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Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
MOVE
!, Control . F.. Forces : Of
|sIrrs 5 Proven =
L,,rs ;. v. SNOW

he effort to control
h d is.o-v na'1-r Of a planned
n y s,siSg i to an article oy
: 3,a3ssi. 'at S'P's'5s: ost today To-Day; t. T.
s Ira he success record core. LIZ 2
,r q controlled agGicuir agr III
aiD+iop 'I'~ i i exactly 100 PEI
4, The attempt to BAL
.s'rtion Sa' and requirement en1 u
\ theory, i impossible 7
,,3 ! the failure again roDs
~ y farmer Of his foreign
."an. 20 the American
b : IL foreign farmer, !us.
K. Y s- z1raioht lei us
Y ..ets, Last November
\ ..rsrt Of Agriculture es-
n hat the acreage 70 oe
4 i wheat, with average
F...,- and yields, would
/ u, d S25 million bushels.
\, ,onplacent reliance upon
II snd upon this conclu-
/ Imgran Of pefillissive ,,non
I, assd. Commenting upon
!, 81 conclusion in the Pc
!, g5 issue Of the Farm
\ " Snow made the nat
,,tr that we we're then fac
.,,spr short wheat crop be-
shortage in the west
d, area during the July
I nrod then just passed.
u ttat this almost guar
| ncther partial failure IN
.,tTest, while in addition
nsts sub-soils were dryer
n ntbs last two years"
srsnges' Not Reliable
antall and other figures
es open to the Farm Journ-
Id. Snow were equally open
Department Of Agriculture, A
/ DEPARTMENT prefers to rely
Fngss.' What is the an
Instead Of S25 million bush
wheat We have another par
luz, with a total production
rRinately 61O million. In
4 having wheat to export as
It'd BY Washington, We will
b import 40 million bushels
re- The Dakotas, with their
ASul, have not produced
! Whaat to furnish next
seed. For three years the
Ag made wheat the spear
d is controlled production
IN Tih the net result that
! importing wheats that rep
tf production Of millions
$ d foreign land. We have
ar Owl farmers to cease
: Ehsai, and then paid for
lnsrs fancy prices to grow
ne wheat We need to eke
= Head supply. 1t goes
! zFng that We do not hold
'A'tnent Of Agriculture re-
V for this years crop fail
! We certainly criticize it for
T" iead the open book that
Ai!y as long ago as last
le calamity that was com
! vas predicting a bumper
a'P At a time when lack of
I supplies in the soil were
ARarfiug plant growth.
y World Grain surpluses
,'lL. woe world wheat picture
\ s''sly changed. The semi
|. sl's n this country is
! y short crops in other
y Producing countries. In
! 'lop that was early sug-
: asar 400 million bushels
y. - = 200 million or less,
s-' q heat and drought.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27

The European crop is materially
smaller than last year, with north
ern countries suffering from dam
age by a wet harvest, and Russia
apparently out of the market by
reason of heat and drought dam
age in the Volga basin. The Dan
ubian countries have a good crop,
but Italy is short, France short,
and Germany sodden with rain.
Europe, exclusive of Russia, is at
least so million bushels short of
last year, and a further shortage
is noted in North Africa.
1t is very clear that the crop in
the Northern Hemisphere is far be-
low normal.
The early prospect in the South
ern Hemisphere is also not good.
The crop is started rather badly
in Australia. Early rainfall has
been irregular, and unless this de-
ficiency is made up, crop of 40
million bushels is all that can rea-
sonably be expected. The acreage
sown in Argentina is smaller than
intended, and possibly smaller than
the short acreage cf last year.
Thus the world wheat crop sit
uation promises a production this
year we'll under consumptive needs,
and this with marked decreases in
carryover stocks, amounting to at
least $50 million bushels compared
with a year ago, justify belief in
a decidedly higher range of wheat
prices than have been seen in re-
cent years.
Disaster in Corn
Drought and heat, record break
ing during July, have destroyed
enormous areas of corn in the
states of principal production. At
the date of this writing it is doubt
full if the total yield upon some 98
million acres will exceed 1900 mil
lion bushels. The government es-
innate released yesterday is 1,439
million.
West Of the Missouri River the
crop is practically wiped out. Be
tween the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers there is from a quarter to a
half crop in some sections, but ir-
regularly distributed, with a few
favored but limited territories
showing a fair yield. The best
yields are in Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio, but their aggregate volume
will only reach 40 to so per cent
of normal crop.
Statistics show that Argentina
can furnish US about $50 million
bushels, and the price range already
permits it to come as far inland as
Buffalo and probably st. Louis, so
that Argentine imports are placing
a ceiling upon our home prices.
Gossip from Washington is to
the effect that there is strong pro
liability that the tariff will be re-
duced in order to permit this for
eign corn to penetrate even deep
er into cur markets.
At this point it is fair to ask
whether the present Csc tariff on
corn is levied to protect the corn
grower or the professor. If the
grower, then why should the tariff
be lowered just when it is proving
itself effective for the purpose in
tended Is the protective duty on
corn a substantial fact, or just a
benevolent gesture?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02

Hill 3D., Wasfl.) of the House Ways
and Means Committee last Febru-
airy, DR. Townsend said each dollar
under the Townsend economy would
speed up to 523 turnovers.
Each transaction would bear 2
per cent tax" said Rep. Hill. The
burden of tax that each dollar
would carry would be twice 523, or
S1056.
Holds FAX Would Decrease
Then" countered DR.. Townsend,
we will easily reduce the tax; that
is. the rate of tax provided for in
the bill. 1t can be reduced until no
one will know that he is paying a
tax. 1t will be insignificant, a half
of l per cent will carry the entire
pensiul role, once We get fairly 60
ing under this system"
Mr.. Hill-sl056 burden on each
dollar would debate the purchasing
power of the dollar by how much?
Have you figured that out?"
DR.. Townsend-"You can not figure
it out. You can not tell what the
opposing forces of imitation are
There are always opposing forces of
imitation. One of them lies in the
fact that mass production has al
ways a tremendous influence toward
price defation. do not think
there would be any tendency toward
undue imitation at all. If you
are in business and something hap
pens to quadruple your volume of
business, certainly you would quad
ripple your volume of profits"
Held Super Sales Tax
DR.. Witte says administration
would be almost impossible, and
would make each pensioner snoop-
er spying on his neighbor to see that
he spent his 5000. The Townsend
ties deny this, and say the post
office could be used as a pension
dispenSary, paying out the annuity
only on presentation of last months
receipted bills.
DR.. White assails the whole plan
as a super sales tax that would bear
down hardest on the very poor. The
smaller the income the more bur-
densome sales tax, he says. Such
a tax, he adds, favors chain stores,
mail order houses and other large
distributors, whose turnovers are
less than smaller concerns.
He charges that DR.. Robert L.
Doane, 1.-THE one economist of note"
to support the plan, is a sales tax
advocate. While the American
Federation of Labor, Farmers Union
and progressive organizations gen.
orally" oppose the plan, he says Big
business is strangely SILENT" while
the bulk Of its supporters in Con-
gress are conservative Republicans
long known as advocates of the
sales tax"
Burdensome on Poor, Is Claim
"It is multiple sales tax, the
largest and most burdensome ever
proposed" says DR.. White. ut is
especially burdensome on the poor,
because it does not exempt food
and other necessities, and it APP
plies not only to goods but to serv-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02

CALIFORNIA;, for instance. provides
for contribution from the work
ers of one-half that paid by the
employers. The District of Column
bia provides for contributions from
Congress, but none from workers.
Because the nine existing laws
cover several large industrial states,
it is estimated that more than one
third of the eligible wage earners
already are embraced by state sys-
TENS. Fourteen state Legislatures
meet in 1886, and in each a deter
mined drive for similar legislation
is expected. in order to keep the tax
money at home.
Certain employees are exempted.
These include employers of eight or
fewer workers; employers of farm
labor or domestic servants; city.
state and Federal governments;
church and charitable institutions.
and the owners of documented yes
sells.
The pay roll tax will work this
way: Suppose business man in
one of the 40 states that lack I'M
employment systems employs 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02
q The INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
U. S.LAUNCHED
ON EXPERIMENT
TO AID J0BLESS
Tax on Employer to Build
Up Huge Unemployment
Fund Starts.
By scripps-Ho,eard Newspaper Alliance

By Scripps- Hotcard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The new
year today ushered in America S
first Federal plan of unemployment
insurance, and with it new Fed
eral tax on industry.
The tax. payable in 1887, is per
cent of the total 1886 pay roll of
each affected employer.
Ninety per cent of the Federal
tax, however, will be refunded where
the employer is in q state which has
set up an unemployment insurance
system that satisfies the govern
ment. Thus Congress hopes to slim
ulate the creation of such systems in
all states-since workers losing their
tax unless their states thus CO.
operate.
The per cent tax is expected to
yield 5000, 900 and to affect IT,
100000 workers. The levy will rise
to per cent on 1897 pay rolls, and
thereafter it will be per cent.
Immediate protection is in sight
for the wage-workers of eight states
and the District of Columbia, where
unemployment insurance laws have
been enacted
Existing Laws Vary
The government has accepted,
however, only the systems of the
District and of Wisconsin, New
Hampshire, California and Oregon.
The laws of New York, MasSachu-
sets, Alabama and Washington are
as yet unaccepted.
These nine laws are not all alike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02
81 'I77'..;;77 AS
BIII..l, BAT lElODAiS over
PENSION PLAN IN CONGRESS
Adoption of Official McGroarty Bill Not Elk
0ected a. This Session. Wisconsin
Educator Disputes Claims
BY MAX STERN
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Whether not Dr. Francis
E. Townsend of California his hackers hail him, the
third great American emancipation and his Townsend Plan the
gateway to old age security and perpetual prosperity the
movement he has started certain to take front seat when
the Sevenyorh Congress opens its final session tomorrow
Townsendtes, waxing vocal and politically
potent will demand early vote the pending McGroarty
BILL embodyng modification of their plan. They will back
their claim with huge petition and with resolutions of
5000 Townsend clubs in At states
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02

workers and his 1886 pay roll totals
$4,000. At the end of 1886 he would
pay the government l per cent of
this, or $500: at the end of 1897,
s400, the next year, and annually
thereafter. $500. But if his state
sets up his own system, he will pay
only 10 per cent of these sums TO
the Federal government, plus a state
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02
PAGE 5

tax. Some states have levied a
higher tax than the Federal one.
some a lower.
The first installment of the tax
on 1886 pay rolls-one-fou Of the
total tax-is not due until Jan. 81.
1887, but the Treasury has ordered
that eligible employers begin keep
ing records at once.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02

ices. as no other sales tax ever has.
1t is not levied in accordance with
ability to pay. Whether the old
people would get anything at all is
doubtful, but there's no doubt what
the people as whole will get-a
sales tax plus, heavier and more
burdensome than any tax ever pro-
posed"
ut may be-" he concludes, "that
the Doctor and his business asso-
ciate, Mr. Clements, are fooling the
big business boys and not the old
people.
But this would be tl,o first time
that big business has been fooled
about a sales tax; and the more
likely explanation of the fact that
Wall Street does not fight the
Townsend Plan is that through the
proposed sales tax plus, it hopes
that the progressive forces of the
country may be split, President
Roosevelt defeated for reelection,
and the old age pension movement
completely side-tracked."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-26

the boarding house porch and waited
for her He felt triumphant. She was
coH1ingl Soon, no doubt, they would be
good friends and he would not longer
feel so queer.
Not bonnet cap. with stiff starched
wings. but a saucy beret was on her
head. The beret was white. and Il made
her hair look all the more enhancing
70 him. Jimmie, casting sidelong
glances, knew that he was falling Ia
love. A Dutch girl-foreigner-and he
loved herl
There was q small park Just a few
docks east. They we're searching for
an empty bench when the terrier
shifting. started to bark, and leaped
at q man who was reading a paper.
Alice exclaimed Its Mr.. Wyckl"
The man got up. A squat little man
with chubby cheeks and mild blue eyes
behind their steel-rimmed spectacles.
He beamed at her and lifted his hat.
$50, leetle Elsjel You have come oudt
to enchoy the sunshine"
He lifted his hat again when Alice
had introduced him TO Jimmie Laurie.
7 remember you You are the fire
ship ia? You got hurt"
Then Jimmie recalled him Some
one else aboard the Dutchman-a big,
husky fellow-was storming at him
Just as Jimmie was vaulting the rail
Alice said:
mr.. wyck Is the chief engineer Of
the Willem STRAIT. He and my uncle
always quarrel. But we are good friends.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-26
Kill Of 1000 Elk to
Check Sun River Herd
May Be Made, Report

A kill Of approximately 1000 elk
from the Sun river herd has been rec
commended by q group Of forest service
state fish and game officials and sports
men who recently toured that district
With comparatively light kills in re-
cent years and probable inadequate
range, the group decided kill Of 1000
would not be too many.
a larger kill has not been made since
1890, when heavy snow drove the ami
mails to lower ranges where hunters
killed slightly more than 1 900 elk. Best
estimates now vary from $500 to 1000
head in the Sum river herd.
Only 266 elk were killed, on at least
recorded as killed in the section last
year. In 1884, the kill was set at 1877,
In view OF the light kills and restric-
tons placed by the legislature ON the
Sun river game preserve, the problem
confronting the committee making the
survey VIII be how to kill 900 elk,
unless there is a heavy snowfall. In the
Yellowstone park section the problem
was solved by extending the season i1n-
I'll spring. That resulted in killing q
number OF cows and calves. causing
some hunters TO question the value Of
such meat
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-26

Jimmie betrayed his disappointment.
hS mind was awhirl with jumbled
Alice.
Whered you say they're living at7"
ia write It down. It's q boarding
mouse; Alice was worried about you,
"Awl"
She thought you were going to die.
boy who hates fires as much as YOU
40 has no use, suppose, for red
heads. Stin It would be awfully decent,
Jimmie, 70 call and thank her for
what she did
He wore his fireman's uniform. q
neat blue suit with collar badges, ana
on his head was cooked cap with the
number Of his engine company. The
nand which rang the bell was shaking.
Hed never felt so scared In his life.
But Jimmie refused to be q gutter.
he knew that II he failed TO see her
ne would despise himself as a coward.
~ he The door was suddenly opened
The landlady faced him. He biurted a
question.
IN call her.
It came to him with a start that he
had never seen her standing. At first
8 helpless heap on the deck, then a
bedraggled girl on a couch who smiled
at him wanly. The contrast stunned
him. For E1sje--Alice-was quick and
vivid little bundle Of comedy woman,
and she was prettier than he'd thought.
2 20 It Is you'll But you have sur
prised me. And you are all right am
very glad"
1T was n-nothing," Jimmie Rulped.
Those eyes we're smiling up at him,
and her hair was soft and thick and
wavy, and-yes, It came on him now
Ike spell-there was that fragrance
be had remembered.
ut was nothingl You can say it was
nothing? thought you were dead
when they brought you IN. You were so
pale and so, SO still"
Jimmie recalled what Miss Paynter
had told him.
II came to thank you for what you
1id. 1t was awfully kind, Miss =.
Miss Alice"
But that was nothing" She laughed
It him. i am so glad that you are all
light. was worried for you.
low am glad"
They were still standing at the door.
md all had been said. His excuse for
.alling on her was finished. In a min
tie the door would be closed again,
md Jimmie would stand alone on the
lorch.
Jimmie felt desperate.
Listen" he said. I'm not on duty
his afternoon. Maybe you are
gu what / mean, would you like
0 do something, like to take a walk
r."
take q walkP o I should love it.
II bring little Fritz He loves 1t, too"
Jimmie Laurie stood in trance on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-26

are We not. Mr.. wyck7 And little
FTitz."
ia, leetle Fritz" He beamed az
Jimmie. With leetle Elsie and leetle
Fritz there are no words. Goot friendks.
II is so"
He shook hands again with Alics
and Jimmie. He must go now, he in
formed them, back TO the yard and
inspect the work.
Go Be Continued
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-26

rastHs MaaayA has a building boom.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-26

WLaAAGEs had cut the pier In two,
making wall of angry fire be-
tween the land side and the
river. But there was q standpspe
az t=U nd
Evening star., 1936-10-04
Taxes Deluge Consumer

the three families covered there Is
only one smoker and none is q heavy
smoker Because Of this tobacco taxes
do not bulk so large in their expen-
ditures as they would in many other
families.
The heavy taxation Of spirits and
malt liquors does not show up in this
study to any great extent because
almost none was consumed in any Of
the three families.
Public service corporations pay out
q very large percentage Of their gross
income in taxes. Six cents Of every
dollar paid for bus or trolley trans
portation is attributable to taxes.
Z cents Of every dollar for railway
transport, 1926 cents Of every dol
lar on your telephone bill. 1880 cents
Of every dollar on your electric light
bill, and 14.70 cents Of every dollar
on your gas bill.
Taxes on insurance companies also
run high. Those on life insurance
run from / to 2 per cent and on fire
insurance from 3 to S per cent on
grosc premiums.
Taxes on outside meals were COM
puted in the following manner: A
well-known, well-managed, moderate
price restaurant submitted figures Civ
ing total receipts from the business
and total purchases subdivided as to
food, rent, salaries, gas, electricity.
ice, water, telephone, laundry, insur-
ance and other expenses. Applicable
taxes were figured on some Of the
items. The ratio was thus found be-
tween total taxes and total receipts,
and this percentage figure shows the
number Of cents in every dollar spent
for outside meals that Is attributable
to taxes.
In addition to all of the direct and
indirect taxes mentioned above. there
are many other excise taxes that We
know nothing about unless we are told
of them, because they are hidden in
the price Of the article.
These include an amusement ad-
mission tax when the charge exceeds
40 cents, q 2 per cent tax on sale price
of chewing gum, taxes ranging from
one-half Of cent to cents per
1000 on matches, 10 per cent tax on
the manufacturers sale price Of SPORT
ing goods, a 10 per cent tax on the sale
price Of perfumes, toilet waters. cos
metics and powders; S per cent tax
on the sale price of dentifrices. toilet
soaps and tooth and mouth washes; q
tax of 10 cents per pack Of playing
cards. q tax Of per cent on each
charge for kilograms.
Evening star., 1936-10-04
FASHION DISPLAYS
SET FOR 3 CROWDS
Connecticut Avenue Semi-Annual
Event at Mayfower
October IA.

Three public showings Of the latest
Autumn and Winter fashions will fea.
ture the sixth semi-annual fashion
parade and exhibit of the Connecticut
Avenue Association, to be held
Wednesday. October IL, at the May.
flower Hotel The shows will be at
4 pm, 8 pm. and 10 pm.
An Arrangements Committee named
by C. A. Martin, president of the as-
ISOLATION, will meet tomorrow to make
final plans. A revolving stage and
special autumnal backdrops are being
installed. The stage will be erected
in the center Of the grand ball room
and there will be exhibits in the Chi.
rese room and the lobby Of the hotel
Max Tender fs chairman Of the Ar.
rsngements Committee, which in.
cludes Louis Z. Massey, Lawrence e.
Rubel, Harry Kronheimer, Kitty
Schwab, Lew 8. Birns, Robert Of Paris,
Jack Rollins, Charles A. Camalier.
Rachel Sheldon and Amelia GUIDE
Thomas.
Evening star., 1936-10-04
LATIN AMERICA WEICHTY
REHABILITATINC LEAGUE
Small Nations Support Of Ethiopia
Interpreted as Moral Victory for
Cause of Justice in Eyes of World.

claimed-for other instrumentalities
of peace were no more successful In
stopping the Chaco warfare until
three years later.
Latin American Tours.
In the interim there followed q
series of visits and personal tours Of
the Latin American capitals by some oi
the high officials Of the League, in
cluding Its then secretary general, Sh
Eric Drummond. These visits gave
the League q considerable amount Of
free publicity throughout the conti-
nent, and helped 1t to establish new
contacts and leave behind competent
agents and correspondents, while to
the Latin American governments they
showed conclusively that Geneva was
at last considering seriously their
position in the international world.
Under these circumstances, the in
vitation which the League forwarded
to Mexico to. become Its fifty-fifth
member caused no surprise, even
though to this went attached an
"amende honorable" for the Leagues
past attitude, when Mexico had been
eliminated from the original list OF
founder members in order to satisfy
President wilson's pride.
Later, an invitation to join the
League went to Argentina. the i'm
portant Southern nation which had
abandoned 1t at its birth, displeased
with the methods followed In its Or
ganization. Argentina's reply. disa-
vowing explicitly the Leagues un-
warranted Interpretation Of the Mon-
roe Doctrine as q regional under
standing" in Article 81 Of the Cove
nant, was quietly and courteously re-
ceived.
Then came the Intervention Of the
League In the Leticia controversy be-
tween Colombia and Peru. For the
first time in the Leagues history,
international action by the Council
not only prevented war, but resulted
in an amicable arrangement which
entrusted the League with the ad-
ministration Of the territory in dis
pute until q direct agreement could
be worked out by the parties In dis
cord. The prompt and efficient ac-
ton of the League in the Leticia
case, which alone made possible sue
cessful diplomatic settlement between
Peruvian and Colombian plenipoten-
tiaries at Rio, restored much Of the
prestige which the Geneva irfstitu-
ton had lost in the judgment Of
Latin Americans.
More recently, when this faith was
shaken again by the inability-or un-
willingness-of the League to cope
with the Ethiopian crisis. the Latin
American delegates at Geneva were
the most outspoken and consistent m
their denunciations. It Is only fitting,
therefore, that the Assembly which
has just taken the first step-even
If merely q single step and one Of
little more than an ethical signif1-
cance-in the rehabilitation Of the
League should be presided over by q
Latin American. the Argentine minis
ter Of foreign affairs.
Copyright. 1850