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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
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Mabel-How is your husband get
ting on with his golf?
Alice-Oh, very well indeed. The
children are allowed to watch him
now.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
A LINE o. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs
Observation-Disclosures
THE QUESTION

0vXTHO goes thereg" "Mr.
Wv Gloom"
NO admittance No
more room"
who goes there?" "Mr. Care"
Keep right on-no room TO
spare"
who goes there?" Brother
Cheer"
Come in. Brother-come right
here.
Bring your family. servants,
too,
There is always room for you.
And what friends are In your !
party
VIII receive a welcome hearty"
&c by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

With Peas.-Take
one can of salmon
and one can of
green peas. Pre-
pare a white sauce
of two tablespoon
fuls each Of butter
and flour, cook I'M
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Horizontal
Ca noise of applause
Ito prepare for publication
12-ThOugh (contraction)
14-To peel
ia cooking vessel
ia weapon
1S-A kind of customary payment by a
tenant (old English law
leone who chirps
21-TO exist
23-One who gives an entertainment
24-Another form of "Io
25-To drink with the tongue
27-To twang
2S-A meadow
ga metallic compound
3O-A division in the hair
31-One hundred and fifty-one Roman
numerals)
ga god in Assyrian myth
36-One hundred and two Roman
numerals)
37-While
sS-One who makes iIIegitimate use
of public funds
40-A proposition
IA certain kind of robber (pIuraD
42-Anger
45-Ventured
46-A capuchin monkey
4s-Went to court to gain legal re-
dress
50-That girl
51-Beholds
52-Repairs
53-An important organ in the body
Vertical
1-State or quality of being a repub-
Iican
FUSS
"a hole In the ground
4-That thing
0Highways
Horse power (abbr.0
S-TO consume
eEpoch
1O-One who believes I'm recreation
IA kind of fabric
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS

A simple dish which is both nourish.
Ing and easy to prepare is:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

ia species of stonecrop
ia store
IA place for writing
19-Cases (abbr.)
2O-Right (abbr.)
22-NObIemen
24-To deserve
ga common article of food among
the Hawaiians
2S-A resinOus substance secreted By
scale insect
32-Dry
33-A girls name
$40 make n sound
35-A kind of grass
3S-General practitioner (abbr.)
39-Rupees (abbr0
43-To regret
A-Even (abbr)
ia large body of water
47-"Aer0"
49-Delivered (abbr.)
51-A point of the compass
The solution will appear in next issue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

We are becoming more and more in
favor of the afternoon tea habit. which
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18

Washington, los 1ltimos vestigios
de sentimiento de sinpatfa hacia
Ia reforma liberal que irnplicaba
Ell famoso BILL, que di6 origen
la formation dc la Alianza.
"Esta circumstance inesperada
oblig6 a los sehores Barcel6 y
Guerra Mondragon a preparar la
earta quejumbrosa, contradictoria,
equilibrista infecunda que por-
error 10 fuera dirigida al gene
raj Nc Intyre el-dfa q de enero,
en- vez de haberseia dirigido di-
rectamente al presidente Coolidge,
al Secretario de la Guerra,
Weeks, autoridades ejecutivas que
tienen sobre Puerto Rico, control
ilimitado, ahorrandole asi al Ge-
neral una posici6n especial que
no esta muy dc acucrdo con la
etica Official"
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
mo OUlERE RELACIONES.. !?

terrnin6 a recomendar ell nombra-
miento Immediate de una Conf
sion de Investigation y estudio
para ser enviada Puerto Rico.
El Secretario de la Guerra,
Weeks, la detuvo, despues de las
naturales obiecciones, levantadas
primero por el general Nc Intyre.
y despues por las que expusiera
el gobernador Towner. Todos es-.
tos argumentos v objeciones fue-
ron expuestas por el Secretario
Weeks al Presidente Coolidge en-
una carta, similar a la que. ,le di-
rigiera al presidente Wilson, en-
tiempos del gobernador Wager,
cuyo documento gera dade como
Ger oportunamente. =
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
"a NuEvA ENrREvIsrA coz
Ell PRES. COOLIDGE

"0portunamente, y por recorheu-
daci6n voluntaria de un amigo,
yovimos conferenciar, Coli Y
Cuchi y 20, con ell presidente
Coolidge, el dfa 6 de febrero, ha-
ciendole presentation, con mayor
enfasis, de la deplorable situaci6n
dc las muchedunbres campesi-
mas, obreras y ciedadanas del
pals tai y como habian quedado
despues de los atropellos electo-
rales, y despues de hab6rseles ro-
bado la representation = respon-
sabilidad proportional a que tie
nen derecho en- la Legislature
y la administration del gobierno
del pals.
SCI presidente Coolidge me d.
jo algo que no tengo derecho a
repetir, en- relaci6n con la Anne
rican Federation Of Labor, es-
pecialmente sugiriendome, sin en-
barge, QUE CUANDO 10 NE
CESITARA YER, ME- ENTEN-
D1ERA DIRECTAMENTE CON
Ell. Ell presidente Coolidge, aque-
LA misma tarde manifesto a los
periodistas, "QUE HABIA DE-
CIDIDo LLEvAR A CABO GES-
TONES PARA MEJoRAR LAS
CONDICIoNES ECONOMICAS
DE PTO. RICO, ESPECIALMEN
TE AQUELLAS QUE AFEG-
TEN A LAS cLASES FRABA-
JADoRAS DE LA ISLA."
UNA CARTA DE WEEKS AL
PRES. COOLIDGE
"El presidente Coolidge Sc de-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
Continuation de la .pagina la.


raz6n del gobierho y Ell Congreso
de los Estados Unidos, lego
Washington Ell Cob. Towner, su
Secretario privado y casi todos
los jefes de los departamentos
del gebierno de Puerto Rico, Ell
Presidente del Senado Y el de la
Camara, con otros senadores v
representatives del pals. Ell Co
bernador declare y propag6 que
las elecciones habian sido muy
honradas y el pals estaba muy
feliz y prospero, llegando a ha-
Ger la afirmaci6n que estaba mas
pr6spero que los Estados Unidos.
Gel Procurador General de
Puerto Rico, en- un informe espe-
eial de investigation, preparadc
a la orden por su departamento,
asegur6 con los datos recogidos
por las fiscalfas, juzgados muni-
cipales y de paz y cuarteles de
policfas, que los socialistas fue-
ron los dnicos resp6nsables de los
hechos de violencia Y crimenes CO.
metidos durante la campana
electoral y Ell dfa de las eleccio-
les"
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
DE SAN GERMAN
DoNA CARMEN AcosTA
DE MARTIN

Ha fallecido en- plena iuyentud
cuando La aiirofa de Ia fencidad EN-
pezaba a presentarse diafana = tran
Qnila en- el nermoso horizonte de
su vida, cuando una nina, tesoro
de algeria, endti1zaba el hogar lie
no de felicidad, Y al a1borear nor
orieats el sol vivifcante, amoroso
y hpeno de su vida, Ell Todopode-
roso le arra1ca de esta TERRA don.
de habia fecundizado con sus vir-
tuaes y bondades un hogar santo y
bueno, donde ocnpaba con su labo-
riosidad y bnenas acciones en- la
sociedad sitio distinguido. Era 0oh-
.dsdosa y carifosa con todos. Perte-
inecia IA familia Acosta, prestigio
social y emparentada con La fenli-
liza vivoni, Ramirez Dominique %
Balzac y Martin. prestigiosas to-
das, por ESQ 81 entierTo ftl6 nunle-
roso.
Un gran ndmero de eoronas ar
@feiaaes y naturales nevando Gin
tas de- tristes despedidas en- TN au-
70 seguia el feretro. Despidi6 81
duslo en- sentidss frases el selior
don Manuel R. D&vila. La sociedad
toda siente La perdida irreparabie,
pues era mlry querida sin distingos
sociales. Rxpresamos por medic de
estas hneas nuestra mas sentida
condelencia y nos unimos on Ell JUS
to dolor que hoy embargo nues-
trO particular amigo Nestor.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18

Nuestra enhorabuenar . don Nj
colas Agrait, Representative por es-
to Distrito, quien ha presentado un
proyecto de ley relacionado con Ell
editicio para la High School en- es-
ia ciudad.
sabemos que ell doctor N6stor Ri
vera, Director Escolar de esta cin-
dad, Sc interesa tambien en- este
impOrtante proyecto de ley y ha ce
lobrado varias conferencias sobrs
este asuntO con nuestro disttnguido
Representante. Es de necesidad. NO
tmporta que haya el Institute. Es
Independence. optnaremos sCerca
de este asunto que tan directamente
nos afecta.
TxPSz !
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18

-El inspector de pinpieza don
Antonio Torres, debe cumplir con
81 deber impresto. Cabros realen-
gos poE la plaza y parques comi6n-
dose Ia yerba es el triste espectacu-
10 quo pres ntamos al publice, que
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
NOTAS De La ISLA
tcontInuacl6n de Ia pae. 81

.csdida esta trouppse, indudablemen-
70 veremos en- esas dos. noches de
bots en- bote al teatFo "star" -
''Elf Gran Galeeto,' y IA Mistieo"
son las dos obras del cartel.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
BASKET BALL

Muy redido estuvo Ell aesafio en-
tire el Institute y La High School.
venci6 ei primero por un score de
II 13. Nuestra feHcitaci6n.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
Ell BILL DEL GOBERNADOR
ELECTIVE

"Ciertamente, los abuses que
Sc habian denuneiado en- Ell pals,
habian Dorado de la mente del
Congreso y del Executive de
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
JuRz MuN1crpAL:

Farece que, temiendOse al DISCUS
10 quo hnbiera cansado dentro de la
Aliansa 81 nombrauliento del Juez
de Par recayendo este on alguna per
soma que no fuera de La aceptaci6n
de los hombres que dirigen "la CO.
sa'' en- esta ctudsd, fue suspendida
la apetecida plaza, haciendose pun
70 final.
OSCAR VALE.
coRRBsPoNsAL.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18
OebOmisaudy energas aduaes las mafaVlOsaS PastIas
del COmpueStO tthpa a1ade dOha Cesa Miranda de COrOza

Fuerza der dbo saud actuales las
maralosas Pastas Mchea dand peferente gr al maravi
oso tonco Nelvna podeosamene conuyo eyoverme
sand condere pedda smpre Mas ngraa fuea
diera creto I'd evvido
ta esposo
mjos drijida al Doctor Dye Las pill
doas eompuo Mchea hayan todas las buenas farma-
cas v droguerfas
FL Compuesto Mhea pamente vega preparado
pdora evtar del alcohol composicion pues este
ngrediente nocivo al ORGANISING femenin0.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-18

protesta de tai abuse. Corrijase don
Antonio, que es deber moral cum.
plir con todos por igual.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
OFFERS MANY PRIZES
IN SAFETY CAMPAIGN

Nearly $500 in cash prizes, two
free trips to Washington, fifty-four
gold and a like number of silver
medals and $50 bronze medals, be-
sides certificates of merit for
schools making creditable showings
are the awards offered by the High
way Education Board, Washington,
D. c., to be given elementary school
teachers and pupils in this vicinity
and over the nation for best lessons
and essays on highway safety.
Charles NJ. Babeock. state high
way commissioner, this week joined
the United States commissioner of
education in approving the contests
for the prizes given by the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
All requests for essay and lesson
material and suggestions and all in
quiries about the contests should be
sent direct to the Highway Educa-
ton Board, Willard building, Wash
ington, however, because none are
available for general distribution
from the state highway department.
The fifth to eighth grade pupil
under Ia years old who writes the
best essay on "My Schools Share
in Highway Safety" win receive a
gold watch and trip to Washing
ton with all expenses paid. Gold
| watches will be awarded writers of
the second and third best essays.
In addition, Minnesota prize will in
clude first prize of gold medal
and SIS cash, a second prize of a
silver medal and $40 cash and
lghteen other prizes of bronze
| medal and SIS cash.
The teacher submitting the best
suggestion for Lessons for Child
rem on Highway Safety will be
given $500 in cash and a free trip
to Washington, D. C. and the sec
ond and third best lessons will win
cash prizes of $500 and $500 re-
spectively.
The official announc Jment says
this will be the fifth annual teach
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
POPULATION GAIN AND LOSS

During the fiscal year ending in
August, 294,314 aliens were added
to the population of the United
States. During the same time 92,-
1928 already in this country emigrat-
ed to their homes across the water,
says a report issued by the labor
apartment.
A total of 27,111 Italians return
ed to their native land, while but
6,203 were admitted as immigrants.
Greece, furnishing 826 immigrants,
took back 6,574, and Portugal with
619 immigrants had $500 returning.
Germany was the source of the
greatest number of European immi-
grants, with 46,069 though Great
Britain produced approximately 49,
900, and the Irish Free State, 25,-
440. There was a sharp drop in
the totals of other countries, Sweden
with 1891 ard Norway with 5,975
coming next.
Canada, whose citizens are ex-
empted from quota law restrictions,
had 100,895 immigrants to the
United States and Mexico 32,964.
Other countries to which more
aliens returned than were admitted
to this country were China, with
3,412 and 1897, respectively, and
Australia, with 344 and 273.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

states, that the higher value CT the
land on state roads is due to the
fact that such roads are, and al
ways have been, main lines Of travel,
as well as to the quality of the road.
Averaging actual sales prices for
a period of years, Mr.. Haas found
that the average value of S10,393
acres in farms on dirt roads was
STAT an acre and that of 4,873 acres
on state roads was $171, a differ
ence of $24 an acre in favor of the
land served by better roads. Where
building values averaged $12 or less
per acre, land is worth $131 an acre
on dirt roads against $153 on state
roads with building values from SIP
to $24 an acre, farms are worth
$152 an acre on dirt roads and $173
on state roads Bringing in the ele-
ment Of distance to market, the ex-
pert found that farms less than 21s
miles away are worth $160 an acre
on dirt roads and $3.50 an acre on
state roads, and from 21a to Az
miles, $155 and $173 respectively
while at distances of 10h to 121
miles they are worth but $78 ar
acre on dirt roads and bring $16s
an acre if served by state roads.
Mr.. Haas cross tabulations on the
basis of state and dirt roads ane
cost of building per acre and Oh
miles to market gave a weighted
average differential of $21.92 ar
acre. "There are" he continues
"3,743 acres located on dirt roads
and 1902 ceres located on state
roads, at distances farther from
town than the classes used in OBJ
tanning the $21.92 differential
When they are thrown together Sc
as to give enough for sample, tht
difference is only S26 per acre
$156 per acre for the land on stats
roads and $3.50 for the land on dirt
roads"
The $21.92 differential is furthe,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
DID you EVER
STOP TO THINK !
(By E. r. Waite, Sec. of Shawnee,
Okla, Board Of Commerce.)

THAT the advertising columns are
in the shoppers service.
THAT hardly a day passes that you
do not find it necessary to make
some purchase. No matter what
you want to buy, reading the adj
vertisements is the quickest way
in which to find where to buy
what you need.
THAT every citizen should realize
the value of the advertisements
and read them carefully. They
are interesting reading for they
tell you where you can get the
fullest value for your money.
THAT reliable concerns who have
confidence in the quality of their
goods and service, persistently
advertise those interesting facts
Unreliable concerns are never
continuous advertisers.
PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS CON-
Germs KNOW THAT 1T TAKES
HIGH QUALITY MERCHAN.
Disc, PROMPT SERVICE, REA.
SONABLE PRICES AND AD-
VERTISING TO GET THE BUSH
NESS. THAT is WHY 1T PAYS
TO TRADE WITH THEM.
YOU SHOULD VISIT THE STORES
THAT ARE REGULAR ADVER,
Users, AND DO 1T OFTEN sc
YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE BARGAINS OFFERED
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

Rev. Ralph Stoody of st. Johns
bury, Vermont, was the prize win
ner in a letter writing contest on
the subject "What I Got Out of
the War;. The document of Rev.
Stoody grips hard the American who
loves his country and his God. It
| follows:
GAS minister's son in a divinity
school | was unconsciously being
shaped into the conventional par
,on's mold.
"Waiving exemption, l enlisted.
l found / had enrolled in another
school, the courses of which / need
ed.
"The result is that though /
would not favor universal military
raining, / so value mine that
| would almost approve a year in the
Army as a prerequisite for theo-
ogieal degree.
81 discovered
"That intelligence is not a matter
of campus experience nor of univer-
ity degrees.
"That essentiaI gentlemanliness
| IS as apt to be found in the imnli-
grants son as in the college presi-
dent's.
@That because a man appears to
5e hard-boiled is no evidence that
on occasion he may not be as tend
r as a mother.
"That in motive most profanity
an offense against good taste
cather than sin against Deity.
"That many virtuous men have
foul mouths; that many vicious men
are particular even with infinitives.
"That Jew or Protestant or a
Catholic is not to be evaluated by
his label, but by the fidelity with
which he practices his tenets.
"That many man who claims to
have no religion is doing his human
best to live by the faith his lips
deny.
"That all kind deeds are not done
by deacons."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

Following it's success in spiking
plans of the Manassa, Col. school
board to name the high school there
the Jack Dempsey school, the De-
partment of Colorado, American Lee
gion, has launched movement to
name the school in honor of some
outstanding Colorado war hero. The
Legion's objection to the Dempsey
school plan was based on the prize
fighters failure to serve his country
Turing the war. Officials of the Lee
zion declared that to name the
school in honor of Dempsey, a form
er resident of Manassas, would be an
insult to every veteran of the World
war. IT,
With the Dempsey school idea
abandoned, Colorado Legionaires
feel that they could carry their work
to a successful and logical conclu-
sion by sponsoring the plan to name
the school after a hero of the World
war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

ments for the concert and Mrs.
Benjamin Milavetz, local manager.
This is Mr.. Elman's first appearance
in Hibbing and it is generally ex-
pected that the music lovers of the
entire range will extend a most
cordial reception to this artist who
has matured from a child prodigy
to one of the greatest master violin
lists Of all time.
Mischa Elman at the conclusion
of his tour in this country will not
play in America again until the sea-
son of 192S-1929. He will be in
Europe. Mr.. Elman will appear at
the Hibbing high school auditorium
Friday evening, December 18th,
1925 at 8:15. Reservations may be
made at Alden's Music Company,
Hibbing, Mimi, or Mrs. Benjamin
Milavetz, Virginia, Mimi, Phone
435 for Duluth and Hibbing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

Some of our politicians who like
to pose as friends of the people
think it unpopular to guarantee fair
dealing to large estates in income
tax matters, but how small must an
estate be to get fair deal, asks the
Detroit Saturday Night. Agnes C..
Laut tells in The Nations Business
of an estate of $4,000 which net
ted $4,000 for the heirs after the
official tax-grafters had been de-
feated in the courts. She tells of
ancthe-- case in which a young
woman had to sacrifice third of a
bequest of $4,000 before she
could pry her rightful heritage loose
from the various laws that the tax
grafters were able to work. One
Detroit estate of $4,000 could sup
ply no revenue to the heirs for a
year because of the amount con-
sumed in taxes and fees for the
transfer and sale of securities in
several states.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
GOOD ROADS ENHANCE
VALUE OF FARM LAND

Minnesota farms are worth up
wards of ten per cent more when
located on improved state highways
land, BUILDINGS and other condi-
taons being equal. Minnesota land
between 10 and 13 miles from mar
ket in one section is worth only $78
an acre on dirt roads, compared
with 1853 an acre if served by an
improved state road.
Evidence that farmers do pay
higher prices Tor farms accessible
by good roads is furnished by sur
vey of more than $4,000 acres in
Blue Earth county, reported by G..
C. Haas of the agricultural econ
omics division of the University
Farm at st. Paul. Distance to mar
ket is an important factor, and it
should be understood, Mr.. Haas
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

1t was recently discovered, ac-
cording to story floating about,
in France-the most hopelessly
bureau-ridden nation of Europe
that soldier who had been ordered
on guard at the back door of the
parliament house during the revolu-
ton of 1880, for a few hours tenn
porary duty in an emergency, had
been succeeded by another and by
ALI his interminable successors for
ninety-fve years, day and night. It
was a bureau order that had never
been withdrawn and three genera
lions of taxpayers had been paying
for nothing.
France isn't the only nation.
The good old United States has a
long list of just such salary-grab-
5ers, but there is system in their
retention. They and those they
may be able to influence are use
full in a voting and vote-getting
way, and the list, instead of de-
creasing is constantly increasing.
And the Taxpayers foot the bill.
If all of the useless employees OF
the nation, state, county and city
the purely political beneficiaries-
were dumped, nation, state, county
and city would get along just as
we'll and the operating expenses
would be materially 1educed.
Then, likely, we'd have to find q
substitute.-Hibbing Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

striving.
But publicity of income tax pay
ment accomplishes no such end. It
Is no measure even of gross income,
and gross income may vary out of
all proportion to actual taxable
wealth.
Perhaps the newspaper-reading
public, will tire of hunting through
endless columns of meaningless fig
ures to unearth an occasional item
for gossip. 1t is noteworthy that a
number of newspapers refused This
year to publish any returns
Nations Business Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

substantiated by separating farms on
dirt and state roads and correlating
each group with distances TO mar
ket.
Showing Of enhancement of farm
values by good roads is part of
rather exhaustive report by Mr..
Haas on Sale Prices as Basis for
Farm Land Appraisal, published by
the state. Copies of this technical
Bulletin No. 2 may be obtained
without charge by directing requests
to the publications division of the
University Farm at st. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
INCOME TAX PUBLICITY.

Now that "the tumult and the
shouting" over income tax publicity
have died, what are the results?
Here are, but not subject to verifi-
cation, a few statistics:
11,126,zz.4 persons, looking with
open mouth at the Rockefeller or
the Ford figures, have said: "Well,
if he'll give me just half of the tax,
he can keep all the rest"
39,146,263 men and women, look
ing at Charlie Chaplin's $500, as
against Douglas Fairbanks $3.50, 900,
have said: Gee, there's somp'n
funny about thatv
3,424,165 humorists, noting that
Billy Sunday paid an income tax Of
more than $4,000 have made poor
Jokes about salvation being free.
About II, 100000 wives of $11,-
900, 900 plain citizens discovering
the income tax Of neighbor, have
said: "We have only one car, but
/ notice that your income tax 4
bigger than that man Jones'"
And what did all this publicity
amount to, more than satisfying of
idle curiosity, and sometimes arous-
ing causeless envy7 Have income
tax returns been made more honest
Have tax shirkers been brought out
of hiding. ~S
The demand that tax returns be
open to public inspection is has II
on a sound Anglo-Saxon tradition.
1t was right that A should have a
chance to compare the assessment
on his property with that on B..
that he might know that justice was
being done. 1t was right that the
levy on that assessment should be
uniform. A just distribution Of
the burden of taxation is q thing
for which our modern states are