The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-03-02
100 Attend
Community
Club NJ &c t
Mr.. Flynn, of the Great
Northern Railroad, Deliv-
ers Interesting Address
COMMITTEES REPORT
Directors Named-Dinner for
Men and Ladies at Meeting
March %

The regular meeting of the Sank
Centre Community Club Thursday
evening of last week brought an
attendance of more than 100 BUSH
ness men and farmers.
In opening the meeting Presi-
dent Carl Fischer very sraciously
welcomed the non-farmer members
present and informed them that
they would be more than welcome
to grace the meeting with their
presence at any of the future meet
ings of the organization.
Postmaster w. M. Parker re-
ported on the proposition Of endeav-
oring to secure a daily star mail
route between Long Prairie and
St. Cloud. He said some progress
had been made but he was doubtful
as to the final success Of the effort.
Asa M. Wallace, chairman Of the
highway committee, reported on a
meeting his committe and John
Ceynar, chairman of the board Of
supervisors of Getty township, and
chairman of the Board John Mill
er, of Ashley township, mad with
the board of county commissioners
of Stearns county, protesting
against the proposed sale of the
road machinery owned by the
county. The committee were grac-
iously received by the county Of
ficials and left the meeting with the
impression that the plan 10 dispose
of the machinery had been aban-
doned.
Mr.. Flynn, assistant general
counsel and assistant TO the vice
president of the Great Northern
Railroad was introduced.
The gentleman is rapid fire
and very interesting speaker. He
reviewed the experience Of the
railroads for the past several
years and showed that the truck
ing lines, organized and indepen-
dent, when fully investigated
would be found to be an expensive
luxury, financially to the state and
individuals, and that they were a
menace to the travelling public on
the trunk highways of the state.
The following are excerpts of Mr..
Flynn's address.
MANY reasons have been stated
by economists, so-called experts and
politicians as to why the country is
in its present financial condition.
Undoubtedly the chief cause is the
heavy burden of taxes that we
have imposed upon ourselves or al
lowed those representing us in the
legislatures and Congress 10 pile
up year by year. The burden has
been growing gradually until :oday
the United States is paying approx
imately 40c out of each dollar in
taxes. Our national income this
year is estimated at $4,000, coo, 600
that is the amount that you and
everyone else in the country will
earn. I think a low estimate of
the taxes we will all pay this year
is $14, 100000 and probably will
run considerably higher. You cen
readily see, therefore, that we will
pay this year in taxes more than
4Oc out Of each dollar of our in
come Last year our national in
come was about $54 900, O00,G 600. and
our taxes approximately $4,000
OOO, 900. That amount last year
meant that we all paid Csc out Of
each dollar Of our income in taxes.
You may think that because you
do not deliver in cash to the coun-
ty treasurer or to the income tax
collector or to other tax collectors
4Oc out of each dollar you earn that
you are a privileged character, but
you must not overlook the fact that
someone pays these taxes and rhat
in the end the 40c out of each dol
lar is charged to you and to your
fellow citizens. There is no way we
can defeat taxes. In the county Of
Cook, Illinois, up to August 1, 1892,
100000 pieces of property have
been sold for taxes; 100000 city
lots were likewise sold in Detroit,
and some nine million acres Of
farm lands in the State of Michi-
gan. If that does not make de-
preston I wish someone would tell
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