Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-11-09

There and Here
Men and Wolves
The Doctor Mill
Monsieur Loucheur. ablest finan-
cial mind in France. tells Americans,
You must put out of your minds
all idea of getting the money that
France owes you. Payment is i'm
possible. Consider the stupendous
sum France owes you"
The amount that France owes us
Is little over four billion dollars.
Loucheur may he right, payment
may be impossible.
But this puzzles you. Poincaire
consenting to conference. says
there mustn't be any suggestion OF
cutting down the amount he thinks
Germany should pay. That amount
is thirty billions.
II France cant pay the stupend-
Gus sum" OF four billions. how can
as much? Will the world confer
ence answer that question?
Ordinary arithmetic won't answer.
Cotton sold off little. but it is
still above 30. and il you want it
you might as well buy II now. 1t is
going to be scarce commodity.
Fortunately. the cotton growers
will get a somewhat better price. not
because they deserve 1t. as they do.
but because the crop will be small
Chickens lay more eggs when you
light the coop at night, prolonging
the period of eating. Everybody
knows that. Now 1t is shown that
prolonging the day by electric ligh,
will make plants increase their
growth.
II seems We are getting poorer.
Only one man in the United States
this year pays tax on income OF five
million dollars. The Government
doesn't tell who that one is. Income
tax reports are KEEP, secret. The tax
that man pays on a small home Is
public property.
Only twenty-one Americans re-
ported incomes OF one million dol
lars or more
In 1920 seventy reported incomes
OF million. The solitary income OF
five millions represents five per cent
on one hundred ml:..an dollars. Sew
cral Americans would laugh II you
offered them a hundred million. for
everything they own This doesn't
mean Illegal or criminal evasion OF
income tax. The laws are drawn so
that they reach small men, doctors.
lawyers. moderat. sized business
men. They don't reach the really
great fortunes. Everybody knows
that several great fortunes. Henry
Ford's. John ID. kockefeiler's, and
two or three others are worth many
times one hundred million dollars.
But the money 4. In corporations.
Tn. owners OF III. corporations do
not draw the money out, They re-
invest II. n good thing when IL II re-
invested in labor giving enterprises.
not SO good when Invested In bonds
that pay no tax whatever.
II the election OF anybody for
president would hurt your business
or your feelings. "Lioyd's" OF Eng
land will insure You against that
election. One concern paid down
s3s. 900 and Lloyd's agreed to pay
100000 In case OF Ford's election
issuing policy. which is n good
way OF Disgusting a bet.
The question ls; Can Ford. by any
chance. stampede the Democrats
conveniIon7 Political leaders believe
that II Ford had regular nomina-
ton !, would be impossible TO beat
him. II the Democrats beliey. II
earnestly In 1894. aud II Ford had
somebody that could produce /.
Gross OF Gold" speech for him.
u'ampcding III. convention might
not he difficult. What politicians
want. first Of all. Is TO win.
Last week Communists were
marching on Berlin 10 upset the Rc-
publican government.
In this biessed country. n about
the same time. the public vas learn
ing Of tobacco combinations
amounting 10 two hundred and fifty