Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17

mans 10 force obedience of the reve-
nue. statute. Special deputies, gath
cred from all parts Of the country, are
going through q special school in or
der that the bureau can make sure of
the enforcement of the law. These
agents will soon be sent into the states
to organize special forces to ferret
out offenders, large and small. and
press the prosecutions in the federal
courts.
To get ready for the drive against
the vendors failing to comply with the
law, Commissioner Williams called to
Washington corps of revenue agents,
and they are studying special course
OF instruction on the provisions of the
law and the proper way to obtain evil
dence against violators.
Flying Squadron Trained.
These agents are about ready to re-
turn to their states, where each will
pass along the knowledge he has
acquired at the school here and from
the persons enrolled in the local
schools there will be organized flying
squadrons to descend upon refresh
ment booths, drug stores and the other
places from which the government
collects 10 per cent on each sale of
soft drink.
No rigid enforcement of the law has
been required in the past, the govern
ment officials winking. possibly, at viO-
latiOnS because of the fact that many
vendors We're not familiar with the
law and might violate its provisions
innOcently. But with the beginning of
the new fiscal year in July, Mr.. Will
liams has felt that the time has come
TO press for more general cOmpli-
ance with the revenue statute regard
ing the soft drinks.
Under the law the tax must be paid
by the consumer, and the seller gets
into trouble not because Of failure to
pay the tax but for failure TO collect
it from buyer. A maximum penalty
of $4,000 fine and Imprisonment for
one year is prescribed for the wilful
evasion of the law. Vendors also are
required TO keep daily record sheets
showing the number of sales and the
amount of tax collected on each.
Where no cash register or check sys-
TEN is employed it Is required by the
revenue bureau that separate re-
ceptacle be kept TO hold the collec-
lions as they are made with each sale.
More Giant Redwoods Saved
Acceptance by the department of
the interior, through John Barton
Payne, secretary of the interior,
and Stephan It. Mather, director
of the NATIONAL park service, of
deed for tract of 100 acres in
Giant forest, California, will preserve
for future generations a group of the
largest and Oldest trees in the world.
The donor was the National Geo
graphic society, and the presenta-
ton was made BY Gilbert Grosyenor,
its president.
A member of the National Geo
graphic society, who had long been
interested in the efforts of the society
to preserve the big trees, subscribed
$4,000 toward their purchase. Pars
of the Giant forest was purchased In
1916, when the National Geographic
society supplemented a congressional
appropriation by a gift of $4,000. At
that time GIT acres of the forest were
bought. The society has been untir-
ing in it's efforts to save the Giant
Seuuoias from devastation. The lat
h. mo- nj
ests is known as the Tharp tract.
There is still one area which Is not
under control Ct the government.
An enumeration of the Giant Sc
quota trees in the latest addition has
not been made. One of the giants Is
said to be as large as the famous
Sherman tree, known widely as the
slIper-giant of the towering timber
land and One-half as high as me
Washington monument. The Sher-
man tree has a girth of approximate
Nv 36 feet. There are other trees In
! the tract which exceed the height of
that 279-foot giant, but few which
approach its girth.
Not Surpassed Anywhere In World.
In submitting a favorable report on
resolution directing the secretary
of the interior to make an fnvestiga-
ton and submit a report as to secur-
ing a stand of typical redwood trees
as a national park, the committee on
nublic lands said that in height ana
in quantity of material. as we'll as
in the beauty and density of their
forests. the trees were probably I'M
surpassed by any other forest in the
world. The committees report, which
was adopted by the recent session or
congress and under which the secre-
tary of the interior IS carrying for
ward the investigation designated,
pointed out further that as these trees
are more than 1000 years old they
are among the oldest living things on
the earth.
"They are natures monuments, well
worthy of preservation" the commit
tee said. "These forests are unques-
tionably among the most admirable
things in nature on our continent.
All will readily agree that typical
stands of these trees should be pre-
served for the enjoyment, inspiration
and admiration of future generations.
The greatest stands of these trees are
located in the valley. comparatively
accessible and where the rapid en-
croachment of the 1oggers Is threat
ening the determination of this
noblest type. Any successful effort
70 save them must be made within
the comparatively near future. The
fre-resisting qualities of redwood, II
slightly aided by removal of dead I'M
derbrush. will render any forest Sc
lected practically immune from the
fire hazard"
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