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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-31
The Miscellaneous Revenue.

You will observe from this COM
pilation that very large percentage
of the money paid into the national
treasury comes from income taxes. l
have figured it out that such income
tax receipts amount to 56.08 per cent
of the total receipts. The income tax
law i'm those years was that any single
person having yearly income greater
than $1,5OO and any married person
or head of family with an income
greater than $4,000 was liable to such
an income tax.
You may possibly be little puzzled
about the miscellaneous revenues
which you observe presented at the
top and near the bottom of the bal
ance sheet. In 1881, these miscel-
laneous revenues came almost entirely
| from taxes imposed on the following:
Spirits (medical purposes primarily,
tobacco bringing in over four hun
dred and forty millions), oleomarga-
rine, habit drugs (for instance, Con-
gress has imposed tax of $500 a
pound on opium manufactured for
smoking purposes), automatic pistols
| (firearms), estates, corporations, and
capital, occupational, admissions, dues.
Next to the income tax, these consti
tute the major portion of what is
termed as internal revenue.
Now you may look up at me, if I'm
near, and inquire about the truth Of
this, for you'll say, 81 don't see that
there is any real estate or personal
property tax mentioned in this list"
Well, for the truth of it, I'll simply
refer you again to the World Almanac
and I don't suppose you'll dare to
challenge that. And then, let me ex-
plain to you, and that definitely, that
you don't pay any real estate or per-
sonal property tax into the national
treasury. Unless you fall into one or
several of the brackets given above,
or unless you are rich enough to pay
income tax, you just don't pay any
thing directly into the national treas
ury.
True enough, you pay some indi-
rectly through your regular shopping
transactions, but, then, if we shall
stop and consider the percentage of
profit that the middlemen get from
your transactions, we are getting In
on quite little problem. Let it suf-
flee to say that the middleman is
usually going to get as large a profit
out of his sales as he possibly can
whether the government charges any
tax or not.
Division of Taxes.
| Let us next turn to the smaller
unit the state. The revenues for the
forty-eight states are derived from the
following sources:
I. State Revenue Receipts:
General property taxes, special
property and other special taxes. In
cludes- Inheritance taxes, income
taxes, corporation taxes, bank stock
taxes, poll taxes, licenses, special as
sessments, fines, forfeits, escheats
subventions and grants, interest, rents
and highway privileges, earnings Of
!: general departments, earnings of pub
!. lie service enterprises.
II. County Taxes:
General property, special taxes
poll taxes, licenses and permits, spe.
cial assessments.
III. Township Taxes:
Drawing revenue from approximate.
ly same sources as the county.
Nv. School Districts:
Primarily from general property
and state appropriations which II
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-31

baby son visited at the Hedin home
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Revier and
daughter, Marion, and Mrs. H. L.
Hedin were Pine City callers Satur-
day afternoon.
the Clarence Baker home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-31

One of the greatest misconceptions
of today regarding our government
and related social agencies is that
of TAXES. This misconception is
merely one of the many manifesto
tions of Justification and misrepre-
sensations. 1, therefore, wish to make
concise, yet clear presentation OF
the tax system as we have it in this
country (America).
In the first place, taxes are paid
to the respective governments either
directly or indirectly. For example,
the owner of property usually pays a
state tax, county tax, township tax
Tor city tax if he lives in city, di-
rectly to the officers of these respec-
tive governments; but if he merely
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-31
TAXES AND REPEAL
By Olaf Palm, Brook Park

rents property, although the owner CT
the property hands over the tax to the
tax collector, the renter really pays
it in the rent. Another indirect tax
is the well known sales tax which is
directly paid by the merchant, but we
all know, only too well, that the con-
sumner pays it Indirectly every time
in the purchase.
Let us turn our attention to the
national government. 1t is here that
l have found the greatest misconcep-
ton to lie among the greatest portion
of our citizens. l can best clarity
this problem by presenting Uncle
Sans own balance sheet as entered
in The World Almanac and Book of
Facts for 1882.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-31

American ads save you money.
The Washington times., 1933-03-28

thought if the stories of Frank
Inns eScapades that have been
told me by his schoolmates and
that we have chuckled over,
can be believed.
Whenever there was healthy
mischief afoot, Franklin was
certain to be part of the plot.
He was no different in that
respect than his uncle Warren
Delano, who years earlier had
outraged the Harvard faculty
by dressing up a statue in a
public square and causing both
the police and fire depart
ments to be called out to re-
move the offending articles Of
clothing.
DisOrganized Show
Franklin, due either to better
luck or better sense, never al
lowed his pranks to put him
into conflict with the law, al
though, had I been the man.
ager of the Boston Opera Com
pany at the time my boy and
his college chumS disorganized
his performance of Tam
hauser," I should have been
seriously tempted to call in the
authorities.
In those days it was Gus
tomary for theatrical com,
panies to hire, as they thought,
we'll = behaved young men as
extras" in mob scenes, engag-
ing as n my as they needed in
each city in which they played.
On this particular occasion
Franklin and a number of his
friends applied for jobs as spear
men and beautifully acoutered
in costumes of the period, took
up their positions on the stage.
The hero, at this point, made
his entrance, leading a mag
nificent white horse with a
jeweled bride and began the
aria that during all previous
performances had been the
high light of the evening. Tit
ters greeted his most dulcet
tones, laughter drowned out his
most sensational effort. Too
late, the tenor discovered a
collection Of giggling spearmen
engaged in prodding his snow
white charger with their tin
lances. This episode, I am told,
ended the practice of offering
the opportunity Of a musical
education to the undergraduate
body.
Brought Friends Home
Of all this rather question
able gayety I knew nothing at
the time, although I had taken
a house in Boston during
Franklin's first year there, near
enough to the university to be
on hand should he want me
and far enough removed not
to interfere with his college
life. My husband died three
months after Franklin had left
for Cambridge, and for me
The Washington times., 1933-03-28

to live alone in the Hyde Park
house just then was unthink.
able.
Mine was, Of course, a quiet
existence, but during the week.
ends Franklin often brought
his friends to the house, and its
peaceful rooms were made
happy and animated by their
laughter and high spirits.
Sometimes he would remain
on the campus in preference
to coming into town, for he
was frequently invited to Sun
day night supper parties, and
there were no automobiles then
in which one might travel back
and forth in almost no time
at all.
But he and Lathrop Brown
had very comfortable quarters
which must admit I saw very
infrequently, once I had put
them in order. I never believed
that mothers should be much
in evidence at college and I Wis
tied Franklin only on those oc-
casions that I was invited for
some specific function.
Appeared in Costume
His room, as I recall 1t, was
the conventional college boys
diggings. The walls were literal
ly covered with pennants,
framed mementos Of cherished
happenings, and the shingles"
of clubs to which he belonged.
He attained membership in the
Signet Society Glee Club, the
Memorial Society, the Hasty
Pudding Club, st. Paul's So
ciety, the Yacht Club, the Polit-
ical Society, and the Fly Club
at which he gave his twenty.
first birthday dinner.
To this he invited about a
The Washington times., 1933-03-28

dozen boys, each Of whom was
told he must appear in cos
tune. From all accounts it was
great fun and would probably
have lasted way into the small
hours had not another group,
bent upon celebration, de-
Scended upon them and made
it advisable to call it a night.
When I compare this rather
simple, uneventful attaining Of
majority with the extravagant
parties of which one hears so
much today, I wonder whether
something very real has not
been lost to those who find en-
joyment only in elaborate and
costly entertainments.
At Harvard, more than at any
other university, at that time,
the principle Of laissez-faire
was encouraged. During the
freshman year there were GER
tain scholastic requirements,
but thereafter, as long as a stu
dent made a satisfactory show
ing in his semi-annual examina'
The Washington times., 1933-03-28

tions, he could do with his time
pretty much as he pleased.
Franklin's major activity, be-
ginning with his sophomore
year, was the Crimson" He
started out as one Of several
editors, succeeded to the manag-
ing editorShip, and eventually
became its president. He in
jected iI.to 1t a certain militant
spirit that brought it forcibly
to the attention Of every stu
dent and teacher. He con-
Quoted editorial cruSades against
the T.. grant neglect manifested
by the college in failing to pro
vide what he thought were the
proper measures Of safe,
against fires. He was as full.
some in his praise as he was
scathi-g in his criticism, and in
short order he had earned a
reputation for level-headedneSS
and fair play.
Copyright, 1898, by Isabel Leighton.
Distributed by King Features
syndicate, lnc.)
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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his early life we're bound up
In the tides and swells of that
rocky coast. So many OF the
experiences he likes best to re-
member were enacted there.
And some of them were fraught
with real danger. although he
SCOTS at the mere suggestion
Of such a thing.
Once, during a summer he
spent with us there, he went
off in his boat, a larger one by
this time, for a day or two OF
sailing. In the night a small
schooner found its way into
the cove in which his Half
Moon lay at anchor, and the
following morning Franklin,
finding that he knew the skip
per, boarded her to have a look
around. Upon asking the cap
tain-who turned out to be a
rather reprehensible character
what sort of cargo he was
carrying, Fanklin was told po-
tatoes.
Potatoes from Grand Manan
Island to Maine?" Franklin
cross-questioned incredulously.
''Isn't that the reverse Of the
usual procedure?"
eyes" the captain told him,
''but this year it is the other
way round!"
"Where do you keep those
potatoes?" Franklin went on.
Down here in the hold" the
captain explained. indicating a
trap door that was held down
with a small stick of wood.
FOOlhardy Bravery
my mother" Franklin told
him meaningly, with what I've
always felt was a foolhardy
bravery, spent much Of her
life in China, and something
tells me that cargo of yours is
Chinese potatoes"
"You're too smart for your
own gooQ, young 1e14OW, the
captain commented, but not
disagreeably enough to keep
Franklin from saying:
''How many potatoes have
you?"
eighteen" the captain ad-
mitted.
"And what do Chinese po-
tatoes fetch this year?" Frank
lin questioned impudently.
"A hundred dollars apiece"
the renegade captain sang out
in the general direction of
Franklin. who by this time had
evidenced his willingness to re-
turn to the Half Moon and
leave the captain to his busi-
ness Of smuggling Cinnamon
into the country.
Experiences such as these
were a far cry from the we'll
ordered existence that was ex-
pected of a circumspect young
Harvard student, but not as
different as one might have
The Washington times., 1933-03-28
Prompt Relief
From Itching Eczema

It's wonderful the way soothing,
cooling Zemo brings prompt relief
to itching. burning skin, even in
severe cases. Itching stops the mo-
ment Zemo touches the tender and
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Pimples, Eczema. Ringworm and
restore the skin to normal, always
use clean. soothing Zemo. Insist on
genuine Zemo; it's worth the price,
because it brings relief. CSC, Soc
and 81. All druggists.
The Washington times., 1933-03-28
WILL ADDRESS ALUMNI

Brig. Gen. L. r. Gignilliat,
superintendent Of Culver Military
Academy, will address Culver
Alumni in Washington today
The general is q graduate Of Vir'
ginia Military Institute and holds
the Distinguished Service Medal
and decorations from France,
Rumania and Poland.
The Washington times., 1933-03-28
LICENSED TO WE'D

Thomas Potts, 36, and Marjorie
Hilton. ~, both Of Baltimore,
were licensed to marry at Upper
Marlboro yesterday.
The Washington times., 1933-03-28
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Evening star., 1933-01-29

Safety, like beauty, is more than tin
deep when it comes to motoring. Until
this view is more widely respected,
safety advocates fear there will be little
likelihood Of any material progress in
the business of outlawing accidents
awheel
According to the new view of the
time -honored situation, the owner who
goes ahead driving his car when he
knows the motor needs to be Serviced
Is counting trouble just as much as the
one who goes into the traffic turmoil
without adequate brakes. Driving a
badly carbonized motor may be just as
dangerous as rolling over the highway
at night with just one headlight.
Terms of Efficiency.
The tendency IS to think Of service
in terms of efficiency. So far as many
owners are concerned. lack of service
has been the equivalent of sufhciency
Of life.
Statistics have shown that the ac-
tual failure of essential parts Of cars
has not been anywhere near as impor-
tant a factor as the failure Of drivers
to think and act sensibly when at the
wheel. However, figures fail to show to
what degree actual failure Of perform
ance has to do in contributing to acci-
dents. If driver fails to overtake an
other car in time the incident is re-
corded as a lapse of judgment, but
there may be good reason to suspect
that the driver merely misjudged the
condition Of his car. 1t failed him be-
cause he had failed it.
While it is true that brakes, steering
gears and headlights do not receive
as much attention as they deserve, the
fact remains that by comparison with
the neglect Of other essential units,
they are lavished with care. In many
situations the engine is more helpful
in an emergency than the brakes, yet
it is seldom serviced with the thought
of safety paramount. A motorist buys
new piston rings as reluctantly as ne
does new paint, yet these rings may be
as helpful to him in pinch as new
brake lining.
Small Particle Harmful.
It requires but a small particle OF
dirt to clog up a carburetor jet and to
make the motor skip at time when
the driver demands and desperately
needs all it can give. A backflre from
a little water that could have been
drained off at the gas filter may not
only prevent the driver from getting by
another car on hill, but may result III
a destructive fire.
There seems to be little appreciation
among drivers as to the real danger IN
the possibility of the clutch slipping.
Every minute they are on the road
they place their trust in the clutch. yet
never realize that having the Gluten
checked over could have anything TO
do with their security and that OF
others who must face them on the
open road. Even competent driver
is badly upset in his calculations Wnen
he drives a car where the power IS lost
in transmission to the rear end. He is
constantly trapped.
If the clutch slips the motor Is far
less effective as a compression brake
Evening star., 1933-01-29
HELPFUL FACTOR
SEEN IN INDUSTRY
Condition of Current Stocks
of Models Held to Be
Excellent.
BY H. J. KLINGLER,

By II. j. hLlN1Lkh,
Chevrolet Vice President and General Sales
Manager.
One of the most encouraging factors
influencing the outlook of the automo-
bile industry for 1888 is the excellent
condition of current stocks Of old mod
els in dealers hands. Not since the
industry reached maturity has the con-
dition been so good.
No Unfinished Business"
This means that there Is no 'un-
finished business" dragging over from
1882 into the new year. 1t means that
everybody from the manufacturer to
the retail salesman can concentrate
merchandise. 1t means that every new
car sold this year benefits 1888 in
terms of material purchased for the
manufacture of the car, and wages
paid to the men who built the car. 1t
means that dealers will not have to
try to sell 1888 cars, while having their
facilities, their man power and their
money tied up in 1882 models on which
they face loss.
At this time last year the industry
had thousands of old-model new cars
on hand, winch seriously handicapped
1882 sales effort and 1882 production
totals. This year there is no such
drag 1t is a healthy condition. 1t
came about through better manage
ment, plus sustained upswing in sales,
which continued from late in July.
Bottom in July.
After a thorough appraisal of the
outlook for 1888, we started into the
new year on a program Is per cent
higher than in 1882. We feel that
general conditions are improving. We
feel that we touched bottom in July.
The automobile industry is now en-
tering what may prove to be new
epoch. American industrial history
discloses that the second 25 years in
any given industry see greater develop
ment and improvement than the first
quarter century. With the yardstick
of history applied to us, We are now
embarked upon future of greater ex-
pansion than anything we have seen
in the past I believe this is true. We
will not see tangible evidence of it this
year, and perhaps not next year. but
it is coming just as surely as the horse
and buggy will never again transport
most of the American people.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
new SLOGAN GIVEN
FOR AUTO DRIVERS
Drive a Little Slower, Live a
Little Longer, Advocated
fur 1888.

Drive a little slower; live a little
longer.
So runs the new slogan in motoring.
Automobile drivers have been hitting a
new high in speed. The market for
speed has hit its peak. In fact, the
market has crashed Safety advocates,
while approaching the fact that most
people have been driving beyond their
speedability, trust that motordom will
not slump to dangerous and discour-
aging low in speed.
The tortoise may be as dangerous as
the hare Something of compromise
is hoped for by those who support the
theory of moderation In all things.
That is why they are advocating driv-
ing. not slow, but little slower.
Many drivers have been following
this plan to good advantage this Win
ter. 1t has been saving them gray
hairs and accidents. If they are in
clined to run 35 miles an hour In a
certain locality they remind themselves
to cut down to 80. 1t gives new sense
of control They are caught in fewer
surprises They find less occasion to
jam on the brakes or take chance
steering around trouble.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Low and High Speed
Shimmy Exists for
Different Reasons

Some idea of the complicated
nature Of steering trouble can be
seen in the number Of general
conditions that should be looked
for. Most owners think Of SHIN
my as the first and most serious
of the steering conditions, and
1t probably Is. But there are
both low and high speed shimmy,
with different causes for each.
Cars develop the habit Of wan
dering and weaving, which may
be due to too little caster, loose
wheels, tight steering assembly
or to defective shock absorbers.
Then there Is hard steering, usu-
ally experienced on turns. Some
mechanics recognize another
condition known as jerky steer
ing, usually due to the drag link
being out of line and to the
spring sagging.
Tire wear, due to steering diff
ficulties, may be of four general
types. The tires may be cupped.
They may show spotty wear.
Again they may be scuffed. Or
the wear may be on the shoul-
ders of the tire thread.
Evening star., 1933-01-29

known just why there have not been
more serious accidents by reason of
broken joints. If a front universal
breaks off. the propeller shaft is free
to drop to the road in such a way as
to dig into the gound in the manner
of pole vaulter's pole. Only one make
Of car has provision for catching the
shaft should 1t break of. Manufac-
turers assume that owners will be SEN
sible enough to have worn joints re-
placed before breakage is possible but
neglect and false economy lead owners
to many strange errors Of judgment.
Springs are part Of the safety picture
On many makes of cars the breaking
Of master leaf upsets wheelbase and
causes the brakes to self apply. This
Is dangerous if the car is travelling fast
Springs have much to do with the
stability of steering. Permit the front
springs to weaken or the rear ones to
sag and the car is apt to break into a
shimmy. Shock absorbers should be
Evening star., 1933-01-29
KNOW YOUR FUELS

Because it Is important to use special
kinds Of fuel In motors which have spe-
cial characteristics 1t is important to
know wherein the various types of gaso-
line vary.
First there is the ordinary gasoline
which may, and does, vary rather widely
in volatility and the quantity of sulphur
and other impurities If this gas is of
sufficiently high volatility it becomes
high-test and should be used only in
very cold weather, and in some old mo-
tors.
If either ordinary or high test gas
Is treated with tetraethyl lead it be-
comes anti-knock fuel and should be
used in the newer high compression mo-
tors or in old motors that have too
much carbon. Different kinds of ordi-
nary gas have different natural anti
knock characteristics In addition, there
Is benzol, which is being used in place
OF gasoline on an increasingly large
scale.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Why Sales Sag.

What would you do if you sold high
Grade automobiles, had to pay the land
lord, meet your taxes and pay your en-
ployes and some one walked in looking
for a 16-cylinder sedan? And you
didn't have another one In stock!
Think of this happening in this land
of the free and the conservative. The
shopper for an $4,000 car was not only
unable to purchase the car he wanted
from his dealer, but from the factory as
well.
Evening star., 1933-01-29

each family. There are more auto
mobiles in this country than telephones.
A writer for one Of the country's lead
ing publications pointed out not long
ago that we-the most bathroomed
Nation-have more automobiles than
bath rooms; that every day more OF
US use a car than use a toothbrush
and that the automobile, above every
thing else, Is the American standard
of the American standard of living.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
AUTO HELD STANDARD
OF AMERICAN LIVING
Total of Motor Cars Exceeds Mum.
Der of Bath Rooms and
Toothbrushes.
By b. E. HUTCHINSON,

Chairman of the Board. Plymouth Motors.
Within approximately the last Is
years American initiative and ingenuity
and vast sums of American capital
have produced, in the form of high
ways and highway motor vehicles. a
system Of transportation, which, in its
Nationwide local ramifications, con-
meets even more completely than do the
railroads, every city, village and hamlet
OF the country. This, as contrasted
with the mass transportation system of
the railroads, Is essentially an indi-
vidual transportation system, and 1t is
inconceivable that the country could
get along without it.
In 1901 there were only $4,000 auto
mobiles In the United States. At the
end Of 1881 there were 25,814,0 900 auto
mobiles registered in this country.
There is nearly one automobile for
every five people in the United States;
that Is practically one automobile for