The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1935, Page 2

- N.D.Sales Levy Explained, Defended in Executive’ WRLFORD DECLARES (Sistas tf a nm oe (KIWANIANS TOLD OF NECESSITY FORGED feria “mice TBGISLATIVE ACTION esr s Address } realized in ear seecestwere ood | MODERN WOMEN - ‘Ohi oand similar fleeces were sold to Time loans steady; 60-90 days, % of- Young and Anderson [7 ee ee ctrered.” Prime ii Not Sefer monthly pain and delay duete ceived. It was therefor decided that Defends Education Set-Up i commercial paper, % per cent. be graded from new clipped wools oieaila ont the first return on our state tax fund| “You have been told by the sponr To Conduct Services when they became available at prices er trained od Pilearedoctiva would be $500,000 for general welfare|sors of the referendum that they be- Lt. Arthur Anderson of the Salva- reliable: ive Quiek Relief. by 4 around 80 cents grease basis for jtocks | strictly combing wools of all grades ‘|from fine to % blood. Twelve months ‘Texas wools were sold at prices that figured 74-75 cents scoured basis de- livered Boston. Average to good French combing 64s and finer terri- tory wools moved at around 70 cents scoured basis. to be expended for the relief of the|lieve that North Dakota already has more rural schools than the popula- tion warrants and that some of them should be closed. How ridiculous this must sound to the people in the town- ships who have these schools now but. who, by the closing of them, would be forced to send their children an- other five or even 10 miles to school. By means of all kinds of indefinite bs all druggists for over 45 years. Ask fot MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS Minneapolis, May 28—(P)—Si First Bank Stock no‘trading. Northwest Banco 5. | NEW YORK CURB New York, May 28—(?)—Curb: Cities tion Army will be assisted by Envoy Howard Young in conducting a spe- cial prayer service at the Salvation Army citadel, 220 Main avenue, Tues- The meeting will be preceded by a short street service at 9:30 o'clock. All Salvationists and others who wish to attend are Lay RED MENACE IN U. 8. Warning of Communism's Threat to Americanism Is Voiced by C. L. Young this state. The second provision was $100,000 per year to be expended for Says No One Faction Involved | others aid and old age and blind pensions in coordination with federal But That Measure Is for funds. Those provisions are to meet the requirements of the federal gov-| assertions they attempt to mislead Gs bectond that “one of these days cscslaad ey aaa tives ae Good of State ernment. This was not # replacement |you into believing that this is a tax FOREIGN EXCHANGE a by Fy : tax and necessarily could not be so,/on poverty or that it is ® tax which | thing’ New York, May 28—()—For: Date May 4 as it is a new demand placed upon will divert from our state many thou- ous exchange ; demands: Great Brit-|No. 1 dark northern . } POINTS TO URGENT NEEDS|the state. Up to this time there has|sands of dollars, At best, this can/Jauncht ain, 498%; France, 688%; Italy,|No. 1 northern ... 4 been but very little contribution to-|be but childish prattle. All of these | and .79;|No. 1 amber durum 8.21%; Germany, 40.30; Norway, 24. Sweden, 25.45; Montreal in New York, 99.93%; New York in Montreal, 100.06%. Before you go, call the local wards state relief accept that made by the counties themselves and we were advised that we could not con- tinue to draw relief funds without phases of the tax were considered by your legislative committees. The at- tention of 162 men was directed for 60 days to the question of taxes. They aa No. 1 mixed durum . No. 1 red durum . No, 1 flax Schools, Relief and North Da- kota Credit Demanded Ac- Bi} 68 hound agent and iat eee how much you'll save! Brand. 138 new buses to most big cities, 32 fresh, 3 20 2 day. oo? | Additional Markets t innedrasksrr doch | @ pr erietere nora e berdica over tion, He Tells People contributing a portion of them. all stated that they did not want « ge oe eg ee CHICAGO STOCKS Spring highways. , “I do not presume, up to this part | sales o edhe gdara fie hh os ate 5 x (By the eae Press) Genie Low “ae Way Fores —WNundrods of Others of the act, that the persons sponsor-/sency , » i . Util, %. irae and ae acs Se Ape ing the referendum would question| Vote cf four-fifths of the members, | Commi Liberty 1st 4X8 1005. McGraw EL, 17%. adopted this measure. They were ad- Liberty 4th 4%s 100.26. $25.75 a the motives of the act, nor, in fact, ‘ i + 85 by Governor Walter Weta could they possibly have the face to|vised jointly on the previous measure. aE MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR | * goss f \ mire o Treas. 2. Flour \ : portunigr of addressing you brielly erigg ect ora GAL Ra Ae whole. They considered “tne Lessee Owners Loans 4, 01, 1004. sabongeds shipment aaah; | ion on & question that is, in my opinion, [Dee Totes tito aomand made by the|needs for welfare. ‘They considered | tu WINNIPEG CASH GRAIN _|Dran_28.80 to 24.00; mid-| Quart. Ine, Sh, 131; 144, | pis a of vital importance to the people A federal government nor any official|the needs for the continuation of |recommends the n ‘winnipeg, buy S0=tABy lings 28.00 to 28.50. - 625 this state at the present time—I refer| "+i" We nave merely been advised |rural schools without interruption. |in the current Harper's magazine by 2 oa Sais pheee| NEW YORK BONDS 865 to the proposed Referendum of the itn at i¢ we wish to continue in federal|They considered the question of ap-| Eugene Lyons, newspaper correspond- Pag pehtcl rad BOSTON WOOL New ‘York, May 28.—(F)—Bonds 24.00 Sales Tax, for which petitions now are) cination that after July ist we|propriation for maintenance of state|ént in Russia for several years. 28.—(}—- (U8.D.A.)— | close: 80%; No. 5 Oats, No. 2 white 41%; No. 3 white 38%; No, 1 sifted 38%. RANGE OF CARLOT SALES Range of carlot grain sales: Wheat, No. 1 dark northern 1.00- 1.09%; No, 3 mixed 98%; No, 2 hard amber durum 1.01%4-106%; No. 1 mixed durum 92%; No. 1 northern 1.04; No. 1 hard winter 1.05%. Oats, No. 4 white 35%, Corn, No. 5 yellow 71%. Barley, No. 1, 77. Flax, No. 1% 1.77% -1.83. Rye, not quoted. MONEY RATES New York, May 28.—()—Call % per cent all day. “STOMACH PAINS SO BAD being circulated. I believe that if a proper understanding of this question could be brought to the notice of the people of this state that they would hesitate to throw the state into the expense and turmoil of a special elec- tion on this matter and, in the brief time given me, I want to present to you, as I see it, the question that is at issue. “The first real big problem before the legislature was to solve the ques- tion of finance, and I want at this time to commend the legislature for the splendid way in which it solved that very important question. For the first time in the history of the state they were called upon to devise the means to take over the burden and come to the rescue of the local schools throughout the state. They were compelled to assume the re- institutions. The ultimate goal of the Com- Says Opponents Unfair munist “master minds” in Russia, who “Do you suppose now that the mem- | devoutly believe in their program, is bers of the committee for the refer-|® world union of socialistic soviet re- endum are more competent to judge| publics. Young said, and when the the needs of the state than was your |time 1s ripe they will advocate vio- legislature? What special learning|Jence to gain their end. or knowledge is there that would| The speaker was introduced by qualify these men to pass t|Supreme Court Justice James Mor- on these legislative matters more ef-|ris, program chairman for the day. fectively than could your legislators,| President James W. Guthrie an- remembering entirely that the spon- |nounced that club members and their sors for the referendum reside in Far-| women friends or wives will journey go, and the legislature represented |to Jamestown, Monday, June 10, for the entire state? To show you thatjan inter-club meeting with the they are not even fair in the desig-| Jamestown club, beginning at 7 p. m. nation of the members of the com-| Dr. A. M. Drolling of Fargo, federal mittee, I am quoting you from a let-|Veterinarian, was the only guest at ter written to me by one of must provide a means of taking over part of the burden. Cites Mlinois’ Difficulty “Just this past week the state of Illinois, after having been cut off from all relief for a month, adopted a sales tax to provide a relief fund, and this sales tax was not a 2 per cent tax but a 3 per cent tax. Now that was what the state of Illinois dia to raise some $30,000,000 which was necessary to meet their share. It is a long ways from $30,000,000 to $500,000, but in the same ratio of bus- iness Illinois’ share is 3 per cent on @ billion dollars turn-over, Ours is 2 per cent on $100,000,000 turn-over. If we were required to contribute, how- ever, in the same amount that Illi- nois, we would be required to contri- bute $3,000,000 as our share instead of the $500,000 share which the federal Great Northern 7s of 1936, 94, ey Bismarck Greyhound Depot Broadway at Seventh Phone 501 NORTHLAND G OUND Boston, May Further advances in wool prices were A TIME SAVER Prepare biscuit or muffin dough when convenient. Set in cool place and bake hours later if you wish. You save time in using : KG BAKING POWDER| Same Price Today as 44 Years Ago Glasses Prescribed The eye is an organ you can’t afford to neglect. Dr. H. J. Wagner ‘ Optometrist “4 You can also buy onsibility of saying whether or not ‘once LD HARDLY WORK” > the local ‘schools could funtion for pret granted us amine that rd Wee isons Bk full oan for 29 cunt the next two years. The taxpayers | the a ° Says 3. 8. H oe Offices the rundreds of our local school dis-|more than reasonable to us, and we| [0-CAlled People’s committee and Dr. Emi!'s Adla Tablets the pains are ounce Beltane tor certainly have no grounds for stating that we want to put them in their Place or for criticizing the motives that any of our officials may have : n when they have been so liberal with tricts were in a position where it has been absolutely impossible for them to carry on without the assistance of the federal government in the last biennium, and many would have had to close entirely during the past year had it not been for the federal as- sistanse they received. The federal government gave notice that on the first day of March they would with- draw the support which they had giv- en and that the state would have to assume that responsibility. The fed- eral . government had given to the schools over $1,000,000, in one way or another, in order to keep them open and to keep the children in attend- ance, MILLIONS OF POUNDS HAVE BEEN USED BY OUR GOVERNMENT Bal A us. “It must be one of the other uses of the funds from the. sales tax than that which brought these parties to decide to refer it, and I want to take the time right now to tell you that before the sales tax was enacted the members of the tax committees ani myself called in representative groups from all over the state, particularly ! in border towns and towns which had} « from state institutions, and when advised | cag” ete ene of te 0. of the situation these representatives, ‘sponsoring the petitions. Please note without exception, stated that they fused would approve of the enactment of bacon t ptennttlepee indi < & sales tax, would sponsor it, and when the occasion arose, if necessary, defend the measure, I am very much offended by the fact that one gentle- man in particular from the eastern part of the state pledged his faith and is now one of those taking part in the raising of funds for the refer- endum expenses, Schools Must Stay Open “The educational committees of the legislature, after much discussion in joint sessions, prepared a study which disclosed the estimated needs of the rural schools of this state for the next biennium, This study was based on the fact that the total requirements of schools would be about $17,000,000 Must Face Relief Issue “The next. important problem that they were called upon to solve was to find some méans whereby the state could, at the request of the federal government, assume a certain part of the relief burden in this state. For the last three years the federal gov- ernment has been assuming the re- sponsibility of giving this relief, with only small assistance from the dif- ferent counties. The time had come now when North Dakota, along with all the other states, would have to as- sume a certain part of that burden. There was also the question of maintaining the financial credit of the state. Thru no fault of ths farmers of the state who had given mortgages on their land to the Bank “NOW I FEEL FULL of PEP!” Say theee happy wemen ing revenue, yet I realize the state is Is against a hard proposition and must have some revenue, I know the business men along the border towns are quite worked up over the situa- tion, and I suppose that they are 3 é y é putting up the funds to promote the try , x r : ’ réferendum petitions.’ Now, those are : 7 é H > : the views of your honorable senator. a é 5 : If this were a matter in which any . q members of the legislature or any s B: Laverty, iy d : \ of North Dakota they were now un- able to pay the interest on those mortgages for which bonds had been issued, and unless North Dakota was to see its bonds depreciated to a point which would have the appearance of repudiation of an honorable obliga- tion the state itself would have to assume part of that burden. “There was also the question as to building up the Old Age Pension act, which is. now before congress, known as the Security Act, on which the state of North Dakota will receive $844,000 annually in benefits should this be enacted into legislation. “In order to meet those new finan- cial obligations, in addition to the regular expenses of our state gov- ernment, the members of the legis- lature determined that the only emergency solution of this problem was the enactment of the sales tax law. Is Emergency Proposition “At this point, it is well for the people of the state to remember that the legislature viewed this as purely an emergency proposition, because one of the first acts of the legislature was to secure the passage of a bill providing for a tax survey commis- sion, composed of seven members, representing all the different profes- sions and industries of the state, who will for the next two years consider and will present to the next legisla- ture what in their opinion will be a more permanent solution of the tax problem than would be possible for the legislative body to give in the Umited time that they could possibly have in a two-months session. This tax survey commission is now organ- ized and its personnel should give con. fidence to the people of this state that their interests are going to be care- . I have no doubt whatever that when their report is submitted to the next legislature it will give us a real solution of our tax problem. “The legislature then gave its at- tention particularly to meet those fi- nancial obligations which I have out- Hined and the first and most import- it matter, in their estimation, was , in view of the distress that now in our state, and the large unt of relief that is needed, From EREE for the blennium, and based on tax- paying experience the educational committee believed that the legisla- ture should secure state appropria- tions in the amount of approximate- ly five and one-half million dollars per year, The final determination, however, was that to continue the grade schools a state appropriation would be necessary for at least three and one-half million dollars for the biennium. This three and one-half million was provided for by trans- ferring from the hail fund one mil- lion dollars to meet the immediate needs and to continue operation until revenue was available under the sales tax. Then there was the provision for $700,000 for the year 1935 out of the sales tax and the further sum of $1,- 950,000 for the year 1936. Now, these amounts are administered by the state board of equalization and are an ab- solute replacement. Before any of these monies are transferred to school districts, it will be required that they show that there is no levy made which will be additional to the amounts granted by the state board of equalization. In other words, it simply means that the amount pro- vided by directed levy shall be réduc- ea by the amount received from this fund, If there is any surplus left it will be used as ® direct replacement for a levy which might be made for state funds. Contends for Truth “Now, I can say to you people that any statements made to mislead you which state facts other than those heretofore mentioned by me are an absolute misrepresentation and made in a fraudulent way to deceive my Usteners. I want to also state that during the last session of the legis- lature there was a lobby maintained in Bismarck for the exclusive pur- pose of endeavoring to induce the legislature to withdraw support for and to cause a default in the payment of the interest on the state bonds. Parties interested in tne operations of this lobby have gone before you to urge the referendum of the sles tax. They have told you that the tax is not a replacement meas.re; that the act permits the creation of a politi- cal machine; that federal relief will not Be withheld even if the act is re- pealed; that the schools are not in the in the justification for an attempt to ref it or defeat it, but when the @ whole needs this revenue 80 badly, and it is being made to apply to all in the amount have to spend, I cannot see any justi- fication for the persons it. “What citizen is there is the state recelt all muni- cipal, county, state employees persons drawing relief funds or is any justification for any of persons signing a referendum tion, and I want to further I believe that it is unfair to eBEE sige veel GETS PRISON SENTEN' Pleading guilty to a charge lesting @ young girl, W. F. this city was senteced Monday & year and a half in the stat rations, ig, posaihie. hig 4 Write some ame, No, rth iving gratityini yt ra Sold eraers mon back guar- ates. Clip this out now.—Adv. USE THESE STANDARD COURTESY SERVICES and get set for the Holiday ruin a dry battery, so we'll check it and add certified water if needed. 5 Then we'll in- spect and inflate the tires to correct pressure. We want youto be safe. First line, first quality Atlas tires are hand to replace S Welllockatthe oil, If it’s time to ing is dangerous, so we'll inspect your lights, New bulbs installed at ae a a a # county alone has received from|dire straits pictured; that the sales federal government $532,721, and|tax act creates an additional burden Ith the exception of one county, the|on the farmer and is a drain on North number of people on relief varies|Dakota business. None of these state- to 4 ments are true. They state that, be- cause you refused a sales tax in 1933, that the same act with the same fea- per|tures is placed ‘before you now. This is not true. The 1933 act was to pro- vide an additional fund, the purpose £2 7 At any of our Lubrication Sta- tions we'll thor- oughly lubricate the chassis. It takes Power take you } Se. * Hates y 15 different lubri- over the highway! r for which was not limited. Our pre- cants to service all | : he only way that the levislature They have told you that the a ee eee fl es way e ure | They have you the tide of rs < could see to immediately meet the/relief funds cannot be held Deck nor het diminished. You just have the good example of the state of Illinois where the funds were absolutely held back and where the state of Illinois raised a 3 per cent sales tax to get their of the relief money. This is Cops, 1988, Standard O1 C6, a STANDARD OIL SERV