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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
MAKING A A A

1t is to be regretted that The Board of Aldermen, at the
very outset of their paving program for the coming year
should deliberately play into the hands of the patent pave
ment interests. At a time when there is an aroused public
opinion against patent pavements and when an effort is
being made to shake off the grip that the patent pavement
interests have on the state, the aldermen are not doing any
thing to win the appreciation of the people by specifying, in
their first paving work of the season, a material that is
controlled by the patent pavement people.
The people of Perth Amboy have not money to throw
away on patent pavements. Taxes are high and any assess
ments whatever are a heavy burden on the average property
owner. 1t is not easing the burden any to turn over all our
street paving to the patent pavement trust.
In the election last fall both the Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates went on record as being in favor of open
specifications in all paving contracts. The people made it
understood that they wanted competition. Yet, the very
first move toward new paving work in this city this spring
puts the Board Of Aldermen on record as delivering Perth
Amboy into the hands of the patent pavement concern.
If there is any favoriism to be shown at all, why not
let our own local paving industry receive the benefit? The
barber Asphalt Paving Company is one of the largest in
dustries in Perth Amboy. It gives employment to hundreds
of our citizens. It pays heavy taxes into the city treasury.
Its big pay roll is a feeder to all our merchants.
Furthermore, the products of the Barber company is
carrying the name of Perth Amboy into all parts of the world.
The material that it manufactures is recognized as one of
the best pavements on the market. 1t is the favOrite ma
ierial in a great many of the best paved cities in the country.
ignored when there is local paving to be done, and a high
priced outside concern holding m%onopolies through certain
patents shown such favOrs?
The Board of Aldermen are making a bad start in the
matter of paving. The least they can do is to have open COM
petition. Those who are now in control of the board. have
done a great deal of talking about boosting the city and re-
leving the taxpayers in every way possible. Their actions
belle their tongue. With so many of our citizens out of work
it is not helping to give them employment to deliberately
more a local paving industry when there is local paving to
lie done; it is not helping to relieve the burden of the tax
iayers to deliberately play into the hands of the high-priced
atent pavement interests.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
GOLF MOST POPULAR
GAME SAYS HASkIN
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

of tournament play, perhaps, where
f1S holes must be played morning
and afternoon for a period of several
days. Aside from the nervous strain
and the mental concentration neces-
sary to good golf, the actual dis
lance travelled up hill and down. day
in and day out, is enough to wear
down an older player after a cou-
pie of days, and then it Is that youth
takes advantage Of its greater endu-
rance and ability to conquer fatigue.
Harry Vardon, whose name every
golfer breathes with a feeling not. far
from real awe, succumbed to g
last summer at Inverness. After
travelling at top speed for a long
time, with only a little way to go
to tuck another championship in his
pocket, he faltered and his game
d~eteriorated into mediocrity when
the physical strain proved his I'M
doing. Vardon was in a position
last seven holes in par he would
have won. He was faced with this
necessity after playing every other
hole that day in par figures. But
the years were toe much for him; he
faltered. and the prize slipped out
OF his grasp.
But the fact that a golfer cannot
reasonably expect to win champion
ships when close to 60 does not mean
that he is through as a golfer. 1t
is still possible for him to reel off
single rounds in just as good fig
ures as he was able to accomplish
when 40, or 80, or in his teens.
There is many a golf enthusiast still
playing the game regularly, week IN
and week out, who is we'll beyond
] tho aI1nttnd fhrna Snnrp and ten
years of human life.
Endeavor to Cut Costs
Officials of the United States Golf
attention to trying to reduce the cost
of golf. 1t is a safe statement that
there would be many more than the
estimated 1000, 900 American golfers
if the cost of the game were reduced
and if there were more places and
more convenient places for them to
play. The officials of the golf organ
lization, of individual clubs. and the
, sporting goods houses are trying to
bring the cost of golf sticks, balls,
and clothing down to the lowest pos
sible mark. Not only is the orig
NAL cost of the necessary articles
of play to be brought down as far
as possible, but the final cost of the
game reduced through making these
articles so durable that they a be
counted upon to last a longer time
without replacement or repair.
Another thing for which golfers
all over the country are striving is
the reduction of golf course costs,
so that men and women of moderate
means may join clubs without the
haunting fear that they will not be
able to remain members on account
of the strain on their purses. New
clubs are continually springing up:
One of the great advancements OF
recent years in giving golfers a place
to play has been the establishment
of municipal links in many OF the
larger cities of the nation. These
courses invariably are crowded dur-
ing the season when golf is at all
possible. On the public links In
this city 1t was possible to play golf
almost until New Years Day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

After several more or less discOuraging attempts to get
started the Perth Amboy Historical Society was fairly
launched last night under the most favorable circumstances.
The choice of Harold E. Pickersgill to head the organization
is a happy one. No one is better qualified to become the first
president of the society than he. The society is fortunate in
having a man of such authority on the history Of the city
and who is SO enthusiastic in that line to head it. Judge
pickersgill will make an ideal president and under his lead
ership the society is bound to succeed.
The great need of an historical society in Perth Amboy
las been shown on numerous occasions. Some idea of the
great field we have here and the tremendous amount of work
than can be done was brought out in the brief discussions
That took place last night. With the organization of the So
ciety now complete there is every reason to believe that its
activities will soon be felt in greater and greater degree. Wei
cannot imagine a more worthy movement than that which
has for its purpose the preservation of historic features of
this ancient city and the study ofits past greatness.
Judge pickersgill has served the city well i'll a great
many ways in past years, but there is reason to believe that
his real service is now just beginning as president of the
Perth Amboy Historical Society. His devotion to the city
has been manifested on many occasions and his enthusiasm
for things historic, especially when they have reference to
Perth Amboy, is well known. The society is to be con.
gratulated thai it has such a man to lead it during the critical
days of organization and to see it firmly established. 1t is
a work worthy of the best of Judg Pickersgilrs already rec
ogniZed ability.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

accumulated prior to that date are
not taxed and likewise losses &C.
cumulated prior to that date are not
allowable deductions. This was the
date Of the passage Of the l6tn
amendment to the United States con-
stitution, permitting Congress 10
pass income tax laws without appar-
tIonment among the states. the law
of 1909 was an excise tax law OUT
based upon net income.
%. 32-What is the basis for de-
termining gain or less from the safe
Of property acquired by gift!
A. If acquired by gift after Dec.
81, 1920, the basis shall be n same
as it would have been in The hanos
| of the donor or last preceding owner
who did not acquire it by gift.
@. 33-What is the basis Il proper
~ is acquired by bequest devise or
inheritance?
A. If acquired to Feb. 20, 1913,
the basis is its fair market value a.
time of acquisition.
@. 34-Is a taxable gain or loss
realized upon exchange of property!
A. Where properties of a like ma
ture are exchanged no gain or loss IS
recognized, but if the property re-
ceived has already realizab!e market
value in excess Of that of the prop
erty exchanged there may under
certain conditions be a taxable gain.
@. 35-What is meant by met
loss?"
A.Phis is a loss resulting from
the operation of a trade or business
regularly carried on blythe taxpayer
including loss in disposing OF any
capital assets Of the business. Tie
amount of this met loss" may be de-
Quoted from the net income Of the
succeeding year and II the met
loss is in excess of such net income
that excess. may be deducted from
the net income Of the second sue
ceeding year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
BY r.. A. CONKEY

BY r. A. CONKEY
Question GAN unmarried in
dividual receives during the year
salary amounting to 5000, d:vldends
$500 and insurance from his father s
death of $4,000. Should he file a
return?
A. The insurance Is not taxable
and need not appear on the return.
His net income, however Is $1,20O
and he must file a return. AS the
dividends are not subject to normal
tax this leaves only 5000 subject to
normal tax and his personal .exemp-
ton in $1,000 therefore he has no tax
tC pay.
termining gain Oh loss from the sale
or purchased property?
n.,,j With respect to property
purchased since Feb. 20, 1918, the
basis is its cost. The difference be-
tween the sale price and its cost is
either gain OF loss.
(2)-With respect to property puf
chased prior to March 1. 1913, the
fair market value as of tina late
governs the basis. The following ex-
amples illustrate how the basis is
Where March 1, 1913, value is
greater than cost and less than sale
price:
Property cost .......... 100000
March l.. 1918, value -. 100000
Sold subsequent to March I.
1913 for l7OO.O0
Actual gain .......... S 700 90
Taxable gain (excess of ale price
over March /, 1918 valued. 100000.
VLyhown Mo rob 4 1911 V11Jo 10 loss
than cost but greater than sale price
Property cost .......... 100000
March 1, 1913. value -. 10000
Sold subsequent to March l,
1918, for ........... 6OO.OO
Actual loss ............ 4O0.OO
Deductib.e loss (excess of March /,
1913, value over sale price,, 100000.
Where March 1, 1913, value is
greater than cost and greater than
sale price:
Property cost .......... S$lOOO.O0'
March /. 1913, value 80. 100000
Sold subsequent to March 1, 5000
1913, for ............. 100000
Actual gain ........ $ I 10000
which gain is not returnable as sale
price is less than March ], 1913,
value and therefore no taxable gain
accrued since that date.
Where March 1, 1913, value is less
than cost and less than sales price:
Property cost .......... 100000
March /, 1913, value 80. 10000
Sold subsequent to March /,
1918. for .......... 500. 90
Actual loss .......... ~ 10000
which loss is not deductible as such
loss did not accrue since March 1,
1918.
@. S1-Why does the date March
/, 1918, govern the basis?
A. AS this was the effective date
of the first income tax law, gains
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

@. How can a $40 gold piece be
worth only $50 when labor and
transportaticn costs have increased?
l.. f. IL.
A.. The Office OF the Director Of
the Mint says that coinage is free.
Therefore. a $40 gold piece is always
worth the game amount regardless
of the cost If mining the gold or
mining the coin.
@! VIVA. IS meant by 7. C. c. IA
on dynamite? p. W. Men.
A. The Interstate Commerce
Commission says that they regulate
the transportation of all types of
plos:ves. Therefore, !. G.. G. IA on
dynamite boxes is merely the stamp
Of the Interstat Commerce Com
mission.
O.. When did the Cook tours
start?-H. l. M.
A.. Cooks excursions were orig
mated by Thomas Cook in 1841.
Q. What people first used or in.
vented fish nets?-E. N. G.
A. The Pnoenicians are credited
with having invented both the fish
ing line and the fish net, and when
they could no longer catch fish from
the shore they constructed canoes
Of followed logs ana built RATS with
bushes for sails to fellow the fish out
to sea. and from this they are also
credited with the invention of ship
building and navigation.
Q. What is can by the terms
rights" and "lefts" as applied to So
ciaiists ?-I. M. l..
A. In any organized movement
the moderares OF conservatives are
known as the rights or members of
the right wing" while the radicals
are designated by the term ''lefts'
or left wing"
4 @. Is asafoetida a. vegetable or a
'mineral?--N. N. X.
A. Asafcetida is of vegetable Or
igin. being q gum resin found on
various Persian and East Indian
plants.
@. What is alfalfa teal. B.
A. Alfalfa tea is made by pour
ing boiling water or the hay Or by
stirring alfalfa meal into cool water,
allowing 1t to stand several hours,
then straiping. Some grain is added
to the tea and it is used as a feed for
pigs and calves Tests have been
made to determine it's value. but as
yet it has not been concluded that
the results justify the expenditure
Of time and energy.
u. what KIM or an animal was
the chamojs mentioned in the Old
Tesrament?--S. H. A.
A. This chamois was probably
the wild SHEEP Of North Africa call
ed the aordad.
@. OF what man was it said that
"hell would be afraid to let him M"
r. N.
A. One Of the many epigrams
composed agains. the great Roman,
Cato. was to the effect that his face
was so hidoous ana forbidding that
he would be compelled to wander
forever. on the banks of the Styx,
for hell itself would be afraid to
let nim in."\
@. What was the mani with
which the Israelites were fed Pm.
f. T.
A. Mama, ais, known as angels
bread, is a gummy substance which
exudes from a desert shrub, and Is a
pleasant syrup and a mild purge but
not a nourishing food.
@. What became of the steamship
Sierra?-J. S.
A. The Sierra changed its name
to Gdansk, December 10. 1920. and
is operated by the Polish American
Navigation Company
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
MEMORIAL BRIDGE PROJECT GAINS

The movement to have the new state highway bridge
across the Raritan river here made a memorial to the New
Jersey boys who fought in the World War is gaining. The
action of the State Highway ommission places the idea
squarely before the state. The endorsement of the Perth
Amboy Post of the American Legion is encouraging and last
night the Perth Amboy Historical Society went on record
az favoring the project and promises to take the matter up
with other historical societies.
Senator Larson is going to bring the matter before his
colleagues in the legislature shortly and all the backing he
can have from the various organizations will be decidedly
helpful.
The arguments in favor of this memorial are unan-
swerable. The big stumbling block, perhaps, will be the
question of expense. But as the bridge is going to be built
ANYWAY. it will require but a little more money from the
state to do the really handsome thing. Here is an oppor-
tupity to erect a state memorial that will be really worth
while. Let's make this memorial bridge a reality.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
Eredcrikke Jorgenson

Frederikke Jorgensoh thirty
years old, of SAT Compton ave-
nue.. died in the city hospital last
night after a brief illness. The de-
is survived by a husband,
T., two children. Laura and Hans.
residing in this city. and 4 mother
and sister living in Denmark. The
funeral will be held Monday after
DON at 2 O'Clock with servic ss in Our
Saviour's Danish Lutheran church
on State street, Rev. Mr.. Kreyling
officiating and interment IN Alpine
cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
Cut This Quilt Is Worth None,

Cut out this slip. enclose with sc
and mail it to Foley & Co., 1885
Sheffield ave. Chicago, ILL.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in a return a trial pack
age containing Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound for coughs. colds and
Group; Foley Kidney Pills for pains
in sides and back; rheumatism.
backache. kidney and bladder all
ments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets,
a wholesome and thoroughly cleans
ing cathartic for constipation. bill
~iousness, headaches. and sluggish
bowels. Sold eyerywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
Questions Answers

Any reader can get the answer TO
any question by whiting The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D.. c. This ouer ap-
plies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medicinal and financial roubles. Jt
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles nor to undertake exhaus
tive research on any subject Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name adm address and en-.
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

A woman wants divorce because
her husband tried to sell her for
$4OO. Perhaps this was far below
cost and made her feel cheap.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

A Chicago maj. who believed what
a bootlegger told him Is learning to
read with his fingers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

New York club wcmen are debat-
ing whether a dog or a COW is mans
best frisnd. Die. you W. see a COW
rush out to meet a man coming
from, work!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Moiorman who smashed into an
other car a prove that silk stock
ings will turn any mans head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
YOUR INCOME TAX

More specimen income tax s re cited and solved today in ths
fourth article by r. A. Copkey, tax consutant of the Central National
Bank Savings and Trust Cobpany, C leveland Are any of these similar to
III case?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

A quaok gets your money and
ducks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

A serious scarcity of reformed re-
forfners Is reported.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

It will soon be time to decide
where you are going on your vaca.
ton besides broke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

~fOM SIMS

Are you noisy when you eat?'
asks social hints. No, we are noisy
when we don't eat.
Another nickle cigar has dropped
from. s to 6 cents.
Country oedbugs are training for
spring tourists.
Coxey, who led the famous army,
wants to buy 112 ships. so maybe we
will have q Coxey's navy.
TOO many husbands are threaten
ing tc, go home to father.
New bathing suits designed
to he worn while taking a bath.
A man who tells all he knows
doesn't often tell much.
Alter this the st. Louis girl sem
fenced for stealing trousers will only
steal those with men inside.
All of us like to brag about how
bad we were when growing up.
The. rising generation wants to
sleep until 10 O'clock.
Another income tax is when you
take wific candy because your in
come was ; a. m.
What worries congress is, can the
farmers raise a majority?
-
A girl Is going to cross Niagara
Falls on a wire. She wants to reach
Canada worse than we do.
Beauty Is only skin deep and some
get skinned trying TO get 1t.
It will saon be time to decide
| where you are going OIL your vaca.
| ton besides broke.
-z,;~,c eonrot&, 70 rofrrnona re.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Beauty Is only skin deep and some
get skinned trying 20 get it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Alter this the st. Louis girl sem
fenced for stealing trousers will only
stea, those with men inside.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11
Bible Thought For Today

- THE OMNISCIENT GUIDE-The steps of a good
man are ordered by the Lord.-psalm 1928.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

A girl is going to cross Niagara
Falls on a wire. She wants to reach
Canada worse than we do.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

A man who tells all he knows
doesn't often tell much.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

All of us like to brag about how
bad we were when growing Up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Another income tax is when you
take wific candy because your in
come was , a. m.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

What worries congress is, "a the
farmers raise a majority?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

New bathing suits seem designed
to he worn while taking a bath.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Coxey, who led the famous army,
wants to buy 112 ships. so maybe we
will have q Coxey's navy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Tie. rising generation wants to
sleep until 10 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Too many husbands are threaten
ing tc, go home to father.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-11

Are you noisy when you eat?'
S social hints. No, we are noisy
when we don't eat.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-09-01

With a saving of about 2 million
dollars a day in the governments
ordinary daily expenses, Uncle
Sans business still requires about
~ millions a day to keep it gong.
A little more than half this amount,
$5,685, 900 a day, is contributed by
income, excess profits taxes. The
tariff brings IN about 1910, 900 a
day, but we no longer get the three
million dollars we used to collect
from val taxes on tobacco, movies,
theaters and luxuries. These taxes
have been repealed. If we have to
raise more taxes to meet a deficit OF
about 400 million dollars a year now
looming up, it should not be done
with a sales tax on necessities, but
with one placed on luxurious ex-
travagance.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-09-01
AFTER THE BALL WAS OVER


Years ago I was a government
clerk in the capital. Through pull
with a certain representative, I OBJ
tanned an invitation to the inaugu-
raj ball and invited a charming girl
to go with me. l purchased a dress
suit, engaged a cab, bought flowers
in fact, set myself back a months
pay.
The night of the big event l
started to dress early, but after my
bath and shave decided to lie down
a few moments to rest, warning my
roommate that if I should happen
to doze off, he must rouse me in
plenty of time to finish dressing.
I awoke at II 80, alone and de-
serted-Jim had gone off with the
fellows and forgotten all about me
Chicago Tribune.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-09-01

Exports totaled So, no, 900, 900 in
the last IL months. This is $2,746,-
000,0 900 less than the previous
twelve months. Imports dropped
81, GAG, 600, 900. We still are over a
billion a year to the good. The ex-
ports averaged about $35 for each
American, and imports about $24.
We are ahead about $11 apiece. Yet,
economists say, the difference be-
tween normal foreign trade, and no
foreign trade, is the difference be-
tween prosperity and hard times.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-09-01
Foreign Advertising Representativ
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
OUR TOAST

OUK BREAkFASl lOAS1
Perhaps you made it n an electric
toaster; perhaps on your gas range.
But, before the bread reached you
The fertilizers which tattened the
wheat crop had been ground and
mixed by electric machines.
The wheat had probably been
threshed, certainly had been ground
into flour, by electricity.
The milk which went into the
dough may have come from cows
MIXED by electricity.
The loaf was kneaded, shaped,
and carried to the oven by machln-
cry run by electricity. 1t was bak-
ed in an oven heated by gas. 1t
was wrapped by an electric machine.
1t was delivered to your grocer in
a truck run by electricity or one, at
least, that depends on electricity
for ignition and lighting.
The butter you spread on your
toast probably was churned In an
acknowledgements churn.
In other words, electricity or gas
plays a most important part in
every phase OF modern housekeep-
lng.-The Manufacturer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-09-01

The war department issues a gen.
eral order to discontinue the manu-
racture OF poison gas except IN
limited amounts for experimental
purposes. This is in accordance
with the agreement of the disarma-
ment conference. The poison gas
expel is of the department will con-
tlnue their experiments until all
countries agree to abolish poison
gas IN warfare. That is only COM
NOR prudence.