The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 16, 1921, Page 16

ADVERTISEMENTS ARMY AND NAVY GOODS TENTS AND TARPAULINS 2,000 used army tents which were purchased from the U. 8. Government: Army tents, 16x16, each $20.00 to ........ $40.00 Army tents, 9x9, each $13.00 to .... .. 25.00 Boy Scout tents, each ........... .. 3.75 Tarpaulins, new, 12x16, each ... .. 18.00 Tarpaulins, used, 9x15, each ............. 10.00 These tents and tarpaulins are made of 12-ounce duck, which is much heavier than the ordinary tent. HARNESS 500 sefs of brand new 2-inch heel chain U. S. ambulance harness with breeching; - special price while they last, per set ....$65.00 U. 8. cable trace harness with hames, 1-inch lines, %-inch bridles, special price, per set 30.00 1%-inch breeching harness, oak ganned leather, 13-inch lines, per set .. 65.00 S. government artillery lead S slightly used, 1%-inch traces, lines, %-inch blind bridles, per set 2 Second-hand leather halters, good as new, PEE dOZEI. siaisvivessaivsls s oiinsamsesin siais 12.00 MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE Army mess Kkits, each ....... Weseseenecess .76 1917. issue canteens, each .... New hip rubber boots, per pair New U. S. leather saddle bags, per paR Government leather shell bags, each ....... U. 8. McClellan saddles, slightly used, e: ~U. 8. ,army pack saddles, all complete, e U. S. government metzl horse collars, ad- justable, per pair, $4.50; each .......... 2.50 ._S. leather horse collars, size 18-19, $6; size 20 and over, each Knapsacks, ¢ach U. S. government haversacks, each .. U. S. government leather belts, each ...... Second-hand government wool-lined cangas horse blankets, per pair ............ .. 8.25 Large size U. S. burlap-lined horse blankets, L 1 ) e T 9.00 U. S. heavy weol O. D. blankets, each.. Heavy gray navy blankets, each ... U. S. army comforters, used, each U. S. government canvas horse covers, which have hardly been used, per pair ...... 5.50 S\\pal‘luwrs. masufactured by Starch Bro: e e T New U. 8. recruiting sacks, each . Army painted barb wire, per spool .. 2.70 U. S. %-inch Manilla rope, per pound . .20 Sagless steel army sanita ts 1i used, each ... 4.00 Mattresses, like n 4.00 Mail orders promptly (filled. Send draft or money order along. &wlude postage if by parcel pest, and where xmpessuu specify sizes, We do not issue catalogs. BARRETT & ZIMMERMAN MIDWAY HORSE MARKET St. Paul, Minn. 592 Genuine Blue-Bell 3 Chambray Shirts Double S [ E AN Shoulder %z ey Stitched Seams Non-Rip Sleeve Facing Reinforced Gusset . Rush your order in SEND NO MONEY i 2o s Chambray shirts for work and semi-dress guar- anteed fast color and worth $1.50 each, only $2.29. OUR GUARANTEE 3 Joncon siire soe 50, and do not ‘Shiok e bavessved .60, and do not thin! Ve Bav at least 8223 return at our expense. Don't pay high retail prices. Order today sure, before it is too late. WE PIY DELIVERY C GES TO YOUR DOOR, another big saving. All 3 shirts $2.29. Give neckesize, BERNARD-HEWITT & COMPANY Desk F-7i 910 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO HIGH GRADE TIRES AT V2 PRICE SEND NO MONEY Buy from the LEADER TIRE €O. and get ' 6,000-mile guaran- teed tires. Read eseé prices on new .fresh tires and tubes, then order now. Plain Nonskid Miller Tires Tires Tubes $ 8.75 3 $1.75 30x31% 10.45 .95 1.95 32x3% . 2. 31x4 13.95 . 32x4 15.95 33x4 16.95 17.95 23.95 28.95 37x5 32.95 Other sizes in proportion. We will ship the tires by first express. Examine carefully and if you find MMiem entirely satisfactory pay the agent. If not, tell him to ship them back at our expense. PAWNRNNN SRERISGT 1502 Hennepin Ave., Dept. C, Minneapolis, Minn, cents. The Sales Tax Argument of Defender Shows Cost to Consumer HARLES E. :LORD f Gayley & Lord, whole- sale dry goods, New York, is author of a pam- phlet being sent broad- cast throughout the coun- try as an argument in favor of the 1 per cent “sales tax” or “turnover tax” now before congress. In order to show how “small” would be the burden on the consumer, Mr. Lord gives the successive taxes which would be lévied on cotton, from the time it is produced by the southern grower until it is purchased in the form of cloth by the consumer, being subjected to a 1 per cent tax on each transaction. This is Mr. Lord’s table: Value Tax 12-3 1lbs. cotton (15-16 inch) sold by grower to factor at et 8l Der b, i hiidinpnsen $0.51 $0.0051 12-3 lbs. cotton sold by factor to spinner at 33c per 1b. ..... .55 .0055 1 lb. yarn, sold by spinner to weaver, 95c; dyes and sup- plies other than yarn, 20c ... 1.15 .0115 Cloth (10 yards) sold by weaver to jobber at 26¢c per yard .... 2:60 0260 Cloth (10 yards) sold by jobber to retailer at 3lc per yard .. 3.10 .0310 Cloth (10 yards) sold by retailer to consumer at 45c per yard.. 4.50 .0450 ’, Total BX iisacsasissaisesn sesanses $0.1241 According to Mr. Lord’s own table, 51 cents’ worth of cotton and 20 cents’ worth of dyes and other supplies are at present sold to the consumer for $4.50, while a sales tax would add ap- proximately 121% cents, or one-fourth of the original cost of the cotton, to the consumer. g As a matter of fact, however, it is~ probable that the middlemen, each time they handled the cotton, yarn and cloth, instead of adding a fraction of a cent, would make it an even cent or two cents for the sales tax. The sales tax backers say that this is what has happened under the excess profits tax and it certainly is easier to add the sales tax to the selling price, and “pyramid” it, than the excess profits tax. TAX WOULD GROW LIKE A SNOWBALL = Using Mr. Lord’s table, then, the factor would sell to the spinner for 56 cents instead of 55 cents, the spinner would sell to the weaver for 97 cents. The weaver would have to pay 21 cents for his dyes and other supplies instead of 20 cents and because he paid 3 cents more for his supplies he would expect to sell for at least 6 cents more, making his selling price 26.6 cents per yard, or 27 cents for round figures, plus a sales tax of 2.7 cents. This would make the price to the jobber 29.7 cents instead of 26 cents. The jobber would take the fraction of a cent and call it 30 cents. To make a b-cent profit he would have to sell it to the retailer for 35 cents, plus a 3%-cent sales tax. This would make the price to the retailer 38 The retailer would call it 39 cents and, figuring on a 50 per cent profit, would mark the cloth 59 cents, or possihly 60 cents. The 10 yards of cloth would therefore cost the con- sumer approximately $5.90, as com- pared with $4.50 at present, and the sales tax and the fractional profits “absorbed” by middlemen on the route will amount to $1.40, instead of the 12% cents figured by Mr. Lord. Mr. Lord’s table is misleading, how- ever, in figuring the advance in the price of the cotton from the grower to the consumer. The 1 5-16-inch cotton on which he figures is a comparatively rarely used length. “Middling” cot- ton, the standard grade, is being sold by southern growers for 10 cents a pound and less. The great bulk of cotton goods are made from “mid- - dling” and lower grades. ' your money will be refunded. 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