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A COMPLETE DELIVERANCE: De
liver me from blood guiltiness, O God,
thou God of my and my
ton«' e shall sing aloud of my right
eousness. —Psalm 51: 11.
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.
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' ’ HENDERSON, (N.C.) DAILY'DISPATCH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1083-
Bombing ot Jgjtolen Warship I?
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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
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18— Weary
19 — Senator from Florida
21 —Years of adolescence
22— Asserts 24— Frightens
28 — bailor (coUo(p)
29 Feminine pronoun
32 Not prose
33 Supplied with sustenance
34 A farm implement
35 Epochs 36—As of oki
37 — Stop
38— Enclosure for swine
39 Before (poet.)
40— Chief 41—A leopard
43— Ancient Homan outer gar
ments
46—Resident of Cordova
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52 — Embrace
53 Rage 54—Demise
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supply and demann. 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-
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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?
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41— Describe, as » word
42 Dwelling
43 Story
44 — Unlock
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50—Want
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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
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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.