Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-21
FIVE FOREIGN
COUNTRIES ON
i CREDIT LIST

washington, Sept 21.-Five foreign
countries come within. the credit re-
5qairtment' of section 222 of the rev.
}ehut act of 1913 which will permit |
snelr nationals to be credited with the |
smoun OF income tax paid to their
owl governmentsfint the compu, alton
soL american income tax, the treasury
Hnese countries are Bulgaria. Canada,
sataiy' Newfoundland aid Salvador.
The "r~equirement' 10 simply that
such countries shall credit Ameri-
cans resident thera with the amount
sof income taxes they nave paid to. the
United States government.
y Similar credit. requirements Of the
United States, however, are not sat-:
isfied by Argentine, Bahama. BEL
GUM. Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia, Bra
I'll, Chile, China, Costa Rira, ECUADOR,
Egypt. Finland, France, Great Brit-
ain INT Ireland, Guatemala, Hcrze.
goVina, India, Jamaica, japan, Mon
u negro, Morocco, New Zea:and, Nj
icaFagua. Persia, Peru, Portugal. Hu-
mania, Santa Domingo, Serbia, Siam,
sSWeden, switzerland and Venezuela.
Citizens of ..hess countries in the
United States are required to pay the
full amount of their taxes here. :
A citizen of a country not listed
by the bureau is compelled by the
regulations to prove that his country
satisfies the similar credit requires
ments in order to escape payment.
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WANT MORE FARMERS.
Toxic, Aug. observation-disclosures
ing to the Kokusai News agency the
fJapan-Mexican Industrial company,
organized by leading Japanese resi-
dents In California in 1912 with a cap
sital Of 100000 has exploited q
large tract of land extending for sew
eral thousand acres in Mexico, the
value Of the land being estimated at
over $1,5OO,O0O, with a view to invi.-
ing Japanese emigrants to engage in
agricultural work..
1t is stated that the district is gen.
3rally fertile and Its climatic condi-
ton is highly adapted to the cultiva-
ton of rice, vegetables and other
agricultural produce. In addition. to
the promising conditions suited to the
purpose Of Japanese agricultural emil
the Mexicans are described as well
coming Japanese farmers who will be
! given the freedom of landownership
and citizenship. !.
~ The company has recently opened
80 branch. office at Toxic. with the OBJ
ject. of collecting a lumber of agri-
cultural e%tnigrants required for the
'1ACWlv -cAplOAlcu pldfILdLAOi~1I III pug
session. To those who become share
holders Of. the company by. investing
d sum Of X5OO or more in the new
shares the company proposes to lease
20 acres OF lam free of charge. u
HAWAIIANs NOT INTERESTED.
Honolulu, T. H., Sept. 11.-(Mail)
+Wo1nen in Hawaii have been slow
to AXE advantage of the granting of
suffrage to theft sex. Since the Off
cial proclamation Of suffrage. barely
800 have registered out OF ar estimat-
ed total number Of eligible In Homo
.lulu Of 5000.
=. "At the present rate Of registration
among women" said County Clerk
.Kalaukotani, mot more than 1900
will enroll out of the total number"
\ official notification of the proc
5Mmatibn of equal suffrage was slow
m"feachihg Hawaii. The Associated
Press wireless. service carried new
dispatches OF the event within a cou-
pie Of hours after 1t was a fact, and
aftef waiting a couple of days, Mayot
J. H. Wilson OF Honolulu instructed
the city land county clerk to go aheai
With. registration Of women on tht
authority of the Associated Press dis.
patches. The mayor issued his order
Saturday, August 20, and Saturda,
tight the official notification arrivet
from Washington.
JAPs ORGANIZE.
Toxic, Aug. 24.-(Mail)-Aftel