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PASSES THE BUCK, SAYS OIBBOHS. Coolidge Puts U,'lion’s Petition for Carter's Re-, “ ; jnsvil Up to Department of Jvstjj*. * \ ir-r . , Editor, The Herald: v President Coolidge asked the Department of Justice as to the legal status of George H, C*h "ter, The decision of the Department as to his qualifications as a practical printer has not as yet been handed down, but, on the strength c-f the opinion of the Attorney General that the con* formation .-of Mr. Garter had been perfectly reg ular, the present public printer she tight, and immediately notifies Mir. Laufer that his connec tion with the government will cease on February " 1st, v • ■ “When Is a Printer?” As to Carter’s/ qualifications as a “practical printer:” A delegation from the International Printing Pressmen’s Union waited on Secretary C. Bascom 'TSietnp at the White Huose and in formed him that Mir. Carter had a card in the Pressmen’s fJnion, and was therefore qualified as a practical printer. The ©ookbinkers did like wise. But would they not also vouched for Mr. Carter as a . practical brick-layer if he 60 de sired? Does ;h® not hold the whip-hand over thepe trades, and has he not the authority to fix their daily stipend?” ye Gods! Has it come to pass that the opinion of a delegation of hod-carriers can give a clear bill as an ^“expert plumber,” or “plasterer,” or “stair-builder,” fo one of their o^frn craft? Sure ty It would hold as good in one case as in ir .ither and it would simplify matters by eliminating all individual crafts and forming one grand organization of “practical workmen.” No trade distinctions' and no special qualifications. Representative Blanton, of Texas, is contem plating registration to abolish the Government Printing Office and put this business in private hands and under competitive bidding. He voices his main allegations this: ‘♦Directed by a non-expert; Force is dissatisfied and disgruntled. Under the present regime men take little interest ini their work. ^ ! Appointments controlled by patronage instead i»f merit and experience,” ‘ f Jn speaking of the public printer Rep. Blanton said: “That man Carter knows more about printing than a jack rabbit. He isn’t a practical - prhiter or bookbinder. Some senator friend put him* there.” We- are waiting the official “qualifications” de cision. - Mr. Laufer is somewhat of a scrapper and last Sunday he made the remark: “J have just began to fight.” The I. T. U. Election. As a forerunner to the I; T. U. election of officers in May, we organized a James M. Lynch Campaign Club last Sunday with fceveral hun dred strong and every one immediately got on the job. Each office has one or more members pf the committee as representatives, as has alse each department of the big shop, and even at tills early'date. the telling effects of the cam —- paign are being seen in the hourly additions made to the administration ranks. Last Wed nesday we posted a bulletin in our office giving the votes of a number of unions all over9 our country, and one of the strong “progs” remarked ft was all one way—Lynch. * But last evening we rheehred a second-bulletin-that nugments a veritable “clean-up” of the administrative ticket, as a report from about l&fi/unions show up 80 per cent for Lynch. - i . An old Charlotte boy, Jim Leate, who is stone man iit -our plant, is a very enthusiastic admin jstrationist and is doing some good work. Jim often speaks of Charlotte, but says he believes be likes the big town best. Fraternally, , : GEO. W. GIBBONS. ‘Washington, D. C„ Feb. 10, 1924. CARPENTER WANTS A WIFE. Editor, The Herald: * I am intensely interested in the organization - campaign,' and also interested in the organization .? of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Central Labor f Union. ■ I want a wife so she can join the Auxiliary, I * am a carpenter, and a good one. I am 43 years \ of age, but don’t look it, I make as good wages . as any carpenter in Charlotte, and am trying to ’[ (have the. scale raised here- so. I can receive'nsore* i gfetutt no-liouor-hehd nor rpugb-neek, nei%»y am ■>. *«&:|issy. * f am just an average American citizen, | mnx|ous for a partner who is congenial aijd who | will'‘be a companion to an average American. :, I do not claim to be handsome, yet my face has never stopped any clocks because of its appear -I ance. ( <r If any of you fair readers are unattached, lonely, and looking for a strong right arm for, protection, a letter addressed to me will bring an appointment. Respect for my mother and the other women through whose veins my blood runs is sufficient guarantee to any woman that all cor . respondence will be treated as a gentleman, should always treat the correspondence/of a' woman, ' Y. R, A, i Box 872, Charlotte, N.. C. DARN UNDERWOOD, ANYHOW, Editor, The Herald: 1 * Senator Oscar W. Underwood is a candidate for President. He is a “wet” in disguise and a reactionary in the open. His votes in Congress T: against prohibition, woman suffrage, and meas - ures for the benefit and protection of women and , children are matters of public record. The Child Labor Law, passed by the 65th Congress, and the only one that Congress ever considered that £ was not a subterfuge and a sham, met his strongest opposition. i- Another measure he opposedr and likewise hfe ardent supporter for the Presidency, former Sen-; £>• ator Joseph W. Hailey, was one to regulate the manufacture of matches. In 1910 President Taft urged Congress to enact a law to protect the many thousands of workers, mostly women and children, engaged in the manufacture* of matches ... where white phosphorus, a deadly poison, was be i ing used, With the exception of the United States and Russia every civilized nation in the > world had prohibited the Use of this poison in the manufacture of matches. In line with the President's suggestion a hill j to prohibit this dangerous and inhuman practice Was introduced, but a strong yrejl-financed lobby y. appeared in Washington and successfully opposed it. It was introduced again in 1918 with a thor oughly aroused public sentiment supporting it. In-the iSSUe 0f the “Outlook* of February 17, 191$, Editor Lyman A^bptt wrote an ed under the c>. Profits,” in sert as: the health of the wprke$s who£come into with the fume* o* the phMih^orug ere almnat in* evitably attacked by the disease, knows as ‘phas sy-jaw,’ whose consequences are often death, but more often a life worse than death.” Everybody’s Magazine, April 1919, pommepted on this humane measure, under the heading “Matches Or Men,.” end'closed by urging ah good people to - ymte Chairman Underwood, whose committee had charge of the hill, to support it, Mr. Underwood at the time was a member of the House of Representatives. Pages 3968 to 3979, Congressional Record of the 62nd Congress, records the votes and speeches made by Mr. Underwood against the bill. Despite his strong Opposition it phased the house by a vote of l$g yeas and 31 nays. It thhn went to the Senate where Senator Bailey took the lead against it. During one of the many speeches delivered by Bailey against the bill he was reminded by Senator Gallinger that the food women wanted the legislation. Senator Bailey replied to Senator Gallinger as follbws: “Oh, yes, Mr. President, when the women and the labor organisations get through running this Congress there will not be one shred of the Constitution left; see page 4235 C6hgres8lonal Reeowl,‘62hd Congress. The bill w*8 finally passed, became a ,law, and the inhuman practice ended. |ln calling attention to the Coolidge candidacy being affiliated with “Teapot Dome,” let us Democrats aot forget that the Underwood candi dacy has “Phos#y»jaw,” JOSEPH S. MYERS, Austin,. Texas. . » . . * EDITORS AND EDITORS (Iowa Hbmestead,) There ere two paths which any man storting life as an editor piay choose. One is the easy Way of convention*! platitude -and harmless uno tion, in which nothing is said which could by any possible chance give offense to anyone for whose support the editor cares. Such an editor stands by the established order of things, ac cepts what is handed out to hint from above, all cut and dried; and considers always his personal advantage rather than what is right. To such an editpr whatever IS, is right, and anyone, who challenges that theory.is a disturber, a destroyer and a radical who ought to he suppressed, The other path is a rough and rocky one to travel. Its surface has not haen smoothed by as many feet as the other and easier road* Some times it leads - to dark valleys and up steep in clines, ""and • Whoever chooses it .must ofttirife travel a lonely journey. But it has its compen sation, and the man who chooses it needs nb sympathy, find' is not entitled* to any particular credit, because be is simply acting but his natural impulses, which he i$ powerless to alter. AND ANOTHER PASSES ON* » • (Salisbury Post,) .> Big “Bill” Pitts pulled his faithful old engine [pto the Salisbury yards and then turned to' meet death, and he met it unafraid and with manly courage. More than once he had faced the terror that flyeth by night along the shining rails which ipade light by the glare from put his enghie. More .than once he passed by accident and avert ed death for himself and perhaps many others, for Bill Pitts was strong of heart and courageous, and with it all he was modest and tenderhearted* and the only fear he knew was that he might bring hurt to some innocent one. Pitts believed in his faithful old engine and b# believed in him? self, too, and with fill, in his fellow man and God.‘ * But in the old engineer’s cab ride many a BUI Pitts, strong, courageous and true to duty. It is oh this type oi red blooded men who pilot the monster trains by day and dark nights that . the weary traveler invokes a blessing add then turns calmly and peacefully to his pillow, strong in the belief that he will awake with the fhorning well on his journey and with every hair un harmed. The strong aim, the courageous heart and the accurate eye of the old engine matt hack ed by a clear faith • and confidence combine to take entirely out of the traveler’s heart any sem blance of fear. . ;■ “Bill” Pitts has made W» l«*t rdtt, ms old engine bearing the personal imprint .of the man who guided "it for mady years will sadly miss the old Pal, if .such can Impossible. He: pas gone to a , reward which he - li^s earned, but -ahother of like type and I courage add character1 will take his place in the c^b^nd many thpnsands of pas sengers will calmly trust and believe to the full est that all will be we& when the trains pull into the terminal; eveh # though with strength gone the engineer turns to meet a new face that is coupled with an iey hand. Ail honor to-the old engine man who carefully and unafraid rides the rails by darkest night to carry his human burden into a safe terminal. , Bill Pitts’has climbed down out of the cab, but another has climbed up to toko hi* place, and It will be ever thU* with Ht«, for as the tired hands that have served lose their grip and straighten out for a final rest, another with rich life blood pulsating vigorously will take the throt tle and the old engine will boUhd out for a ser vice that lengthens with the days, even as men -ise, serve and Pass out, Give Bill a clear ract, wave a friendly goodby and a word of commendation fMrflc* tooitth a irie, day. -J jT/T A ? i'fX MR. BAILEY'S TAX CONTROVERSY, * (Wilmingtott Star.) The public is probably not as much interested the Quarrel between Mr. Bailey and^certain iWspapers about his taxation views as they are ^o guostk^to what his viewsjotojgy are owever, the views of any alld all Candidate* on station ei this time are of supreme importance the people of NJorth Carolina and of groat terest to them. , • . .. During the last two years the policy of the mocratic party in the etoto has been to leave the valuation and assessment of ell real estate to the lo^L communities, that is, to the counties, towns, pnd tax districts;’mid to Htise the revenue M state, purposes, from corporation taxes, In <mme t#xes, license taxes and the like, Wo are unqualifiedly committed to that policy because it is democratic in two senseh^it is. democratic in the firat '$m» on recount of the fact that it is the poflcy f&ablished by t^e democratic pgfty; and it ^ democratic, in tie second place ; because] |t take# aw^y. fram the st^te the power to fix the rates aid valuation of lands and other property locally situated, and leaves this to the local com* munities, so the people of these communities can hold th|ir own - representatives responsible to them for such matters. The Raleigh Times, on February 11, 1919, quoted Mr. Bailey'as saying before-a committee of the legislature the following with refeftnee to taxafoin of lands “If |roU want some revenue right badly, assess ^the lands of North Carolina, 13,000,000 acres if fine, at their market value, as is your constitutional duty, and you will fst some revenue, all that you need. Why don’t you do it? v Is, it nasio* to malm the corporations shell out onge gf?***” \ Mr. Bailey Was speaking of state taxes, 'and if we mad this correctly, was demanding that the stat| put a tax upon the lands of North Car olina foy state purposes instead of raising the tax from corporations. On the 4ama date, to-wit, February 11, 1919, the Greensboro quoted from the samo speech of Mr. Bailey, the following: 1 Declaring the income tax had always been the last retort of the state for raising revenue and nover Used except upon the spur of .neces sity, apd usually in wav tima, Mr. BaHey de clared theplan tp tax Incomes was tbf most untimely ever proposed to a general attambly of the electorate. We are not using these quotations as criticism of Mr. $ai|ey, because he has' a perfect right to hold these views, but we use them as an expres sion of his views in 1919, which we do not know that he has changed, which views we are unalter ably opposed to, because we believe that the question of local taxation should be left to the localities and not determined at Raleigh, and be? cause wo believe that the income and corporate taxes are necessary for the administration of the government with all its charitable and educational institutions, which must be supported.. We note that Mr. Bailey was quoted in a speech made at Wilmington on the first of iPecember and sent out to the state papers, saying: Sixth. 1 suggest further, that we devise a plan whereby standing tinker may net he taxed until sold. This is to encourage the pro pagation sad care of eui| forests. As the mat* ter now steads, taxation requires the destruc tion of oqr forests. / We have not seen any denial of this statement as being Mr. Bailey’s views, on the taxation of timber. We are prepared tp go a long ways in advocating tax laws whwhniWill encourage the preservation of our resource!: rather than their destruction^ and we are afraid there is a tend ency in North Carolina to tax uriusued property out of existence so that it Will be, forced into the hands of someone who may use it, but we cannot countenance the suggestion that standing timber of this state, largely owned by timber companies, Which is increasing in value by growth so as to make the investment profitable, should be relieved ^rom taxation or pear any less burden than other .real estate. ,P We are merely expressing our views on these tax questions as they arise, which have been the views we have held through recent years of tax legislation/and which we expect to continue to hold as d’l^neral proposition regardless of who may be the next governor of North Carolina. We regret that, we have found it necessary to differ with life-lojng friends on many public questions, and especially on the question of taxation, but this difference carries with it no bitterness or animosity, but only represents a definite convic tion on -Our part as to these public questions. We differ. many respects with our friends in Washington with reference to the present tax controversy there, but we insist that we are in absolute; harmony with democratic platforms and democr&ic principles on the question qt taxa tion. We favor the present segregation of local and state, taxes and believe that the only method of getting the best results from equitable tax laws is jSor the state to levy and collect the taxes for its .purpose out of these enterprises which are more than local and out of incomes, fran chises, etc., mid to allow the counties to take the entire tax^ffir localv purposes from their own people, jr v We a£e in favor of tax reduction all along the line an<P mare economical administration of state and national, governments, and we do not believe, and can1, never believe, that tax reduction will come from political controversies whereby one candidal* may desire to impress a voter that he can shift ,the burden from him to someohe else, Let’s reduce all taxes and thereby reduce the cost of living, hut let no state authority fix the value on this, rate for local taxes, BILL INCREASES NUMBER x OF SAFETY INSPECTORS. (Labor,) Control of the number of* safety appliance inspectors, tfieir salaries and allowances is given to the Interstate Commerce Commission by a hill that is sponsored by,Senator Cummins of Iowa just offered in the Senate, Existing law limist the number of inspectors that may he employed to 50 and stipulates the amount,that may he paid as salary. Chief In spector Jl G, Pack, in his report to the commis sion, declares that there are too few inspectors and th*0 their salaries are not adequate, but that nothing ban be done about it until the safety, appliance ahMs changed, • -v/' Undet the Cummins proposal it would beuj* to the iommission to say how many inspectors are needed, What they fbal lbe, Feld and what their duties shall he. ‘ S. Glenif Young, the bravest of the brave, the hero of the heroes, the man With a charmed life, has been cutting up in gjerria, 111, Re is lucky in that he always gets some one else killed while he himself escapes, He walks off with the laurels, and leases others to mourn their deed. Wish he’d take a trip up to Shelton Laurel, in Madison county, and meet some of those old mountaineers who can shoot a hoot owl’s eye Out with their old rifles at a distance of a mile and a half. SHIPSTEAD SAYS MELLON HAS BOOSTED THE INTEREST RATES Charges That Addled 1 Per Cent Means Billions a Year to Financiers and Levies Buirden of Five Billion on the People. Mellon Stops Sale of treasury . Certificates in'Western States* Is the administration, through Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and the members of the Federal Her serve Board, engaged in' an ferfdrt to systematically boost interest rates in this cotintry, thus adding tremen dously to the burdens of the farm ers and business imeif Senator Shipptead of Minnesota raised that issue in a scholarly ad dress in the Senate last Friday. Evidently news of what the Sen ator proposed to say “leaked** and reached, the ears of the Secretary. In any event, Secretary Mellon has tily issued an other stopping the sale of treasury sawings certificates in 17 Western states. Senator Shipstead pointed put that the high 'rate 'of interest paid on these treasury certificates by the government had drawn deposits from the banks and was to a great de gree responsible for the. many bank failures in the West 'and* Northwest. In addition, it had a tendency to increase the interest rate on all loans. -.H People’* Burden of Debt. In this. connection Senator- Ship stead produced some figures which were calculated to provoke wide spread discussion. He said exhaustive research had convinced him that hte total indebt edness of the people of this country —including federal, state and muni cipal indebtedness as well as. private indebtedness—totalled v $117,000, 000,000. . Senator King of Utah interrupted to say that he had been engaged on the same task but that his figures show that the total is approximately $129,000,000,000. “Therefore, I am sure the figures of the Senator from Minnesota are well within the limit,” said Senator King. Senator Shipstead pointed out that an increase of one per cent in the interest rate on this vast in debtedness would mean an increase of more than a billion dollars a year in the interest charges which the American people must ppy. “Therp appears to be a concerted effort on the part of the,treasury de partment and the Federal Reserve banks to^ maintain a high rate of in terest,” declared Senator Shipstead. “An increase in the interest rate on the debt of the United States raises the rate on all borrowings. “I have stated that in my opinion one-half of one per cent interest court be Saved if the Secretary of the treasury saw*, fit to dp sp. I think that .is a very conservative es timate. I have had letters IVom many bankers who state that in their opinion the federal government should not pay over 3 to 3 1-8 per cent interest on its Indebtedness. Financial Writer’s Estimate. “In the * Journal of Commerce and Finance’ Mr. Theodore H. Price makes the 'claim that the people of the United States are paying at least one per cent too much interest on all indebtedness , in the United States.” ” Shipstead pointed out that Treas about, my good friend) Tourist—This wonderful tlimatft-* this great country1 Native—Well, now, stop and stay: here the rest of your life. You don’t have to go back. Tourist—I’m not going back, but think what J’vq missed by not being born here! i» ftjy UNSEALED * , “What we went to do It to got At the solid facts." "» have been asalng at one foe month*-—the concrete floor of ytuc aropty coal blm* - . Vj An Exception. i t A fopl and bte dough are soon parted. ! is a saying we picked up at school; But what of the grasping old rnlaert i He’s surely one hind of a fool. ,. A Hopeless Task. Judge Cloer (to yoUng married woman, who would persist in talking, ip the Shoreditch county court)— jtou have been married only a short , time, jihd be hasn't taught you to hold your tongue yet. Woman (emphatically) And he never will 1—■London Tit-Bits, - --- nW„ . , , * 1” . Has a Full Supply. Hub—So you’ve been to a teacher of physical cultured ifau, what did he tell yout f Wife—The first thing he told me wap to keep my chin up. Hub—Hub 11 hadn’t noticed any fall, lng off in that iine, Saved by Quick Wit **|»or the first time you forgot to kiss me this morning.” ”0, how those words of youre .*p ligve me!* % “What do yop moan, dear?” “Why, I thought yon wouldn't notiee It*\—Stray Bt»H—1 ury certificates bad been issued at 4 1-4, 4 and 4 1-2 per cent and that in every case they had been, greatly over-subscribed. * These certificates vwere largely tax-exemplt. > In this* connection Senator Ship stead called atetntion "to a little joker "in the income tax law of 192(1 enacted ^py the Harding administra tion Which gives a special dispensa tion to corporations engaged in banking and other-activities by ex* editing them from paying taxes on their income from government ser eurities. Seme Question* for Mellon. - Then- he propounded these very pertinent questions: ‘‘Why was this special favor granted to corporations? “Why should the secretary of the treasury urge a constitutional amendment to remove future tax exempt features of municipal and state.bonds when he states on page 6 of his report that these ta^exemPt securMer^xount to only 11 billion, dollars, wftile 'at the same tittle the ( governinent of the United States has outstanding over 21 billions of secpritm which the law makes taxi exempt'tmmi held by corporations?’] jfewaiflpTShipstead said that eeo* nomists argue, that, a one per cent addition t^, the original cost of a product woftld he multipliedd hyp times before it came to the ultimate consumer. > . . ■ / ti .. “rf that, rule holds,” said he, “then the one billion doila?#.* addi tional interest rate that IjosS into the original cost of production has increased to ftve billion dollars bp the time .the product reaches the ul timate consumer.” ^ JUbfgetftad-’e Plain l*aag*eg«, : “The power to tax is the power to destroy,” asserted Senator Shipr stead. “The power to fix the inter est rate is the power tg tax, apd, therefore, the power to destroy. “I maintain this power, has been sq used by the Secretary of the Treasury, There is plenty of evi dence to sustain this claim, Pot ohljr in the empty vaults of the North west states, but also in the empty pockets of the despairing American farmer.” f Stock speculators, he said, ,g|t all the money they need for ttiayffo gambling at 4 per cent, while farm ers and business men in many see* tions are unable to get it at any price. ^ / ■ III I I I • — i‘A« VlStoK. OUT TODAY! . : —jffiD'sBULREailss.:::; , Mefistofele—Ave Signer! (Hail, Sovereign Lord!) (Boitp) ?K| In Italian ^7 Feodor Ch3iaDin Sonnambula—Vlrawbo (As I View These Seen*#) *? (Bellini) In Italian V Feodor ChaBapin 'T^ I NT. M&i MELODIOUS INSTRUMENTAL At the Spring (Au fcoMd’une source) (Liszt) (A, Scriihine) Pinnogoto •il if * Freischiitz—Overture—Part 1 (Weber) Victor Symphony preh. 1 FreisehUts—Overture—Part 2 (Weber) Yitjfear Symphany'Orck i laddie Himter-AW* Eddie Hunter-Alex Rogers . CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HYMNS ^ ^ 0 Gentle Presence Trinity Mixed Quartet) ,* O'er Waiting Harpstrings Tri# M® 1^ 12 LIGHT VOCAL SELECTIONS Rail ' FSlPsftl " ' -• ' It's a Man, Ev'ry Time, It’s a Man « Marcia Freer Mary Rose < MwdiFj# ' DANCE mom eeswbmTw nmsmmnk ■ Along die OW ULe Trail—Fox Trot (from “Kid Boots”) T P.ulWhkeman and His Orchestra vtw ti MO it Wfl Hr The One l tove—Fox Trot Paul Whiteman and H» Ordmstnt 1Mic Shanghai Lulhjby—Fox Tret Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra ^ ™ PennsyhranUns 11" • Open • Saturday; Evenings [ f Andrews Music Store CHARLOTTE. N. C iVfew Victor Record?, Once a Wee*, Every Week—Friday j . ■, ■ Ji) Seaboard Air Lina Railway Company NOTICE OF SALE OF UNCLAIMED FREfONT Pursuant to ns the provisions bf<section Consolidated Stat uteg of North Carolina notice is hereby f will offer'4sb eale^for cash to r ' at the'.hour of 18 s o'clock noon at its warehouse, formerly known a& its- Over-Freight warehouse on East Trade Street in the City of CharfbtteV N. C., 30,000 pounds of scrap mica consigned by Piedmont Products Company, of Sprigs Pine, North Carolina to ffrder*:Ca*reima SKcft Co» No Welch, Charlotte, N. C. Under Southern Ewlway Co., Bui o| ing, dated Bntherfordtftn, M C., dune Wth, 1983, whidh sai<j of freight was delivered to the undersigned by the- i way Company, on. the 26th day of June, 1&B8, and signed tendered to the Carolina Mica C<h$f*ny and said Welch on the 28th day of June, 1923, and at divers timeg after, the acceptance of; which ear of mfoi, however. Was at said times refused by the Carolina Mica Company and the said Welch, Who failed to surrender to tjjie und '1 covering m ' charges dm undersigftel , . , or maku disposition of said consignment. This the, 28th day of January, 1934. Seaboard Air Line RafapyCompany BY A. H. ROHLEDRR HI
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