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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1933)
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TAXATION MENACES RECOVERY It is a noteworthy fact that many observers fear that one of the greatest harriers to the success of the Admin istration’s recovery program is tax ation. Thousands of employers want to raise wnges and employ more men and women. They want to do their part in starting the march of progress again. But they can’t get money out of the air—and a constantly increas ing percentage of their revenue is usurped by the tax collector. It would be a bitter irony if the effort of one branch of government to restore prosperity is disrupted by an other branch of government, which takes from the citizen and the business the money with which prosperity can be made. That rigid governmental economy—federal, state, county and local—is essential to our future, is a fact that looms large in the minds of millions of citizens. THE ANNUAL SLAUGHTER The Lind, Washington, Leader de fines: “Americanism: Doing the daily dozen for health and trying to pass another car on a blind curve one hour later.” That is something more than a wit ticism. The recklessness of driving in this country amounts to a national tragedy. It is a constant menace to the lives of us all. It touches every pocketbook in a dozen different ways. And. in spite of aggressive and well directed efforts to lessen highway ac cidents, the toll grows. Passing on curves is one phase. So is disregarding signal lights and warn ing signs. So is driving at high speeds where condtions call for caution. So is one of the most fundamental and deep-rooted of driving ills—simple discourtesy. Some time ago an insurance mag azine carried a vivd editorial concern ing a “Roman holiday” that was to take place. Thirty thousand people, of all ages and classes were to be gath ered in a field. Motor vehicles— private cars and trucks and taxis and busses—would drive in and roar about the field until all its occupants had been killed. The public would look on disinterestedly. The only difference between that horrid event and the annual automo bile accident toll is thut we kill the thirty thousand people during 3C5 days instead of one, and in ten thous and different places instead of the single field. The result is identically the same. Ami it is going to occur this year and the next and every year after that until the average motorist awnkens to his responsibility. Remember that “Roman holiday." It will be worth thinking about next time you contemplate passing on a curve, or doing any of the scores of things that may lead to death, injury and destruction. THE ARROWS OF TAXATION A cartoon in the Detroit News shows a figure representing the American taypayer, completely surrounded by arrow's shot in his direction, each labeled “tax.” Some of the nrrows have penetrated his clothes, his lunch bucket, and his body, and he is ob viously in imminent danger of a com plete demise. That is a very apt illustration of the plight of the individual at present. The arrows of taxation have never flown so swiftly or so thickly. They come from every point of the compass and they come in bunches. Their num ber is constantly gaining. Their points become ever sharper. It would be interesting to make a list of all the taxes Americans living in one place or another are required to pay. It would take up a lot of paper. The old, tested taxes, such as those on property, have been over shadowed by a multitude of new am) experimental taxes. We pay them up on income, upon the gasoline or elec tricity we use, upon the securities we own, upon the hat we buy or the beer we drink, upon the movie shows we go to and the clubs we join. Special tax after special tax ia suggested and passed—and every article or service upon which it is inflicted is already paying other taxes either directly or indirectly. Cities, counties, states and the Fed eral Government have been engaged in a spending spree ever since war-time. They’ve grown drunk upon it. In their eyes luxuries become necessities, and economy and efficiency are forgotten terms. They want more public money —and when the source from one sup ply runs low, they simply tap a new one. And the arrows of taxation arc shooting in pants and pocketboks. ECONOM 1C IIIGHLIGHT8 It is almost axiomatic that the farmer presents the toughest prob lems any Administration has to tackle. Even in good times the farm problem has been uppermost; in bad times it gets infinitely worse. Present efforts to help the farmer depend mainly on price-fixing and pro duction-allotting for farm products on a tremendous scale. All of it is de signed to put money in the farmer’s pocket. Now Department of Agricul ture brows n»o furrowed, because the opposite has occured. Between July 15 and August 15, there was a sharp d€>cline in farm purchasing power. Where, on the index of farmer ability to buy stood at 71 per cent of the average from 1908 to 1914, it stood at 04 per cent on the latter date. The decline was enused by two factors—during the month the average farm price declined from 70 to 72, while the cost of things he buys rose from 107 to 112. According to Government and other experts, this isn’t a problem for the farmer alone to consider. It is their thesis that the decline in the purchas ing power of 30,000,000 farm dwellers is directly responsible for factory un employment in urban areas to the ex tent of 6,000,000. It has long been a debated question whether falling farm income caused a decline in city income, or whether the decline in city (\irnings caused the fall in farm receipts. Sec retary Wallace firmly believes that the first is the case. According to him ruinous agricultural prices plunged the country into depression four years ago. On that basis, there can be no recovery until farm income rises, and the 30,000,000 dwellers again provide a normal market for factory products. How to do it is the question. Broad er and even more unorthodox experi ments in price fixing may be offered. At the moment, busipess is in a more or less quiescent state. It’s moving neither up nor down, and is maintaining itself fairly close to the high level reached about six weeks ago. The best sign still is the resist ance to seasonal trends, precisely as early in the summer contra-sensonal expansion encouraged all observers. During a recent week the following were highlights: Flectric Power and Car Bondings— Favorable by comparison with pre vius periods. Domestic Business — Volume little changed,save for slackening in some heavy industries. Lumber—Production steady; decline in near future anticipated. Wheat and Cotton—Receipts up in both cases. Commodity Prices—Index continuing advance that started some time ago. Automobiles—Production suffered a slight decrease, as was expected. Business Insolvencies—Far fewer than last year. Bond and Stock Markets Bonds dull, stocks generally erratic. Talk of in flation caused a rise which was fol lowed by a decline. Speculators are cautious. A report emanating from the Harv ard School of Business points out something that is generally unknown: During depression consumption of goods by the ultimate consumer re mained at a very*high level. .Use of meat, butter, clothes, tobacco, etc., fell very little. The great decline was solely in producers’ goods—steel, lum ber and similar products which are not bought by the individual consum er. The way out of the depression therefore, is to work to increase pro ducer and not consumer consumption, according to this survey. This is in somewhat striking disagreement with the principles of recovery shown in the emergency legislation. To many observers, one of the sour spots in the government at the mom ent is the Public Works Administrni tion. It has been extensively critic ized for lethargy; the money, figur atively speaking, has been doled out in nickels and dimes instead of dollars, and a comparatively long period of time has been taken to okeh the most minor project. The excuse for this is that the most unremitting care has been taken to prevent waste, graft and inefficiency so far as the spending of the money is concerned; in the past practically government works program has been the target for suspicions, often well founded, and Secretary Ickes wants to make this one a model of honesty. So far. $1,400,000,000 has been al located. Much of this was planned long ago, and certain appropriations were specified in other pieces of legis lation. Flood control will get $120, 000,000; highways, $400,000,000; naval construction, $238,000,000; reclamation projects, $70,000,000. DID YOU KNOW? That Commander Paul II. MacNeil has invented a device which is aimed at preventing ships at sea from collid ing with one another or with icebergs in the fog. It is called the “Fog’s Eye” and can detect the presence of objects a great distance off through fog or dark, and under all conditions. Already proved effective in tests, it is remarkably sensitive; will detect one fiiftythousandth of a degree centigrade temperature change and can register the flame of a candle eight miles away. It will pick up a man crossing a field from two to five miles distant. That England’s Navy has invented a new light possessing all the qualities of sunlight, without heat, and able to penetrate and illuminate the densest fog. Imagine how important this in vention will be to airplanes attempting to land in a dense fog! That a vessel of the United States Navy was once cut apart in a collision at sea and backed her way into port and safety without sinking. During the Great War, the destroyer, U. S. S. Shaw, was one of a convoy of the Troopdhip, Aquitania. The Shaw’s steering gear jammed while she w'as zig-zagging at full speed. What to do? Slow down and ram the troop ship—or speed up and allow the troop ship to ram and cut down the little Shaw? Commander Glassford chose the latter. The Shaw was cut in two; nearly 75 feet of her how being sheared off by the huge transport’s stem; but Glassford backed her over 200 miles into Liverpool and safety—| one of the finest bits of seamanship in history. The Shaw is still in active; commission, loaned to the Coast Guard. That over three-fourths of the radio operators in the airways division are former Navy radiomen. Even during this depression our Uncle Sam has; been sending application blanks to the radiomen in the Navy offering them jobs with the airways without a writ ten examination, the candidates being marked and rated on their Naval ex perience and service records. NATIONAL AFFAIRS By Frank P. Litschert In these hot September days when everyone is struggling with a code and trying to help put over the N. R. A. program regardless of his personal or political convictions, it is difficult to realize thnt another political campaign is just around the corner. Yet this is exactly the case. In a few short months the nominations for Congress, for state offices and for county positions will be in full blast all over the country. Conventions and primaries will be held on every hand, depending on the laws of the state in which the selections are being made. And then the biennial campaign will be on once more—the one which always comes at the half-way point in every national administration. It seems only yester day that President Roosevelt took office and issued his famoufc edict temporarily closing the banks. Yet here we are almost on the verge of another political campaign. Up to this time the Republicans at Washington have been quiescent. Mid summer when people who have the money to spend are on vacations, is never regarded as a very good time for politics, But this year has been less poltical than ever. Following the big landslide last fall the Republicans very properly decided to give the new adminisration a chance to see what it could do. There has been plenty of action. Just how it is all going to turn out remains to be seen. The N. R. A. is the final number in the program, and the success or failure of the full program depends in large measures on the success or failure of this drive. The Republicans have “done their bit" just as they did in war time, and if the program does not meet the full measure of success that its sponsors expect, certainly the blame can not be placed on the lack of political cooperation. Both those who believe it and those who are dubious say that within the next few weeks the N. R. A. program will either prove or disprove of itself. If it is a success and prosperity comes back to us the Democrats will be in good shape for the campaign of 1934, and the Republicans will be handicap ped. But if the program does not come up to expectations, and if Europe is ahead of us in pulling out of the depression, then it is natural to be lieve that the Republicans will have a great deal to say in the next campaign and that they will make serious in roads on the strength of the party in power. Only time can tell the story. Of course it is only natural to ex pect that the Democratic majority in Congress will be trimmed some in the elections next year. Mr. Roosevelt rode into the presidency on a landslide, and a victory of such proportions as he achieved usually brings into power congressmen of the victorious party who could not expect to win under normal conditions. The next congres sional election then brings a reaction and many of these “freak” congress men go down before the assaults of the party which usually controls their district. That the Democrats themselves ilo not expect to hold the gains they made in 1932 is indicated by many of the dispatches being sent out of Washing ton by the political correspondents— dispatches going to Democrats as well as Republican newspapers. For ex ample, Kirke Simpson, Washington correspondent of the politically neutral Associated Press, recently wrote that the Democratic congressmen who went back home have learned that the going is not going to be any too good next year at best, and that it is going to be more difficult to get re-elected in 1934 than would have been thought possible a few months ago. Mr. Simpson whim sically adds: “The Democratic Nation al Committee is getting a lot of in quiries as to what help it is going to give them next year. The answers re ceived are described as diplomatic, not to say vague.” The quietude of the Republicans is not to be regarded entirely as somno lence. They are busy now with codes and other business affairs but they are keeping an eye to windward. They can be depended on to put up a real battle when the time comes. Whether it will be successful depends a great deal on how successful a bird is the Blue Eagle within the next few months. ROM. OF MEMBERS. NATIONAL RECC)V ERY A1)M1N1 STRATH)N The following named employers have signed the President’s reemploy ment agreement and are doing their part. Name Business Western Union Telegraph Interstate Power Co. Electric Current C. E. Stout Retail Drugs McDonough Paint Store Retail Paints O. F. Biglin Retail Furniture Western Hotel Hotel A. Marcellus Auto Service J. Gallagher Retail Gen. Merchandise K.C. OPERA HOUSE 4 - NIGHTS ONLY - 4 STARTING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28th THE FAMOUS Chase-Lister Stock Company Opening Play—“BOUGHT AND PAID FOR” SPECIAL SCENERY HANDSOME COSTUMES NEW VAUDEVILLE PERFECTLY PAINLESS PRICES SPECIAL MERCHANTS’ MATINEE SATURDAY Ladies Free on Thursday night when accompanied by one paid admission. W. Stein Auto Service Tilden Bakery Bakery Eby Oil Co. Auto Service Stannard Confectionary Retail P. J. Connelly Retail Cream J. L. Quig Life Insurance P. J. McManus General Merchandise Idle Hour Cafe Restaurant Golden Rule Co. Retail Dry Goods Mellor Motor Co. Auto Service Attorney at Law Auto Service Hotel Retail Dept. Store Restaurant Retail Grocery Retail Grocer Restaurant Retail Grocei Auto Services Retail Grocer J. J. Harrington Ideal Garage Golden Hotel J. C. Penney McMillan & Markey Quality Grocer B. Grady H. Jaggers R. R. Morrison Continental Oil Co. J. P. Protivinsky Margaret Beauty Shoppe Beauty Shop Clauson Barber Shop Barber Seth Noble Retail Lumber Harnish Variety Store Retail General Merchandise F. Persons Barber Montgomery Hardware Retail Hdw. 0. M. Herre Jeweler Fern Cafe Restaurant Jesse Scofield Cream & Gas Station Galena Lumber Co. Retailer, Building Material & Coal James Davidson Retailer, Plumbing and Heating Richard L. Jordan Op. Danceland U & I Store Retail Grocery Phalin’s Barber Shop Trade Barber Bazelman Oil Co. Operator Serv. Sta. Coyne Hardware Retail Hardware Reardon Bros. Retail Drugs Farmers’ Union Op. Cream Station J. M. McPharlin Barber Shop Barber Southside Cafe Restaurant Anton Toy Retail Mercantile Bowen’s Variety Store Merchant, Varieties L. A. Carter Physician & Surgenon Helen’s Hat Shop Retail Clothing & Apparel The Texas Co. Wholesale Petroleum Products Carl H. Dahlsten Auto Serv. Station Chapman Style Shop Retail Clothing & Apparel Eyer Furniture Co. Retail Furniture W. G. Bella Hotel First National Bank Banking Classic Barber & Beauty Shop Barber—Beautician Arbuthnot & Reka Garage—Service Station O’Neill National Bank Banking T. M. Harrington Harness and Shoe Repairing Georgia O. Rasley Motion Picture L. G. Gillespie Insurance A. W. Tibbets Continental Oil Co. Fred Harbottle Produce Martin and Son Produce Borden’s Produce Co., Inc. Produce & Ice Cream Martin’s Store Variety Merri Beverage Co. Mfg. Soda Waters George Mellor Soft Drink Parlor Beckwith’s Variety Store Variety Store G. L. Bachman Standard Oil Station Ed. Gatz Council Oak Store J. B. Ryan Hay & Grain Dealer John Kersenbrock Sanitary Meat Market I). Abdouch P. B. Harty W. B. Graves L. II. Snell J. R. Medlin Groceries & Meats Grand Cafe Jeweler Electric Shop Meat Market W. T. Brown Harness & Shoe Repair Conrad & Lowery Service Station & Cabin Camp John J. Melvin Groceries Ralph McElvain Barber Shop E, J. Hershiser Shoe Repair Wayne Shipman Coffee Shop Fred McNally Phillips Petroleum Co. J. S. Ennis Shoe Hospital C. P. Hancock Insurance W. H. Ilarty Laundry & Dry Cleaning A. V. Virgin Electric Shop Fred Bazelman Bazelman Lbr. Co. & General Mdse. A. Saunto Dry Goods & Clothing J. F. Fedderson Publisher Suchy Bros. Tailoring & Cleaning Floyd L. Pilger Deep Rock Oil D. II. Cronin Publisher R. F. Griffin O’Neill Tobacco Co. Robert Schulz Gen. Marchant, Groc. C. II. Bratt Armour Creameries Weslyn Bolin, Mgr. O’Neill Creamery Richard L. Jordan, Mgr. North-Western Bell Telephone Co. S. Downey ' Photographer Geo. A. Miles Publisher Mrs. C. F. McKenna Abstractor E. B. Loud Furniture Repair Melvin II. Klingler - E. F. Porter Porter’s Service Station J. C. Parker Petroleum Products O’Neill Abstract Co. Abstracting LOAN APPLICATIONS TO ATTORNEYS A meeting held in Scottsbluff Mon day, with attorneys and appraisers of the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation, completes the program of instructions for the taking of applications on the part of those desiring to refund and refinance their loans through this cor poration. The meeting in Scottsbluff was held under the direction of Paul Jones, Assistant State Manager. Heretofore applications have been made to the Home Offices direct. It would not be feasible, however, for many borrowers to drive the long dis. tances from their home to the Home Office of the district, and in order to facilitate the taking of appilcations, local attorneys have been appointed for the purpose. With a local attorney appointed for every county, homp owners who come within the scope of this law have the facilities open to them for making their application con veniently and without expense. Pros pective borrowers must bear in mind that loans with the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation are made only for the purpose of refunding and refinanc ing mortgages and liens which were in existence on the 13th day of June, 1933. The Corporation will make new loans running for a period of fifteen years, and drawing 5 per cent interest, to take up existing encumbrances and liens, including taxes. Where neces sary, a reasonable amount will be added to the loan for the purpose of making needed repairs. Before seeing the local attorney to make an application for a loan, the borrower should first negotiate with the present holder of his mortgage. In order that the loan may be re financed throught this governmental agency, the present mortgage holder will be required to agree to accept the bonds of the Corporation in exchange (Continued on page G, column four.) iu:i:h! beer! DRAFT ANI) BOTTLE ON SALE FOX'S SOFT DRINK PARLOR Old Beha Hotel Ford V-8 Shatters Record All previous records for the Famous Elgin Na tional Road Race were shattered when a Ford V-8 won the Joseph Weidenholf Trophy Race for stock cars of American manufacture in the 203 mile grind at Elgin, III. The race was conducted under the rules of the Contest Heard of the American Automobile Association and was sanc tioned by that organization. Fifteen cars were entered, including Fords, Chevrolets, a Plymouth and a Dodge. Fords took the first seven places in the event. The Plymouth finished in eighth place. The other cars either were forced out of the race by mech anical failures or were flagged when the race was declared finished. Pictures of this race will bo shown at the Royal Theatre Thursday and Friday. You Will Surely Admire The New Ford Cur MELLOR MOTOR CO. Ford Sales and Sendee O’Neill, Nebr. Phone Mi