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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
ANSWERS DEFENSE OF
"IOSS LEADER" POLICY

Editor, The Times: ! noted
with great deal OF interest the
letter of Mr. George c. Franklin
regarding H.B. 2S2. or the fair
trade practices act, addressed
TO the Washington legislature
through the columns of your
paper.
Mr.. Franklin apparently did
not see fit to discuss the bill in
full. but rather to discuss those
sections of the bill that would
affect his own business. so |
would like to discuss it from
the standpoint of the average
business man.
For number of years past,
the small business man has had
to stand helplessly by and see
his business being taken away
by large chain groups who have
built up their business on the
loss leader" method OF mer-
chandising The small merchant
is unable to market his staple
articles way below cost in order
to draw customers into his store
that he may sell them other
articles which are marked up TO
cover the loss on the staples
The introduction OF the fair
trade practices act to the pres
ent legislature is the small mer-
chants last attempt to stay in
business. A small business is
the foundation upon which ma
tional industry is built. and this
is recognized fact. The small
merchant is the largest con-
tributor TO his community's well
fare, He is. by force, local
man who bears a fair burden of
his civic affairs, who gives
credit TO the deserving and char
ity to the needy. He pays taxes
into his own state and spends
his money in the community in
which he lives. He is truly
valuable citizen. and he is ask
ing the legislature TO enact the
fair trade practices act so that
he can continue in business, not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
Hole. In Til, Metz

1t has long been customary and legal in the United States
Tor property of religious educational charitable and similar
institutions to be tax-exempt.
But in these days of rising taxes when federal and local
governments need money desperately the National Asso
ciaton of Assessing Officers looking this field
1t finds variety of laws and interpretations of the gen.
Gal idea Some states base immunity the of the
property II il is actually used for the stated purposes then
+ is exempt.
Other states regard ownership by such nsttu
on ground for exemption Others base their test the
of profits from the property and whether of them
crue private persons Some require that real property
must actually be occupied by the institution to be exempt
This lack of uniformity has probably resulted in
ton of large amounts of property which legislatures
attended to be exempt, the assessing officers believe
Without changing a shade the present principles
Vhch such exemptions made il likely that
reful survey of the field might yield surprising amount
n taxes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
LESSONS IN ENGLISH
BY w. l.. Gordon

Words often misused: Lux.
uriant means eXuberant in
growth. Luxurious pertains to
luxury. Her hair is luxuriant."
His life was one of luxurious
ease"
Often mispronounced: Bury.
Pronounce ber-i, as in bet.
Often misspelled: Pale want
ing in color; also a stake). Pail
la VESSEL.
synonyms: Quota, share, all
lotment, proportion, apportion.
ment.
Word study: Use word
three times and ii is yours"
Let us increase our vocabulary
by mastering one word each day.
Today's word: Dilate; to enlarge
or expatiate. pronounce the
as in die, accent last sylla ble).
1t is unnecessary to dilate upon
what has been sufficiently point
ed out. "-Craik.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

were disgrace to this country
Two men striving for the United
States senatorship. one from
Seattle and the other from Ia
coma. A political trick re-
suited in election of the Seattle
candidate. This man succeeded
in getting congress to form
body to select names on noun
tains, lakes, rivers and other
natural objects. About all this
body of ancient fossils ever &C
complished was TO take the H
out of Behring and insult the
great Tahoma with the cogno-
men of obscure adventure. If
we are to honor foreigners, let
us pick men worthwhile. Why
pick one who may have been a
brave and honorable man, as all
the old sea dogs were, but
whose name has been trailed IN
the dust by a bunch of I'M
scruplous crooks who stopped at
nothing to hold Tacoma down.
JAS A SPROULE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

Editor. The Times: why
should we Americans abandon
the splendid Indian name Taco
ma in order TO call our noblest
landmark after an obscure for
eigner whose only connection
with our history is that he
fought against us when we were
an infant nation ?'-Theodore
Roosevelt.
The above quotation from one
of our greatest statesmen ought
TO be sufficient answer 10 the
silly. inane suggestion To name
the bridge across the Nsrrows
after an obscure foreigner whose
only connection with this coun-
try was as an enemy.
A man IN San Francisco has
letters that an ancestor received
from George Washington in
which that hero and statesman
complained of the fact that the
American colonies had a man
power of 400 900 men and that
ne could not get 10000 men.
and OF these. three-foTths were
Of foreign birth. II we are 10
honor heroic deeds why not pick
those who sided with Washing
ton and liberty. The leading
statesmen OF Great Britain and
Ireland sided with the colonists
and when liberty was won. the
hills Of western England olszed
with ''bonfires, " for the eolonists
had won what their ancestors
had fought for in two reyolu-
tons.
The name Rainier brings up
unpleasant memories. II was
officially fixed on the mountain
in q succession OF scandals that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
GREATEST NEED Is
PURCHASING POWER

Editor The Times: What Is
the Greatest Need of America
Today
The above question will be an
swered in different ways by diff
ferent people, according TO their
own viewpoint. The minister of
the gospel wiz say, More re-
ligion, the lawyer will say,
More laws" the merchant,
more profit" and the laborer,
Shorter hours and more pay"
In answering this question we
cannot expect much help from
the politicians, lawyers or econ
omist, because they decide
things by precedent. and to them,
if a thing hasn't been done be-
fore. IT is impractical.
To me. Americas greatest
problem is to provide sufficient
purchasing power 10 all our peo-
pie so that they will have access
to all the good things of life that
nature. science and chronological
advancements have made pos
sible. You cannot teach re-
ligion. poetry. art or music sue
cessfully to people in physical
want. The scientists. techni-
clans and engineers have made
possible a fuller life for every
body. because they do not dwell
on the past, but have dared to eX-
pertinent and try new methods
TO accomplish desired results.
But the politicians. not having
the scientific viewpoint, have
been incapable of utilizing those
results for the welfare of the
people.
II is my conviction. therefore,
that The greatest need of Amer
lea today" is for the president
of the United States to appoint
committee of unbiased scient-
lists. technicians and engineers to
formulate a social and economic
plan based on the latest scien-
tific developments. And when
their plan is completed have
congress approve it and make it
mandatory for the president to
put il into operation.
J. p. NIELSEN.
d. . pt,N-a HIM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
CRIES FOR HALT
TO GOVERNMENT
INTERFERENCE

Editor, The Times. House Bill
No. 2S2. Unfair Practice Act, ."
is a further step in the process
of regimentation; of the sitting
of free enterprise; of making 1t
impossible to continue in bust
ness al profit
In recent years. the business
man has seen new expense after
new expense piled on him be-
cause of increased taxes and
payroll assessments and count
less bookkeeping records neces-
STATED by different government
agencies. Surely 1t is time 10
call halt on government inter-
ference in business.
One provision of this act states
that nothing in this section
shall be construed to prohibit
the meeting in good faith of
legal competitive price" If you
are meeting the other fellows
price how DO you know that his
price is legal? You must either
wait until the state snooper
gives you a report or run the
risk of punishment for price
that turns out to be illegal
Violation OF the act is punish
able by fines ranging from 500
to Sl.000-and by SIN months in
Jail In other words, respectable
business men can be put in Jail
like common criminals for SELL
ing piece Of merchandise or a
service below what some gov
eminent official determines to
be its cost.
Shades of our ancestors. What
are we coming TO! Why not ask
the legislature 10 furnish nurs-
ing bottles 10 the weak sisters
in our business setup who are
unable TO stand on their own
feet and meet modern COMPETE
ton.
1t is high time that this pro-
cesslon of government lnterfer-
ence be halted and that we all
return 10 business sanity. Write
our Pierce county senators your
views on the above. The senate
should Kill this vicious measure.
n. r. JOHNSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
EUGENiCS PROGRAM

Editor. The Times. Race I'M
pnovement through eugenics leg
islauon Is extending to many
countries. Brszil's federal con-
stltution now provides for medi-
cal examination before mar
rage
Thus one nation after another
is coming to understand that. IN
order 10 build a better race. II
Is necessary to proceed eugeni-
cally. Though We exclude states
like Brazil that have only ADOPT
ed part Of the eugenics program.
some 140 millions now live under
advanced eugenicS laws Mega
tive eugenics provides for elm
ination by sterilization OF those
criminal. insane. blind through
heredity. Meanwhile. by posi-
tive eugenicsl measures. the
birthrate is accelerated.
Ought not every American in
form himself Of the progress
herein Of, particularly. North
west Europe
z. Il. PITTS, NJ. ..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
, STORIES
IN STAMPS
Where Waterfall Sproy
IS Seen 10 Miles Awoy

FIRST warning of Victoria Falls
that traveller gets in Rhodesia
is huge cloud of spray rising a
thousand feet to the heavens On
clear day this spray may be vis-
ible as far as 20 miles distant.
Next comes the dull laundering
roar Of the falls which may be
heard at least 10 miles away under
perfect atmospheric conditions AT
the falls proper the roar is deafen-
ing. For Victoria Falls. on the
Zambesi river. are the worlds
greatest
They are almost two and one
half times as high as the gigantic
Niagara II is estimated that
enough water pours over the brink
every second to supply every per-
son in the United States with three
quarts. The falls are believed to
be about 400 feet high although
seographers have never entirely
agreed. There has been as much
as 43-foot difference in calculs-
tons.
But whatever the height there
is no question Of the power behind
Victoria Falls. From its source 10
the falls. the Zambesi rolls 800
miles. Counting its many tribu-
taries the river covers in all more
than 100 miles. II is one of the
four gres, rivers Of the African
continent. starting a, an altitude OF
5000 feet.
Victoria Falls are shown above
on . current stamp Of Southern
Rhodesia.
tCepyrishl 1919. FEA Service. Incl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions ? Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
/. Name the most important
island of the Dutch East Indies.
2. In which round did Tony
Calento knock out Matte Brown
in their recent bout
5. For what government agen-
cy do the initials FHLBB stand!
4. What are the dimensions Of
a board footg
5. What is the correct pro-
nuncistion of the verb contract
s. On shipboard. what is a
cspstan
Z. Which countries CO m pose
the Iberian peninsula
8. Name the capital Of Para
quay.
.. While of the American
colonies was founded by James
Edward OElethorpee
10. What is the plural Of the
word tempo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

Now. however, the regional
office of the technical staff is
likely to be within fairly easy
reach. The taxpayer can go to
that office and lay the whole
case before the technical adviser
who will then hand down his de-
cision.
AS far as the bureau of in
ternal revenue is concerned, that
is final. But the taxpayer who
wants TO keep on fighting may
do so. by appealing to the board
of tax appeals, This board-it
has IS members, by the way
is going to follow the policy of
the technical staff and make it
self more easily available to
the taxpayer, too 1t will ride
circuit" so to speak hold sit
tings in different parts of the
country. so that the taxpayer
can get at it more conveniently.
The case usually ends with
the board of tax appeals, al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please tell
me where one would have q boat
registered 4. y. p.
Register IL at the nearest
u. s Customs office. That office
in Tacoma Is on the second floor
of the Federal building, south
end.
Mr.. Fixit: Did the "gin-
marriage bill pzss and, II so,
when will IT 20 into effect
Would II he unlawful for cou-
pie 10 buy a marriage license.
II one of the parties hadn't yet
received his final divorce decree,
providing they didn't Use 1T TN
Ill the divorce was finals
One house of the legislature
has passed that Dill. but the 9TH
er has not voted upon il.
In a marriage license affidavit
the applicants must swear there
are no legal impediments TO their
marriage. A pending divorce ac-
ton certainly would constitute
such an impeachment.
Mr.. FNit: l don't remember
when the quarantine for rabies
IA over. Win you tell MS when
we can let our dogs run loose
again: DOG LOVER.
The quarantine was set for
Dec. 20 until March 20.
MIR. Fixit: VIII you please give
me the requirements for work
In day nursery - education,
age, etc" I. ID.
There Is almost no opportun-
ity for employment in day nurs-
cries. Ali help except that OF
the supervisor and one assistant
In the Tacoma Day Nursery is
donated by WPA or NYA. There
were no particular qualifications
defined back in the pre-WPA
days when couple of other
women were employed. All that
was asked was that they be
educated enough to speak graz
matically, be neat and of pleas
ant personality, and otherwise
be good examples to the chill
dren.
MIR. FiNit: Could you please
tell me how ! should 20 about
sending stories TO the American
and Cosmopolitan magazines: 1
should also like to know II there
are any regulations concerning
length OF stories sent In.
MISS NJ. p.
Addresses of these magazines
are: American. $50 Park Ave,
New York City; Cosmopolitan,
57th st. at sth Ave, N. Y. C.
For length and type of stories
accepted by the various maya
zines. we'd suggest you read
market guides available AT the
public library.
To Mrs. j. y. b., who wanted
MIR. FiNit to settle an argument
about the cost of a license for n
1929 truck: We find We misin-
terpretcd the rule. The excise
tax Is not charged on trucks as
on passenger autos. Trucks still
are taxed ON the assessors
valuation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

to evade just and fair COMPETE
ton, but TO have some protec-
ton from firms VINO use the
loss leader" method of mer-
chandising.
WASHINGTON GASOLINE
DEALERS ASSN,
Pierce County Chapter.
BY Gus Partridge, Executive
Secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03


Ordinarily. most income tax
disputes are settled by the tech
meal staff of the commissioner
of internal revenue. Formerly
centralized in Washington. this
outfit now is being scattered all
over the country. BY May the
work of setting up 10 regional
divisions will be completed, and
the 500 technical advisers on
the staff will be out where the
taxpayers can get at them with
out taking a long trip to Wash
ington.
Income tax returns are al
ready starting to come in, but
for the present they are simply
being divided INTO two piles
returns on incomes under $1,000,
and returns on incomes over
that amount. When the March
Is deadline arrives, internal
revenue bureau deputies will be-
gin checking the returns TO see
that everything is on the up and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

though anyone who wants 10
and can afford to- can always
60 10 the federal court. The
only sure thing about such pro-
cedure. though, Is that II will be
expensive
In the fiscal year of 1888. the
board of tax appeals disposed
OF $3.50 cases. involving total
tax payments of sl34, $4,000.
OF this sum. the government
finally collected s36.el3,oo0. In
other words. when he has rows
with taxpayers. Uncle Sam col
lects about q per cent of the
time.
Copyright, 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
Ute Tacoma Qimles

Published dav BY The Tacoma Times
Publishing Co. at sia Pacific Ave. Tacoma. Wash.
The Times delivered b. carrier IN CITY Is per
week or 65 cents month By mail outside the state
IS cents per month. $50 In Washington
90 cents month. ~
Entered second-cass matter ~ the poetoffiee At
Tacoma Wash under the Of congress March 1879
Telephone all departments MAIN 3i5i.
s'rrociaim Liberty through all the Iand"-LIbcrty Bel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
IT'S NO PROBLEM
UNDER $1,000

Disputes over taxes in the
less than $1,000 bracket don't
cause much fuss. The sum in
volved is small, and mostly
deputy can get things settled
by making a call on the tax
payer and having chat. It's in
the over-s5,000 bracket that
things really happen
First of all. the returns are
checked for obvious mathemat-
ical errors and mistakes in COM
putting the amount of tax due.
you might be surprised to learn
that great many citizens pay
more than they need tor try
to pay it, anyhow. They're al
ways set straight, painlessly)
The returns in which errors
are found go to revenue agents
in the field. These agents, who
are primarily auditors. check
through the returns again. and
the taxpayer is called in. Often
enough. an adjustment can be
made right away. If motif the
agent finds a deficiency in the
tax and the taxpayer can't see
it that way-then the field
agents superior calls a confer
ence of agent and taxpayer and
another attempt to reach ~
agreement is made.
If the taxpayer still feels that
he isn't getting justice, he may
appeal from these findings to the
technical staff; and here is
where the Importance of the
technical staff comes in. For
in most cases the sum at stake is
comparatively small hundred
dollars or so. When the technical
staff was in Washington. the
taxpayer who wanted to appeal
to II had to come down here
to do the appealing; chances
were 1t would cost him more to
do that than he would save by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
Bruce Cation
BY BRUCE CATION

WASHINGToN-Not that it will make the paving of
YOUR current income any peasanter-but tins year
+ YOU have row with Uncle Sam about the ne is go
ing to collect from you It will be easier simpler and less
extensive to get the thing settled
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
MR.. fIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention in thn coll
umD letters must give name and
address OF writer Only Initials
vii be published when REQ uested
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03


which appear published
columns In those instances where the
Fnt that Of the advertisement
occurs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

OPPOSES "RAINIER" AS
NAME FOR BRIDGE

RI. 5, Puyallup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
AVAILABILITY
Is AIM

winning his case
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03

Mr.. Fixit: viii you please tell
me where one would have boat
registered 4. y. p.
Register il at the nearest
u. s. Customs office That office
in Tacoma Is on the second floor
of the Federal building, south
end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
POLICE PRAISE WOMEN DRIVERS
Only 63 Involved in Local Accidents During Past
 Year Records Show

Waterbury's women drivers. much maligned, come into their own to- day. Official police figures show that only an insignificant rercent- tage of last years auto accidents found women drivers involved: and the statistics are backed up by a statement by Police Superintendent William J. Roach in which ne lauds female operators Of automobiles for their good judgment and presence of mind"
 Statistics compiled by Officer James Little of the accident preven- tion bureau show that of 1,429 driv- CTS involved in auto accidents in Wa terbury in 1888, only 63 were women. Not one of the city's nine auto fatal ities during the year had woman driver involved.
 In personal injury accidents in the city, there were 293 drivers in- volved Of these only IT were wom- en.
 Men drivers will no doubt con- tinue to disparage the ability of women to operate cars, but this dis arrangement does not seem to be borne out by the figures. Granting that there are many more men than women drivers in Waterbury. the difference in number is not great enough to explain away the far smaller percentage of women driv- CTS than men in local accidents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
DIVORCE DECREE
 FOR MRS. BORCNIS

Teresa Wolfe Borgnis was award ed divorce from Avanti Borgnis of Naugatuck on grounds of cruelty by Judge Frank P. McEyay in super for court today. The petitioner, a resident of 67 Scott street, Nauga- tuck, was also granted custody of two children, ages IA and 12, and alimony of $1O weekly starting to- day.
 Mrs. Borgnis took the stand to- day to describe numerous cruel ties which she had been subjected to commencing six months after her marriage January 8, 1923.
 Judge McEvoy continued the con- tempt proceedings of Kathryn Hur- ley Botsford against Hyland Bots- ford for an indefinite period, An order was entered Sept. IS, 1886 that Botsford pay his former wife $10 weekly. He has only paid $5 weekly The continuance was grant, ed to determine if Botsford is financially able to pay more, be- cause of an illness which he claims has kept him from working since last November.
 An allowance of $50 to prosecute and $3 weekly alimony was ordered paid to Agnes Brooks by George Brooks. The former is the plaintiff in a divorce action. The $50 will be paid $25 within two weeks and the balance before trial of the divorce action,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20

WHEN one is taking pictures-in w the winter or any other time there are just three things to seek. They are: interesting subjects, or interesting occurrences, or inter. esting effects of light. D.
 Any of these--or all together will yield good pictures, and you can find them almost anywhere.
 At random, have set down list of winter picture ideas--just sug- gestions to set your imagination working. Load up your camera. try them-and I'll hazard the guess that you can turn out dozens of good pictures in the next few days.
 First, snow pictures. Can you pic ture the sparkle of sunlight, falling across new snow? Curious shapes of snow in drifts, on trees, on shrubs and fences. Children sledding. or throwing snowballs? Shadow pat terms on the snow? Neighbors shov- cling snow from the house walk? A horse-drawn sleigh? Tracks of peo- pie, or birds, or rabbits, in the snow? Snow falling, soft and white, out side your window? Paths beaten to barn or garage? Birds in the snow, pecking at crumbs? All these will make good pictures.
 Then, cold weather. Can you put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20

l5sz, 13sk and 12h cents In cofte- spending order.
 Agreed in Principle
 Mir. Lane reported that even this company is agreed in principle to the plans of the majority. but that technicalities of prsce comparisons must be worked out. A conference was held yesterday with considerable success realized in the plan to re- store regular prices, but no definite agreement reached, according to MT. Lane.
 National distributors have dropped their prices to assist independent dealers in the strife, and some deal- CTS at present report profit vary- ing from one to two and one-half cents per gallon. At least a dozen station men have been laid of while many more are working at reduced salary rates because of the price war