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PAGE FOUR HENDERSON DAILY DISPATCH fctiMtoM AU—« !«. **>4. PakU*kt4 »TWT AftMMM Em*** *M<»r ir ___ ■■IIDERiON PI9PAICI Cto- I*o. ■I 1» Yoanv Mmt PNRY A, DENNUB. Pres. and Editor L. FINriH, Sec-Troa* and Bus. Mgr. TK LBPHONBS Editorial Os tic* Society Editor Business Office Ths Henderson Daily Dispatch is a pieraber of the Associated Proa*. N«w«- Mper Enterprise Association, South ern Newspaper Publisher* Association and ths North Carolina Press Associa- Associated Press Is e*<rtsstvsir •at it led to use for republication all •ews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. ▲ll rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. •ÜBScmwioa prices. Payable Strielly 1« Adraaee, •as Tear *••• ■ls Months m* Tbrse Months *.M P*r Copy ♦ •*» NOTICE TO SL’IISCItIBBRE. Look at the printed label, on yonr aaper The date thereon shows when Ike subscription expires. 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A GREAT CONTRAST: For evil do ers ahaM be cult off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inher it the earth. —Psalm 37: 9. •‘BROADENING THE TAX BASE.” {From The Winston-Salem Journal ) A five per cent, general sales tax in North Carolina, now proposed by the more extreme advocates of this inequitable form of taxation, would be broadening the tax base with a vengeance. Th's proposal only serves o empha- Blze the truth of our contention two years ago, when a two per cent, tax on gross sales was narrowly averted In this State. We said then that if a legislature should levy a two per cent, sales tax there was no reason why it should not levy a five per cent, or ten per cent, sales tax They haven’t gone as high as 10 per cent. yet. But they have gone to five. Give them time and they will go the limit in their program of “broad ening the tax base,” provided the peo ple do not stop them. By “them” we mean, of course, those Who are fighting for the sales tax in order to shift the tax burden from thetr own large property holdings and ibig incomes to the shoulders of the average man and woman, who would ibe forced to pay taxes on the neces sities of life North Carolina is not the only Btale, however, that is afflicted with thte ‘‘broaden -1 h~ t<ax4ba.sof ’ prop rf ganda. Even the great State of New York, where more wealth and incomes and property —tangible and intangible —is concentrated than in any other spot in America, the politicians are also hard at work now broadening the tax base. "Extraordinary conditions compel unusual adjustments/’ says the gov ernor of New York, defending the 1933 budget, which calls for a new tax on small incomes and a retail sales tax. Hitting back at the governor, the New York World-Telegram retorts: "No so strikingly ‘unusual.’ Noth ing is more usual, alas, than meet ing desperate need of public funds by adjustments broadening the basis of taxation «o that small incomes will carry more of the load. “The ‘little fellow’ is always moot numerous Alho he can be made to •pay his taxes with least protest and bother. He is a-god-send to hand-up governments.” The World-Telegram then goes on to show the effect of the new tax on} the average family. Und,er the pro-: posed plan, the married person with two children and an income of $5,000 would pay next year a total state in come tax of $34. “figured in a flamily budget of strict necessities and on top of other taxes, does that SB4 represent the samq proportional hardship borne by a per* veon with SIOO,OOO income whose state income tax next year would be ss,i 602? “Who will maintain that It does,” asks the New York paper, and adds: i ‘“Broadening the tax base’ Is the easiest way in state or federal field. But i-t is still far from equitable. Nor, is there justice in continuing to pro vide a refuge for higher bracket in comes in tax-exempt government se curities. “The retail sales tax proposal, more over, raises another grave question of the economic wisdom of further discouraging consumption when in creased consumption is the admitted major need. “We do not underestimate the gov ernor's difficulties. We beljeve he has honestly and carefully studied the problem. But we are loath to see the easiest ways of increasing taxes ac cepted simply because they are the easiest. We think the time has come ‘o protect the buying power of small incomes rather than to treat them as the surest, least resisting source of revenue “ What we should like to see are genuinely ‘unusual’ tax adjustments — that do not adjust the burdens mainly to shoulders near the bottom of the pyramid.” And this is precisely what we should like to see for North Carolina. AH that The World-Telegram has said about the new schemes to raise re venue in New York state can be said with equal truth about the tax plans now on foot in Raleigh. OTHERS ANEWS TIME TO DO THINGS To the Editor: lai this time of depression a howl otf pain arises from a certain number of our population every time something is mentioned which would tend to cause them to have to loosen their purse strings. It appears that those things which are essential and abset hiteliy necessary shouii be done now at a saving, rather than wait for the certain return of high prices, draw the biggest “kick” from some few perpetual grouchers. These “grouchers” in the most part consist of a class of taxpayers who have only selfish and commercial in terests at stake. They are afraid of any new project, although some of these projects would moat probably increase their material and intellect ual wealth in the future years. H. G. Wells has coined a new wor 4. “BUJp”, which describes these stumbling blocks in the pathway of progress at those who build up an artificial exterior, when, inside them selves, they know for a certainty that they are wrong, but continue to “bulp,” because they feel that per haps thye would lose a few cop per cents if they didtX. f This class of citizen makes up the tie-rope /that is holding back public progress, and are present in every town and hanrrtef, and these few, by simple bulldog tactics, have imKbued nto the mind of the average citizen that he cannot speak un/tll he has the permission of the sard “B»ulper. ” Now is the time for the citizens of this and other towns and communi ties who have been in the grips of such a aifcuakion to break away and do things on their own hook. This can be done only when an invincible initiative has been gained by each separate individual, and 'has reached the point where it wOll no longer be ti?d down and held bock. ALWYNN WHITTEN. Henderson, Feb. 17, 1933. TODAY TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1745—Count Alessandro Volta, fam ed Italian physicist, bom. Died March 5. 1827. I 1795 —George Peabody, American business man, London banker, belov ed philanthropist, born In Danvers, Mass. Died in London, Nov. 4, 1869. 1832—Octave Chamute, Chicago rail way engineer and constructor, pion eer aerial navigator and engineer, born iai France, Died Nov. 23, 1910. 1848—Louis Comfort Tiffany, one of America’s most noted artisls, son of the founder of the famed New York j:wehy house, bom in New York. Died there, Jan, 17, 1933. t 1855—Jean, Jules Jesse rand, for 22 years France’s Amfbaasador in Washi ngton, born. Died Jiuly 18, 1932. TODAY IN HISTORY 1546—Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died. 1861—Jefferean Davis, inaugurated president of (the Southern Confederacy at Montgomery. 1932—Manchuria declared independ ent. . •!. ... TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Homer Folks, noted New York so cial worker, bom at Hanover, Mich., ’ 60 years ago. < ,/ Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, president sf the Hartford, Conn., Senfcnary Foundation, born at Glastonbury, Conn 43 years ago. j Rt. Rev. Robert N. Spencer, P. E. bf»hop of Western Missouri, bom at Tunnel, N. Y., 56 years ago. '• m Arthur Goodrich, Hew York nove- Ilst-playwalght, born at New Britain, Corm-v 55 years ago. Sir Geoge Hen®che4 famous Brit ish xmiskaan., boro 83 years ago. Lt. Gen. Sr Henry Wilson, famed, English soJdier, born 74 years ago. TODAY’S HOROSCOPE This dlay produces a lover of good Works, and with a royal nature. With good powers otf persuasion, a skill of argument, there is the groundwork for a good lawyer or military officer. You are born a leader of men, but not with good fortune fr the as money. Wife Preservers A small triangle paper clip may be used for a bookmarker, ties this clip, also, to keep places in «ook book wbas moat used ipdam ' ’ HENDERSON, (N.C.) DAILY'DISPATCH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1083- Bombing ot Jgjtolen Warship I? A•* l v This spectacular picture, telephoned from Batavia to Amsterdam, trans mitted to London and radioed to New York, shows the actual explosion of a bomb aboard the Dutch battleship, De Zeven Provincien, which had been stolen by mutineers and held for several days. The bomb, dropped by a Dutch plane, killed 22 of the mutinous crew and injured 25 others, causing the surrender of the remaining mutineers. In background is the Dutch destroyer, “Piet Hein,” which had pursued the stolen battle ship from Kuta Baja, Sumatra, Seventeen planes were used in rounding no the stolen ship- Farmers Will Be Among First To Recover, Since They Have Reduced Debt Tax Relief Should Be Given, Babson Says, by Govern ment Economies, and 1933 Will Likely See Price Rise, Either by Natural Causes or Politics ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1933, Publishers Financial Bureau* Babson Park, Fla., Feb. 18.— The farmer’s plight is indeed serious.* How ever, to listen to all the gloomy talk one would imagine that utter ruin faces him, with no hope of recovery. This is not true. There is a brighter side to the.picture- First although he is now hard piessed, the farmer’ has been gradually reducing his debts for the past ten years whereas other in dustries and classes have been in creasing their debts. Second the far mer at least has a living so lon gas ‘he keeps his farm. He is better off than his city relatives who are out of work and starving for food. Third, the average amount which farmers pay in interest an dtaxes is no more than what tho average city worker, with a separate home, pays in inter est and taxes, or in rent. Fourth, farm prices are likely to rise during 1933 probably from natural causes, but if not, then from artificial political causes. Farmer Arone Has Reduced His Debts The farmer piled up his big debts in land speculation of 1918-1920- Since then he has been gradually reducing then;. In 1929 total farm indebtedness was nine per cent lower than in 1922. Contrast that with the increases in indebtedness of 48 per cent for other individuals 76 per cent for corpora tions 88 per cent for state and local governments, and 34 per cent for total debts of all classes. The farmers con stitute nearly one4mlf *he total pop ulation, but their total debts are only the total indebtedness of the country. This trend toward lower farm indebtedness is a funda mental, optimistic factor. Debt* got us into this depression; and those indus tries should improve first who are the first to lower their debts. One great relief to the farmer would be lower taxes- Farm taxes are too 'high .So are all other property taxes. There is no reason why w&al; estate whethr ft be a farm, or a city work er’s home, should pay two-thirds of all the taxes when real estate consti-' tutes only orie i -third of all the wealth /A more equitable system of taxes can and should, toe devised. Moreover,: ‘axes should be reduced by cutting out all waste, graft and extravagance, i The remedy lies through the ballot, not through “taxpayers’ strikes” and other unlawful acts. A holder of a mortgage has the legal and moral -right to insist that owners make every effort to pay taxes and interest. Creditors should, however, be lenient on maturities and principal payments Action of insurance companies in sus pending farm foreclosures during the emergency is praiseworthy, but that does not relieve the farmer of his clear duty to pay interest and taxes (Seventy per cent of such interest goes to savings bank depositors and life insurance policyholders, hundreds of thousands of whom are now unem ployed. Better Farm Prices In Prospect. The proposal now before Congress to have the government advance money to farmers with which to pay jjfciteftest pnd Jhsttailments on thecr Joans, may, if passed, temporarily ease the situation. However, any such legislation should toe carefully safeguarded. Otherwise it would be come an outright gift, and hence be grossfly unfair to all other classes as well as put the government in a worse financial hole than it now is in. Moreover such government loans mere ly postpone the settlment and do not cure the trouble- Real relief to the farmer can come only through high er prices for farm products. My be lief is that before 1938 is ended high er form prices will toe seen. This will come about either through the im provement, already evident, in the relation of supply and demand; or else by some legislative price-raising scheme. It will be far better for the farmer if this price rise comes through na tural causes rather than through leg islation; because in the first case the rise will be more likely to last, where as in the second case, like all arti ficial prioe-fixing schemes, any tem porary advantage would likely be of fset by later collapse. Farmers and others have been so occupied with lamenting the present ruinous prices that they have ignored the recent im provement in underlying figures of CROSS WORD PUZZLE ii" p 1 b ■ 11 ri"'! rrr s ,w^"Hr p fP i, i^ « i - is —.— ie ' I n <5 \S 1 ’ ~"po ~—“if “ifUII] Ai .. 42 _j — — HH —— - 1 f ’, ’.'> ; •• ■ T .i. 3. * * ... • S4' . 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People are so accustomed to talking of crop sur pluses that they forget there might be such a thing as crop shortages- Stocks of wheat on. hand in the Unit ed States are now 30 per cent below a year ago, and prospects are for a very short wheat crop this year. Cold storage holdings of meat, dairy pro ducts, pork, eggs, and other food stuffs are anywhere from 15 per cent to 60 per cent below the preceding five year average. Also prospects of the coming British debt settlement and the reopening of foreign mar kets are real bullish features for farm prices. - Farmer Will Overcome Depression. I have the highest regard for the farmer and believe he should be jgiven every reasonable help. How ever, in spite of the clamor of politi cians!, I do not believe the real Am erican farmer wants any government dole, nor does he want to take unfair advantage of his unemployed fellow- 10—Bent U —Paradise 12-o Anarchists 20—Masculine 23—Stray 24—Salutations 25—Saucy 26 — Beg earnestly 27 A dolt 20— Fling carelessly 30—A stocking 21— Water pitcher 33 —Senator from Florida 24—Foot-iike organ 36—Eagle 37—Menu 29 —A Christian festiva? 40— Combined 41— Describe, as » word 42 Dwelling 43 Story 44 — Unlock 45 Gazel v ' 4 7—Spoken ■ a. c \ 48—Valley 40—River in .Fstiu&d * ’ 50—Want Answer to nrovioui paysle. iaipi-ri KJaiflpl ESSE L RkUtiNE &JS2S. MaJrt) nist.n 1.U6 as-a-tilasaaCS sa&klau,ai.axx:£ xsxlsaaufeiai'E BHec-rwfes Ica^Ni rasSSlllliS aaaa xuxaga&s esSfi imrro lyghfellisi . imen in the cities, many of whom are worse off than he All he wants is a chance to keep his farm and to work out of this depression with as •litole interference as possible. The fundamental trends are turning grad ually in his favor. He will fight thro ugh with the same spirit of courage, integrity ,and independence that h‘s forefathers showed when they turn ed an unbroken frontier into the rich granary of the nation. Business, as estimated by the Bab sonchart, now stands at 13 per cent below a year ago. HOUSEDEFENDED BY ITS SPEAKER Harris Takes Floor To Re sent Charges by Duplin Representative Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. BY J. C. HASKRRVILL. Raleigh, Feb. 18. —There is prob ably not a more even-tempered, un ruffled and steady-irtfnded man an. the General Assembly than Speaker R- L. Harris, of Person county. In his long record in the General Assembly he has become noted for his coolness, his calm deliberation, his ability to size up a situation impersonally and to act accordingly dieflibedate precision. He is anything but excit able and has never been addicted to speech making or even to much talk. But Speaker Harris has always had a keen sense of justice and been a believer in fair play. From his past experience a sa member of the Gen eral Assembly he knows that the great majority of the membres work hard, are sincere and do the best they can to fulfill their duty to the people of the State. Hfe also knows that the various House committees, which he appointed, have been working harder than ever this session, if that is pos sible, to develop and expedite legisla tion. it did not take Speaker Harris long to descend from the speaker’s chair and take the floor in defense of members of the General Assembly and of the House in particular after Representative Hamp D- Williams, of Duplin, rose to a point of personal WANTED i 40 Passengers For Roosevelt-Gamer Inauguration Washington, D. C. —March 4 ss*oo Round Trip Must have 40 passengers to get this rate, Reservations must be made not later than February, 25. East Coast Stages Union Bus Station Phone 18 privilege Friday afternoon and assail ed the House for its lack of progress tand declared that “sinister influen ces” were at work to defeat impor tant legislation. This was the first time Speaker Harris had taken the floor this ses sion to address the House. It will pro bably be the last. He declared em phatically that no “sinister influen ces” were at work to defeat or im pede any pending legislation, defend ed the record of the House so far and moved that WSlliams’ statement be re called from the committee to which it had been referred and that it be tabled. Both motions were carried in a unanimous chorus of “ayes.” Speaker Harris is being widely com mended for his action- PRESENT SET-UP OF GAME LAWS WILL GO One Commissioner To Be Made To Sdrve Both in Department i>f , Ctttservation Daily Dispatch nur.'im, In the Sir Walter Hotel, BY J. O. SASKERVILI.. Raleigh, Feb. 18 —I: is now a fore gone conclusion that the joint game committee of the General Assembly will abolish the present set-up of the admiiniistratnon of tih* game and fish laws, butt there is miuch. difference of opinion as to whether it could be turned over to the Department of conservation and development with out providing that department with a game commisstioner. The oomanaktee is pretty well agreed that the present offices of the game warden) and the commissioner of in land fishing should be done away with and the work put under the sup ervision of the Department of Con servation and Developm erit. One group, however holds that the director of the department should be designat ed as game warden, While another contends that some provision should be made for the department board to elect a salaried game warden. Rep. Ewing and other members oi committee believe that the sportsmen of the State demand a ful time game wjarden.f The other camp claims that economic conditions demand thtftt the salary of the game warder be saved by putting his duties on the director of the board.
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