Axton Points OutBenefitsof Proposed Graduated Tax OnCigarette$lnPrices- - j ] - -r-v?' -7.*".;. ? and Wages To the Farmers and Workers That modest high-quality smoke? the 10-oervt cigarette?came into the nation's market in 1932 and pulled the cigarette business out of a deep slump In doing this it put thousands of to bacco factory workers back on pay rolls, gave hundreds of thousands of farmers s better market for their crop than they had enjoyed before, and restored some badly1 shrunken govern ment revenues. So speaks Colonel Wood F. Arton. president of Axton-Fisher Tobacco Company, in urging the people of twelve southeastern states produc ing cigarette tobacco to prevail upon Congress to put into effect a gradu Atfarf tAx on ci2arettes at this session* This graduated tax, proportioned to the retail price of cigarettes, will enable the 10-cent cigarette manu facturer to continue helpingthef arm er to get better prices for bis crop, to continue paying the tooacco factory worker a decent Hying wage, to con tinue boosting government revevues, and for himself, to earn^a very modest profit. "Putting a graduated tax on cigar ettes?in place of the present flat-rate tax of 6 cents a package regardless of retail price?would not be a depart ure from precedent," Colonel Axton declares. "There is already a gradu ated tax on oigars. It runs from J2 a thousand on cigars retailing at 5 cents, to $!3 a thousand on the high est-priced cigars of the same weight and size. Paying Biggest Tax "The hv-^ent cigarette today is pay ing the biggest percentage of tax of any article in America that I know of I " rfitaiHnir I O L'CIKi uu ca v\4mvw ?.. ^ at 10 cents. "What's the reason for the 10-cent cigarette? In 1931 and 1932 when every thing was down and practically 97 per cent of the business was In the hands of four big companies, the price on cigarettes was re ised 45 cents a thousand, less 10 and 2 per cent. "This raise was equivalent to 10 to 12 cents a pound on leaf tobacco, but the 1931 crop sold at possibly the low est price, quality considered, in thirty years. The reduction almost, equalled the raise ou the price of cigarettes. Produccion of cigarettes began to drop. "A few of us, knowing the consumer h3d to have cigarettes at a price he could afford, put on the market a 10 cent cigarette, allowing ourselves a very modest profit, but enough. "As a result cigarette sales jumped. The government collected more taxes fiscal year 1933-1963, although - * ere the poorest business years i Gantry has had in the recolleo ttou of man. "In order to drive the 10-cent cigar ette out of the market manufacturers of 15-cent higa.ettes early In 1933 cut the price of their product to 10 oents and 11 cents. The report was circu lated that the price of tobacco would be raised, so that makers of 10-cent cigarettes could not stay In business with their product. "But when the price of . hurley to bacco was sold at a price to average the farmer 4cents a pound more than he had received in the preceding year, we found we could still make a good cigarette to sell at 10 cents and still make our modest profit. "In the fall of 1933 the N.R.A. ad Justed tobacco workers' wages up ward in many plants?which should have been done long ago?and we shortened wage earners' hours. Price * "* '-1- ??thincjx: 01 IDStWlttlS Jiiv^coovu* w*?? >?p.,' put up our cost of doing business. "Then to carry outfits welfare pro gram, the government put a parity price on all tobaccos, applying a pro cessing tax. This tax, I want to make plain, is a just tax,because if anybody is entitled to better conditions it is the American farmer: MUUoaa for Growers "Of course all these items slashed our profits right to^the bone?but we are still selling cigarettes at 10 cents -a-package. ??? "Now I honestly believe this com petition- on- ifr- cent- cigarettes pro duced many millions of dollars for the grower, and will continue to produce millions of dollars for the grower as ! time goes oh. ,<r Mt>"* tA imaot tVin ricfl in DUt U.i UlUC/i 1/UIU1VVU VMV ? tobacco prices we njust have a slight I difference in the taxes' on cigarettes retailing for 10 cents and those re i tailing at two packs for 25 cents or at 15 cents a package. "If the tax on 10-cent cigarettes is cut 10 per cent; the government's re turn will be 1 |er cent less, provided 110-cent cigarettes compose.10 per cent of all cigarette* made. The govern ; merit's return will be 2 per cent less if 20 per cent of all cigarettes made are 10-centers. And the government's re turn will be-3 per cent less if 30 per cent of all cigarettes made are 10 centers. "?But this Is a fact: the cut in the government's return will be offset many timefs bytheincreased consump tion of cigarettes over what they would be if all cigarettes are forced ?to a higher price tftan 10 cents. "The farmer of course would fare much better because he would have real, genuine competition among buy ers'when he marketed his crop. The farmer will recall that,' when the four big companies cut their prices in January and February, 1988, and I whenmakers or 10-centers found they bad more tobacco than they could well use and dropped out of the mar ket?the price of bur ley went down at. once on the markets. Business For All . "In urging this graduated tax on cigarettes we are not trying to put xti""?- ?** ic rtrtn+ove Anf ? WltJ UlttliUi IfU1 y Ul itrvcuvvio v?*v of business, or'hurt them. Anybody in the industry can make 10-cent cig arettes, But if he does, he must be satisfied with very much smaller prof its than have heretofore been made in the business. The principal makers of 10-centers are today employing or ganized labor at wages agreed upon by the Tobacco Workers' Internation al Union, "When they tried to stop manu facture of 10-cent cigarettes, the four hig companies cut the price of their products CI. 19 a thousand.This meant they took more than C100,000,000 less money for their cigarettes than they had taken the previous year. "One of their spokesmen admitted at a hearing in Washington that they cut prices to drive out of business the 10-cent product and get rid of this ?competition. Ii they were willing to spend that huge sum?$100,000,000 in a single year?for that purpose, as admitted, certainly the cigurette con sumer and the farmer need the 10 * - xu > ie w center to compete wim me i^-uuiaoi. Evils of Monopolies "I believe sincerely that monopolies, and people doing business by com binations in restraint ot trade, have had more to do with bringing on the great depression than anything else we have had to centend with. Monop oly stif.es competition and raises pric es tcv consumers and lowers prices to producers until they can no longer bear the load that presses down on their backs." Colonel Axton clearly shows, in his statement, that10-cent cigarette man ufacture had benefitted tobacco farmers arid workers and will con tinue to do so. What benefits the farmers and workers in the cigarette tobacco producing states likewise benefits the butcher, the baker, th<. candle-stick maker in that large ter ritory. I The graduated tax on cigarettes in place of the present flat-rate tax will make, possible continued production of 10-cent cigarettes. The people should, for their own welfare, rally to the cause of the farmer, the tobacco worker, the 10-cent cigarette maker. They can do this to best effect by writing to their Congressmen at once and urge them to vote for the gradu ated tax. Immediate action is nec essary." Sees Good Results From Cotton Reduction In adapting North Carolina fann ing to 1934 conditions and acreage adjustments, farm people should look to a more abundant living, said Dean I. 0. Schacb, director of the Agricul tural Extension Service of State Col lege. "Fewer acres in cotton should mean more food in our smc&ehouses and pantries and on our tables," he said. "It should also mean that our hens and cattle and hogs, and work stock will be better fed. "And, perhaps of most importance in the long win, it shuold mean that we will devote more time and atten tion to enriching our soils." He called attention to the section" - - - - - . ? 1? it- i. of the cotton contract providing max rented acres shall be used only for food and feed crops for home use or for soil building and erosion-prevent ing crops. "This is the most import ant section of the contract," he de clared. ? ' "More food, more feed, more soii building?and in places the greatest of these is soil-building, for the soils of some sections need to be greatly improved before it can produce suf ficient feed and food to supply home demands or to make farming profita ble." To improve soil, the dean advocates ? - - * 1 * 1 Al. terracing1 ana noerai use 01 com sum mer and winter legumes. Some Timely Farm j Questions Answered At State College QUESTION:?What variety of cabbage and peas are best for early spring planting in Eastern Carolina? ANSWER:?The Early Jersey Wakefield or Charleston Wakefield varieties of cabbages have given best results. Frost proof.plants of these , varieties may be planted ft* the open as early as February 15 tas far west ? ? n DAHm? till IWCimpiani) UllUlUlU, uvnowt Lincoln and Gaston counties. For SMS, the smooth-seeded varieties such as the Alaska are best as those varieties with wrinkled seeds will not germinate in very cold soil. QUESTION:?What treatment is recommended for Irish potato seed before planting1? ANSWER:?AH potatoes showing ' M J AfMite KUrnj.' *0 ?honM he discarded before any treatment is gin* If the potatcaa hare:, small, Mack, hard bodier the surface or \- AaMLIU--- ?? ? ~ * . ? 4. ?.-??_--i ?" J.-..- - -1 black areas and soft spots all such potatoes for 1 to. 1% hours. Dry t the potatoes immediately after soak- t ing. Where potatoes are in a healthy t condition they should be soaked in a ] formaldehyde solution (one pint for- $ maldehyde to 30 gallons of water) c for one to one and one-half hours, j Always treat potatoes and wash and t dry before cutting. : t . 7 j Steady Continuance In j Prices Of Commodities \ ?"??? * < Washington, Feb. 8;?^Capital ob- j servers believe the'reeorded improve- t ment in the price level of commodi ties has been-the prime factor in the increased optimism reflected in all of the end of January commercial J J - * - ' ? ind industrial reports. A compilation >y the National Fertilizer! Associa ion, whose index is marked "excel ent" by the Federal Reserve Board, ihows that textiles were up 62.9 par ent from the last week of January .932. In like manner foods other han fats and oils were up 26.9 per ent, grain feeds and livestock had tdvanced 41.1 percent, and fuel was m 22.fi nereentl The entire index, vhich is based on 476 individual com nodities, was up 22.1 percent from ixactly a year ago, to a level 69.5 jercent of the 1926-1928 average for ill commodities. NOW IS THE TIME TO RE-Nfl* YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! ? ^ iii t ? x * m. _? , - K? -vi A KV - jn Prance," hu reached the tinnnek et f^tubc, - Ht | J kae Z>V art ? S^SSCS&SSk ] Urn }<**? .ft wooidbm it fe hi* J laatilycooked American food* are not ^ "I <Hc U proud of hi* many recipe* irinf freah dated coffee u ? flavor, rbe fotlowing b hb own tetania for i "ParfaitMaka": PARFAIT MOKA .-f A' ^ - ? Exports For December Broke 20-Year Record Washington, Feb. 8.?For the first time in 20 years, American exports in December were larger than in the proceeding month, according to an nouncement of the United States De partment of Commerce. December 1938 exports were valued at .192 million dollars, an increase of 4 per cent over November. Ordinarily a decline of 8 percent Js registered. At the same time imports were valued at 133 million dollars, a gain of 4 percent instead of the usual 1 percent drop. This gain resulted en tirely from liquor imports, In the first 6 months of 1933, exports slumped 20 percent under the first 3 months ? of 1932, with similar drop in imports. The last 6 months of 1933 showed a complete reversal. Ex ports jumped 30.4 percent over the last 6 months of 1932, and imports for that period increased 48.8 per cent. Between the first and last half of 1938 the value of exports ad vanced 50.3 percent and the value of imports 44.8 percent. Expansion was laid to the rising level of busir ness activity at home attributable to NRA and by depreciation of dollar, exchange. E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist, rec ommends scattering about 30 pounds of clean oat, wheat or rye straw over each 100 yards of tobacco bed. The straw seems to have a beneficial ef fect in controlling downy mildew. Lincoln County farmers "are paying their 1933 taxes with wheat rental checks and payments on their option cotton. During the past week about $18,000 in cash has been received by farmers of the county. * Spies without a country. Revealing story of how military secrets were stolen and sold to enemy countries. One of many facinating stories on February 11 in The American Week ly, the magazine which comes each Sunday with the Baltimore Tmerican. Buy your copy from your favorite newsdealer or newsboy. I How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat Lost Her Prominent Hips, Double Chin, Sluggishnessv < Gained Physical Vigor? . A Shapely Figure If you're fat?first remove the causa Take one half teaspoonful of KRUSCHEN SALTS in a glass of hot water every morning?in 3 weeks get on the scales and note how many pounds of fat have vanished. Notice also that you have gained in energy?your skin is crearer?you feel younger in body?KRUSCHEN will give any fat person a joyous sur prisa Get an 85c bottle of KRUSCHEN SALTS from any leading druggists anywhere in America (lasts 4 weeks). If this first bottle doesn't convince you this is the easiest, safest and surest way to lose fat?your money gladly returned. 1 - 1 ' ? " NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power of sole contained in that section 2688 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina, the town of Fannville will on March 3, 1934 at 12 o'clock noon j sell to the highest bidder (bidding to begin at fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars) for cash the following describ ed real property: Lying and being in the. town of Farmville, the county of Pitt and the State of North Carolina on the South western corner of the intersection of Griramersburg and Contentnea Sts., beginning at said intersection and running westerly along Contentnea St. 196.5 feet to Mrs. Lula Joyner's j line; thence in a southerly direction j along Mrs. Lula Joyner's line 80 feet' to the northwestern corner of W. A. McAdams lot; thence :n a easterly iirection along line of W. A. Mo Adams 194 feet to Contentnea St.; Thence in a northerly direction along Contentnea St. 80 feet to the begin ning, being a part of the W. H. Moore property acquired by the town of Farmvillf by deed from R. T. Mar tin, Commissioner, of record in Book D-19 page 229 of the Pitt County Registry . This the Slut day of January, 1984. THE TOWN OF FARMVTLLE. John B. Lewis, Attorney. 4t _ . ? Most for your MONEY in a good laxative Thedford'a BLACK-DRAUGHT Iwt bee . highly regarded for a .. km, tojg time, but it It better "jlfffflfittfl ma tiMtt-erer before. People are fcuytef everything more carefully today. They count every penny of the In buying Black-Draught, thfey get the most ' tor their money. ifc ? good, effec tire, msy to talrti made ~"-jpi approved plants, de? pendablt for the relief of mdtoaljt constipation troubles. For CUUren, got plouant-tosUng ( mVP ot ThrAfard't Biaek-Drwtght, >* Why Kill the tone thai Lay? the Gtlden Eggsl . __ j_. ~ ? -taj J^W Cotton growers planting five acres or less may reduce their crop by two acres or grow no cotton at all this year and receive rental and parity payments for the reduction. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as administratrix' of the estate of H. C. Cobb, deceased, late of Pitt County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said de ceased to exhibit them to t-he under on or before January 12, 1935, or this signed at Farmville, North Carolina, notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immedi ate payment This the 10th day of January, 1934. MRS, PEPITA COBB, Administratrix of Estete of H. C. Cobb. John Hill Paylor, Attorney. 6wks NOTICE OF RE-SALE i i Under and by virtue of an order ' of the Superior Court of Pitt County, ( made in the exparte proceeding en titled J. W. Redick, Admr., Estate ; Susan L. Smith, deceased, and others, exparte, the undersigned Commission- j' er will on Saturday, February 17, 1934, at 12 o'clock Noon, at the courthouse door in Greenville, N. C., offer for sale to the highest , bidder for Cash, (bidding to begin at $1,580.25), that certain tract or par- ( eel of lard, lying and being in the , Town ef Farmville, County of Pitt, j, State of North Carolina, and describ ed as follows:? * I Beginning at the intersection of | Church Street and Contentnea Street, and running in a Southerly direction 205 feet more or less, to line of Reide Lang Monk, thence in a Westerly di rection 100 feet more or less, to line if J. M. Hobgood, thence with line of J. M. Hobgood, in a Northerly direc tion 205 feet more or less to Church Street, thence with Church Street Easterly direction 100 feet more or less to the beginning. Reference is made to deed from Henry Joyner and wife Alice Joyner to Christiana Moore dated December 10th, 1868 and duly in D/wriofmr nf Pl'ff 11 n f T, I CLU1UCU Hi iVCgiovi j vi * <v? in Book A-19 page 110. Being that portion of said lot remaining after conveyance from A. T. Smith and wife Sue Smith to J. M. Hobgood, dated December 12th, 1919, and re corded in Book S-12 page 565 Pitt County Registry. The bidder will be required to make a deposit of ten percent of his bid. This the 2nd day of February, 1934. JOHN HILL PAYLOR, Commissioner. BfeHLfv99^^l ? MHHk v1* . S\ ?^>? <?<v T?d? UB your alick thln\\ ^6% a<f tire* for Quick-Stopping V\ Jr_v^ sc*- A*v i HEW 1914 \\ *%*%<:** i GOODYEAR > J ALL-WEATHERS ' **?20 B Up?Less .^JPgS'SSfli M trade-in | AllowanceBKBSKr^tSm I Car Washing Polishing and Greasing EXIDE Batteries Exchange and up. * Strater, Battery and Generator Repairing. I a ? ? # You've heard and we've heard a lot of tire claims but here are facts straight from Akron: The Good year people have completed more than 8,400 stop ping tests on automatically-braked cars equipped . with various makes of tires both new and worn. By accurate measurements on wet slippery pavement, i ? smooth tires slide 77% farther than new Goodyear All-Weathers urnl other new non-skid tires slide i 14% to 19% farther than the Goodyears. These figures check with the experience of our Goodyear - customers and ourselves. How safe are your tires ? todav? t , ? * ? ?"r ? i." ' * ' - f Prices subject to change without notice and io any state sales tax EARMVIllE SERVICE STATION W. C. WOOTEN, Manager ROAD SERVICE?Call 35 FARMVILLE, N. C. Good Used Tires $1 up Expert Tire VoktaMM Tl - |?

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