The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 3, 1918, Page 3

THE SEATTLE STAR—TUFSDAY, 1918 “Old Man Figgers” Would Cut Out All Taxes save Those on Incomes BY RATH € and keep all in the United State the DECEMBER 38, nme tax the work Somewhere war on the » hear Old Man Mig rich, you y and in If You Want to See a Picture That Will 4 id we hundred Hold Your Interest Every Second nll 0 la wy |NOAH’S ARK WILL FLOAT na AT CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL | It's ws Kern talk cream te If he Ol4 Man Figger hie t he went ir That the war richer than we you soak wi Iman talk the | the y dont nited States war richer than o has Great Brit actually in of pr tion ours have ntry ut of nit went in Listen to thin, be rvice Y lhe ha | whe a will > wee Hamilt in “The Woodland page the many Red ¢ in, Her exports have reused, Her 5 have reased But that’s talking about ta n this dane w sprites an) wy are tion, We surpr Chri n of men AVY, at the Little or have bust: | 1d Man Figgers’ plan is certainly simple “Tax the people who can best af-| ford to p ake it heavy on the rich man and light on the poor man. wit h Mr Douglas, of the A Have publicity for tax returns Douglas Dancing ac tio business. There urday and after » en should be ne ut it, My tertain Santa that da neighbor has a right to know what I Mra. A Taylor . pay, and I have a right to know what at other surprises I y Duek n 7 he pays. If the returns were made charge of Mr B.C. Beek public, there mighty little Treasure Island,” with Mi tax dodging © Crawford to hand ow Do you think there is much dodg: | are promi ing ked | And “Humpty Dur nment |ting on a wall with M m, while Mrw. Edgar vnimat Mother th thi Walter F and Judy be ther A net re being gt headquarters to come had be 115 Univerntt |mission to the big 8 man, hints would be « Kath pty’ i tung William Be half,” he snapped. he total wealth produced every by the United States, The census puts it at 30 billions, It is nearer 6 fons, Figure the percentage that comes into the hands of the 2 per cent who own 60 per cent of » country’s wealth, Does it look s if they were paying the ome taxes? Would you let 0 untaxed? dust Like Questionnaire ¢ Crawford vriwtn tree enter fr ehare ewe at the easur Armory, December 24 the poor person Lat 1 p.m. the day be Armory Not at all. I would have every Person in the United States make a return, It would be a perfectly e¢ matter, Like the military Questionnaire, only handled by an organization like the census office With everybody on the books or on the card index—because that is how it would be handied—it could be checked up. There would be a nominal tax. on the little incon The poor person would pay some thing like postage stamp, It might be 2 cents or 5 cents or a doliar or five dollars a year, as the amount increased. Then, ua it came up to un big fellows, the rate would increase until a man with a million a year would be practically working for the government “Wouldn't that make a terribly big Income for the federal govern: | ment?” “Of course Sensible persons who keep abreast of the times need no urging by us to send them to a competent dentist at least twice a year. They know the consequences of neglected teeth. They know the dangers lurking in a decaying tooth. They know these deadly perils are present even if no pain is felt. IS THE ONE (All Week) WALLACE en the WURLITZER GUNMAN ELUDES POLICE Some know by sad experience the cost of delay to their health, comfort and enjoyment of life. Many Seattle persons—thousands of them, in fact—know that satisfactory dentistry is the hobby of Dr. Sipes. But what of that? We have a war debt to pay. Then, if it begins to bulge in our pockets, we can spend it on things the cour needs—new raliroads, new | automobile truck roads, new canals and internal waterways, better housing, better sanitation, a better |“ country. This country is in danger of getting too rich and having too many rich men like me. Bleed us! This in the time and the way to do it.” Count Land as Income This sounded good to me, but I wondered what our single tax friends would may. 80 I put an other question What if you rich he has For sixteen years been practicing den- a $1 EACH | tistry in this city. ial to The Star by EA) | Ris, Dec. 3.—Engtish and bh omewspapers smuggied into | he during the German occupa} thru the doorway of the rented, sold for $1 each, and peeple of Mrs. H. J. Pratt, 1910 Victoria for them at that price. A Monday night. The bul ‘ot L'Echo de Paris und of the ave. Monday night. fe bullet in Micted a flesh wound in Mra. Pratt's Bation Beige set the record price, the a les |!" easy enough to manage. 1 would | Hong Shof Pali lome Sho Poli : gwned his home, it would stand for | ) as much income an he would pay for | ; rent if he did not own it. if he| EB Hone Shoe Polish M3 penne Gearel tne TAeew’ to tents His organization i fly-by-night” affair—here today and gone tomorrow. no man who fired a revolver shot co Largest Volume of Business— Lowest Prices Real Painless Dentistry, With Iron-Clad Guarantees men put all | your surplus money into lands—un jused landa—and kept only enough of your capital productive to buy | |living and luxuries? “I wouldn't let land eseape. Tha walt |owned unproductive acres, I would charge as income a reasonable per. centage their Assessed That would discourage of land out of use.” | “But bow about state. county and township taxes? you do away with those?” “Why not? There would money enough to cover all those purposes, and it would be easy to! mn the amounts according to | local wealth and population Why axes be farmed out to all ubordinate officials? And jwhy should the machinery and ex pense‘of collection be duplicated and \triplicated and complicated — until there ia every invitation to graft, in Jefficiency and extravagance? on value. | the holding | city and j Would | Wipe Out Frontiers? “Simplify it. That's what my plan would do. It would save at| A thousand points and produce rev. | enue undreamed of.” I had a final question | How about the tariff? Are we to go to free trade My answer to that ta Be about the tariff. If we want for protection--and I'm not tariff for r re money honest SamouA being made of the best wax aad oils, it is to the life of leather as paint is te buildings. Apply SumeeA often because it pro- tects the leather. If your shoes are worn, make secend application. 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