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j Jdaniar*f'ktriiM‘ xn politics Moadttya ud Thnrtdayt at K^rHorth Wm»dMiro, N. C. J. CASTBR aad JULIUS G. HUBBASD PobUabm SUB^RIPTION RATES: jOne Year $1.60 Six Manths 76 Four Months .60 Out of the State $2.00 per Year ■atared at the post office at North Wilkes- hora N.'C., as secHul cla»s matter under Act of March 4, 1879. MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939 ‘ST’ Everybody Pays Taxes The idea that only a few persons pay taxes and that the ordinary citizen doesn’t luive to pay any is very widespread in deed, according to a recent inquiry made by the indefatigable Dr. Gallup. According to the poll, three-quarters of all the citizens of the United States believe that they are not paying any taxes at all. The people of the “higher-income” groups j*re aware that they carry their share of the tax burden. Ninety-seven percent of those approached admitted as much. But in. the low-income group only three out of five voters knew that they were tax- • payers, while people in the middle range incomes, from $20 to $40 a week, arc better informed in this matter of taxation. As a matter of fact, the people with the amallest inncomes pay out the largest pro portion of their earnings in the form of taxes, though they don’t realize it. It has been estimated that the $20-a-week wage- earner pays more than $100 a year in “hidden” taxes, concealed in the price of everything he buys. The storekeeper is the tax-collector. Unless he is to fail in business, he has to get his own taxes out of the price of the things he soils. Then he much pay his share of the w'holesaler’s taxes, the taxes of the railroad and truck operators who bring the goods to his store, and back of those taxes of the growers and proce^ors of foodstuffs and of the manufacturers of all the rest of his merchandise. What is needed is a system whereby the exact amount, or at least an approxima tion, of the taxes included in the price of every item purchased by anybody can be printed on the label or displayed on a po.s- ter wherever the goods are sold. Once the voting public become tax-conscious, there may be found a way of curbing the politi cians in office who spend the people's money so freely. Green Light On June 5, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision of immense significance to the farmers of America. The decision upheld the constitutionali ty of a Federal-State marketing agree ment, established by the producers of the New York m.ilk shed in 1938, designed to further the development of agricultural marketing cooperation, and to aid the farmer in getting fair price.s. The fact that the highe.st court in t(he land has thus definitely and finally upheld this policy will give the farm marketin.g cooperative movement a strong impetus. Its importance is not limited to New' York other groups of farmers, in other states, face the same marketing and price prob lems. So marketing cooperation, under fair laws, has been given the green light. The rest is up to the farmers themselves- -for after ail. it will be their own work, rather than political charity which will win the day for them. _ Comment Money and Time “The most useless things Robinson Cru- 80 salvaged were gold coins,” said an eco nomist recently. “Money has a time utili ty. When it buys the things we need when we need them most, its value to us is greatest.” There, in different words, is the old, sad, - familiar story to the effect that dollars are needed most when they ^re hardest to earn—and that the money wasted by the young man, secured at the height of his fauming power, is usually beyond the frail reach of the old. ^ The senate has approved a resolution ewtting aside October 9 as ‘ Lief Encson day ” Although it seems fairly well es tablished that the discovery of Amema ^w«s made by Ericson, most people ^11 blame Christopher Columbus with it.— •-TiltREFBROI^^ (^t^ville DaUy) The Noytb Caridina DepaiWexIt ef tibe American Legdon is on record in ho uncer tain terms against the proposed war ferendum amendment to thh federal, con-^ stitution. National Adjutant FVank E. Samuel, of Kansas, voiced' the Legion’s po- Ti,at'g » niw word of vfclch sition on this important matter in a speech eTerybody will h«or moro v and before the annual convention of the De- partment in Raleigh recently. He said: . In any of the several forms in which it has appeared before Congress, it would demolish the first line of defense, our diplomacy. It would harass the na tion in its international relations. It would detract from the respect our di plomatic representatives have the world over. , “It would devitalize her diplomatic language. Every venturesome power would accept our wtir referendum as open notice that it could disregard safely any expressions of our will com ing from the President and our State Department. Our diplomats ho longer would command attention when they “It is utterly foreign, to the funda mental concept of representative gov ernment. We elect our representatives to govern us because we have confi dence in them. The American Legion believes that the high responsibility of protecting our country in an emergen cy should be left to our chosen represen tatives.” Sincere and conscientious leaders are advocating an amendment! that woultl leave the authorization of war in the hand.s of the people. They are presenting much reasonable and high-sounding argument to this end. But it is argument that ap peals to the heart rather t|han to the mind; to the theoretical rather than the practi cal. As Samuel says, “we elect our repre sentatives to govern us because we have confidence in them,” and here is an obli gation too heavy for these representatives to violate the one or hedge on the other— in the usual political way. There is nothing to assure that, in the pa.ssions or prejudices in a referendum on war, a sane and sensible conclusion would be registered at the polls, even if the delay in reaching a popular verdict did not pro\ disastrous. Already our diplomats and the execu tive branch of the government are hedged about with restrictions and the noise that a minority can make. We do not peak positively on national policies, and because of this uncertainty our admitted foes are encouraged llo tramp on our toes when it .serves their purpose. BUDGETS MAKE TAXES (Hertford County Herald) In county and municipal circles this is budget-making time. It is the time when governing boards and officials plan how much and where tshey will spend the mon ey raised by local taxes for public service during the coming fiscal year. It is from these budgets of expenditures that the governing boards will figure and levy the tax rates we will pay next year. It is a tough rtime for ail concerned, salaried officials who administer tjie pub lic service and spend the money, the gov erning boards which pass upon the budgets and levy the taxes, and the ordinary citi zen who pays the tax and receives the pub lic in service in Veturn for his money. It is a very important time, likewise, which calls for careful planning and thoughtful action. The taxpayers want no extrava gance and look to their officials for care ful management of the public business. On the other hand, there is an increasing de mand by the public for an extension of and Improvement in the service of public agen cies supported by general taxation. It is realized also that progress can be crippled and the public welfare caused to suffer as greatly by unwise refusal of public offi cials to adequately support public services which have been found useful and necess ary as surely as by profligate spending and taxing. In other words, the soundest policy in local government! is not always found in parsimony or reduced tax rates, as desira ble as it this last. The more important question is whether or not the cause of public welfare and progress is served in the spending of taxes levied and collected This fact should be remembered by our lo cal boards in making up and passing upon their budgets. A Japanese minister says the real pur pose in China is to give the nation a chance for happiness. Quite—the Chinaman's chance.—Detroit News. California patrolmen rushing to a.ns)!(ier a woman’s screams found ahe ;^as “"oremurd*^ more. It la the new drug which cbmee neerer than any other yet discoTered to belnf the panacea for which medical ^ science has sought tor centuries. ’ > ‘‘Panacea’' means literally, something which cures all dl seases. Sulfanilamdle doesn’t do that, but It baa cured more dif ferent kinds of diseases than any medicine previously known. It literally kills disease germs by smothering thepi to death. Certain^ types of germs, when they Invade the , human body, produce a chemical known as hydrogen peroxide. Without that chemical the germs die, Instjad of multiplying and causing di sease. Sulfanilamide acts upon sub stances In the flood-stream In such a way as to prevent the germs from extracting the oxy gen necessary for them to pro duce the peroxide. Result, the germs die and the patient recov ers. So many reports by physicians all over the world of almost mi raculous cures of diseases former ly practically Incurable or nearly always fatal, have been made a- bout this new drug, that doctors everywhere are beginning to use it with confidence that It will save lives that otherwise would have been lost. I'OMOMYKLITIS . . • paralysis That Is the name of one dl- ■sease for which no certain cure has been found yet. Its common name is infantile paralysis. Most of Its victims catch it when they are children, but President Roosevelt was attacked by It when he was 41 years old, after he had been a candidate for Vicp President In 1920. Now another famous man has been found to be a victim of this same dreadful disease. Lou Geh rig, the “Iron Man’’ of baseball, whose record of 2,130 consecutive amos, in which he batted In more than 2.000 runs, 500 of them homers, has never been equalled, found himself unable to play his old game at the be ginning of this season. For two years Gehrig had been complaining of pain and weakness in his arms. A week or two ago the doctors told him he had chronic poliomyelitis and could never play again. The research work Into the causes and treatment of Infantile WANTED Poplar Blocks 15 Inches and up in Diameter No. 1 $30—No. 2 $10 HUDSON VENEER CO. Lenoir, N. C. 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A couple of Harvard Uni versity Inyestigators have been looking into this matter of pre dicting tlie future, by getting a large number of people to predict their own future actions and then checking up to see if they were right. If you can’t tell for sure what you are going to do tomorrow or next Sunday or a week from Tues day, how can you tell what any body is going to do some time in the future? The people whose predictions were checked with the occurrences were practically all wrong. Women were further wrong in their predictions of their own behavior than men cellulose, by treating it with a derivative of acetic acid, which is vinegar, is added to the contents of the bottle. From ten to 26 per cent Is enough. It is claimed, to make it Impossible for the drinker to get drunk, yet the taste and aroma of the beverage are unchanged. 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No mutter what you want in your next car ... no matter how much or how little you wish to pay ... you will find a 1939 Hudson that meets your every requirement. Come in. We’d like to show you how well we’re equipped to take care of your every motoring need. And ask us to tell you how far we’re willing to go to make every cus tomer a satisfied customer. COME TO OUR OPENING JUBILEE Tuesday, July 11th NOWI HUDSON PRICES START AT deliveted in Detroit, equipped to drive; in- * dnding Federal taxes, not indoding state and local taxes, if any. Low time payment terms, with new Hadson-CLT. Plan. Prices sabject to change widioct notice. Wilkes Motor Co. On Boone Trail C. O. Bumgsurner’s (Md Staad Were SELLiNd HUDSON Now ‘ . and we want to tell you why! ■m
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