The home journal. [volume], July 28, 1952, Image 2

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jUST A MO??FEENT H.EASE .. By Henry V. Richards
Talking abcut In~omeTax?
Whigh GHvernment em
ployee in the Virgin Is
lands pays the most in
cime taxes? Why? Which
private business institu
tion pays the most income
taxes? Why? Even Brer
Long Ears knows the ans
wer. ‘‘Last year the per
capita tax burden in thel
Virgin Islands was about
%51 per person. The totali
tax burden in the Unit:d
States was $375 per capi
ta,” said our sympat!';eticl
Goveraor. ““This is more
than se: en times us much.
as inthe Virgin Islands”
he emphasized. ?
My good pe ple the
United States has thou
¢ands of industries of all
kinds. Corperation income
and profit taxes in the
United States, exclusive
of its territories and pos
sessions, amounted to' al
most sl2 billion as repor
ted for the endof the fis
“cal year 1949. The most
industrialized states
made their contributions
in the billion marks. Cor
poration, income and pro
fit taxes in two principal
states, New York and llli
nois amounted to over two
billion and one billion, re
spectively. During the same
fiscal year, St. Thomas paid
in similar taxes $324,748.40
and St. Croix $65,444.98,
- a‘total of $390, 193.50 for
the Virgin Islands. If you
didn’t get the answer to
the first question, permit
me to ask this one: What
was responsible for the
State of New York paying
billions by comparison
with the State of Nevada
which paid only about five
and a half millions? i
The Virgin Islands have
nothing to offer by com
parsison with what can be
ofiered by the State of
Nevada. My reasons for
comparing this state is be
cause it is the Divorce
Jackpot of the Na
tion. Further, when
St. Thomas paid a per
capita in income taxes in
the amount of 26.7 in 1949,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Division Os St. Thomas and St. John At Charlotte Amalie
Elsa Eudora Claxton. Plaintiff - Dl%il No. 244 - 1952
vs. : :
Joseph Samuel Claxton, Defendant Action For Divorce
The President of the United States:
TO: Joseph Samuel! Claxton, Defendant.
Within the time limited by law Sept¢ 11, 1952 you are here
by required to appear before this Court & answer to a Com
plaint filed against you in this action; and in case of your
failure to appear or answer, judgment by default wiil be tak
en against you as demanded in the complaint, for divorce.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Court this 10 day of
July 1952. iae :
; George A. Mena (Clerk ofithe Court.)
Alphonso A. Christian (Attorney for Plaintiff]
Address: St. Thomas, V.I.
W |
A. H. RIISE
For Fine Quality
~ Liquors
Food Products 4
; NOURISHING BREADS BAKED DAILY
: QUALITY ICE CI?EAM ‘
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The Home Journal
do not be surprised to read
that our competitor paid
only 2.9 per person. I am
not so good at figures but
it seems to me as if we
paid almost thirteen times
as much the State of
Nevada in 1949.
References are so often
made about the state or
Virginia, Hom e Sweet
Home of Tax Professor
Reeves. Oh, they paid 9(
flat. Thatis the picture,
ladies and gentlemen.
ns sl gt A L
e
Tales of illusion!
“Witness the new busi
nessess mushrooming in
St. Thomas and St. Croix
in the last few years,”
“says our Illustrious
Governor. What lanzuage!
This is to mislead the peo
ple in the United States
continued on page 3
V.l Exiend. .
Greetings to
Puerto Rico
Assemblyman Alva Mac-
Farlane presented last
week in San Juan a resolu
- on passed by the Virgin
Islands Legislative Ass-m
--bly congratulating the peo
ple of Puer.o Rico cn the
attainment of the status of
a commonwealth., Gover
nor de Castro & his family
attended the cel-brations.
Commenting editorially
on the event, The N.Y.
Herald Tribune stated.
‘“The Congressional act
giving the Islands its new
status was signed by Pre
sident Truman con July 3,
just n time for Indcpen
dence Day festivities, but
the full-dress celebration,
studded with parades, re
ceptions, visits from United
Nation’s delegates and flag
raising, was not scheduled
until today. This has turn
ed out to be a banner year
for Puerto Rico in a good
many ways. Puerto Rican
Continue on page 4
Car QOverturns
At Lasoon =
An automobile went over
an embankment, plowed
through t h e bushes and
overturned near the lagoon
atEstate Benders on Thurs
day night. Whitfield
Moses, the operator o f the
vehicle, who was charged
with driving while under
the influence of liquor,
escaped without injury.- -