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Evening star., 1933-06-29
The New Taxes,

Men and wcmen Of small and mod
grateful to Senator Pat Harrison of
Mississippi, chairman of the Senate
finance committee The Mississippi
Senator, after he had been confronted
with the House industrial recovery bill
proposing to increase the normal in
come tax rates along with other tax
features wrote out tax plan of his
own. This tax plan, which has now
been written into law, struck out en-
tirely the proposed increase in the
normal income tax rates and also
lowered materially the federal tax on
gasoline which was carried in the
House bill. The increases proposed b.
the House in the normal income tax
rates were not only heavy but would
have fallen with much force upon the
people Of small means. For it was
proposed to increase the rate on the
first $4,000 Of taxable income, or any
part Of it, from four per cent to siA
per cent; upon the second $4,000 Of
taxable income or any part of 1t, from
eight to ten per cent.
The House plan for raising the $780,
100000 additional revenue, needed tt
finance the public works program
adopted by substantial vote in that
body following a dismal failure of the
proposed manufacturers sales tax sub
\ stitute, seemed destined to become pari
Of the law 1t Is true that opponents
Of the increases in the normal income
tax rates were rallying in the Senate
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Better Game for Kidnapers
From the Columbia State.

from lne CCIuHlCla state.
Oklahoma outlaws kidnapped a Mis-
souri, sheriff and sped away.
But why? Has it never occurred to
these fellows who prey upon the pub
lie that we might think more kindly
of them If they would from time to
time perform some public service? BY
a timely act, now and then, they could
balance the ledger.
Why run away with a Missouri sher-
if? He is doubtless a good fellow and
he certainly does not wish to do any
body any harm. Taking a sheriff into
captivity does not help the country,
whereas there are dozen OF, so United
States Senators who could be run of
into the hills and kept there for keeps
to the everlasting benefit Of a large
block Of the human race.
But then. we suppose, there Is an
economic side to this as in most other
activities. Outlaws who kidnap are
looking for ransom money. and who
would ransom one of those pestiferoW
Senators?
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1t is the course Of wisdom for them
abandon any feeling of reticence VIII,
they may possess and lay aside all que
tlons as to the propriety Of such
radical scheme, and heartily Jump i.
and swim for better shores rather than
stay where they are and assuredly sink
If the attitude of one-for- all -and-all-
for-one can be inspired in the farmers
OF the South toward this measure and
if they unitedly lock hands in this
enterprise of cotton destruction as out
lined by the Federal authorities, they
will have wrought for themselves per-
sonally and for the entire South a re-
form whose blessing purposes will per-
meate throughout every fiber of the
fabric of Our economic structure"
Among many farmers" reports the
Oklahoma City Times, there is dis
position to cooperate with the Govern
nlent in this program. 1t comes nearer
being the remedy many farmers have
demanded than any previous farm re-
lief legislation. It does promise an i'm
mediate cash return and it is not un-
likely that Oklahoma farmers will lease
from 100000 to 1000 900 acres to the
Government in this way and that addi-
tional Oklahoma acreage will also pass
under Government control when wheat
Eext Fall. Present condition of the soil
ard the cotton crop indicates that many
farmers would do well TO sell all their
cotton acreage in this way. II favor
able weather conditions should follow,
some of the land thus leased still could
produce feed crops. II the drought con.
tinues. the money received from the
leasing will be the farmers only return
from the cotton crop. This program Is
admittedly experimental. but II does
carry an immediate advantage for cot
ton farmers
The farm relief measures" according
10 the Buffalo Evening News. reflected
particularly the agitationS conducted
among wheat growers The cotton men
were drawn In large >.S..Igh political
strategy in the expo sti"r hat a COM
bination of wheat al c",tion could Sc
cure profitable bountios for both The
success or failure OF the entire idea may
depend on what develops IN cotton dur
ing the next few months
Noting that the growers are face 70
face with n debatable choice. II" the Hart
ford Times comments on the situation:
"Inasmuch as the sale Of cotton depends
i'll considerable degree on export, the
grower is intensely interested in the
prospect OF better international markets.
1t will not help him II the domestic
price is artificially lifted by curtailed
production if the export market fails to
absorb the eXportable surplus, as 1t Is
plan, to produce cotton simply for the
domestic market The Wallace plan, as
drafted under the provisions of the new
farm relief act. is an experiment. Presi-
cent Roosevelt has frankly called it
| that
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what ought to be done, or do what
ought not to be done.
No attention at all, In many cases,
is far better than the attentions OF
bungler. This is proved by vaca-
ton periods, during which q garden
gets along very nicely. If there has
been adequate rainfall, we'll distributed,
during the period
Here a little plant. there a little
| plant-who but the gardener who put
them there would recognize them
! again?
Or know why they were 80 placed?
Garden schemes and plans form
slowly In some garden minds.
They have a way of cropping up
even before the gardener is aware of
them.
After while he realizes that he
Is pursuing design which seems to
| have grown out Of thin air, but 1t
has not, 1t has come from his own
| interest. and the habits of the growing
things themselves.
Thus garden is a partnership, man
on one side. plants on the other, each
working with interest toward happi-
ness.
The fine thing about this association
Is that what is happiness for the
plants is happiness for the gardener
The growth which interests them
without stretch of language Is the
chief interest Of the grower.
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A stranger to the garden. no matter
now small or unpretentious 1t Is, will
not be In close touch enough with it
to be In sympathy with it.
And sympathy, there as elsewhere,
Is the finest flower Of all 1t is built
on intimate knowledge and a desire
to help. More of it should be displayed
in all walks of life.
| In the garden it is particularly
necessary to keep up the interest OF
the gardener in specimens which, to
others, might seem small and mean.
The world has gone so far toward
the idea OF display. in all lines, that
tendency has crept over many human
beings to belittle the little, when the
small, after all, Is often the largest in
The small plant In the small garden
may be precious to the gardener. for
reasons which he might not care to
explain to the mob.
IL Is here as with books, one reader
may md In q certain volume certain
truths which, because they have en-
! tered into his experience, become more
TO him than other truths he finds in
other books.
! A second reader, having experiences
| different in every way, Is not able to
grasp the good things in the book: he
| VIII not understand the enthusiasm of
the 1lrst reader, the books proper read
er; he will never be able to under
stand. perhaps.
| The gardener cherishes the small
| truths OF plant growth which he has
been able to deduct for himself from
his own small specimens, in his own
small garden.
! Personal experience, therefore. Is the
/ gist OF the garden. 1t is the one thing
/ which makes the garden worth while,
| better than blossoms, than beauty, than
art. than decoration.
| Experience. in the garden, Is what
passes between plant and planter
/ Something more than pollen rubs off
Something from the mind of man en-
tiers into the fiber of plants.
! This experience Is the interchange,
at its best. of living creatures in two
worlds. Old fables come alive at last
and in every mans time The Garden
of Eden is no longer necessary. 1t is
everyman's garden. And the fountain
OF youth-Where is it but in his heart ?
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held by one Of them, Mr.. Jack sharkey
of Boston, who will defend the title
against Signor Primo Camera of Italy,
sometimes known, because Of his pro-
digious hulk and bulk, as the Milanese
Mountain.
As pugilistic contest the event
arouses no particular interest or ex-
citement. The record Of neither glad
iator is especially impressive. nor does
the personality of either title holder
or challenger arouse the enthusiasm of
the sporting world. Both Sharkey and
Camera utterly lack the ut" which
made Jack Dempsey. in victory and
defeat alike, q good deal Of a popular
idol.
What is significant about the fisti-
cuffs Of tonight is the undeniable evi-
dence that the "caulifower industry"
as Grantland Rice has Immortality
dubbed it, has had a rebirth in this
country after several years Of slump
and disrepute. The Sharkey- Camera
match is the second important heavy
weight fight to be held in New York
City this month. Only three weeks
ago, on June 8, the Baer-Schmeling
contest drew q gate Of more than
$250,00 and $1,000 paid admissions to
the Yankee Stadium. This evenings
affray Is not likely to roll up such
figures, because the magnetic Dempsey
Is not its entrepreneur, as he was for
the other, but q great attendance Is
assured, nevertheless. The winner is to
be matched against Baer for still an
other world championship struggle
All Of which seems to indicate that Old
Man Depression is incapable of keep
ing the turnstiles from clicking In
golden unison when an exhibition of
Anglo-Saxondoms century-old manly
art" is the attraction and top-notchers
are staging it.
Mussolini's colossal compatriot, with
his 260 pounds Of beef and Drawn and
six feet and six and a half inches Of
stature, Is the most ponderous thing
in the way Of heavyweight ever to
contend for the champions crown.
Americas Mr.. sharkey will have plenty
Of target at which to launch his cuts
and jabs.
May the best man win, and Italo-
American amity survive his triumphant
blows.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

Committee and in the Senate itself to q
manufacturers sales tax. In view OF
the action Of the House, and in view OF
the sentiment in the Senate against the
sales tax, there was extreme doubt that
the sales tax could have been substi-
tuted finally for the House tax plan. At
this point Senator Harrison came for
ward with his own tax plan. He avoided
in his plan the Scylla Of increased nor
NAL income tax rates and the Charyb-
dis Of the sales tax. 1t was as clever
a maneuver and as effective rs has been
observed in legislative halls in a long
time.
In the Senate Finance Committee,
although proponents of the sales tax put
up a strong fight and were defeated by
a vote of only ten to nine, the Harrison
tax plan was accepted almost without
change. It passed the Senate itself in
Jig time. And when the industrial re-
covery bill went to conference the House
conferees swallowed the Harrison tax
program hook, line and sinker. so well
did they think of it as compared with
their own taxes.
Undoubtedly through the quickness
and wisdom of the chairman Of the
Senate Finance Committee in dealing
with the vexed tax problem it was
possible to bring about final action on
the industrial recovery bill several days
earlier than might have been the case
had an effort been made to stick to
the House taxes.
Senator Harrison has never been q
convert to the proposed manufacturers
sales tax. Whether the Mississippi
Senator will see the wisdom Of adopt
ing that form Of taxation as a substi-
tute for the present high normal income
tax rates and many of the high so-called
excise taxes on special industries, which,
after all, are merely sales taxes, the
future alone will determine. At any
rate, he saw quickly the injustice of
clapping higher income taxes on the
people Of small means and was able to
draft a much more fair tax program
than had been produced by the House
Ways and Means Committee. When it
comes time to file returns and to pay
the income taxes on incomes derived in
1888 the taxpayers may pay their tribute
to Mr.. Harrison.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

white civilization. He negotiated leases
OF Indian lands for pasture, was dele-
gate of his people on missions to WASH
ington. was appointed Judge Of an In
dian court, and early in the twentieth
century was mentioned as a candidate
for the United States Senate. He died
in 1911.
@. How, much of the crime Of the
or later offenses?-B. L.
A. Penologists state that two-thirds
OF the crime Is committed by recidiUsts,
@. What is the initial letter of most
important cities Of the world?-K. w.
A. The initial letter S is far In the
lead, with twice as many as the aver
age. G comes next, then B, with A
and M about even.
Q. At the time of the British occu-
patton OF Palestine, what was the law
Of the land?-D. T.
a. The Ottoman Law, the principal
book Of which was the Meielle or Civil
Cooe. 1t was based on Moslem religious
law, laid down hundreds of years ago.
Q. Did the author of the Elsie Dins-
more books write any other fction?-
G. G.
A. Martha Finley martha Farou-
harson) wrote number of books for
Juveniles, all Of a highly moral char
acter. Besides the Elsie books she
wrote "Casella; or the Children Of the
Valleys" AN Old-Fashioned Bow and
The Mildred Series.'
O., At the Century Of Progress is il
possible to see the complete assembling
OF an automobile?-W G.
a. The General Motors Co. has an
exhinlt where visitors have an oppor-
tunlty 10 witness all Of the interesting
processes py which automobiles are as
semoled, and while there will see COM
pletely assembled automobiles roll on
the platforms, ready for delivery tn
ther new owners.
q. How many organizations are af-
MATED with the Welfare Council of
New York City?-R. M.
-, a. Seven hundred welfare orpaniza..
tions are now in the councils member.
ship. The council has been in exist.
ence eight years.
y. Is the Haikwan tael stilI the
monetary unit Of China? ?-H. w.
"A; lne tael has been undergoing a
siauual substitution, and now has prac-
tlcaily disappeared as a standard unit
IN tne treaty ports. The Shanghai dol
lar, coin weighing &c. So grammes 88
per cent fine silver. now is accented as
tne standard and foreign exchange QUO
Iatlons are being made in that unit.
Q. What can be done for croouet
c. N. A.
A. The only feasible method other
tnan buying a new set of balls is to
MI up the cracks with plastic wood.
Ieavlng little ridge at the exterior
part OF the crack to take care of shrink
age. This can be planed or sandpa-
pereo on day or two after the plastic
wood is put in.
Q. When an alien entered our Army
curing the World War. did he auto
matlcally become an American cttizenp
j. McC.
A. He did not. At the present time
ne can receive his citizenship papers
by applying for them. without expense.
q Are there any American arche-
oIoglca! expeditions carrying on ex-
caVatIchs in Greece?-E. c. w.
A. Archaeological excavations
Greece IS being carried on bv Z,
American School of Classical Studies
Athens. which is projected by t
Archaeological Institute of America =
organized under the auspices Of 6
cf the leading American colleges.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

A correspondent sends a clipping re-
counting the tale of a discharged pris-
oner who got himself sent back to jail
in order to take care of the institu-
t1on's flower garden, Of which he had
been gardener. No one else. he felt,
could take care of it properly.
1t Is q feeling withs which every home
gardener can sympathize. It arises, not
because one feels that he is superior
gardener, In any sense, but mostly be-
cause he realizes that he knows his
garden better than any one else.
Every plant becomes a personal thing,
to be treated not only as growing unit
in collection. but also with the un-
derstanding which individual knowl-
edge brings.
It might be great and glorious feel
ing, to have so many plants, such a
large tract Of land, that one utterly
could not know his specimens as such,
but only as members Of an aggregation.
No doubt the wheat farmer, gazing
sense of relief, perhaps, in treating his
wheat plants in the mass.
x X
The home gardener. however, will
have no such sensation.
For good or i'll, he must know what
he has, whether their present state
worries him or not.
He must know every plant, every
shrub, almost every grass blade In his
small domain.
1t is this personal knowledge which
sets him apart
Sometimes he will wonder II he makes
the most of it. If his offerings to the
world of beauty show any particular
gain because Of it.
For better or worse, however, he has
an intimate knowledge of what he does
which is denied to the cultivator on a
larger scale.
were, to be treasured for the interest
and happiness they have in life, as well
as for the interest and happiness they
bring to the owner
To some it may seem q stretch of
words to speak Of plants knowing in
terest and happiness. Yet surely we'll
grown flowers, shrubs, or trees, growing
IN sun and shade under the influence
Of heat and moisture, must be inter
ested, In dull, vegetable way. in what
they are doing, else they could not
do it.
The very fact that they respond to
these influences proves to some of us
that they take a real, if semi-insensible
interest, in what they are doing, that il
they do it well they know plant hap
pinesS.
There is failure in the garden, and
we suspect that plants know it, and in
their way are quite as downcast as the
gardener.
They are, like other pets. such help
less victims OF those who are supposed
to take care Of them. Often the owner
IS we'll meaning but ignorant, and this
often enough. far too often, when he
really knows better
1t is here that a false optimism plays
its most fatal role. "Oh, 1t will get all
right. I'm not going to spray 1t yet
awhile"
Days go by. the gardener knows all
the time that he ought to do something
about it. but he never does. and one
morning he realizes his plant is dead
X X
This is the darker side Of individual
knowledge of plants.
The brighter aspect comes in the care
which can be given, and which most
often is given to those things which
really need it.
An outsider. even with the best in
tentions. would not know one plant
from another, and thus would overlook
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Italv VS.. America.

While sixty-six nations continue to
spar for openings and maneuver for
position and decision around the con-
ference table in London, two-power
controversy is to be fought out in a
twenty-four-foot ring on Manhattan
Island tonight 1t is Italy VS.. the United
States, and their protagonists are their
respective heavyweight champions, who
will decide before the evening is over
the championship of the world, now
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Ice Trust Accused
OF Keeping Prices Up.

La Opinion, Santo Domingo. - The
price of ice ascends to the clouds! We
don't say that this indispensable in our
climate is controlled by a monopoly. or
that the whole market is in the hands
Of single producer. but it is very evi-
dent that there exists a trust" which
is what they call. in North America, any
combination of firms in the same busi-
ness. Such combination. by common
action and agreement, strives to make
the largest profits possible for each
party in the group by fixing prices at
as high level as possible. and requir-
ing each of its affiliations to sell only on
these inflated terms.
1t Is a mutual, understanding such as
this which makes the price of ice so
high in Santo Domingo. One would
imagine from its cost that the COM
modify was imported all the way from
the North Pole, instead of manufac-
tured right here in the capital.
We should like very much to know
the reason for this abuse of our inter-
ests. No one objects to any commercial
enterprise making profit on its goods
and services, but protests are certainly
justified when these profits are ex-
orbitant and beyond all reason. 1t IS
natural, therefore. that complaints
costing more than ever, while coinci-
dent with this development there has
been continued retrogression in the en-
penses of manufacture. In the days
when electric current cost much more,
when the wages of workmen were far
higher, and when. money generally was
far more abundant, ice was cheap, COM
pared with the price asked for it now
1t is impossible, therefore, to arrive at
any other conclusion than that the
local sales of this product are controlled
by trust
Ice is cheaper in every city of the
country than here. In San Pedro de
MacoriS and in San Francisco dc
Macoris We have seen it advertised fol
so centavos quintal (hundredweight)
Here. the cost is almost twice as much
which prompts us to ask whether the
product for local consumption is i'm
ported from the Arctic, or possibly some
rare variety obtained in the United
States, whence all our ice was obtained
some so years ago? The rates on ar
article of such universal consumption
among our populace should be carefully
investigated by competent authority
and, if found to be without warranty
or Justification, should be relegated. tc
new scales of wholesale and retail
tariffs.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Health Drive Urged
For Egyptian Peasants.

Egyptian Gazette, Alexandria.-To the
Editor: The Arabic press is very con-
cerned about the increase Of typhus in
of poverty and dirt, may become quite
alarming. pointed out in my last let
ter the necessity of putting sugar with
in the buying power of the fellah (peas-
anti and now I give q few suggestions
Evening star., 1933-06-29

The Fourth Of July Is at hand and
the strange inclination OF human nature
to obey general impulse will be mani
fest No one cares much for small fire
works before the Fourth or after Every
body feels an urge to assert his share
in the noise and glitter.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

BY establishing a reputation as a
sincere patron of art Mr.. Otto Kahn
has one point of reliance on popular
esteem which no disclosures as to
participation in the customs of inter-
national finance can disturb.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

The Senator who threatened to throw
the spirit of the time. The popular idea
at present is not the brandished pitcher
but the stein on the table.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

Wheat is now selling for $106 per
bushel. Computation is due as to
whether more expensive wheat will as
slst in getting people out of the bread
line before election day.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
.OLHA DA MANIA, Sac Paulo.-
Although there has been in the
past certain sentiment against
the investment of FOREIGN caDital

III oIdLIl, SuCIl pleJuuICto al {
rarely well founded We owe much of
our development to the assistance OF
European and North American capital
lists who have supplied us with money
and materials. and employed our native
labor in retrieving rich opportunities
afforded by our great territory, with all
it's natural wealth, which otherwise
would have been either lost completely
or obtained only at an epoch far remote
from that in which we now enjoy eA-
istence.
So far, in our international dealings
and relations, We have realized the
greater part of the reciprocal benefits
thereby made available. The United
States, especially. has shown itself
friendly and cooperative. They pur-
chase our products far more than any
other country, and sell to us much less
than they buy, thus comforting double
advantage to our trading account.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

Economic theorists who insisted that
wheat, rather than gold or silver, should
be the money standard may, as they
read the news from the Chicago Board
Of Trade, take new courage.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

One difference between plain business
and diplomacy Is that business can de-
pend in large degree on form letters
saying, Dear Sir: Your account is over
due. Please remit"
Evening star., 1933-06-29

Discharge of women because they
have husbands will bring up new
angle in the old cynical inquiry as to
whether marriage Is a failure.