The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1937, Page 7

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937 _ oclety August Hottest ‘Little Fellow’ Can’t Duck Nation’s Fast-Growing Tax Bill, Says Analyst John Flynn, Famous Economist, Warns 100 Per Cent Tax on Rich Would Yield But Third of Needs By JOHN T. FLYNN (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) New York, Sept. 14. —Channing Pollock, the well-known playwright, recently wrote a brilliant essay which he entitled: “America Doesn’t Give a Damn.” The point he made was that ‘America seems to be interested solely in the sensations and dividends of the present moment and that it doesn’t care a hoot about the future which it refuses to think about. Despite numerous warnings it drifted easily into the World War. Ignoring countless storm signals, it sneered at all advice and went gaily through the speculative madness of the nineteen twenties into the disaster of the Great Depression. And now, disregarding signs and portents as plain as a range of mountains, it goes merrily forward with the strange comedy of “Recovery” upon a luminous sea of government credit. Ahead are burdens—immense burdens—taxes and more taxes and ever more taxes. We rejoice in the present pleasures of recovery now and refuse to think that presently we shall groan under the load of the bills which we pile up. Politicians Shun Problems One of the gravest indictments of the congress which has just adjourned is its refusal even to think about our ‘terrible tax mess. This responsibility belongs to no special party—both great parties ran away from the sub- ject. A politician is more frightened ‘by taxation than by any other form of menace. It’s the last thing he will touch. He will run the state into debt ‘and bankruptcy. He will lay sore bur- ens on the backs of the people in the form of tariffs and hidden im-! posts before he will come out boldly and put an obvious percentage of the taxation upon anybody’s shoul- wers—except of course the shoulders of the rich. But this, alas, is the wacidest of all illusions! Here is a clipping from a recent > editorial: “Why should the so-called * "little fellow’ pay. taxes? The cost of government in this land of vast for- tunes and great incomes should be laid squarely on the shoulders of the rich. Why not?” Why not? . The answer is too easy. Because it just can’t be done. Figure it out for yourself. Taxes in the last fiscal year—ending June 30, 1937—in this country—federal, state and local amounted to $12,500,0000,000. ‘If We Taxed Rich’ . _. What do you mean by a rich man? ‘Would a man getting $25,000-a-year income. be a rich man? We don't know precisely what incomes were last year but they were not more than in 1930. If that is so then if + we had taxed everybody with an in- cume of $25,000 or over to pay govern- ment expenses, how much would we have to tax them to pay our tax bills? ‘Well, if we took 100 per cent—all of the income of these people, leaving not one red cent for themselves—we ‘would have collected only $3,900,- 900,000. As e matter of fact if the govern- “Pient Were to confiscate évery dollar of income of every man who earned 65,000 or over, it would get only about ten billion dollars. It would still be ehort $2,500,000,000 which it would have to find. somewhere. Of course taxing that way is sheer nonsense. ‘The truth is that it is silly to talk about shifting the tax-burden to the shoulders of the rich. It may be all right to tax them as severely as pos- sible, but the great burden of the tax ‘bill will have to be paid in the end by the small fellow. $20,000,000,000 Debt But ‘what of the other point—that ‘the government has taken money in taxes froth the rich and given it to the poor? That is a widely held be- fief. Yet it is not true. As for taxes in the upper brackets, the very high ones have been increased some. And corporations taxes have been slightly raised. But no part of the billions peid out by the government for re- covery and relief have come out of these taxes. The relief payments have al! been made with money borrowed by the federal and state governments. ‘The recovery expenditures of the fed- eral government alone have amounted to about TWENTY BILLI DOL- LARS. And every dollar of it has Dollars have been the muni- tions with which America waged war on the depression. Higher and higher the public debt, fed- eral, state and local, has mounted. Closer and closer comes the day of reckoning ... the day when America must face the necessity for paying the bill for recovery ... the day when America must face its tax problem. John T. Flynn, noted author- economist for NEA Service and The Bismarck Tribune, has nut- shelled the whole situation with regard to government bills in a timely series of three articles that set forth ALL ABOUT TAXES. The accompanying article is the first of the series. money some way and some day. And of course the only way is by taxes. This is not the most serious face cf this picture. I have said the tax bill for the last fiscal year was $12,- 500,000,000. But what is it going to be in the future? Remember this figure represents the tax bill. But it does not represent the cost of the government. We spent a lot more than we raised by taxes. The federal government, the states, the cities and towns all did a lot of borrowing. Spent $17,399,000,000 In 1936 we spent about $17,390,- 000,000. Now of course it is hoped that we may do away with relief ex- penditures. And hopeful people imagine that will lower our govern- muent expenditures and hence our tax bill. But the Twentieth Century Fund estimates that, assuming we discon- tinue relief gradually, by 1939 our total government cost—federal, state and _local—will be $16,610,000,000 and by 1940 it will be $17,350,000,000, or right back where it was in 1936, and that with heavy felief cuts. If relief expenditures continue then it is esti- mated that by 1940 our government costs will be between $18,000,000,000 and $22,000,000,000. The prospect is appalling. But we will not get away from thinking about it for very long. For the mills of the gods are grinding and, suddenly, we will be aware that these mills are not stone rollers, but print- ing rollers and that they are grinding out bills—monstrous I. O. U.'s—gi- gantic tax bills for us all. “NEXT: How much Mr. Every Man pays out in taxes that are hidden from his eyes. Expect Unemployment Income Over Million With receipts on the first six- month summary contribution reports already over the $350,000 mark, State Director Alvin Purcell of the unem- ployment compensation division Tues- Gay estimated annual collections from North Dakota employers will exceed a million dollars. Collections are now being made on a@ monthly basis from the 1,015 em-| star; Ployers liable for the unemployment insurance tax provided in a 1937 leg- | A’ islative enactment. Purcell estimates that between 1,400 and 1,500 employ-| ers will be listed when field auditors Kena the work of checking lia- “We refuse to think that presently we shall groan under the the load of tax bills we pile up.” in the News men ‘picketed the ant of the Brook- ly Daily Eagle, where a strike of edi- torial and commercial employes was voted Monday by the American Newspaper Guild unit. Newark—Vice Chancellor John O. Bigelow upheld the legality of a strike for a closed shop sought by a labor union “as a protective measure.” In a decision permit- ting a strike at a Newark electrio- Plating plant, he contrasted a “protective” strike and one which aimed to “create a monopoly of labor.” Minneapolis — Forty-four officers and members of three local machin- ists unions, including some district of- ficers were expelled from member- ship after a trial by officers and the exectuive council of the International Association of Machinists. Those ex- pelled were found gullty of advocai ing a dual organization. Johnston, Pa. — The name of.. Johnston’s mayor, Daniel J. Shields, was injected for the third time into the labor board hearing on charges of unfair labor prac- tices against the Bethlehem Steel company. A picket captain testi- fied that during the summer steel strike at the company’s Cambria works Shields gave him “a poke in the ribs” and dispersed his Pickets, Toledo — Clashes between river unions at the picketed Spicer Manu- facturing company brought arrest of seven men, CIO United Automobile Workers, on advice of International President Homer Martin, again broke up a mechanics Educational Society of America picket line ringing the automobile parts plant. The United States has 14 Roman Catholic archbishops, 107 bishops, and 31,649 priests, = $U! STATE a soRte ‘D! KOTA, COUN- TY OF BU! IN DISTRICT: SounT FOURTH JU- DICIAL DISTRIC Jennie idacLachian, Plaintiff, vs. City of Bismarck, municipal Se John rpenor and onnor, his wife, William pads, Amelia Seilie, also known as eli: ie, and Ferdinand Selle, her husband, John K. Wetherby, hn Henderson a Ningie Henderson, his wite ¢ Burleigh, Franklin R. ty. Of the amount collected, $300,000 is | Sar: on deposit in the unemployment trust fund in the U. 8. treasury and $53,- 124.61 in the Bank of North Dakota, Purcell said. The sun rose in total eclipse in Tri- poli, north Africa, on June 19, 1936. ITCHY FINGERS Mose Picking, Fidgeting, Pale Faces... ‘These are si if Round Worms. stilt common in city and country Other «igas —Grinding of teetb in sleep, bad dr. Tomillng. poor appetite. Get Vermifuge. Cees like tt. Big 45 sillion sold. JAYNES WERMIFUGE. e' tle. WHEN YOU VISIT MINNEAPOLIS STOP AT THE NICOLLET Courteous service from the moment you arrive to the time you depart. Most mod- ern hotel in the Twin Cities. Drive-in garage. Four air- conditioned restaurants. 600 outside rooms. Mini- mum rate with bath $3.00. HOTEL NICOLLET MINNEAPOLIS Neil R. Messick, Manage: a Wm. Falconer, PATO OED Thomas , also known as T. Eachian, Cheries Co itis: First jational Bank of Bii as id a persons unknown ‘claiming Say estate oF interest In, or lied or incumbrance upon the property described in the complaint. Detendante. The State of North bedi to the above named defends: You are hereby ummoned to an: arene: coe laint in this actio: or will be filed in “Mourt office He the Clerk of the District tO! the County of Burleigh, North Dakota, and to serv of your failure to appeai Ey judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in 30th dey of August, A. Berclg Hopton, ¥. Tillotson, Attorneys for -Oftice and postotfice ad- dress, one Broadway. » Dak. notice that the above led ction 1 crib. property in the County of Suriclen ‘and State of North Dakota, Lots ene (1), Two (2), Three end T ty-four (24), in Block Fatty: tiv OS). Original Piat of of the City that the purpoi <1 determine neve Pera ‘O sold teal property an it title to in the: pisintite he thst no. ‘personal cle! bbe dete defendants in of thi vented this 20th day of August, A. D. a ffenton, F. Tillots : res: ‘ismarck, 8-31 9-7-14-21-28 10-1 f | opened an f | otherwise Hi y pa all a) Probes ‘Ghicago Children | | Chicago Children | Want School <a Chicago, Sept. 14—(#)—Tom Sawyer probably would have bur- jed himself in a cave and wept his eyes out if he'd have seen what happened at the city hall Tuesday. Twelve pupils from six schools, closed by an outbreak of infan- tile paralysis, called at the board of health and asked: “Please, doctor, schools.” Howard Rose, 16, spokesman for the group, explained “we don't know what to do with ourselves. Everything is closed. We figure we will lose out on Christmas and easter vacations unless schoo! Opens soon.” Slope Briefs Zeeland — Funds are bein raised here for the purchase of 12-acre tract on the southern out- skirts of the village for use as a recreation center. Fund raisers are G. H. Hernett, Art Boschee, E. M. Levi, Rhine Delser and C. A. Wald. open the Linton—Holding their annual ba- zaar 12 miles east and 6 miles south of Linton are the: memebrs of St. Aloysius parish. The fair commenced Sunday and concludes Tuesday. Steele—Until the city treasury contains more money, no oil will be applied to the city streets, an- mounces Mayor Wallin. Only gtavel can be used at this time. Mott—The Hettinger County Sun- day School association’s annual con- vention will be held in the Congrega- tional church here Sept. 19, Ernest V. Polley, Regent, president, announces. Wishek—Senator Gerald P. Nye will be the principal speaker at Miss Morton and Mr. McCurdy at Wedding | Miss Marian Morton and Robert McCurdy have returned from 8&t. Paul, Minn., where they attended the marriage of Miss Irene Dorothy Came- | ron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart L. Cameron, St. Paul, to Lyle Far-| tand Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- | ter Gray, also of St. Paul. Miss Cameron has visited Miss Morton here on several occasions. Miss Morton served as maid of hon- or to the bride, wearing a dress of periwinkle blue moire taffeta. She | wore rosebuds in her hair and carried | @ colonial bouquet of blue larkspur and ageratum and pink roses and candytuft. Miss Muriel Gray, Si. Paul, the bridegroom’s sister, was bridesmaid. The bride was costumed in 4 white satin wedding gown, fashioned with a train and trimmed with lace insets. | Pearls and orange blossoms caught her fingertip-length Du Pont veil. She carried a colonial bonquet of white roses and lilies-of-the-valley. | As jewelry she wore her mother’s | pearls. As gifts from the bride the | attendents received Prince Matche- belli vanity cases. Henry Murray, St. Faul, was best man and Stuart L. Cameron, Jr., brother of the bride, was usher. i The wedding ceremony, performed | in the home of the bride's parents by | the bridegroom's grandfather, Rev. Farrand, was followed by a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Cameron. Fol- lowing a wedding trip the bridal couple will make their home in St. Paul after Sept. 22. For traveling Mrs. Gray wore a lightweight black suit with matchfhg, SSG Local OES ‘Members | to Go to Celebration) Mmes, Laura Erdahl, Wesley G. Ackerman and Ed Nelson, members of the local chapter of the Order of the; Eastern Star, will leave Wednesday | to attend the golden anniversary celebration of the founding of Wash- ington chapter at Jamestown, The celebration opens Tuesday eve- ning and continues through Wednes- day evening, Sept. 15. Rev. N. BE. Elsworth, past grand/ patron, plans to attend the Tuesday evening sessions en route home from Fargo, where he went Tuesday morn- ing to attend a meeting of the Right Reverend Douglas Atwill, Bishop of the Episcopal church of North Da- kota, with his council. Mrs. Florence Shannon, Devils Lake, worthy grand matron, who has been a visitor here since last Thurs- day, when the school of instruction, OES., was held in Mandan, left with Reverend Elsworth Tuesday morning. She will stop at Jamestown to attend the celebration Tuesday and Wed- nesday. * * * | Past Presidents Meet on Monday Evening ning their ‘season's meetings the mses of the Past President’s Par- ley of the American Legion auxiliary met Monday evening at the County club with Mmes. G. Olgeirson and Minnie Shuman as hostesses. Interest for the club to take up during the winter season were dis- cussed. Mrs. Olgeirson reported on the summer projects of the organiza- tion, including the sponsoring of the C. M. T. C., dances at Fort Lincoln. The remainder of the evening was spent informally with refreshments being served by she osierees, the Tri-County Fair here Wed- nesday, Sept. 15. HEADS LEGION POST Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 14—(P)— Albert Bolkan Monday night was elected commander of Tim Running Post No. 24 of the American Legion. He succeeds Charles Brady who was named on the executive committee. Third District Deputy W. H. Brek- ken, Devils Lake, announced the an- nual fall district meeting would be held at Edmore October 3. COLFAX WOMAN DIES Abercrombie, N. D., Sept. 14—(®)}— Funeral services for Mrs. Gjettru Haugen, 77, farm resident in Colfax township for 47 years, who died in pee home Sunday, will be Wednes- ay. WILL HOLD OPEN HOUSE Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 14.—(7)— ‘The annual “open house” for mem- bers of Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and the public will be held Friday after- noon and evening, it was announced heré Tuesday by Bruce McDonald, past grand master of the I. 0. O. F. Mrs. Fox and Junior Olson Complimented In honor of the birthdays of her son, Junior Olson, and Mrs, Della Fox, both of which occurred Monday, Mrs, Malvin Olson, 514 Fifth St., en- tertained Monday evening at a 7 o'clock dinner party. The table was centered with a birthday cake dec- orated in pink | an arse Miss paihering ™. Wright left! Monday evening for her home in Berkeley, Calif., after being the guest of Judge and Mrs. W. L. Nuessle, 110 Second St., for the last few days. Prior to coming to Bismarck Miss Wright visited her brother, Dr. Ben Wright in Minneapolis, Minn., and | has been in the eastern part of the| state aiending to business matters. i * * | John sprit is spending the week | with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. N. E. Elsworth, 514 Mandan St. He plans | to leave the latter part of the week | for St. Louis, Mo., to enter the col- | lege of medicine at Washington uni- versity. He has been employed on) REQUEST FOR BIDS NORTH DARE oe Near HIGHWAT Proposals” res furnishing mainten- ance equipment and road o!!s wil! be Fecelved By the State Highway om: missioner in the offices of t ate Highway Department at ie eas DOR kr Bee not later than 10 o'clock September 21, 1937, at which time place they will be publicly The propo: must be mailed to cr of 5%, together . ‘bond in the full amount jum bid, must accompany with : bia f the gro oy propos 1d 16 to include prepaid tralghe tp oint of destination. Rte map iteee Purchases consist of Petit Welders watt tracks, complete with ayer g Be eee, pe rt i it trucks we Truck Gallon Road Oi! Distribut 4—Pneumatic Road Roll 5—Crushers, complete with power unit and Conveyo rage Gallon Road Oi] Storage line Assembly for ehring Shovel % ‘ca ie Se Ey 1 blanks end oe obtained fro: Department at ‘let ce Bis All bi ed to be present rrr VI it} at the o on Re ot the proposals. The right is reserved to peieel any te technicali- ich a mined” ma be for the Dest interests of the Stat H. McGurren. STATE aa eae i | ( De. George F. Mcrlain Osteopathic Physician Greengard Bldg., Mandan, N. D. you et s time when expert and efficient service 18 50 badly needed obligates us to do everything as nearly Perfect as possible. You can rely upon us. WEBB BROS. Funeral Directors Phone 50 Night Phone 50 ‘Misses Ellingson and In N. D. History Temperature Here 8.1 Over Normal; 55-Year Record Broken at Williston August of 1937 will go down in weather bureau annals as the “hot- test” August in the history of most North Dakota stations, according to | U. S. meteorologists here. Work of computing the mean tem- peratures of all state weather bureau | Stations is incomplete, said Frank J. | Bavendick, assistant meteorologist, | but in each case already figured the average is from one to two degrees higher than in any other previous | August. marck and Fargo were 8.1 degrees Mean August temperatures in Bis- ebove normal. The eastern state ‘S average temperature was 74.2, ’ 1.2 above tke previous high of 73 1900, Bismarck’s mean was 75.4, which was 2.4 degrees above the mark set last year. A 55-year-old record was broken at Williston, There the mean tempera- ture of 73.2 degrees had stood since 1882, This August the mean tempera- ture was 73.4. Devils Lake's 72 was two degrees higher than the previous maximums of 1922 and 1930. The excessively high August tem- peratures brought below norma! pre- cipitation to 20 of the 27 reporting weather bureau stations. However, rainfall prior to August enabled 15 Stations to show above normal pre- cipitation for the first eight months of the year. Stations with above normal mois- ture for August were Bottineau, |Grand Forks, Langdon, Lisbon, Pem- bina, Wahpeton and Fargo-Moorhead. In addition to these Bismarck, Car- rington, Carson, Dickinson, Larimore, McClusky, Napoleon, Sharon and Valley City showed increases over normal since Jan. 1. AUGUST PRECIPITATION TABLE August Ashley Beach Bismarck | Bottineau Carrington Carson Crosby ... Devils Lake . Dickinson Dunn Center . Ellendale Garrison Grand Forks . Jamestown Langdon Larimore Lisbon .. McClusky Minot Mott, Napoleon . Pembina | Sharon Valley City . Wahpeton Williston Fargo-Moorhead Departure from Normal Total Jan. 1 to Sept.1 11.93 11.01 14.00 W7 14.65 13.38 5.08 11.73 13.96 13.02 14.01 11.01 20.62 15.35 19.63 16.67 Departure from Normal -2.64 21.30 97 5.38 1.21 83 6.74 2.18 1,43 -16 -1.23 -2.14 5.80 - 32 6.4 31 3.87 3.48 1.82 “2.12 92 - 88 -.70 1.03 131 1.65 “141 21.23 = 95 - 81 - 58 118 60 21.24 44 1.04 1.03 91.49 71.06 -1.82 22.12 30 84 +96 1,32 49 10 06 5.79 5.28 1.84 1.87 +5.90 16.84 -91 ithe medical staff of the State hospi- tal at Jamestown this summer. * * * Belk Are Hostesses The Misses Emily Belk and Evelyn Eilingson were joint hostesses Satur- day at a 1:30 o'clock luncheon at the Belk home, 710 Fourth St. Autumn flowers were used as table appointments when luncheon was served to the 20 guests, At the bridge games in play during the afternoon score honors were awarded to Miss Irma Fern Logan. * * x Chapter N Has First Meeting on Monday The first meeting of the season ef Chapter N, P.E.O. Sisterhood was held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Samuel H. Merritt, 221 Third St. Following the business meeting Mrs. Merritt showed a number of things she had brought back from her world trip, including linens, woolens, trinkets, clothing, pictures and hand carvings. xe * Mid-Week Services for First Lutherans The mid-week services at the First Lutheran church will be resumed Wednesday evening at 8 p. m., ac- cording to an announcement by Rev. G, Adolph Johns, pastor of the church, They will be informal serv- ices under the supervision of Rev- erend Johns. x ek Oe Judge and Mrs. A. M. Christianson, 1005 Fifth St., have as their guests Mrs. P. R. Fields, Grand Forks, and Mrs, Belle Wold, Chicago, Ill, who arrived in Bismarck Sunday evening. * *e * Dr. and Mrs. H. Milton Berg, 214 Avenue A, west, left Thursday for ;Chicago, Ml, where Dr. Berg will attend the fifth international Con- gress of Radiology Sept. 13-17. This is the first international congress to be held in the United States. The Bergs expect to be gone for about 10 days. ge 8 Miss Grace Erickson arrived Sun- day to spend a two-week vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Erickson, 611 Ninth 8t. Miss Erick- son is a student nurse at the General hospital, Minneapolis, which is con- nected with the University of Minne- sota. ** * Mrs. L. B. Wellence, Chicago, Ill. is visiting her mother, Mrs. Kath- erine Boyle, and her sister, Miss Ag- res Boyle. According to Pennsylvania law, standard equipment of all restau- rants in that state must include a stretcher and wheel chair. WASHES ALL THE CLOTHES ALL THE Tims Zorba EASY WASHER LARSEN’S “Home Appliance Shop” 304 Main Phone 407 Copenhagen, Sept. 14—(%)— Queen Alexandrine, 57-year-old queen of Denmark, was reported very weak Tuesday after an op- eration for a stomach ailment. There was great anxiety in the royal household. The operation was performed Monday night by the queen’s physician, assisted by three Cop- enhagen surgeons, Tree Survival Best in Midwestern Area Huron, 8. D., Sept. 14.—(#)—Tree survival in the midwestern shelter- belt has far exceeded the average in more humid parts of the United States, a recognized forest expert disclosed Tuesday. Dr. Raphael Zon, director of the Lake States Forest experiment sta- tion at St. Paul, on a shelterbelt in- spection tour here, reported tree survival for the project for the past three years as well over 50 per cent. Average survival of seedlings planted in humid areas of the nation is around 25 per cent, Dr. Zon said, March 15th to the middle of April is “marble season.” It’s the same diss tance across this town as it is across the town where this woman lives 5 » » just @ teles phone call. 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