoped will effect, a change of investments of wealthy
persons, from free securities, which they have bought in large quantities in
recent years to escape the heavy taxation. No investor will be foolish enough
to sell his tax-exempt securities. No argument that he will be hit over tho
head only once or twice, instead of three or four times, will lure him out of
tho bushes.
une oi tne arguments put iorwara ior wus wnwuvo 40 *v
evidences “the possibility of cutting down war taxes to the extent of more
than $850,000,000, without providing for any now principle of taxation, such
as the various sales taxes that have been proposed.” This does not appear
to be a good argument. Why not adopt a new principle of taxation if it cuts
out all the evils and errors of the old principle, which has been tried and
found lamentably wanting? Why not introduce a principle which we call
new, but which has been tried in other countries and proved eminently suc
cessful, and which has in its favor simplicity, certainty, ample yield, and
justice for the whole community?
A clear, clean, straight-cut and abundantly effectual method of solving
the problem, on businesslike, fair and honest lines, is presented to them in
the tax on gross sales. The country is for it, as far as the country has in
vestigated the taxation at all, and if a referendum were taken today among
those who have investigated, there would be an overwhelming vote in favor
of this method. If a referendum were taken, with time for the rest of the
country to investigate, the result would bo the same. And yet legislation
goes blundering on, clinging to its old fetishes, dreading the verdict of the
voters, and meantime destroying the country. If business were relieved of
the murderous grabs after profit and capital, were released by a decent, fair
income tax levy accompanied by a gross sales tax, the whole country would
spring once more to work out its business salvation with American energy
and hopefulness.
The feeble alternatives offered by Representative Longworth will not
produce the money. Reliance on 16 per cent, of the earnings of corporations
is merely clinging to a rope of sand. Earnings of corporations, on the
average, for the last half of 1920 and the first half of 1921 will be negligible.
Instead of profits a very large part of the capital invested in business made
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guess that put the date of turning in time to help the government, whoso
outgo is assured but whose income is imperilled. Doubling the receipts from
the tariff is another legislative optimistic guess, which has little chance
of fruition. The fact is, the government has got to resort to a sales tax. It
can raise the vast sums it needs in no ether way. There is no other way
to get the money, but, fortunately, it is the most excellent way—a way fair
to all, lightening the load so that it will not be felt and distributing it equit
ably. The collection is simple and easy, and Ills yield large enough to furn
ish the amount needed, and more. We quote from the New York Herald,
which clearly and soundly recites the exact situation, and concludes.
"In the condition which confronts the country there is only one sure
source of revenue in the volume that will be required by the stupendous
financial needs of the government. It is the so-called sales tax. The world
over, this tax has met every test as a revenue producer. As industries, busi
nesses and individuals must buy their supplies and spend money on their
needs whether they are making profits or not, whether thoy are growing rich
er or poorer, there is always in the sales tax the sure source of revenue upon
which the government must be able to count, absolutely.
"furthermore, the sales tax lias the incomparable merit of collecting
from the average individual of the great mass of the public, a quite negligible
amount, although the aggregate from all is colossal. The man who spends
$100,000 a year on his ordinary living will contribute to the treasury even at
so low a sales tax rate as 1 per cent, the comfortable sum of $1,000. And, of
course, the man able to spend as much as that also will be paying a very
heavy income tax. But the man spending $.1,000 a year on his ordinary living
will contribute at that rate only $10 to the treasury, whereas now perhaps
his theater ticket taxes alone count up as much as that”
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liicsiiuuai up iiiipruvciaeui uci »itu.j
NIGHT RIDERS have been visit
ing the farmers in Kentucky,
warning them not to haul any
more tobacco to market until prices are
; higher and the warning was accompa
l nieJ by threats of violence if those
oalled upon failed to obey.
The source of this trouble can un
doubtedly be traced to the tobacco
marketing system, the buyers being
comparatively few with no open com
petition. The farmers are prevented
from selling their crop until these few
| buyers get good and ready to buy and
then at their own price.
Another peculiar feature of night
riding is that certain farmers are pitted
against certain other farmers. Many
leaders in rural thought advocate co
operation as a panacea for all evils.
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4 THE BETTER THINGS. 4
4 4
4 Theodore Roosevelt. 4
4 After a certain very high level 4
4 of material well-being has been 4
4 reached, then the things that 4
4 really count in life are the things 4
4 of the spirit. Factories and rail- 4
4 ways are good up to a certain 4
4 point, but courage and endur- 4
4 ance, love of wife and child, love 4
4 of home and country, love of 4
4 lover for sweetheart, love of 4
4 beauty in man’s work and in na- 4
4 ture, love and emulation of dar- 4
4 ing and of lofty endeavor, the 4
4 homely workaday virtues and the 4
4 heroic virtues—these are better 4
4 still. If they are lacking, no 4
4 piled-up riches, no roaring, 4
4 clanging industrialism, no fever- 4
4 ish and many sided activities 4
4 shall avail either the individual 4
4 or the nation. 4
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Trade reaction seems to have hit a
faster pace in the United States than in
Canada, according to statistics complied
by Industrial experts who point out,
however, that Inflation was less in Can
ada.
Social Diplomacy.
From the Los Angoles Times.
Mrs. Charmer and Mias Blunt met at
the parsonage as both were paying calls.
Tea was served, and as Mrs. Charmer
nibbled at her cake, she murmured:
’’I mu3t say. my dear Mrs. Porter,
this cake is delicious."
The pastor wife beamed. Then the
two ladles left, and as they walked
home. Miss Blunt burst out:
"Really, Mrs. Charmer, how could you
say that appalling home made cake was
delicious?"
"I didn’t say it was,” cooed Mrs.
Charmer, with a twinkle. "I only said,
'I must say as.' And ous must, you
know.” —
X ll'-J ouuw kiiuv XX f uwvuuvvy
packers and the grain exchanges (al
though diametrically opposite in meth
ods), should be put out of business that
the farmers could conduct their own
affairs, but here in tobacco is an in
stance where fanner is against farmer
and co-operation does not seem to work.
The reason is plain. It is because
there is no open and constant market
for tobacco. In grain, on the other
hand, where buying and selling are
daily actively conducted, the price of
grain is anticipated for several months
to come.
The whole world must eat, but com
paratively few must use tobacco. Hence
a marketing system cannot cure all the
evils because the system cannot bring
buyers or sellers and cannot furnish
any more than the normal supply nor
can it change the extent of the demand.
Fate.
Two shall be born the whole wide world
apart;
And speak in different tongues, and
have no thought
Each of the others being, and no heed;
And these o’er unknown seas to un
known hinds
Shall cross, escaping wreck, defying
death,
And all unconsciously shape ever act
And bend each wandering step to this
one end—
That one day. out of darkness, they
shall meet
And read life’s meaning In each other’s
eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way
of life
So nearly side by side, that should one
turn
Ever so little space to left or right
They needs must stand acknowledged
face to face
And yet, with wistful eyes that never
meet,
With groping hands that never clasp,
and lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear.
They seek each other all their weary
days
And die unsatisfied—and this is Eate!
—SuKin Marr Spaulding.
A Real Helpmeet.
Prom Punch London).
Neighbor (bearer of message, breath
lessly)—"You’re wanted at ’ome, Charlie.
Yer wife’s just presented yer with An
other rebate off yer Income tax.”
Two prospectors have staked a gold
claim* In the heart of Denver. The
ground !les immediately beneath the
city h&lfc and the business district.
Twenty steamers are heid np in New
York harbor, due to the inability eg
hcealth inspectors to examine the pas
sengers for typhus infection As feet as -
the vessels arrive.
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These walls should be Aiabastined in the latest,
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reflect your own individuality and the treatment
throughout be a complete perfect harmony in colors.
The walls of the old home, whether mansion or cottage, can be
made just as attractive, just as sanitary, through the intelligent use of 1
instead of kalsomine or wallpaper
How much better, when you have a new home, to start right than to have
to correct error* afterward from former treatment with other materials, when
you come to the use of Alabastine, as dots nearly every one sooner or later.
Once your walls are Alabastined you can use any material over it should you
desire, but having used Alabastine you will have no desire for any other treatment.
Alabastine it to easy to mix and apply — to lasting in its results — so abso
lutely sanitary — and so generally recognized as the proper decorative material in
a class by itself that it is becoming difficult to n^nufacture fast enough to supply
the demand.
Alabastine is a dry powder, put up in five-pound packages, white and beau
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WHEN THE CENTURY BEGAN
Mode of Reckoning Is Simple, Yet the
Matter Is Frequently Subject
of Dispute.
The Twentieth century began on the
first day of .January, 1001. In com
mon usage the First century means
the years A. D. 1 to 100; the Second
century the years 101 to 200; and the
Nineteenth century the years A. D.
1801 to 1000. The Fifth century be
fore Christ was 500 to 401 B. C. A
century begins with ilio beginning of
the first day In Its first year, and does
not end until the close of the last day
in its hundredth year. The mode of
reckoning is often confused with the
common mode of stating the nge of a
person. A person horn at the begin
ning of the Christian era would be
called one year old during his second
yenr, that is during the course of the
year two; he would be called two
during the year three; and forty dur
ing the yenr forty-one. etc.
Willing to Support Her.
Two young women hoarded a crowd
ed street car and were obliged to
stand. One of them, to steady herself,
took hold of wlmt she supposed was
her friend’s hand. They had stood
thus for some time when, on looking
down, she discovered that she was
holding a man's hand. Greatly em
barrassed, she exclaimed: "Ob! I’ve
got the wrong hand!”
Whereupon the man, with a smile,
stretched forth Ills other hand, say
ing: “IJore is the other one, madam.”
The Wrong Nut.
“The whole tiling lies in a nutshell.”
"Yes, but you've got hold of (lie wrong
nutshell.”—Cartoons Magazine.
Cupid is pictured as a child because
lie has never reached the age of dis
cretion.
...
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Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
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Some Flying.
During the year Just passed pilots
at March field have flown a distance
equal to forty-six times around the
globe. Jules Verne’s hero accom
plished tlie feat of going once “around
the world in SO days.” According to
March field statistics, this record
would be far and away bested, as for
ty-six times around In 303 days would
reduce the time for one Iclri uinnavlgu
tlon to 7 days 20 hours and 20 sec
onds, to get down to minute details.
The Vanishing Point.
Mary Garden on her return fron»
Monte Carli< said at a dinner In New
York:
“Y'ou will hardly believe it. but Id
France skirts are getting shorter. (Jin
tlie Promenades des Anglais in Niec
niul on the Casino terrace In Monte
Carlo it almost seemed as If they
shortened an inch or so every day.”
“Where will this tiling end?” m
movie king asked in awed tones.
“If skirts,” Miss Garden answered!,
“get much shorter, they will end lu
being nothing hut—a hem! a heint”'
One Was Enough.
"Could I see Mr. Grumpson?" asked
the brisk caller.
“I suppose so,” said the clerk, gfuoro
ily, “if you don’t enre what happens
to you. I got one good look at hin> ws
he came in this morning and I assure
you that will last me all day.”—Blr
minghnm Age-Herald.
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