The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1919, Page 6

4 3 _ See aad wee meters atc nstonsd BISMARCK DAILY TRIKU TAXING BOARD ‘OULD ASSESS ‘ALL INCOMES, Need of Greater Revenue Should Be Met by Creating New Sources AFTER FOREIGN CONCERNS ‘Believes They Should Pay Privilege of Doing Busi- ness in State for A systei ation to be soodeled ter the Wisconsin plan is the principal recommendation of the state tax eommission in its biennial re; .port to Governor Frazier and the gen- eral assembly, The in this connection say: “A great man: stantial incomes’ very ly eseape the tax burden, Professional me money lenders and those engaged similar occupations receive large f- comes and often have but little prop ax commission | jerty; a large part of the property of the state is assessed -at 20 percent of its. actual-value,while.-other large | clusses are assessed at 30 percent. An [income -tax. should. be levied upon jl | property not -assessed at* 80 percent} |of the actual value, and -included. in | Class 1 of the classification act. A |duplieate of the returns made by the property-owner to the federal govern- ment under the income tax should be required to be returned gto the state tax commission, and a low. rate levied on the income ascertained therefrom.” | The league's income tax bil as orig- inally drawn provided for a tax of one | percent on net income of $1,000 per an- {num, with an ascending scale up to 10 pereent-on net incomes of $10,000; This would mean that the clerk or sten- | Ogvapher earning $1,000 net would pay $10 per year, while the — exeentive |Wwhose net income was $10,000 would jeontribute $1,000 to the good of the cause, It is probable, however, that ‘this chedule will be inoditied at-both jeuds, the schedule t nning at 1-4 of jone percent on low incomes and ter- }minating with a lower, percentage of axation on the higher incomes, which jin this state.run to the altitude of a quarter-million or more. So: far as own there is not a single million-dol- income, in North Dakota, this. be: ing a land of the common peepul. The tax commission also: would have a more equal distribution of the publie | neitity tax, contending that feeder jcommunities which contribute quite -as much as the counties through which | railw ind other utilities rn now (do not re in the revenue from these i Fee FIND WORK FOR OUR BOYS Life Insurance offers once an established profession— with an earning capacity in cess of any other life. Our force is made up of men with whom you will like to as: occupation— it-is work you will enjoy, as it reaches the real human side of ex- sociate, -We will educate and assist financially returning soldiers from this time on in preference to others. If you are disabled, our work will be even more ‘at- tractive to you. Either call information. at our office or write us for BARTON & BECK, State Agents, PROVIDENT ‘INSURANCE CO. Bismarck, N. D. —_———_—_/ | Audit ON. GRIFFITH wn Re ROMANCE OF THE GREAT WAR B AUSPICES nines bees Musical i terpretation hee: ta Now. Showiny TWICE DAILY=2 presented fo "MAIL ORDERS NOW Seats at.Knowles Jewelry. Store 1 t them carly 5 ‘PRICES — ry ante eos orium 315 and ATTLE FIELDS OF FRANCE BRITISH WAR OFFICE) v8 months in Chieago. by our own special or- 286, Se, 83c, $1.10 | county gaged, in loaning money. direct; Mary Pickford stars ‘tonight in her latest and best feature “How Could You, Jean?” he attraction is billed! at the Bismarck theatre. utilities, The tax commission urges that the tax of these utilities be paid into the treasury of the state and.al- lgeated to local government divisions upon some equitable basis. The tax commission would abolish fice of township or district as- jd substitute therefor a coun- sor to be appointed by the fon for a term-of not | + would lengthen the. period of at sment, and create tants to aid in the work. m comes back at State Auditor Ko: Who wants the ax hoard abolished, with a counter } proposal that. the state board of equa ization, which isyone of the auditor’s pets, be giyen the eternal kibosh, and that the tax commission be made the The co The ta the work of experts. sion is equipped with the ex edge to acomplish this wor! board would make its chairman secre- | ” The tax. | tary gf the equalization board in place of the state auditor, and would have al assessments and taxation .re- ports now going to the state auditor Fined to the tax commission and all e cords transferred from the office of auditor to the ta The tax commission would. regeive more revenue, which it admits the state needs, not by increasing the as- sessed value of property already. hea, ily burdened, but through the creation} of new. sources, such as corporations organized under the Jaws .of :other states and doing business in this state; eorporations engaged. in interstate | commerce and foreign corporations en- the recommends a corporate excess. tax, a mortgage . registration Anx-and.a gros earnings tax. It would redistribute the mill tax on moneys} and..credits, ing the state a larger | proportion. for its ‘general fund. Much; of. the report is devoted to the work of | the commission, now consisting . of three. members,, but which the gover- nor recommends eb, drueced to ane. commission OLD BASEBALL STAR COVERING THE, ASSEMBLY Tom Canty Calling Runs, Hits and Errors:for Grand ,_ Forks American R. S. Phillips, business manager\o the Grand Forks American; Neer, Gaston, magaging editor. of all Town- ley publications, and Tom Canty, on the editorial staff. of the American, were, added to the large corps of league newspaper men,on the ground yesterday. Phillips _fofmerly was manager of the New Rockford State Center, and Gaston came. to. North Dakota to be editor of: the. Courier, News. Tom Canty is an’ old- Aime “basenan star who pitched for Grand Forks.in the Northern league several years ago. He was fresh from. college ther, and his specialty. -was ,ragging ur- pires. -Since that time he has had several years’ newspaper > experi* ence, one of his latest Jobs being mil- itary editor. on one of the:large Win- nipeg papers. Grand Forks American-from the’ Miles City Star, and formerly was-on Butte and Helena papers in Montana. . He is no novice in legislative matters, hav- ing covered: the -Manitoba provincial parliament and the. Montana state as- sembly... He is-a good mixer and has already won. many friends among the solons. “Walter Lyons of the Ameri- can staff, whom Canty succeeds, re- jturns to Grand Forks. ie ISANISH <H BANKER ~ _ CALLED /LED USERER The first suit 1it in. Nort North Dakota un- der the usury act was instituted ' by the attorney general's office yesterday jagainst Henry Schoenroch, cashier of the State Bank of Sanish, whom the terest in’excess of the legal ‘rate, from farmers in’ the vicinity of Sanish. The action is a civil. preceeding in which the state’ claims ‘the penalty pro- vided, for in the. act, and which, if re- covered, will go into the state treas- ury. The state exammer’s office has sent-an in&pector to Sanish to make an inspection; of the -bank’s, books to determine whether the,. misdemeanor charged has been committed. “Old Hickory ray sold by Finch Lapeer. Co., phone 1; bpm 453, Washburn re delivered. This. coal jcon- ~5Be, 83¢, $1.10, $1.65 oan ee fet Rev He comes to.,the, state charges with haying. exacted in-|4 Coal Company, for Wil- |. ton. Lignite.at. $4.75 per HOBBY BOBS UP INTHE SENATE “[President.*of : Agricultural Col- lege Again Insists on Rail Beard Diverce : _——_— t pu bad hint AP dap wily ach me rhe, ther ware “TNEW? BL REAU IS ; CREATED HES ork city, ‘wiitsdueil ba ook Food Chiet.. and Chemist Also! rs | Head Weights and MéasuregiDepartment The* state board :of, regents, which follows the. govertiot’s recoyimenda-|* tions, will be made thé advisory head of the state grain grading department and the, state Yureau of weights ‘and measures if a- bill presented in the senate.by Senator Brown, and which embodies. the long-cherished ambitions of Dr. 3 add and Chief Deputy Grain. Inspecto?’ J. A. MeGovern, is passed. If the législature passes the Drown bill and also carries out the govern- or’s request . that the board of re- gents be abolished and its functions conferred upon @ reorganized board of | education, the state.grain grading de- | partment would be, left.in the near future without,any supervising , head. Senator Drownh’s bilt:..provides that the governor ‘shall appoint as state inspector of grades, weights and meas- jures, a Taner of the faculty of the ‘North. Dakota’ agricultural. college, “who. will, receive, with the approval of the state board of regents,” the sum. off $1,000. per annum, The member of the faculay who will get this job -will: be, of course, Dr. ‘Ladd. president of the agricultural college, , state . chemist,,-head of the state food department, head of the state oil inspection department, head of the state<hotel inspection depart- ment, and various, other. things, and it will add-to his numerous salaries an additional stipend. of $1,000‘per an- num. The Drown bill carries out the ree- ominendationts of chief ‘Deputy .In- spector J. A. McGovern, given to the ,| press about a week ago, and would combine with the state grain grading department, a ‘bureau of weights and measures which... will. promulgate. a schedule .of -.standard weights and measures for,,North Dakota and will aitend to ‘the enforcement of this schedule. An attempt was made a_year.ago-to divorce the, grain grading .department from.-the ‘state railway commission, but Dr, Ladd did ‘not, succead during the. special,session in realizing jhis ambition. ications are that .the present . legis lature, will regard, his ‘of. the grain. grading department, amenable ,to.none; but the state board of regentsnand the; governor, : more favor, ° See RETURNEO ia labed TAKE’ NOTICE Knowing, you wil want.‘a..bew sult or overcoat, ¥ will allow. you 10° per cent ‘off any made-to-medsure suit, overcoat or both and:allow terms lot Kiéln, payment? tailor and cléaner 12:19 1 mo ©. A, ‘arch coal. at for,, Mon- Phone 17, Piles Gone Phe Wondes ‘Trea mene Wilgaiter Sen so New omfort, SEND FOR FREE TRIAL, ' Mailed free in platm wrapper, It MUdeeive rellef, Get. a 60- cent box Ns. Ide ‘How | Pyramid is eM . ote Praia Pile. Treatment of.'91 fat. Be rid of itching, bleed to ee rotrudin piles, hemorrho! afd uch rectal troubles: o& sin box has often. cured. in plghe t-.,Sénd coupon for: fi ¢ no substitute. . PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY, "620 Pyramid Bidg., Marshall, ae oXinaly send me a Free.sampl Pyramid Pile Treatment, in Shain wrapper, Name, the 16th ‘assembly. with’ abolish, if. it}? aspirations to’ become absolute head ' with | TT a I TO FARM HAND IS __ INVITED BACK Charles Morris, who is charged with having deserted a. Richland, county atockfarm, .of which’ he was custodian late. last fall,, leaving the animals without. feed or water, it is, alleged, 2 Tobaeco Habit YGvier’ of wide experience bus; written si fee tolling how’ the tolimecq” or cy eauest in plai Sie health improves ‘woudertulty after the * | picotine poison is out of tue system. Calm: “ness, tranquil sleep, clear eyes, 0mm tite, good gestion, manly ¥, | memory, and @ general gain. ‘ideticlaary 0 among the many benefits repgrted. ; Get m4 ‘of that nervous feeling; m@, more # aeoe of ipe, cigar, cigarette, snuff ,or. ch Bacco to pacify that irritat ine opportunily; write for daysshow others thie. geuuine advertisement, the home of the Pan. sidewalks i i gtdijtial’in ‘characte “oF trucks, and tractars. get a WOULD BE A” SAFE PLACE TO LIVEIN?.. We are making a-special- ty of monuments for de- ~~ “parted soldiers and sail- ors. , ey WRITE FOR OUR CAT- ALOG OF PRICES, ETC... ;Our-prices are the lowest ecduse we buy. all mate- _Yial in large quantities direct, from, the quarries, saving jobbers’. profits and high freight charges. J Mppangenenpasnengsenscncnsecan If all thé’ bricks in all the buildings i in the-Pan placed i in a ‘row, they would’ réach from Saint again, and’ ‘yet bricks‘constitute a small item in the larger units compris ing this great plant. It’s a wonderful sermon ‘hela: Pan'Bricks are preaching. It is a long sermon —I150 miles from one end to the other. sermon, and onethat any layman should read! much tothe industrial world. It, means more tot It-means most gp industrial Minnesota and ag thrifty City, of Saint Cloud— recognized as one of the. world’ bricks, valuable‘ as ‘they’’ Bre, thotightand human energy." : As no:man_can live for; himself. alone; ‘no, man can’ build for hieséetf ak ne. a-state or a nation whose inhabitants are 100 ‘per Can you. imagine a. town, f the rdads; thélétfeets and the vent selfish?) What woutd be the, condition: o} ‘such a ‘county ‘The answer to this latter:question,is obvious. “The'than'that builds ‘and the company that builds-and the: as cava which ‘they build, are among the world’s greatest! blessings. The Fan Motor Compatiy.is 4 Builder of the fi alone with bricks, but-with steel, with, concrete, with glass >not alone of buildings,. gnodern-in: type: and désiogi—pérmanent and ‘sub- jut it’is a builder; of ‘automobilesand' very: soon, hese. are. being built;. ‘and) will: che; ‘built-in: ecord with the ‘Pan buildirig. principles which’ means that they” are built the best ‘that money. and. braing and experience and skill-cap. build, @ ee: Tifsa ‘princ iple of Paw to: build: ‘the best. PAN MOTOR COMPANY SAINT:CLOUD [Pan Toiefily MINN. and driving the owner's team to Fair. mount, where he left the horses,: not- ifying his, employer from St. Paul some days later that he had .resigned, and who.further is charged with hav-, ing sold ten bushels of his employer's flax, pocketing the $84 received in pay- 2 ‘LOOK! t » at TUESDAY, JAN. 14, 1919. “STOP! ig sought in requisition whieh + G or * Trager yesterday made on-Ggyernor Burhquist of Minne- sota. 'Thé.ichargeis grand larceny. Morris ig in'St. Paul: Tribune ‘Went Ads Bring. Reavits. @ the aA GRAND. THEATRE’ 8 CECELIA ‘GUSTAF Swedish Princess—Famous ae SPIRIT MESSAGES and MIND: READING ‘Ask any question. Everybody he. there Three Nights Commencing MONDAY, JA'NUARY 20 The lady.who predicted the ylate war 1 Am Now at:Room 231; Northwest..Hotel SUOLANUBOREAADADAAnAanAEODOUNG beginning and-ending of the cgrrectly. Cloud ONE brick, does not amount tomuch; " but a million or more cut quite a : figures, if they are. properly Placed. The mari who: puts’ one brick en top’ ‘of -an-' other is preaching a sermon—a sermon of industry,.of progress.and prosperity work is just as essential to the life of the nation * as that of the man who stands in the pulpit. Motor ‘Comipany’ s ate were and his to St. Paul and back the construction of many of It. is an eloquent and impressive ily understand. he ‘industrial United States. It means Great cities do not. grow: “like weeds. They aver to be built Sine bricks are 's most impgrtant building materials. But would be utterly, worthless: without. human fst magnicade Te’ puilde‘not It is;a:builder, E i_TToAooTTTCTTTTA HNN ~ Country: Will No “Doubt Erect a i (Memorial, “We will ‘be™ pleased to 7 ‘have -our. representative : gtaphs ‘of Some of the juenoments we have. at enon ee 7