The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1921, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUN» LSS TanSRLIDEAAGALO) SONA ADASTAPSIIG a = THEBISMARCK TRIBUN Elopenca an outlet for Lake Erie and made Niagara ean Tar —- Falls. iy Tao aaKe Mate N. D., as Second) G14 day, runs the legend, the giant was carry- GEORGE D. MANN z sf % % Editor: ing away a mountain when he stepped on a big Foreign Representatives ‘fish, slipped, and the mountain was shattered. Its G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY |pieces are the Thirty Thousand Islands. CHICAGO. DETROIT | fy, HS faite H i: Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. Finally the giant died. Indians say that their PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH ‘ancestors, unable to move him, covered him with NEW YORK - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. | cand and large rocks. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use| . ; i urg-| for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise | A Your Re would study geography without 8 created in this paper and also the local news published; ing, if his books had a few stories like this. erein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year.. $7: Daily by mail, per year (in Bi Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck). Daily by.mail, outside of North Dakota......-..++++ THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | (Established 1873) ! Every race has folk-lore traditions like the In- ‘dian Giant, from Gog and Magog of Wales to the! \giant dragon of China. | Are they entirely myths? Or did they really; have some meager foundation in fact? | More probably, champion liars and visionaries! existed in man’s early days as they exist now. i They spun yarns which, passed on from genera-| ie ‘tion to generation, finally became accepted as fact. A lie becomes universally believed if it is re-| A LETTER TAX ipeated often enough. : President Harding has indicated favor for an} Time, measured in thousands of years, kills it. increase in first-class letter postage as a means} Ten thousand years from now, the people of of increasing government revenue. Net income) Bismarck will grin at some of the notions and! from the higher rate would be turned into the! theories you have today, just as you grin at the} United States Treasury for general purposes. — | fabled Indian Giant who made Niagara Falls. | Congress, searching wildly for sources from. which revenue may be wrung, thinks favorably | of the idea also. | Two more Ponzis go to prison. | So we may set it down as reasonably certain; Thomas Farrow agitated against British money-| that the increase will be made. It will raise be-jlenders for years. Then he got some folk to lend; tween $70,000,000 and $80,000,000 a: year andj him money’ and started a Ht man’s bank of his) without costs of collection. You'll simply pay the/own. He paid higher than Qsual interest in order postmaster three cents for a postage stamp in-|to get depositors. After 12 years’ operation it! stead of two cents; or two cents for a postcard in-|has been discovered that his bank is short more stead of one. Very simple. than $5,000,000. —o Stephen Capsack is a 17-year-old Chicago boy There will be loud protests, probably, from|who started a mail order brokerage house and got! mail-order houses and other businesses which | farmers in the middle west,to send him stocks and} conduct their advertising campaigns largely by|bonds to sell at top rer on small commission. circularizing. After Stephen -had. sepg = a his: clients from }$500,000 or so (face value) the gover'nment step-' ped in, | In each case depositors.and investors fell for the old bait—the lure of easy money. The easiest money, after all, is that which is realized by hard GOES TO DEFRAY THE COST OF CARRYING | work, careful saving and intelligent investment. | HIS LETTER AND THE AMOUNT THAT GOES |Of all other programs beware. TO THE TREASURY AS A WAR TAX. | : = Up in Canada they do it differently. They have POOR BUSINESS : a one-cent war tax on letters there. But it is a| Congress seems to be pretty cold to the request separate and distinct stamp. It is labeled as a tax|of the Shipping Board for an appropriation of; stamp, and must be licked and placed alongside |$125,000,000 to meet deficits during the next five| the postage stamp on each envelope. It is not months. camouflaged or concealed as an increase in post-} age. . Our method, however, is to soften the blow; to disguise the tax wherever possible. i : SOME MORE PONZIS | rr The average letter-writing citizen, too, will growl some. Here, fo him, will be a visible evi- dence that the cost of governmnet service has) gone up, not down. FOR ON ITS FACE THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF THE AMOUNT THAT i 1 i tions will have to be answered before this-addi-| tional burden is loaded on the taxpayers. :Aniong these questions is: Why are British; vessels carrying more of our trade than our own vessels at a time when hundreds of our ships are laid up for lack of cargoes? A year ago, ships under the American flag car- ried half of our foreign trade. Today they are carrying only about 35 per cent. ‘ | Putting up $25,000,000 a month to make up de- ficits, while the bulk of our trade is carried in for-| eign bottoms, presumably at a profit, doesn’t seem| like a good business proposition. j > This letter tax leaves open only one tax-free means of communication. q * We have a tax on telephone conversations, a tax on telegrams and are about to have a tax on let- ters, but we have as yet no tax on the verbose political communications of congressmen to their constituents. The frank envelope, which carries no stamp, will evade payment of the new letter tax. YET THE TONS UPON TONS OF FREE MAIL SENT OUT FROM WASHINGTON IS NO SMALL CONTRIBUTOR TO BUILDING UP A POSTAL DEFICIT. : If the new letter tax were made to apply to Congressional mailings, it would help the govern- ment financially in two ways. It would bring in revenue directly from: all ne- cessary Congressional correspondence. And it would cut to one-half or one-quarter the |is unimpaired. volume of political buncombe that now clutters up; Regular hours, plenty of work, plain food and} the government printing offices and the mails out; moderation in use of tobacco and liquor is this! of Washington. ‘ A yf ‘tyoung-old man’s formula. rites That would be a tax that would benefit ie “There is no guarantee that if you-follow this ——_—_————______——- ‘formula you will live to be 92, but it certainly will} : Pas AIR HAZARDS i :-Limprove your chances. 3% i The War Department order prohibiting’ army | - fiiers from doing stunt flying over towns or crowds; YOUNG-OLD MEN should have been issued a long time ago. | The old fellows seem determined to discredit! Flying is hazardous enough under the best of | the Osler no-good-after-you-are-forty theory. | conditions, as is shown every day in the number; Recently we noted the case of the 91-year-ol of accidents reported. Chicago man who had been divorced the third| To add to the hazard by jeopardizing the lives| time and was looking for more wives to conquer. | of people on the ground, as has been donc with} Then ‘there was the case of the New York offi- such tragic results a. number of times lately, is| cial who celebrated his 92d birthday by walking} sheer recklessness. . jto his office and doing a full day’s work. : — | Today we note that an Engiishman, 65 years ti THE INIMAN GIANT jold, has climbed the Weisshorn, one of the most) ; A man two miles tall once lived near Niagara {difficult peaks in the AJps. He is the oldest man Falls, according to a tradition of Canadian In-| who ever scaled this 14,800-foot peak and many | ‘dians. This month they make their yearly canoe/ expert climbers in the prime of life have tried it! visits to the monster’s reputed grave on Giant’s| and failed. : ‘Tomb Island in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. | oo That makes you smile? i 3 CAPACITY | Yet for hundreds of years every Canadian In-| Page Mr. Wiristein. An American has: been dian was taught from childhood to believe in the} found who understands his theory of relativity ! Indian Giant. Just as you believed in Santa Claus. He is Edwin Roche Hardy, the 12-year-old Col- You got Santa Claus out of your head as you; umbia University prodigy, whose mastery of some matured. But the older the Indians get, the more 20 languages and all the higher branches of learn- firmly they believe in their mythical giant. jing is the educational marvel of the age. = Which shows that the difference between savag-| “The Einstein theory is as simple as a b c,” says ery and civilization is more in the brain than i young Hardy. “It is altogether a question of one’s ‘material works. ‘ apacity to understand.?) ' | o¢ 3 LONGEVITY The president of the board of elections of the city of New York celebrated his 92nd birthday the! other day by walking to his office and doing aj full day’s work. | His fellow workers say, that he is just,as spry | physically and keen iifehtall?'as he was 20 years! ago. He doesn’t use éyévlasses and his hearing us all! i i H : There were giants on earth in those days. i REFORM e So runs the Canadian Indian tradition. A race It wasn’t so long ago that President Obregon: of giants, living near Hudson Bay, fought among| announced he had Pancho Villa’s word that the themselves until only one was left—Mr. Ki-chi-ki-| ex-bandit had reformed. wwa-na. |. We had almost begun to believe it, when— & Lonésome,he-moved-south and amused himself| The wires carried the word that Pancho -has by: towsing Maye boulders.” This, say:-thecladians; | thrown: $200,000 into.oil: inspectionsiei:..428" =r mean CSMNERS eee It looks as though a lot: of very pertinent; ques-| pr ibrokers and commission merchants | pected 'm GOING TO R ener woe FR Yb we JELLIES. APRIZE WITH THAT QUILT 1. MADE LAST == WINTER, TAKE THE OL LEGHORN ROOSTER? FRIDAY, AUGUST.5, 1921" GENERAL WOOD TO._BE NAMED GOVERNOR OF PHILIPPINES | ADVENTURE OF By Newspaper Enterprise. Washington, Aug. 5.—-General Leon- ard Wood to be governor general of the Philippines. That. is the nomination President Harding will send.to the senate for confirmation, possibly within the next few weeks. Wood. who is still in the islands on a special. tour of investigation for the ‘président, is understood to have changed, his vattitude toward the of- fice since his visit. The Philippine post is the juiciest of the plums remaining on the pa- tronage trec. It pays $18,000 a year, with ‘an! [A@uifichal! $15,000 for ex- enses. Although /the final. rdport of the Wood. investigation nas. ngt yet been made, iti iy funderstood | -Unofticial advices from Manila, that it will be adverse to the early granting of Phil- ippine indéperdence. } . Wood’s: Rreyious service in. the Philippines,.#his experience as ‘mili- tary governor of Cuba and later as governor of Moro province, Philip- pings, are: ¢| ypaider to fit him above all others for' thé’ host. Wood may:Jitot even return to the United States, to. present his report, |* but. may accept appointment as gov- ernor general and remain in the is- lands, assuming hig dutics immedi- ately, THE SALES TAX Exposition of the Theory and Practice of This Form of ‘Taxation ° By Hazen J. Burton { President Tax League of America Q. ‘Would men rendering profes- ! sional: services, such as doctors, law-| 'yers, engineers, architects, be taxed on! the sales of such services under the; sules,or turnover tax proposed? { A. Yes, the gros¢ receipts for such; services would be subject to the 1 per cent tax. i Q. How would bankers, commission | men and others be :taxed?. { A. The interest-received. by the! bankers and ‘commissions of! would be taxed. i Q. Would wages and salaries bei taxed? . i A. They would not-be subject to the: sales or turnover tax .but would ‘be; taxed as. personal incomes. ' Q. Would the professional men and! the bankers and commission men wen-; tioned above be required to pay the; graduated income tax in~ addition to | the 1 per cent turnover: tax? A. They would. H Q. If a sales tax is:substituted for a profits tax on business. ought the! present exemptions (on ‘personal in- comes to be increased? Hl A. The revenues derived from aj sales tax would be large enough to! permit raising the present exemptions | {on personal incomes. Q. What would be the object of in-} creasing the exempjions on personal | | incomes ? A. The fair rule, in all taxation is} the “ability to pay”. Tho, revenue law , ot 1913: fixed exemptions for single persons as $3,000 and for married per- ; sons at $4,000. The war made lower excmptions necessary. The war period has passed. It is true the war debts; must be paid, but a longer time can be taken. Exemptions could well be fixed at the pre-war levels, or even higher. It has ‘been suggested there be exemptions on incomes of $4,000 for single persons and $5,000 for married | persons. i Q. Would the imposition of a sales tax encourage thrift. i ‘A. It certainly would. The persons who buy many things, including many | luxuries would have to pay more in sales taxes than those who did not purchase aS much. In fact, the sales | tax is founded,on the ‘basic theory of the “ability to pay.” | Q,.How will the sales tax be _col- A. The tax fs’ paid “to the* govern: GENERAL WOOD ment on total sales of commodities or, business services. Q. How often would the tax be! paid? A. It would ‘be paid either | ing of gas which pressed against his ment? ABOUT THIS TIME 0’ YEAR. . pm Goin’ TO WY Uy Pencneron 7 RCHE - Z " THEM TWO. S/W SHORTHORN HEIFERS. / LOOK LIKE PRITE WINNERS “TO ME- lor quarterly; preferably monthly. Q. How would this help the govern- | | an ‘jas Phil asked .me, but I know of a “| down into them and turned the spigot. 4 PSHINK TLE. TAKE A PUMPKIN ? i) PLANNING FOR THE- COUNTY FAIR oe By Olive Barton Roberts }. Old Sizzly Dry Weather didn’t Iike ; West Wind. Much less did he like {last Wind, for East Wind .kept the {largest and blackest clouds’ in his |store-house, Sizzly watched out for { both of them and: when either of them ' started to blow a cloud over the sky, he'd blow his hot breath around every- ; where and scare the clouds away.. When Sprinkle-Blow got Phil Frog’s | letter, he knew what todo at once. “I |can’t turn Mr, Moon's corners down, | better way,” said he. “Nick, you open that barrel of rain marked “Regular |: Pourdown,” | Nancy, let out Thunder ‘Jand Lightning. ‘I'll telephone to ‘both t Wind and West Wind to send all lithe black clouds they can’ possibly gather up. We'll have enought rain {down on the earth in about five min- ‘utes to float a whale or two, not to mention Phil Frog’s baby tadpoles.” Well, sir, West Wind sent, clouds and Hast ‘Wind sent clouds and Nick rolled the whole’ barrel of pourdowns | Howly Thunder took the © big bass drum and Jumpy Lightning his flash- vould have scared 40 bad fairies brav- than’ Old Sizzly Dry Weather. Nancy and Nick and Sprinkle-Blow. a Shadow, Afraid to Eat | “My son-in-law was so bad from stomach trouble that he was reduced to almost a shadow and was afraid to | eat anything, as all food caused bloat- | Almost heart, worrying him very much. Our druggist persuaded. him to try Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy and in two months he looked fine, can eat anything ani ight’ and they. made such a din it}, SAYS THAT HE. |, .THAN.IN YEARS || Mitchell Man Able To Do: As Much Work In One Day. As He Used To Do In Two “Tam feeling like a new man and am able to do as:much work, in.a@ day now as | used to do in two, thanks to ‘Tanlac,” said N. W. Johnson, a well- known carpenter living at 401 North Main St., Mitchell, S. D. “Both my stomach and liver got out of order about three: years ago ana from that time until ‘Ianlac. relieved me 1 didn’t know what it was to have a well day. Late very little, but even ; then IT was sure to have a heayy,, dis- trerged feeling for hours after meals. J got very little s‘eeg at night and in the morning. just: dragged myself out of bed, dreading to go to; work be- cause I felt 60 miserable. a “I was almost down and out :buc now }. feel 4s well as 1 ever did in my life. My appetite and digestion {are fine, I sleep like: a log all night and’ wake up in tho morning feeling fresh and fit for work. The fact is { feel so good that I swing my ham- mer and pull my saw as I haven't been able to do for years. My work is no longer a drudgery, 1 enjoy it. Every hard working man gets run down at times, and if they took. “my advice they would get Tanlac at once. It certainly builds a man up and makes him feel ‘fine.” —————____ ee followed Howly and Jumpy to the black cloud and peeped over the edge; here’s what they saw. Peper Sizzly’ Dry ‘Weather ‘sueaking off toward the south as hard as he could - go;! Phil's children swimming about happily ina cool, new puddle of ‘water, little sprouts of ‘green grass peeping up to see what had happened, Farm- er Smith’s garden plants lifting their tired droopy heads, and -a ‘hundred gratecal Creatures running here and there to talk of the good news. No one minded a soaking? ° (Copyrght 1921 by Newspaper Enterprise)” ue (To Be Continued) Some. figures. lie. Russia should confiscate’ a little sense. i i H Z Modern matrimoniat bonds are kept in the bank. o— ‘Phe country has veen dry-cleaned Fand. is pressed for hootch. _ Russia's liabilities, 20,000,000 starv- ing people—and no assets. Too many think the world was made sate for hypocrisy. The school of experience holds its Graduation at the grave. “Where redskins once bit the dust, pedestrians are now doing. it, Certain ball: players are doing pen- ance for tlirowing pennants. What you: don’t know won't hurt you—unless- you try to tell it. ing in, the year after are| Works hard every day.” levied, the government wopfdllreceive hundreds of mililions of dollats;each month of ‘the year. There would never be the need of the issuance of short time treasury. certificates at high in- terest rates, in anticipation of taxes to be collected in the future. : -—From the Minneapolis. Tribune A. Instead of: having, its, inggme jcom- viel at all druggists. [EVERETT TRUE _ BY CONDO| WHO'S THAT BCOWING THEIR HORN ouT In , Cront THERE, Mes. TRUS @ KSEF RIGHT _ON GOING, JOHN SON 83 WE HAD TO HAVE THE FURNISHINGS RG = PAIRED AND REFINISHED AFTER YouR CAST visit Wl ON YOUR WAY, OR ICC SEND You ae THE Bice Y It is a’ sim: ple, harmless preparation that re- moves the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflam-/ mation which causes practically all) stomach, liver and intestina: altments,|- including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. For sale Democrats gay Republicans . really did “break” the’ solid South, Pluck is-a good business asset—it you don't try to pluck. others. It wasn’t*much of a picnic in the ark, with only two.ants presént. The world owes you:a living, but you can't send a collector for it. ‘Girls: realizo the truth of that old saying, “We all hug delusions.” i The:question is “Will Lloyd ‘George fall over the Northcliffe?” It's the silent drama only until someone goes there ‘to eat peanuts. ‘The modern girl thinks she’s a live wire; reformers say she’s shocking. The prodigal: son now. stands on the corner and. watchés the fattened calves, ; ony Every neighbor wants inside infor- mation on how your® home-brew works. fe Rockefeller ‘attributes hig:success to golf. Most men attribute their goif to success. One way to get. the small boy to bathe is. put a sign over the tub, “No Swimming.” © The old-fashioned arnty may have traveled on its stomach. but the mod- ern one travels on taxes.. : Edison says we are all barbarians ; under the skin—probably: having no- {ticed a man who had just been skin- ined. i pani, CEUs CNL ;_ Dohn’s Sanitary and Exclusive |Meat Market has always fresh |Home Made Sausages, Bologna, iFrankfurters, and Minced Ham. TYPEWRITERS All makes sold and rented