El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23


was appointed 10 this position At a
sasary of $50 a month, and the de-
tails OF the fund which sustains this
office in Washington are set forth in
this article under the head Of the fl
nance department Mr.. Happier has
been a tremendous assistance 10 tie
bus mess interests Of FL PasO In con-
nectlum with military Affairs, leEis-
latiYe matters and the high line
canal, and the business men WIN are
contributing toward the ma intenancs
OF this department arG highly graft
fled at the results
Expert Help on Tax Laws.
This income tax laws are cnmpn-
Gated as most everyone XXI ows- They
ae q special study N themselves and
tho average man has neither the time
nor inclination to make a thorough
study q the income tax and other
internal revenue laws An income
tax expert. who thoroughly knows
tha law. can save the business men
a great zeal OF worry, and what is
mere iniT ortant, a great deal OF
money.
In any field OF work a person be-
cones q 81 ecialfst only when ne con-
fines himself to one particular branch
OF work and makes thorough study
OF Il The United States government
realized this fact. and in the fan or
1917. when the revenue OF 1917 be-
came EALEELAhG ana Lle EAElll nuns
were cut down so that the income tax
affected all single persons earning
over $1,000. large force Of men were
engaged By the government 10 aid
the. public and to collect the tax.
These men were sent 10 school by the
government and had to qualify as ex-
perts. Every phase OF the law was
studied and the men were called in
from time TO time and new features
Of the law discussed and studied
strict examination had to be passed
by the men called in in orde- that
thew classify as experts and be in a
position to handle the work in the
field
J. A Carvel. a government expert
In the income tax and other inter-
nal revenue laws. recently resigned
and has gone into business for him
self as a qualified expert in the in
come tax. excess profits, and other
Internal revenue laws Mr.. Carvel
has made a special offer to members
Of the FL Paso chamber Of commerce
and the Tri-State Association or cred
IL Men. Having been educated by the
government and qualified IS an ex-
pert in this field. Mr. Carvel Is in
position to give the taxpayer the ben
eft Of his knowledge and experience,
save him worry and money HIS prop
osition TO the members Of the cham
Der of commerce and Iri-State AssO-
citation Of Credit Men IS to give them
one years service under contract The
contract specifies that he viii make
all internal revenue reports and give
expert a iNlce in all internal revenue
matters during the year. Ar. Car
wells schedule Of rates under contract
was published in the Manufactures
Bulletin. issued by the chamber Of
commerce lIr. Carvel speaks Spanish
fluently. which VIII no doubt be Of
great assistance to the Spanish speak
ing citizens OF Ell Paso. He has 10
Gated his office in room II. chamber
Of commerce building, and his work
is regarded as an auxiliary Depart
ment TO the chamber Of commerce.
Traffic ma Transportation.
When A Z. Tadlock. traffic man
ager OF the Ell Paso chamber OF COM
merce came here, there was. in reality
no such thing as a traffic depart
ment Of the chamber Of commerce.
We had very few tariffs and did not
have any other Of the equipment nee
sssary for the operation Of a traffic
department. The first step which
II Tadlock took was that Of procur-
ing tariffs. The next step was that
Of surveying the situation at FL Paso
the traffic department would under-
take TO do Accordingly, on April 5,
We announced that we would under
take to bring about an Improvement
in the TRANSFORMATION service into and
out Of FL Paso: that we would check
freight bills for all FL Paso shippers.
free Of charge. that we would quote
rates for him. free Of charge: that
we would trace their delayed ship
ments. free Of charge. and that we
would, so far as possible, under con-