News-Journal PUBLISHED EVERV^FRIDAY AT RAEFORD N. INSCRIPTION RATES ^• $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE It QICKSON Editoi Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the post office of Raeford, N. ’ C., under Act of March 3 1879. THE relief the FARM NEEDS. The Charlotte Observer, M'hich i.s in fact an observer as well a.^ in name, has been driving some thought to the farmer’s plight and to the possibilities of relief from the tribulations that have overta ken farm and everybodyelse, but particularly, the farm, and the Observer figures on taxa- ation. In the la.st 25 years, from its statements, our taxes have increased 700 per cent, our population about 50 . per cent, that-is to say our tax es have increased 14 times as much as our population, and the total at thg present time of all .state, national- and local taxation annually is close to six billion dollars. Worse than that insupportable burden the taxes are still rising. Taxes have increased to 14 times what they were 25 years ago, according to the fi gures the Observer has pre sented. To understand the plight of the farmer it- is only neces.sary to say that in the 25 years the'prices of his com modities have increased in some things to double the prices'at the beginning of the period while in some things the increase is. barely nomi nal-. The prices of cotton and tobacco this year promise to be not much higher than dur ing the average low years of the past, although the taxes are 14 times higher. Tobacco, furnishes an example. If the farmer turned over to the state and/ national govern ments all the money he gets for the sale of his tobacco it would not pay half the amount levied against tobac co in taxes. The tobacco crop of last year, sold for $285,- 583,000. The tobacco tax was almost half a billion dollars, or almost double the value of \be crop as sold by the farms. There is what kills the tobac co farmer. Take a parallel pos sibility. Suppose the cotton farmer faced a tax of $100 on every fifty-dollar bale of cot ton sold. How long would the farmer and the countrj'^ survive? Or the steel mill pay ing a tax of $60 on ever ton of rails sold for $30, or what ever the price of rails n:\ight be, or the lumberman paying $40 tax on every thousand feet of lumber sold for $20. No industry" can thrive when singled out' to carry such enormous abnormal burdens. Then along comes another form of crucifying the farmer with taxes, A few days ago the papers were telling of some sales of land for taxes in an adjoining (^nunty. With the rest was a pathetic story of an old negro who saw his land offered for sale for pos sibly twenty dollars in taxes. He could not pay .the amount, but some friends among his white neighbors paid the mon ey for him and saved him from losing his place. But lie were not an. old story repeatedT.eveiy' year in all the counties. Land is sold for taxes, and n farm worth $2,000 may be sold for thirty or forty dollars to se cure that’ amount to pay the taxes. The unrighteousness of the whole thing is -seen readily if we follow it a lit tle way. If the farm will not sell for more than say $40, it is preposterous to collect $40 in taxes on it. And the price the farm brings is the best evidence in the world of the value of the place. A farm that is sold froni its owner for $40 should have assessed against it not $40, but proba bly a dollar or two. To take from a man his farm as his contribution to the year’s tax es is simply a confiscation of the whole property, and it is hard to imagine an^hing that is more inexcusable or more like absolute piracy. How the constitution of North Carolina can be interpreted to sanction such blackjacking is incon ceivable. Probably three-fourth of 4Jie evils that beset the far mer can be traced directly to the plainly unfair and bur densome taxes laid on his shoulders, and the uneven chance he has to get for his products a reasonable price as compared with what he has to pay for- what he buys. Ev erybody is taxed to pay all these vast sums, and from the consumer comes the indirect taxes like the tobacco tax, but money thus taken makes it more difficult for the con sumer to buy, and thus les sens the price and the market for what the farmer makes. Last year North Carolina raised approximately $100,- ^00,000 worth of tobacco. It is one of our boasts" that the $200,0001000 in taxes on the tobacco manufactured in this state, or . twice as much as ^he crop was worth. ’And with this, state taxes on tobacco Jn one foirin >br,. another added morew ' The’ drop this year seems likely to bring less, but the taxes wall be the same dr maybe larger. That looks like the hole the pig went out un der the fence.—^The Pilot. CAMP PRESENTED O. A. Weaver^ of Thomaston^ Ga., announced the donation of three hudred acres on Pine Mountain^ 20 miies from Griffin and ten miles from Thomaston to the Flint River Council Boy Scouts. The site ex tends from th€| top of Pine Mountain to the valley below. A cold Spring ont op of the mountain and a clear stream at the base make it an ideal camp site. It will be improved with perma nent buildings and a large lake will be built at the foot of the mountain. It is planned to make the camp not only a recreation place for t^e bays^ but a game and bird preserve. J.M. Molder is Scout Executive for the Flint River Council. There are 18 troops in tlm/area^ representing half a dozen towns. New • troops will shortly be formed in three other towns in the area. , ■Miss Lorena Andrews left for 'Greensboro W’ednesd^y^ where she will enter N. C. C. 'V^. Mr. Robert Looper^ of the U. S. Marine Corps^ is visiting his moth er, Mrs. J. P. Smith. NOTICE! By oredr of the County' Board of Education on the 8th day of Sep-, tember^ a rward of $25 is op!ered for sufficient evidence to convict the party or parties for damages to the school building at Mount Pleasant in Little River Township. Hoke county. GIVE you Ice of the “lasting’ kind . ■. . crystal clear. Daily without fail. Just get your card And better still a book of tickets. liPCKUPCil MILUNIi I WE CD. I have reduced the prices of my entire stock. I haye based them on It) cents cot ton. I have bought the best merchandise that money can buy and am 6ffering it at the lowest prices you have seen in many years. Come in and see for yourself. ISRAEL MANN FURNITURE PRICES ARE THE LOWEST IN PRICE THEY § HAVE BEEN IN FIFTEEN YEARS! J‘3^- "PETTY SERVICE You will have no delays or long waits when you bring your car to ii.- for repairs. We give “peppy” service. Your car will al ways be ready when inoniised. Our workman are' EXPERTS. Our PRICES are RIGHT. Let US care for-yOUR Car. Look over our display of Living Room, pining Room and Bedroom Suites and you will find what you want at prices that will surprise you. We have § a nice new' line for your every need and we invite your inspection. We sell the Majestic Radios—*‘The THIBBOTBS RAEFORD, N. C. !(■ i b: 3 Mighty Monarch of the Air.’* Reeford c iture Co. Phone 217 ■ '.'. 1 . - i' Just Arrived A CAR LOAD OF POULTRY FEED, DAIRY FEED. HOC . FEED, TANKAGE, MILL FEED. / Start feeding your hogs, poultry and cattle now and; get. them in good condition for the cold weather later. McNEILL GROCERY COMPANY THE SANITARY FOOD MARKET t Or Raeford Fish Market Next to Raeford WholesalCi I-, Help For Cotton Farmers The N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, through the aid of the Federal Farm Board and the American Cotton Cooperative 'Association, is now ad vancing 90 per cent of the average price being paid for cotton on the local markets. PRESENT ADVANCE NINE CENTS If, however, your cotton grades better than- mid- ling 7-8”, you will receive a second check as an ad- , ditional advance on grades and staples. NO CALLS FOR MARGIN There will not be any calls for margin if the price of cotton should decline. In other words, there will ^ be no comeback on the producer when he puts his cotton in the seasonal pool. We borrow money at extremely low rates of in terest, now only 4 per cent. I Our storage and Insurance rates are very low. NO HANGOVER FROM 1929 CROP Cotton upon which we advanced 16c last season has been taken over by the Stabilization Corporation. Members who delivered cotton better than middling /-8 will receive additional payments amounting to $175,000. There will be no loss, either to the Association or its members, if this cotton is hnally sold for less than the amount advanced. Don’t Force Your Cotton On An Unwill ing Market. All farmers know that cotton is selling less than the cost of production. Judging the future by the past, they also know that coton' will bring a better price if held off of this depressed market. 14,000,000 bales is not more, than the World will consume at at a fair price, if marketed in the proper way. ■ SELL YOUR COTTON AND KEEP IT I TOO.” Whether you raise one hale or 5,000 bales, it will pay you to join the ..Cotton Association and receive as first payment approximately what your cotton .would bring on the street. AND YOU WILL STTT f OWN THE COTTON. . For information, see or phone our.field representative A. D. ENNETT, Laurinburg, N. C. Raeford Warehouse Jesse Gibson, Dundarrach W. T. Boseman, Rockfish Edinburg Gin Co. Montrose Ginning Co. R. F. Stewart, Adder North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association RALEIGH, N. C. r tV^ . '' V| : ■/'- ■f ♦ ♦ -‘4| I 4^ » '-I -■Nl (L i il ■■•ll '' I |K k' 1%

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