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Rowan County Herald ^Successors to The Carolina Watchman Published every Friday morning by The Independent Press Publishing Company, Salisbury, N. C. E. W. G. Huffman, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In Advance One Year_$1.0® 6 Manths- .10 Three years- 2.00 One Year Outside Rowan County -___^^$1^50 Entered as seeond-claaa mail matter at the postoffice at Sal isbury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. POPULATION DATA (1930 Census) Salisbury -16,95.1 Spencer -3,128 E. Spencer-2,098 China Grove-1,258 Landis - 1,388 Rockwell_ 696 Granite Quarry- 507 Cleveland- 4M Faith - 431 Gold Hill _ 156 (Population Rowan Co. 56.^ft> The influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. Rowan Co. Herald’s 1937 Platform For Salisbury 1. A Library Building. 2. Municipal Auditor ium. 3. A Y. W. C. A. Build ing. 4. A Large City Play ground. BROADENING THE TAX BASE Running through all of the talk about the need of greater tax revenue to balance the Fed eral budget, is the suggestion, insistently urged, that the tax base should be broadened. The idea of lowering the exemptions on income taxes, so that every one earning, say $10 a week or more, would have to pay a di rect tax to the Federal govern ment, seems tQ be gaining ad herents. The main objection seems to be the fear of politi cians that if the mass of voters were told so bluntly that they are the real taxpayers they would throw 0ut of office the men who voted to tax them. Politicians of all parties have so long been preaching the false doctrine that only the rich pay taxes, that they are not inclined to recant, whatever the government’s eco nomic needs. It is, indeed, rather silly to talk about “broadening the tax base” when it already is so broad that it includes everybody who spends a nickel anywhere, for anything. It would be more to the point to uncover the tax base, bring the vast accumula tion of hidden taxes out into the open so that everybody would realize that he is being assessed, probably at a higher rate than most of the so-called “rich,” for the expenses of government. That would be painful, too, to the politicians who prefer to fool the voters by talking a bout “soaking the rich,” but sooner or later it is inevitable that the general run of voters will wake up^to the faot that the taxes come in the long run, out of their own personal pockets. me most important source of revenue which the Federal gov ernment has is the indirect taxes, which are, to be sure, paid in the first instance by pro ducers, but which are added to the cost of their products passed on to the consumer as part of the purchase price ne pays. The same is true 0f State and local taxes. Nearly a quart er of the average citizen’s rent money goes to pay his land lord’s real estate taxes. The price of a loaf of bread at the grocery includes part of the grocer’s taxes, and those of the baker the miller and the farmer who grew the wheat. Federal excise taxes in addi tion affect the price of matches, chewing gum, toothpaste, cos metics, cameras, radio sets, jew elry, automobiles, phonograph records, telephone messages, telegrams, theatre tickets, play ing cards and hundreds of other everyday commodities. If every item of merchandise carried with it a notice of the amount of the Federal tax which is in cluded in the retail price, there would be a great deal more in terest in Government finances, and a greater urge for govern mental economy. THE USE OF LEISURE One of the easiest things in the world is to draw up rules for the guidance of human conduct. Probably the hardest thing in the world; is to induce people to live up to such rules. Theoreti cally, everybody should have plenty of leisure time to devote to self-improvement, after his or her day’s work is done. There fore if the working day in which people earn their livings is cut down to a few hours the world will speedily become a much bet ter world, because everybody will devote the extra leisure thus gained to the pursuit of useful knowledge. That doctrine is widely preach ed by well-meaning persons who have an ideal plan for living all figured out on paper. Like most ideal plans which relate tD hu man conduct, this theory takes no account of human nature Doubtless there are some persons who would rather use any addi tional leisure time for study and self-development than to go to Liic inuvicb ur d uciscudii game. We have heard of such people, but we have met very few of them. On the other hand, we have observed that the indivi dual who is really bent on sfflf improvement will find time in which interest him, regardless^ if how many hours he has to wOflc on his daily job. Doubt of the theory that more leisure is what the world needs is cast by a famous psychologist who has been investigating the work-and-play habits of men and women employed by a large cor poration. Dr. Edward L. Thorn dike and his six associates de clare that human beings who al ready devote more than half their leisure to self-entertain ment would be more likely than not to devote any increased leis ure time to the same ends, in stead of pursuing wisdom and truth. Analyzing tne use wnich tnis group of men and women make of the time they have left after their eight hour day of work, the psychologists report that they average eight hours of sleep. Out of the rest of the day comes the time spent in trav eling to and from the job, time out for eating—men spend more time at the table than women do —-and time spent in personal adornment. Here the women use more time than the men. But in the 40 hours left every week do these workers pursue know ledge? Not so anyone would notice it. Four-fifths of their leisure is spent in games and sports, going to the movies, list ening to the radio and similar re creations. That is about what most of us do with our leisure. Perhaps it’s just too bad that we won’t per form according to the program of the uplifters—-and then per haps there’s something in the idea of getting as much fun out of life as you can. POPE WORKING ON BOOK Castel Gandolfo. — Prelates disclosed that Pope Pius is fin ishing a “White Book,” or .com pilation of documents and re cords, to show that Adolf Hit ler’s German government—not the Patican— has violated the church-state concordat with the Reich. Don’t put up with useless PAIN Get rid of it ••hen functional pains menstruation are severe, tafex CARDUI. If it doesn’t bene fit you, consult a physician Don’t neglect such pains. Thej depress the tone of the nertee cause sleeplessness, loss of ap petite, wear out your resist ance. Get a bottle of Cardu: and see whether it will hel] you, as thousands of womer have said it helped them. Besides easing certain pains. Gar dui aids in building up the whoi system by helping women to ge more strength from their food. NEWS REH, Coronation by A B. CH 1 t lt:_ CAndid camera view of au motel m^n in London, AS of ms dare. I-----—<1 Composite view taken foom top of vuEsTMiNST&n. a&bgv AnyWNFRF in TWF M11>-SECTION 0£ LONPON — OR ANYU4HEI2.F »N ENGLAND ] 044 a~Pi w —:n Sit Down strike threatens parade — the STABLE OF ’CLEVELAND BAYS* DEMAND A a shorter, parade and a lighter coach- t THEY COMPLAIN THAT the 176 YEAR OLD , FOWL TON STATE COACH IS TOO HEAVY TO HAUL SIX PULES, ANP IS UNFAIR TO HORSE LABOR — { I ' i —JL J VIEW IN Picapilly AS AU. nksilt Campers pre-empt PAOAPe locations -this scene tvpli CATEP ALL ALONE- ROUTE— I-:-1 U---—-i view of parade as seem •thRouw eig+it million PERISCOPES (MOPE OIL LESS > ZjK W, ,n -- ^ . .. i.'r'Lyv 1 — REHEARSAL SLIP — While REWTa/UInL thf coronation scene,The five ■Pound .thousand year old crown 5UC4VTLY BENT THE ROYAL 6AJL — SKID PADS WERE IMMEDIATELY INSTALLED - •Picture of millions of Disconsolate VISITORS "VNATCMIN&" THE PARADE* BV (RADIO CZ-P.A^P Bruce Barton Says MOVING MOUNTAINS IS NOT EASY Mahomet, who after more than a thousand years has two hundred and twenty million fol lowers, told the people that he was directly commissioned by the Almighty and hence endow ed with super-natural powers. The Arabs, being skeptcial, said; “If you will cause Mount Safa to come to you we will believe that you really have the goods.” Mahomet" accepted the chal lenge and, full of faith in him self, commaded the mountain to approach. Nothing happened. Mount Safa did not budge an inch. This was a ticklish mom ent. Had he been a modern po litician he would immediately have sought to divert the peo ple’s minds by crying: “I did my best, but the Supreme Court would not let me” Or, “The House of Morgan has run around behind the mountain and nailed it down.” Mahomet was wiser. Said he: “God is merciful. Had the moun tain obeyed my command it would have fallen upon us, and all you Arabs would have killed. 1, therefore, will go to the mountain, and I thank Allah for having had mercy on a stiff necked generation.” The stiff-necked and bare footed Arabs, wooed by the candor and innate wisdom of the remark, concluded that so wise and frank a gentleman mtist in deed be endowed with something more than human intelligence, and promptly gave him their loyalty. :k * * THERE’S ALWAYS REFORM Theodore Roosevelt was the first restorer. He denounced the “male-factors of great wealth,” and with a vast pound ing of the base drum, he chased them away and “restored the government to the people.” Then came Woodrow Wilson, who likewise marshalled the forces of the righteous against the iniquitous power of Wall Street, and again “restored the government to the people.” Now Franklin Roosevelt. He, too, find's that government has somehow drifted back into the control of “entrenched greed” and so he sounds the Tocsin and “restores the government to the people.” Very decided good was ac complished by Theodore. Roose velt. The Federal Reserve Sys tem is an enduring monument to Wilson’s administration. Some at least, of the reforms of Franklin Roosevelt will prove permanent. But reform is not a one-night show; it is a continuing neces sity. Human nature is stub born; progress is slow. Action and reaction follow each other. A thousand years from now if the Republic lasts that long, the President of that day, having ridden the white horse of Re form against the bulwarks of W all Street will announce to his adoring followers that the “gov ernment has been returned to the people of the United States.” The Sophisticated CHARLES MONROE Tales are often told of sailors who tour the world and gather curios from each port they visit. This is a story of a se^ captain who bought a parrot on jhis first voyage and kept the bird with him throughout his long career. The captain visited and re visited most of the sea ports of the world on his journeys, and the parrot accompanied him on every sightseeing tour he made of the countries they visited. By the time the captain start ed out on the last long voyage of life, they had seen about every wonder of the world After the captain s aeath, the bird was taken to the captain’s sister. The parrot was discon solate and dejected. He sat on his perch, eyes closed, and pay ed no attention to what was going on around him; he had been everywhere, had seen everything, and nothing could interest him. The woman tried everything she had heard of to amuse the bird, but to no avail. At last she heard that a friend of hers, a sailor, was in port. She took the parrot to him and asked if he would take the bird with him on his next trip, for she thought it might be lone some for the sea. After the ship was two days out of port, the bird still retain ed its bored expression; it had been everywhere and had seen everything. He kept this atti tude until the last night of the voyage. The last night a show was put on by the notables aboard the boat. The bird sat in the cor ner during all of the perform ances and sneered at every act for he had seen everything done before. At the end, the most talented performer was called upon. He was a famous magi cian and made an announcement that he would now perform a feat that had never been done before; the parrot opened one eye. He told how he had work ed thirty years perfecting it and was now about to show it for the first time; the parrot openeu me omer eye. Then the magician spread a black cloth over a table and be gan to wave a wand over it the parrot was all attention Just then the boilers in the ship’s engine room blew up, the boat flew into the air in a thou sand pieces. Three days latei they found the parrot perchec on a piece of wreckage, his fea thers completely gone and onl) one or two tail feathers stick ing out, his head cocked to one side saying, “Very Clevah Very Clevah!” Keep At Those Books! They Bring Results Hollywood, Calif. — Book worms, Phi Betes, and more than-average studious individuals will be pleased to know that the only man in Hollywood who has whispered to those lovely and aloof rivals, Marlene Dietrich ar.d Greta Garbo, across inti mate tables to the accompani ment of solf music and low lights the only man who scored a dou ble hit, got there by virtue of his culture, learning, polish and fi nesses, and not by just a hand some exterior. The man is Di rector Rouben Manoulian, no ‘looker’, but the acme of educat ed suavity. ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWS PAPER FOR BEST RESULTS There is nothing saved by using greasy, smelly salves or home made remedies—and your child just suffers so much longer, ^^B ^MHLTreatmenl Soothes instantly. 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But it is fair to say that resistance to Presidentiaf pressure is in creasing in both houses of Con gress, and among members oi the President’s own party. It can no longer be safely predicted that whatever the President wants Congress will give it tc him. I This situation is mainly of the President’s own creation. It arises from two definite circum stances. One is the honest and sincere opposition to his proposal for packing the Supreme Court That opposition is increasing in strength in both Senate and House. It has been strengthen ed by the demonstration furnish ed by the Court itself, in its de cisions on the Labor Relations Act, that the justices are abreast of the times and fully aware of changing conditions. The other circumstance which has weakened the President s authority over Congress is the growing resentment felt by in fluential Senators and House j eaders at the readiness with which, as they believe, the Presi dent continues to listen to and be guided by counselors who are ! egarded on Capitol Hill as the orists rather than practical politi j dans. On these advisers rather than the President himself, his friends in Congress place the esponsiblity for the failure of he undistributed profits tax aw, enacted last Summer, to yield the revenue expected. Gov ernment income for the fiscal iyear is short nearly five hund red million dollars of the esti mates. That makes the national 1 financial situation even more cloudy and uncertain than it was before. * * * PRESIDENT RECOM MENDS ECONOMY i The President’s latest recom mendations for economy, if 'adopted, would cut the expenses of government by about half of I this year’s deficit. But unless government borrowing is to con tinue on a huge scale, recourse must be had to much broader and heavier taxes and far greater curtailment of spending. In any event, all hope seems to have been lost of bringing the budget into balance before the fiscal year 1939. j Continued increase in the na tional debt by borrowing money (for current expenditures is fear ed because it is regarded as the certain road to inflation, with runaway prices for all sorts of commodities. Increased taxa tion is feared because of its poli tical unpopularity. It is realized bv most members of Congress that the large accumulation of wealth cannot stand much more taxation and keep on doing busi ness, but they fear that their constituents do not realize that, and would resent any new kinds |of taxes which appeared to put |the burden on the poor. And ■they fear a reduction of expendi tures for relief for the same pol itical reason. The indications now are that the relief appropriations for next year will be at the rate of two billion dollars or more. Their necessity is being sharply challenged, not only by the Ad ministration’s avowed opponents but by many of its friends. Sen ator Vandenberg of Michigan has revived the demand for an actual count of the number of unemployed persons, in a letter to the Secretary of Labor, in Which he contended that the number of unemployed is actual ly under three millions, instead of the eight million or more which the Labor Department es timates. * * » CONFERS WITH LABOR LEADERS Miss Perkins, Secretary of Labor, took the lead in exploring the whole Labor situation, jn the light of the validation of the Administration’s Lahjor legisla tion by the Supreme Court, when !she e lied a conference of Labor leaders, industrialists and others to discuss the next steps to be taken and then pacticability. Not necessarily as the outcome of that conference, but as the result of the widely-held and growing belief that the way is now open for a broader and more clearly-defined Federal La bor policy, attention is being given to proposals to amend the Labor Relations Act Proposed changes include recognition of the right of employees to pre sent their grievances, as well as of Labor; some means of instil ing the responsibility of Laboi organizations in the matter of contract obligations and other agreements, and particularly the broadening of the Labor Hoard - powers to enable it to become a mediator for the prevention of strikes and an arbitrator in La bor disputes, somewhat as the Railway Mediation Board now functions. Entirely apart from matters of national importance, the bit terest conflict now raging ,n Washington is over questions (if Art. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission, headed l>v Representative Thomas J- Bov lan of New York, proposes t > build a classical Greek tenip’e facing the Lincoln Memorial mi the other side of the Tidal ba sin. A storm of protest is raging about Mr. Boylan’s head from two sources. One is from those who do not want to see m >re than 700 of the Japanese cherry trees around the Basin destroyed. Their April blooming this year drew more than 200,000 tour ists to Washington. The Jef ferson Memorial plan would in volve cutting most of them down. And a strong group of artists are protesting the proposed ar chitectural scheme for the mem orial. The same artists are raising hob over the design accepted for the Mellon National Museum of Art. They want something mo dernistic, although the classical style of architecture has been adopted for all other Federal buildings. To appease them, it is being proposed that the Smith sonian Institution should estab lish a gallery of modern art, for those who do not like the classi cal. Strange Cult Victim DtfmlM^ch. . . . Mrs.' Inna Duncan burned three crosses on her forehead* and inflicted 20 wounds with a razor and red-hot poker when ordered to sacrifice herself in strange religious rites. Mooney Carries On Mooney. voridV^ i&opt f tomes labor prisoner, now In Slat yap of Imprisonment, takaa hie (He* for freedom In person td (be dll' ferula Supreme Court. Advertise In This Newspaper Subscribe Today $1.00 Per Year
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