The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 9, 1921, Page 6

Newspaper En- terprise Assn. and United Press Service, The Seattle Star Ry mati, out of city, Se per month; 3 months, $1.60; ¢ months, $2.78; year, $5.00, In the state of Washington. Outaide of the state, 800 per month, THE SEATTLE STAR ~~~: Gaeerr duction in the cost of livin Now that the labor board, after months of investigation, has taken the first step toward bringing the railroads back to normalcy, it is clearly up to the in-| $4.60 for @ months, or $9.00 per year, Ry carrier, city, 60c a month. Now Reduce the Railroad Rates HE RAILROAD LABOR BOARD has cut the pay of railroad employes about $400,000,000 a year, or an average of about 12 per cent. ~ This is two-thirds of the last increase which was granted the employes 14 months ago to meet the high cost of living, and is supposed to represent the re- g since that time. | terstate commerce commission to take the next and final step. That step is the reduction of freight and passenger rates to the point where| both classes of traffic will be stimulated instead of being practically sup- pressed as they are now. duced. mal rates. Letters to the Editor— “BONDS PAY NO TAXES HERE Editor The Star: Permit me to ‘corréct your correspondent who signs himself “Veritas” in your issue of June 2, in which he infers that imvestment in bonds in this state are subject to state taxation. The statements of “Veritas” are “not in accord with verity, particular nm your correspondent says} he conclusion that bonds do yy taxes has no foundation in| fact.” . When “A” buys $3,000 in 6 per cent bonds “Veritas” cannot show where one cent of either the prin x cipal or income on the said bonds ' is taxed by the state. When “Veri tas” states that the collateral per) “off the track or simply trying to) ‘throw dust in your eyes. This bof {s paid by the owner of the collateral the bond at no times shares the tax burden with the owner of the col laterial. ‘The bond partakes of the nature additional capitalization and " ghould justly be taxed as such. ‘If “A™ had $300 invested tn bonds i “Veritas” please state the “amount of taxes, if any, that “A” om such bonds in the state of Washington. If “Veritas” is true to form he “will admit that “A” pays not one ‘cent of tax on his investment to the tate. | “Veritas” asks “When A buys in bonds would it be just to ‘ him for something he no longer 7” This question is an ab- ity for the simple reason that ” ie assumed to possess and con- trol a bond to the value of $3,000.! “Veritas,” being a foolish investor, | not sure of the value of his in-/ it, then let “Veritas” figure If, as you argue, it is not tax the investor in bonds be- @ause he no longer controls the with which he purchased the is it not equally unjust to} fax the investor in real estate for “the same reason? What is sauce for the goose is gauce for the gander, friend “Veri- tas.” Renal estate should not bear the entire burden of taxation and other persona! investments be per- mitted to escape their just share. Your bonds are “slacker” invest-| “ments as far as state taxation is concerned. ‘A state income tax is the only so- Alution of our present tax difficulties. "The income tax assesses all forms | of investments equally and equita-| Let “Veritas” be fair or “use his Peed es utde” = | JUSTUS. | “A VOTER'S” OU[IJA _ BOARD ALL WRONG? Editor The Star: As a persistent feader of The Star for many years} and knowing your desire for the truth in all matters, I beg permis sion to reply to the letter printed in your columns last night, June 6, “under the caption of “Charges Po litical Move by Auditor” and signed “A Voter.” 1 am a brother of the “chief dep- | uty” mentioned, and being the only brother he has, I am assuming that . “A Voter” refers directly to me. “1 want to assure Mr. Voter now that County Auditor D. E. Ferguson has not honored me with the offer of the Position of chief custodian of voting machines, and, of my own intimate * knowledge, I know that he does not | expect to, and further, that he never had such an intention. Mr. Ferguson has demonstrated “his abiljty to conduct his office in a| strictly business manner without the necessity of resorting to such petty politics as Mr. Voter refers to. No, Mr. Voter, you have evidently been erystal-gazing, or possibly your oulja board has had a bad night-—better + try again. A, B, FARIS, 6344 6th N. EL “ . DMMENDS FIGHT DSAX SYSTEM * Editoy The Star: The writer has! “been a dent of Seattle for 14/ years, is a “good booster and very | loyal. I own a good home there and have some vacant property, all of which has been taxed and taxed to death. I have booster literature, but when the question of taxation comes up (as it always does) ft takes the starch out of all arguments and puts us strictly in the joke column, The! burden of this letter is to commend you for your fight on taxation. Our assessments in the past have been bad enough, but when the strain is | perpetuated to the point of simost confiscation, i is time something is @one, and something must be done. GO. A. WEBSTER, Houston, Texas. It seems to be the unanimous opinion of the business experts of the country that one of the most important factors in the industrial depression is the out- rageously high freight and passenger rates. hese rates were based upon the high wage rates, which have now been re- The only excuse that ever existed for the last big jump in freight and passen- ger rates has now been removed. If the interstate commerce commission fails to act promptly in the way that is so clearly indicated by the situation, the public will get no ‘benefit from the $400,000,000 sacrifice which the railroad employes are called upon to make. All of the benefit would accrue to the owners of railroad stock. It is important that the financial integrity of the railroads be maintained. But it is even more important that the business of the country generally be re- lieved at the earliest possible time of the terrific burden of the existing abnor- The Main Issue in Taxes EDUCTION of costs and the elimination of waste in public expenditures, essential as they are, are “inci- dental to the main issue, which is a substitution of a tax system for the single tax on real estate to relieve the unjust |burden on the home owner.” This is the conclusion of Prof. Frank J. Laube, of the University of Washington, one of the best posted students | summer months, Let's give the kids He addressed the Real Estate as-|—-———~"— of taxation in this state. sociation yesterday. And Laube is absolutely right. The name of the small home owner has been used often jand loudly lately—and frequently by those who are far from belonging to the small home owner class. It is essential for the small home owner to know that a reduction of 10 or 20 mills, which is the most to be pepe It is doubtful if that for, cannot do him substantial good. much will be cut off in the expenditures. more than that CAN be cut. rich, have a curfew bell to ring dren home at 9 p.m? ANSWERS E, B, HODGMAN, 3212 good thing.” MRS. KARL Pike st: “I jurely do.” curtew.” "RANK M. LYNCH, 403 It is doubtful if The small home owner’s chief hope is in a revision of gonal property is taxed he is either) the tax system, so that the burden of taxes will not fall on his shoulders way out of proportion to his wealth. The tax system must be changed so that men with big incomes shall and NOT BY “A.” The owner of not escape their just proportion of the taxes merely because they put their maney in various investments other than the purchase of real, estate. The widow's stwing machine pays taxes. The banker’s cash does not. These inequalities must be remedied. Sales Tax Joker ‘HE proposed “overturn sales tax,” according to its op- ponents, would give big business an unfair advantage ‘ over small manufacturers. Take the case of a small concern making steel products. | Here’s what would happen to it: Mine sells iron ore to jobber—and pays a sales tax. Second sales tax. Third sales tax. Fourth sales tax. Mill sells steel billets to small manufacturer of steel Sixth sales tax. Seventh sales tax. Oven sells coke to blast furnace,’ steel billet maker and manufacturer of finished products. Three more sales taxes. Jobber sells ore to blast furnace. Furnace sells pig iron to jobber. Jobber sells pig iron to small steel mill. products. Fifth sales tax. Mine sells coal to jobber. Jobber sells coal to coke oven. Ten sales taxes in all! They are passed sheets, cold-rolled shafting, etc. price at which he can sell. On the other hand, take an outfit like the U. S. Steel 0 In large part, it owns and mines its own coal and iron ore, makes its own coke, pig iron, steel billets and corporation, finished products, No sales tax would appear in U. S. Steel’s production costs, Result: period he may end of it. may be. in the end, have regretted his bargain! If there is any justification of the exploitation of the idea of a bargain with the devil, either in the opera of Faust or in a novel or in the movies, it is the plain lesson at the end that the sort of bargain which the devil offers does not pay. But there is one mistake which men often make with regard to this matter, which is in supposing that this is the real way in which the thing {s done. As a matter of fact, men sell themselves unconsciously and for very much less than the devil 1s supposed to offer in any of these works of fiedion Read the story of the next scandal with murder following it, as it shall appear in this paper, and find, if you are curious, when the bargain with the devil was made and in what sort the devil paid. Judas got his thirty pieces of silver; Faust had For the devil pays. Marguerite. But the devil is eyen more prompt in his collections. If you do not believe it, read the Bible or the daily papers, The devil gets his due, ’ But how little does the man get who sells out to the devil! Try This on Your Wise Friend 25 men build a factory in 52 days, each laying 1,800 If bricks were hauled by 16 teams and there were 975 bricks in each load, how many The reward of sin is death bricks per day. loads did each team haul? Answer to yosterday's: 63 boxes, on to the small manufacturer of steel While he in turn passes them on to his customers, still these 10 sales taxes become a part of his production costs and increase the minimum U. S. Steel could undersell the small manufac- turer whose costs would include at least 10 sales taxes, The Story of Faust BY DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON ORE than one writer has been fascinated by the idea of selling one's soul to the devil. has served as the basis of many a poem and plot, The idea is that of a man bargaining his soul to Satan for all eternity on condition that for a limited enjoy all possible pleasure. thought is most familiar, perhaps, in the tragedy of Faust; but that was neither the beginning nor the You may find the idea in the Arabian Nights; and no one knows how old the roots of that literature Balzac in “The Magic Skin” portrayed it Oscar Wilde had the essential idea in “Dorian Gr Stevenson had it in his “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” All these authors were honest enough to show that, the game was not worth the candle. Imagine the terror of the possessor of all the wishes of the “Magic Skin” as he realized that with every wish the skin shrank, and its power of sensual gratification lessened! How many times, as his pleasure began to pall upon him, must Faust | burdens 0° wealth Ix more consol in’ ( th’ poor than truthful ¢’ th’ Toquiring Reporter: TODAY'S QUESTION Do you think Scatile ought to) W.: “I think it would be @ very V. JOHNSON, 1427) F, 8S. KIMBALL, 3647 Renton st. The New Improved GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR ‘Uses the same fine Gillette Blades as you have known for years—but now your Blades can give you ali the lux- ury of the finest shaving They say Big Six ts coming back! 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