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The Washington times., 1935-03-21
Tax Remedy at Hand
By James T. Williams, T.

paying for the Great War, the
average American would still be
paying 18 cents out Of every dol
lar he earns to finance State,
county and local government.
More than half the tax bill
paid by the AmsSican people
today goes to finance the cost
of county and local govern
ments. And 40 per cent Of
this tax bill goes to pay the
salaries of politicians who have
attached themselves to the pay
roll of the people and refuse to
be divorced from it.
Take the plight of public
education, which is suffering
today all over the country from
lack of adequate support. The
expenditures for public school
education in the fiscal year Of
1931-1932 exceeded $2,174,650,-
900.
If the two or three thousand
millions of dollars which are
wasted each year by Govern
ment, and chiefly by the OK.
cart system of county and local
government that curses State
after State were applied to
public education the funds for
this purpose would be doubled.
And if the funds for public
education were doubled, it
would not be necessary for the
Federal Government to be in
undated with appeals from State
after State to go to the rescue
of the public schools.
HAVE THE POWER
The responsibility for this
appalling condition of affairs
which is robbing millions of
young Americans of that public
education which is the birth
right of every American lies
with the State legislatures.
They have the power to over
throw the ox-cart system of
county and local government
and replace it with a modern
system.
Congress cannot do this.
Few Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress care to de-
clare against the infamies of
this obsolete system because
county and local politicians
make up the machine which
nominates and elects major
ity of the members OF both
houses of Congress.
But the people in every State
can elect legislatures that
will apply the ak to the ram
shackle system of county and
local government which has
come down from the days of
the oxcart.
If the people "do not act for
themselves. no one can be very
successful in acting for them"
Copyright, 1885. The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
Too Weak for Peace

Germany scraps the Versailles Treaty and begins to raise
. standing army of 100000 men,
increases its term of compulsory military service
Austria considers universal conscription
England prepares for additions to her land and air
forces
Russia is "ready for war at moments notice"
Dsquieng read about and the dsquietng becs"
this country unprepared to KEEP OUT OF WAR
Our Navy, in effective ships is in third place.
Our Army in number of troops in seventeenth place
Our force onehaf onetenth the size it should
be for defense
America bent repeating its blunder Of twenty
years agoremainng too weak to veto attempt to drag it
into foreign conflict
If the Wilson Administration had built up the Army and
Navy point commensurate with the nations needs in 1915
and 1915 the nation could have remained at peace with all the
world in 1917 and 1913
It's rights would have been respected by both sides instead
Of being trampled on by both sides.
But the what to be another Euro
pean war; the United States is relatively unprepared
it the of the World War.
The lesson Of the past has been forgotten.
Sentiment has prevailed
The loss of than hundred thousand American
lives and thousands of millions Of American dollars has
aroused this country to take against similar loss in
future
Not pleasant picture but not false the Amer
lean people must reluctantly admit when they look at the
situation across the Atlantic AND HERE.
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Once Overs
Married Children

Too many parents retain a
dictatorial attitude toward their
children, even after they have
established homes of their own.
This is one of the reasons
why parents are not more well
come in the homes Of their
married sons and daughters.
There is too much interfer.
ence in the young peoples per"
sonal affairs.
The father or the mother
who goes to live with a daugh-
ter or a son should realize that
his or her days Of control are
over.
If the parent had been sue.
cessful and efficient during
years of independence, the same
success might crown later years,
if it could be understood that
life has it's periods and phases
and the part must be played
true to character.
A parent in the home Of a
child should afford a blessed
companionship.
It should be a comforting
experience on both sides.
But the parent who does not
know enough to realize how to
act in the home Of a child Is In
for serious trouble.
Suppose traditions are broken
and suppose the younger ones
do have differences, adjust
ments cannot be made through
interference on the part of the
parent.
Parents should realize that
maturity does not necessarily
indicate permission to interfere
with the lives of the married
children.
(Copyright, 1885. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
Listen, World = = By Elsie Robinson
By Nelson Harding

temper and jokingly asked her
if she'd prefer Communism.
THE FUTURE HOLDS?
ITO MY HORROR SHE
BOLDLY ADMITTED THAT
SHE IS A COMMUNIST, AND
SAYS THAT A CHAPTER OF
THAT ORGANIZATION Elk
ISTS ON HER CAMPUS WITH
THE FULL KNOWLEDGE
AND CONSENT OF THE
FACULTY!
This may be legal; but I
ask you-IS 1T COMMON
SENSE? AND IF AMERICA
PERMITS THIS KIND OF
THING, WHAT CAN SHE EX-
PECT BUT HER OWN DOWN.
FALL IN THE NEAR FU.
TURE?
"HENRY VAN MAREN,
IAN Indignant Father"
I pass, Dad. It's too large a
question for me. So I'm putting
it up to the Proletariat. How
bout it, comrades? JUST
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
MODERN YOUTH, INC.-AND
OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM OF
ALLOWING EN- FREE AIR?
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-21

There are many reasons why a
wealthy widow, a young heiress
or a successful business woman
may want to invest" in a hus-
band.
First, she may be in love
with him and he may be in
love with her. Oh, yes! 1t is
quite possible for a man to love
a woman who has money. Sec
ond, she may want his title or
his social prestige. Third, she
may be lonely and longing for
companionship and for some
body to take care of her busl'
ness affairs and act as her
escort and cavalier.
For g. woman without a hus'
band, however rich or beauti'
full, is a woman without a back
ground. She is a fifth wheel
on every coach.
Many times, these marriages
Of convenience turn out very
happily; but only when the
woman doesn't let her vanity
run away with her and uses
her common sense in selecting
a mate. Then she often gets
a prize husband, whose deVo-
ton and comradeship are posi-
lively priceless.
But, alas, the average lone
woman with a lot of money
seems to attract fortune-hunt-
ers and playboys as a celebrity
attracts autograph collectors.
She is arked for tn e
slaughter from the day she
puts away her widows weeds
or tucks her divorce decree in
the safety vault. Handsome,
ingratiating and usually young
enough to be her sons, they get
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give Daughter Katie all the
breaks to her present sopho-
more year in college. With
what result? That's what
Father Van Maren wants to
know.
"she is today everything 7
wouldn't want a daughter of
mine to be-" says he, after q
red hot preamble. "And I
blame it entirely on our atti-
tude toward modern youth
particularly college youth.
I'm our attempt to make life
fuller and easier for our chill
dren than it was for us, we
have given them unprecedented
liberty and license and, worst
of all, publicity.
"The result is that we are
raising the most disrespectful,
ungrateful, cOnceited, lawless
and generally worthless young
bunch of h0Odlums the human
race has ever seen.
They think they know
everything and have a right to
do anything. They regard us
as a bunch Of old dodos, at
whom they literally tn u m b
their noses.
"THETR SLOGAN"
"Their slogan has become
we owe nothing to anyone.
We have the right to upset all
the old established ideas of law
and order BECAUSE we're a
lot smarter. We've been to COL
lege-we've learned about bet
ter forms of government even
though the old man didn't and
hasn't
"And so they proceed to use
the institutions that WE have
worked to pay for as a tool to
take us apart. They are ready
to upset all the old ideas and
ideals without batting an eye
lash. And this in the face Of
the fact that they lack the one
thing most essential to deal
with such serious problems
EXPERIENCE. Can you tell
them that, though? I should
say not. They are smarter; they
know what it's all about
THAT is the attitude now
spreading throughout our uni
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versities. And we are paying
the bills to spread this sort Of
thing!"
"It's bad enough when this
attitude is confined to the fam
lily or college campus, but it is
now attacking our very gov
ernment. The recent march OF
college students protesting
against measure which would
require all students of tax-sup'
ported colleges to take an oath
of allegiance to the United
States is a case in point.
"Here were young people who
are being educated by the tax
payers of America, or by
fathers who owe their wealth
to the protection of America.
Common decency would seem
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dAlu SOVC111O1
of Massachusetts, and as Vice
President and President Of the
United States.
All that he said on the sub
ject Of taxation in his inaugural
might have been said by Thomas
jefferson, Abraham Lincoln or
Grover Cleveland. 1t was their
philosophy of government which
he made his own when he de-
clared:
"The men and women Of this
country who toll are the ones
who bear the cost of the Gov.
ernment. Every dollar that we
careleSsly waste means that
their life will be so much the
more meager. Every dollar that
we prudently save means that
their life will be so much the
more abundant"
STEADY WASTE
Experts estimate that from
1000 million to 5000 million
dollars of the peoples hard
earned money is annually wasted
by government in the United
States, and most of it is wasted
by county and local govern
ment.
Senator Byrd Of Virginia,
while governor of the "Old Do
minion." declared that at that
time directly and indirectly
the American pays 33 cents out
of every dollar he earns to sup
port government"
Even if all Federal taxes were
wiped out and there were no
war for which the Federal Gov
ernment had to pay, as it is now
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWIand

her so dazzled that she can't
see where she's going, until she
finds herself going on her
honeymoon, and taking along
"a boy to raise"
But the greatest mystery of
it all is why these "bought-and-
paid-for" young husbands who
find themselves sit ting in
clover never seem willing to
earn the easy m money they
squander, even when all that
is asked of them is little ten
derness and a few llfellke
kisses.
Why do such men always
rebel sooner or later, and bite
the hand that has pawned its
diamonds in order to feed
them terrapin and champagne.
keep them in monogrammed
silk shirts and pay their club
dues and gambling debts.
When a woman marries a
man Tor his money, Sne usually
makes up her mind to earn 1t,
by giving him a lifelike imita-
ton of wifely devotion.
But the man who marries a
woman for money-and only
for money-never seems to fig
ure that he is under the slight
est obligation to give her value
received. The more favors she
lavishes upon him, the more
he hates her. The more ten
derly she treats him, the more
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to dictate that these young
people should be grateful and
willing to pledge loyalty in re-
turn for the great advantages
they have received.
YET THEY PUBLICLY
PROTEST AGAINST TAKING
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
AND SOME PAPERS AND
PUBLIC LEADERS EVEN IN
DORSE THEIR ACT!
when I told my daughter
what I thought of such an out
rage, she acted as if I were
some ignorant medieval mon
ster and then tried to tell me
how 'adUanced young thinkers
DESPISED AMERICA FOR
HER CAPITALISTIC SYS-
TEN! I tried to hold my
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bitterly he resents her kisses as
an income tax. He is filled
with Self-contempt-and what
spills over is HERS.
That is why the wealthy
widow or the Big-Butter,and'
Egg Woman who is in the mar
ket for a husband, should keep
her head, watch her step and
never marry until she meets a
man who is BIG enough, old
enough and fair enough to be
able to STAND his Wife's for
tune.
It is not poverty which
wrecks marriage half so often
as too much money-especlally
if it's the Woman's money!
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-21

Whenever t1TeS become
burdenSome a remedy can be
applied By the people: but if
they do not act for themselves,
no one can be Uery successful
in acting for then1.-From the
inaugural address of President
Coolidge.
To the preparation Of the in
augural address which he de-
liYered on March 4, 1925. Presi-
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NRA symbol as the BLEW
EAGLE" said:
''NOt only are its wings clipped
but all its feathers are gOne."
Representative Josh Lee,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, re-
Gently made a stirring address
at MGrtinSburg, w. Va.
The occasion was the celebra-
ton by the Old Hickory Club Of
the anniversary of the birth Of
Andrew Jackson. The celebra-
.tion was at the annual Jackson
Day dinner.
After much oratory praising
Jackson and the Democratic
party, Lee said:
pardon me, friends, If / seem
to lean toward the Democratic
faith; you see, my fathers name
was Thomas Jefferson Lee; my
name is Joshua Bryan Lee.
81 was rocked in a Democratic
cradle,
'T was fed on Democratic food,
81 was spanked with q Demo
cratic paddle,
"And raised in o Democratic
brood"
The return of former Senator
Thomas j. Heflin, of Alabama,
To town seems to have caused
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some SpeCula-
ton.
There a r e
those persons
W ho wonder
why "TaWm"
i S b a c K
around IN e
Capitol these
days.
TIL ere is
no mystery
a ou t his
visit, how
ever.
He is in
search of a
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might be suspected of actually
knowing the condition of the
explorer. He is Senator Harry
Flood Byrd, Of Virginia, the
Admirars brother.
Asked recently what the true
condition of his brother was,
the Senator responded:
II only know what I read!"
Two well.dressed and appar"
entity intelligent women recently
approached the House press gal
lery on one of those busy days
when other galleries were
crowded.
They demanded admittance.
An elderly attendant GdUiSed
them that they 1Uere not en-
titled to adn1ittGnce unless they
were members OF the press.
AS the 1Uon1en 1DGlced G1DGy,
one of them announced:
81 think that at least he could
have told us what was going
On!"
The other responded:
"Oh, no! He coudn't do that.
You must buy q PAPER and read
about it,"
A former Government official
wrote to a friend in washington.
The letter, addressed from
Oklahoma, discussed the troubles
people were having with the
NRA in that state.
The official. referring to the
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dent Coolidge
gave his best
e t f orts. He
spoke out of
t he fullness
of his ex-
perience as a
municipal Of
ficial in his
home town of
Northampton,
as a member
and as preSi-
dent of the
State Senate
a n d lieuten-
ant governor
and governor
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part 100 per
C e n t as
the space to"
day.
M r. V a n
M a r e n fig
ures he has
paid a b O u t
S 8, S 90 t or
t h is privi-
lege. Not to
this column,
b u t t o
D a u g h t e r
K a t j e-this
S m having
b e e n e x"
p e n d e d to
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Bad Bargains in Husbands

Bad Bargains in Husbands
Buying a husband is a dan
gerous gamble, at best. But
when a woman, with more dol
lars than sense, invests he
money in young and person
able fortune-hunter, she hasn't
even a sporting chance of win
ming.
The day has passed when the
marriage of convenience was
regarded as un.American. 1t
is now quite CONNIE il faut.
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Thomas j. He1Iln JOB.
incidentally, Heflin Is re-
ported to be mellOwing and be-
coming more liberal in his
views. They say this once.
arch prohibitiOnist is inclined
to believe that BacchuS wasn't
such o bad boy after all.
(Copyright, 1885, The Washington TtmeSl
The Washington times., 1935-03-21

Some say
that he will
never explore
the Arctic c
and Antarctic
wastes again.
They say he
is ill and suf-
fering from
t h e expert"
ences of his
most recent
trip to the
r e g, j o n S
around tn e
South Pole.
T h er is
nA HrHhn
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
Words of Wise Men

Knowledge is foundation and source OF good WVng-
Horace.
The least strength suffices to break what brsed-OVo
It give advice than to bear suerngs man1u-
Euripedes.
strong sorrow great and you will come OUT 1Eonl
YOUR eref stronger than when you entered it-DumaS
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

Reports have been varied con-
cerning the condition of Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
An Indignant Father Wants
to Know

Mr.. Henry Van M N,
styling himself as "An Indig-
nant Father"-and acting the
The Washington times., 1935-03-21
OLD FAVORITES
Tara
Tom Moore

UTU Il ON moore
The harp that through Tara's halls
The soul of music She'd
Now hangs mute on Tara S walls
As if that soul fled.
So sleeps the pride of former days,
So gory's thrill is Ger,
And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse
No to chiefs and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swels;
The chord alone that breaks at night
It's tale of ruin tells
Thus Freedom seldom wakes
The only throb she gives
Is when some heart indignant breaks
To show that still she lives
(Readers nvted to send to the editor their sugges
tons of old favorites among the poems for reprting in
this spccGl
, 1935-02-06

Waco to establish a master Bra
EOS river conservation and re-
clamation district, a public author
ity to develop the stream.
Leaders Of a congressional steer
ing committee on the districts
application for S50,000.O00 TO III
nance the hydro-electTic, IlcOd
control and reclamation prOIEct
said the state act was necessary.
II would eliminate requirements
for expenditure Of funds to de-
velop the stream for navigation,
make rights Of the district subject
to prior water rights, and estab-
lish a q member board Of direc-
tors with overlapping terms.
Public hearings on applications
to the board OF pardonS and pa
roles for clemency would be requir-
ed under a bill reported fayorably
by the house penitentiary commit
tee. The application would be ad-
vertiSed in the county Of convic-
ton and notice sent the sheriff and
prosecuting attorney. Attorneys
fees in pardon applications would
be limited to 500 and expenses.
The permanent school fund
would benefit from oil develop
ment in river beds through a bill
favored by the house public lands
committee. Oil royalty from river
bed production now goes TO the
general revenue fund.
Grading and classification Of to-
matoeS was proposed in a bill voted
out by the house committee on ag-
riculture.
, 1935-02-06
HUEY'S VISIT
EMBARRASSINC

ATLANTA. Ca, Feb. 5.-P-Two
state senators teleraphed an opolo-
Ky to President Roosevelt Tuesday
for the action Of the state house OF
representatives in inviting Senator
Huey p. Long Of Louisiana, "the
greatest demagogue Of all times TO
address the house Tuesday.
The massage was signed BY Senator
VIM. A. Hart Of Newman and Sena-
tor II. Dixon Smith of Columbus.
Senator Long was to speak in the
chamber Of the house OF representa-
tives Tuesday afternoon. The house
invited the members OF the senate
to hear his address.
, 1935-02-06
Commission Claims
Filing Is Required

In order to receive proper commits
ions. all elective county officers
should send 81 to the secretary OF
state. Only about half Of the Of
ficers have applied for their COM
missions to date.
H. d. Seago, county clerk. has been
handling these applications as a
courtesy in the past and plans TO
continue doing so.
, 1935-02-06
Report Is Heard
fspeclal 70 TIE HeraidI

SAN BENITO. Feb. 5.-Dr- A. O
schariff Of Dallas reported on the
OSteopathlc Clinical conference re-
Gently held az Dallas al a meeting Of
the Lower Rio Grande VALLEY Osteo-
pathic association AZ the office OF
DR.. JaCobine Kruze here.
New officers Of the association
were introduced. including Or. A. /.
Kline Of Mercedes. president: Or
r. L. Layne Of Mission. vice presi-
dent: DR.. Mabel r. Martin Of Mis-
sion. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The next meeting of the associa-
ton will be at Harlirgen.
, 1935-02-06
Truck Markets

CaTl0t shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday. Fec. >:
Grapefruit: ATiZ. 3, Calf. ,, Fla.
Us, Texas 80. total Us llB cars.
Oranges: Calf. 1875. Fla. ia, La.
z, Texas 4, total US 315 cars.
Mixed citrus. CALI. 10, Fla. IS,
Texas 5. total US so cars.
Beans: Fla. is. total US Is cars.
Cuba 4. Mexico 8 cars.
BeetS. NY l. Texas l, total US 2
cars.
Cabbage: Calf. I. Fla. /. Mimi.
.T NY 80. Texas 40, Wis. is, others
5. total US l3l cars
Carrots. AriZ. 3, Calf. IL, NY z,
Texas 1. total US 28 cars.
Greens Calf. 3, Fla. 1, Va. !, to-
tai US II cars.
Ny Vegts. Calf. %. Fla. IL. Tex
as II, Others 5, total US SO cars.
Peas. CALI. /, Fla. 1 total US )
cars. Mexico 3 cars.
Peppers: Els. j. Ohio /, total Us
2 cars. Mexico 4. Cuba 4 cars.
Spinach: Texas Is, total US 20
cars.
Tomatoes: Cuba ~. Mexico 5. I'm
reported teD. D. CUBA "a cara
Lower Rio Grande Valley SHIP
ments forwarded Wednesday morn
ing, Feb. s.
Grapefruit 80. oranges 4. Mn citrus
5. cabbage As. mX vegts Is. spinach
%, turnips j. total l29 cars. Total
10 date tins SeaSOn-citruS 1896;
vegetables 1926. NIX citrus and vegtS.
%. total 6645. 70 same date last
season citrus 1923, vegetables 2529,
NIX citrus ana vegt. IA. total 1866
cars.
Representative prices TO truckers
for Valley citrus and vegetables
Tuesday. Feb ):
Grapefruit Boxer Us Comb l.25-
lao: small sizes lower. Bushels US
Comb 65-75c; US No. IS 50-60c.
Sacks box size us Comb around 81;
US No. 2S $4,000.
Oranges: Boxes US Comb 2-2.l0,
, 1935-02-06
DANCY SPEAKER
AT LIONS CLUB

"A talk on the tourist possibilities
Of the Kennedy county and Mata-
w noros- Victoria highways by County
Judge Q. G. Dancy featured the reg
ular meeting OF the Brownsville Lions
club here Tuesday noon.
The completion Of these two high
ways, the county Judge said. will
make an admirable tourist loop
which Is certain to bring thousands
10 the Valley. This loop would tie
into the Nuevo Laredo-Mexico City
highway at Monterrey.
Z. A. Anglin Of Harrington spoke
briefly on service, StreSSing the fact
that the Lions Club Is IN organiZa-
ton formed for public service.
The Lions decided to cooperate
with the Brownsville Chamber OF
Commerce In entertaining a group
of induStrialistS and businessmen
coming here Friday from Mexico TO
view the port possibilities. Several
Of the visitors, II Is understood, are
high officials In the Lions organl-
zation in Mexico.
\ Musical entertainment vas sup
pied al the Tuesday session by a
Harrington guitar trio made up Ok
Cyrus Croft. Tom McArdle and Beal
Raven.
Guests included L. II. Warburton
OF San Benito, II. "A. Anglin 81 Har-
llngen, Herbert r. and Warren Den
nis OF Peoria, Ills. Wayne N. Fair
child OF Washington, D. c. new
manager OF the T.. w. Woolworth
company here; 0. NJ. S. Parrish OF
Brownsville and "A. N. : Patrick Of
Brownsville.
The program for The day was ar
ranged by Ellis Perry and A. c. Reese
, 1935-02-06
Jail Renovated

With prisoners supplying the Ia
Dor under supervision OF ~jailers, the
Cameron county jail is undergoing
a thorough renovation and soon
will be brighter and cleaner than 1
has been in several years.
The interior is being repainted
the brick wall in the rear Of the
jail yard is being completed and
new equipment is being installed in
the kitchen.
Even the iron bars in the cells
are being scraped and reprinted.