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The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
ASK RADICAL CHANGE
IN u. S. TAX LAWS
Income Based on Salary or Wages
Should Be Reduced to
Minimum.

Washington, Jan, 14.-Readjustment
of taxes to relieve the workers in the
matter of income taxes and equalize the
burden of business was asked of the
House Ways and Means Committee by
the tax commission of the National Re-
tail Dry Goods Association. Association
representatives filed with the commit
tee a detailed plan for revision of the
federal tax laws, which, they estimated,
would provide the required revenue for
$4,000, 100000 annual budget.
The plan proposes that distinction be
made between income from manual or
mental effort and income from business
or investment. In this connection, the
associations program would fix the ex-
emptlOn from income taxes at $500 for
single persons and $4,000 for heads of
families instead of the $1,000 and $1,000
exemptions that now prevail.
A graduated scale on income taxes
also would be established under the
plan, income from salaries, wages and
commissions being taxed at the lowest
rate. Income derived from business at
a higher rate and all other income in
Guiding profits from sales as capital
assets, to still greater degree.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
WHY NOT?

Following the PremPtoy announcements of reduction
OF 10 to 20 cent. WHY NOT
Tell the landlord when he around for the month
10 20 because
reduced that much?
Tell the butcher and the that paying
Of his bill
and afford it?
Go and select SIS Of shoes f
hen offer the 10 20 per
price
Follow this out all along line your weekly monthly
bills where will
butcher the other merchant stand for it? They
They do not boot whether getting
need to keep They going GET 1T
the bulge You they
need unless their for Nevertheless the
along nOnchalany
cut all around and have got to stand for They
Perhaps they where?
pound the newspapers
carried big headlines that pork and pork had been
advanced Sure they
hold, like fighting dog let's better
But anyhow the reduction yourself where
geto witt
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
NATIONS LEAGUE
REVIEWS WORK OF
IT'S FIRST YEAR
Three Measures Destined to Pre-
vent War Put Into
Works,

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE secretariat of the
League of Nations has issued an offlc-
lal document entitled The Work Ac-
complished by the League of Nations
During the First Year of Its Existence,
January 10, 1920, to January 10, 1921"
enumerating the various questions
settled or discussed by the league 1t
mentions first the establishment of a
permanent international court of JUS
tlCe; second, the work accomplished in
the limitation of ornaments, and third,
the creation of an international commits
sion to study use of the blockade as an
economic weapon.
The three foregoing are mentioned
as measures destined to prevent war"
Under the heading efforts at political
the question of the Aland Islands, up
on which the league commission will
report within three weeks.
AS measures destined to remedy the
economic crisis, the report says, the
organization in accordance with the
conclusions of the Brussels financial
conference and the organization of
transit commission were foremost in the
leagues work. Concerning humanitar-
ian measures, the report goes on, the
league elaborated a series of projects
including an appeal for funds to fight
typhus, the acceptance of responsible
tiles for opium traffic control and also
the white slave traffic, caused the
United States, Brazil and Spain to &C
cept mediation in Armenia, and af-
fected the repatriation of more than a
hundred thousand war prisoners.
Regarding execution of the peace
treaty the league points out the follow
ing mission accomplished:
l. Admission of the Saar Valley.
2. Direction of the affairs of the
free city of Danzig.
3. Rejection of the German govern
ment's conclusions and note asking an
other p1ebscite in Eupen and Malmedy
and the final awarding of teh territor-
les to Belgium.
4. The establishment of a permanent
mandate commission to administer the
affairs of former German colonies.
5. Acceptance of responsibility for
the protection of minorities.
6. The registering of 90 treaties in
accordance with the stipulations of the
treaty of Versailles.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
WOMEN VOTERS TO
ORGANIZE LEAGUE
In CONNECTICUT
Meeting to Be Held in New Haven
Tuesday to Perfect
Plans.

public mass meeting for the pur-
pose of launching a Connecticut branch
of the National Leagoe of Women
Voters will be held in New Haven,
Tuesday, January Is, at the Business
and Professional Women's Clubhouse,
80 Wall street. Announcement is made
by Miss Katharine Ludington, regional
director for New England of the Ma
tlonal League of Women Voters, that
this meeting will mark the inaug ura-
ton of the 47th state league, Louisiana
being the only remaining state in which
the league has not been organized. The
meeting which will include morning
and an afternoon session, will be open
to all who are interested.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, national
chairman of the League of Women
Voters, is to be the principal speaker
She will tell of the work already done
by the league in its one year of organ
ization, of the legislation which it is
urging upon Congress through its
Washington headquarters, and of the
citizenship instruction which the league
has undertaken as part of its work.
The committee on organization in
cludes the following, many of whom
represent statewide women's organiza-
TONS Mrs. Clarence Jenne, Miss
Dorothy Fox, Miss Madden Martin,
Mrs. Mary c. We11es, Mrs. Mary B.
Wilson, Mrs. F. w. Seymour, Mrs
Clinton Den1ing, Mrs. NJ. Toscan Ben
nett, Mrs. Annie G. Porritt, Hartford !;
Mrs J. J. Carroll, Mrs. Percy Wal
den, Mrs. Mary Booth, Miss Minnie E.
Bradley Miss ]. Allison Hunter, Mrs.
David G. Saunders, Mrs Josepha
Whitney, Miss Caroline Merchant. Mrs.
T. S. McDermott, Mrs. J. K. Blake,
Miss George Troup, Mrs. Irving Fish
er, Miss Emily Whitney, Mrs. H. H.
Townshend, New Haven; Mrs. Orville
Rector, Mrs. Samuel c. Shaw, Bridge
port; Mrs. George B. Chandler, Rocky
Hill; Mrs. H. H. Brainard, Thompson
vile; Mrs. J. E. Welles, Mrs. Donald
Mitchell, Miss Edna Tyler, New Lon
don; Mrs. Helen A. Jewett, Tolland !;
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Frink, Canterbury
Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welsh, Columbia
Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr Middletown
Miss Caroline RuutzRees, Greenwich
Mrs. F. c. Spencer, Guilford; Miss
Estella Sprague, Storrs; Mrs. Grace
Thompson Seton, Greenwich; Mrs.
Robert Fenton, Willimantic; Miss Mary
Olcott Ridgefeld; Mrs. Lester D.
Brown 1akeville.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

Manufacturers may their plants harshps
society," coal withhold their commodity for higher prices
but if employees Of these manufacturers work
they must be penalized
Banks withhold credit and factories close but when
workers strike enforce living conditions they would be jailed be
caus 1.-THE public is Inconvenience
public utilities unbearabe
when
branded
by public manufactured by
who would control the who toll
Speaking The New Haven Register also
Fitting the Labor Press
$4,000 being of employment here 1t good story
somebody The Register apparently heard about it.
civil service law friends anyhow? We have
been kicked
Legislature kick altogether Well then ao
geher.''
Those sinners greatest ofense before ago
Sunday getting drunk will have time in the here
MURDERS robberies that followed prohibition
plans of the <open shoppers of Connecticut fol
Bradstrees will probably be few ratings
the business directory year from That's threat
simple logic
The coal dealers laughed because didn't the high
supply of coal for the winter Well winter
least had for chucke far
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
~
CONNECTICUT TREE
FOR HALL OF FAME
Oak in Stratford, 500 Years Old,
May Have History
Perpetuated.

Washington, Jan. 14.-In celebration
of the birthday anniversary of Daniel
Webster the tree, on which he as a
youth hung his scythe upon deciding to
go to Dartmouth College, has been
given place in the Hall of Fame for
trees with history. The nomination
of the tree was made by Frank N.
Hancock of Franklin N. H. which
then known as Salisbury, was the BIRTH
place of Webster on January 18, 1892
Mr.. Hancock has lived near the tree
for 90 years.
The path from that tree led Web
the secretary of state. Webster never
reached the presidency but h twice re-
fushd nomination for vice-presidency
and in both cases the head of the ticket
on which he would have been elected
died in office.
A great grandson of DR.. Samuel
Johnson, the first president, in 1854, of
Kings College, now Columbia Univer-
sity in New York City, once owned the
land between Stratford and Bridgeport,
Conn, on which stands an oak nomin-
ated for a place in the Hall of Fame
by Miss Helen Harrison of Bound
Brook N. ]. According to experts this
tree is 500 years old.
Soil from every state in teh Union
and from each of the allied countries
has been placed about the roots of a
maple tree planted by the Daughters
of the American Revolution at Arka-
delphia, Ark, as a memorial to the men
who answered their country's call in
the World War. The tree is nominated
for place in the Hall of Fame by
Mrs. Thomas Sloan, historian of the
Arkadelphia Chapter of the D. A. R.
Nominations for places in the Hall
of Fame for trees are made to the
American Forestry Association accom-
panied with photographs and historical
1920. W
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

The New which be fair Labor
matters the editorial Saturday last
nouncng the shifts the steel industry the
middle west. he TmesLeader evidently is human
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
WHEAT GAMBLING MAY END

Philadelphia, Jan. 14-"Within two
years there will be an organization cap
able of handling the wheat market that
will kill speculation and treat the farm
er fairly" said w. J. Spillman, former
assistant secretary of agriculture, in a
speech in this city.
''In less than a year." the speaker
declared, the farmers will be organ
lied all over the country. The only
way for the farmer to solve his difficult
ties is to organize"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Savage Arms Plant to
Reopen on Nine Hour Basis

Utica, N. Y, Jan. 14.-The Savage
Arms plant in this city resumed opera
tons on Monday after being shut down
for month. The force will be about
the usual pre-war complement. There
will be no change in wages, but the
employees will be on nine-hour basis
instead of eight. The plant is now
making sporting goods.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
TIME TO SHUT OUR GATES

It's interesting read the propaganda Of those
of United
that the labor market will be flooded
help It's interesting when consider that
The subject before Senate
propaganda The cool deliberate
mustn't be disturbed by anything facts telling that the
immigration problem isn't great to be.
Well let's We from the
briefly publish would require separate edition.
part says:
Business OTIS city town.
United
from Boston Galveston inclusive and which show that the
number 1920 less than the grand total all three classes
years
third Business
largely third
they furnish labor and particular atten
ton the figures concerning such mmigants
follows long table the result of which show that
Europe of the third
during months in 1920 Then
the quoting 1913 for instance 41
immigrants here the dumping of
iod is of and nothing worry about.
from the standpoint of those who
use the charities department
in of people there
weekly stipend for food and lodging Nine Of
have been here long enough
citizenship remember but
has the American native naurazed got to
these people but he has to support OF them
If ISM time shut the gate for awhile
dvney inspired prophet please tell the
committee when the time will be.
The New Tmeseader, which tries to be fair Labor
commended editorial Saturday
nouncng the shifts the steel industry the
idd1oU Me Times-L evidently is human
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
LUMBER PRICES CUT
20 TO IS PER CENT

Stamford, Jan. IA cut of 20 to
As per cent. in lumber prices here, an
nounced this week, is expected to stimu-
late house building this spring, if ad-
vantage is taken of the present mild
weather conditions, in the opinion Of
dealers.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

Winsted, Jan. 14.-Employes of the
Empire Knife company were told this
week of 10 per cent. wage cut, be-
ginning Monday. Working schedules
will not be altered. There are 200 en-
ploYes.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
Community Archives

Can you tell me the date the Bap-
list church burned II mean, Of course,
the famous fire that all the old inhab-
itants talk aboutT' 55
The librarian looked up from her
work. mo. / can't tell you the ex-
act date, but think I can find It for
you quickly, for we have the files Of
the local paper since 1t was started.
My impression L. that the fire the big
fire, az they call twas about 1873,
and It won't be q very long job to look
It up:' 4. III ~ e
She went to the stacks In the rear
Of the library, pulled out a dusty
bound volume marked Herald, 1872"
and spread 1t open on the table. "Ah,
here It Isl" she said, after a minute
spent In turning over the yellow leavs,s.
The person who had inquired for
the date, member Of the woman's
club Of the town, sat down and read
the article. .This gives me exactly
the informal ton I wanted" she said.
II thought 1t would, !" said the libra
rian. II fear most people do not APP
fpreclate now ValuaDte u the local
newspaper from the viewpoint Of lo-@
cal history. In fact, It seems to me
that It is about our only source. Only
when an event gets into print is Il
officially recorded and fled for refer
Ience. Flimsy as It is, the printed
word Of today Is the counterpart Of
the ancient stone inscript ions that give
US our records Of q long-ago yesterday.
I consider the bound volumes Of our
local papers perhaps the most valu-
able possession Of this library"
There's at least one librarian who
Il giving Subscribe for Your Home
Town Paper Week. !" which will be- OBJ
served November 7-12, the most hearty
backing ahe can give.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
HOW PURCHASING
POWER OF DOLLAR
HAS FALLEN OFF
Addition to National and lndi-
vidual incomes Of Little Real
Benefit.
STATEMENT BY suREAv OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH.
Most q Amount Due to Rise In Prices
Actual Total Of Commodities Pro.
duesd Increased Little, " At All, and
Few Were Benefited.

New York, Oct. 27.-The total ma
honal income Of the United States in
1918 was 81 billion dollars, as COM
pared with 84.4 billions in 1913; but
this increase In dollars did not repre-
sent a like increase in production. Most
OF 1t was due to the rise in prices, for
the dollar Of 1918 and 1919 was a much
less efficient dollar than that Of 1913.
The actual total Of commodities pro-
duced increased very little. II at all,
and large part Of those which were
produced were war materials. not Of
kind really benefiting consumers. z
Consequently, individual incomes,
estimated on a per capita basis. rising
from $40 In 1910 and 1854 in 1913,
to $3.50 in 1918. represent more dollars,
but little or no real increase, because
the $3.50 Of 1918 is equivalent to only
1872 in terms Of the purchasing power,
Of 1913. s3s
These are the most important find
ings Of the. National Bureau Of. Eco
nomic Research, made. public today
In advance Of the formal publication
Of the results Of years study Of
.Income in the United States This
study, the most exhaustive ever made
Of the income question In this country,
has been conducted BY Wesley Clair
Mitchell. Willford l. King, Frederick
r. Macaulay and Oswald w. Knauth,
under the auspices and direction Of a
board Of nineteen directors. including
men prominent In many fields Of bust
ness. education. labor, agriculture, eco
nomics and practical statistics, and
representing many divergent points of
view.
This table exhibits the main find-
ings, including the equivalent value
Of per capita income in terms Of the
1913 purchasing power:
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
Subscribe for Your Home
Town Paper eek, Nov. 7-12
Strong for Home Paper

ssNO, don't take the local paper;
any more" one farmer said to an:
other as they were waiting at the
creamery to unload their milk.
They had just been looking at q
poster advertising :" Subscribe for Your
Home Town Paper Week, November.
7-12." IT take 4 daily paper. and
that's about all ! need. It has = few.
items every week from our commu-
nifty, and I feel that II save two dol
+ lars year BY not subscribing TO- the
home paper" rs
s ..Well. that's one way to look at IT,
{ said the. other farmer. 'but I've always
telt that a local newspaper was a
pretty valuable asset to my commu-
nifty, and II everybody took the atti-,
( tude! you do, there couldn't be any To-
cal newspaper. OF course we could
not get along without our daily papers,
4 because they Keep us informed about
what going Il on throughout the ma
ton and throughout the world, but
when You shy that they take care6of
4 our local news. I don't think you are
sticking close, to facts: They simply
can't, and the publishers havenst any
personal interest ii our community
! the wayour editor has. ;4siS
Is e have always ffeit that a got value
& resolved for every doliar I've paid out
q subscripti lions TO the local paper, and
I dom sshave an idea that running 4
/ country newspaper y any more o. d
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03

ture contributes about II per cent Of
the total. manufacturing about 30 per
cent transportation about per cent,
government about per cent. mining
little more than 3 per cent. banking
q little over per cent. The many
miscellaneous employments. pTOfeS-
sional men, retailers. jobbers, mer
chants. dOmestics, etc., too numerous
to list specifically, contribute 80 per
cent. In other words. our highly or.
ganized industries. even II we include
all manufacturing, mining, transporta.
ton. banking, and government activi'
ties such as education and road-build.
Ing, produce only about half Of the ma
tional Income. The rest Ii due to the
efforts of small independent workers.
Income Tax Discrepaneies.
The report estimates that the num-
Der of persons in 1918 having incomes
over $1,000, was 5.3OO,OOO. and that
their total income was over % billion
dollars. Income tax returns, however,
showed only 2,9OS,O0O persons having
over $4,000, and their total reported
AAASsVAAAS was AcSS llhu AZ sUhAAOn uOA>
lars. This discrepancy Is due in part
to technical evaslons and straight lille
gal withholdings, but also In part to
the existence Of tax-exempt income.
What this means IN terms Of the In
come tax is that the government re-
ceived in 1918 about half billion dol
lars less than it would have, If all
persons receiving $1,000 had paid their
full amount.
Contribution Of Housewives.
The contribution Of the 100000 600
American housewives Is not included
by the bureau In the national income
because they are not paid in money.
But the report points out that II they
were paid at the lowest possible figure
tthe average recompense Of personal
and domestic service) their addition to
the total national income would be
about one-third, or 18 billions. On
that basis, the bureau gives the follow
ing conjectural figure as to the fluctua-
ton of the housewives contribution
to the national income SINCE 1909:
4 a. Total
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
Beauty !. But Skin Deep And
Good Blood Is Beneath Both

Minneapolis, Mimi want to
make this public expression Of what
DR.. Pierce's medicines have done
for me. Some years ago I was In q
weak. rundown condition with
neither strength nor ambition. A
-neighbor suggested that take DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
I secured bottle from the drug
store and this was 90 helpful that I
had NO need Of . second bottle. To
those whose condition needs build
ing up I can and do recommend DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
Mrs. Addie Hottell. Ill Bu-
chanan st., N. q.
Gain health and vitality by OBJ
tanning DIR. Pierce's Discovery ut
your drug store, In tablets or liquid.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
Natl Income Income

The report ia in press. and will tl1a
published early in November.
t4a~, ~. a,,r.,,, I. con.+,....d
-. '
! Ano .sa.lonal bureau Of economic
t ~. : was olsanlzeu aitel tne war
~ s.oup 9 persons VINO naa come
" leaa1e tne neeo 1or accurate ana
selenuns soiation ol statisalcal 'ntor-
na.lon as = OASIS LOT lntelngent solu-
t uon = nstlohal problems. Inc direc-
.o.s ol$tne bureau are =. .. ADAMS.
aovlsor 9to lne treasury department;
JONI M. T.. commons, OF tne university
~ ~ "1stonsla Jonn :. ssey' eoltor OF
,ne an. y J. Moiuers Journai;
:. w =, y. 1ay, president OF the new
1ork nYsnlne Fost; Halry ". Ladder.
$685.. q. .he An1ercol.eelate SOCIAL
lst soc.ety .ElWooa Mead, professor, OF
sura! lnsIi.a.lons, University OF Cali
.olnla Wesley CAR mitchell. New
ecnoa 1or Socla Is hesearch; =: =. ster-
ret.' Y .ne nrm q rrice, Waterhouse
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
Total Ma Per Capita
Distribution !! =. Of Income.

gs OieIrt0UGlQn OF lncomes
The report. says that only one out
Of hundred q per cent? income re-
ceivers In the United States lin 1918
had incomes Of 5000 or more, and
that this one per cent had IA per cent
Of the national income. Five per cent.
representing incomes above 5000,
had % per cent Of the total. Ten per
cent, Including income above s., 800,
had nearly IS per cent Of the total !;
the most prosperous 20. per. cent, In
Guiding income above $1,75O, had about
~ per cent. Eighty per cent 81 the
Income receivers had incomes below
$1,760. receiving about So per cent Of
the total income. 81 4,
Shares of Labor and Capital.
In most Of the years since 1912, the
bureau finds that In the principal or
aganized industries, wages and salaries
were abont 10 per cent Of the total in
come while capital i(including man
agement) received about 30 per cent,
out Of which were paid rent, interest
and profits; but these proportions va
sried materially with relative prosper
sity and depression. In 1916, for ex-
ample. the share Of. capital increased
{ to about IS per cent, with 65 per cent
to labor, while In 1919 capitals share
fell TO about q per cent, while labor
I got about q. OF the total payments
/ to employees in the highly organised
Industries. about 90 per cent goes to
the manual workers and clerical stafea.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03

Suffer fools gladly; they may b.
right.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03

No one is ever SO busy as the person
without occupation. Is
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
sPsrCsnt
! A-CTHfsAt
eeurceIls 81 Prod uetlel,l.,,

u I0eGSSt0
AZ Tor the Aources of national in.I
come. the bureau fnds, taking Il gem
! sral average since 1910 that agricul-
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
individual Contribution
Income In Other Countries.

@ Income In Other Countries.
Both the total national income and
the per capita income are larger in
the United States than in any other
country. The report estimates this a
the relative standing of the four coun-
tries named at the outbreak Of the,
war:
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03

Carried Her Troupe.
aThey kept company for long
time before they were married, didn't
sthey?"
"Yes; and they've kept company
most Of the time since. All her re.
lations seem to live with them."-Ed-
lnburgh Scotsman.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03
CANE Fool ,Em.

Can't Fool EN-.
Two colored gentlemen were en-
gagged in conversation when one Of
them became very much annoyed by
the persistent attention Of a large
fly.
Z "Sam, whut kim fly am dis?'
"Dat am boss fly
"A boss fly am a fly whut buzzes
'roun cows, m bosses m jackasses-"
.You amt maxim out for to call me
no jackass7"
"No, ain maxim out for to call
you no jackass, but you can't fool
dem boss flies. -" Forbes Magazine.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-11-03

s u ri ~ III 1papsf y both i lux.
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