The Influence of taxes on the American family -will be upper most In the minds Of members of Congress tor the next few weeks. They are seeking the answer to this |64-qnestlon: How can they satisfy ♦increas ing pnblio demands for tax re duction and at the akme time find other taxes to offset such a re duction? Their problem is made doubly hard by the fact that Uncle Sam wants to spend 5 1-2 billion above his income next year. The Council of State Chambers of Commerce today pointed up the problem In a special study by its Washington research staff. It found that the *40 1-* billion in all taxes collected by the F^ler ftl Government last year came from these sources: 44 1-2 percent from personal Income taxes, 28 1-2 per cent from corporation Income taxes, 6 per cent from social se curity taxes and the balance of 2l per cent from a great variety of excise and miscellaneous taxes. A tax study Issued-this month by the Brooking Institution, an impartial research organization, revealed that three fifths of all manufacturing corporations take the corporate Income tax into ac count in determining the prices of their products. This means that the consumer pays a large part of corporate taxes too. Ernest Breech, executive vice president of the Ford Motor Co., in reply to a question whether the price of cars would go down if his company's taxes were cut, said, . "Certainly It would cut prices. In the long run, eve'ry corporation must price its products so as to make a reasonable return after taxes in order to survive and grow. In the final analysis, income One hundred and seventy-four years of independence celebra ted in the American tradition. THIS BANK WiLL NOT TRANSACT BUSINESS ON JULY 4TH The Northwestern Bank North Wilkesboro, N. C. £j MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION SURVIVES KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION , . ; ■ " ■ ■ r BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST patient ever to have a kidney replaced by one from a dead person, Mrs. Howard Tucker rests in the Little Com pany or Mary Hospital, Chicago, 111., as Dr. Richard Lawler, who per formed the operation, checks her condition. Mrs. Tucker's husband (right) looks on. The surgical transplanting was accomplished within 45 minutes of the death of the woman donor. (International Soundphoto) taxes are just as much a cost of doing business as payroll." A group oftCongressmen, doing some rough figuring on their own recently, concluded that a family of three persons with an income of $3,000 pays $201.60 of that in come in corporation income taxes which are included in the prices of the things they buy. A family of four with an income of $5,000 pays $316,180, the same sized family with an income of $7,500 pays $414. Robber Buys Drinks With Taxi Man's $4 Montreal — Taxi driver Romeo Bonneau complained to police yesterday that John William forc ed him into a bar and bought him a drink. | Questioned further, Bonneau said William bought the drinks with $4 which he took from Bon neau at gun point. | William will be sentenced June 27 on an armed robbery charge. o — Cape Hatteras in North Caro: Una is the nearest point in the United States to Bermuda. Crimson Clover Seed Not Avoilale For Use In Corn Crops It was announced today bj Maude S. Miller, Secretary of th< Wilkes County PMA Committee that an attempt had been made by the County Committee t( secure crimson clover seed for use in sowing in corn when it is layec by. Due to a shortage of seed there is not enough available tc be offered on purchase orders at this time of year. Mrs. Miller announces, how ever, that prior approval can be given, if any farmer desires tc purchase seed for use in corn when it is layed by, from the short supply that is in the hands of the dealers at the present time. Farmers should come by* the county PMA office and get prioi approval, then buy the seed and turn their sales tickets in to the county office. Reimbursement will be made for the Government's part in a check this Fall. Aust rian winter peas will be available by the last of this week or the first of next. This is an agreeable substitute for crimson cloVer, and will come at a cost much lower. . o CARD OP THANKS We wish to take this means to thank our friends and neigh bors, doctors and nurses for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the sickness and death ol our dear mother, especially the ones who were sO faithful to sit up at night. THE CARDWELL FAMILY — o North Carolina produces more textiles than any other-state. NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION la The Superior Court North Carolina, Wilkes County; Dewey Burchette, vs. Mamie Burchette. The defendant, Mamie Burch ette will take notice that an action has been commenced in the Su perior Court of Wilkes County, entitled as above, for the purpose of an absolute divorce; and the said defendant will further take notice that she is required to ap pear at the office of the Clerk ol the Superior Court of Wilkea County within 20 days after the completion of this notice and an swer or demur to the complaint in said action or the plaintiff will apply to the Court of the relief demanded in said complaint. This 20th day of June, 1960. C. C. 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