The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-25
CALLISTER CRABS
LUKE'S FURNITURE
SAYS Protective Association
Man Is Making $4,000 a
Year Profits.

Because Francis O.. Luke. president
or che Merchants Protective association.
refused 20 pay an assessment on what
tho government claims 90 be the net
profits of the company. I'm accordance
with a. law passed last year. causing all
corpora lions 20 pay a percentage on
their net profits iu excess of $4,000. as
ar assessment. the Internal revenue Of
fieIHIF levied AGAINST certain office
property iu AIR. Luke's office. and Mon
Car man and "a drav appeared az the
office FOB take away the property.
llr. Luke protected against the prop
crtv being taken. which included a
r0Idcu-C1S desk. n mahogany filing
case. "a plauotypc machine and car
pet. but Co mo- avail. and the man i'm
modiatnIr SCI 60 work to take up the
carpet. Iu tho meantime Luke went TO
see Internal Revenue Collector r. a..
Cafiietrr. who appointed him keeper
o. the property which had uceu levied
on uufU November o. until which time
Doc was given to file an amended state
mont or tHc profits or the corporation.
The internal revenue department fig
urri that thc profits on Lulze's company
from HiE statement amounted 60 about
s15.0oo q year. Mr. Luke refused % pay
nu assess u1eut ON this amount contend
iur that 90 was not the profits OF the
corporation. but bis personal profits.
Tho government would not sec 90 the
came way. however. and when De re-
fused tu paw the assessment. levied on
his property. which resulted in the exc
ucricu,e or Moud1v.-Salt Lake Trib-
ur-. september 90. 1910.
Uncle sam rot after the Standard OIL
fre sugar combine. the meat trust. and
tire railroads. now DO is after ue. Who
datr0tit Well there is nothing like
getting YOUR name In the paper. but we
never supposed we would get our name
Oh the rr Drr because we collected too
much money iu one year. Uncle sam
would not have frTed us anything 10
We bad only confined our profits within
the S. goo limit But we got very busy
last year and collected a i't Of money.
We arc going Co collect more money
fhae year.
we Just collected claim for Martin
Eadei. ne was orr old note made I'm fhe
Wood River county tventv-siV years
nro. Tho litigation over fhis claim
commenced i0 Utah fu the Justices
court and ended in the supreme court
or the state of Idaho. The leht was
originally S57.50. You can imagine how
much 90 q Ok t1 settle. Martin Nadei
was iu che clothing business I'm salt
Lake City number N years after leave
fur WOOD River TIE iT now back at
Bellevue. Idaho. doing wcL
There fa more pleasure in the coiicc-
ti0n business than iu any other BUSH
ness i1 tho world There is always
something d0i-E. no mnuOtOnv. We
collected money Tor nearly $4,000 Gle
sufs scattered from Africa to- Alaska.
We collect an kinds on claims. and
handle an kiLds OF cases. We recently
obtained e. divorce Tor one or our for
rnrr employees. and at another time col
Iccfcd over $1,000 from che railroad FOR
81 Mrs Mary s. Trcw or Syracuse. Utah.
Tor the death % her husband. Turn in
your claims of every kind and we VIII
collect some money Tor you.
We arc Swing n solid sold watch
and chain with diamond settings free
Of charge Co the lady who turns iu the
rrrnfost number Of claims and volume
or business before DO p. M. October Is.
1910
This watch ord chain ie on exhibition
nf uavncs Jcwclry store. JOS South
Main street. 10 is "a beauty. The sec
oud prize is 5000 I'm cash. only ladies'
can enter this contest. Their names
are not published. but each one has n
number. The men can help the ladies
n they want 20 by turning in claims
TO Dc credited 20 "a certain number.
r.very body viii help the ladies gather fn
honest debts FOR collection. and every
body likes 90 help ms collect them.
Merchants Protective Association.
Scientific Collectors OF Honest Debts. 10
Rooms. Commercial Block, salt Lake
city. Utah.
FRANCIS @. LUKE. General Manager.
some People Don't Like U.s.