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You Pay the Taxes
-By FRANK E. WOLKE-
When in the course of conversation
you hear anyone speak of the aver
age man you may or may not stop
and think of what may be the order
of intelligence of that same a. m.
Probably you don't think of it at
the time, but there are moments
when you set a pretty low estimate
on him. For instance, when you hear
a man say he doesn't take any in
terest in municipal, state or federal
affairs because he does not pay taxes
—then you get a poor opinion of the
mental capacity or achievement of the
average man.
No one escapes paying taxes. We
might go further and say no one es
capes paying taxes, interest and rent.
But they are about all the same and
in paying one you are paying the
other.
You pay taxes every minute of your
life. When the question is asked
"Who pays the taxes" you have but
to look at the questioner for your re
ply. He does! You are the tax payer
and so's your old man. You can't
roll a cigarette and light it with a
borrowed match without someone pay
ing taxes. You can not eat nor sleep
nor move about in the simplest man
ner without bearing the impost.
William Bennet Munro, professor
of municipal government in Harvard
University, discusses in a most sen
sible way the subject of apparent and
hidden taxes that will interest those
who are tired of paying increased
taxes. As an acknowledged authority
on municipal government, what Pro
fessor Munro may say carries much
weight. He declares:
"Every income earner in the United
States pays, on the average, at least
$350 per year in taxes of one sort or
another in other words, about a dol
lar a day.
"People who own property and earn
large incomes are the ones who actu
ally hand the collector his tax money
to be sure but they merely give him
for the most part, money which they
have collected from others.
"The owner of the apartment house
collects taxes from his tenants in the
form of rent the storekeeper collects
taxes in the price of his goods the
l&wyer and the doctor collect taxes
when they charge feee. Taxes are an
element in the cost of everything, an
elemtn just as certain as interest,
wages, or profit.
"Taxes do not usually stay where
they are levied. They are shifted
from one shoulder to another until
finally they reach someone, usually
the ultimate consumer, who can not
unload the burden upon anyone else."
This puts it squarely and cogently
The ultimate consumer is the tax
payer. He is the man who supports
the government. He carries the bur
Ambulance Service
Phone 35
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den and he carries it a good deal of
the time with the same patient plod
ding, and with the same dull, unresist
ing look in his eye that makes the ob
server want to give him a zoological
classification as a brother to that
other burden bearer, the pack mule.
UNION RADIO STA
TIONS WILL BE
INVESTIGATED
Los Angeles.—The A. F. of L. con
vention authorized the executive coun
cil to ascertain if it is feasible for
organized labor to .establish and
maintain a chain of radio broadcast
stations throughout the country.
'By censorship, as permitted by
law and so construed by the federal
adio commission," the resolution
stated, "big inteersts are able to con
trol free air and use it for their own
interests to the exclusion of the
rights and interests of organized la
bor, and by this action will prevent
organized labor from transmitting
over the air its rights, interest and
action during a crisis, real or created,
by this wonderful means of trans
mission."
The HolbrocK Bros. c«.
WHY THEY (fPPOSE
UNIONS
Chicago.—The wage scale of union
and non-union building trades in this
city, printed by the Federation News,
official paper of the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor, shows why certain em
ployers oppose trade unions.
Reliable Dealers in
The non-union rate for carpenters
is $1.10 an hour the union rate, $1.50.
This ration prevails for cement fin
ishers, gas fitters, hoisting engineers,
plumbers and other trades that are
not organized 100 per cent.
DRY GOODS CARPETS CLOAKS
The greatest difference is in the
painters' calling, where the union rate
is $1.62%. The non-union rate is as
lotf as 92 cents.
PAPERS MAY CRITICISE
Jefferson City, Mo.—Newspapers
may criticise public officials when sub
stantial truth is adhered to and there
is an absence of malice, says the Mis
souri Supreme Court.
The opinion states that the "plain
tiff bears the burden to show the
falsity of the article and the pres
ence of express malice."
TEXTILE WORKERS GAIN
MILLINERY, QUEENSWARE
O U S E U N I S I N S
Voss-Holbrock Stamps With All Cash Purchases
C. W. GATH CO.
Burlington, N. J.—Wage increases
that range from 60 cents to $2.75 a
week have been secured by organized
textilev workers.
IMMIGRATION CHECKED
New York.—The tide of labor im
migration from Europe to the United
States since the enactment of the im
migration law, has been reversed, ac
carding to the National Industrial
Conference Board.
Funeral Directors
A Leader for
dsic Your
Edward
Chairs and Tables Rented
17 So. Street
M'L
CTANDING upon my record in support of
municipal ownership and operation of
public utilities my insistence upon the sound
construction of the Budget and my expe
rience in business and civic management—
YOUR SUPPORT IS SOLICITED FOR FIRST CHOICE
J.
Gardner
FOR
COUNCILMAN
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NO TROUBLE
"Having any trouble these days
meeting expenses, Bill?"
"Meeting 'em? Why man I ruu Into
'em every time I move."
"Yes, Sir»
Two flappers were flapping
One warm afternoon,
If skirts grow touch shorter
They're bathing suits soon.
Sly Psychology
"Why did you tell that man he looks
like a (ireek god?"
"As an Intelligence test," replied
Miss Cayenne. "If he begins to smirk
and act as If he believes It, It will
show he Is half mohn."—Washington
Star.
A Difference
Hank—Close that gate before the
chickens get out.
Juke—Aw, they will come back
home.
Hank—Come back nothing—they'll
go back.
Salesmanship
Mrs. Stouter— 1 want a flve-pound
box of chocolates.
Clerk—Yes, madam. We are now
giving a reducing.corset free with ev
ery purchase.
NIL
Fred—1 am paid for what I know,
and not for what I do.
Fannie—Don't you get any salary?
Tonality
A vocalist la flinging
Her verses to the sky,
I'm not sure If she's singing,
Or starting In to cry.
He Had One Regret
Master of the House—}\e been
waiting for you just one hour.
Mistress of the House—Before we
were married you said that you would
be willing, like Jacob, to wait for me
twice seven years.
Master (five years married)—I only
wish I had.
Not a Bad World
the
She—Everything was lost in
fire.
He—Don't worry, dear It could be|
worse. Somebody might have saved
the radio your cousin gave us.
Proof Positive
"Jim used to be a great sportsman.
Is he reconciled to married life?"
"I think so. I called on him recent
ly and found him sifting ashes through
an old tennis racket."
Fourth Degree
He—Was Jones a popular man?
She—When he died the coroner's
Jury returned a verdict of "justifiable
suicide."
And There Was Silence
Mrs.—Who Is this silly-looking old
thing?
Mr.—Why—ah—It's a photo. I
snapped it of you last month, dear.
Jlour
Forty-Five Years
Grocer
f.
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
African Prickly Pear
Has its Good PofhtM
The prickly pear Is said to be so
tenacious of life that a leaf or even a
small portion of a leaf, If thrown on
the ground, strikes out roots within a
Short time and becomes the parent of
a fast-growing plant.
Mischievous though the African
prickly pear may be, it Is not without
its good qualities. Its juicy fruit,
though rather deficient in flavor, Is
delightfully cool and refreshing In $he
dry heat of summer, and a kiu4 of
treacle is made from it.
Great caution is necessary In peel
ing this curious fruit, the proper way
being to Impale the fruit on a fork
or stick while one cuts it open and
removes the skin. The person who
undertakes to pluck this treacherous
fruit with unguarded fingers meets
xrith an experience he does not soon
forget. Concentrated essence of sting
ing nettle seems all at once to assail
hands, lips and ton^me, and the skin
wherever it comes in contact with the
ill-natured fruit, Is covered with a
group of minute bristly hairs, appar
ently growing from it, and venomous
and Irritating to the last degree.
In dry weather these spiteful little
Stings do not even wait for the newly
arrived victim, but fly about, light as
thistle-down, ready to settle on any
one who has not learned by experience
to give the prickly-pear a wide berth.
Fruit Said to Bear
Mark of Eve's Teeth
A fruit supposed to bear the marks
of Eve's teeth is one of the botanical
curiosities of Ceylon. The tree on
which it grows Is known by the sig
nificant name of "The Forbidden
Fruit," or "Eve's Apple Tree."
The blossom Is said to have a very
pleasant scent, but the really remark
able feature of the tree, the one to
which it owes its name, is the fruit
It Is beautiful and hangs from the tree
In a peculiar manner. Orange on the
outside and a deep crimson within,
each fruit has the appearance of hav
ing had a piece bitten out of it. This
fact, together with its poisonous qual
ity, led the Mohammedans to represent
it as the forbidden fruit of the Garden
of Eden and to warn man against Its
noxious properties.
The mark on the fruit is attributed
to Eve. Why the bite of Adam did
not also leave its mark is not ex
plained, but as only one piece 9eems
to be missing, its loss Is ascribed to
the woman.
Move for World Peace
The first international peace con
ference around 1900 was called by
Czar Nicholas of Russia, May 18,1899.
This was a preliminary conference
and a second was called for October
21, 1904. Many questions of Inter
national law and procedure were dis
cussed and a later conference assem
bled In 1907 when sach Items as hu
manizing war agencies, the establish
ment of neutral territory, the free
dom of the seas policy, and many oth
ers were discussed. Preliminary steps
had been taken to call a third con
ference in 1915, when many matters I
were to be finally adjusted. This
conference was halted by the World]
war.
Riches of Golden State
The poet who spoke of "jeweled
peaks" must have had California in
his mind's eye, for some mountains
in southern California are fairly stud
ded with whole mines of gems and
precious stones—so much so that the
Golden state is one of the world's
greatest producers of gems and pre
cious and semi-precious stones of
great value. Nearly every lovely
Jewel known to man and adored by
woman is found somewhere within the
confines of the state, and splendid col
lections of them are in the world's
great museums, both in this country
and in England and Europe.
invention of Radio
Modern radio is the result of a
long series of inventions and discov
eries In the various fields of science.
It cannot be said that any one man
Invented or discovered radio. How
ever, Gugiielmo Marconi, the Italian
"wireless wizard," is usually regard
ed as the "father of radio." He pat
ented the first commercially success
ful wireless system In 1897. The next
revolutionary step In radio was about
1906 when Lee De Forest, an Ameri
can, invented the audion or three elec
trode vacuum tube.—Pathfinder Mag
azine.
Changing the Subject
Dickie is five years old and goes
to kindergarten but he realizes that
education, for him, has Just begun.
The other day an intelligence test
was given himv by some of the older
boys.
"Spell pig," said one of the boya.
*'P-l-g," Dickie responded.
"Spell telephone," the boy sug
gested.
"Well," declared Dickie, after a
moment's hesitation, "we might just
as well talk about something else."
information Wanted
The midday rush was at Its height
In a big self-service grocery depart
ment when a dear old woman sidled
up to one of the busy clerks.
"Have you any more Jam like I had
last time?" she asked.
"What kind was that?"
"Well, now I really forget what it
was-called. But it was very nice and
thought perhaps some of you might
remember."—Vancouver Province.
WORKERS MUST PINCH|
ON $1,891.48 YEARLY
Vancouver, Canada.—In the street I
I car men's arbitration proceedings
here, the workers' representative
showed that wages of these employes
is $600 a year below what the Do
minion Department of Labor says is
the average living cost
for a family of
five in this city.
I
COLORADO
Coal Miners Receive $2.70
Per Day
Denver.—Coal miners of this state
earned $2.70 a day the first eight
months of this year, according to
James Dalrymple, coal mine inspector.
The miners worked 124.2 days since
the first of the year. This is an
average of 15 days a month. The
wage scale in Southern Colorado was
$5.20 a day. This is lower than ill
unionized fields, but it has been ac
cepted by the company "union" of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
The Rockefeller concern refuses to
treat with the United Mine Workers,
and is now facing an I. W. W. up
rising, with the usual quota of raids,
arrests and attempted deportations.
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VOTE
PARK
FOR THE
Candidates for
of Council
Ceo. K, Beckett
Aug. Bier man
Edw.
J.
Gardner
Martin Lingler
Carl J. Rosmarin
E. G. Ruder
Wm. B. Wick
The above names are arranged alphabetically and not accord
ing to choices, and will rotate on the official ballot. When^ voting
you must look for the names and vote your choices by placing the
numbers 1,2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, etc., in front of the names of the candidates
you desire to vote for.
The above group of candidates do not represent any particular
party, faction, clique, body, committee, chamber or organization, and
are unpledged.
The above group of candidates is a true example of Propor
tional Representation it represents all parties, vocations, experience
and thought.
The above group of candidates is made up of citizens of ability,
honesty and integrity, is well balanced politically, socially, fraternal
ly, and in experience.
The above candidates will effect an honest, efficient and eco
nomical business administration of the City's affairs.
All questions of our Public Utilities will be determined in the
future as they have in the past, by the will of the people, expressed
by initiative or referendum.
The undersigned believe that the election of the above candi
dates will place the affairs of our City in the hands of a truly repre
sentative group, as contemplated and intended by the Charter.
THE HAMILTON
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION ORGANIZATION
rv. *•*.«$%•
To the Citizens of Hamilton
I stand as I have always stood not only for the
retention of all of our Municipal Utilities without
reservations, but for the development of them fol* the
benefit of our citizens.
Economy in government, dollar value for every dol
lar spent.
I
point to my past record in Council to bear out the
above statements. Past performance is better than
promises. Do not be misled.
Yours for first choice—
Carl J. Rosmarin
For Member of the Council
SECOND TERM November 8,1927
BONDS
Help
To
Make your City more beautiful
Increase property values—
To create more playgrounds.
-THE LIONS CLUB
mber
NELSON. WILLIAMS
WALTER S. HARLAN
HENRY F. BEELER
DR. C. G. SNIDER
B. VINCENT PATER
W. MtLUDEKE
LOUIS BADEN
A. J. WARNDORF
IDA B. HUNTER
C. B. FUNK
ADELAIDE SEGERS
GEORGE BRANDHOFF
JOHN C. SCHUMAKER
CHARLES G. LOGE
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
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