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The Washington times., 1932-11-30
They Cannot Pay
Taxes Must Come Down

The tremendous increase in the number Of local residents who
are unable pay their should give Congress material
deep consideration when takes the cs fiscal prob
lens.
According to Tax Assessor William Richards 900 will
2 pay their this year against 5000 last year.
increase to have been expected but that does not
obviate the fact that it is distressing.
It call attention to the absolute necessity of Con-
gesss realizing that the burden of local taxes Washington
must be reduced.
80 far there has been little attention directed such
reduction We have taken foolish pride the fact that
here have not been increased recently
Assessor Richards discussing the in the number
who cannot pay their taxes points out that included in the
list many the outstanding property Of the city
They property who would pay their taxes it
humanity possible for them do. They and
who do not want their property appear the den
quent list.
But existing conditions and the high tax rate give
them alternative
Extensive of property have been hard hit by the
recent decline in all values They must be given consideration
if the delinquent books not to pile up.
Congress in the last session considerable attention
the tax problem Of the District The socaed Mapes commit
tee prepared several bills dealing with the matter
The object of those measures however, not to reduce
taxes but to add vies those already on statute
books
In compensation for the added gasoline tax the additional
tax on automobiles the income tax and other leve
reduction in the upon real considered
Those bills will up for consideration in the Senate
during the next. few months
Any consideration which the Senate may give them should
be directed to their utilization reducing the present
tax upon real estate.
Not Of those should be with the
pose Of supplementing the present property taxes.
They should be- enacted ALL substitutes for part of the
property taxes in force.
has been impossible convince Congress
that the residents Of the District carrying burden on
with that Of citizens Of other communities All of the
figures Of comparison have served but their minds
the belief that Washingtonians are tax dodgers
Possibly the distressing figures the number of
able to pay will demonstrate to these members even this
the National Capital must have Of the relief which being
granted other cities. 49,
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Definite Program
Might Aid Cause

Meanwhile Mr.. Roosevelt
is being attacked because he
did not fall into the trap
set for him by Mr.. Hoover.
The question we are dis
cussing now is the mora
torium. This comes to a
head December Is. At that
time Mr.. Hoover will be
President. The responsible
ity is his. Mr.. Roosevelt at
that time will be a private
citizen. When he assumes
the responsibility it is to be
assumed that he will SUBJ
NIT his own ideas On inter-
national relations. These
ideas will not be those of
Mr.. Hoover, under whose di-
rection our international re-
lations have been so mud
died.
Since the election-and
for the first time-Mr.
Hoover has publicly ad-
mitted that the word "can-
collation. is deceptive, and
that the forgivins OF the
debts in whole or in part,
is not real cancellation at
all, but a transfer of debts
to us.
Such being the case, the
proponents Of the transfer,
instead of being snooty re-
garding those who stand for
America first, would better
serve their cause by sub
mitting a definite program
through which we can gain
more than we lose by the
policy they propose.
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Trade Will Not
Follow Moratorium

We are told by those seek
ing to transfer the debts to
this country that the moment
we grant another mora
torium there will be a flow
of trade to us. Somehow we
seem to have heard some
thing Of the sort before.
Yes-we did!-at the time
Of the last granting of a
moratorium. And the flow
Of tradeY There was nothing
of the sort. Most of the
debtor nations have built
tariff walls so high that
American goods cannot get
in. These walls still stand :;
they will be standing after a
second moratorium.
It is true, of course, that
these tariff walls were built
in retaliation against the
prohibitive tariff wall we
built.
just how we are to have a
"flow of trade" so long as
these walls stand, no one ex-
plains. =.
We are no Shylocks and
we are not fools; we are not
animated by any feeling of
hostility against the debtor
nations, but by a determina-
tion to protect our own in
terests; and if it can be
shown that we will gain
more, or as much, as we will
lose by taking on ourselves
the tax burdens of the world
it would be to our interest
to do so.
But the burden of positive
proof is on those who con-
tend that such would be
the result. These answer
us vaguely with theories.
And it els a condition, not
a theory, that confronts
u.s."
When Congress meets it
must find new taxes to meet
the deficit which has been
growing; and if the money
due us, and which is in
cluded in our estimate Of
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This young lady, well called the magnetic Pole" because
he born in Poland and is very magnetic appears here
dressed she appears dancing the stage in Paris
she frankly that she cannot what good little bit
Of cloth any sy brasere do above the waist
And common sense almost agrees with her.
A little clothing is sometimes immodes than
For instance if you took beautiful Greek statue with
nothing except little hair the head and added
stockings and garters, you would make it mmodest.
This picture will interest artists and Others because
proves that in spite of the thick coverings of centuries
Nature has persisted in making physically beautiful
You need hardly be told that this Woyowsh young lady
easily first prize in national beauty in her
home town, Warsaw, Poland.
How sad Natures cruel law that condemns such beauty
to decay.
But Nature forever goes on, producing and
loveliness. There is comfort in that
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VIII u1uSG NC
protected against the hard
knocks of life. =.
Sure, they have-by the
males! But, cutting out ira
dition and getting down to
brass tacks, who's the better
sport, judged by actual perfor"
mance-the modern man or the
modern woman?
A Readers Opinion
Says young Mrs. Ben Rey-
nolds-
But read it for yourself.
Dear Miss Robinson:
why can't men be good
sports? Yes, of course I'm mean.
ing my particular man, but I
guess we're a typical young cou-
pie.
I'm %: Ben's 25. We've
been married two years, and
for the last eight months Ben
has been out of work. He isn't
lazy. He has honestly tried to
find it, but you know how it is.
Well, fortunately have kept
my job, so we're able to get
along. and the fact that I'm
carrying the load doesn't bother
me a bit. But it burns Ben
up. Honestly he has gotten so
it's awful to live with him.
He is so sorry for himself that
he whineS and sneers all the
time. No one can mention any
subject that Ben doesn't twist
it around to his own bad luck,
and the fact that he's got to
be supported by a woman"
Naturally he does some of the
housekeeping when I'm out.
There isn't much. We have
only two rooms. But to hear
him tell it, you'd think he was
serving a jail sentence.
I've tried to talk to him to
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ONCE OVERS

others whose parents are far
more able to provide literally.
If all parents were sensible
in this matter, college expenses
would decrease greatly.
The young people would have
some necessary lessons in thrift
which they must learn some
time.
The longer they put off that
time the harder it will be to ac-
custom themselves to financial
curtailment.
Your too-liberal plan is not a
good one.
Perhaps it is a good thing
that not so many parents can
indulge their sons and daugh-
ters in luxurious living at col
lege as formerly.
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Chamber of Commerce
Opposes Cancellation

The U. s. Chamber of
Commerce follows the fash
ion with a statement in op-
position to cancellation, and
takes a position that is more
nearly that Of Mr.. Roose-
velt than is that of Mr..
Hoover. It also accepts
Senator Borah's s ultimatum
that reductions in the debts
must be accompanied by re-
ductions in armament. It
even goes so far-for it
as to agree that possibly
something may be done
about the tariff for the res
toration of foreign trade. 1t
reiterates its stand for a
protective tariff; and thus
it admits, by inference, that
the present tariff is not pro-
tective but destructive, be-
cause prohibitive.
But how much more eff
fective and to the point it
would have been had the
chamber not given an op-
posite impression during the
recent campaign!
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AND so, as we suspected,
"A there is a plan Of uni
fled action on the part of the
nations that borrowed bill
lions from us to make COM
mon cause in the effort to
transfer their debts to the
American taxpayers to pay.
That was plain as a pixies
staff in the notable simi-
larity in the phrasing of the
e English and the French
notes. Now we have it from
Paris that the smaller ma
tions are looking to France
to "protect" them against
the payment due. Some Of
these nations have been
loaned great sums by France,
though France does not want
to meet her payment on the
loans to us. These loans to
the smaller ma tions by
France were made in con-
nection with the perfection
of alliances or understand
ings for the purpose of war.
Meanwhile we have con-
flicting tales from London.
Ramsay Macdonald is now
convinced of two things:
One is that between this time
and December IS the United
States will relieve her of the
necessity of making her pay
ment. The other is that Eng
land simply cannot pay.
This is the position as
sumed by the extremists in
England, and the London
correspondent of the New
York Sun assures us that
there is much indignation in
business and financial circles
there because of the sensa-
tional stories about Eng
lands inability to pay.
No one undertakes to ex-
plain why nations that can
each year expend appalling
sums for purposes Of war
cannot reduce these sums to
the extent of the amount due
upon the debts, and still have
appalling sums in tn e ir
budget for war purposes.
And the American allies of
the debtor nations do not ex-
plain how they reach the
conclusion that we not only
have the capacity to pay for
one nation, but for all the
debtor nations combined.
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

show him what a crouch he's
getting to be, but he just
answers that he isn't whining.
He says it is all because he
loves me and can't bear to
see me work.
I tell him it's a mighty funny
way to show his love-being
so disagreeable that I hate to
come home. It isn't the job
that's hard to stand. It's his
nagging and self-pity.
Then he gets madder and says
it isn't self-pity. He says it's
a mans pride" and that a
woman can't understand how a
mans pride is hurt when he
has to let a woman pay his
bills, while he does the house
work.
The Old Story!
Well, last night I blew up!
I had heard that story about
mans pride" about a thou
sand times, so asked him did
he ever stop to think about
woman's pride, and how a
modern woman feels when she
has to give up her job and
stay home and take what a
man hands out to her?
I said that maybe once
women didn't mind staying
home, because they had no
place else to go; and house
keeping was more Of a job in
those days, because there were
interesting things to do. But
nowadays it is all different.
Nowadays a girl is as proud
of her job as a man is of his
and likes her freedom just
as much. Moreover, it burns
her up just as much to give
up the excitement of office life
and stick around in a couple
of lonesome little rooms, while
she watches other girls go to
work, as it does a man. Yet,
in spite of that, girls are
marrying every day and going
domestic with a smile"
So I said that, from what
I'm seeing, believe women are
really better sports than men.
Brave and Bold
OF course, we've always heard
different. We've always heard
how brave and game men were.
But I guess that was just be-
cause they were having every
thing their own way, and leav-
ing all the really tiresome, mo-
notonous, humiliating, painful
jobs to the women.
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE
ALL EQUAL, AND MEN HAVE
TO STAND WHAT WOMEN
HAVE ALWAYS STOOD, THEY
ARE SHOWING WHAT BAD
SPORTS THEY REALLY ARE.
T. That's what I told Ben last
night, and he's still so mad he
don't speak to me. I feel ter.
ribly, but I still bet I'm right.
What do you think, Miss Rob-
inson?
THELMA REYNOLDS.
Lady, this is one of those
times when a smart girl doesn't
think. So I'm passing it on.
YOU tell her, Stranger, and
We'll do the broadcaSting.
And the lucky winner of the
battle will win a full size,
double-thickness, triple riveted
suit Of armor. He, or she, will
need it!
Copyright. 1899. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-30

his generosity and respects his
virtues. But not one of these
alone-nor all of them to-
gether-ever won her heart or
lighted the spark Of her fancy.
A man may be as wise as
Solomon, as brave,as Lindbergh,
as strong as Jack Dempsey and
as ambitious as Mussolini; but
if she doesn't like the way he
talks to a waiter, treats taxi
driver, leases a dog or holds
her when they dance, she Just
can't love him.
She's heard all about the
"model husband" and theoreti-
cally hopes she'll land one. But
even when a halfway imitation
OF that Stereotyped robot comes
round, she is likely to pass him
by for some awkward brute, who
trips over her rugs or knocks
over her best vase-and then
acts so sorry, so abashed and
so boyishly repentant that it
goes right to the soft spot in
her heart. Or for some worth.
less. loveable playboy, who bor-
rows her cigarettes, burns spots
on the mahogany, forgets his
The Washington times., 1932-11-30

you're going
to snort an
in d i g n a n t
"No!" to each
one Of those
que S t 10 n S
You're going
to point out
the fact that
females have
always been
cons ! d e r e d
peeviSh and
un r e a s n
able; allur-
ing but weak
cry . babies,
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
France Is Surely
Able to PAY Debts

No one even suggests that
France is unable to pay.
Everyone knows she is
able to pay.
And yet France and Eng
land both pretend to be
shocked and indignant be-
cause Secretary Stimson, in
his note demanding payment,
said that the idea of gen.
eral review of the debts had
never been contemplated by
the Administration.
If we had an explanation
Of this Indignation we would
be able to solve the mystery
of the reason for the conf
dence Europe has felt in
our willingness to take over
part, Or all, the debts, de-
spite the declaration Of Con-
gress.
It is charged directly by
some. OF the newspapers in
Europe that in the secret
conference between Presi-
dent Hoover and Laval a
general review 7as agreed
upon. This would possibly
justify the debtor nations
in indignation against the
Administration because Of
Mr.. Stimson's note; but by
this time Europe should
have known that Congress
alone can transfer the debts.
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Being Too Liberal

Being Too Liberal
You had a hard struggle when
you were in college and you
have resolved that your boy or
your girl do not have a similar
experience If you can help it.
Aren't you. for this reason, a
little too liberal with spending
money?
Being too liberal encourages
expensive habits.
In your home and with your
self you are penurious, and
careful. in order that the chill
dren away may have a good
time and be free from the worry
or the embarrassment which a
shortage Of money might cause.
You think it is your duty to
give them the money necessary
to hold up their end" with the
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Wise Words

Neither beg of him who has
been a beggar, nor serve him
3ho has been a servant.
There is many a good wife
that can't sing and dance we'll.
If you can't fly, crawl.
Wit is a good servant, but a
bad master.
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By TIE. Powers
by Helen Rowland

dates-but never fails to "star
her" in public or to flatter her
in private, and always knows
just how to square himself.
She likes man to say IT
love you"-but. it is not what
he says, but the WAY he says
it that runs through her veins
like quicksilver and sets her
pulses dancing.
She likes, to be folded in a
mans strong arms; but it is
the WAY he holds her, encircl-
ing, tender, masterful-but al
ways protecting and gentle that
captivates her imagination.
She knows perfectly well that
a good provider with an even
temper, who will take his turn
sitting up nights when little
Johnny has the whooping.
cough, and will never, throw
q party with the rent money
or let the insurance lapse, is the
kind Of man she ought to
marry.
But she falls fathoms deep
in love with an improvement
happy-go-lucky chap, who cheer
fully lets her make up his losses
in the market, loses his shirt
at poker every Saturday night,
flies into rages-and then good
-naturedly "forgives" her for
being so "hard on him"
YOU know how it is. Life
with that kind may be nerve
wearing. exciting and perilous-
but it is never dull. A woman
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Love Lives On Whims

Love Lives On Whims
Woman's love is a funny thing.
It lives on whims.
No woman ever fell in love
with a man because he gov.
erned a State, built the worlds
tallest skyscraper, invented a
new machine, wrote a best
seller. gave million to charity or
turned his back on the de luxe
bundle of curves and furs try.
ing to flag him.
A woman appreciates and ad-
mireS a mans ability, warns to
The Washington times., 1932-11-30

receipts, is refused, then,
within sixty days, we must
increase our own taxes to
the extent of the money
thereby lost.
How. about our capacity
to pay"Y
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Debt BanyhOo and
Mysteries
Bu Claude G.. BOLUerS

Battles the Jackson Period
Era" and Beveridge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Are Women Better Sports Than
Men?

Are women better sports than
men?
Do they stand disappoint-
ment and humiliation more
gamely? Are they better natured
and more patient when their
egotiSm is nicked?
If you're the male reader
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-08
Paris Narrowing Lines
of Evening Silhouette

Any woman who is going to let
herself 60 and get new evening
dress that will have a style future
must take into account the narrow
Ing Of the lines that Paris lays down
for the evening silhouette. The
newest frocks that all the most fash.
tonable women are wearing here
aren't quite as narrow as the old
time pencil silhouette, but. girls.
they're mighty close to it.
The 1882 evening line differs
from the pencil line in one i'm
Dortant degree. 1t doesn't end at
the knees, but widens there in an
unObtrusive way and goes right on
down to the floor. This kind of
skirt has replaced the one that be-
gan to get wide from the hip-line or
just below. For one thing, it takes
a lot more wearing, because it
makes certain slenderness obliga-
tory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-08
Pleasant Valley

Mrs. Steve Christie and Myrtle,
Lawrence, Gladys and Hazel, call.
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Neal
Thursday evening, it being Mrs
Meals birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sukke attend
ed the funeral rites held for Miss
Alice Hansen in Sank Centre, Sum-
day afternoon.
Miss Elsie Huber went to Clotho
Thursday afternoon where she will
visit at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Leo McCloskey, for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Traeger and
children, visited at the John Spaeth
home, near Padua, Wednesday.
Little Lorraine Trraeger remained
until Sunday.
Ewalt Rachney and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Neal assisted with silo filling
at Steve Christie's Friday after
noon.
Mrs. William Quinn and her
sister, Mrs. Effie Gardiner, of Min
neapolis, spent from Saturday until
Monday afternoon at the Bert
Quinn home.
Mrs. Steve Christie called on
Mrs. Peter Traeger Monday after
noon.
The 1932-1933 school year opened
in Pleasant Valley Tuesday morn
ing, with Miss aMrie Brown teach
er. Those enrolled are: Garwood
Halverson, Frank Schmidt, Nor
bert Pulcznski, LaVerne Freid-
erick, Gladys and Hazel Christie,
and Audrey Quinn in the first
grade. John Hardin, Clement
Schmidt End grade. Jerome and
Gerard Frederick and Loren Har-
din Bird grade. Helen Quinn, Ann
Schmidt 4th gade. Myrtle Christie,
Harold Halverson 5th grade. Law
renee Christie, Dale Hardin and
Elva Halverson 9Th grade. The
school house has been freshly
painted on the inside and every
thing done possible for the start Of
successful school year.
Mrs. Louis Huber and son, Har-
old, accompanied by Sylvia Nc
Closkey spent Sunday at the VIM.
Meyers home near Little Sank, Mr..
Meyers is nephew of Mrs. Huber.
James Christie is assisting at the
Roman Frederick home for a
short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sukke attend
ed a coffee social at the Louis
home Sunday evening.
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Traeger entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Baggenstrous and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Sexton and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. John Spaeth
and family at Chop Suey party.
Viola Christie as a Junior and
liza Hardin as a Senior, resumed
their studies in the Sank Centre
schools Tuesday. Rose Marie Freid-
erick also returned to her last
years work in the Parochial
school.
Walter Scanlon spent several
days at the Christie and Hardin
homes.
Silo filling was finished early
this year. Ben Schwartz and Leo
Frederick, being the last to fill on
Saturday. The first frost of the
season occurred Monday night.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-08
FEATURES of INTEREST to WOMEN
Flashes From Paris

Recent Paris cables and
letters from American CORE
spOndents say there is a gen.
eral feeling of softness In
fabric ard line which is dis
tinctly feminine and remini-
scent Of styles in the 1S30s
and Cos. The influence Of
this mode is apparent in
sleeve details; in the fullness
of skirts below the knee; in
necklines and in the definite
ly slender waistline.
Street clothes are short
enough to be practical and
comfortable. Many three
quarter length coat suits are
shown.
Woods and velvets are the
center Of fabric interest. The
woods are soft, colorful, novel
and often amazingly sheer
and altogether lovely. The
new materials include dag
onals, basket-like weaves,
boucle, ratine and eponge. A
very heavy crepe somewhat
like roshanarais used by sew
eral couturiers for suits, and
the sheerest of wool crepes
for afternoon frocks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-08
BUTTONS POPULAR
FALL TRIMMING

New treatments in buttons as
decorative accents appear daily. A
double breasted line is given to the
Venise bodies Of a transparent vel
vet frock by crocheted buttons.
There are many nickel buttons.
These are the most important trim
ming. Lacings through metal eye
lets are also noted.
A dress developed in romaine and
trimmed with Alencon adopts but
tons, the top of which are covered
with the lace while the rim reveals
the fabric of the frock.
There are many two-piece dresses,
usually with contrasting overblouse
and skirt; the blouse may be Of
novelty wooden and skirts Of plain,
or contrasts, such as red and black
are developed in plain fabrics.