Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-15
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SECRETARY of the Treasury Houston advises Congress make
changes the law He would out the
of the The execution of
this suggestion would of big hole the income
receipts At time Houston and other heads of federal
departments asked for appropriations larger than they
To make up of the deficit caused by increased
expenditures decreased Houston would
the of $4,000 and LESS by SO
That would reach about not exempt under the
law would place added and heavy burden
nearly every worker and bis family.
But this does satisfy ouston He asks Congress
every gallon of gaone place heavier burdens
bile buyers upon heatergoers of tobacco chewing
gum soaps perfumes medicinal articles He suggests add
iOnal tax of $2OOOOOo on candy
CLEAR insight Housons idea may be cleaned from
parson of his proposed He asks
salary under SIS 00 SO but he asks
larger salary $5 900 $OOoO be increased but
IS ouon idea being supposed that the smaller
the the larger the proportion of the additional burden be
borne
The proposed by Houston oppressive They
imposed idea of placing the additional burdens should
able to bear them but those from whom will be
for the to collect 10 Secretary Houston it
doesn't matter the burdens squtaby distributed
Jumped upon what collectors have labelled the marks
that u.s. small income easily traced and easily taken
The less you make the more they takei
IN ITO days more than $50 passed through betting
machines of the four big Maryland racetracks.
While the ponies were running farmers begging banks
for extension OF and business cities Tor adj
donal capital but the ponies kept running and the bees
kept on betting
The civilization that has plenty OF ready for the
track and little for the field and factory which might be i'm
than passing it through betings machines
THE steamer Tuscan arrives in cargo 49,
100000 eggs from Hankow, China.
But housewives in danger having these passed
off them the product of American hens Chinese
broken before being exported They then frozen into solid
sometimes scrambled often with the yolks and whites
would drive dealer explain and argue enough
sell such product to the with market basket
the Chinese to bakeries and similar trades
Family-amp philosophers will wonder why the Chinese do
their without breaking them and enter into keen
explains that in the she'll break easily shipment
and that would be distressing problem if oooooo eggs
got broken in the hold of trans Pacific freighter ,
But that just the Chinaman ab The real for ship
ping in the knockdown is that Chinese eggs much
housewives particularly those who often wonder if wouldn't be
fairer to sell eggs by weight
The American hen has the American spirit and lays the
big No wonder she cackes so loudly.
LERE little chat between your vng3 Yes.
Well maybe last Christmas you didn't go home Maybe you
just couldn't Or just the usual Christmas box That WASH
Try giving yourself your mother for just the day.
has been said that the exchange of Christmas
day be made cheerful old futile old farce Ism
just possible that mother be beginning think that Christmas
Day futile old farce unless cheered bit by the
Anyhow whether you make point home for Christ
and write mother telling her that this time it
will be impossible to there remember h That all Christmas
Day through there will be face the window and mother hop
ing hoping against fate that the big bulk of her boy will loom
through the snowHakes mother hope while there
life you know.
One imagine Mrs Harding chatting Mrs Wilson
the and making mental for the living
Tweny6ye ago John D. Rockefeller 1000 barrels
Of apples New York hospitals and probably got publicity
than than for the millions he away the other day
Shopping early gives time think of lot more gift
that should be bought
Charlie Chaplin has been York incognto
If his pants fit he's thoroughly discussed
The FIRE. rolled Chnas gift cigars must have died
long ago but his deadly work goes