The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1921, Page 4

THEBISMARCK TRIBUN D. econd i Do ag Second! mndin, Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - - - - Editor ay i Foreign Representatives pean oppressor, we can do it," they will say. G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY And the French and British governments w CHICAGO. DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. . PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH “holy war, NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. | MEMBER ‘OF THE ASSOCIATED. PRESS The Associated. Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news patches credited to it or h ti SELF-PRESERVATION All rights of repul are also reserved. tax on women’s hats. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Needless to inform husbands, the committee SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE made up almost entirely of married men. Daily by carrier, per year. $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bi marck) 7.20! Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) 5.00 | ANOTHER TIP Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota.......++++++ 6.00/ An Atlantic City hotel proprietor who has made! THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) LOOK TO HOME! | Will Hays, the postmaster general, addressing pared with a year ago makes this statement: “If the prices on the menu card of your favori restaurant do not show a reduction of from 25 50 per cent, you are the victim of profiteering.” shot: “The total expenditures of the towns, cities, townships, counties and states excel those of the! Federal Government, except only the payments) on the already contracted war indebtedness which ing as an able seaman. cannot be avoided. | And his daughter, “The opportunities for economy are just asa dock-hand in London. great among these as with the federal govern- ment. “I propose a nationwide systematic, enthusiastic; and sincere movement to reduce these expendi-' tures of local government.” : |seen it. He may take the tip. HOWDY, KING! | ‘the people in their homes. | clever stage managers and press agents. “And Will reminds these local officials, Bismarck | "WAR ZONE ane uot ‘ atop Doughboys, if you could return to the war zone! The ne taxpayers pay the bills. jin France, you wouldn’t recognize it. i Amen! More than three-fourths of France’s war de- CAN’T MAKE BRAINS | ment report. Comes the days when many young men and) women must decide finally whether they will spend four years or more in college. A recent issue of the national journal of a great college fraternity especially noted for its seholar-| notion that Europe isn’t settling down to work. ship, carried, as customary, obituaries of members! who had died. Most notable among these was the! late Champ Clark, who rose to speaker of the} irebuilt. AUTO STEALING will bolster up the spirits of revolutionists in French North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, “If our brothers in Morocto' tan oust the Euro- y be immediately menaced by the long expected One of the first definite actions of the Ways and; not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local Means Committee of the House, which is writing | news published herein. ; = i : lication of special dispatches herein the new revenue Dill, was to repeal the 10 per cent | a study of food and labor costs this year as com-, You might clip this and hand it to the proprietor! the Rotarians in Washington, passes out this hot! of your restaurant on the chance that he hasn’t, King George of England is snapshotted work- | Mary, recently danced with | The Queen of Roumania goes hod-nobbing with Apparently, the war taught royalty that it pays to play democrat. Or else the royal families have; ! struction has been rebuilt, says a French govern- For example, the war left France with 3220) bridges destroyed. All but 275 of these have been | tion by presenting a petition signed France’s repairs of war damages explode the ill is ite to! K-3 GOLF SCORE- | oD I i K PA | i a HIS | | 1S, SAMMY. H | | i | | By the Pot Boller When’ the petitions ure filed and the recall election is fixed by a pro- clamation from the Secretary of state, any person can file as candidate for the three offices subject to the elec- by 300 electors. | While no other candidates than lappear on the League and I. V. A. |tickets have been mentioned, it is not jat all a certainty. but that someone {may see in the division a chance to |slip in between the posts. Uncle Sam is about to take a hand in the nation-| ‘There is a growing feeling in the House of Representatives and narrowly missed) vide movement to stop the stealing of automo-|state that a candidate pledged to a the presidency. Also it carried an item that a curious customer rofitable industries. found more than 200 fraternity pins in a Broad- profitable industries lege men who had failed. The fact is, a college can’t make brains; it mere- ly can train them. It usually makes a smart man ty defraud owners or insurance companies. smarter; a fool a bigger fool. MYSTERY For the first time since it was organized 30 years ago, the American Sugar Refining Company has passed the regular quarterly dividend on its operating a: car. common stock. | This may be a good alibi to the charge of profi- teering and it may not. The public, which was gouged out of 25 cents a pound for sugar not so| long ago, will want to know how much of this com- mon stock represents water and what surpluses have been piled up in the company’s treasury. The answer to the last question may soon be forthcoming, as some of the minority stockholders are demanding that the financial statement be; made public. | Assuming that the company is entitled to a/ : 5 clean bill of health, the question who got the mil-| poth F davienc korg tnd perereietnd lions of excess sugar profits will be more of a! mystery than ever. : “ panies have been hard hit and it has been nece: GOUGE ency tariff law, now in operation, tended from August to November. House will probably be won over to the idea. ECONOMY idye industry. If the economic experts are right in their con- tention that the financial integrity of the railroads} during the war. The Senate judiciary committee has favorably |}, 5 : y a. fi ‘: {the operation of bank way pawnshop where they had been hocked by col-|..,o+¢ed a bill which provides a fine of $5000 and|dustries other than strictly public} jup to five years’ imprisonment for shipping or re- |" ceiving an automobile across state lines with intent tnis recalty electiéntwho ‘iwill. kindle: sary to increase premiums to the point where pro-j which is solely to e& tection against theft is one of the big items in engage in any business for profit’ | The embargo on dyes provided for in the emerg- | especially has been ex-/ banks. The latest news from Washington is that the|school is opposed to any theory of But there is nothing to be said in favor of de-jcolumns of the issues of the |“No Compromise” platform would get tbiles, which has become one of America’s most farther than one pledged to a modified {socialist program such as the state ownership of mills and elevators and nd other in- ilities. Will there rise up a Moses out of the fires of enthusiasm by announcing a strictly non-socialistic program, an | The value of automobiles stolen during the past |y,colute discarding of every state own- lyear runs far into the millions. Insurance com-}ed venture, a complete return to rep- .g- | resentative government*and a restor- jation of the functidn of government vern and not to There. are three ‘distinct political ; schools in the state. One believes in ‘the government ownership and oper- | ation of industries generally, mills, _ elevators and Another school of thought |would . restrict the program to \mills and elevators and the third {government which is committed to Senate will probably embargo dyes in the perma state public ownership in any phase. nent tariff law it is now considering, and that the: Membership in the third school is jgrowing rapidly under the failure of |government ownership vividly mani- This means that the American consumer will be/fested in this nation during the war at the mercy of the American dye manufacturers jand in the several states where the ._ /experiment has been tried. There was iS!real disappointment when the Devils 'Lake convention failed to oppose any more excursions into state ownership \ There is much to be said in favor of the policy | ana the “No Compromisers” are not |of encouraging the development of the American |facing the recall election with any de- ‘gree of enthusiasm. | The “Pot Boiler” ;confesses to be- Germany proved its great value to the nation|1ong to the third school of thought, but his confessed bias is not going to lestop full and free discussion in these recall. i 3 dition precedent to business re-| A . is a necessary condition precedent to bu 'nying to the consumer the protection to which he Al arguments presented will be set vival, we are in sight of better times. Less than six months ago the railroad net earn-| ing figures, taken as a whole, certainly gave color “¥¢ monopoly. to the dire predictions of general ‘railroad bank-|, ruptcy. : | es But the figures today tell an entirely different, EDITORIAL REVIE story. | Comments reproduced in this column mav or may not express the opinion of The Tribune They ere presented here ty order that our readers may have In July the railway net earnings in the average | | both sides «f important tssues which are being dis- showed an increase of 50 per cent over May and/ June. This, notwithstanding the fact that there was little increase in traffic and no increase in rates. cussed in the preee of the day. A GREAT WORK WELL DONE With the arrival of the last shipload of priso jis entitled, against being gouged by an American: forth for the guidance of the voters. ee 8 | The I. Vv. A. has given out the fol- ‘lowing fifteen reasons for the recall jelection: “Taxes have been tripled in North | Dakota by the League laws. “Marketing conditions: which were ito be improved, are worse than they jever were. | “Farmers are getting. less for their \grain and paying higher freight rat- ‘es than they ever did. | “Surcharges on public utility rates jin the three biggest cities were im- | posed by a Nonpartrisan board. N-|" “The Bank of North Dakota is in- The better showing is altogether chargeable to ers of war at Trieste one of the most stupendous jsolvent, and unable to meet the just economy in operation. FISH \tasks growing out of the world conflict has been | ‘completed. That it has been carried on effectively | land without publicity is to the everlasting credit According to the Bureau of Fisheries, the people | of the International Red Cross at Geneva and the!" * ee 8 of the United States would have a much better untiring and unselfish labors of Fritjof Nansen, | ‘claims of its depositors. id for specific purposes have been | dissipated and the money is no long- vailable. “The program of state marketing has been upped in favor of a co- balanced diet and could cut their living expenses to whom the work was intrusted virtually at his | operative marketing plan. if they would eat more fish and less meat. ‘own request. mption of fish in this country is only | w: en fr yhat was onc ian| The consumption of fish in this ¢ y | wounded men from what was once the Russian fiir. are in a deplorable state. 20 pounds per capita per year, which is the lowest empire was an undertaking that could never ha of any country having a plentiful supply. The per|been carried to a successful close in small wa capita consumption in England, for example, is 65° or by small men. pounds. | Fortunately we may claim a share in tl There are,more than a hundred kinds of edible achievement. While Nansen derived his authority fish in the United States waters but most people from the League of Nations, to which we do not |belong, he appealed to us for funds and we re- sponded. The prisoners were not our prisoners ‘but we entered the war to make the world a fitter Spanish forces are being badly worsted in Mo-| place for men to live in. We rightly regarded know. only about a dozen. MOSLEM MENACE rocco. Only the fortified city of Mellila remains! the bringing home of these captive hosts, sent in Spanish hands. ~ To repatriate 250,000 worn and| . to Siberia by an imperial government and turned) News of Moorish military successes will travel| loose, to die perchance, by a soviet government, throughout the whole Mohammedan world..-It|as part of our duty.-New York Evening Post. “The state homebuibders’ ({part- |ment has quit functioning and its af- House ve!buyers do not even know what they ys | will have to pay for their houses. | “The state insurance department is more than a year behind in its he} ments of losses, and some of the 1920 jelaims will-not be paid for two years. “Virtually every enterprise spon- sored by the inner circle of the So- cialist leaders is bankrupt, the Con- sumers’ United Stores company alone costing the farmers more than $1,- 000,000, se 4 “State money was deposited in “League Banks” and reloaned by them _the political gangsters for their private schemes. These schemes are now bankrupt, the “league banks” are bankrupt, and the Bank of North Da- ykota is whistling for its money. in-! BOY, PAGE MR. E ‘Taxes which have been levied and ICE CREAM MAN WAS ALARMED DISON OR MR. MAXIM TALK? RECALL CAULDRON “Money solicited from the farmers for a “Victory fund” has been used to pay the debts of the Courier-News, and the “Victory fund” has been spent as fast as it has been collected. “The state flour mill lost more in the first year of operation than it cost to buy the property. Nine state officeholders had hous- es built for them out of state funds. Money for this purpose has been col- lected from widows, school teachers, wounded soldiers and hailed-out farm- ers. “The directors of the Bank of North Dakota are violating the state law which makes it a felony to receive money in an insolvent bank.” THE SALES TAX | Exposition of the Theory. and Practice of This Form | of Taxation ' | BY H JEN J. BURTON. President Tax League of America. Chapter VIE Q. —Is it not a fact that the sales tax is fundamentally based on needs rather than the ability to pay? A.—The sales tax, plus the personal income and inheritance taxes, are re- quired by the needs of the government and are fundametally based on the ability to pay on all the tax-payers. Possession of property is evidence of ability to pay these cash taxes from the h sales of business and from the cash incomes of individuals. The correct valuation of property is its net cash value at time of sale, when both buyer and seller determine that it is for the best interests of each that such sale be made at that time. The almost negligible 1 per cent sales tax may \indeed be considered as an in- surance premium for the. continuance of the stable government without which civilization and property values would aisappear. Every. business man will welcome a uniform 1 per cent rate of tax to all competitors alike on a property valu- Paw, WAY AM 1 AFRAID OF THE DARK? Paw, WHY CANT “THE BABY WHY DOES OUR BIRD SING? PAw, WAY HAVENT YOU HAIR LIke ME? VEU ig OOLLLLLLLUULU YMA YY PAW, HOW OLD 1S MAw? WHY DOES OUR DOG CHASE HIS TAIL ? ation determined by buyer and seller at time of sale, making a small tax on each individual business and in- dividual consumption, with no exemp- tions to any competition greater thaa $6,000 of annual sales. This ensures compliance with the basic economic principles of universality, equality of taxation and ability to pay, as laid down by John Stuart Mill and accept- by all taxation authorities. Q.—A sales tax is based on the mere form of bnsiness transactions. Is it not a fact that such a method of tax- ation will lead to disastrous changes in business practices, and eventually. if continued, revolutionize our meth- ods of doing business? A.—tThe sales tax is based on the simple, certain fact of a sale or lease of property or services. Every buyer and seller knows what constitutes a sale, or transfer of title, of property, or the use of same by lease or contract for service. A small tax on these certainties will | | |\p AT_CONDITION |Huron Manufacturer Was Fast Going Down Hill—Is Now Like a New Man | Everybody in Huron, S. D., knows |or knows of William Gugnon, the Vel- vet Ice Cream Manufacturer, whose ‘factory is at 700 East Second St. His {remarkable restoration to health’ by taking 'Tanlac will be interesting to | thousands who know him persenally and by reputation: in relating his ex- perience he said: “Ll began to have attacks of acut? indigestion about three years ago and | finally it became chronic dyspepsia, |as a result of which my health broke | down. I kept going down hill until L | got so weak I was only putting in a ‘half day at my business and was rest- ing up every afternoon. I lost weight until I got ip a truly alarming con- | dition and I Was almost desperate, as | nothing I tried gave me any relief. “The money | spent for Tanlac has | proved to be the best investment of | my life. Th's medicine gave me an | appetite, toned un my stomach and ; has made me feel like a new man. [ eat better, sleep better, dnd work het- ter than I have in many years. In ! my opinion there is no other medicine made that is in the same class with | Tanlac.” Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere. } Boche business enterprise isn’t’ bosh. BBN Many bluffs are called; but few are chosen. Prohibition is the mother of in- | | vention. How'd you like to make vacation ja vocation? | Hay-fever guarantees the freedom ‘of the sneeze. Father is worried by the glory of the sitting son. If wishes were fires all schools be vastly different from the complica-| would be burned. | tions and excessive rates of the pres- ent federal tax system which have | already led to that destruction of cap ital, general stagnation of enterprise and unemployment of labor which hag always followed excessive and uncer- tain taxation. “The heavy but indefinable future tax obligations,” as Secretary Houston has called them, “hang like a sus- pended avalanche over American bus- iness.” Q—If the sales tax is levied upon {the sales of goods produced under ; competition, what will be the “inci- dence” of such a tax. (a) Where goods are produced un-| der conditions of increasing expense of production, (b Where goods are produced un- der constant expense of production? (b) Where goods are produced un- der decreasing expense of production? A—This is the concern of the indi- vidual, with ‘free competition and equality of opportunity, under a sme!l (1 per cent or less) sales tax. If profits are large this 1 per cent may easily be absorbed by the seller. If there igs little or no profit the buyér must pay this 1 per cent tax cost, or the seller must go out of business. —From The Minneapolis Tribune. TRIBUNE WANTS—FOR RESULTS EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO| WHAT SS MOURS, , PLEASE % Nou Max Give IME A CHOCOLATE|17, ce CREAM ) C AND THE COOSS ONSS OUT OF MY CREAM tH There isn’t any “mystery” about | why we don’t “ship.” Cheek to cheek dancing changes the complexion of things. A girl with a dimple in her knee is usually a high stepper. One weather report that strikes us uncalled for is lightning. We are sitting on the brink of a new era—needing a little push! i Everyone would want our wooden ships if Ford tried to buy them. Thirst in war; thirst in peace; thirst in the throats of our country- men. in his ! in on Aman with something cellar doesn’t let strangers the ground floor, One auto is sold each minute. Keeping up with the justly celebrated birthrate. il ; ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS | By Olive Barton Roberts | i | promised Sprinkle- Blow. “Set your mind at rest, Wally, and go home and tell Mrs. Woodchuck “All right,” to pack whenever she likes. 1’ll see to it that West Wind and East Wind plow no black clouds to bother you on your vacation, also that Howly ‘Yhunder and Jumpy Lightning don’t meddle with my rain-barrels. Some- times, when I’m not there to watch, they turn the spigot and it rains per- fect frog’s legs.” “Thank you,” said Wally grate- fully, waddling off to his house to tell his wite the good news. “We'll start for the blue mountain at once, jfor I'm anxious to get a taste of that white frosting.” “Good-bye and good luck!” called the fairy weatherman, and the twins waved farewell to their little fat, furry friend. | “How would you like to follow him on his vacation?” Sprinkle-Blow ask- ed them. “It isn’t very polite to follow folks, I know, but Wally may be glad to have us before he gets home again.” “Oh, yes, let’s,” cried Nancy, clap- ping her hands. “But tell me, Mr. Sprinkle-Blow. If thp mountain made of cake and IS the white stuff |frosting? Daddy always told us it {was s—.” \ “Shhh!” whispered Sprinkle-Blow. “That was my little joke. Your daddy was right. But that’s frost, isn’t it, jeven if it isn’t frosting,’ and if I’m inot mistaken, by the time a certain ; woodchuck gentleman'gets to it he'll ; be more than satisfied to find out the j truth. We shall see what we shall see. |Are you ready to start? Are your Green Shoes in pretty good shape?” They were, and so was Mr. Sprinkle- | Blow’s umbrella, which he mounted at jonce, just as you ride a broom-handle ton YOUR travels. For, although Wal- ily is fat, he is fast also. i (To Be Continued) (Copyright 1921 hy Newspaper 12 oi Enterprise) 3 4 4 rg (ee: Rd 3 \ 1 A ‘ , “ , i { t ae et