The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-12-05
Death and Taxes

but death and taxes" Death still
is certain enough for all OF us. bu
the skill with which taxes are ev
AIDED clothes with uncertainty the &C
curssy OF FrankIin's famous phrase
This observation is inspired by the
disclosures that are being made by
the Couzen's committee OF the Sen.
ate. which was created especially 10
investigate the international Revenue
Bureau OF the United States Urea
sury. Who evades taxes and how the
evasion is accomplished are the ques-
tions into which this committee is
making close inquiry. The temper OF
the committee and the general dir
ection OF its inquiries are generally
commended, and tend to disarm any
suspicion on the part OF partisans who
may have felt that the investigation
was 10 be merely search for SEN
sations. The efforts of the commit
tee as disclosed by its work to date
indicates an earnest desire and an
intelligent plan to secure the real
facts, and to do a painstaking and
constructive piece OF work.
Through 4 corps OF trained inves-
tigators, the committee is getting
down to brass tacks. Already il has
discovered that there are FIVE or six
principle avenues through which some
OF the very rich have been evading
their just share OF the national taxes.
These principal avenues are: l. the
incorporation of estates. 2 The or
ganization OF corporations to hold the
earnings OF industrial corporations
5. The improper charging off of So
called losses in business. T. The de
claration OF stock dividends. 5. The
practice of cooperating in postponing
the distribution OF dividends and
thereby accommodating huge SURPRISES
and undivided profits 8. Errors in
statistical methods on the part OF the
Treasury Department.
The amount OF revenue OF which
the government is deprived by the
'evasions accomplished through each
OF these channels is not yet deter
mined and can not be known for sew
eral months. However, the invesri-
CATION has proceeded to the point
where it is becoming evident that the
gross amount which the Treasury is
losing through these forms of eva
sion is appalling. and much more
startling than any other phase of tax
alton which has been discussed dur
ing the last two or three years.
The Vanished Race
The Bureau of American Etholoev
takes notice that" the material Gull
ture and ceremonials Of the Ameri- |
can Indian are being modified so rap
IDLY through contact with the white |
race that it is imperative for the Bur
eau to make every effort to record an |
possible date bearing on the abort
ginal Indian culture Buffalo B;u
nad an ambition to preserve the story
OF the Indians of the plains. and he
carried out this ambition shortly be-
lore he died. He performed the
double service of including in a film
production that was taken over by the
Interior Department at Washington
the story OF the Indian scouts and
indian lighters who took an import
ant part i'll events like the Custer
massacre, the capture OF sitting Bull
and the safe-conduct OF stagc-coaches
that furnished picturesque means of
transportation half century ago.
In this Essay on Man Alexander
rope described the Indians:
His soul proud science ncve-
aught TO stray
far as the solar walk or milky
way
But thinks. admitted to tbs; eoua;
ky.
His faithful dog shall car n,m
company"
The Indian tepee has vanished and
IN IT'S placct here Is a two-storv (
lousc; the bow and arrow and the (
lithy blankets with which Indians in
pircd the poets have been merged I
nto modern fire arms and tailor-made
'lothing and the kind of Indians Col
INDUS discovered "cad in paint and
Gathers now wear boiled shirts and
ed necktes
There isn't much wonder that the
smithsonian Institution is cnforcin,
rush order TO have its scientists
ecord the life and habits Of AmcrI-
an Indians before the romance is
III gone. Even off in Alaska where
indians still have chance to live I
rude lives they are known TO pre-
or working in the canning factories
rom Wlffb fha. s.t-.