Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1924, Page 3

WOULD PAY.BONUS |DEMOCRATIC TAX PLAN CUTS | ) BY ENDING WASTE RATE ON SMALLER “INCOMES! Davey n.g'm;,“.sm for Adjusted | Provides $2,000 and $3,000 Exemptions, and ‘Pro- Compensation - for ; vides Maximum Surtax-of 44 Per Cent - ' * Veterans. . On _$92,000: and Over. - You've often heard how ageing in wood im- provesfine wines. Now listentothis: Thebest Kentucky Burley Tobacco (the same as fine wines) loses every bit of its harshness and rawness when it is aged in wood. Velvet Tobacco is Kentucky's best Burley, N Nlmn: OF A MAN WHILE. THE SNAPSHOTS—cPl,Lxqu PLATE 18 GOING ROUND, , lT'l"ACKS- ‘ MELLON PLAN This comparison of the taxes on married persons without de-’ pendents under the Mellon plan and the democratic plan,was made public by Represeutative Garner: . Income. 15 THINKING ABOUT LOTS . HEARS GENERAL STIR AND DIGS DOWN md OF THINGS = WHAT THEV'LL ~ @OUNDS OF GLINKING CHANCE RIGHT IHAND TROUS® HAVE FOR DINNER AND THAT ~ AND REALIZES THAT COL- .- ER POCKRET HE QUGHT TO COME TO CHURCH - LECTION 1S ABOUT 0 BE : OFTENER “TAKEN 0P Says It Favors Rich and Offers PRODUCES A PIVE DL * Sop ‘to Poor. LAR: BILL, A DIME AND THREE . PENNIES Present Law. Mellon Pdan. - - Dem.Plan, - ?5000 $100 : &5 $40° 0,000 . 520 o360 . 20,000 1720 ; Clalming that the soldiers’ bonus 30,000 3520 €un easily B paid with money that is 40000 5840 : 7 oW belng wasted in the federal de- 8,640 = - ; partments, “especially in the Vet- 11940 < s erane’ Buregu,” and that this bonus 35740 would in no way preclude the “major 230940 vortion of the tax reduction pro- Zieond " Representative -Martin L) avey of Ohio today made public a | 'eply hie is sending to constituents Who are writing to him in opposi- on to the soldlers’ bonus. £ you take ‘the Mellon plan as-it stands, it simply means giving the crumbs of tax reductlon to millions of.peoplo with smail incomes and giving vory large anrounts to those with the great incomes. For Instance, Bocretary Mellon proposes to reduce the taxes of & man with a million- dollar Income, more than & Quarter ©f o miliion dollars per year. Are you in "fl\‘ffl‘ of that? T am certafily in favor of re- ducing the tax burdén in every pos- £1blo way that is devoid of favoritism, thoroughly appreclate the impor- {auce of general tax reduction in'the Lo . #tate and local gove ust as far as it 15 possiler I 1to 2 per cent on lucomes of $5.000 Lupport any progrant of pedercl Jon | or less: to & per cent on {ncomes from geduction that is fair and proper, but ' 33,000 to $10,000, and to & per cemt I Will not support o great a reduc- | °F,[ncomes in excess of $10,000. Mon in the taxes on bix incomes ‘s | A WAXimum surtax rate of 4i per! 3salnst so small'a réduction in the | SSHt N net Incomes in excess of $95. texes on smaller incomes, 000, an orey 5 |at $12,000 instead of $10,000, uS pro- | g=g oan Taxes on Bustuess. y Sec y Lielion iyt e posed by Scerctary lielio i * Twenty-three por cont, Furthermore, It seews to Earued Income Allowance. | $58,000. oxtant ¢ minate: a:: Na allowancs o s cent on Twenty-four per A democratic substitute for the Mollon tax-revision program is before | Congress and” the country. It pre- sents a sharp departure from the Mellon plas in favor of the small tax- payer and to the disadvantage of the large taxpayer. Two per cent, $14,000 to $18,000. Three per cert, $16,000 to 318,000, Four per cent, $18,000. to $20.000. Five per cent 00 to $22,000. Blx per cent, $2,000 to $20000. - Seven per cent, §24;000 to $26,000. EASY PEELING REACHES Elght per cent, $26,000 to_$25.000. Nine per cent, $28,000 to_ $30,000. INTO' LEPT RAND POK: Ten per cent, $30,000 to_ $32,000. - leven per cent, $32,000 to $54,000. ) S WHISPERS TRANTICALEY WHILE WIPE DELVES IN- O HIS WIFE TO SEE 10 BAG PEERS ROUND (P SHE HAS ANV T SEE HOW NEAR. THE Spousored by democrats of the Twelve per cent, $34,000 to $36,000. CHANGE QUICK. PLATE 13 House ways and means committee, 3 .0 Who made it public last night throush | momstey Mo e 5381000 Co 340 - I/ef\ Representative Garner of Texas, the | g 2 3 3 Tanking minority member, the £ub-| “yiptaen per cent, $40,000 to $42,000. 3 J ‘\‘ stitute” proposes: Sixteen per cent, $42.000 to $44.000. / At Increase {n thé exemption of [ g T IRe BT TG 00600 to heads of families from $2,500 to $3,000, | 40" oA and single men from $1,000 to §2.000: | 0 o Lol cene, $46,000 to 000, PRODUCES TOUR KEYS, SEVERAL MATCHES, A RUBBER BAND AND ANOTHER PENNY WiITH A DISTIRCTLY “Uh- Lsccerr & Mrans Towacco Co. Fondon Hall Thirteenth at M Street N.W. —offers the most perfect Home conditions of any Apart- A _reduction of the normal tax rate 5 Nineteen per cent, $48,000 to 000. Twenty per cent, $50,000 to 000, o'fire-n!)‘-une per cent, $52,000 to $34,- $54,000 $06,000 $08,000 PUT IN DIME WITHOUT 11 SLANS PLATE PUR- T GET AN IDEA WHAT ~ BTING SEEM REALIZES PLATE - RIEDLY, WAVERS, } OTHERS ARE PUTTING HAS REACHED RIS PEW. €054, DRAWS DEEP BREATH| QNie‘;VONDERS COULDHE HE'S NO PIKER,RUT— AND DROPS INTHEW WiFE REPORTS 8HE'S LEFT POCKETBOOK HOME CLUTCHES DIME AND BILL N NY OF INDECISION N paper s Twonty-two per cent, o0KS ROUND T0 RY cent, o0 Bain e, suph 4 roed incomes, with this provision | §60,000. 1 um very strongly {a favor of abol- ishing these discriminatory tuxes together, including the taxes on au mobiles,” tires and accessories, «Iry, amusement tickets, etc. is @hsolutely no just reason why tax should be levied against one business fn time of poece and not :gainst ail otlier lines of business equally. “Theé next important thi #iuce the federal taxcs o: €ss. Th & is to re- € taxes on business must be passed on to the con- » public. They are elther ssed on to the public or the concern Z0es out of business. This is not ikely to be true of personal Income luxes. Unfortunately, this tax on business s multipiled:over and over “gein as it Is passed on from the roducer to the wholesaler, to the {obber, to the retalle: d to th n- T and 1o the COR- | gigeration be given during the present is 1o |eession of }ohgms to proposals for “ sumer. e next important th ce a8 far as possible t x tax o Tersonal incomes. But here is wher retary .Mellon and I must part ompany. I cannot see the justice of #1viug so much to those of the largest rcomes and so little -to those of smaller incomes. Stand on Bonus. Now, with reference to tlie sol- s’ bonus.” I think it ought to be cleur to all the people of the four-| reonth dfstrict that I am ta favor of the soldfers’ bonus. { have been for ¢t publicly for the last four years and have expressed myself definitely in Dboth of the lust two campaigns. I concetve it to be duty to keep this public promise. ne total amount required for the soldiers’ bonus will _probably - not soeed $2,000,000,000.. You can easlly this out for yourself. 5,000,000 men" in the armed rorces of this country-during the war. The uverage length of service was approximately seven months. If these ien are pald at the rate of $50 per nontl,, -the average would be 3350. This would certainly be less than 00,000,000, Whereas the opponents s'are trying to tell us that vould cost $5.000,000,000 “These opponents alto greatly éx- gerate the probable annual cost. Phis bonus could very properly be paid by a bond issue, running over a period of twenty or thirt; ears, at an wnnual cost of something like & hun- cred million dollars. The best esti- mates 1 have-seén put it at less \ one hundred million a_year. 5_was the estimate of the Treas- rtment itself, before Secre- 1 started his active cam- nilEn against the bonus and in favor ot heavily reduciug the < on his Avn enormous income. Waste in Bureauw. thermore, - there -is enougli | of money on the part of the ‘ederal government to morerthan pay ‘he annudl cost of the soldfers’ bonus, nable portion of it could be inated. As u matter of fact, therc -SPECIAL NOTICES. going busi- | cxtended to include farmers and smuil personal services. A wmoro sweeplig repeal of the so- called nuisance bfi...xes than is proposed in_the Mellon The Treasury draft tax proposes no change in the existing exemptions al- lowe] lLeads of fawilles and unmarried persons, while the reductions {n_normal tax ratés are emaller than propdsed by the- democrats. 1t would reduce the present 4 per cent on incomes of $4,000 or lees to § per cent and the present $4,000 to 6 per cent. The earned in- come allowance proposed in the Treas- ury-draft is limited to 26 per cent and would not apply to farmers and trades- men. Reduction of Tarif. The democrats also urged that coii- reduction of number of tarlff duties ) which they declared were “the outstand- ing factor in the existing high cost of living.” “These monstrous Ligh rates, the etatement sald, “constitute a sur- tax upon the masses cven higher than the income surtaxes on individuals.” The democrats, in outlining their program, eaid they would give “whole- hearted support” to many of the recom- mendations of Mr. Mellon perticularly with reference to tightening up admin- istrative features of existing law, to prevent tax ovasion. These provisions are now under consideration by the ways und means committee, and Mr. Garner's statement sald they were be- ing taken up in the most *‘non-partisan spirit. Pointing out that no democrat had the Mellon plan, Mr. Garner sald the ‘There { minority members of the ways and eans committee had only just now been able to reach preliminary con- clusions relative to somo phasesc of the Mellon proosal. Schedule of Surtax Rates The democratic surtax rates ure as follows: One per cent of net incomes be- tween $12.000 and $14,000. —_— is enough waste In the Veterans' Bu- reau alone, u waste that fs whoily ‘in- excusable, that would more than take care of the annual cost of the eoldiers’ bonus. 1 ghall have more to Say on this_subject later. ‘One thing more. The opponents of the bonus are trying to make it appear that the soldiers themsslves would be obliged to pay in future taxes a large part of the money which they would Tecelve as a bonus. Have you Stopped to think that these same soldiers are right now paying their portion of the present taxes, made necessary by the war program, that made tens of thou- sands of people wealthy and provided iargely increased incomes to most of the folks who remained at home during the war?" SPECIAL NOTICES. LT HILTON FOR HOUSE REPATRING 1N f its Lranches. Adams 8115. Office, 1%‘.’4 uW ER! NN, SANTUFACTURIN $aweler snd diamond setter; establisded 37 and Pa. ave, Tow at 811 E Marlow Building, 2od foor. - We old_Jewelry end wedding rings. 207 THE REGCLAR ELECTION OF OLFICERS | »d_directors for the Eastern Buflding and soclutlon will be held on Wednerday, 1924, from 2 to 7 o'clock pa of tie ussociatio NOTICB OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING— The anuual meeting of the stockholders of A. 8. Pratt & Sous, Iuc., will be held at the offices of the company, Wilkins bullding. shington, ", &t ‘11 o'clotk a.m.- on Tuesdny, January 8, 1924. G._C. TRUE, Secretar; THE ANNUAL MEETI! holders of the Home Building Asscelation for the election of officers und directors sud for such otlier busizess ss muy properly come bo- foro the meeting will be held Tuesday. January B8, 1924, at 7:80 p.m.. at 2000 Perueylvania ave. n.w JAMES M. WOODWAED. Becretary. s may come be- o the meetisg Wil be Leld at the banking-| January 5. 1924. The T0 STOCKHOLDI meeting of the stoek ogt0n Toan 4nd Trust Compary. for tae election of directors and for the DUrpows traosacting such other bLus! Tuntilly come before the stockholderd {n gen- 1 mecting. will be held at offl ¥, Oth and ¥ ets. n.w Sasi- 3 at_12 o'clock noon. Tuesdas, Jaouary 8, 1624, The poils will remaio open 73 receive ‘yotey for"uc Tours of 12 on that, date. election between the ‘clock Doon aad 35 PROVIDED ®Y TUE BY-LAWS THR Fanysl meetiag,‘of- the siareholders of the CONTINENTAL IRUST: CUMPANY will by st the ofe: Do, 0f Fuch ‘businéss ne may come be- “uro " the meating. Polls weill be open from Intering business con wnder the nume of J. G. Nuzanwil & O abaut to be mold. Dersocs having claims 3 msiness myat | e same at 0,0 A Es TRANCIS BEGHES, Autongs. W« ave. o UL PRESEXT GAB Yawy terms 1F de- 06 N. Y. ave. BTOCK- neoln Nationel Bank for tho Teetion of dircctors and wich othar busipess properly come befors the mesting will 16 Y ot the banklng Roups Tuesdsy. Jaoaary 5, 1024, between 12 m, anud 1 pn. Books for 139 trangter ot tock il be ciowed trom De- . . 192, to Janoury 10, 1924, A ALBERT B. GATLEY, Cashies SRATES SHARPENED AS THEY SHOULD be, 50 cents. Darenus Maghize Co., 300 13th ot now. 3 0 WANTED TO BRING & VAN LOAD OF FUE- siture from New Yory, Philadeiohia ang wil: ngto: " to Washington. TH" ER AND BTOBAGE CO. VICTORIA LOUISE MULLEE, FORMERLY n designer and Duyer at Eriebache: exclun. willipery and hats made to orde: FREE PLANS AND DSTTMATES, | Carpenter and general TR o T i If You Have a Good Curled Hair Mattress YOU PAID FOR LONG HAIR. becaute, ¢ s tar moro veailient. WHY. B ANCE AND ONE BREAK 1T INTO SHORT HAInS LET DS DO_IT PROPERLY. BEDELL’S FACTORY 8631, 610 B Bt. N.W. “Why “Lay-up” Your Car General enable you to dri 1 ADTO | Sibis sou, fo Grtve ta comtart’ Repairs |ably? Glad to give you prices. R. McReynolds & Son lists in Painting, Slip Cove P T, BT N, SUP Covens wad Tove. Accountant and Auditor Tie services of competent, nced accountants may o ootulncd” Tor flllfl&! and auditing work - ”n-(!::l‘ LYQA bigh-grade pry- B oy reasongbly OO VAN EMON.- 821 10w e W —for the myers weather when NEW TOP wnd SIDES o | JTICE—THE ANNUAT MEETING OF THE hareholders of tbe Second Nationsl Bank, Warbisgton, D, C., for the election ot diroc tors for the ensulng year and for the trans. actloo of such otber busing a8 may be sroperly brought before the meeting, will be eld at the bank at 12 o'clock noon oo Tuss- cay, January 8, 1904, -Polls will-be open be- iweea the hours of 13 noou and 2 o'clock pm. VICTOR_B. DEYBER, President ARCHITFECT PLANS AND BPECIFICATIONS Yor apartments, residences, garages and re.. m ud!lmfi R. O, ARCHER, Jr., architect and “upt., 1950 U ef. n.w. Potomac 1802 7%~ N 8 G aarusi meeting of the stockbolders of the Gagital Traction Compary, Sor the election of s rd of directors - for .the emlumdu: and the trapsaction of such other 2y mey b brought before the meeting, : will | e Beid at the offico. of the company, S5tk =ad M sts, 5.w., Washlogton, D. C., o6 Thurs ey, Jenoary 10, 1824, -at 10745 olciask hp&lflllhmfiflfl“b‘tflfl w18 delock saoa. H. D. CRAMPTON, Becre . Becretary "RUIT TREDS, gripe vines, rose bushes. 34{? kinds Ih!uh-r‘;‘ trimmed. IWOS _cover- st , Variesated. ove 0 G o e O i Pants Matched to Coats MADE TO MEASURE: OVER 4,000 SAMPLES, FINGOLN PANTS MATORIN . corbioad, 1484 Newton Bt R, —18 band ‘on. “oofs"—Betier lat us ey amine yours new. w‘@wfl; ‘This Million Dollar Prining : Plant ‘1s ‘st yeur service, ‘ ‘We satisty. The National Capital Press B 1210-1212 D 8t. N.W. —never. falls to satisty. EIGH GRADE, ‘BUT'NOT HIGH PRICED. . BYRON S. ADAMS, Zammms, - merchants who combine capital with | 8 per cent rate on incomes in excess of | been- consulted i the preparation of | OF THE STOCK- | Twonty-five per $60,000 $61.000. Twenty-six per cent, $61,000 t $62,000. -seven per cent, $62,000 t scnt, o $63,000 to $64,000 to ,000 to $86.000. Twenty-sight per cent, $64,000. Twenty-nine per $65.000. Thirty pe cent, cent, § 000. Thirty-two per cent, $65,000 to 000, Thirty-three per $70,000 to $72.000. ouppirty-four per cent, $12.000 to §74,- 0 oo ThIFty=0ve per cent, 374,000 to §76,- Thirty-six per cent, $76,000 to $78,000. Thirty-seven per cent, 378,000 $80,000. Thirty-eight per cent, $82.000. ‘Thirty-nine per cent, $82,000 to $&4, cent, il 000. i Forty per cent, $84,000 to $86,000. oog‘anyvena per cent, $86,000 to $85,- " orty-two per cent, $88,000 to $80,- ; $90,000 to Forty-three per cent, $92,000. rty-four per cent, $92,000 and {above. Mellon Proposes. Ia the Mellon bill the surtax would | begin at 1 per cent on net incomes | from $10,000 to $12,000 and increaso progressively 1 per cent for each 32,000 up to $36,000; them zn addi- tional 1 per cent for the next $4,000, and then, beginning at $40,000, 1 per cent for each $6,000 to o maximum of 25 per cent on $100,000 or more. Under exlsting luw surtaxes begin at 1 per cent on incomes between $6,000 and $10,000 and increase to a maximum of 50 per ccut on incomes exceeding $200,000. “The difficulty of thec Treasury or iny person fixing a just and sclen- tiflo scale of surtax rates is obvious, Mr. Garner said, “in view of the fact at the larger portion of Ingome tubject to these rates is derived from sorporate profits, especlally after the sroposed reduction of rates on earned fncomes goes into effect. This is | trus because during recent years, or at least prior to 1922, corporation owners have been retalning ‘in their corporations more than 60 per cent of the corporate profits, whils dis- { tributing less than an average of 40 per cent. or paying surtaxes thereon. | “For the years 1919, 1920 and 1921, the aggregate corporate profits after paying all expenses and profits and other taxes, except the income tax proper, were nineteen billion dollars while 'only $7,663,000,000 was di tributed as dividends and pald sur- taves. It is apparent, therefore, that the_proper scale of surtax rates is groatly affected by the extent to which the corporate profits are dis- tributed or retained fu the corpora- tion and should be increased or de- creased accordingly. The proper scale can best be ascertained by do- grees. Rates Held Nominal. “We are obliged to keep in mind also that surtax rates are to a con- siderable extent nominal rather than actual. For example, an $100,000 is subjected to 48 per cent surtax under existing law, but the total tax pald {8 $30,070. or 30 per cent of the income instead of the pre- scribed 48 per cent. The proposed 331 per cent reduction on income de- rived from personal service as dis- tinguished from property or capital tnvested will only tend to equalize the amount of taxes paid on earned and unearned {ncome, respectively. as is patent from the foregoing recital. {the federal government “The raising of indlvidual ex- emptlons to $2,000 and $3,000, re- spectively, will result only in tax losses of between $40,000,000 and § 000,000, but will relfeve between 800,000 and 1,000,000 Indlviduals who now make tax returns, but pay no taxes on account.of deductions al- lowed, and will also relieve 1,646,000 laborers and small farmers and mer- chants whose tax 1is less than $12 each, not to mention heads of fam- {lies’ now in the $2,000 ao 33,000 The reason it cost more than short hatr s |Dracket, and will at'the same time're- lieve the . Treasury of burden and- expense where emall amount of tax is involved. fncome of ! -|GARNER TAX PLAN again next vear so as to make the persons DECLARED UNSOUND| 5=t st s v Thirty-one per dent, 385,000 to $63,- | Treasury Experts Say It Was In- |8t tended Only for Political Effect. MEANS NO REAL SAVING! {0 3%Lirs” s | $50,000 msleavea Even Greater, Temptation to Evade Payments. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Representative Garner's plan tor tex revision 1s being subjected to scrutiny today by Treasury esperts, most of whom pronownce it plain piece of politics which does not take,| Following th into account the economio phases of the tax problem. What Mr. Garn done, the adminigtration, is to take the taxes that apply to the greatest number of fndividuals and make rad- feal outs without' considering the main purpose ‘of tax rovision— namely, to stimulate business and produce & that will enable the maximum num- ber of persons to benefit therefrom. After reaching tho $60,000 incomes Tcxas las and up to $100,000, the Garner rates are the gamo as in tho present law. On incomes above $100,000 the fig- ure is 44 per vent surtax plus 8 per | a total of 50 per ceut normal tax, cent. The purpose of the Mellon plan is to | meet an cconomic situation in which the persons with higher Incomes ure constantly withdrawing their capitai from productive enterprises that mean revenue to the government und are putting it in tax-exempt securities and other things that epsble them to avoid paying taxes to the federgl government. Under the Garner plan the Treasury is not assured of any more {ncome; in fact, all the statistics would seem to indicate that more capital will be driven out of business if the present rates are maintained than was tho case in preceding vears. The decline in the number of returns above $300,000 s alarming the Tremsury experts. The Mellon plan is designed to cure this fundamental flaw in the present eystem The situation of a man with a £100,000 income is_just this: He can invest in productive business or Le can invest in tax-exempt securitles. It is immaterial up to the $100,000 figure. The ques. tion is what is he going to pay on his income above $100,0007 Loss of Revenue. He can elther put his money in &, 5 per cent municipal bond or in mxi about. investment which will ‘yleld him 10 per cent and get the samo results| which| Yo always from elther. Inveetments yleld 10 per cent are not sound no rare they as easily procured as tax-exempt securities yielding & per cent. As a result the meney will not be invested In productive busj- in the opiplon of officials of| Iy . Almon condition of prosperity what tax he pays et rever The Gusuecs vlau 5 more revenus out of the wealthy people—the government P might cveu get lese. | stimulate busincss, because it doesn't affect the Ligher eurtax rates. This {is the Treasury view, and the next few davs will see an official state- ment from th la whote. any with { RITES FOR MRS. ELLIOTT. Funeral services for Mre. Lily Ty- i son_Ellfott, prominent who' died Saturday at the Powhatan Hotel, were held this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. AL ron Parker, ir. 1351 18th street. Re Dr. Waiter Dye, rector of St. John's | Prote opal Church of Ellf e accompanied by Dr. Dye and Mrs. Parker, was taken to Baltim { where services were held at o'clock at Grace and St. Peter's Prof estant Episcopal Church. Rev, D Abott. rector, assi by Dr. Dye. ofi ery {in Greenmount cometery. made up by revising the tax laws! Because he stopped his cab on Lon- don bridge to pick up sixpence, and 50 dislocated the traffic, a taxi driver was fined $10. {th smaller incomes make an {s whether it ment you have ever seen—small and compact in size— but complete in plan and arrangement and equipped for efficient housekeeping. Close to the down-town section, yet located in an attractive residential environment. Fireproof and or- { whether it will improve business as QUICK RELIEF It will not SOUR STOMACH ‘Treasury bearing out udditional | INDIGESTINE Y resident for many rears of Howard county, Md., iorvices the bedy, | Is a serious matter this time of year— and should have im mediate and skilled attention. It's econ- omy always to have I expert work—for ex: 3 | ‘perts know the “why” as well as the “how’ —and you cannot get the best permanent repair results unless you know what b i caused the trouble. ! We have for our reference about fifteen thousand roofs right here—on big buildings and small buildings— public buildings and privately owmned. You can’t have a condition that we won't know " all That’s why it'll pay to send for us. | roof a tremendous !y “increase his own:income through but & |petter: business conditions. Fault of Tari: 'With the uncerstanding that tarift tax reduction measures should be kept separate from and should in no- wise affect the consideration of in- tern: are unalterably of the opinion that substantial and Immediate rellef should be had from several phases of existing outrageous tarlf? tax ex- tortions. The present astonishingly high_tariff taxes constitute the out- standing factor in the existing high cost of Hving. “These monstrous high rates con- stitute a surtax upon the masses oven_ higher than the income sur- tuxes on indlviduals. It would not only be absurd, therefore, but it would be downright dishonest for an offical to pretend to support general tax relief and to limit the -same to & small group of citizens and to one phase of taxation to the exclusion of tarif tazes bearing so heavily upon our lt0.0W,WO population. “A speclal tariff measure carrying substantial reductions on most articles the farmer must buy would glve sev- eral hundred million dollars’ relief to agriculture. A number of other spe- clal tariff measures cutting down the | more &, wvated high rates in the existing law 80-as to contribute gen- ecrally _to the reduction in' the. high cost of living and the lowering of ex- isting artificial and profiteering prices in many essential -lines should un- doubtedly be corsidered during.the present session,of Congress.” ‘The_Mellon tax bill will be con ecred further tomorrow by the and means committee and at the time there will bo general discussion of the tax aquestion on the floor of the House. -Mr. Garner. and-Representa- tive ‘Frear of Wisconsin, one of .the republican. ihsurgents, who has made of ‘the"tax question for his = gtudy group, haye been: allotted ‘time for sl digousalen,. - tax reduction leglslation, wel ness, the prosperity of the business| world as a whole 1s diminished and ! loses the | revenue it Nopes to get. Under fl\@i Mellon plan persons with incomes Phone Main 2044 2120-22 Georgia Ave. over $100,000 would find it more at tractive to put their money in busi- ness enterprises. ‘That's the economic f problem which the Treasury thinks it | paramount to_solve. There is no doubt that the Treasury could have proposed a plan similar to that of Mr. Garner's for the smaller incomes, but such a scheme was dia- missed ~from' conslderation, as it doesn’t _give the taxpaver the indi- rect benefits, namely, the opportunity Fight on Surtax. The whole fight, therefore, centers on the surtax rates. If they are not changed, and the present law is main- tained, they will continue to be un- productive, and the losses that are anticipated as a consequence of the ohibitive rates will have to be A coughis a warning th it you need ; SCOTTS ¢ EMULSION to buflfl-‘llfpnm in vitality, buildup on Scott’s ion. FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS __Sexvics Charge Never Over 8149 : Pre Inventory Sale WALL PAPERS 259% DISCOUNT Harry' W. Taylor 2333 18th -St. N.W. Be Some- body It is hard to do this in a Flat. ‘Whom do you meet? Whom do you have call? Bring people into a Home like these in BoriEmR At 36th and R Sts. N.W. —and note the improvement in your progress. The neighborhood is an edu- cational center, and it's at- - tracting influential people. Prices Now, $7,950 Easy Terms TO INSPECT - By auto—drive ‘across the Q street bridge, turn north one block to R street and drive due ‘west to 36th strest (right next the Western High School). Or take P street-car to 85th street and walk north to R street or ‘Wieconsin avenue car to R street and walk west. to 36th street. " Realtors * Owners and Bl;ildmu' T T T T T T LT O T L L IO nately decorated—with attentive service throughout the twenty-four hours. Only $55.00 and $65.00 Per Month Naturally the Apartments are renting rapidly —so don’t dglny inspection—day or evening, as best suits your convenience. There's one two-room Suite on the ground floor specially adapted for physician’s u Boss & Phelps The Home of Homes 1417 K Sntre:t | Phone Main 4340. al Estate Board.) ¥or Sufferers of INDIGESTION HEARTBURN Take a Dose of Herndon’s 35c a bottle All Drug Stores EDWIN HUGHES Pianist of International Reputation has won for himself a firm place in American musical life. In recital at Central High School Auditorium Monday Evening, Jan. 7, 1924 Be sure and hear this Eminent Pianist, then come in tomorrow and hear his playing reproduced on ~ The Duo-A “SPECIALISTS IN~PIANOLAS AND REPRODUCING PIANOS - ©-5 DeMOLL EMMONS 5. 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