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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02
COSTS TWO
MILLION DOLLARS
TO COLLECT TAX
BusincSs Expert Shows That Present
Federal Tax Systems Are
Entirely Wrong.

In discussing business conditions
for March, Roger W. Babson, presi-
dent of the largest organization of
business advisors in the world, issues
the following statement:
During March the Babson Business
Index dropped from lOS to 9S. This
makes a total decline of 1872 from the
high point, 23O reached in January
1920.
In my opinion this March showing
is largely accounted for by our pres.
ent system of taxation.
The bank clearings, building per.
mits, and other figures now coming
out for the first two weeks Of March
indicate that the time and energy
which 100000 of our people have
given to preparing these reports re.
suited in loss of about 100000 ,00(
in sales, s55O,OOO,OOO in manufactur.
ing, and $5OO,O0O,O00 in other lines. Il
we add to this the time of bookkeep.
ers, accountants, government tax Off
cials, collectors, and inspectors, VIZ
have far greater loss.
Some will say "But think Of the
$4,000, 100000 the government will bt
able to spend this year" This Is
where we are all being fooled. If thu
amking out of these returns did no
cost one cent the country would no
be any better off. The whole process
is simply "robbing Peter to pay Paul
and the "robbing" costs the American
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

In spite of differences, there seems
some faint echo of that story in the
news that Miss Alice H. Lord, Olympic
high diver, Of Brooklyn, has announc-
ed her engagement to Richmond W.
Landon, of Salisbury, Mass, high jump
champion of the world Both young
people were anon gthe 800 American
athletes who sailed last July to take
part in the Olympic games. Young
Landon is still at Yale university and
Miss Lard is studying at the Sargent
Dramatic School
LUCY JEANNE PRICE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

an entertainment given by the Junior
League in an ultra-Spanish effect
created by Peggy Hoyt, who has since
been swamped with demands for SINH
lar frocks. So keen is the interest
among the smart women of New York
in the Spaninsh type of gown that the
Fifth avenue drossmakers are finding
1t almost impossible to secure an ade-
quate supply Of the fringe and beads
necessary to carry out the effect: In
addition, hats with the Spanish key
note are beginning to be seen and it
seems quite likely that even the fan
dango will be revived as popular
dance this summer.
Under the experienced sounding
title of Husbands and Wives the
youngest playwright extant Is to send
forth play under the skilled produc-
ing hand Of George M. Cohan. Off
hand, it would seem that Harold Stat
son, aged eighteen, would not know a
great deal about the complicated prob
lens of husbands and wives; but re-
nfembering what has happened tC
other plays by other authors when
they got into the well-known Georges
grasp, 1t may be that line or two de-
scribing the scenery attracted the pro.
duccd and he knew that he could sup
ply or divert anything which youth
had failed to touch with expert hand
Probably the Hudson has the Helle-
spont considerably beat on width al
that; sufficiently to make up for the
cup of COTE handed G. Washington
Taylor midstream in the act Of prov
ing his ioes and his prowess. Lillian
Tibbets is the dusky ladylove Of the
equally dusky G. Washington, ant
when she declared, one evening in heI
parlor in the Bronx that her hand ant
her love would go to whichever Of hel
two suitors first swan the Hudson
river, the tall. athletic @. ". wen
down to the shore and waited for
balmy day. A large and excited groul
of spectators watched him swim from
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

Memories of old Spain are brought
wildly to mind by the costumes being
created along Fifth avenue for spring
and summer wear. This is shown by
the unprecedented amount of fringe
and beads being used in everything
from the street 20 evening gowns. Miss
Dorothy Dickson, one Of New York's
best known stage celebrities forecast
cd the fashion when she appeared at
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham' S
Vegetable Compound, and now ! am in
the best of health and enjoy doing my
work every moment of the day. 1t
surely put life and pep into my sys-
tenn. - Mrs. L. M. DARRAs, DC Howard
St., De,YNit, Michigan.
It is MT always in business that a
woman Is forced to give up her work on
account of i'll health. tits quite as often
the woman who does her own work at
home. When backaches and headaches
drive out all ambition, when that bear
ing-down sensation attacks you, when
you are nervous and blue, the one great
help for such ailments is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Conrourd.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

the other side while his rivals friends
used telescopes to see that he didn't
touch the boat from which he was
given the cup Of coffe, half way across.
But the roar of applause meant moth
ing to G. Washington Taylor, whose
only words were. Lilly, where are
yo'?" when he touched the Jersey
shore. "Heah!" cried Lily and threw
herself into his dripping embrace.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

TO eat any break
fast and always COM
planned of a headache
or tired feeling which
at times required me
to stop my work and
rest. / have never
had a physician and
never took any medi-
cine for it until yours
was recommended to
me by a neighbor
whom / used to visit
froouoptlxy 7 tooL
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02
people about s2,OOO,OOO,OOO a year.

people about OOO,OOO,OOO a year.
I, of course, do not criticse the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and his staff. They have handled a
most difficult problem in an efficient
and impartial manner.
The American people, however,
should not fool themselves as to the
terrific cost of our present tax sys-
TEN in wasted money, lost time. and
retarded prosperity.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02
lewYor:A
Letter
hLmyJaan1zaR5ce

New York - New York has been
convented-if it ever had strayed from
the church. says Big Boil" Edwards,
Collector Of Internal Revenue. pretty
nearly every income tax return that
we have yet glimpsed, mentions under
contributions 81 week to church.
Now dollar week may not be the
expected tenth, but considering every
thing, it generally means serious in
terest in the church these days And
II a mans income tax return is not to
be taken seriously, what is?"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

After serving 20 years as a faster
for a tea company in New York City,
Leonard Beebe, age Sc, the Oldest tea
man in the country, Is retiring from
business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02
Don't Let Anything Keep You From
Seeing This Most Wonderful Picture
Saturday, April 2
$780, EVENING AND $500 nmrsson N
~ WV AD"A'0ioN ~

According to DR.. c. +. Pabst, former
coroner Of Brooklyn, and a specialist
on skin diseases the stock ticker, f.
nancial worries and business depres-
sion are making the nation grayhead-
a1
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

Bread, weighing from IA to 10
ounces Is now selling in many of the
bakeries of Kansas City, Mo-. for five
cents q loaf.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

The United States, though rapidly
killing off its fur bearing animals, i'm
ports annually as many furst as 1t pro-
duceS
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

Every once in while something
happens 10 justify the intriguing in
terest that hangs about the words,
little East Side cafe" And this time
It's something real indeed. For in an
obscure little East Side cafe" patron
ICED by Italian workingmen, has been
discovered the famous Francia Ma
donna, stolen from the National Art
Gallery In Bologna two years ago. The
cafe proprietor. like most Italians,
has an appreciation of art. When this
painting was offered him last year by
hungry, penniless immigrant, as Sc
curity for food and lodging, he realiz-
ed it was of unusual value, although
he didn't connect 1t with the missing
masterpiece. Word of its presence in
the face spread through the Italian
colony and reached the ears Of Cap
tain Piero Tozzi, war hero and artist,
spending the winter here. He made
the acquaintance of the cafe proprie-
tor and arranged the purchas of the
Madonna. 1t will be restored to the
Bologna CALLER ythis spring.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02

A new high record was set for a seat
on the New York Stock Exchange this
year when 100000 was paid.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-02
SHE TOOK HER
| FRIENDS ADVICE
Now is in the Best of Health
Because she took Lydia. E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Detroit, Mich. 81 was not feeling
we'll for several wears and never was able
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18
| Commons Rebel At
Taxing Conditions
lRy Associnted .Pressl

London, July 16--There is grow
ling spirit of revolt among che more
independent members, of Parliament
againstS the increasing frequency
with which, it is alleged, the govern
ment imposes taxation without CIV
ing due consideration to the rights
of the members of the House of
Commons to be consulted in such
matters. The distinguished soldier
and doughty political fighter, Cap
tain William Wedgwood Benn, had
just introduced in the House a bill
declaring that no tax should be lev
led for the use of the crown save by
the House of Commons. Captain
Wedgwood calls his bill the "Decla-
ration of Rights Act, 1921"
The bill is backed by Sir Donald
Maclean, Lord Robert Cecil and Sir
Frederick Banbury. Nobody mag
ines that it, has any chance of pass
ing but if it should ever come before
the house it will give some of the
revolters an opportunity to say what
they think about the governments
methods of raising money from the
taxpayers.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18

! Two years ago he signed con
tract for $1,OOO,OOO for single
years work. Newspaper mem ant
public generally were present, wher
the contract was signed. 1t stipu.
lated that he was to appear il
twelve different productions in the
course of the year, during which the
contract was in force, and he was to
receive monthly payments which
would total $1,0O0,000 by the end Of
the year.
4 This contract was accepted as be-
ling the high-water mark Of compen-
tsetion for a film actor. Newspaper
editors as well as many men in the
! film industry, openly declared that
lit would never again be equalled.
They pointed out that Chaplin was
then at the heighth of his populari-
jty and that the contract would be a
paying one for the company making
it, but that it could not be repeated
without disaster.
When that contract expired, As
ISOLATED First National Pictures,
Inc, made contract with the come
dian that was just fifty percent
greater in point Of compensation,
than the first one he had made. This
association Of exhibitors Stipulated
to pay him $1,O00,OOO for eight pic
lures, instead of the twelve, which
had been the basis of the first ST.
100000 cantract signed by Chaplin.
ga Dogs Life" and Shoulder
Arms" the first two pictures he pro-
.duced under this contract gained a
degree of popularity among Ameri-
can audiences that had never before
been attained, and speculation as to
what his next contract would call for
became current. That his time was
actually worth more than 100000
was an established fact.
Then Chaplin produced the million
dollar picture. -
After completing half his contract
with Associated First National Pic
lures, he voluntarily relinquished the
income he would receive from it, for
the purpose of working on the pro-
duction of "The Kid" which will be
the attraction at the Grand theater
beginning Monday. He devoted
twelve months of his time to the
making Of it, besides defraying all
the expenses of it himself There
does not have to be any conjecture
as to what the first six months of the
year he spent on the production cost
him, for he could have collected
100000 for them, under his contract
with Associated First National had
he chosen to do so. There is no rea-
son for thinking that he could not
have gotten an equal amount, if not
more, for the next six months of his
time which "The. KID occupied. 1t
is real million dollar picture in
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18
sCharlic Chaplin at the Grand on
Monday md Tuesday.

The million dollar motion picture
has become reality!
There have been such fabulous
claims hl regard to salaries paid to
motion picture actors, such state
liaents SIS to the amount of money
certain pictures cost to produce, that
the layfnan starts to wonder. Large
salaries have been paid and are still
being paid. Enormous amounts have
been spent in producing pictures,
but when an exact amount is men,
soned, It is often exaggerated on
the belief that the real amount is not
staggering enough to make real
impression.
Occasionally, however, IA contract
Is signed with an actor in such a
public Manner that there can be no
doubt AS to the authenticity of the
published Statement as to the salary
he Is Ito receive. Charlie Chaplin
has the. honor of being the highest
paid screen actor in the world and
the amount he has received is public
~ known
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18
"PEACE GROVE" IN MEXICO
is POOR FOLKS WOOD PILE
tBy Associated Pressl

tBy Associated Pressl
Ell Paso, Tex, July 16.-Mexican
children gathering frewood are Slow
ly wiping out a clump of cotton
wood trees northwest of Juarez,
Mexico, across the Rio Grande from
here, which has been known as
"Peace Grove" because it was there
that General Francisco l. Madero
agreed to a series of armistices
which preceded the end of his revo-
luton.
Approximately twenty-five trees
marked the historical spot in 1911.
Today, it is said, less than half this
number survive the raids of the chill
dren sent to search for fuel
The grove won its name in 1911
wien Madero led his troops against
the Juarez federal garrison, which
remained loyal to President Porf-
rio Diaz. The commander of the
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18
Nolle Age People
ouIad In Solomon
Group Of Islands

q
! London, July 16--People who are
+atili liying in the manner of the
stone Age are found ON Rennell Is
and III tue Solomon Group, Melan.
Isia, according to DR.. Northcote
i Deck, q missionary.
DE- Deck says there are only about
500 inhabitants, and because Of their
ISOLATION, through lack Of ships an
Ehorage, even their dialect has never
,een studied.
The natives only had implements
hid weapons of stone and wood when
BIZ. Deck first visited the island.
They showed great eagerness to bar
ter h6m6si1ade articles for anything
made of hon. ~
THE men are great fighters and
wrestlexs. Their throwing spears
have points made of human leg and
arm bones, and tipped with a bone
splinter designed to break off in the
wound says DR.. Deck.
They seemed to feel keenly the
inonotony of their isolation and
showed i Settled melancholy, both in
their faces and the cadence of their
voices Their only sort of music, to
which they dance, consists in the
taneless beating of log"
The teeth of flying foxes which
swarm il the caves on the island
seem II be the only form of curren-
HI known there.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18

point of cost.
The comedian is well satisfied that
the time was well spent. Associated
First National Pictures think the
same; and the approval which the
public has given "The Kid" where
yer it has been shown would seem
to give a sound basis to the assump-
ton that even pictures with such a
cost may be made profitable through
appreciation by theater goers.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18

A Chicago man says close view
Of swimming fish quiets the nerves
1t is unfortunate that we haven't
Noah's opinion on this subject.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18

garrison and Madero arranged sew
eral armistices under the trees Of
the grove.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-18

Let B. & B. DO IT." SGT
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-12
BANK ELECTS; BIG
INCREASE IN BUSINESS

BY Special Correspondent.
FORDS, Jan. 1.-THE share
holders of the Fords National bank
held their annual meeting in the
bank building yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of electing a new
board of directors and going over
reports for the coming year. Plans
were >also discussed for the future
progress and development of the
business of tbs bank in this place.
An inspection of the affairs of the
bank showed that business had
greatly increased during the past
year. and that the future looks as
though there will be a larger vol
ume of banking done in this place
during the present year.
The following is d list OF the
members of the bank elected to the
board of directors yesterday:
Abel Hansen, Walter #. Durham,
l.. w. Smith, John Egan. Max
Wurtzel, Leo Goldberger. Adolph
Greenbaum. Albert Leon, Charles
Safran. Melvin II. Clum and DIR.
l.. w. Bedeli.
A meeting of the organization
committee will be held at the bank
building tomorrow for the purpose
of Installing the newly appointed
officers. Their will be an
nounced after the meeting of the
committee and they have taken up
their duties. at the bank.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-12

not a copy. On the motion of Cou1-
Gilman Kvist the Old city treasurer
and collector the men just appointed
together with the council and city
solicitor will get together tonight
for the purpose of Strengthening out
the city's ACCOUNTS.
Councilman Kvist brought up the
matter of delinquent taxes. He
stated that he was of the opinion
that a delinquent list had not been
published for several years. He Of
fered a motion that one be prepared
and an attempt made TO collect the
back taxes. He commended that il
was not fair to the nan who did pay
his taxes to let the other fellow go
unpublished. The matter of water
rents was included 1t vas decided
to give notice through the press OF
all delinquent water rents and cut
the service within fifteen days un-
less paid.
Councilman Stanton stated that
he was heartily in accord with the
suggestion but doubted whether II
could be carried out Councilman
Shuey pointed out that the gas COM
pany and electric light company are
successful in this respect as is the
Perth Amboy water works. The
motion was carried.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-12
PLAN BANQUET
FOR METUCHEN
Everything Ready for Affair
of G. 0. P. Club at Hotel
Pines on Tuesday Night.

BY Special Correspondent.
METUCHEN. Jan IA COM
mittee of the Metuchen Republican
Club which is making arrange
ments for the Victory dinner to be
held at the Hotel Pines next Tues
day night at Z o'clock. held a
meeting last night and practically
completed arrangements for the 1af-
fair. The intention of the commit
tee is to make this victory celebra-
ton more OF a third district affair,
than merely a local celebration.
Prominent tRepublicans in this dis
trict viii be urged to attend this
dinner.
The dining room will sit five hun
dred people. and in the event that
one hundred tickets are sold, the
entire room will be turned over to
the club. Ascompiete canvass of
Metucheh will be made today FOR
the sale of tickets, and a committee
will tour this county and Monmouth
and Ocean counties before the end
of the week. There will be dancing
after the dinner, music being fur
nished by the hotel orchestra.
Special arrangements for parties
of six or eight persons desiring to
attend this dinner. can be made by
notifying the committee. Metuchen
folks will probably be taken to the
hotel in automobiles. Ex-Governor
Lesley M. Shaw of Iowa, also for
mer secretary Of state under Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, and one of
the leading Republican campaign
speakers. will be the leading speak
err at this celebration.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-12


WASHINGTON = While prices
have been dropping on the majority
of commodities. retail prices of coal
anthracite and bituminous. have
advanced,
The increase in retail coal prices
in t~wenty-one principal cities of
the United States between January
and December, 1920. averaged 80
to IS per cent Only a few cities
near coal fields reported deliveries
and these were slight.
The average retail price of
Pennsylvania anthracite stove coal
in the twenty-one cities on Jan.
is, 1920, was Sass a ton. On
Sept. Is, the average had risen to
s16.4S and on Dec. Is to S16.SS.
The increase for the eleven
months was 81 per cent on this
grade of coal
Chestnut anthracite coal showed
a similar rise from $12.69 a ton
average on Jan. Is to 1885 on
Dec. Is, or 30.4 per cent.
Bituminous coal-the prices of
the various grades offered for de-
nestle use being averaged-shows
an increase from 1924 a ton in
January to ,$12.53 per ton in
December. or 80 per cent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-12
INVISIBLE GUEST
DAY" REPORTS GIVEN

The first returns that have come
in from the churches of the city
that observed Invisible Guest Day"
last Sunday by a special offering,
lend great encouragement to the
committee in charge of the work
here and manifest the interest that
the community is showing in the
work OF relieving the : starving
children in Eastern and Central
Europe. Thirteen churches pledged
their support in this movement and
the report at the Red Cross head
quarters show that the First Pres
byterian Church alone collected 1891
in their special donation last Sum
day. while at thet' Simpson M. f.
Church $50 was collected, and at
the Swedish Congregational Church
SIS. It is expected that the $500
mark will have been reached
through church donations alone, and
the personal as well as organization
gifts are calculated to make a SUBJ
stantial addition TO the national Eu-
ropean Relief Fund, which is rep
resented here by the Red Cross.
Knights of Columbus. the Jewish
Relief and the Y. NJ. c. A.
Donations can be sent to the treas
urer of the local committee. Harry
E. Comings. at the Raritan Trust Co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-12
MATAWAN HAS
GOAL SHORTAGE
May be Necessary for Bor-
ough to Buy Own Supply
Need Fuel for School.

MATAWAN, Jan. 1.-THE coal
siuation as it affects this borough
and budget matters were discussed
at the meeting of the borough coun-
ell last night. Mayor Henderson
called the attention Of the council
to the shortage of coal and said:
There is not much prospects. of a
supply large enough to meet the re-
quirements of the people being re-
ceived here" Not only are the res
idents without fuel, but the supply
at the school is low also and the
question of the school burning soft
coal was seriously considered.
For some time past. the mayor
pointed out, Matawan has been re-
ceiving coal from dealers in Key
port. but now this supply has been
cut off and local dealers do not
know which way to urn to meet
the demand. The mayor said it
even might become necessary for
the borough to purchase the coal in
order for the citizens to be sup
piled.
The question as to whether or not
the borough has the right to collect
the rents from the Wright property
here, received considerable discus
sion. The taxes due the borough
on this property mount to about
5000, and when the tax sale took
place some time ago the borough
purchased the property. Counselor
E. II. Geran was instructed to give
an opinion on the matter at the next
meeting.
Arrangements were made for a
joint meeting Of the board of edu-
cation and the council to be held
on Tuesday night to discuss the
budget.
Mayor Henderson announced that
he would make the appointments
for the year at the next meeting.