The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-20
..hEasONC E. 9 OYER

Senator Dunn on the New Tax Biil The senate has passed the tax bill,r ob- served Senator o. Howe Dunn as he leaned against a fire-hydrant
 "So see" replied Representative A. Lott Drummer. By the way, when did Harry K. Thaw get into the senate?"
 "Is he in the senate?" demanded the sem ator.
 By the looks of the tax bill I think he must be-" returned Representative Drummer. "Its a wonderful measure,%. declared the senator.
 How do you make that out?" asked the Representative.
 Eve been studying it for 72 consecutive hours and can't understand it."
 "The senate has been studying it all win ter and can't understand it," added Drummer. "Still the tax bill as passed by the senate will be of benefit to a tremendous number of people," snid the senator.
 How come?" asked his colleague.
 Tt will take an enormous burden from that great body of people who dress them selves up partly as hunters and partly as riding masters and go in for assassinations or knife juggling acts in open boats." Il don't get you," insisted Drummer. "One of the great reliefs granted the Amer ican people is the elimination of the excise tax on the LOuOWlng SuDJectS:
 Dirks
 DaRgers
 Bowie-knives
 Hunting Garments
 Riding Habits
 Yachts
 Motorboats.
 "Even now you're obtuse," complained the representative.
 well, let me illustrate" said the senator. "Dirks, bowie-knives, daggers, riding habits, hunting costumes, yachts and motorboats are real necessities in the lives of American peo- ple The masses are particularly strong for them. Every little while the American work ingman, tiring of work, craves a little pleas ure. So what does he do?''
 Takes week off and tries to make him. self some home brew" replied the represen- tative.
 "Nothing of the kind" declared the sem ator "He determines to either take part in an amateur play, The Gypsy's Revenge or sumpin like that, or to take his wife on sea trip where he can entertain himself and the lady with one of them circus acts where the feller puts the woman against the wall and throws bowie-knives at her to see how close he can come without running her for general homework" 5 "Go on," urged the representative. Well, if he decides on the amateur enter tainment he's got to have a hunting gar mert and couple of dirks and daggers. And if he decides to take a sea trip he's got to get himself yacht or mot0rboat and a suitable uniform.
 "And when a workingman goes to get suitable uniform for yachting the clerk gen. erally sells him the pants of q riding suit and the coat and vest of a hunting uniform. Then he has to buy the knives to throw at the wife"
 I'm beginning to follow you"
 "Well, the point is right here: up to the present time the working classes have had to pay tax on these~things, but thanks to the kindness of the present congress, this will be removed"
 "Ain't that grand?" exclaimed Drummer. From now on the working people can set all the dirks, bowie knives, yachts, riding hab- it's and hunting costumes they can use with out paying a penny of tax on then," de- clared the senator.
 Tt ought to help the poor people tremen- dously," agreed the representative. They owe the present congress debt of gratitude And not only that" continued the sen: ator, "but to make workingman's trip ot the kind just mentioned more enjoyable the tax on candy has been removed, too" Don't give me any more good news, sobbed Drummer, breaking down completely. .'You're just killing me-"