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The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-02

BUILDING LOTS for sale on Elvin
Avenue, Penns Grove. T5arry s. Bar
Der. l-2-h
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-02

FOR RENT furnished rooms with
electric light and gas. Apply at SIS
Delaware Ave, Penns Grove. S-26-2t"
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-02

FOR SAEE-Steel enameled cook
stove, at reasonable price. Apply at S4
Delaware Ave, Penns Grove. S-26-1t*
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Ralph Connor's "Sky Pilot Strand
@1'h'g
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Frank Parker, assistant cashier Of
the First State Bank, is enjoying a
two weeks vacation. Tuesday Mr..
and Mrs. Parker and child left for an
automobile trip to Detroit, Pontiac
and other Michigan cities.
G. W. Ingersoll, superintendent of
schools at Constantine. Michigan, is
visiting at the home of his father
in-law, II. S. Babcock, and family.
+. c. Crandell and G. V. Wright
are in Grand Rapids this week at
tending the furniture show.
Joseph +. Sartor, Jr., chief Of the
Alma fire department, and William
Woodland, William Borton and Bar
ton Young left Sunday morning by
automobile for Sault Ste Marie,
where on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, they attended the Mich
igan State Firemens Association.
They expect to return to Alma on Fri
I day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
lIInlIIIlIIIIiIIIlIlIIIlIIIlIIIIllIluIiIllIiIII
yietl SETHTON
unlIrlllilIIIIlinIlIInnlnnIIIIIITlIlnnIIm

A. mistake OF period in last weeks
correspondence did not give Us the
credit we should have It should have
read "The debt of $4,000 instead of
$500 vas completely covered with
cash and pledges some difference.
Mrs. Charity Jason IL home after
spending several weeks with relatives
at iFlint. 'i' ''i
Mrs. 'tSfh. Morton ard son, Max, Of
Cleveland, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jar
Wis Of Brice spent Saturday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Jarvis.
The Ladies Aid Society cleared
over $1,000 at the ice cream social
Friday evening.
DR.. McAlin and family Of Albion
have been visiting at the NJ. C. Morse
home.
DR.. McMim and son Of Chicago
called on friends here Saturday.
Mrs. Hattie Hyatt is nursing in
Carson City at the Professor Cook
home.
Glenn Wilcox has been quite sick
the past week with tonsiltis.
There is new baby at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dintaman.
Miss Geraldine McNabb Of Middle
ton is visiting her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. p. Moore.
Miss Ruby Jason, who attends sum-
mer school at Mt. Pleasant, spent the
Fourth at home.
Edwin Wells Of Ithaca is spending
the summer with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. McWilliams,
M. and Mrs VIM. PcnGcll and son,
Donald, and Mrs. Edith Pendell and
daughter, Nozzle, spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Ney Jones and family
at Palo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
iIilIllIllllliliIIlIIIlIllIllilllIIliIillIilIilil
ARCADIA CENTER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Allen Birmingham began threshing
Monday at Jess Merchants
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Roberts visited
Sunday at Joseph Myra's in New
Haven.
Frank Clifford and family attended
campmeeting near Ola Sunday.
The Sunday school in the Perry dis
trict will hold an ice cream social on
Wednesday evening, July 20, in the
school house.
Mrs. Chas. Bentley and daughter,
Grace, Mr.. and Mrs. Lang and son
Of Alma We're Wednesday evening
callers at HUGH Roberts.
Mrs. Howard Berry is walking lame
BECAUSE the Ford kicked while She
was cranking it.
Austin, Hahn has been elected as
superintendent Of the Perry Sunday
school.
Mr.. Elliott Of Ithaca is working For
Howard Berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hhsted and
daughter went to Mt. Pleasant Sun
.d'y.
Ed. Clark was elected Moderator
Of the Perry district to succeed Henry
Damon, who has been an officer in
the district for p consecutive years.
Henry Daymon has been very mn
easy since Che flood in Pueblo, Colo
RADIO, as his daughter, Flora, lived
there. But ne has received word that
their family is safe as they had
moved to another place. The garage
in which her husband worked was
buried under seven feet Of mud.
Ralph Conuor's "Sky Pilot" Strand
Sunday-advcrtisement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BRECKENRIDGE
MnlnnmmIinriIlIiIIIIminliniainialIn

Bert Thompson, proprietor Of the
red garage$ west of town, had the
misfortune to break both bones Of
his right arm just above the wrist
Wednesday afternoon while crankihg
an automobile he bad been repairing,
The broken bones E~ere' set by DR.:
brake and DR.. Howe. = =. ~ VI
Born Wednesday, July 6, to Mr.. and
Mrs Emil Nagel, ~ pound girl.
Mother and babe are doing nicely.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs, Evert Mclean
saturday, July ., little daughter. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Bailey are the
llarents of a baby boy, born Saturday,
July s. III Il f''Nf
Charles Z. watson and family mo-
tered to Midland Sunday to visit rel
atives.
. Leo Matzen of the Sanitary bakery
spent the week end with his parents
in Saginaw.
John Allen and wife and Mrs.
Agnes Crawford visited Mr.. and Mrs.
w. f.. Swope Saturday.
Willard Hopkins and wife Of River
dale spent the week end with her
mother, Mrs. Thos. Crawford.
". f. Swope and wife and son,
Burton motorcd to Riverdale to visit
friends over the week end.
Mrs. Marshall Hopkins and child
rem returned from Crystal lake Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Morris Eastment had the mis-
fortune to scaId herself very badly
Sunday while preparing coffee in the
restaurant.
There were Swedish services held in
the Congl church Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. A good sized audience
was present and the services were
conducted in their own language.
Miss Ellen Doty returned home
Saturday night from Alberta.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Poland
of Wheeler was held Monday after
noon at two o'clock. Interment took
place in Breckenridge cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Swope Of
Wheeler called on their daughter,
Mrs. Thos. Crawford Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wood of Ionia
came Thursday to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Waggoner. ~
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
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SOUTHEAST COE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

\.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Culver, Mar
tina Burge, and Ella Leonard were
Alma shoppers Friday, and. while
there visited with Mrs. Ida Medlef.
Hugh Byers and family Of Alma
were Sunday visitors at the home Of
his parents in Coe.
Elder b. Heidman has returned to
Romulus, n. Y, leaving his wife and
son at the home of her father, C. o.
Alexander. Mrs. Heidman Is in poor
health.
Mrs. Kimberling returned home on
Saturday from Ann Arbor. She also
Visited with her daughter in Flint.
On account Of the Rock Lake AS
sembly there will be no services al
the church Sunday.
Mrs. Powers is reported as being on
the gain. She has been i'll at the
home Of Mrs. Myers Of Shepherd.
Cecil Leonard and family We're Sun
day callers at the home of Lem Allen
and wife Of Pleasant Valley
Frank Randolph and family Of Al
ma and Will Beard and wife of st
Louis attended church here Sunday.
Ralph Connor's "Sky Pilot Strand
S3ndav-adVertfse t.Dta ,t '.l, y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
FARM VALUES
ON THE INCREASE
MICHIGAN FARMS SHOWING IN
CREASED VALUE SAYS THE
FEDERAL BUREAU.

OF the 19G,447 farms in Michigan
1885, 1893 are occupied by their owners,
1883 by tenants and, 28lO by mani
ayers, according to lepetts received
! by Verne II. Church, Of The Federal
Bureau of crop estimates.
The value of the farms per acre il
an average of $751;, as compared
With, an average Value of $475S III
1910. The veragesSflue Of farms and
buildings is $7,139 as compared to
S4,354 ten years ago. The total VALUE
of farm lands and buildings is given
as 81 ,437 1862, $40 as compared with
1901 1873 ,299 in 1910. The number of
farms in the state has decreased in,
thc past ten years, but the average
size has increased. In 1910 therg
were 206,960 farms, comprising q.
total acreage of lS,940,614. In 1920
the number of farms had dropped To
196, l67 but the acreage had increased
to 19,034.204.
According to the report the upper
peninsula counties have shown the
most consistent gains in the number
of new farms With few exceptions
those in the lower peninsula fell
short Of the number shown in 1910.
The following list gives a COM
parison of the number Of farms in
each county in 1920 and 1910. The
first figure after the name Of the
county represents the number Of
farms in 1920; the second the number
in 1910:
Alcona, 9S2-SS4; Alger, 3S6-27s; Al
Logan, 5,734-6,217; Alpena, 1876
1926; Antrim, 1,481-1 Gal; Arenac,
1,392-1,4i0; Baraga, 653-4l2; Barry,
3,315-3,42s; Bay, 3,216-3,233; Ben
zie, 973-1 PAS; Berrien, 5,4l4-5,252;
Branch, 3,222-3,37S; Calhoun, 1896
3,761; Cass, 2,572-2,556; Charlcvoix,
'1,3O6-l AGO; Cheboygan, 1861, 499;
Chippewa, 1,569-1,399; Clare, 1,24s-
1902; Clinton, 1921, 128; Dickinson,
42g-235; Eaton, 3,7i9-8,902; Emmett,
1,452-1 1896; Gogebic, 52S-257; Grand
Traverse, l,724-2,031; Gratiot, 1859
1,205; Hillsdale, 4.025-4, 298; Hough-
ton, 1,741-1 ,033; Huron, 4,6O4-1, 72S;
Ihgham, 3,241-3, 5OS; Ionia, 3,223-602;
Iosco, 929-95S; Iron, 621-3S1; Isa-
bella, 1888 3,456; Jackson, 3,544-
1896; Kalamazoo, 3,159-3,372; Kali
kaska, 796-S41; Kent, 5,6O5-G,276;
Keweenaw, 1886; Lake, 703-732; La
peer, 3,614-3,sOS; Leelanau, 1,347-
1,444; Lenawee, 5,0S3-5,334; Living
ston, 2,632-2,775; Luce, 1916; Mac
kinac, 479-490; Macomb 3,57O-3, 764;
Manistee, 1891 GAS; Marquette, $40
Gel; Mason, 2,O11-2,124; Mecosta,
2,676-2,S23; Menominee, 2,106-1 GIT;
Midland, 1882 ,2i6; Mssaukee, 1859
], 439; Monroe, 4,10S-4,321; Mont
calm, 4,490-4,67S; Montmorency, 421-
1866; MuslSegon, 2;O36-2,373; Newago,
1895 BIO; Oakland, -i,035-1,993;
Oceana, 2,357-2,806; Ogemaw, 1881
l,2S3; Ontanogan, 917-371; Osceola,
2,310-2,574; Oscoda, 27s-3ll; Otsego,
573-551; Ottawa, 4,29G-249; Saginaw,
5,l43-3,37O; st. Clair, 4,159-4,527; st.
Joseph, 2,436-2,623; Sanilac, Sill
1860; Schoolcraft, 3S1-441; Shiawas-
see, 3,359-3,577; Tuscola, 1885 PA;
VanBuren, i,662-1,952; Washtenaw,
3,55O-3,S37; Wayne, 1854, 775; WEEK
ford 5821 7To A
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
NOTICE

I'VE wish to express our apprecia-
tlcn OF the generous cooperation of
the citizens of Alma in subscribing so
literally to the fund raised for the
burial expense of the late Harold
King and to thank them for their
kindness.
M. w. Duffey, Ella c. Ifartshorn,
e. +. Renner, chairman Of Committee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Ralph Conuor's "Sky Pilot" Strand
Sunday advertisement.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04

shape Of this color In straw cloth
IS garnished with rather Dubious
looking peoples Of copper color. and
served to the wearer all dainti1y
draped with a brown silk pattern
veil.
Tricorns are coming into their old
popularity again. with ..Ockcades
worn straight in front Sometimes
they are embroidered on silk. and
again they are trimmed with feath-
ers.
Among sports hats there are so
many shapes and sizes and materia Is
that one could choose four lovely
ones for each costume, and then
have several left over. But after
oil. one can, alas. wear but one hat
at q time. Sports hats gather so
much charm by the waside what
with their continuous novelty OF
performance and color. Color is the
front name 10 any well-behaved out
door hat And as to performance.
this chapeau knows 70 restraint. II
may droop, it may crush. it may tilt.
1t may be darned, sashed, fluted or
piped with impunity so long as it
be colorful.
1t seems to one viewing spjrts
hats, by and large. that there is a
general tendency to cr7Ishiess. This
word isn't IA the dictionary but then
IL denotes at once, I am sure, TO
any woman. that pleasant faculty
OF being packed IN small space, and
emerging later with that unruffled
serenity that marks so many OF the
new fabric hats.
A lovely little sea-foam green cha
peau in straw cloth illustrates this
very point. It's crown and brim
seem to have that very ability 70
take any shape at all and stay
smart. AS an 81 to its other plant
qualifications, 1t is trimmed with
heavy eiderdown wool all over its
crown and brim. Another orchid
tinted dear of the same crush abil-
ty had its brim all embroidered with
irridescent slipper straws, in little
triangles. Back Of these shapes ran
silk darueJ stitch.
For some Of the flufflier summer
frocks there are specially delightful
confections TO entrance the eye
Who would not adore a cunning it
tie poke bonnet bound about with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04
" CWaUONe: Howe Dixon

two long trailing scarfs of jade
green, and flame color, which not
content TO encircle crown must
needs trail way down and over
ones shoulder And another beau
" on this order is of scarlet crepe
weighted over one car both above
and below the crown with black
cherries.
Many Of the soft dress hats this
season Will match the frock i'm ma
terial and trimming. Does she ar
ray herself pale rose-tinted geCrS-
cite with many fluttings? Then her
gracefully dropping hat viii appear
in the same stuff. with trailing sash
all edged with fIutings. Does her
costume combine organdle and filet
lace? Then her hat Will combine
the two, with further a sash Of
taffeta, to match that huge bow at
fair she wears about the waist a
little below the region of her left
elbow.
''Chic Chapeaux" as the French
so playfuuy put it are certainly
about US in abundance and here
with offer we the following lengthy
epic:
To each poet his own sonnet
To each costume its own bonnet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04

tlrely Of grosgrain ribbon, in navy
blue. At the base Of it's faille crown,
IL tied itself into a soft floppy bow.
Turbans are equally popular with
women. In fact more women can
wear turbans than cen wear sail )rs
a good milHner win, however, care
fully study a turban from every
angle. before she sells it TO her Gus
TONER because a turban style can be
most painfully and dreadfully aw-
full. if it does not fit the individual
But then one need not worry.
lI-e the sailor hat. our friends the
miliners, the Paris artists, have
bcthought themselves Of so many
modes and lenses Of the hat turban
that no dear lady need be diSap-
pointed If she VIII but search a bit
a lovely crush hat of piled up
steel Cellophane straw made one Of
these popular hats. Two coral pins
jutted out from its folds like little
pink horns. Another darling took
10 Itself a great number of velvet
flowers in old blue. with fluffy little
lavender centers. and with these il
covered itself, all except a narrow
tilt OF straw brim.
Some dear lady is going TO wear a
wonderful copper colored gem Of
head gear. Its shiny stuff is called
candy cloth. All around and
around, it is dressed with velvet
flowers Of copper and brown. Pre-
Stunning she be blessed with auburn
hair, this little corOnet will be the
final dainty touch to her spring
costume.
For one who can wear black A
fetching turban of straw cloth. with
dropping glycerine ostrich win be
very smart. IL stars with a circle
of ccuaphane braid, around which
lies a circle of ostrich then braid.
then ostrich, alternating. until the
entire crown is covered. Its effect,
like monkey fur, is most unusual.
Rust brown-isn't that descript-
i've? An unusually interesting street
hat. with tho short brim in the back
IS rusted in Seorgette as to brim,
IN Milan as TO crown. It's tailored
and round brfm is split over each
ear and the shiny blue leaves which
encircIe the crown dart underneath
at these openings and spread them
selves below in a short facing.
Another new shade is represented
IN the tomato tint. A mushroom
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04
PARIS UNDERWORLD
WOMEN COMPLAIN
OF MOVIE ACTORS

PARIS. March 2.-Making movies
from life is not void of it's perils and
adventures in France, as a French
company recently experienced, nor
are pictures often of q more real
character than that taken of the life
among the "demi mondes' Of Paris.
Anxious that even local color should
not be omitted from the picture, the
operators one day shifted their
quarters to the Sante prison yard
and there awaited tho arrival Of
star artists-represen tns women ar
rested on Paris streets for immoral
ity, etc-by the prison van. They
arrived and the operators got busy,
but just in the middle of the picture
came another prison van, this time
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04

"Ihe time has come, tho Walru8
said
To talk Of many things
And with the very first breezes OF
tho spring and even earlier woman's
mind quickly turns 20 talk OF hcr
new bonnet Long before the snow
Is off tho ground. long before the
flowers arrive. bright Kew hats warn
US OF the arrival Of that ever de-
EghGul season. Time was when
new hats were kept in strict seclu-
sion and tissue paper until the event
Of Easter. then 10 blossom forth in
brave array whether "a blizzard
ragged or no.
Now no woman can wait In
January If IL please her she will don
her crowning glory and abash her
dearest enemies, with a fresh new
creation of dazzling novelty. After
all -hats her privilege
There are certain styles Of hats
vn-cA have won their way into FEM
mime hearts through their comfort.
smartness, and utility. Zach season
plays a diapason of changes in these
favOrite themes. Their rcappcar-
auco is never monotonoua The two
styles L have in mind are sailors
and turban8. Close-fitting, comfort
able. and long enduring, either tur-
ban or sailor is a genuine addition.
a real friend.
Sailors this year are as various, as
Changeable as the weather itself A
new straw OF shiny finish and bright
colors is called Barnyard mixed
straw. Bank0k we have with us
again. and slpper straw and the
good Old Auians. PipinGs come in
many cOlors. usually in contrast to
tho braid they bind. silk and straw
lraids arc 'in," too.
Now as 20 shapes for sailors. II
seems 10 DC a case OK suit yourself
There are wide-brimmod, high
crowned sailors. There are narrow
silk brimmcd ones with straw
crowns There are soft rolling
brfmB and stiff firm ones. All
crowns are high.
One smart bright sailor rejoiced
in "A black shiny Drim and a crown
OF silk braids OF many bright colors.
which covered the crown. and after
being poked through the brim. fell
behind tho wearer's car in "a long
saeN Another sailor, a French
model had a brim composed en-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04

loaded with real characters, who
promptly began to object and com
plain that paid artists were misre-
presenting them" They threatened
to smash UP the machines and mob
both artists and operators and it
took a strong body of police TO re-
store order. The real characters"
were then ushered aside, shouting
wildly about 'unloyal rivalry"
ru-nssa-uu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-11
YORK STATE. CHURCH
HAS SUNDAY MOVIE

Middleton, n. u, April IL
Christ UnivcrSalist Church here
was packed to the DOORS yesterday
afternoon and evening for the in
aueurals Of the Rev. Thomas H.
Saunders Church Movies. The
film version of Charles Dickens
"Donlbey and Son" in six reels was
the attraction. =. j.
There would be no question of
filling the churches today Mr..
Saunders said ,liss1 night. "if the
schn;ch had seen its: ). opportunity
swiien tie "movies" first game into
popularity.
1T has been the same with
all lines of amusement. The CHURCH
has rebciled against everything pro
grossly" unit. it has become almost
obsolete-the:i the church has adopt
ed it.. dancing, card playing, bowling.
pool, tie stcreoptfcon, for examples
The church NV has itssbess. oppor-.
tunity to plahe: proper use of motion
pIcSures 49,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-11

The tide of revelation has
already set in. MI Lansing's
book will soon have plenty
Of company, Colonel House
is scheduled to take us int
his confidence and tell Us
What really happened at
Paris" in May. Harvard and
other university Wilson
Clubs are gathering MA
terials for a life and letters
Of Woodrow Wilson. A Hin
du philosopher has just com
pleted a book Of "interpreta-
tions Of Wilson" Seveia!
novelists are said to be lay
ing foundations for novels
about him. John Drinkva
ter, whose abraham Liz
coin" captivated the country
is seriousI.l considering 4
play on the subject Of Amo-
'rica's latest war President.
And for good: measure, .Ad.
miral Grayson and Joe TIL
.multy are both reported to
be at work on books. about /
their former chief. The el'r /
mics .of Woodrow Wilson ;
have mot heard the. last Z. Of
him nor of. wisconsin foi'
years to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-11
sale transactions. Fhe-whole-

sale. transactions. Fhe-whde1
salers making. the returns t.
the government. UnderEthAs j
proposed system, Ei1s goapel !
ment WouM be S sa q Itne
overhead expense Of collect
ing and checking up millions
Of retail taxpayers. thus hay J,
ing" conparat R'saa s9fse Wy
sources. Of. iseYenuesand say
ing !appl,roxi1rl tely'sten E 4
lions asyear now paid by che
government. to agents kept
busy prying into retailers
books to. see that the, gov
eminent gets its just due.
Whatever; the sales tax IS,
1t certainly seems to con-
form to all the. standards of
traditional Republican pol
icy. The Republicans are
master hands ,iat.agettiRg
money out ;of}fhe people. llls
directly Indirect taxation, IS
their. .lol1g gcard. Their: WIS
leaders frankly admit that
the public pays in the long
run. .:"SBut,..1 they say, mo 0ne
likes TO- pay taxes. any n1or.2
than he likes to, to dentist.
We believe in extracting tax
:es with an anesthetic. I2f:
pain is. less J, distressing i
when the public ig0eNo THE
market counter it is not re-
minded that it pays two
cents on this article and thi1-
teen cents on the other" L.
other words, ignorance Is
that state Of bliss in taxation
which it is. the, business Of
wise taxniakers to- achieve
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-11
Federal On the opening
Taxes. !: date of: the 9th 81 \

Federal On. the opening
Taxes. date Of the 67th
H !, Congress, news
reports indicate. that the Re.
publican leaders in Congress
have &v1iirtualIy agreed, upon
a program Of legislation. as, !.
suring early enactment OF
the federal tax schedules for
the fiscal year, beginning
July 1,;l92s2:
Rhairiiljan Joseph w; Ford
neH. Of House.Wy'ays: and.
MEETS Coinniiittee'h stated
that the internal revenue.
act and the revision Of the.
tariff should he 7 conpletec
BY July.l. this year. Benefits
to be expected from tariff
revision are debatable*' Prop,
erty owners and citizens >lnt
general are more anXlously
concerned With the making
Of the next internal revenue
act. Business, big and, MtleS
wall watch for the law to
take form. His fair to bnsl-
ness that it should know in
advance on what items OF
property the new taxes vii!
apply. 1t will enable business
men to man out intelligent
w their financial policy for
tiae next year.
No one can say with any
degree of accuracy just what
changes there will be in the
new revenue law with the
exception Of the repeal OF
the present excess profits
tax. The Republicans are TN
reservedly committed TO its
repeal. AS a substitute there
must be some other tag de
signed to yield the nation al,
proXimately two billion ;iol-
lars. All sorts OF new
schemes Of taxation are be
ing proposed. Chairman
Fordney, the real directing
genious Of the Ways anG
Means Committee Of the
House, is rather inclined lc
favor 4 sales tax such *
they have in Canada. 1t is
said 10 be 4 success there
This taNWould not be a tax
on retail sales and purchas
ers would not be bothered
with the irritation Of figu1-
ING and paying taxes. 4
would be a tax of one half o.
one per cent upon whole