The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-27
CkLLISTER GRABS
LUEE'S FURNITURE
Says Protective Association
Man Is Making $4,000 a
Year Profits. 81.

Because Francis q. Luke. president
Of the Merchants Protective association.
refused TO pay an assessment on what
the government claims. 40 be ,ne net
profits or the company. In accordance
with a law passed last year. causing all
corporations TO pay percentage on
their net profits iu excess OF 5000. ~
an assessment. the internal revenue OIL
ficials levied against certain office
property i'm Mr.. Luke'E office. and Mon
day man and dray appeared at tho
office TO take away the property.
Mr.. Luke protested Eainst the prop
erty being taken. which included a
Eoldeu-oak desk. a mahogany filing
case. planotype machine and car
pet. but to no avail and the man Inn
mpdiately set 20 work 10 take MP the
carpet. In the meantime Luke went TO
see Internal Revenue Collector r. TT.
Callister. who appointed him keeper
or the property which had been levied
on until Novembe 3. until which time
he was given TO file an amended state
meut or the profits Of the corporation.
The internal revenue department fig
ured that the profits or Luke's compan ny
from his statement amounted 10 about
So. 900 a year. Mr Luke refused 90 paw
an assessment on this amount. contend
ing that it was not the profits OF thu
corporation, but his personal profits
The government would not see 80 the
same way, however. and. when ne re-
fused to pay the assessment, levied ON
D
perience or Monday.-Salt Lake Trib-
une September 20. 1910.
Uncle "a m got after the Standard oil.
the sugar combine. the meat trust. and
the railroads. now he rs after us. Who
dathotit. Well. there is nothing like
getting your name in the paper. but We
never supposed we would Eet our name
I I'm the paper because we collected too
much money iu one year. Uncle sam
would not have taxed ms anything IN
we had only confined our profits within
the s.. 600 limit. But we <ot very busy
| last year and collected a Tot OF money.
/ We are going to collect more money
/ this year.
We just collected claim FOR Martin
/ Nadel. 10 was an old note made On tue
] Wood River county twcnty-siN years
/ ago. The litigation over this claim
/ commenced in Utah I'm the Justice
/ court and ended en- the supreme court
/ or the state or Idaho. The leht was
/ originally $3.50. You can imagine how
I much 90 took TO settle. Martin Nadel
was in the clothing business IN salt
] Lake city a number of wears after leav-
] ing Wood River. lie Isl now back at
I Bellevue. Idaho. doing we'll
There is more pleasure in the collec-
tion business than I'm any other busl-
ness I'm the world. There is always
I something doing. no monotouv. We
I collected money for nearly $4,000 cli-
cnts scattered from Africa TO Alaska.
] We collect an kinds or claims AMI
handle all kinds Of cases. We recently
I obtained a divorce FOR one OF our FOR
mer employees. and az another time coll
lected over $4,000 from the railroad for
I a Mrs Msry y. Frew Of Syracuse. Utah.
FOR the death or her husband. Turn in
/ your claims or every kind and we will
I collect some money Tor YOU.
| We are giving a solid gold watch
and chain with diamond settings FREQ
I OF charge TO the lady who turns in tho
greatest number or claims and volume
or business before 10 y. m. October IS.
1910.
This watch and chain is on exhibition
az Daynes Jewelrv store. les South
/ Main street. II is beauty. The sec
ond prize is $4,000 I'm cash. only ladies'
can enter this contest. Their names
are not published. but each one has q,
/ number. The men can help the ladies
II they want TO by turning iu claims
/ TO be credited 90 a certain number.
Every body viii help the ladies gather in
honest debts for collection. and every
body likes TO help MS collect them.
Merchants Protective Association.
Scientific Collectors Of Honest Debts. F,
Rooms. Commercial Block. salt Lake
city. Utah.
FRANCIS 6. LUKE. General Manager.
some People Don't Like Us"