The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1935, Page 2

“SALES TAX LEVY IS © SREN BY STUTSMAN > AS TAXPAYER HELP Former Official Asserts New Law Points Way to ‘Real Replacement’ Support for the sales tax as a levy which points in the direction of re- ‘duced property taxes and a better system of financing government was voiced Thursday by W. H. Stutsman of Mandan, former member of both the state railroad board and state workmen's compensation bureau. “I expect to vote for the sales tax next Monday,” Stutsman said. “It is not what I want, but in my opinion it is a great deal better than having the governor call a special session of the legislature—which he threatens to do and which he will be forced to do if this law is defeated—to appro- priate another million dollars or so to be added to our already unbearable and tax. Replacement Is Real Aim “Of course, what we all want, and ‘what we will insist on having, soon- er or later, is a one hundred per cent replacement tax; a tax which shows on its face that it is actually going to replace some three or four millions of dollars of the taxes which are now imposed upon our farm lands, city homes and other real estate. That the present tax is not wholly a re- placement tax, however, is not suffi- ¢ient argument for its defeat at this time. “Two years ago we defeated a sales tax because we were convinced that it was ‘just another tax’ and had no replacement features and was not calculated to relieve the burden of ‘property taxes, But the present tax, ‘while only partially a replacement tex, is in no sense ‘just another tax.’ The first half million raised must go to match the federal relief work being done in this state. This may seem to be just another tax, but at is one that just must be raised either in this way or by a land tax, in order to show our good faith and cooperation with the United States government in the relief of the thou- sands of our farmers temporarily ‘pauperized by the drouth, and our Jaborers thrown out of employment by the depression. Means Relief Burden Shift “If this work is suspended or mbandoned by the government, as it ‘will be if the state lies down on its part of the task, the entire burden of this relief will be thrown on the state—which means bankruptcy. “The next $700,000.00 for 1935, and '81,950,000.00 for 1936, goes into the state equalization fund for the sup- port of the schools. This will be in ‘tthe nature of a replacement tax—in fact, will be nothing else but. Instead of the rural school districts levying a ‘tax on my farm and your farm with which to pay for the high school tui- COULD NOT DO HER WHEN everye table—at your oy wit’s end—tr: this medicin=. 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AT DINNER TONIGHT Steele Convention Hall Is Crowded for Program of Talks and Music: Wednesday Election of officers and a banquet to be given at the Woodland hotel Thursday evening will conclude the fifteenth annual board meeting of the North Dakota Federation of Women’s Nonpartisan clubs, which opened Tuesday at Steele with the Roxy theatre as convention headquarters. The banquet toasts to be centered. around the .theme, “Our .Clubs,” will be as follows: Mrs. B. C, Bell, Steele, “The Pioneer”; Mrs. Bertha Cleveland of Tuttle, state secretary, “The Pres- ent,” and Mrs. R. R. Smith, Bismarck, “The Future.” Mrs, Helga Kolstad, Steele, state president, will extend the welcome. The main talk, “Loyalty to Leadership,” will be given by Senator ©. E. Erickson, Bismarck. Ladd Is Speaker Talks at the Thursday business ses- sions were given by Mrs. W. W. Wixer of Berthold, on “Peace” and by Cul- A. Vinje, Steele, contributed a vocal solo. Wednesday night more than 350 persons heard @ program of talks and tion in the cities for its advanced pu- pils, this tuition will be paid by the state, and in addition a direct ap- portionment by the state of $150 per high school teacher and $175 per elementary teacher will be made from this fund; and besides every rural school in need will receive additional aid to guarantee a seven months term. And the school boards are prohibited from levying any prop- erty tax to cover these purposes. AS forty per cent of all our property taxes go to the support of the schools, it would seem that the rural district school boards will be in position to help keep down the taxes on lands, at least. Calls for Reduction “The act provides that all monies raised from the tax above those set out above shall be used in replace- ment and reduction’ of state levies. As about 14 per cent of our taxes are state levies there is a possibility of these being materially reduced al- “A very strong reason why the act should not be repudiated now is that it is experimental, and if it proves @ success will be an opening wedge for a better system of taxation. We have already had it in operation long enough to know that there is nothing drastic nor alarming about its oper- ation. None of us is hurt by being required to pay an extra cent or two each time we buy a bill of groceries |—or even a high priced steak, now jand then, and all these pennies pour- ing into the state fund will run up into a million dollars before we real- ize it. If two years of trial of this act should bring in three or four mil- lions of dollars, we will certainly no- tice it in our property tax statements, and we will be strong for it, and will HENDRICKS TO HEAD LIGNITE ASSOCIATION Reorganization Is Completed at Annual Meeting; Year's Program Outlined Reorganization of the North Da- kota Lignite Operators’ association was completed at the annual meeting of that group held here recently with the election of E. M. Hendricks, Bis- son, Bismarck, treasurer, and W. E. Keller, Minot; M. C. Blackstun, Bis- + Harris Baukol, Noonan, and B. A. Pratt, Zap, directors. Keller and Blackstun were named as mem- bers of the new executive committee. Plans for the year’s program were outlined. The association will con- tinue its fight for reduced freight rates, seek of the uses of lignite and work to defeat adverse national legislation such as the Guf- fey bill which provides for taxes and other restrictive measures on the mining and sale of coal. The association also voted to con- tribute $600 to ete J. Babcock Lig- The fellowship provides funds for re- search and study. on new and more efficient uses of lignite as a commer- cial and domestic fuel. Retiring heads of the association in addition to Truax are E. F. Stevens, vice president and O. J. Thorpe, sec- retary-treasurer. OPERATE ON COUZENS Rochester, Minn., July 11—(@)— Senator James Couzens of Michigan| underwent an operation at the Mayo clinic Thursday to relieve a bladder condition and left the operating table, — said in excellent condi- The tendon of Achilles, located in the heel, can resist a strain of 1000 pounds without breaking. music, Speakers were Frank A. Vogel of the state railroad board on “The Senator Arthur F. Bonser, Jr. of Grand Forks, party floor leader dur- the last legislative assembly, on “Achievements of the 1933 and 1935 ‘Legislative Sessions,” Schilling pure \/An ILLA Its exquisite flavor never freezes, out of Frozen \/ passents When Strangers meet Ib be in a position to go to the next legislature and insist upon our one hundred per cent program. “The act appropriates $25,000.00 for the purpose of putting it inte operation, which money has already been spent. Shall we declare that ill-spent and charge it off to profit and loss, or shall we try to realize something out of the investment?” Yours truly, ‘W. H. Stutsman. $36,480 Allotted for Barberry Eradication Washington, July 11—(#)—North Dakota Thursday was allotted $36,480 for barberry eradication as a part of $55,284,207 of work relief funds ap- Portioned by President Roosevelt. New York City received $41,571,090 for 104 projects, and the bureau of entomology and plant quarantine $13,713,117 for eight projects for dis- ease and insect control. The latter included $2,376,920 for control of black stem rust by eradi- cation of certain types of barberry bushes in 17 states producing large quantities of small grains. Other barberry eradication allot- ments included Minnesota $252,120; Montene $23,840; South Dakota $24,- Hearings on New Tax Bill Are Suspended Washington, July 11. — (@) — The house ways and means committee was forced Thursday to suspend its hear- ings on the president’s tax program until Friday, due to the failure of witnesses to appear. Chairman Doughton (Dem., N. ©.), said that despite this delay he ex- pected the hearings would be finished by Saturday and that the draft of a bill would be taken up by the com- mittee next week. Take treatments now, before your hay fever starts. John F. Class Vapo-Path Main Phone 604 We Guarantee Relief FREE! 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Katen, Bismarck, who is the resident di- rector. fs 11986 Model LaFayette Will Be Paraded Here “Rumors that have persisted for some time in the automobile industry to the effect that The Nash Motors Company would begin the parade of 1936 models with a new LaFayette, were confirmed Thursday by F. A. Copelin, local dealer for Nash and LaFayette cars. The 1936 LaFayette, which it is un- derstood has been in production for several weeks at Racine, reached Bis- marck this week when the first cars! shipped to the Copelin Motor Com-' ~ pany arrived from the Nash factory. If the 1036 LaFayette can be taken as an indication of what the motor industry is going to provide in the way of low-priced cars for 1936, even @ hasty once-over of this new Nash offering would indicate it is going to be a great year for the buyer in the bottom price bracket, Copelin says, In this vanguard of the 1936. season. 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