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VOL. 6
Washington Letter
By sdward Keating j
•Congressman from the third Colorado !
District. :
It ia amazing how much easier |
it is to induce Congress to pass a
law conscripting human beings j
than it is to obtain favorable con '
sideration for a measure conscrip
ting dollars.
I do not khow why it should be
so, but I know it is so.
I am writing this at the end of
-a forty-eight hour debate in the
House on the income tax. Some
Of the men who declared it was
our patriotic duty to conscript
boys 19 and 20 pleaded with tears
in their eyes against a policy
which would place a heavy tax
on excess incomes and profits.
They were willing to tax tea and
coffee, freight bills and express
bills. They were more than will;
ing to increase letter postage
from two to three cents and to
stick stamps on every legal in
strument required to transact the
-business of the nation; and they
were enthusiastically in favor of
issuing bonds, bonds, bonds and
they didn’t give a rap how high
*we placed the interest.
They succeeded in having their
•way to a certain extent, but we
defeated their propositions.
THE NEW INCOME TAX
As the income-tax section was
finally adopted it provides for a
graduated tax running from two
;to sixty-two per cent. Single
persons are given an exemption
of SI,OOO per annum and married
persons and single persons, who
are the heads of families, $2,000
per annum.
For example: an unmarried man j
Who is supporting his parents and
who has a salary of $3,000 a year
would only pay two per cent on
SI,OOO or a total of S2O. The same
young man, if lie were "not the
principal bread-winner of the
family, would pay two pe r cent
on $2,000 or a total of S4O.
The maximam rate of sixty-two (
percent applies to incomes in ex
cess of $2,000,000 a year. It is j
estimated that JohQ D. Rockefel- j
ler with a fortune of about $20,-
000,000 a year will pay approxi
mately $11.000,000 a year during
the time of the war.
In addition to the tax on in
comes we arranged to raise S4OO.
000.000 thru a tax on excess prof
its of corporations. That seems a
large sum but it ceases to be im
pressive where you examine the
net profits of a few of America’s:
leading combi nations. Congress
man Shackleford of Missouri in- j
serted in the "Record” a list of
forty-four companies which dur
the last year had earned $600,000
000 in excess of their normal prof j
its in times of peace.
EXCESS PROFITS TAX
The method of levying this ex
cess-profits tax is interesting.
All corporations are allowed $5.-
000 net profits and in addition 8
per cent cn all capital actually in
vested. The government takes
sixteen pet cent of the profits in
excess of the eight per cent. '
Here is the way it works out.
Suppose a company with *Tn in
vestmest of $1,000,000 earns 20
per cent or $200,000 during the
next year. It would be allowed
an exemption of eight per cent
on its capital or SBO,OOO plus $5,-
-000 or a total of $86,000. On the
remainder. $116,000. it would pay
a tax of sixteen per cent or $lB,-
400.
The company would there
fore have left for distribution
Cheyenne Record.
CHEYENNE WELLS, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO. THURSDAY, MAY 81. 1917.
among 1 its stockholders $181,600,
or more t ban eighteen per cent
on its investment.
Is there anything oppressive
or confiscatory about a tax of
that kind,
INHERITANCE TAX RAISED
We have also increased the -in
heritance taxes. The government
will not touch estates with a cash
value of less than $25,000. On
estates of a value of more than
$25,000 a graduated tax will be
levied ranging from one per cent
to twenty-five per cent. The lat
ter figure will apply to estates
valued at more than $15,000,000.
It is estimated that this tax will
yield considerably more than $lO
000,000 a year.
The three taxes' on great wealth
income, inheritance and excess
profits—should produce in round
figures about $1,650,000,000 -a
year.
That’s a lot of money, but the
reader must remember that the
president has asked us to raise
thru taxation more than $4,000,-
000,000 during the coming year.
Even that staggering sum will
not pay our war bill. Almost as
much more will probably be real
ized from the sale of bonds and
certificates of indebteduess.
TAXING NECESSARIES
OF LIFE.
When Congress meets next De
cember we may be called upon
to pass an additional revenue bill
In that event we must still fur
ther increase the income tax.
We cannot continue to pile taxes
on the necessaries of life.
The problem of the cost of liv
ing is now the most serious one
before the American people. It
would be madness to add to bur
dens of the man with a small in
come. On the contrary, every
thing humanly possible should be
done to force down the prices of
the things he eats and wears and
uses.
Up to date, however, most of
the gentlemen who have volun
teered advice have been satisfied
to wage plans by which the farm
er would receive less for his pro
duces. When we take up the
problem of controlling prices—
and I trust we will not delay too
long—we mnst look the facts in
the face.
Under our existing system, the
farmer receives only thirty-five
cents out of every dollar paid by
the consumer for the things pro
duced on the farm. The middle
men and -transportation compa
nies gets sixty-five cents. This
is not a fair division. The sys
tem robs the consumer and keeps
the farmer poor.
There’s our problem, The man
who can solve it, and solve it now
will win the crown of immortal
ity.
Big Farmers Meeting
Farmers Union Local No. 250,
Arapahoe, has been organized j
three years and on Saturday ]
June 2nd will celebrate this event
by having a large dinner and by
having prominent speakers dis
cuss co-operation of farmers.
All Farmers Union members
are invited to come and bring
your friends who are interested
in the Union. Everybody come
with well filled baskets.
T. E. Howard, Sec.
By order of the Beard.
STRAYED—6 year old black
mare mule 15 hands high Please
notify D. W. Simpson. Cheyenne
Wells Colo. 9 tf
ATTENTION
EVERYBODY
Next Tuesday, June 5, ALL
male persons who shall have at
tained their twenty-first birthday
and who shall not have attained
their thirty-first birthday must
come to the usual voting place in
their precinct and register. Per
sons in the'military or naval ser
vice of the United States will be
regarded as having been regis
tered. This registration is intend
ed to serve the purpose of census
which will show the availability
of all males of these ages for all
purposes of the Nation—military
as well as civil. If you are a male
between the designated ages and
are not in the military or naval
service, you must register. If
you fail to present yourself on
June sor give false misleading
or incorrect answers you are sub
ject to imprisonment.
Ig you are away from home, go
to -the County Clerk (or City
Clerk in cities having a populat
ion of over 30, 000) at least sever
al days before June.s and have
your registration card made out.
You must mail this card so as to
reach your precinct registrar by
the-'day of registration. If you
desire a registration certificate,
inclose a self-addressed stamped
envelope with your registration
card. You should have this cer
tificate by all means.
Persons who, on account of
sickness, will be uuable to be
present in person on June 5, will
cause some competent person to
apply to the county clerk on a
date prior to June 5 tor a card
and for authority i.o fill out. This
card should be properly filled out
and in the hands of the county
clerk before June 5.
Section 15 of the Registration
Regulations says: Police officers
of any grade or class of town,
township, county, state or nation
are required to render every as
sistance in the execution of this
law. It is especially more the
duty of such police officers to see
that al! male persons within the
designated ages have registered
and to report those who have not
registered to the proper registra
tion board for such action as may
be necessary. Police officers may
require any such person to exhibit
his registration certificate. This
section, of course, includes all
sheriffs, constables and town
marshalls. Constables will be
able to render valuable assistance
by being present at the place of
registration on June 5 to assist
the registrar.
Registration booth will be open
from 7 a m to 9 p. m. It is hoped
that every one who can do so will
be present early.
The board of Registration of
Cheyenne county a.,ticipates that
every male person of the desig
nated ages will be present on
June 5 and register without any
urging whatever. Let it be said
of our county, that not one eva
ded or attempted to evade his
duty on that day.
Art Brown, Chairman and Ex
ecutive Officer-
C. O. Bears, Clerk & Recorder
Carl O. Booth. Surgeon.
Board of Registration,
Cheyenne County, Colorado.
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed bids wanted for the building
of school house S. W. 1 j of sec. 3
T. 15, K. 43, Dist. No. 7. Specific
plans for same may be had at Eichen
burger's lumber yard.
All bids to lie sealed and marked
“Bids for building School House.”
Bids close July l,st. 1917.
Emery Petty, Dist. Sec.
IN MEMORY OF
W. F. WYANT.
W. F. Wyant was born at Janes
ville, lowa, October 13, 1861 and
died at Arapahoe, Colo, May 26,
1917. ,
He was united in marriage to
Mary Harting, at Santa Barbara,
Calif, on January 1, 1888. To
this union was born one son. John
The immediate family sorrowing
him also includes his aged father
a sister, Mrs, John Simpson, of
Cedgr Falls, lowa, his wife and
grandson.
The remains were taken in
charge by the A. F. & A. M. and
I. O. O. F. Lodges of Cheyenne
Wells, (of which he was a mem
ber) and the funeral services
were held at the Chapel at Arap
ahoe, Colo, Rev. Geo. McNab,
officiating.
The funeral services were very
impressive and were listened to
by one of the largest assemblages
witnessed in a case of this
kind in Cheyenne county. There
were somewhere near one hun
dred automobiles in line of march
and between five and six hundred
persons in the gathering to hon
or their dead citizen and friend.
Mr. Wyant was one of Arapa
hoe’s prominent and influential
business men. He will be sadly
missed by a great many, as no
one ever came to him in need,
but what he gave them assistance
if it was in his power so to do,
and he will be greatly missed at
Arapahoe by more than one.
The bereaved have the heart
felt sympathies of this entire
community in their dark hour of
distress.
Denver, May—Newspapers of
the state, reflecting the public’s
opinion, are almost unanimously
indorsing the idea of a special
session of th,e legislature for the
early fab, should the trend of
war events in the meantime war
rant such a call by Governor Gun
ter.
On May 14 Governor Gunter at
a special meeting of their associa
tion, told the editors all of his
hopes and plans for keeping Colo
rado in the forefront of states du
ring the armed struggle which
has been fqrced upon this nation.
The Editors, on going home, gave
to their readers this news, and
along with it they give their ap
proval of the governor’s pro
gram.
There will be no session unless
circumstances render it impera
tive, but there is no citizen in
Colorado who wants to see this
state occupy other than a front
row seat among the common
wealths. Colorado is doing and
has been doing her full share
sinee the world’s war listed
America as one of the nations en
gaged. Enlistments have been
up to the required number; the
governor’s war council is meet
ing with success in the promotion
of greater crops, larger mine out
put and the conservation of man
ufactures; a provost marshall
was put in chrrge of registrations
under the federal selective ser
vice bill even before President
Wilson signed that measure. In
deed, Colorado has been just a
trifle ahead of the national war
procession, and_it is Governor
Gunters plan to keep her there.
The special session if it becom
es necessary, would be for the
purpose of appropriating the
money for Colorado’s greater
part in America’s righteous war,
and also to pass whatever legisla |
tion might be demanded by shift
ing circumstances and conditions.
| Judging from the hearty words
'of approval in the state press,
which can only be the sentiments
of the people, the entire state is
with the governor in his ambit
ious plan.
A Warning to Farmers.
The Live Stock and Agricul
tural Bureau of the Denver Civic
Commercial Association i3 send
ing out the following warning to
farmers over Colorado.
“Reports reaching this bureau
indicate that in their anxiety to
grow high priced, concentrate
crops for human food, farmers
in Colorado are neglecting forage
crops for domestic animals. Thou
sands of acre3 prairie- lands are
being plowed up for grain crops,
still further reducing the availa
ble pasturage. This state is car
rying over from last season prac
lically no reserves of hay or for
age. Never in our history have
we been so short of feed crops
and forage for live stock. Meat
is just important as bread and
hay will be almost, if not quite,
as profitable as the grain and
root crops. Hay and forage mean
meat, milk, butter and cheese.
Without these crops these import
ant food products are impossible.
At least 40 per cent of the culti
vated area of each farm should
be put in forage crops. It is not
yet too late to put in cane, alfal
fa, white Australian corn and
other forage crops, and fall rye
for pastures will be found of
great value next fall. Every
farm should have a silo or two—
a pit silo can be easily and cheap
ly constructed. Arrange to util
ize the straw. Properly mixed
with alfalfa in the stack, a layer
of straw and a layer of alfalfa,
the live stock will eat it very
readily.
In the excitement of preparing
food crops to meet the present
emergency, do not forget the
live stock.”
DISTRICT NO. 7
Mrs. L. T. Waltman and daugh
ter, Clara, were in Towner Satur
day.
Rev. Me Nab preached at Grand
View and Waltman schools last
Sunday.
B. D. Piatt and wife attended
the funeral of Mr. Wyant in
Arapahoe Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and fami
ly of Kansas are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman.
Prof. W. H. Skinner closed his
school at Tribune, ‘ Kansas last
week and is home for his summer
vacation.
W. H. Potts and family left
Saturday night far Mountain
Grove, Mo., where they will
make their home,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ander
son entertained a family party
Wednesday in honor of Mrs. An
derson’s sister, and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor.
M. R. Skinner and wife, R. E.
Skinner and family, and Mrs. W
H. Skinner attended the high
school commencement exercises
at Tribune, Kansas last Friday
night.
Invitations are out for the mar
riage of Miss Evelyn Ireland and
Mr. Francis Arnett which will
take place Thursday evening at
the home of the bride’s uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Piatt
Last'Sunday evening Mrs. W.
H. Skinner was quite seriously
injured by being thrown from a
rig caused by the seat becoming
loose. She is doing nicely at the
present time and hopes to be
around again soon. Prof, and
little grandson were also thrown
out but only received a few bruis
es.
SUNNY SIDE
M. C. Owens and wife visited
Mr. Smith and wife last Sunday.
Mrs. Norton and son Robert
visited Mrs. Owens last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Fern Bidinger visited
Mrs. M. C. Owens one day last
week.
J. L. Ambroser and family
visited Verne Norton and family
last Sunday.
Fay Norton who was operated
on several weeks ago is well and
hearty and has come back to Colo.
SUN RISE ITEMS.
- Opal Thresher is now over the
measels.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Wells and
family spent Sunday with the
latrers parents Mr. and Mrs. He
den.
Mr. and Mrs, Bacon, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Shaffer also Mrs. Diag
ger and children visited with Mr
and Mrs. Sam Snider, Sunday.
PROSPECT HILL
W. F. Wyant is no more. The
gun shot wound at the hand' of
Harry Ketcham last Friday re
sulted in his death Saturday morn
ing about 4 o’clock. The commu
nity was shocked from Center to
circumference and on the occasion
of his funeral on Monday P. M.
the assembling of the people to
pay their last respects to his
memory was variously estimated
from five to seven hundred. This
was without doubt the largest
Masonic funeral ever ocouring in
the county. 75 or 80 automobiles
formed the p ocession beside
some other vehicles. The Odd
Fellows were out in force. They
are not unlike the Masons, for if
they find a fellow limp or laid out
on the Jericho road,“they do not
go around the other way, but ap
ply the ‘balm to t he hurt wounds’
and do the needful thing at the
time of 'need.
W. F. Wyant was botn in 1861
in lowa, was brought up on the
farm, spent some years in Cali
fornia, was married in 13SS.
Their only son, John, is their on
ly child, his aged father now 88
lives with them on the ranch. W
F. Wyant with his partner, Joe
Shankland were the lumber men
of the town and doing a thriving
business. We are not ad/ised
but presume Mr. Shankland will
carry on the business as former
ly. -
The death of our friend W. F.
Wyant is universally regretted.
It seems that it need not to have
occurred. Oh! why does any man
carry a gun? Let Ihe sentiment
deepen and widen against it, dis
suade one another from the evil
practice. It is dreadful to mur
der a man or to be murdered.
There is no recall. The man who
receives the fatal blow is ruth
lensly shot down without warning
and the dire effects is far reach
ing with his family and friends
and the man who takes the life
of his fellow man gets blood
stains on his conscience that
tears of repentance will not wash
away, and like “Banco’s ghost,
it will not down. Oh don’t car
ry a gun, its too serious a matt'
not to heed this injunction.
STRAYED—One black mr
year old, weighs about IP
white star in forehead . ‘
front foot fresh wire cuf 4 cV
Please notify and recy n
ward Fred Wagonegf
Wells Colo. /
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