The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-28

The house resolution was quite differ
ent from that in the senate which bore
the fine handiwork Of Senator Knox,
and in consequence a compromise OF
views became necessary. The lndl-
cations are that We are now actually
to have peace-a peace by resolution.
This peace will be somewhat different
from that which has been in effect
for a long time, and which has been
working according to the terms OF
fraternal organizations, III. d." which
stands for under disp~ensation.' How
ever, the foreign trade reports indi-
cate thai this last form of peace has
been rather effective, since the vol
ume of trade between the United
States and the central empires has
been almost as great as in the pre-war
days.
A leading writer summarizes the
disappointment that is bound to reach
the country regarding the extent of
tax reductions, in a personal manner,
by saying that President Harding.
down in his heart, realizes that the
country is in for a sensation of par
tial disappointment over the impossi-
bility of the realization of the full
immediate sweeping reduction IN taxa
ton" The article goes on to say that
the president is not %downcast, since
"he believes that the country will be
reasonable, after the first pang of dis
appointment and will look the stu
alton and the facts in the face"
There are the best reasons the world
has ever known why taxes should he
sky high. Millions of people cannot
desert their industrial occupations
and go cunning for n another, and
expect to evade paying the piper for
his strident tune. The American spirit
demanded that the United States
should go to the limit with the war,
and now the country has no real war
rant for feeling %resentful when called
upon to meet the obligations that war
brought. The budget system is one
Of the devices that is intended to help
bring about economy, and it will doubt
feet any reduction in war debts. These
must be paid over a long series of
years. And while they are being paid,
and as the country is constantly NOV
ing on to a more expensive basis, the
conditions do not promise a reduction
in the bills of the tax Office.
The automobile users now count
their number by millions, and make
censuses of their tire equipments by
multiplying tires by five to each motor
vehicle. This takes in the spare
Those who buy more tires" are not
apt to have very much sympathy with
the poor, suffering rubber industry
The indications are that the rubber in
dustry has not always suffered" even
though the largest of rub
Der of the United States now claim
that they are up against conditions
that threaten them, as well as the rub
Der planters, to a dismal future. Sym
pathy wanes by reason of the fact
that the rubber planters live in fara.
away countries, including Java, Mex
leo, Central and South America. When
the prices Of rubber at one time speed
ed up to rs cents a pound the produc-
ton Of rubber began to boom. In 1911,
$4,000 tons Of rubber was produced
In 1920 this figure had jumped to 400.
600 tons, and until recently this pro.
duction was no more than that re
CURED by the worlds demands. When
the war was at it's height rubber pro
Gucers had an idea that they were
going to put pneumatic tires under the
whole of creation, and the profteers
ran a world race with Cuban suga,
planters. But in both cases the re
suits have been disastrous, as ever
family can at least afford sugar, ant
nearly every automobile owner car
keep a spare" tire.