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The Little River news., 1921-08-13
EXTENSIVE CHANGE IN
 TAXES is PROPOSED
House Committee Plans Repeal of the
 Excess Profits Tax; S40O for De- pendants is Planned.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Even more extensive changes ill tax levies than were agreed upon at the White House conference between President Harding and Republican leaders of the House, were voted tentatively today by the majority members of the Ways and Means Committed As summarized in a formal statement the committee &C., tion included:
 Repeal of the excess profit tax, ef- fective January 1, 1921.
 An increase of the income tax on corporations from 10 per cent to 15 per cent, with the $2,O0O exemption retained, effective January 1, 1921.
 Repeal of all taxes on the trans portation of freight and passengers and on seats and berth, effective Jan. 1, 1922.
 Increase in Exemptions.
 An increase in the exemptions to heads of families on account of de- pendants to $4OO for each dependent, instead of $200, as at present, ef- fective January 1, 1921.
 Repeal of the so-called luxury taxes on clothing apparel effective Jan- uary 1, 1922.
 Exemption from income tax of the first $500 of income from stock held to building and loan associations.
 Revision of existing taxes includ- ed:
 Repeal of the tax on fountain drinks and ice cream, and the substitution of a flat tax of 10 cents gallon on all fountain syrups, to be paid direct by the manufacturer or maker.
 Repeal of the stamp taxes on per- fumes, extracts, tooth paste, and other toilet preparations and proprietary medicines, and the substitution of a manufacturers tax of per cent on the sale price.
 Removal of the 15 per cent manu- lecturers tax on cereal beverages and the levying of a manufacturers tax of 15 cents per gallon.
 Substitution of manufacturers tax of two cents gallon for the present 10 per cent on the sale price of unfermented juice beverages and carbonated water or beverages, or other soft drinks in containers
 The levying of a manufacturers tax of three cents a gallon on certain classes of grape juice and two cents a gallon on other classes. in lieu of the present tax of 10 per cent on the sale price.
 It also was agreed to levy five cents a pound on carbonic acid gas sold to manufacturers of carbonated gases.
 Reduction of $555,OOO,OOO.
 Members of the committee estimated roughly that these changes would re- suit in net reduction of $555, ,O0O0OO in the total yearly tax bill. This is $45, 5,00O,00O below the estimate reach ed at the White House conference, but it was said that the estimated revenue from corporations would be $45,000,- 900 greater than heretofore reckoned by reason of the repeal of the excess profits exemptions of $3,0O0, plus an amount equal to the eight per cent of the invested capital for the taxable year.
 Tentative changes agreed upon to-
The Little River news., 1921-08-13
CLAUDE QUICK DEAD
Former AshdOwn Boy Died at LOnOke
 Thursday.

E. c. Penuel received message from Lonoke Friday announcing that his nephew, Claude Quick had died at that place Thursday. No particulars were given. Claude was here two weeks ago and married and left for Lonoke with his bride. No word has been received of his illness. Claude was raised practically in this city in the home of his uncle and with his grandmother. He has many friends here who will be sorry to learn of his death.
The Little River news., 1921-08-13
Billie Williams Dead.

Friends is this city have learned Of the death of Billie Williams, one of the pioneer druggists of this section, which occurred at Dallas last week. In the early days he was in business at Brownsstown, later at DeQueen and more recently at Horatio. He was widely known and popular.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
When Lords Fall out

HE serious drought from which all England has suffered
for the last two months to have affected Other
things than the vegetation For certainly nothing les
than midsummer madness being crazy with the heat
to use more expressive American phrase explain tn
puere recent quarrel between the British Ministry and
Lord Northclife.
mildly sympathze with the British journalist in his
ment upon the unnes at least Of Lord Curzon to be
Of the British commissioners to the disarmament con-
ference.
Gentlemen who marry their inherit their political
prominence and then superior and patronzng airs
over those who have worked for both, do not appeal
greatly to American favor.
Nor will the methods by which the British Minister
for Foreign Affairs has manifested bis resentment Of
Northcle's criticism tend to elevate him in American
respect.
By virtue Of his position Curzon looks the world
as his backyard and in it Northcle is not to be invited
to play. No dinners at British Embassies for him.
When British Ambassador directed to withdraw
the invitation he had issued to the distinguished London
journalist to dine at the Embassy the notice was given to
the whole list of embassies and legations which, like the
British drumbea encire the world and keep pace with
the sun in its daily round The table dhote for North
cfe and the editor Of the London Times whom he is
seeking to educate by worldwide travel
We have heard lot in days gone by OF the superior
character of the British diplomatic service and have been
asked depore the tendency of Americans to put merely
of sound and the of of the
world in diplomatic posts
Yet we hardly imagine American Secretary of
State taking this method Of resentng criticism do
we believe the average American Ambassador would be
party to such pettiness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
A Far-Renching Decision
n HE INTERSTATE COMMERCE. COMMISSION has
decided in an opinion phrased most appropriately

n
decided, in an opinion phrased most appropriately
and inadequately considering the Importance Of the
principle involved that the Paso and Southwestern Bail
road Company may issue three shares OF stock without
par value for one share of stock with par value.
This is little road and the decision involves only about
twenty-five million dollars, but the principle at issue in
wolves huge Of money for the American people
1t may involve struggle in this country the result of
which could predict
Commissioner Eastman might be expected is against
this decision In this mild, unheated fashion he gives his
objections He points that this movement to substitute
the stock Of public utilities having par value for stock
without par value is nothing less than scheme
to avoid regulation Of tho issue Of capital stock to in
vestors by railroads and other public
TONS order that the bankers who control these
tons may continue to operate them for stock gambling
purposes
There is great struggle going under the surface
of our public life between honest public side
and the railroads and their mnions the other to
what shall be the basis for rate making.
The vice and the Of this decision lies In tho fact
that it may well be considered the first step by tho COM
mission in recognition Of the railroads theory OF value
as the basis for its charges for freight and passenges
From one point of view at least there Is consolation In
the recent tendency Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to give the railroads about what they want It Is the
last demonstration Of tho utter folly Of attempting to
late the railroads But unregulated railroads would Be
worse than any kind Of anarchy Hence tho next step
must be public operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
How They Workin Germany

4 SHORT cable dispatch from Berlin will interest five
A million people out OF work In the United States
The town of Possneck in Thuringia does not contain
one unemployed person The big boom in building and
in the textile mills occupies everybody. No wonder
Northcle tells you that England is watching Germany's
progress in reconstruction and getting trade.
Some individuals from this country ought to go
and watch for awhile
Careful experiment proves that occupation, real work
of the right light kind, helps in convalesence In
experiments with 10000 it proved that "the
work cure helped greatly in bringing them out of illness
It would be bad thing for fashionable doctors if occupa
tona herapy, which cure by work. should spread
among prosperous Their illnesses, less
imaginary that end and that could be cured by the
washtub broom dish cloth in few weeks pros
perity for great many doctors with soft voice and nice
''bedside manner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
Stars and Stripes

What this country really needs il "a Three
Smile Limit.
About the only results from the baseball scan
DIAL was to increase everybody'e batting aver
age.
Nowadays 1t means something when you
walk into a saloon and the bartender says
Name your poison"
New United States note insists that Russia
free all Americans. That Is the right spirit
Have the Russians free us. We can't do II.
Real Yachtsman.
Commodore-What kind OF a yachtsman is
our new member
Fleet Captain-The kind that sets his absent
pennant when he dives overheard for a swim
Bryan has been held for speeding That was
something that never happened to him when he
was running for President.
Yes, Alice, Ten Thousand Girls on Strike in
Bathing Suit Pants" is a typographical error
II would have been plants II the linotype
operator hadn't got excited
cannot sing the old Songs
Tho their words well recall
cannot sing the old songs
Cause 1 can't sing at ALL
De style-That was an excellent treatise
that AGRICULTURAL student wrote on feed cora
0unbustsr-Hs orfbosd every bit a. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
I'll M A NISMS
: William Anterior Du Puy

JtE. Edgerton, who ia president of the Ma
tionai Association of Manufacturers. Is also a
long time friend of Editor Josephus Daniels. Of
Raleigh. N. c.. time Secretary of the Navy.
He and Daniels have common friend, and
this gentleman came down to Washington dur
ing the war and went over. to the department to
SEQ the Secretary. He went early that he
encountered the Secretary just coming down and
they went in together.
IF you will excuse me for ten minutes" said
the Secretary, the first thing do every morn
ing is to write note to my mother"
Not long after this this gentleman was down
in North Carolina and went to see the venerable
Mrs. Daniels. He told her that he had been in
her sons office when he was writing TO her.
"It has been thirty-eight years since Josephus
went away from home" she said. but he has
not failed to write to me a single day in all that
time
Francis NJ Goodwin, Assistant Secretary of
Interior, says that the difficulties OF the de-
partments at Washington would be greatly less
debating society to which he once belonged--a
rule which forbade anybody to ask question
Y In that debating society one smart fellow
finally asked this one:
"The squirrel" he said, ''in digging his hole,
produces no dirt. How Is this possible7"
The membership of the society. being stumped,
passed the question back to the man who asked
That's easy" said this Individual. 1T begins
at the lower end
-But how" dsmanded the others does It get
to that end?' That Is your question: was the
reply, answer II yourself"
Henry Hall. for forty years newspaper CORE
spondent most Of that time from Washington,
says that he remembers very well the first
dispatch from the Nations Capital that appeared
in the Pittsburgh papers. II was upon the occa-
sion Of the Inauguration of President Hayes.
The extensive use OF the Washington date line
has grown since that time
Mai Gen. A. w. Greeley retired the
pioneer Arctic explorer now nearly eighty years
old is living quietly in Washington. Charles r.
Marvin chief of the Weather Bureau, a mere
youth in his sixties, was protege OF General
Greeley's thrty-five years ago. when the latter
was head of the signal corps and the Weather
bureau did not exist. He encouraged young
Marvin along lines in which this helpful agency
later developed and claims that between them
they fathered II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
AnslDeriylg an Inquiry

4 FRIEND writes with some
~ little heat, we fear-to ask
: why we do not stop advocating
the sales tax, and work for the
adoption of the Keller plan of tax
alton.
The Keller plan is to put the chief
burden of taxation on land values
and unearned incomes-a sort of
modified single tax theory.
The Keller plan may be a very
good plan. Suppose it is. Suppose
it is a better plan than the sales tax.
Still we shall keep on advocating
the sales tax.
; Whyi
Why, simply because taxes must
be laid this year and next year, and
no matter how good the Keller plan
might be the country cannot possibly
be educated to take great interest
in it in one year or two years.
It takes a long time to interest
the public mind in a tax plan. And
more especially does it take long
time to educate the country to an
understanding. and acceptance of
tax on land values. The Single
Takers know that.
We are interested in today's
doings-in the scheme of taxation TO
be used this year and next year.
What may be the plan Of taxation
in 1880 or in 1910 has an academic
interest, of course, But right now
the discussion is on the daily bread
and butter plan.
That is why we advocate the sales
tax now. 81
Why drop even poor bone to
bite at the reflection of bone in the
wateri
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10

zeno Shimidzu Is the latest japanese tennis
player TO arrive in the United States Name
sounds like . shn,my and two snsAassy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
a Disgrace
and Shame

WYE cannot understand how you
people can permit the abomi-
~ nable mistreatment of your
sick and disabled soldiers.
1t is q bitter shame to all of Us.
See what the War Risk Bureaus
agent, Mr.. McInerney, found at one
of these damnable dumps where the
sick soldiers are supposed to be
nursed back to health-this one
being located at johnson City, Tenn.
Moonshine. whisky and morphine
are being peddled to the inmates of
this soldiers home-think of using
the word home in such connection
land common prostitutes are al
lowed to run about the grounds.
Gambling and skin-gambling at
that, with loaded dice and crooked
cards goes on openly. The soldier
inmates are cheated out Of the little
money pensions the Government
gives them.
Disease is rife, immortality is
everywhere, the sick are compelled
to live in an atmosphere which
would make a well man sick, and
the mentally afflicted are made the
prey of gamblers and lewd women.
We say again that all this is dis
grace to our Government and bit
ter shame to every one of us.
Are we going to sit silent and per-
nit this damnable mistreatment of
the men who fought for us to go ONT
Are we going to be that mean
spirited and yellow-streakedi
Are we, people-are wei
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10

MAN who gets peck Of
wi groceries pays for 'em.
{. O. b. taoIe. But man can
grab bushel OF medical at
tention. pint Of ether. Gets
it all on the cuff and then
sends cuffs TO laundry OF
forgetfulness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
MIR. B. Baer
APPENDICITIS, G. o. ID.

a. - - -
EoLKs about to eat homo
l. made biscuits win be
glad to know that top price
for operations is one thou
sand washers.
nOMESTIC and foreign
~ scale for carving sur
gical monogram has been
fixed by big Baltimore hos
pitiL. Doctors agree that
one grand Is plenty for
whiting medicinal initials
in patient.
DICK citizen climbs on an
~ tiseptic ironing board
like shad on plank. Lays
there like helpless label on
empty whisky bottle. Doc
drives up in transoontinen-
tai operating chair. Starts
throwing knives at him like
target In archery contest.
Removes everything that is
necessary.
A LII works are out OF
"A patient. Doctor pats
him on back. Sounds like
empty bass drum. Doc
crochets him up again.
Patient Is happy as poker
player reaching for chips.
OPERATION was success.
" But operating on pa
TENTS adenoids IL easier
than operating on his pock-
ct. Minute he migrates
from hospital his memory
evaporates like dew In hot
sun.
nOC sends him bill, which
~ is like trying to catch
moonbeams in butterfly net.
Patient is too happy to wor-
Try over bills. Seems that
when doctor carves stuff
fines out OF client he
doesn't remove anything but
his memory.
.DHYsICIAN sends out
i round robin OF bills.
But only cuckoo, answers.
Waits around m office
sparring with Landlord UNI
III spiders spin portecoobere
over door and his whiskers
hide patches on his knees,
DRo RATA share of mu,
Il nicipal' honesty indi-
Gates that average citizen
is honest when he's sick.
Doctors bill Is harder to
collect than loose, feathers
in hurricane. After sick
bird IL better he gets all
ANNOYED up whom he re-
ceives bills. Thinks that doc
ought to let well enough
alone.
MAN who gets peck Of
Wl groceries pays for 'em.
Z. O. b. taoie. But man can
grab bushel OF medical at
tention. pint Of ether, Gets
it all on the cuff and then
sends cuffs to laundry OF
forgetfulness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10

De Style-That was an excellent treatise
that AGRICULTURAL student wrote on feed cora
0unbusta--As orfbbsd every bit az n.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
BritOns Are
On Guard
N the eve of the assembling at
Washington Of the great con-

~ ference on disarmament, the
House of Commons, at the sugges-
ton of the British government, has
authorized the building of four
great warships.
In defending the starting Of these
four more ships for her already
huge navy, Mr.. Winston Churchill
said to the House Of Commons:
High hopes are based on the
Washington conference for the
benefit Of mankind, but unless we
can assume that the ships now
building in America win b
scrapped, then no disarmament
proposal which might be agreed
upon at Washington would DO
relevant to the decision this House
must take with respect to the con-
struction Of these four ships"
Mr.. Churchill declared that Eng
land must always have a navy
greater than the navy Of any one
nation. That was the very mini
mum the British government con-
sidered of her requirements. He
said, moreover, that Great Britain
must not depend upon the help OF
"Let us stand on our own feet.
others. He shouted amid applause:
Only in that way at the Wash
ington conference shall we be able
to play the part Of the real peace
makers, and only In that way
shall we be able to walk hand-in-
hand with the United States, not
as suppiant for protection, but
as equal partners in common
victory and in the fair future Of
the world"
The House OF Commons agreed
with Mr.. Churchill and, if we were
a British newspaper, we would
agree with him also.
But shame on those Americans
who have not the sense and the
self-respect which Churchill and the
people of England exhibit on the
question of disarmament.
We have not the least doubt that
Mr.. Churchill is sincere when he
says that he wants Great Britain
to be friendly with the United
States, and we have not the least
doubt that there was no hostile
intent in the vote of the British
House of Commons for those four
more ships of war.
1t was simply ordinary prudence,
and decent regard for the most
notorious historical fact that the
friends Of today are the enemies of
tomorrow.
We cannot any more permit
Great Britain to have a greater
navy than ours than she can af-
ford to let us have a greater navy
than hers. But this does not mean
an interminable building Of rival
navies between the United States
and Great Britain.
Great Britain knows that we can
outbuild her, and when she realizes
that we mean to outbuild her if she
tries to gain greater navy than
ours she will be ready to negotiate
such a relative reduction of our
navies as will leave neither of us
stronger on the seas than the other.
When she is ready we shall show
our magnanimity and our pacific in
tentions by refraining from the use
of our greater strength and by con-
senting to navy no greater than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
AN OVERSIGHT.

Bing-That undertaken mighty thought
full when he laid out that newspaper man.
Jing-In what way?
Bing-He fastened on the inside of his coat
the badge that permits him to get by the fire
lines.
The reason they call soldiers "doughboys
is because they know how to mix II up.
Some OF the pacifists are so strong for dis
armament that they want TO take away the
salvation Army's bass drums and cymbals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-10
SHE KNEW.

si--Maris, did We see that ballet girl a-wavi
her handkerchief Mt me2
Maria (acidlyl-Guess that's what they ca
one o. them crime waves
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-06-30

3. Purebred steers mature earlier
than your scrubs, giving you quicker
returns on your investment.
q. A purebred bull will sire steers
of uniform color and quality.
5. Well bred steers will out gain
your scrubs in the feed lot and thus
convert your feed into cheaper beef
6.-Purebred bulls have increased
the beef producing capacity of every
community where they have been used
8. It is through the herd bull that
the herd is improved bulls must
be better than the cows
g. The open range is decreasing
all over the world.
10. This is the day of efficiency
the scrub is inefficient.
IL Warm b1ooded cattle are more
prolific than cold b1ooded scrubs.
IL. It takes quality to win a kill
ing and dressing contest.
13. You get more pleasure out of
a well bred animal. Did you ever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-06-30

On account of harvest there is not
much going on and news items are
very scarce.
Edgar Cockre1I and son, Everette,
are helping his brother, Arthur, har-
vest this year.
Carroll Johnson went to WaKeeney
and stayed over Sunday returning
Monday morning.
Harvest is beginning to get under
way around here this week and it is
sure harvest wea Their.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Mapes and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Cahai1 spent Sun
day with Wesley Dennis.
Mrs. Reid and daughter, Gail, are
visiting their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Claude Marquand, this week.
The little six year old son of Mr.
Geo. Yeager had very bad accident
TUESDAY afternoon. While playing
around the feed grinder his knee be-
came caught between two bolts and
as the sweep came around caught
him crushing his knee. DR.. Kidd was
called and advised taking him to the
hospital for an ex-ray picture. w.
A. Tawney took them to Hays. We
have not heard today just how SER
ious the accident is.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-06-30
SOUTH GRAHAM COUNTY

Ora Runyon and family spent Sun
day at Joe Bownan's.
Tom Walker and wife were visitors
at John Golfers Friday.
Freeland Franklin and family spent
Sunday at Ike Stewards
Leo. Robinson spent Sunday even
ing with Frank and Bill KIenk.
Mr.. Wilson spent Saturday night
and Sunday at the Owings home.
Joe Nemechek took his threshing
outfit down toward Ellis last week.
Mr.. Wilson got back to. John Die
bolts from Pueblo, Colo, a week ago
last Sunday.
Joe Bowman's visited Mrs. Bow
mans parents, Mr.. Kaufman's, in Hill
City Sunday evening.
Mrs. Robinson is on the sick list.
Folks of this neighborhood expect
to be in the harvest field Monday
Misses Alma Robinson and Blanche
Vesper, Mrs. Gertrude Vesper, Robert
and Won Fritts called at the Price
home Sunday evening.