The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1921, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE HOLD UP MONEY UNTIL TAXES ARE REDUCED Chief Justice Robinson Advises to Refuse Appropriations Un- til Budget Is Slashed ASSESSMENTS ASSAILED Fourth Message to Legislature and State Officials by Sup- erintendent Judge Chief Justice Robinson has deliv- ered another message to the legisli- ture upon the question of taxes. His fourth epistle follows: “Gentlemen: “Pour open letters have I written! to you in the Bismarck Tribune of December 18, 23, January 3, 14. J have tried to show that the most im- portant question of the present ses- | sion is the reduction of the a ments and tax levies for the years; 1919, 1920 and 1921. Because of the; poor crops, poor prices and excessive | tax levies under the laws of 1919 the, ‘conditions of the state are deplorable. | Nearly half the people have not been) able to pay the taxes of 1919. The; lands have been advertised for sale | and bid in by the counties for the tax, | with penalties, interest and costs. | 4nd thus the burdens have been in-| creased. The people cannot pay the} taxes of 1920. They have no money | arid cannot borrow it. | Banks Suspending. “The banks are suspending and g4-| ing into liquidation and are not mak- ing loans. Unless you do something to prevent it the lands will be\adver- | tised for sale and sold for the taxes | of 1920, and thus the people will be, driven from their homes and out of; the state. Yet our governor in selfj complaisance says lo pass the appro-; , priations and adjourn. As f qink | there should be no appropriation unti!! the governor has signed acts to re- lieve the deplorable conditions. And; even then, the appropriations should! not exceed those made in years prior! to 1919. We must not follow the exam- ple of the Egyptian monarch who in- ed that the Hebrews should make picks without straw. | Nefarious Tax Laws. | The excessive taxation ‘of 1919 and) 1920 was the direct result of the as-| sessments made under the supervision of the tax commission, the tax super-| visors, the governor and his cabinet. Under the nefarious tax laws of 1919| the assessors and tax supervisors of | ‘the several counties marked up. the} assessments to three times that of any j former year. The State Board of Yequalization added about forty per) cent, making the assessments about} Vive times that of any former year—j and up went the tax levies, The; Board of Equalization consisted of | the governor and his cabinet, Langer, | Hagen, Kositzky and Olson. Kositzky | voted against the increase. Olson sa | on the fence. Hagen, he was as in-| niocent ag a lamb; Langer and the governor did It all. Now the ques- tion is how to undo it. My letter in the Tribune of January 14th gives the draft of a bill to reduce and cancel the land assessments, tax levies, pen- alties and sales for the year 1919. A similar bill would apply to the as- sessment and tax levies for ‘the year 1920. The process is simple enough. ‘All you need is to compose your dif- ferences, pass the reduction bills and obtain the governor’s signature. Then it will be in order to consider and al- low such approprintions as are suit- able to the state under present con- ditions, Valid Local Assessment, Of course there are other bills of minor importance to repeal or modi- fy. The new-fangled tax statutes of 1919. Under Section 174 of the con- stitution there can he no tax levies only such as are based on a valid. lo- cal assessment, but under the laws of 1919 many taxes are levied without |’ any assessment. Boards are author- ized to levy and collect taxes and do as they please with the money. The annual pool hall and theatre tax amounts to over $50,000. It is made a political perquisite of the attorney general. He collects the tax and pays the state treasurer about twenty-five THIS WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE Brings a Ray of Hope to Childless Women. Lowell, Mass.—‘‘I had anemia from the time I was sixteen years old and was very irregular. If I did any house- cleaning or washing I would faint and have to be put to bed, .™y husband thinking every mi | New York’s WANT A SKYSCRAPER? What d6 you do with your “small change scrapers in America’s two larges went up ow nickels and dimes in value of “change. tallest, is nearing completion, a for chewing gum. built with ten-cent store dimes. | rane per cent of it. The law permits him to use it dll—and that.seems awfully funny. Surely you should repeal or amend the statute. The better way is to leave each city to manage its own pool halls and theatres. Ruinous Tax. Then the workmen's insurance tax. It is levied by a bureau appointed by the governor. The bureau pays an ex- pert $5.100 for the loan of his rates and makes a levy which is five times the sum necessary. Because of that ruinous tax some employers quit the state. Others put it onto their cus- tomers. The Wilton Coal Mining company pays $20,000 a year and adds to the price of coal. $1.00 a ton. Hotel- keepers add to the cost of their rooms twenty-five or fifty cents a day, Surely you lawmakers: should fix the rates and not leave the same to any board. And during the next three years there should be no further insurance levies as the surplus on hand is sufficient to pay all losses. Then we have the state motor ve- hiele tax,—about a million dollars a year. Part of it goes to the state. part to the counties and part to the Highway Commission. The overhead expenses of the Commission do far ex- ced the amount expended on the roads, The tax is no more legal than a sim- ilar tax on cows, horses, lands and ordinary farming vehicles. Labor ‘Laws. The governor says those laws are good enough. And they may be good to get some votes, but they invite the Naborer to play the part of a boy, and not a man; to disrgard his contracts, to induce others to do the same, and to vex and harass his employers. Such laws are essentially nefarious and tend to degrade the wage earner and to discourage employment. Out on all such laws! Yours, 4 JAMES E. ROBINSON. PACT WITH BRITISH BY AMERICAN SHIP LINE IS CHARGED Washington, Jan. _20.—Charges that the International Mercantile Ma- rine company, an American shipping company, now controlling the opera- tion of about 40 vessels owned by the shipping board, is bound by an agree- ment entered into with the British government in 1903 “to pursue no policy injurious to the British mer- cantile marine or to British trade” were made today by Senator Jones, of Washington, author of the mer- chant marine act. Part of the text of the alleged agreement entered into for a period of twenty years were read by Senator Jones in an address before the annual convention of the National. Merchant Marine association in which the sen- ‘ator made sweeping charges of at- | tempts. by British interested support- ble Compound and | ed, he said, by certain American in-| ES MmBused the Sanative | ‘Wash, and have never felt better than [have the last two years. I can work, eat, sleep, and feel ag strong as can be. Doctors told me I could never have children—I was too weak— but after taking Vegetable Compound it strength- ened me so I gave birth to an eight pound boy. . I was well all the time, did all my work up to the last day, and had anatural birth. Everybody who knew me was surprised, and when they ask me what made me stron; eat pleasure, ‘I tool am’s Vegetable Compound and never felt better in my life.’ Use this testi- monial at any time.’’"—Mrs. ELIZABETH | Smarr, 142 W. Sixth St., Lowell; Mass. This experience of Mrs. Smart is surel) a strong recommendation for Lydia oA Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It only one of a great many similar cases. | I tell themwith | Lydia E. Pink- | terests, to destroy the American mer- chant’ marine. As a result of this agreement, Sen. ator Jones said, the steamship lines | owned by the International. Mercan- | tile Marine company as well as the | leased,shipping board vessels now un- der its contrcl or “actually operated in the interest of the British govern- {ment and British trade” and subject | to the terms of the contract. MIC marck is decreas- ¢ been checked, . E. Stackhouse, 0 Small pox in ‘ing and appears to according to IL city health of‘icer. ‘No cases have been reported this week. here are two patients in the detention hospital nd six others, mild cases, which are quarantived in , different places in the city, The $3,000, It measures 398 feet. fr ant, the Woolworth building, 798 1-2 feet high, -vas 2? The tallest. sky- cities,.New York and Chicago, the hands of men who knew the 000 Wrigley building, Chicago's monunent to Ameriéa’s appetite m the ground up. SHOPLIFTERS ” CAPTURED: GET | JAIL SENTENCE Two Show Girls Admitted Tak- ing Goods from Local Stores © WERE LEAVING TOWN Two show girls were arresteil last night by ‘Chief of Police Martinesoa on charges of shoplifting. The girls pleaded guilty to a larceny charge before Justice of the Feace Dolan ‘and the stolen gcods was recovered. The girls gave their names as May (Brown and Martha Stewart. They were both about: 21 years.old and were brought to town by the manager of a show, and relieved of their ‘jobs, according to the police. One of the girls was preparing to leave the city last night when she wag arrested. A hat valued at $25, stockings and underclothing were re- covered from the pair. ‘The articles had been stolen from local merchants. After they pleaded guilty to a. petit larceny charge, Judge. Dolan _ sen- tenced’ them to serve 30 days in jail. There is said to be considerable shoplifting going on in the city and lines are. being drawn, tight agginst shop lifters. A WEATHER REPORT, For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Jan-, 20. Temperature at 7 A: M. ‘Temperature at noon. Highesta yesterday - Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night. Precipitation .. Highest wind velocity . Forecast. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and probably Friday; colder Friday in the west and north portions. Ane GRAIN GROWERS WANT GUARANTY ON WHEAT PRICE Convention of. Equity Co-opera- tive Exchange Draft Resolutions THEY FAVOR ROAD LAWS, Favor Operation by State of Ce- ment Plant for Highway Construction Fargo, Jan. 20.—Twenty resolutions drafted by the resolutions committee of the Equity Co-operative Exchange for submission to the stockholders this afternoon: were announced today. ‘1 "They include: Calling on “nations of the world to relinquish senseless rival of arma- ment. Improving state and federal control of grain exchanges and _ endorsing Stenerson bill opening exchanges to co.cperative societies. Endorsing Volstead-Capper-Her- skan bill to legalize collective bar- gaining by farmers. Would Fix Price Endorsing Sinclair bill in congress to guarantee minimum price of $2.26 for wheat for next crop year. Endorsing the formation of a U. S. grain corporation to be controlled by representatives of farmers to han- dle grain: and. prevent recurrence of British Royal commission entering @ disorganized market and_ reducing prices by unlimited short selling. Compensate Farmers Asking that manufacturers and others reduce: prices immediately to partly compensate farmers for loss suffered by grain price decline. Commend Committee Ccmmending Committee of 17, and especially Senator-elect E. F. Ladd, for making: comprehensive plan of marketing. o Endorsing federal trade commission for prosecuting Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. 5 Endorsing industrial program of North Dakota. Asking that federal farm loan act be made workable. Asking farmer representation on all federal boards: and commissions. Condemning short selling except to provide for hedging markets. Favoring good roads program in the Northwest and the using of state- owned cement, and lite plants. \ Favoring’ state,examination and li- censing of grain#-elevator. operators. Favoring the Duluth-St. Lawrence tidewater ‘project. j a Ccmmending tHe press: for efforts to aid improvemént of development program. ; ;\ LOCAL MEN NAMED ON ROAD-BOARD Association Selects J. L. Bell and Phil Meyers of Canital City At the recent convention at Grant Forks of the North Dakota State Good Roads association, the following officers were election for the year 1921: President—I. City. ~ First Vice Black, Fargo. Second Vice President—A. J. Ross, Stanley. Secretary—Will E. Holbein, Bis- marck. ‘ Treasurer—J: L, Bell, Bismarck. Directors: 1st District—E. R. Montgomery, Grand Forks. 2nd District—J. P. Lamb, Mich igan City. 3rd_District—To be named by Executive Board. 4th District—To be named by Ex- ecutive Board. 5th District—James Casey, Lis- bon. 6th District—L. L. Jamestown. A ith District—Phil Meyers, Bis- . marck. 8th District—Harrison Grant, St. Thomas. J. Moe, _ Valley President—N. B. Wolfer, ‘94 4 One man won $3,000. .ing from $250 down to Dealers 10th. District—George Sidener, Lansford. 11th District—F. W. Dickinson. 12th District—A. A. Bradley, Williston. 18th District—To\be named by. Executive Board. Turner, The Whitman amendment was dis- cussed at length, and it was the opin- ion of the meeting that this amend- ment gave to the people of the state the kind of a road building program that was needed. There may be a few amendments submitted to the highway committees of the legislature before bringing up the bill for pass- 9th District—To be named by Executive Board. age, but these amendments will be of a minor nature. The bill leaves the SCENE OF GREAT OIL RUSH—The magic word “oil” has transformed El Dorado, Ark., from a sleepy town of 3,000 to an overcrowded, excited mecca for brokers, scouts and investors. Scenes of California in ’49 and the Klondyke are being re-enacted, as the word spreads that rich oil and gas deposits lie below. Townspeople and farmers are being offered huge prices for their land. -Special trains have been run to accommodate those hurrying to the town, . $1,000. One man and two women won $500 apiece. $4,500 divides among the remaining 99 contestants, in units rang- . A spirited contest. 309,462 entries. The judges (the editors of “LIFE”) in making their decisions, stated. that .the _ entries revealed “‘Daylo’s greatest useful- ness lies in the broad field of danger in the dark, since no one specific use exceeds’ in importance all other uses.” Go to the nearest electrical, hard-. ware, auto-supply or drug store . that . i] kind of the roads to be built up to | People get one dollar’s worth of high- THURSDAY, JAN. 20,” 1921 The Light that says There itis: Eveready Batteries tall Flashlights A woman won with. $10. , contest-picture. dealer-today. of National Carbon Company, Inc. LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK in your ow the legislature and the State High- way Commission, and the North Da- Kota State Good Roads association suggests dirt and gravel highways un- der this act, with hard surfaced roads where needed, or where the heavy traffic demands hard surface as a money-saving proposition. In any event there will be litile of the hard surfaced road built under this act. The offices of the North Dakota State Good Roads association will be maintained in the Little building n Bismarck, where information will be freely given to those interested in good roads in the state. The associa: tion has nothing to hide, is not a political organization in any sense of the word, its sole object being to as- sist in the work of securing a sensi- ble road building program in North Dakota; and then seeing to it that the way for every one dollar expended. KINMAN INJURED WHEN CAR SKIDS H. E. Kinman was badly. hurt in an tomobiie collision at the corner of ‘third street and Broadway before noon today. \An X-ray examination was being conducted this afternoon at the Bis marck hospital to determine whet an arm had been fractured. He bally bruised, but there were no si rious cu‘s, it was said following an examination. | Kinman's antomobile, which coming east on Broadway, skidded, and crashed into. the rear of a. truck! of R. F. Jager’s being driven by Geo. { Hougen. } The automobile was badly dam-| aged. The windshield was smashed, a wheel broken and the body-of the car damaged. Kinman was taken {o the hospital immediately after the accident in’ a dazed condition. was | Pledge of Friendship. The custom of handsh. to the time of Henry the Second. sho got that >» $10000°° 7 HAT did the letter say? Who are the winners in the big Eveready Flashlight Contest? sells Eveready Flashlights and. batteries. The complete list of winners and their answers is in the windows of Eveready dealers, on a poster like that shown here- Find out who won. Look for the pos.- ers in dealers’ windows. sage of the mysterious letter in the famous Learn the mes- Take your flashlight along and see if it needs a new battery. Eveready Batteries fit all flashlights. Be sure your flashlight IS ever ready to banish darkness and its lurking dangers. A fresh, strong Eveready Battery is tonic to tired flashlights. 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