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Evening star., 1925-10-04
He Didn't Know Thing About Taxation
So He Qualified for Debate on Subject

Yes" admits Thigh Dome" "he is,
but If he's a business man he's proba-
bly, losing several times that much on
his profits II what you say about COM
petition pulling down prices is true.
If he's laborer it'll come out OF his
wages before long"
THE way you talk" ] tells him.
IT'D probably be better to double the
taxes instead Of cutting 'em down.
ut wouldn't make any difference in
the long rum" returns Finnegan. THE
taxes have been pretty high In the
last few years, haven't they?"
I'll tell me they have BEEN" an
swers.
Just the same" says "1Iiyh
Dome" Everybody that's been will
ing to work could get a job at good
wages, more automobiles were bought
than ever before in the history Of the
country, savings deposits have in
creased two and three times over, the
standard of living is higher than ever
before, and they amt a free soup
kitchen in the country. How do you
account for all Of that If the taxes
have been crushing?"
THE farmers haven't been doins
very good" I suggests.
1.-The farmers splutters Finnegan.
"They don't even pay any taxes. A
DOokkeepef IN New York making $iO
week puts more jack in the Gov
crnment kick than an apple -knockel'
out in Iowa with d thousand acres Of
corn and three automobiles. it
wasn't taxes that allied those babies
out in the Northwest. 1t was just
lot Of cheap land speculating with
dough borrowed from bankers that
knew about as much about banking as
fish does about flute playing. Get
the idea out of your head that taxes
have got anything to do with pros
perity. It's just like the tariff-a
foot ball for the feeders at the public
crib to kick around near election
times. There's only one class that
might bc helped Tor 4 while by cut
in taxes"
"And them are?" inquiries.
"Salaried men and professional
men," answers High Dome land
it wouldn't take long for salaries a nd
fees to come down. either, If the taxes
We're cut much"
"How do you happen to know so
much about taxesf" asks.
II don't know a thing about EN-"
returns Finnegan. That's why
can discuss them in behalf Of the
great American public"
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its soft radiance over her little face.
She waited patiently for him to
speak. and somehow he found that
speech came with difficulty. There
was SO much he desired to say and
so little that he could say and 1t never
occurred to him that in all this 81
years she might have believed that he
had never swerved from his desire
for a divorce. And yet there had been
times when she had looked closely at
his lean, finely featured face and
wondered, and wondered.
Doris. where did you get that din
ner dress?"
She blushed. "I've had this for
more than 81 years."
1T is the one you wore-that
night?"
Yes"
II see. Queer; the same dress. This
dinner suit of mine. We haven't had
much chance for dressing up in the
last 3 years. have we?"
Have you missed it,"
Yes. Delightfully."-
Silence-which she broke. Il just
let down the skirt little and changed
the waistline."
1T is the same dress. I wonder II
you guessed"
Perhaps"
He leaned back and clasped his
hands behind his head. Abruptly he
questioned: Have you been happy
this past years?''
Happy" She looked at him curl
ously. We've didn't do this--for
happiness. did we?"
"Ye-es, in a way. The happiness of
separation
And you. Donald?"
Il have felt-different. It is diff
! cult to analyze just how have felt.
I have enjoyed it."
There was hint Of bitterness In
her voice: Like camping out?"
And a touch Of the old sardonic
humor in his answer: Perhaps"
X ~
THEN for a while they said moth
ing. This was not at all as he
had expected. He was afraid to trust
himself. Now he took from the pock-
ct Of his dinner jacket an envelope
which he handed to her. She looked
at him and then at the envelope.
Evening star., 1925-10-04

dible to man, but easily becomes so
with the aid Of the microphone.
Now this high note strikes all the
surrounding objects, becomes modified
by their character and size, and is
reflected back. These reflections or
echoes are received by the bats ears.
The best informed naturalists have
for years understood that the bat
possessed some extraordinary means
of guiding its flight, but they failed
to understand the true nature of the
apparatus until the results OF the
English experiments were made
known. Cuvier thought that the bats
power Of finding it's way about in the
dark was due to an exceptional de-
velopment Of touch residing in the
delicate membrane expanse Of the
wings.
It Is in the ears and the surround
ing parts Of the face that the most
remarkable development Of the bat is
to be found. The various species Of
bats differ greatly as to ears, but all
possess an immense superiority of ear
over all other animated forms. The
pinnae or outermost parts of the ear
are not only quite large, but they are
movable and most sensitive. These
movements and this sensitiveness
were never accounted for until the
British investigator threw light upon
q popularity Of bat behavior which
had bafied the scientists of some gen.
erations past.
Evening star., 1925-10-04

give the income TAX d ooylsn
bob
Suppose they do" comes back that
bobo, what goods 1t going to do?"
What do you mean what good'?''
I inquiries, puzzled. Don't you think
the whole country'll be helped by a
slash in the rate?"
"Just how?" returns Ffnnegan.
"Well," says I, take q corporation
that's being rigged about ten million
in taxes now. Won't they be able to
sell stuff cheaper if the Government
tap Is cut in half. for examples"
"They might" agrees High Dome
but what makes you think they will?
Amt they more likely to take the jack
cuts?"
For a while. maybe" replies, ''but
competition is bound to smash down
prices in the long run"
Admitting that's true" says Finne-
gan, won't wages so down. too?"
why should they?" I demands.
Listen, feller." goes on High
Dome" Its the cost Of living that
regulates pay rolls, amt 1t? When a
bunch of labor birds go on a strike for
more jack what's their excuse--that
they got to have more dough on ac-
count of rents, rags and rolls going
up. Yes"
What of it," I wants to know.
"Just this" returns High Dome.
You push down the cost of living 20
per cent, let's say, and just as sure
as green apples make tummyaches the
price of labor'll go down that much,
and then what have you gained?"
"Well." says I, the"
'"The bunk" finishes Finnegan.
you're like the rest of the fiat tires
L. - fop
taxes and lower costs of living with
out thinking what the effect1l be.
Taxes and the price of stuff you have
to buy amt got nothing to do with
the standard of living in this country -
What has?" 1 asks. "Your old
mans toupee?"
Labor and crops" says High
Dome" "You get lotta stun raised
on the farms and have enough work
around for carpenters. hod carriers
and the rest, and the prices and taxes
ference If q bin gets $16 q day, pays
S14 Of it to live and 81 in taxes, or If
he gets $12 a day and has to pay $12
to get by on? He's not paying any
taxes and he's eating just as good as
he used to, but he amt saving any
THAT'S all right" I comes back.
''but they Is one big thing you re
overlooking"
"Your shortcomings?" queries Fin.
negan.
you're giving the snow and ice to
the fact" goes on, treating the slam
with the contempt I deserve. that
there are billions in this country tied
up in the sock, bonds and stuff like
that that'll be turned loose into build
ing factories and the so forth If the
tax is cut down on regular invest.
ments. Won't that make a lot more
work and spread a lot Of jack around
! tho country"
"No, it won't" says High Dome"
"Why not?' asks.
Because" goes on Finnegan
"building more factories and things
like that amt got nothing to do with
| the taxes here. It's got a whole lo'
more to do with the taxes in Europe
| II we was to manufacture a lot more
stuff than we're making now who dc
you think you'd peddle it to? Oul
| best customers over the other side Of
| tho drink are broke, and nothing that
~ do with taxes around here 10 80
ing to make EN- any less broke. Al
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Good. Fine. I thought you had
| the right stuff. I hoped for your own
| sake you would turn me down. It's
cheap at $4,000. but that's my best
offer. I'm d-boiled."
Yes, SIR
BE hard-boiled yourself. That's tho
road to success. Now, I'm busy. Get
out"
But Donald did not Immediately get
out He was thinking. and thinking
hard. Finally. he spoke. Mr.. Hanra-
han. you Just limited that you were
| looking for a gilt-edged investment"
"Yes-always."
You put q minimum appraisal on
my business of 100000. I should like
to borrow $4,000 from you on that
business: giving as security a flve-year
mortgage payable $1,000 a year for
four years and the balance on the
fifth; the loan to yield Z per cent,
payable semi.annually"
The brows beetled. "Why?"
II want $50,00O."
None OF my business, eh? Come
back tomorrow. I'll let you know"
Two days later. after an audit OF the
company's books. the business was
mortgaged to Hanrahan and the
$50. 900 paid to Ryder. He deposited
the money to the FIRMS credit, and
rose from his desk. Doris was donning
hat and cape. She looked very pretty
and tiny and efficient as she stood be-
fore him.
II want to ask a favor, Doris"
"Yes7"
Please splurge tonight. Get a big
dinner-lots Of fancy things-you
know. Well eat late. Let Martha go
after the cooking is done. 1 want to
talk to you"
II she caught the serious nuance in
his tone. she gave no sign. She set
the dinner hour at 1880 and waved
him goodbye. He did very little work
for the balance of the afternoon. The
immediate future seemed fraught with
great potentialities.
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At he entered the tiny apart
ment; they had three rooms now
his room and hers and real dining
room. From the kitchenette drifted
appetizing odors, and when she sum
moned him he came forth IN dinner
clothes. But the impression he ex-
pected to create was somewhat
negatived by his amaZement. Doris
smiled at him from a gown of sap
phire and silver. They then both fell
silent and there was a peculiarly con-
strained air in the room.
Martha served dinner and left. It
was a wonderful dinner. gauged by the
standards to which they had accus-
toned themselves during the past
years: there was cocktail Of fresh lob
ster and hors d'oeuvres and filet of
sole and succulent lamb chops and
creamed potatoes and dainty ramekins
filed with French peas and hearts OF
lettuce with Thousand Island dressing
and ice cream served with little choco-
late squares which Doris herself had
made; then coffee and cheese and tiny
toasted crackers.
He tried to appear at ease. but knew
that his conversation was forced and
unnatural. 1t was almost as though
he were dining with a stranger. No.
not that: he felt like a man al dinner
with the girl whom he hopes some day
to marry.
They cleared the table together. but
dispensed with dish-wa shing. And
then with the big center light ex-
tinguished, they seated themselves side
by side on the lounge which had been
brought with them from the other
home. There was no light in the
room save the piano lamp which shed
Evening star., 1925-10-04
across again.

across again.
'Donald-'
Eyes, Doris?"
Ever since We We're first married
we have been honest with each other.
1t was a trust each placed in the
other, and do not believe that either
OF us has ever been false to that trust.
Sometimes our honesty has amounted
to brutality"
She paused, then went on rapidly:
you asked noe if have been happy
during this three and a half years.
evaded YOUR question. I shall answer
1t now. l have been happy-happier
than ever before in my life; happier,
perhaps, than I shall ever. be again.
And I have been miserable, too. No:
stay where you are. Let me finish.
1t is hard to say what I am going to
say.
Tomorrow. Donald. I shall leave
this apartment. We will go through
with the divorce. You have worked
for three years-falthfully and hard
for that. l made the conditions, and
I shall carry them through. But /
cannot take the money from you. II
seems too sacred a thing to use-for
such purpose. I have destroyed the
check"
He rose and put his hands on her
shoulders, looked down into her eyes.
Why-Why Is II 700 Sacred!
She did not evade. She met his
gaze with glorious directness.
Let us not put into our parting
Donald. lack of honesty which is
foreign to our natures. When I leave
you in the morning. I want YOU to
know one thing-one thing"
And that is?"
"I love YOU
His hands frightened until the fin
gers dug deep into the soft. white
flesh. 1t was hard TO understand
difficult to grasp in a second the siSni-
fiCance of her words.
And then his hungry arms were
about her and she was crushed
| against him-held in a clasp which
she could not doubt. and he was talk
ing to her-talking foolishly and senti.
mentally-talking as he had talked on
| that other wondrous night when she
had promised to be his wife.
Slowly her arms crept about his
neck. The fingers of her right hand
opened.
The torn bits of the check hoated
to the floor and lay there-forsotten
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-10-04

For me?'
"Yes. Doris"
She took from the envelope a check.
Her eyes widened. ITO my order-for
$50 ,000l What does it mean?"
He sketched briefly the details of his
conference with Hanrahan. That Is
the estimated value Of a han-interest
in the business, Doris. For three and
a half years you have worked shoulder
to shoulder with ,me-for your free
dom. 1 believe that amount will prove
sufficient"
She tried to appear calm, but the
effort was not entirely successful, and
he-blind as he was-could not dis
Germ the emotional stir within her.
all you've done, Doris: without you
this measure of success would have
been impossible. You have done your
part and more. If ever q woman
earned her independence you have.
There 1t is. I am glad-for your
sake
His lips were tight set. She looked
at him steadily. and suddenly her eyes
filled with tears. She tried futilely to
control herself-then rose without a
word and crossed the room. The door
Of her bedroom closed behind her and
he fancied that from beyond the door
he heard a sob.
X X X *
HE sat smoking, very much alone.
In a moment the material sue
! cess had become pallid and worthless.
Gone was his pride Of achievement,
gone the warm glow which had come
from the fact that he had done it
he and Doris. She had left him. He
cursed himself for sentimental fool;
what right had he to believe that this
three years should have changed her?
What basis for hoping that perhaps
she would reject freedom when II
should be offered? He thought back
in all their three and a half years
of close companionship there had been
no moment of intimacy. They had
been friends and partners, but never
lovers.
One hour passed: two. The man
had not moved. And then the door to
Doris room opened and she came to
him and stood before him; dainty and
exquisite in the silver and sapphire
dinner gown. Her hand was extended
| and in it he saw his check-the check
which was to buy her freedom.
1t had been torn across and then
Evening star., 1925-10-04

will still be yours after your debts
are paid. Donald why don't you give
the public high-class auto service;
double service, double speed-and dou.
BILE prices?"
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CHE paused. The air of the room
- was surcharged with the magne-
tism of her own intense personality.
1t galvanized the man.
by George! That's an idea. say!
A garage-high.class work on high
class cars-personal supervision. I'd
do that myself, and I'm an expert on
Internal combustion motors. A play
for the high.class custom, ana perfect
service guaranteed. Double wages to
Evening star., 1925-10-04
AND SHE WORKED AS HARD AS HE DID-OR HARDER.

that within three and one.haH years
he had built q business which. on this
conservative mans cold.blooded es-
innate, was worth not less than
100000. That was his first thought.
His second had nothing whatever to
do with business. With eyes half
closed, his mind conjured a picture of
Doris. The big voice doomed through
the room.
well. what's the matter? Have
you gone to sleep? Why don't you
answer"
''Mr. Hanrahan-really. Z"
''Ohi to thunder With that. Yes-ox
nor"
"I'm afraid NJ no, SIR"
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slamming another slash onto the pay
scale
We'll" I remarks. "they must be
something good in cutting taxes or
there wouldn't be so much yelling
for it,
I'm the first place." says Finnegan.
reducing taxes is the best political
campaign material there is. You tell
the average voter that you've cut his
tax from $3.50 year to S6.15 and all
he sees is a saving of $2.15.'
He is saving that much, isn't he?"
I insists
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alous, and not entirely lacking in zest
One Of their two rooms contained a
large closet behind the door Of which
was concealed a swinging bed. This
served as Doris bedroom: the other
was Donald's. She invariably left the
shop In time to market for dinner,
prepare it. and greet him with the
calm air Of the woman who has been
at home all day preparing for her
husbands return. He marveled more
and more. and wondered how long it
would last. Perhaps, he thought at
first, It was the novelty which inter
ested her; but as the months whirled
by and the novelty wore away, her ah-
sorption in this new life did not ap.
Evening star., 1925-10-04
A Skyline Road.
IN the vicinity Of Canon City, Co

IN the vicinity Of Canon City. Colo.
is a unique road. It lies along the
summit Of q hogback ridge q thousand
feet above the surrounding plain on
both sides. This drive is about 35
feet wide, it winds to and fro and
sweeps gently up and down on the
narrow crest for about miles. The
view from this skyline is beyond de-
scription. The top of this ridge is
really the skyline on the west of
Canon City. and as vehicles are driven
along the skyline for miles they are
silhouetted against the sky In q very
interesting fashion. Thousands Of
autos visit this place ever year to take
a ride over this unique road, which
is AS smooth as a city street. It Is
a monument to John Cleghorn, warden
Of the State prison. who has the work
done by convicts. free to the State.
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a matter of fact, was reading the
other day that lotta textile mills
hadda shut down on account of their
export business being shot to pieces.
What good would reduction in taxes
do those concerns?"
Lots" l returns. "If they could
make stuff cheaper they could sell
more abroad"
That's right" mods High Dome"
"but then you get back to the wage
proposition. The mills have already
started cutting in New England, and
a tax 1op would lust be an excuse for
Evening star., 1925-10-04
BY SAM HELLMAN.

//TT LOOKS" l remarks to High
- Dome" Finnegan. that the
next Congress is going to
i give the income tax a boyish
Evening star., 1925-10-04
"Isn't Foot Ball a Lovely
Camel"

He-Look. our captain Is going to
kick the goali
she-What did the goal dsf
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
Their First Jobs
BY Philip Nolan

Success in banking and business
barring certain highly specialized
lines, appears 10 be almost inter-
changeablc, ~ large is the list Of
bankers who have made n success
in business, and Of business men
who successfully have swung over
to the field Of banking.
One Of the leading bankers in
Arkansas began as a wholesale gro
Ger, going in business for him.
self as soon as he graduated from
college. -Four years Inter he in
corporated his business. and ten
years later he was elected president
of the Merchants National Bank,
Of Fort Smith. in the promotion Of
which he had been a leading figure.
Later he extended his interests
into the wholesale dry goods field
and the manufacture Of wagons,
becoming vice president Of the Will
liam Echols Dry Goods company
and the Fort Smith Wagon com
pany.
He is William j. Echols, of Fort
Smith.
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
An Oligarchy That
Must Be DOWned

~ EFORE the American Legion in national conven-
r. ton at Omaha the President who is eX-offico
Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Army and Navy,
unsparngy condemned of the most dangerous OF
'the foes of our own Household, the selfsame self
perpetuatng oligarchy in the Federal City" which Col
one William Mitchell exposed in his dramatic appeal to
the American people as the batter of aviation and the
enemy of National Defense.
This is the olgarchy which has not only treated avn
alton as 'he stepchld of the army and navy" but has
treated Mr. Coolidge since he became President
if he were still vice president of the United States
This is the olgarchy which has made of the egiti-
mate agency of military information an ilegitimate
agency of military propaganda.
This is the oligarchy which would sap the independ-
ence of free press by planting in every newspaper
office in the land editorial propaganda with
mission in the Officers Reserve Corps.
This is the oligarchy which is daily engaged in de-
ceivng the public regarding the program of the Execu
tive for reducing the burden of Federal taxation and
eliminating waste from the administration of the army
and navy.
This is the olgarchy which must be overthrown be-
fore aviation can be rescued from the straight jacket
into which the olgarchy has put and kept it, and de-
veloped into real arm of the National Defense
This is the oigarchy which must be driven from the
control of the War and Navy Departments if those de-
partments to be reorganized and the burden of
Federal taxation decreased and the effectiveness of the
National Defense increased by the establishment of
Department of Defense.
If the American Legion will respond to the militant
summons of President Coolidge and support him in
countrywide warfare against this utterly unAmerican
ogarchy it will be overthrow and the long pilgrimage
of 'the First citizen of the United States from Wash
ington to Omaha will have proved we'll worth while
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
Figures Of Speech

The name Dogberry is given by
writer's sometimes to judges and
other officials who are impressed
with an absurd and undue sense of
their own importance. They are,
according to the dictionary, sab
surd, self-satisfied and loquacious,"
that is, their sense of their own i'm
portance is so great that they can
not help trying to impress it, by
word Of mouth, upon everyone they
meet.
The original Dogberry-or rather,
the original character by that name,
for there we're Dogberries long be-
fore the time Of Shakespeare-was a
constable in Shakespeare's play.
Much Ado About Nothing Dog
berry says of himself: Il am a
wise fellow; and what is more, an
officer; and which is more, a house,
holder; and which is more, as pretty
a piece Of flesh as any is in Mes
sina; and one that knows the law,
go to; and a rich fellow enough, go
to; and a fellow that hath had losses,
and one that hath two gowns, and
everything handsome about him."
Copyright 1925. King Feature Syn. Inc