New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1923, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923, TAXES REQUIRE ONE-SIXTH OF ALL ‘lmfNokapdéu From all Over the WorHWAummmn J INCOME, ROGER BABSON POINTS OUT| Wellesiey Hills, Mass, Jan, d—u.' much of your produetive time during 1922 was used in paying taxes? Roger Dabsen, statisticlan an- swered the question, today, in a state. ment that shows the equivalent of one day each week spent (o meel the direct and indirect taxes that nation, stute, county and eity levy, “One hour and 20 minutes of each business day = or one entire day & week—is demanded of every able- hodied person in the United States to maintain government,” says Mr, Bab- #on, “That is the lesson of a recent analysis showing that one-sixth of our national income goes for taxes, federal, state and local, The amount divides almost equally between na- tional taxation and the expenditure for state and local purposes. The question Is not, therefore, one of any particular party polities. “This habit of ‘getting the govern- ment to do something about it' is one of the most costly and wasteful ideas fhat we Americans have developed, It has grown upon us since the war, We became accustomed to things then that would not have had considera- ton before, ‘Now we are exceeded by ane nation only, Great Hritain, in our cost of heing governed, ‘There the ‘unemployment doles’ and other leg- fslation put forward by a stronger Iabor vote, have exceeded any thing attempted here as yet, But this ten- dency must Be checked abruptly if American business is to survive in the competition which it faces over the next five to 10 years, “Because any one Individual does not see the tax collector, he thinks perhaps that he does not pay, but he does pay Jjust the same. Taxation costs represent an item of overhead In everything that any one, huys, con- sumes, or uses in process of working up to a MAnished product. The tax burden is inevitable. There are a certain number of potential labor hours represented in the individuals making up any community, The number of these labor hours which it takes to protect his property, make safe his home and educate his chil- dren are just so much taken away from the possibility of establishing that surplus of wealth upon which the community thrives. “The truth of this situation was rerfectly clear in the old days when every man in the community was called on for five days' work on the roads a year in lien of taxes and when the ‘night watch’ was maintained by periodic service of - the townsmen. How would you !fke to go,out and patrol a police beat one day each week, year in and year out? Or how would you like to take your turn as @ member of the fire department one day tn every sik? This would be ofir Jot if we paid out taxes' in the old way today. Or, applying it to road work—-nearly 60 daye' service on the roads would be required instead of five. “What weader living costs are high when this toll comes out ahead of the | productive capaeity for beneft of the community, The aetual taxation does not tell the whole story, Costs of col lection, particularly under our sys- tem of federal taxation, seometimes treble the amount aetually received by the government. Any move to re slore excess profit taxes or speelal classified levies on trade 18 bound to make the situation worse, “We should be able to make the people understand that fads and frills all cost money, It is all right to he progressive in our ideas but it is net always true that ‘progressive’ legisia- tion means' an improvemgnt over the old way of tending to our husiness at home, The country was swept by the ory for ‘'more business in government’ and ‘less government in business' We have not as yet succeeded in edging government very far toward the door of the business office, “A step toward remedying the con- ditlon of burdensome taxation which now hampers business would he to let averybody know when they are pay- ing taxes and how much" General business shows activity at 1% below normal—an improvement of 1% over last week, INSTALL OFFICERS Daughters of Veterans Hold Exercises AL G, A. R. Hall With Out of Town Guests Present, The installation of officers of Lavis- cey Moore tent, No. 12, Daughters of Veterans, took place in G, A.“R. hall on Thursday night. Miss D, Loulse Atterbury of Norwich was the instal. ling officer and was assisted by Aug- usta Ranney of Hartford and Miss May Griswold of Hartford. The officers installed were as fol- fows: President, Nellle Tallmodge; senlor vice-president, Alta Mason; Junior vice-president, Cora H. Eddy: chaplain, Elizabeth Rackliffe; treas- urer, Jennie Wakeficld; first council member, Hazel Tallmadge; second council member, Alice Woodford; third council member, Minetta Nor- ton; patriotic instructor, Eva Winger; secretary, Lila Watts; gulde, Haze! Tallmadge; prass correspondent, Cora H. Eddy; guard, Minetta Norton; as- sistant guard, Susan Webber; first color bearer, Elizabeth Prelle; second color bearer, Olive Dolan; musician, £live Woodford, Fans made from the feathers of the peacock, ostrich, parrot and pheasant, were the favorite ones used in the Middle Ages. . X Aren’t You Late in Joining Our Christmas Club? Why Do You Delay? - Decide Today to Start the First Time You Are Down Town and. at the New Britain Trust Co., Too Open Saturday Evepings : France is marking time in enlarg- g penaities ageinst Germany, but unefficial elnion I8 that Pelncare Wust compel submissions that will satisfy French people. ’ i Germany announces to inability tions payment, due January 135, | Mrs. Maud Goane MeBride, active Irish republican leader, arvested In Dublin at Sian Fein headquarters. Lausanne Near East conference re- mains deadlocked but abservers re- port that events are swiftly moving to & elimax, Prench newspapers erally reflect satisfaction that France |move against Germany by Great Britain, unhampered Freneh cabinet meets today to com- plete probable drastie program for 'lolllnl reparations from Germany by uniting force and persuasion, Will H, Hays lssues what he says Is his last word in Arbuckle case and declares real decision must be made | by people, motion picture owners and Arbuekle himself, Paderewski is carefully guarded at Cleveland by picked policemen and threatening letters fall to stop con- cert by famed planist, Owners of New York Glant and CONN. HFRS, SEEHING FOR FOREIGN LABOR Ask Modification of Present Im- migration Laws BY GEORGE M. MANNING (Washingtun Bureau of New Dritain Herald), Washington, D, C, Jan., 6.—Irre- parable Injury will be sustained by the industries ot the country unless the present labor shortage is relieved by modifying the rigid immigration Aws 80 as to permit greater immi- gration from Europe, it was asserted fbefore the house immigration com- mittee yesterday by J. Grant Kings- tury, of the Grant Manufacturing and Machine Co.,, of Bridgeport, repre- senting the Connecticut Manufactur- crs association, The main contention of the Connecticut manufacturers is that the immigration laws should be more flexible, so as to admit a suffi- cient number of immigrants at any time to meet the needs of industry, regardless of fixed quotas set for im- migrants from the various countries. The assoclation insists that there is an, actual shortage of unskilled labor in this country, that this shortage can only be remedied by the admission of abor from abroad, and that immi- gration from abroad has practically ccased in the last flve years. In spite of figures showing that the quotas set Ly the last immigration act have been flled in many instances, the number of emigrants has been so large that the net gain from Immigration has been practically nothing. This association is urging a pro- gram of legislation drafted as a result of two years' intensive study of im- migration and economic problems by a special committee of manufacturers. Recognmendations Made The main provisions recommended for the relief of the labor shortage are as follows: That congress should fix the quota of admissible aliens in terms of net immigration, For instance, the Ital- ian quota under the existing law last Tb the Distressed of New MEASLES or other malignant diseases leave the eye weakened 11y times. We have a number of colored glasses which we offer FREE to families in which there is need of this kind of treatment. . For Better Eyes The Harvey 85 West Main St. Did You Get One of Those Book Banks For the Kiddies? Just One Dollar of his Xmas money will open an Account and we will loan you without charge, one of those fine Leather Bound Book Banks. «Come in tonight and start him right. Burritt Savings Bank | -Cor. Church and Main Open Saturday Evenings i"'“' $00,000,000 gold marks repara- is free to] Yank baseball elubs reveal open| breach over question of conflieting | Sunday games in New Yurk season Armed white men search for escap ed negro conviet after six are killed in race clash at Rosewood, Fia, [ Hartford—8tate prison directors in | hiennial report recommend removal of all women from the prison te the state farm at Nianotie, Hartford—Motor Vehicle Commis- sloner Btoeckel lssued statement | warning auto drivers and parents to guard against coasting accidents to children, | New Haven—Ellsworth Daggett, well known mining engineer, former- | Iy of Balt Lake Oity and graduate of | | Yale In 1564, died here, Naugatuck—Police eontinued their investigation of the death of John Beveski whose body was found hang- [Ing In a barn on Thursday Hartford—City aldermen to be ask- ed to act for trolley fare reduction in 'lluvllurd Bridgeport—8tate bar assoclation voted in favor of increase in superior court judges, and endorsed the pro- posal that the general assembly enact a law which would make possible in Connecticut the lssuance of “no par value stock." year was 42,000, Substantially 40,000 1talian immigrants entered the coun- try—58,000 emigrated, Thus, while the Itallan quota war apparently sat. isfled, there was a large actual deficit. That the secretary of labor should be sathorized, upon the presentation of satisfactory evidence to him of a continuous shortage of labor of a par- ticular class or type, to admit other- wi missible allens in excess of the quota until in his judgment such cors dition Is improved. The provisions would admit no change in the stand. ards of admission and wouid leave the key of the immigrant gate in the hands of the secretary of labor. The proposal completely answers those who say there is no labor shortage by requiring those who assert it to demonstrate the fact in concrete terms to the secretary of labor, Provision should be made imme- diately to provide for the physical ex- amination of otherwise admissible allens through appropriate United States medical officers at the point where passports are vised, or at con- venient points of embarkation. These provisions could of course be walved by our government where satisfactory assurances are given by the country of immigrant origin that physical ex- aminations required by the United States have been given and the re- sult certified. The latter proposal satisfles any question of international relations. Unless provision is made for the examination of aliens before they embark the best class of aliens will not risk denial of admission vpon arrival at the United States. The United States should assert the right to register, distribute, educate, and otherwise supervise the allen during the period of his alienage. All immigration legislation should be administered through a board composed of the secretaries of ag®i- culture, commerce and labor, thus securing the cooperation of the de- partments possessing the information charged with primary responsibility for meeting on a national scale the economic and social problems involv- ed. In addition to the manufacturers, there have appeared before the com- mittee representatives of the tailoring industry, the American Farm bureau, | and the Bethlehem Steel corporation, @l urging similar measures for reliev- ing the labor situation. Britain & Lewis Co. New Britain, Conn. | by EXCHANGE REPORTS| Quetations ru Py \ IAlhed by Putoam High . 0% 136% Ll % % 120% . 168 lLow LLE™ 125 Y Am Can .., (;‘::: Am Loco ,, Ab 8 & Ret Am Bu Ref com Am Sum Tob Am Tel & Tel ,, Am Toh Am Wool o Ana Copper ,, "Wy Ateh Top & B F 1014 Bald Loco . 136 Baltimore & O , ! ety Bteel B Can Pacife Cen Leath Co Ches & Onio , Chi Ml & 5L p | ChiRlsi &P ., | Chite Copper ., Chinoe Copper Con Gas Corn Prod Rer , Crucible Steel | Endicott John L TR Erle 18t pfa Gen Motors Inter Con ,, Inter Con prd . Int Mex \lnrlne 4 m;, Int Mer Mar prd 453 Allis-Chalmers ., 48% Pacifie O11 , o 4T% Int Nickel , o 16% Int Paper ..., B1% Kelly Spring T , 48 Ken Copper .., 367% Lehigh Valley .. 69 Midvale Steel .., 28% N Y Central .. NYNH&H., North Pacific .. PanAmP&T.. Plerce Arrow Pittsburgh Coal . Ray Con Cop . Reading ... Rep 1 & 8 . Royal D, N, Y .. 513 Cinclair Oll R .. 323 South Pacific 8815 South Rail .... 24% Studebaker .... 116% Texas Co ... 48% Tevas & Pacific . 20% Union Pacific .. 138 United Fruit ... 156% United Re t8 .. 77% U 8 Lndus Aleo . 67% U BRuber Co .. 57% U S Steel ,... 107 Utah Copper .. 64% Willys Overland .. 8 (Putnam & Co.) Bid Aetna Life Ins. Co ...... 655 ° Am Hardware ... 51 Am Hoslery ..... Bige-Hfd Cpt Co cofa .. 136 Billings & Spencer com 12 Bllings & Spenc ptd .. — Bristol Brass ... .12 Colt's Arms .... . Con Lt & P pra Eagle Lock ...... Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley . Hfd Elec Light . Landers F ....,. J B Montgomery com J. R. Montgomery pfd 105 N N B Machine ... N B Machine pfd . Nies-Be-Pond com North & Judd .... Peck Stow & Wil Russell Mfg Co . Scovill Mfg Co ... Southern N E Tel Standard Screw! Stanley Works . Stanley Works pfd . Torirngton Co com Traut & Hine .... Travelers Ins Co Union Mfg Co 53 50 140 18 24 18 24% 115 % 67 82 1556 72 . 6'» '{3 ¥ oo 85, 150 120 . 168 O X7 . 28 . 47 17 690 90 155 131 175 61 29% 49 | 20 700 47 v CONN. RIVER STEAMERS ARE STRANDED BY ICE JAMS Congressman Merritt's Measure Would Draw Teeth From Ruling of Federal Trade Commission BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of New Bfitaln Herald). ‘Washington, D. C,, Jan. 6.—Great and unusual interest is being displayed large manufacturers and Cham- bers of Commerce in Connecticut and other states in the Merritt bill to per- mit manufacturers of goods sold by trade mark or speclal brand to fix the price at which these goods shall b sold. This bill Congressman 8. Treasury—Balance, $350,683,407. recently introduced hy | Schuyler Merritt of ] Connecticut would remove the |troublesome prohibition enforced against this practice by the Federal |Trade Commission. This ‘“resale” | price case has Been vexing the manu-/ facturers for many years, the Ied-| eral Trade Commission insisting that | for manufacture to fix the “resale"| price is a violation of the Sherman | anti-trust law. | In view of the flood of communt.| cations coming to his office from large | manufacthirers commending his bifl, Congressmah Merritt is endeavoring to obtain a hearing before the Inter- state and Ioreign Commerce com- mittee of the house next week, in or- | der that the bill may be reported out | as soon as possible and be ready for passage through congress as soon as opportunity offers. The unique feature of Mr. Merrit¥s bill, is the provision made for aveld- ing the prohibition enforced by the Federal Trade commission. This pro- | vides that before such an article may be sold at a price less than that fixed | by the manufacturer, it must first be offered back to the manufacturer at the price at which it was soid by him, thus allowing the manufacturer to | protect his “resale” price, and also | relieving the retailer from danger of loss. ‘It is believed this provision wiil overcome the objections of the Fed- eral Trade commission: and if it does, the bill will prove a boon to hun- dreds of large manufacturers all over the country. 'BAMFORTH OR KELLY IN LINE {for those wishing to qualify {tenant, PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Eschenge uma-uumn ) 81 West Mate 8¢, Tel. 2000 e — We Offer 30 Hart & Cooley JUDD & CO. Membors New York Stock Exchange MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE HARTVORD: Hartford-Conn, Trust Bidg., 'Tel, 3-.!" 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Grace he has been on the 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. shift, which was formerly handled by the deceased captain. As far as is known, Desk Sergeant George Kelly is the only other active candidate for the cantaincy. Sergeant Kelly succeeded Capt. Grace as roundsman and has been a desk ser- geant on midnight to 8 a. m. shift for several years. He is recognized as one of the most capable men on the force and was a popular candi- date for chief of the department upon the retirement of ex-Chiet W. J, Rawlings several months ago. FOR POLICE DEPT. GAPTAIN Lieutenant Considering Taking Exam- inations Next Friday Night—=Ser- geant Also Out. For Appointment The civil service commission will hold examinations next Friday night for ap- pointment to the captaincy in the po- lice department, made vacant by the death of Thomas W. Grace. e ex- aminations will be held at § o'clock at City Hall. M. T. Kerwin, clerk of the commission, is preparing the ne- cessary papers, . Lieut. 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