Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-02-13

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/ BY Arthur Brisbane
To Terrify Terrorists
For Gold Star Mothers
adams Old Excuse
Women Spend So Billions
| Los Angeles, Calif.-The shooting of
lthe Mexican president, his wife and
another, none killed. fortunately, will
mean drastic action In Mexico. No
nation will tolerate, even In civilized
times, a campaign for the control of
government by murder. Back of the
young hand that fired the shots there
stands In the shadow some murderous
Organization. relying on terror and u.s.
ing seryile tools for Its purpose.
Ortiz Rubio and the powerful Portes
Gil, former president, now Rubo's
secretary of the interior will find
way to terrify the terrorists.
Before the would-be murderer shot
him, Ortiz Rubio. ia his brief Inaugural
Ition address, had promised that all
Glasses of Mexicans should enjoy the
privilege of being classed as men,"
Those familiar with conditions under
which Mexico's lower classes have
lived, and with the attitude toward
them of the upper classes, will know
what that means to the Mexican under
dog.
Congress votes more than 100000
that gold star mothers may visit
their sons graves In France. OF H.
600 mothers entitled to 20. COCO have
expressed desire to 90. Many can
not 60, because of duties at home.
Others, perhaps. dread the sorrowful
shock. To those that do not 20, con-
gress should pay In cash the pro rata
amount that it would cost To send
Them about $1,000. No other course
would be fair.
Richard Stewart. rug merchant OF
Warren. Ohio. is la Jail. Judge Perry
found him guilty of molesting won-
an Stewart offers an excuse as old
as Adam: "1he woman led me on"
Tn Jail Stewart refuses to eat. 1t
would have been fortunate for Adam,
and for lis, but bad for the clothing
business, had Adam likewise refused
to eat.
Charles Evans Hughes returns to
the Supreme court as chief justice, at
President IIoover's request. In him
the people have brilliantly able man,
worthy to take AIR. Taft's place.
And from Mr.. Hughes acceptance
of the position you learn that honor
and opportunity TO be useful are more
important than financial profit.
Mr.. Hughes gives up private law
practice worth more than $5OOOO0 a
year for the smaii satary and great
opportunity Of the Supreme bench.
Chicago's Retail Advertising instl-
tute Is told that American women
spend every year fifty-three billion
dollars.
A million Is a great deal. A thou
sand millions Is a very great deal.
F1fty-three thousand millions spent by
the women In this country Is an ex-
traordinary amount Of money.
The rich, In this happy land, very
happy for some, are richer than they
ever were The Treasury department
tells you there were 496 Americans In
1923 with annual incomes above
S1,000000. The total on which they
paid income tax was one thousand and
seventy-three millions.
And, as you know, this represents
only fraction OF the really big In
comes. There are men with incomes
above one hundred millions each.
Their money Is in great corporations.
The latter re-invest their earnings and
hand stock dividends instead Of cash
to the big controlling stockholders. On
such dividends, In accordance with Su-
preme court decision, the really rich
men pay no income tax.
One man, with much more than a
hundred millions income, paid, as
shown in reports once published, only
six millions income tax. Without the
stock dividend device he would have
paid forty millions at least. A lot OF
salary earners and professional men
made up the difference.
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