Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1924, Page 6

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Th | n di ither The Stupendous Tax Burden inbr er ores President Coolidge took occasion in a recent | owe talk at a business meeting of government execu- | \ fa tives to warn against the growing expenses, and | nore therefore taxes, of state and local governments. ‘th He did this in connection with his discussion utlo of the policy of federal appropriations to aid vere ag State activities, if matched by certain state nd = appropriations. The president accurately char- cho = acterized such appropriations as “federal sub- rea " Sidies to state governments.” He announced his s 1 opposition to the enlargement of this policy. qui There is no doubt but that the problem of ex- on cessive taxes which burden the individual tax- ft! payer and cripple industry, transportation, pro- ire. duction and commerce, is more intimately con- nde“ nected with state and local governments than rep ; A irn With the federal. government. This can be graph- | ud ically illustrated by comparing the amount paid | xin; the federal government in the form of income| ons tax with the amount paid state and local gov- cte ... ernments. In Figures from the census bureau and the in- ternal revenue bureau tell the story in the fol- lowing table compiled from the most recent data. ana There yet remain eighteen states to be reported es on, among them Wyoming and from these states, therefore. no figures can be given. vai a Federal income State and local | * ; tax per capita taxes per capita he Alabama $ § ‘ho! Arizona inc** Mississippi . ni North Dakota . hey at ° South Dakota . ~ 82 at South Carolina of Soa ‘ho™ ~ Oklahoma 2.07 jue ~~ Oregon 632 Joc Texas 2:72 a” Utah .. - 18s Virginia . 180 Nebraska + 257 Nevada - 4.25 New Jersey . - 10.54 2 Wisconsin - 341 st} ~ Washington - 8.62 tie “Indiana .... - 3.06 »e © Missouri .... - 431 29.06 ngl In a compilation just issued by the bureau of ‘ot census it is shown that state taxes from 1912 ow to 1922 increased 183 per cent and taxes of coun- 4 ty governments for the same period increased on 141 per cent. ron In another report issued since the first of the In year upon the debts of state and local govern- ise ments, the census bureau shows that publi¢ on “debts of state governments increased 175 per as = cent between 1912 and 1922, that of county gov- rou ernments 268 per cent, and that of cities and other civil divisions, such as school districts, road districts, etc., increased 149 per cent. To sum it up, the state and local governments in ten years have increased their taxes in the per centage above stated, and yet have been unable to run their government with this en- ormous increase of taxes, and so have piled up public debts which will remain a burden in the form if fixed charges for a generation. In discussing the necessity of rigid economy in federal affairs, President Coolidge warned the executives that every dollar appropriated or expended has to be earned by the taxpayer. “It| represents the toil of the people. It is so much taken away from everything they produce—so much added to everything they buy.” | That is putting it plainly, and the adyice| which the president thus gave the officials of | the federal government may well be taken to| heart by the ying, tax-collecting and tax- spending authorities of every state and every locality. As the above table shows, if the entire > “burden of federal taxes were wiped out, the re- lief in a great many states would be scarcely felt, so small is their contribution per capita to the federal government. It is the state and local taxes which constitute the real menace to production and successful enterprise. Increased Commerce—Favorable Balance The foreign commerce of the United States, by.groups' shows an increase in eve both-import and export 1923 over 1922, except food exports, which, because European food production closely approached normal last year, resulted in backing up the overflow. We pro- duced on a war basis and sold abroad on a peace basis. hence exports of crude foods decreased from 3459,000,000 to $257.500,000, i = Imports of crude materials for use in manu- y “facturing, 1922, totaled $1,161,000,000; in 1023 the | tatal was 31.389,000,000, Manufactures for furth- paratively rare. | is the “under dog” with little redress for his | Wrongs. Farmers invest er use in manufacturing increased from $553,- 000,000 to $719,000,000. The two groups together increase of ,000,000. Greater manufacturing activity was responsible; for the increase. Exports of crude materials increased from $981,000,000 to $1,203,000,000; and exports of partly manufactured goods from. $438,000,000 to $564,000,000. Raw cotton exports accounted for the former increase in great measure, and we have been shipping abroad large quantities of semi-processed steel goods. Imports of crude foodstuffs increased. from $330,000,000 to $363,000,000, and of manufactured foods. from $387,000,000 to $530,000,000. Included ; in these groups were large increases in our im- ports of coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, cocoanut prod- ucts, sago, tropical fruits, foreign delicacies, and other food commodities of a non-competitive } character. The exports of crude foodstuffs have been noted, while those of partly manufactured foods’) eye casper sap erivune Talking to Senator Walsh Editor Tribune. I stmplv cannot if cantonments and other help writing you commending youjand naval “white elephants” tor ‘your editorial headed “Referring sould never have any to Mr. Payn rt kick out of it. Since he is the jack- ass you dubbed him, it would’be the natural thing to expect. stance, who could well fit,in as a Shelby boomer, hailing from Mdn- tana, as he does. He seems to decreased from $588,000,000 to #583,000,000, sim-|@0ubt the common honesty of every ilar reasons existing for the falling off in sales | of these goods as existed with respect to the crudes. _Imports of manufactures*ready for. consump- tion increased from $663,000,000 to $770,000,000, or $107,000,000, prove conclusively the Republi- can tariff law has not been the prohibitive mea- man in public life, or public office, including also all the members of the president's cabinet. His very plain intimation is that no one is honest, save and except Mr. Wash of Montana, I would like to inquire if it is not true that most of the twelve sure that the Democrats claim it to be. The so-|billions of dollars due the United licitude displayed by the Democrats for Europ- ean producers has been misplaced for imports from that grand division, which are chiefly man- ufactured goods, increased about 20 per cent. With the exceptions of the Azores, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Greece, Iceland,-Port- | x4, ugal, Rumania, Switzerland, Turkey and the Vkraine. all small countries which have been beset with internal troubles,. each European country registered considerable increases in their sales to us. Exports of manufactures increased from $1, 000,000 to $1,478,000,000. There was a “slight decline to Europe, and considerable increases to every other grand division: Africa, which was} falling behind in purchases from us earlier in the year, closed the year with several millions : over 1922. : The miscellaneous group shows™increases in imports from $19,000,000 to $21,000,000 and a de | crease in exports from $7,000,000 to $6,400,000. The aggregate for the entire year, compared with the previous year shows an increase in imports from $3,113,000,000 to $3,792,000,000; and exports, $3,832,000,000 to $4,168,000,000. This, all things considered, is an éxcellent showing. The Republican tariff law has resulted in a well balanced exchange of commodities with a fayor- able balance of $376,000,000. Hence the Demo- crats are abandoning the tariff as an issuc while they raise a tempest in Teapot Dome. Agriculture and Transportation Our country cannot and should not get along without prosperous agriculture and transporta- tion. We cannot “have one presper and not the other. “ A great deal is being written about the wel- fare of the farmer, and deservedly so, because upon his prosperity depends the prosperity of the country. It sometimes happens that the far- mer, for brief and occasional periods, seems to fet the best of it, but such a happening is com- The normal state of things is that the farmer more capital, take more chances of losing and work harder than almost uny other producer. It is the produce of his labor which makes up the bulk of our trade and which furnishes: the basis of life, prosperity and happiness. Hence it is with no prejudice against the far- ner that attention is called to the- existence of other problems,equally in need of correction. The farmer, and the public as well, have a fashion of blaming all the trouble upon railroad freight rates. There is no doubt that a reduc- | tion of 75 per cent in freight rates would be of temporary material benefit to the farmer. So would breaking open the bank vaults of the country and dividing up their contents in the country regions. But then what? Prosperity of the country is just as surely de- | pendent upon prompt and reliable transporta- tion as it is upon prosperity for the farmer. It would be altogether unwise to attempt to pur- chase prosperity for the farmer. by the impos- sible method of bankrupting the railroads. Due for, a: Rise | The price of coffee is due for a rise. Lest Cor- dell Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee, should rush into print and blame this to the-tariff, let us-spare him enbarrass- ment by stating that coffee is on the free ligt. The reason for rise in price is scarcity of cof- fee. Brazil has a large crop, but not of the kind which finds favor with American consumers, who purchase Santos, and-due to rains, the San- tos 1924-25 crop has suffered a 40 per. cent shrinkage. The old law of supply and demand is about to get in its work. When there was plenty of Santos coffee; the price remained at a reasonable figure, though somewhat inflated because of the Brazilian policy of valorization. When .we have plenty of wheat for domestic con- sumption, the price likewise falls. Last year we raised wheat on a war-basis, and because the wheat fields of Europe ‘approached normal pro- duction we fourid ourselves with a large sur- plus. Down went wheat. The boards of trade knew the situation before the farmers did. Nat- ural law was in. operation. The tariff had no more effect on wheat prices than it did on cof- fee, except that had the Republican law not put a protective duty on wheat the Canadian wheat would have hag a tendency still further to de- press our market. Federal aid in keeping up wheat prices will get us nowhere. Co-operation among wheat growers and careful recording of conditions followed by wise crop diversification present a sane program to follow. Moves the World's Commerce For the carriage of goods between nations the dependence will remain on merchant shipping, and one of the incentives to. the use of oil fuel will be brought about by increased competition: Oil is the more economical fuel, for the reason that, other things being equal, one ton of oil fuel as now used in Diesel engines drives a ves- sel three times as far as one ton of coal burned under the boilers and red turbines. Whether we think of oil as used for. Diesel or for steam engines, it certainly looks as if the future mercantile marines of the world will be in the main oil driven. The possession of ample oil wells in other parts of the world may and probably will, get over the difficulty; but it is one thing to have coal fields at home, and quite another consideration to fetch oil from the other end of the earth, In any forecast of the world’s mercantile ma- rines due regard must therefore be paid to the! uso and supply of oll, In oil development the, United States is particularly fortunate. ment. States from foreign nations, and remaining largely unsecured was loaned by the late Democratic re- sime of which Mr. Walsh was a t? If it is not true, also, that it was rr. Walsh's party including himself as a member and a voting senafor at the time, that absolutely fooleg away without return or: result, a billion dollars on an airplane pro- Sram the waste and stealage of which was a disgrace to a civilized and Christian people? _Not to mention the millions and millions and millions of crooked- ness unearthed !n the war depart- including the swindling by “deserving Democrats” in the cost- plus contracts for the onstruction “Proper use if got a} he war had lasted ten years long- “They are forgetting all too con-| Yeniently their loose loans to other and . irrespons‘ble nations, vhich compel American taxpayers to pay taxes on their own money. The logic of the Democratic senators is difficult to comprehend. They con- demn the party in power for ne- to the navy a plentiful supply of stored oil, when they can see noth- Ing unusual in their handing out billjons of taxpayers money to for- elgn applicants, who can give no security let alone pay any interest thereon. If Mr. Walsh and the others of his political faith, are not playing pol- itics in the present cfise, and really and truly have the public welfare at heart as they pretend in the Tea: pot Dome matter, let them prove their sincerity in another direction by joining the Republicans in a tax reduction program as proposed by Secretary Mellon and to further proper effort to bring back our mioney ‘from the other side of the Atlantic ocean. Cc. A, McGINLEY, Glenrock, Wyo. BMY TED OSBORNE A Recipe If you have ever got the blues, And wish that you were dead, The quickest way to cure them Is to go and paint them red. A Lesson In Kindness A few weeks ago I noticed a poor little cockroach swimming helpless- ly in a large tub of water in| my home. I have always been very tenderhearted, and the struggles of this_poor insect touched me. So I threw him half of a peanut shell for a boat and gave him a couple of toothpicks for oars, so that he might have a fighting chance for u ‘The next morning I went to the tub, and saw to my astonishment that he had somehow secured a piece of white thread and tied it onto one of the toothpicks and had hoisted it as a signal of distress. He had tied a hair onto the other tocthpick, end there he sat camly fishing. The scene melted my heart, so I tenderly took the cockroach out end placed him g@fitly on'a pillow, where I brought'him a dish of Worm porridge. ‘The little cockroach never forgot my kindness and now my home is full of cockroaches. The Trouble Two gentlemen of color were com. Piaining about the difficulty of maintaining their respective housc- holds. “D'ye know, Lucifer, we hasu't had a fried chicken’ dinner at our house for over two morths.”” “Prices too high?" “No, fences.” A Women are like billiard balls, aud they kiss each other with about the same amount of real feeling. With ‘careful handling and skillful manipulation they caa be made to do a great many things but they can never be “ully ‘relied upon. And no matter cow large or how small they may be, théy are never, never square. ; Yesterday s I went into a man's Office and he sald He was too busy to See me, and then he Spent fifteen minutes Telling me how much He ha dto do. Don't complain. Even the cliim- ney sweep is sooted by his work; and you will have to be contented with your lot when you are buried in it. Z r. ares Ella—Boys will be boys,” know. 4 Bella—Yes, and a lot of old men ry to be, A Short Story It was a dark and stormy night. I was awakened by hearing a hoarse cry out in:the darkness. With a Start, I jumped ‘from’ my bed and rushed to the window, my ears straining for any further sound. Then I heard another horse answer the first one. you t The Opinion of Other Newspapers tines ores | No Room Artle—I hear that Dumleigh has @ hemorrhage on the brain. Fishal—Well, don’t worry, couldn't be a very big one. Our Daily Song Hit “You Can Get a Sap From Any Family Tree.” it Pessimism Somewhere beyond the clouds the sun is shining, Somewhere, to right all wrongs, there is a sword, Somewhere beneath earth is solid— ~But that won’t help the man Pe te overboard. the ship the Give a-man enough rope and: he will start manufacturing five cent cigars. : Dumb There was a young fellow named Dick, Whore skull was abnormally thick. So long had he tarried, He'was quite dead and buried, Before ‘he found out he was. sick. Sub—My cook eft me. without any warning. Urban—You're lucky. Mine left me without any silverware. ; In our town There is a Woman who is So’ talkative that When she wants To think, she Has’ to rest her Chin on her Hands To keep her Mouth shut So that she won't Interrupt Herself. The opposition to the Agricultural Bloc in congress seems to be going against the farmers’ grain. Elgin—You look all run down. Ingersoll—Yes, I'm afraid I am coming to an untimely end. A College Correspondence Dear Dad—I am nearly broke. Please serid me five dollars. . Your loving Son. P. 8.—On'second thought, you had better make it ten: , ' Dear Son—I am nearly broke my- self. I am enflosing the iast ten dollars I have in the world. Your loving Dad. P. 8.—On second thought I need it myself. “It's the little things that count,” said the arithmetic teacher as she sent the smallest boy to the head of the class. , A. teolish Peter young gas man named Was reading a broken gas meter, Struck a Jeak with his light— He was blown out of sight, And as anyone can see by reading this poem, it entirely destroy- ed,the meter. The late Stokes trial back to mind the fact that a divorce suit should be cleaned before it is press- ed. Our Song Hit = “T Am So Bystematic I Even File My Nails.” ern Paganism On the face of things {t will seem strangely inconsistent that one af the New York pastors, who is a leader in the so-called scientifically modern interpretation of Biblical truths and theological tenets, should be at the same time the strongsst sort of an exponent of religious ceremonies that symbolize old pagan rites. But the rector is exactly and significantly consistent. It may soem that he is slipping backward in practicg while going forward in thought, but @ deeper view of the modernistic ideas should make it plain that they are the clearest en- couragement to the throwing off of oll spirituaj restraint and the accept- ance of mpterial desires and pleas ures as the only things worth while in existence. Faith in ‘certain traditions and Gears Pa: and Crating Phone 948 and 949 Natrona Transfer Storage ‘uel Co. Gebo Coal ‘Why don’t they look for a candidate who accepts their even if they can’t elect him or themselves?7— Springfield Union.” than this ong. nobler purpose. the holiest things in civilization have a a parte tye not ha’ to its present lofty estate if there had been no tnspira- tion higher than Pagan sentiment ‘EVER ae! what you are : for yoati For all know there is a better The next time centures ago for all our scientific knowledge and discoveries. Pagan rites are & movement that has a purely Pagan goal.—Memphis Commercial- Appeal. < > 8 ii We respectfully submit this tip to Hiram Johnson: Why doesn’t he follow Ford's lead In the matter of the presidential nomination?—Cin- cinnat! Enquirer. Which Has the Support? If congress, out of jealousy for its prerogatives or for any other rea- son, insists on compromising @ prin- ciple that has become an essential policy of the president, they may face the necessity of going before the country in the next election as Ei Py H EF kill ight, tho inilments of tater mest oak constipation followed by a cold. Bes Building Materials We are equipped with the stock to supply your wants in high grade tumber and build- ers’ supplies. Rig timbers a specialty. KEITH LUMBER CO. Radiator heat—clean, pure, healthful—with- out the inconvenience or expense of a ‘ise ment heating system. Every radiator is a complete heating and ventilating unit. You may light*one or all. 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