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Evening star., 1925-03-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM EILE

words long. This is the full text:
Il hope there will be a whale Of
crop this year"
Mrs. A. Tobias Hert of Kentucky
vice chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, will spend the
Spring in Washington in connection
with party affairs. The widow of the
former Blue Grass leader has in
herited her late husbands fair for
high politics and no little of his
sbusiness genius. Mrs. Hert retains
the general management of the
vast creosote manufacturing interests
founded by her life partner, as well
as the banking and real estate activi-
ties she inherited from him. Presi-
dent Coolidge and Chairman Butler
highly esteem Mrs. Hert's talents. Her
ambition in politics is to make the
woman voter a party woman. She
says she doesn't care so much
whether an enfranchised woman joins
the Republican party. the Democratic
party or another party. as long as
she joins some party. Till the WON
en- of the country are partisans in an
organization sense, Mrs. Hert does
not believe they will ever measure
up to their real opportunities and
responsibilities.
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Representative Louis T. McFadden,
Republican, of Pennsylvania is the
first member of Congress to become
a factor in the radio business. He
has recently been elected president
of the Federated Radio Corporation,
Delaware company, which is now
Offering it's capital stock to the pub
lie for subscription. The venture rep
resents departure in the radio in
lie
tanned combination" because IT will
control not only concerns which man
ufacture all articles of radio equip
ment, but chain of % retail stores
which will dispense radio products
direct to the evergrowing world Of
fans.
When Washington speaks of the
Dawes plan nowadays, it doesn't
mean German reparations. 1t means
senatorial reformations.
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Representative Stephen G. Porter
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
House committee on foreign rela-
tfons, recently home from the abor-
tive opium conference at Geneva, is
putting up with lot of good -natured
chatting about the dope" he's ac-
cused of smuggling into the coun-
Try. HOrteT, VINO can give as EO00
as he gets, threatens to hold a SNOW"
party and invite some of the practical
jokers TO take chances on something
which will look like the real thing.
but isn't.
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When Stanley Baldwin, premier OF
Great Britain, went home after the
Washington debt settlement in 1928,
he told British interviewers that
| American foreign affairs were in the
hand of the farming West. Baldwin
must have envisaged Borah of Ida
| no, as chairman of the Senate com
mittee of foreign relations. Now,
Capper of Kansas. high priest of the
| farm bloc, joins the blue ribbon
fcommittee with far reaching influence
on our external affairs. Shipstead OF
Minnesota, Farm-Labor's sole senti-
mel in the Senate, still further gives
| the foreign relations COMMITTEES q
bucolic tinGe.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1925-03-09

source OF income-failed TO earn a
profit sufficient to pay their usual
dividends. The $4,000. .ooo, 900 coal in
dustry, too, experienced the worst
year 1t had ever known. The auto
mobile industry made scant profits.
as whole. So did the oil industry
and the iron and steel industry.
So, after the estimate was made. tn.
facts came out that 1924 not only
was not normal year. but that il
was quite poor year and that earn
ings probably would fall considerably
below the somewhat flush level which
had been anticipated. How much
below expectations these earnings fell
will be written into the record of
income tax collections next Monday
For, naturally, income tax payments
drop off materially, other things be-
ing equal, in March payments fol-
lowing poor years
Another thing that has somewhat
dismayed the experts is the decrease
In other kinds Of tax receipts. Among
these are receipts from the tax on
Jewelry sold at retail. Through a
loophole in the law. for instance, a
purchaser could buy a ring set with
dfamonds and valued at $1,000 or
more (if the diamonds were relatively
smalD without paying any tax what
ever, although the Government i'm
poses tax on all values over SO.
Avoiding JeweIry Tax.
This correspondent is advised that
that very thing has been done thou-
sands of times within the past nine
months, or since the law became eff
fective, with the result that receipts
from that source probably will be
$40 100000 to $4,000. 600 less than an
flGtnafAd
trade knows of the loophole and an
parently it is practiced generally. the
tax being avoided by making a sep
arate purchase OF each Jewel and
having 1t mounted later. Thus q
purchaser could buy, without paving
the tax, 20 diamonds or even more
at $40 each, making a separate pur-
, chase each time, and have the entire
number mounted by the same ieweler
on a ring, the value Of which would
exceed $1,500.
Such practice seems to have been
so general that its exposure here vio-
lateS no confidence. The attention
of the ways and means committee
was drawn to this possibility at the
time the law was being considered.
but no action was taken.
Another big falling off is found in
the admission tax receipts It is less
is reported.
The figures will tell the story soon.
President Coolidge is said to be ex-
tremely anxious to have the tax re-
duced again-if the state of the
Treasury and the prospects warrant
it. Next Mondays returns will give
| a fair index as to what may be ex-
pected, the experts say. in the way
of taxes on this current years busi-
ness as well as 1924 business
1t is on the basis of this years
business, too. that tax reduction, if
any. will be figured. The coming re-
turns and the present years bushes
tie up closely together, 1t is claimed.
How, will be told in subsequent
articles.
Copyright 1921
(Mr. Helms next article, to be pub
lished Wednesday, will explain other
factors which must be determined be-
fore tax reduction can be regarded
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Taxes have been reduced, but the
cost OF most Of the things people have
to buy has gone up. Advocates of
Government ownership may find en-
couragement in the way Uncle Sam is
running his business.
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Henry Ford congratulated Luther
Burbank on his 18TH birthday-with
unexpressed regrets, no doubt, that
Muscle Shoals is not yet prepared to
provide fertilizer to facilitate the work
OF the wizard Of horticulture.
Evening star., 1925-03-09

1t shouldn't be taken for granted
for it is by no means certain, this
Idea that the income tax will be re-
duced again when Congress meets
next time. The whole promise of in
come tax reduction revolves at pres
ent around this point:
How much money will the Treas
| ury take in from income taxes a
week from today?
Answer that question, and you have
the answer to a question still more
Important: When will we get another
tax cut?
II the Treasury collects about $3.50,
0o0, 900 next Monday the chances are
that the next session of Congress will
make no reduction. or but a slight
one, in the tax. For the collections,
in that event, would show that the
experts have missed their guess. The
clear indication then will be that the
expected surplus in the Treasury will
not warrant a tax cut of the size that
President Coolidge apparently has in
mind.
Waiting on omcial Figures.
The President is waiting on the
official figures showing the amount
collected When he gets them before
| him, together with the result of the
experts analysis of them, he will be
| in position to know whether the
prospect is sufficiently cheerful to
| warrant his asking Congress to cut
| the rate.
| The figures will come into Wash
| ington fairly slowly. While the round
| total compiled from telegraphic re-
turns will be available within 4s
| hours, 1t probably will be two or
| more thereafter details will be at
hand.
And details are necessary because
| many taxpayers pay In full on the
| first installment date. If every one
paid only one-fourth of his tax on
that date, the Treasury, of course
could count on receiving during the
| year four times the amount of the
first payment. But experience shows
that from % to 80 per cent of the
| total for the year. instead of 25 pei
| cent, is paid in March.
| Government experts are somewhat
at sea this year in estimating the
| amount of next Mondays collections
! They made up their estimate of abou,
| $3.50, 900 last November, just be-
| fore Congress convened. The yeai
! covering the tax period was not ther
| ended and the estimate was purely
an estimate. 1t included unknown guam
titles, among them being Nthe ef-
| feet Of the reduction allowed on what
the Government calls earned income
| The lifting Of the exemption was
| another thing that couldn't be fig.
ured out altogether definitely. Low
ering the normal rates was still an
| other.
| Business and Taxation.
| A fourth unknown quantity, about
| which less was known than the other
three, was the general state OF bust.
| ness and the probable 1924 earnings
of business enterprises and indi-
J viduals. The estimate was based or
| the assumption that business condi.
| tions throughout the year had beer
| fairly good. 1t developed later, from
records of production, sales and earn.
| ings, that business during 1924 was
far from normal-in fact, that it was
! considerably below the level of 1929
| 1t was found. for instance, thai
100000 to 100000 workers were
out of a job at the height of the
1924 depression in July and August
1 1t was found also that some of the
' Federal Reserve Banks-generally q
Evening star., 1925-03-09
The Successful Farmer.

A chemist who renews the soil;
A f1nancier, Injured to toll;
Expert ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All these and more you've got to be-.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
Evasion.

What do you think of this liquor"
asked the genial host.
ITS not q proper question" pro-
tested Uncle Bill Bottletop. "A man
who drinks any liquor available these
days is not supposed to be responsible
for what he thinks"
Evening star., 1925-03-09

The address by Mr.. Dawes has
aroused much poetical quotation. 1t
may lead to a revival Of the old coster
song. les all right when you knows
i'm, but you has to know him fust."
Evening star., 1925-03-09

People who used to go to Siberia
were in the main political exiles. Now
they are mostly diplomatic agents or
mining spectators.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
Economy.

Economy.
Are you in favor Of economy"
az am," answered Senator Sorghum.
I don't care much for it as a per-
sonal practice, but it is one Of the
safest subjects for a speech in the en-.
tire repertory of craftsmanship"
Evening star., 1925-03-09

A Vice President is supposed to lead
a life of austere seclusion and repose.
But rules have their exceptions, even
in the Senate.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
Foresight Greatest Need.

From the Rochester Times-Union.
A rear-vision mirror helps, but
what most drivers need is foresight.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
The New Social System.

Henrietta said Mr.. Meekton, ''if
were to run for Office would you
vote for me?"
mo. 1 have many meetings Of pub
lie Importance to attend, and the
house must not be neglected. Remem-
Der, Leonidas, a husbands place is in
the home.''
Evening star., 1925-03-09
TAX REDUCTION UNCERTAIN
Lowering of Rate Must Not Be Taken Granted Until
Figures Are In.
BY WILLIAM p. HELM, JR.

Editors note: This is the first Of three
articles by Mr.. Helm discussing the pros
poets OF a reduction In income taxes. The
second article will be published Wednes-
and the third Friday.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
Quietude.

The storms are sure to be renewed
And shrewd observers say
Inauguration quietude
Was good for but a day.
Yet everything is for the best
And greater bliss must come
II we're assured one day of rest
In each Quadrennium.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
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Evening star., 1925-03-09

Folks don't allus 'spress deirse'f
accurate" said Uncle Eben. when
you says you's goin' fishin' de most
Of what you means is dat you has
decided to quit work."
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Jud Tunkins says rough theater
talk can't last owing to the fact that
there amt enough different kinds Of
profanity in the language to keep up
the impression of novelty.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
Copyright. 1s25.)

(Mr. Helms next article, to be pub
lished Wednesday, will explain other
factors which must be determined be-
fore tax reduction can be regarded
as certain.)
Evening star., 1925-03-09

(Spdoe con be given IN this column to
only feU Of the questions thGt pour
into our Office daily. Those tchich are
believed to be of greatest public interest
are selected for publication. Any reader
IS privileged to ask any question he
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Evening star., 1925-03-09

Q. Is the old home of jefferson
Davis in Biloxi in existence p. T. d.
A. The former home of Jefferson
Davis is now used as home for
widows OF Confederate veterans.
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Q. Are Persian cats more delicate
, than ordinary cats?-R. Z.
A. A veterinarian says that mon
grels are perhaps the healthiest cats.
Persian cats are considered the
healthiest breed OF large cats, but
careful attention must be given to
their feeding and management.
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Q. Is the hippopotamus naturally
an aggressive animal?-G. D. l.
A. The hippopotamus is naturally
timid, though subject to fits Of panic
or rage. When wounded or enraged
this animal is regarded by sportsmen
as perhaps the most dangerous beast
to be encountered
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
COLLINS STORY IS
 RELATED ID JURY
Head Of Rescue Workers Tells Of Efforts Made
By The Associated Press.

Cave City. Ky. Feb. 1S.-The leader of the Floyd Collins rescue shaft crew, II. T. Carmichael, gave the coroner's jury here last night the official picture of the two weeks ef- fort. al follows: .r.
 T have been active In the rescue work at Sand Cave since two weeks thls last Tuesday.
 Tt was Monday night before l knew Collins was entombed. l se- lected Thomas Smith and sent him with 10 men to Mammoth Cave.
 They had been instructed to do whatever they could and to advise mo as early as possible of the-condi- tions, They reported about 5:30 next morning that the situation was very serious and there was more or less confusion.
 q asked what they needed in the rescue work. They said that I was needed. arrived at Sand Cave at 12 o'clock.
 All Were Hopeful.
 T got my first real information from Casey Jones as to conditions in the cave. That information was that there was no special difficulty in reaching Collins, but, that he was in horribly close squeeze and that the hole was a small one and particu- larly tight.
 Casey told me he had reached Collins and fed him. Collins told Casey his feet were caught in a crevice under rock he guessed to weigh about forty or fifty pounds.
 T understood that Collins said he loosened the rocks. Jones and all of the men had expressed some hope of getting him out.
 By Tuesday night we were some- what discouraged.
 Everything went we'll until We'd nesday, during the early hours, Feb ruary 4. I decided Johnny Gerald was the real man to get Collins out. Thursday morning early I asked Gerald to pick party to go in.
 He told me no sane man would attempt to go through the place after he came out that time.
 Men Were Heroes.
 Men did things that all the money in the world would not buy. Wednesday morning, February 4. a party came out and said that con- ditions on this side of Collins were very critical, that there was a ten or twelve foot space with rotten roof closing every minute. This party went in and gave Collins nourish- ment.
 "To the best of my knowledge they were not reaching Collins early Thursday morning. The work of timbering the tunnel was begun and we found that 1t was impossible, as the formation was treacherous and dangerous.
 MT. Anderson, Mr. Ford and Lieutenant Wells made a survey for shaft. was certain that we would
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18

his 40 acres, although he has worked since 1920. He pays interest amounting to s65 a month.
 Stoop was fn Iowa farmer who made money farming in that state. His standard of living. he admitted. was low. He has been able to fur nlsh only one room of his home and he has kept 'r,cery bills as low as $7 in soms months. The commit tee stopped at the farm of c. c. Peterson. another farmer from Iowa, who came to Delhi and took over S1 acres. He paid $270 an acre for the raw land, installed the irriga- ton pipes in his fields, levelled and checked the land. and built house. It stands him" s475 an acre thus improved, he said.
 Peterson has listed his land for sale and is ready to quit. he told the committee. He owes the Fed eral Land bank $3.0o0 and the state $7,o00. He has not been able to pay the interest on his state loan.
 The committee passed many va- cant homes, abandoned by farmers who had found the game too hard.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
TOBACCO GROWERS
 MUCH WORRIED
See Need Of Lower Govt. Taxes
 on Cigars

Hartford, Feb. 1s,--The situation confronting the New England tobac- co farmer Is so very serious that un- less congress gives relief in lower internal revenue taxes on cigars. to- bacco growers in thls section will be greatly diminished. said Joseph w Alsop of Avon at the 42nd annual meeting of the New England Tobac- co Growers association today at Jewell hall, Y. M. c. A.
 The association in resolutions adopted, after MT. Alsop's remarks, recited the great decline in cigar making and instructed It's officers to call the attention of congress to the situation and to try, In the name of the association. 10 secure a reduc- ton of the internal revenue taxes on cigars.
 During the last four years," MT. Alsop said, "the total amount of to- bacco used in the cigars per annum has decreased about 12 per cent. During the last F years the total production has been stationary in spite of the great increase of the
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
STORY OF SHIPWRECK
Survivors of Sinking of Gloucester Fishing Schooner Tell of Being Run Down at Sea.

Boston, Feb. 1S.-Seventeen mem- bers of the crew of the Gloucester fishing schooner Republic which was sunk off Cape Sable, N. S., Sunday night in collision with an unidenti- fled three master, arrived here today on the British steamer Prince Arthur from, Yarmouth, N. S., bringing de- tails of the wreck in which Captain Peter Dunsky of Gloucester and Samuel Cole, of Newfoundland, a seaman, lost their lives.
 The Republic, while returning from prolonged halibut trip with 10000 pounds of fish in her hold, was ten miles southwest of Cape Sable when the unknown schooner loomed up dead ahead through heavy rain squalls. The collision tore hole in the bow of the Gloucester boat and all the dories on her port side were smashed. Captain Dunsky and Cole, who was at the wheel, were overlooked in the rush for the boats as the schooner quickly filled and sank. It was not until the survivors landed, some at Cape Island and others at Shag harbor, and compared notes that the loss of the two men became known.
 The men declared that the thre e master sheered off with no attempt to save the Republics crew.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
CAL|F. FARM PLAN
 PROVING FAILURE
Delhi Colony Wants $250,00O
 State Aid Fund

Delhi Colony, Cal. Feb. 1S.--Cali- fornia's second state land settle- ment. tho Delhi Colony. has result ed in band of disheartened farm CTS. who place their only hope in remedial legislation affecting pay ment on their places and an appro- priation of $25O,s0O to make neces- sary Improvements,
 The colonists who settled from middle western and eastern states under a plan sponsored and en- dorsed by the state through it's land settlement board. headed by Dr, El- wood Mead. father of the land col onization plan in the United States, yesterday laid their story of hard ship and disaster before a legisa- tive committee.
 Already 4S settlers have aban- doned their farms. Claiming to be the victims of mismanagement and of pyramided costs. settlers laid the accoght of their years of effort be- fore the committee and pleaded for help to save their farms and homes.
 The committee came here yester- day. obtained general impression of the colony plan from Captain J. Winter Smith. its superintendent, and then left for a tour of the col ony by automobile. a.. ..~.....
 On their tour the committee for the first time came into direct touch with the settlers and individuals. They met Charlie Stoop. q smiling, hard-working young man of 34, who came to Delhi with $500 in cash and invested it because he loved to farm"
 Charlie has a sS,200 mortgage on
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18

WARNING LADIES: Our Last Choice of the House Sales Doors At Short Intervals to Allow All to Buy Their Needs
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
Hold Brooklyn Man for
 Elm City Butchers Death

New Haven, Feb. 1S.-.John Form isano of Brooklyn, N. Y, was found 'criminally responsible for the death of Leborio Cocilovo, a New Haven butcher in finding handed down by Coroner Eli Mix yesterday. Co., cilovo was shot in his room over the butcher shop in Chapel street some time ago and it is said by the police that Formisano had admitted that he did the shooting. The shooting was said to have been the result of Cocilovos attentions to Fofmisanos sister.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
nonnlailon of ihe oonntrv.

population of the country.
 "The New England tobacco farmer can see no reason why the war tax imposed upon his industry should remain stationary while income taxes and other war imposts are be- ing reduced"
 There was a large attendance at the meeting which opened at Il a. m. President William II. Carrier of Glastonbury presided. ...
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18

locate Collins at a 65-foot level and we located shaft 50 as to miss him about ten feet
 We started the shaft Thursday week ago at about 1880 o'clock In the afternon.
 T feel that the shaft was the .neateet of any other little job l ever saw. I don't believe another set of men in tn United States could have done any quicker work. As VIC went deeper what seemed to bo a slip was more frequent.
 Dangerous Work.
 When the shaft reached about 45 feet we hit bunch of muck and loose boulders. At 52 feet loose ma terlal was falling out 50 fast that began to have fears of the shaft pulling in two.
 We decided to leave the shaft and drift from the tunnel side of the shaft to crevice.
 Every man working was given 10 understand that we thought Floyd Collins was alive. After driv- ing this heading about ten feet we went on through the shell and, at 12 or 15 feet when we broke through the limestone ledge we came point blank into the original cavern. This was just below the slide six or eight feet above Collins.
 ITO take the man from his pres ent position would probably result in the death of one or more of the rescue party. We were determind to either bring Floyd Collins out of there or to prove to the world that Floyd Collins was in thore and that 1t was not hoax. feel that we have definitely established that fact"
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18

skirts, waists, dresses, coats, stock ings, sweaters, draperies, coverings, hangings, everything new.
 Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other kind--and tell your druggist wheth- CT the material you wish to color is wool or silk. or whether 1t is linen, cotton, or mixed gods.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
New Britain Machine Go.
 Re-Elects All Officers

At the meeting of the directors of the New Britain Machine Co. held late yesterday afternoon, officers were reelected as follows: Chairman of the board, John II. Goss. of Wa terbury: president and treasurer, Her bert II. Pease; secretary, k. S. Brown; assistant treasurer. R. S. Howe; assistant secretary, R. T. Frisbie; executive committee, F.. Allen Moore, chairman: Philip B. Stanley. W. s. Rowland.
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