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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

for railroad and motor transporta- tion, and for all other services, are the taxes that must be paid by tho companies providing these services. It is obvious that this must be true, because if the business con- cerns of the nation could not col- lect from their customers the heavy taxes they must pay, every concern in the country would sooner or later become insolvent and go into bank ruptcy, none could continue in busi- ness, and this applies to every en- terprise from the smallest newspa- per to the largest industrial plant. I quote from 8 recent pamphlet an example which will beunder- stood and appreciated by most any American.
 Drive into filling station. Ask for 10 gallons of gasoline and a quart of oil. Tell the attendant to put water in the radiator and check the tires. While he's busy, stroll over to the counter and buy pack age of cigarets. Come back, pay your bill-and in less than five minutes you have paid three sepa- rate taxes on your expenditures Of less than $2.5O.
 Depending upon the state and city or town, you have paid in taxes from forty cents to one dollar and ten cents on the gasoline; from two to seven cents on the oil, and from six to nine cents on the cig- arets, 8 total of thirty to fifty per cent on your purchase. We'll you console yourself, 'at least wasn't taxed for the air.
 "But werenPt you taxed for the air? Let's see. The filling station proprietor paid either a sales tax or it's equivalent on the air con- pressor plus a tax on the electricity to operate it. Do you think he paid the tax and forgot it? He did not. Quite naturally he passes both the direct and the indirect = the open and the hidden-taxes on to you. They are part of his cost of doin gbusiness.' But, regardless Of the nature of the taxes, you pay them all. Either as a separate charge, or in that all-embracing item-'the cost of doing business"
 One in Six Works for U. S.
 Until the past year, and except ing in time of war, local goverr- ment, made up of the cities, towns counties, school districts, and oth- CT such government units, have always taken the great bulk of the taxpayers money, almost as much
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

1 Waterbury. Wolcott- Bristol road About 1-2 miles bituminous mac adaw pavement. Open to traffic. Route No 71- Meriden- Berlin. Cathode pass road. miles of waterbound mac adam pavement. Open to traffic. Route No 75 6 19O-
 Suffield. Beginning at North Main street and extending $500 feet westerly. Amicsite and colprovia surface under construction. Open to traffic. Route No SO- Madison and Killingworth- North Branford- d-Killingworth road about 4 1-2 miles bituminous macaram pavement. Open to traffic.
 Route No S4- R. I. Groton-Stonington. Old Mystic R. I. line trunk line. Bituminous macadam about 10 miles in length under construction. Traffic can pass. Route No S8- Lebanon Willimantic road. Bi- luminous macada lenght about 4 1-2 miles under construction. Trf- | fic can pass. Route 1O1-
 Canton bridge and approaches under construction on Albany turn pike. Open to traffic.
 Route No 11O- Shelton & Monroe. Shelton Mon- roe road. About miles of bitum- inous acadam. Open to traffic. Route No 185-
 Preston Griswold- ld-Voluntown. The Preston-R. I. trunk line. Bitumin- ous macadam surface is under con- struction for II 1-2 miles. Traffic can pass. Route No 1SS-
 Colebrook. Sandisfield road. Wa terbound macadam 2 miles in length. Laying surface. Open to traffic.
 Route No 19O-
 Suffield. Lake Congamond road. About 8 miles of bituminous mac- adam road under construction, but open to traffic.
 Route No 2O2-
 Killingly. The Killingly trunk line, bituminous macadam length about 2 miles under construc- tion. Traffic should avoid this route.
 Groton. Palmer cove bridge and approaches under construction. Traffic can pass. Route No 341-
 Kent Warren road. Waterbound macadaw about 3 1-2 miles under construction. Shoulders and railing incomplete. Open to traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
BRITISH VETERANS
 TO MEET TUESDAY

Lord Kitchener post of British World War veterans will hold a special meeting in the state Arm- ory building on Field street next Tuesday evening at o'clock. Members of the executive commits tee are requested to report at 7:30 o'clock to prepare 6 business pro- gram for the regular meeting. The question of hospitaiization and sick benefits will be discussed at the coming session. The meeting is of especial interest to all who served with the British forces dur Ing the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Robert L. Lund No government con continue such a policy indefi- nitely and escape disaster because, however strong it may be contin- ued, deficite must end in bankrupt cy just as certainly for a govern ment as for an individual or a business.
 Since 1890, although our popula- tion has not quite doubled, our fed- eral government costs have in- creased twenty times, our state gov- ernment costs twenty-three times and our local government costs eighteen times. In 1890, more than one hundred years after our gov ernment was founded, our total an- nual governmental expenditures were less than one billion dollars, but in the forty-four years since, they have grown to the enormous sum of approximately sixteen bii- lion dollars.
 In 1890 the yearly cost of gov- ernment per family was less than sixty dollars. Today with almost double the population it is over six hundred dollards. Stated in an- other way the cost of government last year equalled fully one-third of the total income of all of our peo- ple, which means that every em. ployed person in the country worked for the government two days out of every six.
 A Fools Paradise
 In the effort to meet these grow ing costs our taxes are rising faster than those of any other civilized nation. Since 1929 the percentage increase in the United States has been five times that of France, al- most three times as mpch as in England. While our taxes as now assessed are somewhat less than Tn England, our per capita govern ment expenditures are almost one- half more, and England's far ex- ceed those of any other important nation. We have had recently a vivid proof of the rate at which our taxes are increasing in the federal reports for July, which showed an increase over 130 millions collected the same month one year ago Of sixty-four million dollars, practical ly one-half.
 Many citizens believe they have no concern about taxes because they pay little or none directly. That man is living in a fools par" adise" who says II own no prop erty, I pay no income tax. why should bother about taxes"
 Out of every dollar this man spends the tax gatherer is getting from thirty to thirty-five cents in hidden taxes. You don't have to go to a court house to pay taxes be- cause, includetd in your rent are all of the taxes paid upon property. Because included in the prices you pay are the sales taxes on medi- cines, gasoline, tobacco, nquors' and inc long list of articles on which such excise taxes are levied.
 The Cost of Doing Business
 Because included in the cost Of thethings you buy are the corpora tion income taxes, property taxes and the taxes for licenses and for all other levies the corporations must pay. Because in the rates you pay for electric current, for gas,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
MACDONALD LISTS
 TWO HIGHWAY JOBS

Highway Commissioner John A, Macdonald today announced two new highway projects to be under taken in the towns of West Hart ford and Greenwich. The former will be a U. S. public works pro- ject and will consist of 6,367 feet of sheet asphalt paving on con- crete base on Pennington avenue, U. S. Route No. 6. The latter joh calls for PIP feet of reinforced concrete pavement on the Boston Post road, U. S. Route No. l. at Puts Hill. Sealed bids on both projects will be received from con- tractors until 2:00 p m.. Monday, December IT, at the headquarters of the state highway department in the State Office building, Hart ford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
MERILEES SAIL
 FOR EDINBURGH

MT and Mrs Charles Merrilees formerly of 230 Orange street, bade farewell to American shores yes- terday when they sailed for their native Scotland. MT Merrilees, an employe of the Loehmann Chevro- let Co here for many years, is go- ing back to Edenburgh to take over the managership of large service and automobile repair sta ton.
 MT Merrilees served with the Royal Scots during the World war and saw service in Egypt, the Daf- danelles, at Galipoli and in Pales- tine. MT and Mrs Merilees were guests at several parties here be- fore leaving. MT Merrilees was ac- companied to New York by his brother. William, who is employed by the Waterbury Republican.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

eral expenditures have practically equalled local expenditures; this
 has never before happened in time of peace and Is of course due to emergency expenditures.
 Where does the money go?" you i, ask. A natural and proper question i but one which would require many columns to answer. Much of 1t pays for inefficiency, extravaganza and
 waste. A study of almost any gov- ernmental activity will show high and continuously increasing costs. By its very nature a political or- ganization cannot conduct business affairs at reasonable expense. En- ployes are selected for political
 as federal and state together. Fed- considerations, not fitness for the job. Governmental wages average higher than private and the work CTS production is less. It is true that there are outstanding excep- tions; these, however, but prove the rule. The only remedy is to keep government activities at a minimum.
 That the best government gov- erns least is true for this as for many other reasons.
 One hundred thousand people
 have been added to government
 payrolls during the past year, prac- tically all exempt from civil service requirements. These people are em- ployed at rates averaging higher than paid by private concerns. Gov ernment employees now total al- mosot four million and the number is increasing at a far faster rate
 than population. Already one em- ployed person in six works for the government.
 A Fight Against Odds These are only a few of the many questionable expenditures by gov
 ernmental bodies. Many others are
 pointed out in reports on the cost of government which you will find in every public library, reports that should be studied by every citizen interested in good govern ment.
 What can be done about this orgy of government spending by federal, state and local govern ments? The first thing to be re- membered is that all money spent by government is appropriated by some governmental body. Obvious ly any corrective influence must
 be brought to bear upon the mem- bers of these bodies, the congress of the United States, state legis-
 latures, the city boards of alder man, town councils, improvement district boards, and others.
 The first duty of the citizen con-
 cerned about taxes is to see that
 men elected to these bodies recog-
 nize public sentiment against un-
 wise government expenditures.
 There is always a temptation to
 men in politics to spend the tax
 payers money to keep themselves
 in office using it to cater to those
 who have political power. There is
 no more vicious abuse of public trust than this and the remedy for it is an overpowering public senti- ment constantly and strongly ex- pressed.
 The fight for efficient an deco nomical government must be a long and difficult one, against heavy odds, but it is fight that must be made, because the beginnings of economic disaster lie in the unwise spending of public monies.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

! federal, state and local, has, since the depression b. e g a n, been spending literal ly billionso of dol- lars more than it's income, and unhappily. this overspending not only continues but the excess of expen di t u r @ s over receipts is still steadily and rapidly increas- ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
PLAINVILLE COPS
 GET LOCAL DRIVER

Victor Reynolds of IS Chase Park avenue was arrested yester- day for Plainville police on a carge of evading responsibility after an accident with a car driven by Howard Smith of Plainville on Thanksgiving day. Plainville police charge that the local mans car sideswipes Smiths machine and that, though the local driver stop ped. he failed to make himself known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
ROCK CARVINGS COMPARED

Heber Springs, Ark--(UP)- Similarity of carvings on the walls of Indian Rock House, near here, with ancient writings found in Central America, Mexico and ln the pyrenees has attracted attention oi ethnolOgsitB. symbol writing in tho Rock House, q cave which opens on the side Of an ozark hill, closely resembles that of primitive man iil the Mexlean and Central American caves, experts have said. A cary Ing of e primitive man particularly attracted attention in tho eempaf' lson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
PINEAPPLE TRADE GOOD

Honolulu --(UP)-- Recently rec leased figures on Hawaii'a trade show show that business here has not suffered for being far away from the corner of Wail and Broad streets Hawaii's pineapple pack this year. for instance. will exceli s,OOO,00o cases, An compared whh 7.eO0,00O eNses in ie3B--and 4su cases Co November. 1895. the year the nFst Hawaiian shipment was made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
DOG cor HUMAN BURIAL

shickshinny, Pa -- (UP) Ex- cept for the words of . minister's prayer. the pet dog Of Mrs John Campbell was given a human" burial here. Mrs Campbell, who was attached Co the dog--ana Alre- dale--hlred an undertaken Co bury the 1As in q eaeket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
SWORDFISH ANGLERS BACK
 HOME

Glace Bay. N. S. - (U.P.) - Nova Scotia's famous swordfish fishing fleet is back home again after one of the best seasons in years. The fleet returned with more than 135,000 pounds of sword fish,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
CANADIAN GOLD OUTPUT
 HIGH

Ottawa, Ont = (U.P.) = Can- adian gold production in August totaled 264,S70 ounces, the high est monthly output on record since June, 1892, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
PROGRAMS ADVERTISE
 LIQUOR

Milwaukee - (u.P.b - Foot ball programs nt Marquette univeFs Hity this fail contain advertisements for gin And other liquors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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 w sibility of danger confronting this country lies in our financial problem. It lies in the fact that our government, in it's several divisions,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
By ROBERT l.. LUND

Of St Louis, Former Member 0i the N. R. A. Industrial Advisory Board, Member of the Advisory and Planning Council Of the Com
 merce Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Einar Hoelbell few years ago in New York;" Miss Murphy said. "He came as the honored guest of the National Tuberculosis As- sociation, and so that the public of Waterbury may also know him, we asked the Democrat for valu- able space in their paper for Ei- mar Hoelbell's picture"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-06
REMNANT RACES VIRTUALLY I'm BAG FOR GIANTS, TIGERS
Red Birds Are Probable Opponents
Of Mi|Iers In Association PIav-Of
Mudhens All But Snuff Out IN.
dian Hopes With Victory
in Doubleheader

Chicago, Sept. 6.-(P,-1t seemed
almost certainty Thursday that it
would be Minneapolis and Columbus
in the play-off series for the Ameri-
can Association championship Of 1884.
Minneapolis long has been regarded
as sure winner Of the western dis
trict, but Wednesday Columbus picked
ur 4 full game on Indianapolis to
widen its lead in the eastern divisional
battle to four full games. The season
ends 10 days from Thursday.
Toledo all but snuffe6 out Indian.
apolis' pennant ambition by defeat
ing the Indians in q doubleheader.
winning the twilight encounter s to 1
and capturing the night game, I to 5.
After walloping Louisville, Is to 1, in
the afternoon, Columbus lost q rood
chance to pick up two full games on
the hapless Indians by running into
Halter in the night game. Halter
gave the Red Birds just two hits and
the Colonies won, too
Milwaukee smashed out six home
runs to trounce the M:llers, IL to s.
and reduce the Miller lead to 6la
games Wednesday.
Kansas City and st. Paul divided q
twin bill, Kansas City winning the
first to and st. Paul taking the
second II to 9.
Brewers Drop Millers
Milwaukee. $50 200 l0O-l2 Is o
Minneapolis 800 600 80 Il 1
Slime and Rensa; Marrow, Ryan,
vandenberg and Young.
Saints. Blues Divide
First Game)
Kansas City $50 00l OO0-4 9 Z
st. Paul.. 40 600 O00-3 & L
Stiles and Crandall: Phelps and
(Second Game)
Kansas City $50 100 4Ol-9 IS 1
st. Paul.. 212 04l O1x-ll II o
Beard. Taylor and Brenzel, Gran
dali; Irow, Hutchinson, Thomas and
Guiliani.
Colonies Split With Birds
afternoon Game)
Columbus. 40 OO3 230-13 is l
Louisville. 600 800 02O-4 u 3
Teachout and O'Dea; Mclean, Pc
terson, McKain, Lecomte and Thomp-
son, Ringhofer.
might Game)
Columbus. 600 600 600 2 o.
Louisville. OH 600 OOx-3 5 o
Klinger, Sims and o'Dea; Halter
and Thompson.
Hens Cop DoubIeheader
AFTERNOON Game)
Toledo -. OH 30 OOO- u 2
Indianapolis 600 l2l OOO-4 Z o
Perrin and Desautels: Logan, Butz-
berger, Weinert and Riddle.
might Game)
Toledo -. 1l3 900 020-7 l32
indianapolis 100 02o 200-5 Il /
Sundra. Uhle and Laskowski, De-
sautels; Bolen, Page. Butzberger ana
Sprinz.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-06
mandan Warriors
Have No Criidiron
Braves May Be Forced to Play
Home Games on Hughes
Field at Bismarck

Mandan, N. D., Sept. e.-(R-"What
to do about It" has become q major
problem to Coach L. G. Mahan Of
Mandan high school Is he faces the
football season without gridiron on
which to train his prospective War
riors.
The problem which transcends in
Importance that Of the annual worry
over team material resulted from
construction Of permanent Civilian
Conservation Corps camp on the field
over which Mandan's Braves used to
romp.
With the practice season practically
underway over the state, McMahan
ard other school authorities are en-
deavoring to obtain hurriedly another
plot Of land for the purpose, but
death Of the owner, throwing the
real estate into probate. complexities
the situation.
Even II possession OF the land is
obtained quickly, leveling and turfing
o. the field and construction Of stands
for fans would cause delay. Il Is
hoped to make the work 4 federal
relief project.
Meanwhile, Bismarck has invited
Mandan to play home games on the
Bismarck high school field, and Man
Dali may have to accept this solution,
ccncellii:y engagements which would
conflict with Bismarck's home games.
Practice probably will be conducted
on some vacant lots.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-06
,MMY M'LARNINS
right HAND NEVER
| FAILED HIM TWICE
,bIin Dynamiter, Chicago
Champion Set for 15.Round
Setto at New York
lPEcT $4,000 ATTENDANCE
wish Youngster Plans to Carry
| Fight to Irish chaI'eng-
or in Battle
(By the Associated Press

AAS0~SssS ~0~F
Jew York, Sept. 6.-(P)-On the
lit fist Of Jimmy. McLarnin-a
Their swathed five inch shell that
never failed him twice in sue
tsion-rests Thursday night the
hitting future Of two great ring men.
FOR fifteen rounds in Madison
lare Gardens bowl on Long Island,
: Dublin Dynamiter will swing that
apon on bright-eyed Barney Ross OF
1icago, the youngster who laughed
re at that fist and came on to
IKE boxing history by adding Jim
IS welterweight championship to
, own lightweight crown.
others have tossed off McLarnin's
hit hand blasts the first time, but
ne dared the lightning a second
lie and survived. But so keen is the
{ year old dual champion, so fast
i sharp hts punching, SO neat his
,twork and so nimble his fighting
in, that here again the experts
i history will be written.
Odds Favor Ross
he odds in Ross favor are 8 to 5
! the feeling is SO strong for him
It he may enter the ring the to ]
,orite Of q $4,000 crowd that will
: about $4,000 in gate receipts.
s'or McLarnin, trained to the mom-
:, heavier than when Ross beat
i in May, this can be only punch
fight.
Jimmy nailed Ross with that right
I'D in the second round Of their first
tie and Barney took it, shook his
ID and finding 1t still in place,
ne on with fresh confidence to q
.rkling victory.
sure that McLarnin will make him
.ry the fight and will lie in wait for
/ with q cooked right hand, Bar
has promised to make that the
be. He intends to swarm over the
|hman from the start, punching so
and SO steadily that Jimmy will
ker get his sights drawn fine on his
Ivy artillery.
The main bout was scheduled to
rt between $50 and 9 p. m. (Es.T)
3 show will not be broadcast.