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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
THE GRADUATED LAND TAX

the graduated land tax was submitted
1914. 1t was defeated by popular
vote.
In recent years other attempts have
been made to secure the passage o.
a graduated land tax in Oklahoma. Al
initiative measure was voted on by
the people of Oklahoma in 1910. Il
received plurality of votes, but the
Oklahoma courts held that in order
to pass, an initiative measure must
receive the majority of all votes cast
A sufficient number of people failed
to vote on the measure so that it did
not receive a majority of all votes
cast
In the same year, the voters oil
North Dakota refused to adopt con-
stitutional amendment in that state
which would have permitted the legis-
lature to pass graduated land tax.
This was an initiative measure spon-
state. 1t was the first attempt TO
secure the passage of such a measure
in North Dakota Thousands of farm
ers voted for it. The lack of suffi-
Gent time to acquaint the people of
the state with the conditions which
were responsible for the agitation for
placing the penalty upon large land
holdings is given as the excuse for
the failure of the measure to pass.
The North Dakota Farmers Union
ing an initiative measure before the
voters of that state in 1912
There is little doubt that concentra-
ton of ownership and operation of
Montana agricultural lands has in
creased in the past five years to such
an extent as to create a serious social
problem in this state. Before con-
sidering the question of whether
means to use as a check on the con-
centration of land, the people of this
state should decide whether it is con
ducive to the general welfare of the
state to maintain it's agriculture on
unit.
The Farmers Union has taken the
position that it is necessary that our
agriculture be maintained upon the
family unit and that these families be
given security in their right to till
the soil upon which they live and to,
receive a return for their products
which would enable them to enjoy a
decent standard of living.
If this plan is accepted by the peo-
pie of Montana as whole, then it is
Up to the people of the state to de-
wise ways and means of bringing
lbout it's fulfillment.
The Farmers Union through its
position as the largest farm organi- |
,ation within the state, and the only |
arm organization having membership |
n all parts of the state must accept |
he responsibility of taking the lead |
n whatever effort is made to bring |
bout legislation for the fulfillment of |
he principle of an agriculture based |
IN family units.
In the next issue of the News,
will discuss some of the problems that |
lie in the way of an enactment of a
,raduated land tax and offer for con-
liberation a plan for such tax.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
| Wholesale
|c0-0PS SET
UP IN CANADA

REGINA, Sask. = Canada now has
for the first time federation of con-
sumer cooperative WHOLESALERS which
reach from sea to sea. The Inter-
provincial Cooperative Wholesale I'M
til recently was made up of the coop
WHOLESALERS of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan, Alberta and British Columbia.
These have now been Joined by the
United Farmers Cooperative of On
tario and the Canadian Livestock
(Maritime) Cooperative with head
quarters at Moncton, New Brunswick.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

(This is the first of a series or
articles dealing with the concentra-
ton of ownership and operation OF
agricultural lands in Montana writ
ten by Harold Brown, state secre-
tary of the Montana Farmers Edu-
cational & Cooperative Union of
America.)
Reprinted from Montana
Farmers Union News
1915 Montana farms of less thar
5000 acres in size disappeared be
tween the years of 1885 and 1910
During the same period the number
of farms of more than 5000 acres in
size increased by ia. The loss OF
nearly 5000 farm families in a period
of five years represents approximate
ly 1870 of the number of families liv-
ing on farms in 1885.
Some of these families moved to the
county seat towns and applied for re-
lief. Many left the state entirely.
form factory type units in agriculture
has created problems in rural educa-
ton and rural community life. The
empty farm home is reflected in the
empty store buildings of our rural
communities. 1t has affected the live
professional men who formerly en-
joyed a good living in the small towns
of Montana.
Thoughtful people are seeking some
means of checking the growth of large
factory type farms. They desire to
maintain Montana agriculture on the
family unit basis One of the meth
DDS proposed is that of the graduated
land tax.
Graduated Plan Not New in Taxation
The plan of graduated levies is not
new in American systems of taxation.
1t has been applied to income taxes
since they were first enacted. The
chain store tax is the business mans
graduated land tax. Students of econ
omy declared long ago that the power
to tax was the power to destroy. Gov
ernments have often used this power
to destroy or regulate forms of bust
ness which have had unsocial effects
upon the people. The purpose of
graduated land tax is frankly to force
large holdings of land to be broken
up so that they might be operated and
owned by families.
Early Attempts at Graduated
Land Tax
While resolutions have been passed
by the Montana Farmers Union state
conventions for a number of years
calling for the enactment of a grad
uated land tax in Montana, no serious
attempt has ever been made to Sc
cure such legislation in this state.
Other states, however, who have
felt the impact of corporation farm
ing sooner than we have in Montana
have made repeated attempts. The
by the Oklahoma state legislature in
1908. 1t went into effect on July /, |
1909 and was declared demonstrations |
al on June "a, 1910. 1t was declared |
nconstitutional-not on the principle |
of graduated land tax, but on the |
ground that the act failed to specify |
the purpose for which the tax was
levied.
A second graduated land tax was
passed in Oklahoma in 1913. 1t was
graduated according to acres rather
than valuation. 1t was held by the
Supreme Court of Oklahoma to be
ineffective on the ground that it was
passed on June rs, 1913, and the leg
stature adjourned July 1, 1913. The
Oklahoma state constitution required
hat all revenue measures must be
passed 10 days prior to the legisla-
ure's adjournment.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL |!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
By Federated Press

WASHNIGTON-T house adopted
neutrality law amendments by PIP tc
1874 after President Roosevelt, in g
Ilast-minute message, pledged crack
down on labor. Southern congress-
men said they would not vote for the
measure unless some action were
taken against labor.
WASHINGTON. - Formation of a
national committee to aid the project
of a CIO-maintained British Childrens
Village was announced by CLIO Sec.
James B. Carey.
WASHINGTON.-A APPOINT plan to
relieve anticipated unemployment
among 1000 employees in the metal
plating industry, recently hit by a
priorities order, was suggested by
! OPM after meeting of 10 ALL, man.
agement and government representa-
tives. First step in the plan will be
an industrywide survey.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y.-Accuracy of
the Gallup Poll, conducted by the
American Institute of Public Opinions,
was attacked by Labor, local ALL
paper, after Gallup had reported that
unionists oppose defense strikes and
favor anti-strike legislation by to
IL. Labor learned from the institute
that only LOO unionists had been
questioned throughout the nation.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A one-day
strike, the first in the 241-year history
of Yale University, ended when uni
versity authorities agreed to stop in
timidating union members and to ne
gotiate demands of the United Con-
struction Workers Organizing Commit
tee (CIO).
SAN DIEGO, CAL - Squeezed be-
tween fixed wages and soaring living
costs in a booming defense center,
5000 AFL construction workers forced
major concessions in 6-day walkout
that grew into general strike.
s SANTA ANA, Cal. = An elaborate
scheme for organizing Orange county
businessmen on fascist lines has been
exposed by Editor Russell Fitz Pa
trick of the Glendale & San Fernando
Valley Labor News. Ultimate aim is
a nationwide association which would
exact tribute from businessmen at a
fixed percentage of annual income.
SAN FRANCISCO.-A thorough-go-
ing indictment of the judicial conduct
of Presiding Inspector Charles B.
Sears in the Harry Bridges deporta-
ton hearing was presented by the Clio
officials lawyers in their appeal from
Sears recommendation for deporta
ton
ST. LOUISA milestone in organ
izing was passed here when the For
est City Dress Co., largest single pro-
Queer in the nation, came under a |
closed shop contract with the init. |
Ladies Garment Workers Union |
(AFL) About 5000 workers in plants
at st. Louis, Collinsville, ILL.,, Freeport,
ILL.,, and Pinckneyville, ILL.,, are COW
cred.
SAN FRANCISCO-The Hotel EN-
ployers Assn. has brought 100000
damage suit against the Sir Francis
Drake Hotel because the Drake signed
Up with the ALL hotel unions. The
is that the Drake broke an
agreement to share expenses of the
strike and to give power of attorney
o the association until 1912.
NEW YORK. = Richard F. Walsh
las been named by the executive
board of the Init. Alliance of The
ltrical Stage Employees (AFL) to sue
iced George F. Browne as president.
Browne resigned following his convic-
ion in federal court on charges of
,xtortion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

The federal wage and hour law ap-
plies to those engaged in interstate
commerce or in the production of
goods for interstate commerce. Agri-
culture and retailing are exempted
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

The federal wage and hour law re-
quires payment of time and half
the regular rate after 40 hours a week
for piece work and salaried employees,
as well as those who are paid by tine
hour.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

The 40-hour week of the federal
wage and hour law does not apply to
interstate bus and truck drivers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
Peace Periods

All workers in garment shops under
the federal wage and hour law must
be paid at least 40 cents an hour.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

The 40-hour week Of the federal
wage and hour law does not apply to
railroad workers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

At least 40 cents an hour must be
paid to all workers in shoe factories
under the federal wage and hour law.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

Patronize the Cooperative in YOU
there to serve you!
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
FURNITURE FIXED
IN WPA PROJECT
SCHOOL EQUIPMENT KEPT
IN CONDITION BY
EIGHT MEN

Eight men are employed IN a
Works Projects Administration
furniture renovation project for
Washtenaw County in the base
ment of Ypsilanti High School. The
program. sponsored by the state
administrative board and co-spon-
sored by the Ypsilanti Board Of
Education, has been in operation
since Aug. 6, 1910.
School furniture which is in need
of rehabilitation is brought to the
headquarters, sandpapered and re-
finished. New parts needed are
made by the men and attached to
the furniture. Repaired and rein.
ished since the opening Of the unit
are 3f7 chairs, 80 tables, 80 desks,
two dentists cabinets and three
waste cans.
Constructed by the men are four
cabinets, two clothes racks, one
book case, 20 play houses and two
screens.
Arm rests on single chair school
seats haze been removed and arm
writing sections attached Three
section auditorium seats are being
renovated and broken chairs and
grade room seats repaired and
painted. A number OF teeter totter
boards for use on the city school
Fairgrounds have been made by
the men. New project work in
cludes the construction OF hurdles
for track this spring. Workmen
were painting the track equipment
white.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Fleming Halls Decision
on Wage Hour Legality

Washington. Feb. 4-CP- The
supreme Courts decision uphold
ing the constitutionality OF the
Wage Hour law was hailed today
by Wsge-Hour Administrator Philip
B. Fleming as go ahead to plans
for increa sing the wages OF thou
sands OF workers.
The Wage-Hour Act now calls for
a 30-cent minimum hourly wage
and a l0-hour week for firms
operating in interstate commerce.
In addition, the court sustained
validity OF at 32i2 cent wage mini.
mum for the cotton textile industry
established by special procedure
set up in the act.
Fleming said economic studies
have been made and work is under
way for eventual establishment Of
minimum wage rates above 30
cents an hour in every intersta :
industry employing a considerable
number of low wage workers"
In addition TO unfolding the fair
labor standards act, the court ex-
pressly overturned its famous 1918
decision in Hammer V. Dagenhart
in which a five-to-four majority out
lawed federal anti-child labor legis.
lation. The decision may encour.
age promotion or stateIaws affect-
ing children in intrastate business.
such as sales girls, grocery clerks
and the Ike.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
PINE UMON|A FATAL
To MRS. S|MONS
FINAL RITES TO BE FRIDAY;
DAUGHTER RETURNING
FROM JAPAN

Mrs. Frank G. Simons passed
away with pneumonia Monday
night in Boyer Memorial Hospital
after a two weeks illness. She was
born in Salem Township April 2S,
1856 Her parents were Thomas
and Martha Dennis.
Mrs. Kittie B. Simons became
the wife OF Mr.. Simons Feb. 81,
1895, in Ypsilanti. and is survived
by her husband and daughter, Miss
Marian G. Simons, who is taking
the first boat home from Japan,
where she has been a missionary
ten years in Tokyo and Nagasaki
Mr.. and Mrs. Simons lived II
years in Detroit, six years in High.
land Park and SIX in Royal Oak.
They lived the rest of their married
life in this city, where Mrs. Sim
ons had been a devoted member OF
First Methodist Church and the So
ciety OF Christian Service, and a
kindergarten tepher In the Sunday
School. She had belonged also t.
the summit Club.
Funeral services will be Friday
afternoon at o'clock in the J. +.
Moore Funeral Home, where
friends may call until the hour OF
the funeral Rev Walter B..
Heyler, assisted by DR.. Clifford E..
Doty, Owosso, and Dr.. John Martin.
pastor OF Methodist Church in
Pennington. will officMte. Burial
will be in Highland Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Council Notes


Continued from Page One)
were opposed, three were not home
and one was guaranteed, making
the total Of 81 in the neighborhood,
City Attorney John P. Kirk in
formed the city that the state audi
to- general would provide a right
of VIZ to city wells over a 10 foot
area along the north end OF the
Armory property from Huron st. TO
the river within the next few days.
Earl R. Snyder, city welfare d.
rector, reported that during Jan
uary there were 50 active welfare
cases, Is closed and 20 opened.
Sergeant Cyril Ray substituted
for Chief OF Police Charles l..
Southland who Is illwith influenza.
Since the primary election falls
on the next, council meeting date
it was decided TO adjourn to Feb.
IS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
CENTENAR|AN OF
SALINE SUCCUMBS
Or. ALFRED DANIELS ILL
BUT TWO DAYS; RITES
TO BE THURSDAY

Especial to Ypsilanti Daily Press
Saline, Mich, Feb. DIR. Alfred
Daniels. 100 years old and resi-
dent in Saline for 10 years. died
Monday night at the General
Hospital.
DR.. Daniels was taken i'll Sat
urday and entered the hospital
Sunday. He had continued his
veterinarian practice up TO his
illness,
Born oct. Q. 1910 at Ebenthorpe,
Norfolkshire, England, DR.. Daniels
came to America when II years
old. Fifty-six years ago he moved
to Michigan. About 1852 he mar
ried Miss Sarah Amelia Ellis who
preceded him in death % years
ago.
Surviving are two sons, Lewis
L.. Frank A., two daughters, Mrs.
Flora f. Rogers, Mrs. Minnie F.
Stollsteimer. all Of Saline; three
grandchildren, Mrs. Gladys Plont,
Lansing Raymond F. Daniels,
Donald A. Daniels, both from
Saline; and seven great grand
children.
Funeral will be Thursday at
2:3O D. m. from the Lockwood
Funeral Home. DR.. Fred A. Lend
rum. Methodist church, will Of
ficiate. Burial will be in lakewood
cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
THE WEATHER

Ypsilanti and vicinity: Unsettled
Tuesday night and Wednesday,
probably with some local light
SHOWS: warmer Wednesday. Low
est temperature tonight about %
degrees; gentle variable winds be-
coming sOutheasterly
Temperature at 1870 a. N. today,
13 degrees
Temperature Monday Highest.
p degrees; lowest, Il degrees;
mean, 20 degrees.
Temperatures one year ago TO-
day highest "a degrees, lowest,
% degrees; mean so degrees.
Temperature this date in the last
IS years: Highest, 63 degrees n
1890; lowest, 10 degrees in 1875.
Relative humidity Monday: 1880
a. m, 70 per cent; 1880 a m, -
per cent: 1870 ?. m, 50 per cent;
100 p. m, 65 per cent.
BarOmetric pressure at fF20 a N.
today, station. 29.62 inches, sea
level, 30.3i inches.
Precipitation in last IS hours
ending at 1870 a. m. today, trace.
The sun sets today at $50 p. M
and rises tomorrow at IA a. N.
The moon sets tomorrow at 2:03
a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Student in Quiz Calls
Blitzkrieg a Dachshund

PHILADELPHIA. - Germantown
Friends school conducts an informa-
ton test every year TO determine
students knowledge Of the outside
world. This years examination re-
vealed some interesting definitions.
They we're:
Blitzkrieg-a dachshund.
Ivory Tower-when a person is in
love; also, a womans neck.
Ideology-the study Of idiots and
the worship Of idols TO another.
Ferdinand the Bullion Quixote.
Skoda-Jspanese building.
Author Of Kitty Foyle-DarWin.
Ann Sheridan received two votes
and Hedy Lamar one as Americas
most prominent woman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

WASHINGTON IP-The on
the-job' training program for pro-
yiding additional skilled men and
women workers for key defense in
dustries goes into operation today
on a nationwide scale. The pro
gram, under the command OF Asso-
ciate Director Sidney Hillman Of
the Office OF Production Manage
ment, offers training TO develop
skills progressively.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Mrs. Cora Smith FurgaSon
SuCCumbS in Syracuse

A letter from. Prof Graeme o.
Geran, Syracuse, n. Y, brings word
of the death Jan. IS, at Syracuse,
of his aunt Mrs. Clara Freeman,
former Ypsilantian, of pneumonia
Mrs. Freeman was born Jan. g.,
1888 at New Brighton, Pa. the
daughter of General Harvey Ora
ham and Caroline Funkhauser Ora
ham. She was the widow of William
Freeman, who died shortly after
their marriage.
In her early childhood the fam
lily moved to Iowa City. Ia, a from
tier town, where her father engaged
in the milling business and later
became one Of the states Civil War
heroes. In 1887 the family moved
to Manitowoc, Wis where they
were long leaders in social, civic
and business interests. Mrs. Free
man moved to Ludington, Mich, in
1912 with her sister, Mrs. Eva o.
Gcran, and nephew, Graeme o.
Geran. and with them to Ypsilanti
in 1924. when Mr.. O'Geran became
an associate professor in the Nor
NAL College. When, in 1928. he be-
came professor of economies in
Syracuse University, Mrs. Freeman
and his mother accompanied him,
but returned three years later to
Ypsilanti, where they made their
home until December, 1910. when
they returned to Syracuse. Mrs.
Freeman had many friends in Ypsi-
lanti.
Until within a day or two Of her
death, Mrs Freeman had been
busily engaged in knitting for the
Red Cross.
Her sister. Mrs. O'Geran. who
was i'll with influenza at the tire
Of Mrs. Freeman's death, is in a
critical condition from shock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
In The Sick Room

Miss Bernice Davis. English and
history instructor at Npsilanti Hlgh
School returned 10 school Monday
after two days absence. Miss Davis
fell on the stairs at her home Thurs
day morning and broke her left
ankle in two places and sustained a
sprain in the right ankle. The
breaks were encased in a cast and
the sprain was tapped. Miss Davis
IS using crutches 10 attend classes.
Little Mary. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Stachlewitz, who had re-
turned TO school after two weeks
illness with influenza, has suffered
a relapse and is again confined to
the house. Her brother. Robert who
contracted influenza. Friday is still
unable 10 be out
David Maracle is recuperating
following a major operation in St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Aroor.
Mrs. Martha Glover has recovered
following a weeks illness. her
little daughter, Betty, is confined
10 the home with measles.
Carl Hessler. Rockford, vas
guest at the c. H. Wellbrook home
Monday. He had been at University
Hospital with his daughter, Nancy,
who has a skin infection.
Mrs. ". c. Hayden, who has
been confined 20 her home with in
fluenza the past week, is improv-
ing rapidly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
HOSPITAL

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contributions to raise the possible
S25O,0O0. Under the present fnan-
cial set up in the hospital, there is
no money available for a building.
Tentative plans drawn August,
1889 provided for a S250,000 brick
sound proof and fire proof struc-
ture OF four floors. The erection
would be located on the south tide
Of the present building and would
measure about l4S feet long and
AZ feet long Boyer Memorial Hos
pital would probably be maintained
for q convalescent home or nurses
housing quarters under this plan.
The basement floor OF the pro.
posed building would have a back
drive for an ambulance and COM
plete equipment 10 care for emer-
gency work. Patients could be com.
pletely cared for before being TAX
en- on other floors TO wards or .pri-
yate rooms The first and second
floors would have sun parlors at
each end OF the central corridors
and contain also wards and private
rooms The children's ward would
be on the second floor. The third
floor would have in addition to pa.
tients rooms. a complete operating
unit and sun room.
The Ga bed hospital would be in
great contrast to the Boyer Mem
orial Hospital erected in 1916 for
only 16 patients but which now
with oyercrowding in the halls and
wards will serve %, DR.. W. J.
Wright. member OF the hospital
staff, states. The waiting room has
been utilized for some time as a
patients room and visitors TO the
hospital are forced to wait in the
superintendent office, he said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
F RANCE
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affairs, and Huntzinger, national
defense. Baudouin, il he is taken
into inner council, would take
charge OF technical serN ices such
as finance, labor. produ .tion aSri-
culture and provisioning.
There remained to be settled
Darlan's own status as compared to
that OF Laval. Laval, before Petain
dismissed him Dec. Is and angered
Adolf Hitler, was the official heir
apparent to Petain. Recently Oar
Ian had been chief OF on informal
inner council and hal in effect
taken Laval's place as heir to SUI
preme power.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Twins Confuse a Judge
At Hearing in Missouri

PENNINGTON, MO.-Frank and
George Poe. 74-year-old identical
twins, tell this story about being
called to testify in the Ozark town Of
Hermitage, Mo.
George was the first 10 get on
the stand. He testified and stepped
out Of the court room. Frank fol-
lowed him as a witness.
Here, here" the Judge said. I'VE
can't have the same man testifying
twice in this trial"
Courtroom attendants had to
bring George back into the room to
convince the judge he was wrong.