The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1933, Page 2

> 3 =: ESTATE TAX BOOST | BRINGS HOT FIGHT IN STATE SENATE, Fowler Amendment to Reduce Proposed Rates Loses; Bill Passes 39 to 10 Increases in the estate tax, in some instances over three times the pres- ent rate, were approved by the North Dakota senate Wednesday, after a debate in which it was charged the measure bordered on “Communism.” An amendment offered by Senator A. W. Fowler to make the rate 50 per cent of the amount proposed, pre- cipitated the debate. The amend ment was defeated and the bill passed 39 to 10, with a “clincher” motion adopted. The bill originally called for a tech- nical change in the present law, but was amended in committee to pro- vide for an increased t Fowler declared $19,000 had heen collected by t state in 1932 from estate taxes, and that a higher rate would further diminish the re- turns. After Sen. C. W. Fine, Benson county, urged passage of the bill, de- claring that a redistribution of wealth is needed, Fowler declared that the proposal bordered on Com- munism, adding that he challenged “anyone to find any state in the Union that has an estate tax rate half as high” as the one proposed. Fine arose to say that 86 per cent of the wealth of the country is in the hands of four per cent of the People, and that this situation is re- sponsible for present economic con- ditions. Facing Communism “I don't believe in Communism, but unless legislation of this kind is passed, Communism is staring us in the face,” Fine said Sen. J. P. Cain, Stark, said widows and orphans would be reached by the bill and it would add a burden to beneficiaries of smail life insurance policies. The only “real method” of taxa- tion, Sen. E. C. Stucke, McLean, said, is by taxing the income of the wealthy. Sen. W. D. Lynch, LaMoure, told the senate that in 90 per cent of the estates he had probated, the estate tax had been assessed against farm- ets and warned that passage of the bill would be a “great big” mistake. The bill amends the present law exempting life insurance from the estate tax to fix the exemption limit at $20,000. ‘The one per cent rate on net es- tates up to $25,000 would be increased to two per cent; the 1': per cent Tate on estates between $25,000 and $50,000 to four percent; between $50,- 000 and $100,000 the increase is from two to six per cent: estates between $100,000 and $200,000, increased from 2% per cent to eight per cent; be- tween $200,000 and $400,000, increased from three to 10 per cent: between $400,000 and $600,000, increased from 3% per cent to 12 per cent; between $000,000 and $800,000, increased from four to 14 per cent; between $800,000 and $1,000,000, increased from five to 17 per cent. between $1,000.000 and $1,500,000, increased from six to 20 ber cent; estates in excess of $1,500.- 000, increased from seven per cent to 23 per cent. N. D. Seed Department; Change Is Postponed Four bills, designed primarily to Place the state seed department un- der the supervision of the North Da- kote agricultural college at Fargo, were voted for indefinite postpon ment by the state senate Wednesday which accepted the committee recom- mendations. ‘The measures provided the commissioner be appointed by seed the President of the agricultural college, | subject to the approval of the board of administration; for directing the agricultural college president to pro- vide for execution of the depart- ment’s work at the school, and to make the North Dakota crop im- Provement association the official Cooperating agency with the state seed department. Plan to Consolidate Offices Is Approved The North Dakota house of repre- sentatives Wednesday passed the concurrent resolution to provide for & constitutional amendment for con- solidation of the offices of county fudge and county clerk in counties with s population of 15,000 or more. The vote was 8! to 16. An amendment in committee of the whole eliminated the provision for extending county office terms to four years. Easy Pleasant Way to LOSE FAT How you like to lose 15 pound of faf in # month and at the same time increase your energy and prove your health? te ruschen Salts is worth one ‘hundred doliars of any fat person's imitations — safeguard —you lose fat SAFELY Kruschen. druggists Rruschen Saltse—you can always get it at Finney’s Drug Store, Hall's Drug Store, Cowan's Drug Store.—Adver- —— ir Weather Report if j FORECAST | For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; not so CLOUDY cold tonight. For North Da- — kota: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; not so cold tonight and extreme east portion Friday, For South Da- kota: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; no decided change in temperature. | | Unsettled tonight |and Friday; warmer north portion to- | night. For Minnesot: Partly cloudy to- night and Friday; not so cold in northwest tonight; rising tempera- |ture in north portion Friday. GENERAL CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is low jalong the eastern Rocky Mountain |slope and warmer weather prevails rom the Great Lakes region and Mississippi Valley westward to the i tn Rocky Mountain slope. High pressure areas are centered over the ‘eastern states and over the Far North- west. Precipitation occurred over the Far Northwest while elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.12. Reduced to sea level, 29.98. NORTH DAKOTA POINTS BISMARCK, cldy. 10 Devils Lake, clear Fargo-Moorhead, 2 Williston, clear 2 | Grand Forks, clear 9 -9 Jamestown, clear 5 +5 Valley City, clear . 8 +8 OUT OF See ame coe Amarillo, Tex., peldy... 32 Boise, Idaho, fogg 22 Calgary, Alta., clear 20 | Chicago, Il., eldy. 22 ; Denver, Colo, clear cy Des Moines, Ia., cldy... 30 30 Dodge City, Kans., peldy.30 30 Edmonton, Alta., cldy.. 24 14 | Havre, Mont., clear. 16 Helena, Mont., peld: Huron, S. D., peldy. s, B. i \M | | Okla. City, O., clear. Pierre, S. D., clear. Rapid City, 8. D., cldy. 14 14 Roseburg, Ore., cldy.... 38 36 St. Louis, Mo., clear 26 St. Paul, Minn., cldy... 20 12 Salt Lake City, U., cldy. 30 S. S. Marie, M., cldy.... 12 Seattle, Wash., eee 38 \ { sesssissessssesssssseesesasesesssss' SENS.88a8o8 Winnipeg, Man., peldy. -20 C ONTINUE D \ from page one: |Chairman Matthaei | Condemns Barring i Bangs and Conklin and Gust A. Erickson, St. Paul struc- | tural steel contractor. Forced Fraser Resignation Testimony and records said to show duplication of expense accounts for G. Angus Fraser, member of the com- ; mission, led to his resignation from | the capitol commission shortly after the investigation got under way. He; now under bond awaiting prelimin- ary hearing on March 6 on charges filed by the state. Sinkler said the rules adopted by the committee were “necessary” to prevent “an interminable contest and in order to bring about as speedy an ascertainment of the truth as could be had consistent with the rights of all concerned. It was thought ad- visable to require the commissioners to submit an offer of proof if they desired to be heard.” This was thought proper, he add- ed, “in order to determine just what was or was not competent in such offer of proof. In this hearing there was no judicial control over the ad- missibility of testimony and it was thought advisable to adopt this meth- od in order to keep the matter of in- troducing testimony within the | bounds of reason. “All of the evidence has been pro- duced from the records made by the § For Montana: | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 19 | STONE STATEMENT = PROVOKES CENSURE Movement to Bar Wet Advocate From Assembly Sent to Senate Committee To Appear in Sunday Concert | A statement by C. P. Stone, Man- dan, published this week, that mem- bers of the legislature voting against @ measure to repeal the state prohi- bition laws will be recalled, brought forth a resolution in the North Da- kota senate to deny Stone entry to the assembly, resulting in an ex- change of heated remarks by mem- sought to have it printed in the sen- ate journal, but his motion was de- feated. Stone headed the committee of pe- od B FREE INNER TUBES When Worn Out Tires Are Turned In Starting Saturday, February 10th r Another super-startling tire offer <7.-. another opportunity .. . greater than ever, for motorists to make a tremendows saving on tires. Gamble’s 2 for 1 tire sales have been the talk of the entire tire industry. What will they say about this offer? For the list price of one first line tire, we will give 2 first line Surety tires——PLUS TWO FREE INNER TUBES—when your old tires are tumed in —regardless of the condition ‘of the old tires. Boeaes of resent pen Snutartions, wo aera tea. Bt Bitwes Our stock consists of only 90 tires per store— and in the following sizes iret first served — hurry. a The resolution charges Stone “has been activiey engaged as a lobbyist in the city of Bismarck during the by Sen. W. E. Matthaei, Wells coun- ty, whose motion to refer the pro- claring “I don’t believe in lobbyists,” told the senate “you have it on both ate against repeal, adding that at the time she warned that members| voting against retention of: prohibi- Maat ee tion would not be returned to the leg- . islature. Rolf Logan, teacher of violin at ‘The resolution, labels the Stone Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., will appear in a concert here next Sunday night at Trinity Lutheran church. Miss Margaret Ristvedt will play the piano accompaniments, Logan, who originally hails from Edmore, will be introduced by Mrs. Minnie D. Craig, speaker of the state house of representatives, who has known the young violinist since his musical beginnings. Admission will be by complimen- tary ticket and a plate collection will be taken up after the concert. The recital is sponsored by the Trinity Lutheran choir, Godwin’s statement read: “The au- thor of house bill 76 and the suj ers of that bill sincerely regret action of Mr. Stone in criticizing the vote of those who opposed this meas- ure, “No attempt was ever made by me or by any one of those who this measure to intimidate in any way or to coerce any member and we know that every member voted his honest convictions. “We desire the public to know that we are not in harmony with Mr. Stone in his statement on this matter.” U Alumni Will Meet Wednesday Evening Bismarck and Mandan alumni of the University of North Dakota will People’s Forum ‘ Editor's Note—The Tribune wel comes letters on subjects of in- terest. Letters dealing with con- troversial religious subjects, which attack individuals unfairly, oF which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to the writers. All letters MUST be signed. If you wish to use @ pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneath ft. We will re- spect such requ the right to del letters as may ec conform to this policy. quor or stop drinking is further seen in our hospitals, homes of feeble minded, asylums and over crowded prisons, state and federal. They be- come ill, feeble minded, blind and|attend a Founder's Day dinner and outcasts of society. The fruits of|Pprogram at the Grand Pacific hotel blind leadership, the blessings of ajhere next Wednesday evening, it is “noble experiment.” Who can be 80 spnoeced by a committee on ar- blind as not to see these terrible con- | Tangements. ditions as they exist today? Look at| At # meeting Wednesday afternoon our youth, the men and women of to-| the committee decided on « “guaran- morrow. So, if the 18th amendment |tee” that the program will be con- and the Volstead Act are scrapped, cluded by 8:30 o'clock to insure those conditions cannot be worse, but I be-| attending ample time to attend the lieve will be a change for the bet-|basketball game between Bismarck “NONE SO BLIND” Zeeland, N. D., February 8, 1933. Editor, Tribune: Will you be so kind and give me some space in your valuable paper. I beg to differ with the opinion of Mr. Ole G. Hagstrom in the “state- ment” he read in a book. Where has Ole been all this time that he ter. “You may lead a horse to wi but you cannot make him drink.” I have some very good friends up in Wilton. I hope they. do not think |Probably will begin at 9:30 o'clock, that I have changed any, for I have | Bismarck time. not. I am as sober as ever. Even| The dinner, which will be com- ae i f the 50th anniversary Act? I wish to state right here and| after my return from Europe. memorative o! now that I do not drink (I’m no booz- Respectfully yours, rer eine ot Smeeeg pee e er) but enjoy a good glass of real J. B, Greiner, | o.4 " = beer, if you please. This changed —_—— - E All alumni are invited and it is ex- to suit the climate and reprinted I N U E afi 50 to 75 will attend does not seem to know the horrible conditions since we were blessed with the 18th amendment and Volstead “statement” in the Tribune of Feb. 7 would be merely a gesture or laugh- GAMBLE STORES rrrrrrrrrrrr,r rrr rrrrrrrr rrr, THE Rete N EOE WY eT Oonr CLIFF PALMER, Mgr. i i rious from page one mittee chairman. ing stock were it not such a se} . e matier. Legislature Fights ea Mibict ch foare;ct the Ae Since when has the Volstead Act “shut out” liquor in this or any other state? North Dakota, since it became Supre! retiring president. a state in 1889, has been legally dry but practically wet and still is, more than ever. I am in position to know whereof I speak. This “powerful, ag- gressive and universal attacker” has entered long, long ago the humble home, the cottage as well as the mag- In State Salaries one for state institutions. M. Crockett, Cavalier, pointed to Flannigan and said, “I ree sent your remarks about our com- mittee being dominated by a few. with one rule for state offices and! Churches built on English Crown Phone 390 Biemarck, N. D. AMERICA’S FINEST OCEAN ‘FRONT HOTEL capitol commissioners themselves. We have ascertained from the records, and from an examination of those connected with the capitol commis- sioners, the facts shown in the rec- ord. “Every opportunity has been grant- ed to the members of the capitol com- mission to introduce any evidence they saw fit under the rules adopted. They demanded the bars be thrown down and that they be permitted to go as far afieled as they desired in cumbering the record with incom- two days ago made by me I very care- fully stated that they could do so pro- vided they complied with the rules. Did Not. Accept Privilege “They have not availed themselves of this privilege. They were not called by me because I did not think they could add one thing to the rec- ords they had made, by way of ex- Planation or otherwise. “The written records needed no ex- planation. They were at liberty, how- ever, at all times to introduce any petent matter. In a public statement, nificent palace, if not from without then from within, where it is manu-] was unanimous. You talk about drag- factured—home made. ging other people down to the level “There is no man as blind as the|of the farmer. We taxpayers can't|tional Guard or its equivalent. man who does not want to see” is a|stand this much longer. You won't truthful saying.. Some people have|need to drag us down. Just trample become blind to the facts because | us into the mud and bury us.” Every action taken by the committee Every state in the Union has a Na- nd CABANA SUN CLUB they do not want to know them. Get More Than Farmers Cost 85 Cents to Put MIAMI BEACH wae FLORIDA Crockett, said 3 : 5 | There are: however, many sources of| ssmner of the state government wes] Rheumatic Cripple as Tia ath" cates t armen yeaa “drinking” are by far worse today Now Joyously Happy return of the saloon, but a change of the present system. cause the present system, the “1 experiment” has utterly failed. army of federal agents with of dollars at their disposal accomplished what a good erate man can and will speak louder than words. school students and even pupils have experimented forbidden fruit and I presume ed like more, The other day I &@ young lady of 17 summers remark: | touc! “Gee, I like to smoke when I drink whiskey.” Where does she get her supply? 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