The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 17, 1920, Page 9

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Buell’s criti- cism of Mr. Fussell’s’article on “Taxes in North Dakota and Elsewhere.” Mr. Buell’s article indicates that he is a student of taxation and what eriti- cisms I may make are only by way of seeking further information on this most complex subject. Three classes of taxes are pointed out that can not be passed on, and five classes that can be. Among the latter are “All taxes on railroads and other public service corporations, as they add to the cost of service.” I wonder if this is always true. Take telephone rates in states where rates are not regulated by law, as an ex- ample. Telephone companies usually begin with very low rates of service; as soon as they feel they are firmly established they begin to increase their rates. If their revenue is in- creased thereby, the rates are increas- ed again and again until a point is reached beyond which the revenue be-’ gins to increase.eThis is called “charg- ing all the trafficewill bear.” This is the universal practice'of public service corporations. They are always ad- justing rates to a point just below where returns begin to diminish, known as “the point of diminishing returns,” and it makes no difference whether they are taxed or whether they are exempt from taxes, so after charging all the traffic will bear with- out decreasing their returns, will it not be impossible to add their taxes to those charges without decrease of income ? While riding on a train the other day I heard two traveling men dis- cussing the enormous profits being made by merchants. One said, “These merchants ought to be satisfied with a profit of 50 or 60 per cent, but they are not. They charge 100 to 150 or more. They charge all they can get.” If this is true, if they are charging all they can get, then if they were tax- ed 40 or 50 or 80 per cent of their profits, as La Follette proposed to do and as ought to be done, would they be able to pass any of it along in addi- tional charges? The meat packers afford another example of this same kind. Also the millers, the wholesale food gamblers and thousands of others. Mr. Buell’s contention is very good in theory, but does it work out in ac- tual practice? Does not the ability to shift taxes depend almost entirely upon conditions? If the people (the state) should take it into their heads, as they will if the present craze for wealth among business men does not cease, to regulate profits, then of course taxes will have to be included as an expense and added to the cost. But outside those institutions whose profits are regulated, is there very much shifting of taxes today? Viroqua, Wis. J. D. BECK. LOWERING THE H. C. OF L. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The first step taken to lower the high cost of food was to cut down the price of farm products. The . profiteer seems still to be in the saddle. The high cost of production hits the farmer hard after the farmer and his family had exerted themselves' to produce more food for the war. If something is not done soon to lower the cost of production there will be very little help hired on the farm. If more help leaves the farm there will be a great deal less production of food. . It is like the dog chasing its own tail. The only two things not includ- ed in the high cost of living are air and water—when. not frozen. When the big mill in North Dakota gets to running we Leaguers had bet- ter send for a car of flour, second grade, for $8. I say, hurrah for the big mill at Grand Forks, and may it be a success! It will be if good men are employed to run it. Some of the papers are encouraging the farmers to co-operate and organ- ize. They speak of all the different clubs and factions, but don’t mention the League. They are trying to get .the farmers to steer clear of organ- ized labor. If labor unions and farm- ers combine it would make such a strong force that capital could not de- feat them. Labor would get justice and the almighty dollar would have to take second place. J.S. WHITE. Broken Bow, Neb. STOP FEEDING ENEMIES Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am sending you a eclipping from the weekly Globe-Democrat of St. Louis, Mo., called “The North Dakota Mud- dle,” also my answer to them when they asked me to subscribe for their paper. I hope every Nonpartisan leaguer will stop feeding his enemies. If he has anything ‘to spare, help the worthy needy. Delta, Col. A. C. HAUGSTED. Mr. Haugsted said in his letter to the Globe-Democrat: “In regard to subscribing to your paper, I never-intend to. Such write- ups as the one headed “The North Da- kota Muddle’ are too much for me. You never mention any of the good the League has done. If you are ig- norant, you had better get some in- formation before you write another ‘muddle. “The Twice-a-Week Republic, of which you are successor, wrote about a year ago that the League deserved a trial. The insurance, milling, bank- ing, sugar, lumber and all such trusts are fighting the League. Why? “Are you one of their small agents? _If so, look to them for your bread and not to the Leaguers whom your paper insults. . “QOur taxes have been getting high- er every year in Colorado and the League is not in control, so is not to blame. But watch next election in Colorado.” NORTH DAKOTA AND OREGON Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I see the papers howling about the high taxes in North Dakota. I live in the state of Oregon and own 45 acres of irrigated land. My taxes in 1919 were $57 and in 1920 I paid $290, and all the benefit I am getting out of the extra money is that they have hauled a few more rocks on the roads. If the state would spend the money in the right way, like they do in North Dakota, I would not mind paying the taxes. But our boys, who have been over in France, do not get $25 a month like they do in North Dakota. We have never done anything for the farmers. I hope the Nonpartisan league will make a success everywhere they organize. F. J. MEIHOFF. Freewater, Ore. WILL STOP IT Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am inclosing you a copy of the Country Gentleman. That paper will lose its subscription when it expires. A mem- ber of the League, BRUNO KOEHLER. New York Mills, Minn. PAGE NINE T R TR T Ve Sy ey e R TR s ADVERTISEMENTS "LIBERTY 4-Plow Tractor 4 CYLINDER, 18-32, KEROSENE BURNING. Light welght, high grade, long lived. i All wearing parts oversized, en- closed, running in oll, absolutely dust proof. Practically no breakage or re- palrs. IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES. P.J. 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