THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
WILL NORTH CAROLINA UNDOCTOR McDONALD JUNE 6?
Like a funnel-shaped cloud on the fair hori
zon of North Carolina loom- the McDonald
Menace.
Can the people of the State afford to face
this sinister wind—are they safe in risking* th*s
dangerous EXPERIMENT whose certain failure
must mean for the farmer, TRAGEDY, for the
schools a serious and irreparable CRIPPLING,
for industries with their thousands of employed,
paralysis and DESTRUCTION.
What About It, Mr. Farmer?
The Roosevelt administration with its
Triple A program struck from agriculture the
shackles of a century of oppression and in
justice. Does agriculture want McDonaldism
to forge its chains again?
The Democratic government of North Caro
lina that McDonald calls "the machine." did it?
part to restore the farmer to his ancient birth
right of freedom and prosperity by removing
forever the 10-cent levy on the farmer's land.
Will the farmer swap his freedom again for
this McDonald MESS of pottage?
Why? Because all intelligent people know
that if McDonald fails to find his billion dollar.-
of untaxed wealth in the State that the only re
course under Heaven will be to fall back on farm
lands and real estate to fill the McDonald hole.
Only ad valorem can produce 17 minions of taxes
and this "production" will spell RUIN.
The Schools and the Roads— What W r i!l
Become Of Them?
When the greatest depression in history
struck North Carolina, the people had been
crying "take the taxes off land."
Business was largely at a standstill. State's
revenues were at a low ebb. But the schdols
had to run on, and the tax was removed from
land. How could it be done?
Only by levying a general sales tax. Now
the roads and the schools of North Carolina, the
finest in America, are maintained without a
cent levied on land.
McDonald says he will REPEAL the sales
tax. This would mean a loss of 10 millions in
revenue. Ho says he will do otVr great thine ,
to cost 10 million more. If he fails, the loss wil'
be r>a ; d by the farm lands if they can be sold
for the money.
The Industries 1
The life blood of the State is pumped by th'M
great industries—you know that. The great j
tobacco factories, the cotton mills, the lumber,
plants, the many vital industries that buy our ,
raw products and manufacture them, employing
thousands of men and women. These concern"-* ]
furnish the payrolls that make the cities and :
towns prosperous, and supply the farmers cash !
to carry on. I
McDonald's Program aims at our industries. •
Already they are taxed to the constitutiona j
limit, but McDonald says "Hell, repea! the con *
stitution. Let me get at them in the hig-hei i
brackets."
Sensible and conservative men in North
Carolina welcome and nourish our great fac
tories and mills, already taxed higher than in
any other State in the union. How many of
them are making a reasonable profit on their
tremendous investments?
• The professor from Illinois says "Bleed them
bleed them, for the benefit of the poor man."
The legislative record says he voted for a sales
tax on the poor man's meals in the cafes and
lestaurants. Is he sincere in his gestures to
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I THINK SO.
What If McDonald Wins?
Let the professor become Governor, and let ,
him surround himself with a council of State of
his same type. Will it be TOO BAD for legit
imate industry which already is bearing its
taxes to the constitutional limit? !'
Will other plants invest in North Caro-;
lina with a Talmadge or a Townsend in the',
capitol? Can our stable industries then resist,
the invitation which other States offer them to*
come and locate among them?
I The Occupational Tax and Again the Farmer !
The McDonald Program includes what he {
calls the "occupational tax." He proposed it in
the last legislature, but there were sensible
members enough in that body to kill it. It
proposes to put a tax of $5 on every SI,OOO pro--
ducts sold from the farms, 810 on every $2,000
-old. etc. The "occupational tax" would also:
'ay a tax on every vocation, man or woman, who
makes as much as $83.33 a month. Do you want
this vicious tax?
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What Is McDonald's Rerord on White j
Supremacy?
Some of us wonder if the McDonald Pro-j
gram will invite the negro back to the ballot"'
What is his record? Election officers of South
Third Ward in Winston-Salem declare that he
tried to force them to register negroes and war
infuriated at their refusal.
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The two races of North Carolina are living
in peace and harmony. Do we want to raise
ag"ain the prejudices and the dangers incident
to colored suffrage in North Carolina? Is thr
gentleman professor from Illinois tc
teach us to forget our principles of white sup
remacy in North Carolina, and bring in Chfcar;
; standards of political philosophy and social
j equality in our eastern counties where thej
{white are heavily outnumbered 7
McDonald Strategy
The Doctor goes on his unruffled way serene.
as a Pasquotank mosquito. He promises every-'
i thing and when caught, denies. His temper is|.
[never disturbed. His strategy is the soft an?-'
ver that turneth away wrath and swells the?
«traw vote. Makes no difference what you
{ irove on him, he trusts to his loyal and unthink- (
Jng friends to it the dam lie. The Bowmar .
« iray episode in which his veracity was hanged
j :nd quartered only increased his percentages.
i His sales tax vote on the poor man's bread and
! neat was dismissed with "I never done it,";
j iltho the House Journal says he did. The at- •
I empted registration of colored voters in South!
\ Hiird Ward was passed up as an invention of;
j he foul Democratic machine, notwithstanding?
j he registrar and other Winston-Salem election
I 'fficers are standing by their statement,
j 'Vhile there is no record that he ever paid his
j( wn taxes or even voted a Democratic tickef
| until he wanted to run for Governor, such paltry
i ncidents should not tarnish the luster of his
Jiining" anti-sales tax armor.
Who Is For McDonald?
There are many intelligent and patriotic
people for Dr. McDonald. I honestly believu :
these people are mistaken in their judgment,
and captivated in their good hearts by his ,
promises of Utopia here on earth.
The professor will get scores of votes from (
dry goods clerks who whoopee for McDonald 1
and cuss the sales tax the live-long- day. They
are too innocent to notice that the boss is wink- 1
toy the ether eye as he passes the tax on to hia
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(AX EDITORIAL)
In every county there is a bloc of s» rebacks.
These are fellows who have Keen thwarted in
their political ambitions. Invariably you find
them scrapping: the regular ticket. Invariably
you will find them in the Illinois cam}). They
affect "progressive" reasons, but the regular
crowd knows it is revenge. Also you sometimes
find newspapers on the disgruntled side, and
these, while professing neutrality, are helping
the good doctor all they can by boosting his
traw vote.
But the biggest support for the Illinois
'philosopher will come from the thousands of
shifting, irresponsible citizens who never paid a
cent of tax in their lives until the sales tax came
.along and now are compelled to help in the
universal support of government. These are
the guys who are assisting to hold the levy off
::and- much against their will. And these are
;the guys who so joyously lend a hand to expand
the straw bladder.
I/ t Him (Jo 1»y
The farmers of X» rth Carolina, now on the
lupgrade from poverty and bankruptcy; the men
and women who hold job.- in the storts, offices,
i mills and factories; the home-owner who has
| been given a chance to achieve for himself and
I family; the steady conservative citizen who does
I not want to get into a State-mess like Georgia
iand Kentucky and Louisiana are experiencing,
jhad best let this smooth-tongued stranger go
by and not fall for his wild, impossible PRO
GRAM which means danger to the State.
"Beware of the Greeks who come bearing gifts,"
and beware of an inexperienced, impractical
and visionary youth who promises things which
he cannot do.
Cashing In On the Ether
The most able disinterested fiscal authori-
I ; es say the Dr.'s Program, while costing $20,-
•00,000, can possibly only pr duce sß,oM>,ooo,
i ven allowing him to levy occupational taxes on
farmers and laboring classes and his new privi
lege tax to be laid on the merchants. How he
' vill be able to raise s'lT.on i.uou more can
j possibly be explained at the .Muscle Shoals
icftrate factory where fertilizer is said to be
' maufactured from the air. ;
Can North Carolina Afford To Elect Him
Governor?
Ido not think so. The signs indicate al
ready that he is slipping. There is a whole
; world of difference in a loose straw vote partic
ipated in by many Republicans, and a sober
serious responsibility to be assumed at the
ballot boxes by the Democratic yeomanry of a
great State.
In my humble opinion it would be the
religious duty of the electorate to cateh this
political comet and skyrocket him back to that
opaque obscurity from which he emerged so
| luminously when he began paying taxes and
|voting the Democratic ticket in North Carolina
[preparatory to his gubernatorial quest.
I do not believe that North Carolina with its
splendid past can afford Dr. McDonald. The
glory of other days, our immortal traditions,
our sacred ideals, our regard for the safety of
the future citizenship as well as the present,
these I believe will deter us on June 6 from Dr!
McDonald.
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