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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1934 THE WAYNESYILLE MolNTAfcNEER Page 3 5 License Tag Fee Would Wreck . . .! c t in state tiignva ojsieiu, savs meatier In Reply To Political Addresses Ha rrii t I . LllK' :ll t ar. i :i lli M. Berry, Secretary, N 1 Kads Association realm; a speech recently muue -i ..-K.ue before the Repubmcan Convention by Mr. Clifford f G'cervboro, I was amazed ..i o think that any re c en of North Carolina v 'i ai -.nought or information j t. r. advocate a proposal .-ild wreck the State -v-tem on the altar of po uinbitiun. Our highway sys t'ie jireatesl service which the i fivinK our People- whether in iinculture, trade, nniu e : serving the doctor vu-' quicklv reach his patient t. rem. 'test coves of the moun- 'u'li-nn possible a great rural i vtem by the use of buses; irn the farmer to receive his : p.ii parcel pom a " -leliveiy of his products even to ,. markets; widening the trade u . . . "ory oi our mnoiam Tic law of W21 was founded m a i-'r't i justice ami fairness and in ,,.,..! .0 every county fair treatment. -itieularly held out. in the draft , ..f the act. for minority re pre. ,.7- i'ion on the commission and the --..- ,.f participation for every coun- r..wever remote it imgni ue uym iio centers of population or uiuicuuiea I ....--truction it might present. I ;nc frequently heme Frank Page l., would build roads where ....ifd regardless of politics or re K ir that where physical conditions; , .-iut:eil and traltic justified it, all i 4M hare and share alike. The ;. pul l'can counties of the west with h,i'- wonderous, but difficult moun ...t,.. requiring costly construction lVe Uen served. How would they ..-uiuitv without their tourists? The ii-w ter counties of the east, with irgc Republican population, have . ..p jjiven expensive roads and bridg - mating easy of access their re-...,-t U'.iehes. The State itself has ,ui umlii'd and welded into a veal at,. both physically and spiritually .v tjvc ribbon o concrete and as ,.hu: and the motorist i.s getting i mtvi.c which he now takes for . ranted but which ten years ago he i' ln't Ik'Ii.'V,. )Hs-i))le of achievement. let's analyse Mr. Krazier's propo .... of a Hat $" license tag for all (whether Ford or Rolls Royce) Mi- .lake Newell s proposal ot : tag. Ihc average price now ignl tor all motor vehicles is 1 1 (J.v M r. ! rax.ier would 'cut tnis ....nvimnti'lv :i third and Mr. Xew- i .... i ..... .i much more. 1 he revenue ueriveu m this source 11033) was approxi- n-iti Iv sr.r(M,00(), from gas tax $14, .Miii.iitKi, totalling $20,000,000 per an num. . What .ire the duties and responsi- lities now imposed on the Highway ommission .' 1. Maintenance of 10,430 miles of State highways. Maintenance and betterment of is. 000 miles of county road. :i. t are and use, so far as possible, f approMinately 8,000 prisoners, state .mil county, . 1. l-.nginee. ing service for construc !:iiii ..h. Federal. aid projects or any !., w projects that may be authorized V..M Federal-State funds. . M l I 1 VNCK FUND NOW FAR I ' 1 o DANGER POINT counties spent $9,000,000 per i the county system alone. The mtiMilored an adequate main- fund on 0.000 miles of State s , i()0 000. legislature of 1033 reduced the maintenance fund for both State and intv highways, care of the entire !;.-"ii population, to $7,500,000, less iv !"( 10,000 than the counties used 'ti the county highways alone. The .( -lilt in the last year has' been that nanv nl our expensive highways have lost rapidly in their surface values l or i.verv dollar saved. I should say iv.-: 10 in the ..luc oi l continuance of this :n three io live years. ui.-rut'lion of our hikth- a dirt load would be the State has ir.e roads, policy would mean absolute wav system and a boulevard in comparison to broken down concrete and asphalt roads. For Mr. Fiazier's information, 1 would say the amount of bonds issued by the State for highways amounted to 1 l,",OU0,O0U inste..d of $S5,000, 000 as he was quoted a saying. '"!-' is also reported to have advocated no more construction until the bonds are paid. With uninterrupted payments, this will occur in lOOo, 31 years; hence Perhaps Ml' F.v.zier has all the ro.uiv he neeiis in tiuilford. but is he i unfair having been rerveu liit. as to deprive his friends in Wilkes or Avery or Mitchell or t'hci -ukee a like advantage'.' In all lair- ness to the people who have not neon so fortunate as Mr. Lazier in being first i.t the feat, the Stat,, shuulil continue to match Fedeial Aid for new and re-con -t ruction for thoe who have waiteil with such patience, ami u.-e whatever funds which may have accrued from the raid on the maiii ten.;iice fund by the lOo.'i legislature-, to bring back to standard roads which have deteriorated through inadequate maintenance during the present bi ennium as well as further extend the usefulness of the State highway system. Debt .-ei vice per vo.tr (slight advances until 19;S7 $;,UOO,000 Minimum sum for mainten ance (including state and countv highways and pris on costs) 10.000,000 Maintaining and reconstruc ting citv streets traversed by state highway) 1,000.000 The North Carolina Sales Tax BY Capus M. Waynu-k. State Senator and Director National Reemplov nunt Set ice for N. C. levy, and when property '.axes threat . i- , ,,n:i , a: i,.ti i t' Mime the state has no ch lice out lo continue the colitis-1 i of M'lin , or relent U.warils all. It Mollis a matte of common consent j ;h;t ad a'.iieiii taxe for support of j re -'.-.to catin, llu At l kes : alt adopti '.en. n , w no will Carol :iu. ,-anity m this civ.1 IN HV1TABLB ii il bil I Til, Ti Total $20,000,000 With an anticipated increase in rev enue fo.- 1034. we should be able to match Federal Aid and gradually ex tend to tho.-e who are now clamor ing for it in each ot tht, 100 counties. In his advocacy of a reduced in come, what woulil Mr. Frazier sac. rilice'.' Would he return to the counties' and the now .fiver-burdened, home own ers ami fa.niers the 1N,00U 'miles, of county highways, when the 'State Highway ( 'uiumisshui has dciiioii st.ated that it can do a better jidi for h At the money spent', .by. the counties'.' Siliely lie would not again have that plaintiv,. refrain) "property sold for taxes," go forth again in the land? Would he have the State Highway System, regarded as the finest in the land, saerjtiod for a political slogan and dump North Carolina into a quagmire of a broken-down transpor tation system, plus a possible uctauit in the State's obligations; in other Words, economic chaos? When all is said and done, Mr. Frazier. this is an economic question, not a political one, and the person or party responsible for bringing about such an unthinkable state of affairs Woulil b,. regarded by. this and future generations as Public Knemy No. .1 once the people came to realize that they had sold the birthright for a few paltry dollars. , The did "carpet- bagger" bonds foisted upon this slat,, in a by-gone day have cost Us plenty ill the sale of our bonds, as it furnished the bankers of Wall Street a stick to crick over nu? heads in the matter of .interest rates. Would h( return to the count ies and overburdened General Fund of the .state all prisoners, at an oper ating deficit? Sinelv Mr. F razor of Guilford, you would not set back the hands of the clock ten years and jeopardize the greatest -service North Carolina has rendered her people? The average motorist, if he re- AND THEY NEVER INTERFERE WITH HEALTHY NERVES. WRECK. In the campaign in which tne 1.0 member; of the li'3o general asseiiiulj will be chosen, much will be heard ,n denudation of the present fiscal pol.cy cf the state. 1 lie sales tax win ix condemned and its repeal demandm. Appeals will be nnuie to the si.t-liiterc.-t of those bearing heavy U. loads. There wiil be more speakirs giving tile voters (UpenJable uispa:. siunate facts about the state's a f fa '.is. et when th tumult dies, 1 am con fident men will be ill office do their duty by North There is a saving state. TAX LOAD IS Taxation is the issue obscuring all others in the campaign. 1 believe the people aie convinced the costs of stats ;overniucnt have been reduced to iow level, that compensation for of ficer and teachers is too low for the most conscienceless campaigner to get far in advocacy of further reductions. Vet by a queer power of self-mesmerism.' some say they ar,. still con vineed the tax load imposed by the .state can be greatly reduced in 1035. Others do not foresee reduction but :i,k.w!ite relief for the distressed tax payer by transferring the load to the other fellow- Reduction is made ful'th. cr more unlikely by the fact that the Lend of the day is toward a greater social service by the state and a coiise uuent greater outlay by the common treasury. The problem, then, is not so much one of reducing the expenditures of the state as it is th,, elimination of waste, the promotion of efficiency in government and the proper distribu tion of the costs. WHY T11K SA1.KS TAX? Propagandists charge the governor :,nd gene.al assembly of 1033 with grossly blundering in the enactment of the sales tax. They say it was foisted uuon the neopl,. by repre sentatives incompetent in their. trust and inllucnced by predatory interests. Consider the plight of the state government when the last general as sembly met. A ilelicit had accumu lated 'for three years to mount to 1 1 (Hill. (10(10 in .lune. 10,'i3. 'The people weio g.oaning under the tax loud and demanding relief. Property tax payers in thousands of cases had thrown up their h amis in despair and quit trying, to meet the levies. Outside creditors were roluotlantly renewing the state's notes and de manding the highest legal rate of interest, lieneal industrial and com mercial conditions were extremely had. before the revenue plan was adopted, all the banks throughout the country h:i il I'losa'd When the issue was drawn, the legislator had to decide whether, to vote for a measure which held out uinii.i ri,ii.siiiiabli hone to restore the state's c.edit and preserve its essen tial plblic.se: vices, or Whether to cling to an old system under which the state wa s plunging .further and further to wards financial, chaos. That was the issue the governor and .general as sembly faced ami resolved. It was only after long weik- of arduous search for 'another way out, that the assembly became convinced of the inexorable character of the choice which had already forced itself on th,. members f the linance com mittee. .SOMF. APPAKKNT UKSI'I.TS What of results? The .slate's-credit has been restored and it... comities are in demand at a re-so'imiilo inter est fate.' The-school- are oreti to a North Carolina- children '.and' other essential public services are being rendered, even though under condi tions frequently punishing t" the pub lic servant. An argument against the sales tax that it would accelerate the rate bankruptcy among merchants. nkruptcies have -decreased, because in ss is better. We liml many merchant.' are withdrawing more or less quiet.lv from active co-operation with the anti-sales tax force.-. am not contending the sales, tax increased the merchant's: business saved' -him' from bankruptcy, 1 not suggesting the sales tax has caused tbe volume ot trade in .xortn Carolina to increase at a faster rate than that, of Virginia m th,, very month.- w hen prophets of disaster said business would be going to Vir- nia. do'suomit however, as a. reason cir.clusion tint restored confi- a a:;ty vf the state lo !:-,..... lal and moral obliga n.ui much to do w ith stim-.au.-tiy. and inspiring public M hae concluded that the mos hazardous, prospect before lht. state 1 ti'.c po-s-iblc effect on business e-t' : i.ow -oilamed hunt for revenue to op i rate the state government and th public schools. IN ACCORD WITH NKW HKA1. The theory under w hich the state administration, a well a- '. a- n . '.ional. is now proceeding, .bat a greater Inlying lower ai..-: io dis tributed among th,. people. Tile new dil'J oi I'ii.-ldellt P.oo.-o-velt includes a more abundant u--tributio.n of the benefits, of l.-.bor. liiixeinor Khrmghaus has given hiin-,-ell w .'. a passionate desotion to ad vancing the siiine high purpose in North (,'ai'olma. Witness his co-operation with the federal program, ir. leadership m jna curing better price -for tobacco and other crops. I'he buying -power of the peopU ot tins state has been uu-rea.-ed gaveiii nient eil'oit. many tunes the wlude siiles tax bill. Isn't It a better policy to wo k for a fair distribution of buying powei among all the peopl,, and the i-stab-lishment of a oread, tax ba.-e. than to look only to concent i ated wealth for support of the state wlnU the people aie left headed toward- a au dition not unlike serfdom.' SALFS TAX IS F.FI'Ki Some publicists spread 1 1 the sales tax has l ilc.l t. the estimated revenue. What facts? The highes' estimate nuc from a o per $'.1,000,000 and th SS JOo'dOO when - modities were exeiup The first .-ix colli i $3.31T,74."i. and it is to expect the I L' no double that amount, is not unlikely the lii $7,000 OHO f,.r the d t iU.cs and their tax -cut na state in the larger m rcentage of the cro-s income ot pcOiUam- than does N When taxes rise- rate v a need and, as a!was 1 ays the bills. I'onsider the oilier The-o produce i s can be as the t ratVn w .11 bear known point ,n the loading, defeats its own purpose b; public utility rth Carolina, must te ad-tiu- consumei corporal ions taxed as much but at an un-. taxation I encour- i aging a transfer of operation to other! states. Our franchise and other) levus are h.gb now. Const ruct lve n .-t.itesinansbdi will not clo-e the divir to i paii.-ion of industry. This does not forbid strict examination to de termine whether tbo-e abl,, to pay are poking all they should to the sup port of the state The state ha- a constitutional limit , n income taxes, set at ti per cent of th,. net. It has a constitutional bar to taxing small income It behooves all of us t 1 na-- innately, oil her v. h, public sen ice we are w pose an indirect or consumption tax than our sales tax would be a nation al levy on commodities with a er capita allocation of the income to the state. A '1 per cent tax of this sort would gise North Carolina for in stance, about $14 000,000 per year. Perhaps a better tax plan would be an almost universal income tax with graduated charges, coupled with the cor-1 taxation of tangible wealth and busi ness, but we are bailed I rum that re course by our constitution. All that I am suggesting i- the wi-dom of fac ing the facts about our case examin ing with care plans for a horse-trade in the middle of the emergency, and carrying on with courageous patri otism until improved gener.il condi tions help reduce our tax bunion. Pe.ie.-tiian (to boy leading mongrel pupt : "What ki is th..t my boy dog Hoy: "This Pedestrian: a police dog. l!oy: 'Nop v ice." 1 ,; t lie di aw ing emed friendship - a pnlic,. dog. That doe-ill h skin 1 of a k bke th. he -era -ecu d if ' 1 o insider dis iav. of the : to throw ro i cm nue levie- ire the secret ser- room the talk have be. ird it -aid." remarked Smith, "that in China friend s sealed by breaking a piece of aandoiie PACK Am I I iactorv in .m .-al tain b riv k charge produce e I he III e lax wa diiccd to Is.ic colli Mens brought in not unreasonable 'Nth.- to produce .! SC' ,tl:;.", -t'.HI. It nil i coord wil vear. Sho.rt be of be the -ta',i .inn! f u I wo md il'OU- o tax uld d -lmpl I'll I f tin I am alii ph., FIJI' sliVI it w o taa!' The un-ciontuic. in use that not FACTS iave sat 'oii of the s.-loiu is . ' 1 know lias what I he icitv. . adequate fairness better way to mi- Mr-, -hip china." Just then a tend tie crash was heard coming from the kitchen. "M'm!" murmured Mrs. Robinson, "it sounds- as if our maid is -a very special frind of ours." Th,, Bore: "I'm rather good at im ita'ion-. 1 imitate almost any bird viui c .n name." She ( stilling a yawn ): "How about a homing pigeon?" AN ORIMN ANl'F, t lialamed by th the :,.iiuo fo -I .nnliil! Hie and th., mark, but enough revenue L a vital consideration in n writing state s llscal policy. WAS IT TIIK FINAL RF.SORT? I subinit the only Jjjubt about the justice of asking for this general if'ii i.ribution to the public .-eivice arise from a question is t o w hot her t he si al i has allowed wealth to escape its fail share of the tax load, a- '.the - tat. turns to the masses of the' people-. Ian help in the sales tax. The stale is bound const it ut ioiiaflv to levy by uniform rule on real ami personal 'property when it levies ar! valoem. It cannot graduale tin .Ian. Feb. Feb. Aug. Aug. ( let , .lulv latere: ic and linpiaiveinent Improvement .a' I nipi o eiin nt J . liomls of . ipal amount of $a : If. Town ,:im mil namely : Hate Pun May IS. P.HM Fundi 1. I'.'-S Street 1 P.tJ'J Local I, P.'Ll'J I'unding 1 , 1 'J'-2 Si reel 1 mpt'" tn nt L r.l'.l',! Wilier livtoii loll 1 1 'I'.'.i St root 1, lOLYi Si reel 1 , ,. tax sliirn ielil be auiniiilly .Tevib.il. .am, .- pecified by' resolul ion. . M . A ': lalelllonl of ' an I is open I" public in I. This ordinance -llbllllllo.l to llio voler' . Tli..; foivii u.l- I'll 1 I Ml bl i .ny action or proceediiu .he . ommon. ed wil Inn thirty M 1 IIORIING TIIK 1SSI K OF $.".") ItONlDS Hoard of Aldermen of the 1'iiwii shall be issued to tin purpus. .000 UKIT NDlNt; Town of Waynosvillc. N. lavabli maximum of refunding the fo now or w ithiu oue aggregate prm llow ing Ixmds of vear hereafter, Maturity .luh .Ian Feb Fob. Feb Feb. lO.'i.T $1 1,000 '.('il'O iliprnvi lo pa cohort un 111 I ho pri al ai th cipal ali uialinei- ( let July 1 I jut ores ( of .and' amount 1,000 2.000 the to P.t.'U f o.ooo a l pooo 1,000. 1(100 i .oi i bonds .shall h('i'cafler ,bt of I lie innilicipa i.lj-Mn. aall lak hi v has' been ll'eet upon its passage led -with the clerk and shall not no :'.r, dav of May. 10-11 . and No. fJlHi-; May 10-17 ...... , .-, vims nas-e,l on til hod on the 10th '.lay of May, P,i:il. questioning the validity id said or.nnanee must lavs after iW first publication. hfuuyk; a. lovf, Town lerk Read "Today The 'ASHEjVILLE TIMES . J I T- J-.. 1 nzSi2J't As e TJx Sporr I xf Box V I A tivitf r VIA wri'V IJLIp3c News Today' SPtARTS! 20c Weekly (Daily--Address Circulation DyE season brings its different he TIMES gives you full LA Football. Baseball. Golf. Vwketball. All athletic ac-j-cly comment by feature our own Sports editors, ('t The TIMES Sports f ' . Fiic ' Delivered to Your Door. ' I ?t fil ,&t..&i , .st, v i wa.s of bus I has anil am our 1 al.lt nb car etc me that the r.-nd gas i onipare l(p un broKen concrete would c IM'W I M R. 'l'hf some by lic.ens ern i' n k- will realize paving in fees .bagatelle a.s s in life of his save, ga- .saving-, order. A few cut bv laggeo wear and tear any tax he may II ! wil ears oil he "is iv .-. is a men to his cost bills- time i - the old axles, tires and general n-t. more th .n paying. FK'A1 Kit f)F MKCKLKNP.L'G r,. i.s another Frazier iperat;fig from ( harlotte,. originally from Guil ford, (a. possible kinsman of Mr. ( lifford), certainly a kindred spirit, eeking to build up. memrx-rship m ort of automobile association preading the fetish of lowered tags in manv.fi ections c.f Wefl- orth fflrohnM. Annwrfintle not. troubling to inform himself as to but playing on the very human is leading the motorist .to -believe -s entitled to a lowered tag tax keeping the fact that this policy rftsult in verv shortlv deDrivintr the motorist of thp road service which has led to the investment of over $50,000,000 in motor vehicles in North Carolina, This effort to inform the people of North Carolina as to the true facts regarding our highway system is made passiblp through the generous co-operation of the press, who ren dered such valiant service in the passage of the original act. ihere be further discussions in future facts desi; he he but will It was a great record of leadership that Chevrolet made in . . . And this year, Wa even firctaer. Sale are already tliKiiHandu of cars ahead of last year. Puodm-tion is the largest in the iridmUry. And every day, from state ofler htate, romes tli; same n'jxTl on regis trations: Chrvroh is Imthnft all others! What's the reason for this -buiwbb? ' Tlie pictures tell the story. Chevnilet is tle only low-., pricrd ear with this winning com bination ff five features. Chev rolet is the only manufacturer who can say: CITEVROI.ET M01t)R COMPANY DETROIT, MICHIGAN COMBINATION OF FEATURES '''::::::':Y:'::::-'::':,:::':'":::''X C: ':.:::.:"' :V:''-';':!:.;:;:$;: not found In any othtr tow-priced car KNEE-ACTION WHEELS FULLY ENCLOSED AND WEATHERPROOF .. ii umirMii ii n, jiiiM in wit, ivmtimtFt jwmt l 1 80 HORSEPOWER- I I CABLE-CONTROLLED I 80 MILES PER HOUR BRAKES t "I i shock-proof ) BODIES BY FISHER STEERING p.iiiwwi"Vf V' "E ' Save with a Watkins Chvrolet Company ... ,11 T fl ,hone 75 Waynesville, n. u SC K I tides. - si: P T't 1 a
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