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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-15
ROOSEVELT FLAYS
CRITICS OF HIS
AID-BRITAIN PLAN
CONTINUED From Page One)

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other bill that could not be so
labelled and that would accomplish
the same detectives.
THAT is not an answer" he as
serted, "to those, at all, who talk
about blowing under every fourth
American child, which l regard as
the most untruthful, as the most
~dastardly, unpatriotic thing that
has ever been said. Quote me on
that.
THAT really is the rottenest
thing that has been said in public
life in my generation"
A good time to kill a poor slogan,
he added, was at it's birth. He de-
clined to say who used the slogan,
asserting merely that it had been
used by several people and that
he had read about it in a news
paper.
"Lost His Temper"
Readily accepting the RESPONSE
bility for making the charge, Vince
Ter issued the following statement:
Apparently the President lost
his temper.
II sincerely hope that my state
ment will prove to be untrue and
that no American boys will be
plowed under because of this adj
ministration's war-minded foreign
policy.
II can think of nothing more I'M
patriotic than to try to fan the
passions of the people of this coun-
try to the point that they will &C
cept a program that will send
American boys to be killed upon
foreign battlefields.
II am not unmindful that the
President has said no American
boys will be sent abroad, but I sub.
NIT to the American people that
every speech the President has
made since election has taken this
country one more step closer to
the present foreign war. I hope his
%utterance will not intimidate the
people from expressing their opin-
IONS"
Senator Lee (D.-Oka), who was
engaged in a radio debate with
Wheeler when the statement in
question was made, declined com
ment on the Presidents assertion
except to recall that at the time OF
the debate he had quoted a state
ment by the President that there
was no intention of sending troops
abroad.
Compromise Sought
The exchange between the Presi
dent and Wheeler overshadowee
developments on the congressional.
front, which included widening
moves to compromise some of thu
more controversial points Of thu
aid-to-Britain legislation.
Although Stephen Early, a White
House secretary, previously had in
Dictated the President would leav'
up to Congress the question of linn
iting the time of operation of tn
bill, the President declined to com
ment on this at his conference. H
said that to begin commenting OF
such things would start a chain o
comments and he didn't want to.
There was discussion in admin
istration quarters at the capitol
however, of these possible change
in the bill:
1. A two-year limitation on tn
operation Of the measure.
2. An amendment designed tt
convince the public that America
defenses would not be impaired b,
the transfer of naval vessels o
war equipment to other nations.
3. Some restriction of the powe
of the President to waive all othe
laws in carrying out the lend
lease" program.
4. Possible limitation of the con
.templated aid to Great Britain an
her immediate allies instead o:
opening it to any nation the Pres
dent might designate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-15
u ON REDS
H O BUNTS

CINCINNATI R-The sacrifice,
say some of the old-timers, is a
forgotten thing in basketball but
the Cincinnati Reds used it pretty
heavily to win the world champion
ship last year.
The 1910 official National league
averages show that the Reds used
hunts 1875 times last year, SO times
more than the second-place Dodg-
ers and more than double the
number used by the last place
club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-15
SOKOLSKY REVIEWS
TODAY'S PROBLEMS
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nnntInllPu TIUlll L dSC O1lCy
nrohIers after this war just as
tbev did after the World war, he
declared.
IF they can have economic Sc
curitv under private enterprise
then they will have it under state
enterprise" Sokolsky said.
sokolsky declared that the solu-
ton to the problem that exists now
and will exist later is to find a
nrogram of international exchange
Of goods so that the people can get
a food supply and raw materials"
The Well-knoWn exponent of the
capitalistic system also brought to
fine attention of the Forum audi
ence that it is ''nonsensical' to
talk of lending to Great Britain.
but rather, he said, 'tit is better
that we give it to Britain"
We shouldn't talk of lending
Britain anything" he said, she'll
never pay us back and besides,
lending is a term for politicians
10 talk about and not by sensible
people
Sokolsky also made light of a
possible invasion of this country
by Germany. 1--WE r becoming
very historical in this war bust
ness-we are not going to be in
vaded." he declared with the
statement that Hitler isn't COM
ing here"
Sokolsky's talk dwelt around the
subject of ''Fascism-Is 1t Going
10 Dominate the World?" and the
greater part of his talk dwelt
around the definition Of fascism
and its effect upon democratic
countries.
"Fascism is not Father Cough
lin, it is not Lindbergh, it is not
Roosevelt, it is not the Republican
party" he said in opening his ad-
dress, but it is a political and
economic system which substi-
tutes control of the individual by
the state"
In democracy we say an individ-
ual has certain rights and the state
enjoys such rights as the individual
permits it to have. but in fascism or
totalitarianism it says the state has
certain rights and the rights that
the individual enjoys r such that
the state permits"
The state does not exist for the
welfare Of the people, nor for the
mechanism that may benefit the peo-
PIE, but it exists for itself alone"
ne stated, under a fascist state
there must be no political, economic
Or religious differences of opinion
He stated further that so far as
ldeology is concerned that there is
no difference between communism
and fascism.
In asking the question Of how peo-
pie Who have enjoyed a certain
amount Of freedom could permit
someone to take over all their liber-
lies as in a fascist state, he com.
hiehted, The German people are per
maps the most intellectual people in
tile western world. Nc country, not
even England or America, has con.
tllouted as much to the uplifting of
Vhe human mind as Germany.
Europe was looking for security
and order. Fascism promised them
security and order and that's how il
came to be in most of Europe" he
said.
The last war destroyed in Europe
pIl'ate enterprise, the banking sys-
TEN the value of currency and the
eeohonlc system. Nation after ma.
Ion set up high tariff wills and az
q result economic collapse and dis
'faer reigned," he said.
There is greater security in Ger
'l8hy today than there is in the
onl1ll States-if you want it,
'okolsky said, Through planned
eeohomy Germany has nc unemploy
Hlent and everybody eats, but nobody
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-15

HAYESV1LLE, Jan. 14.-lR-Ful-
mer Stamey, 46, of the Tusquittee
section of Clay county, was fatally
injured Monday afternoon when
he fell from a wood truck at Rob-
binsville. He died on the. way to
A hospital at Murphy. D
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-15

In an effort to clean out our stock Of all this type
shade, we are selling them at these low prices. This
group consists Of old stock, discontinued, miss cut, and
some imperfect shades.
NoTE-No Exchanges Made l0c Extra for Cutting
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

states that its taxes In 1910 were 50
times greater than in 1881; that IN
1910 the taxes amounted to 1852 per
ton or ore mined, being 10 percent Of
its gross income and nearly so percent
of its net income.
Diagram B shows the distribution Of
the expense dollar In a Western state
which produces nearly all the we'll
known base metals as well as gold,
silver and tungsten. This is a composite
dollar covering the metal mine opera
tons Of the entire state during the
year 1886. The wage item must be
treated about the same as my analysis
for Diagram A and the state taxes
have materially increased, in fact, the
total tax bin in that state has In
creased to such point that one min
ing company states it pays as state
and federal taxes SIPS for every 81
Of its payroll In Diagram B the de-
probation, depletion, general expenses,
and dividends and surplus are all in
cluded in the miscellaneous item which
today would be less than percent of
the gross dollar.
Huge Sum Left in State
one Of. the large porphyy-copper
operations which had produced close
to .0O0,O00.0OO pounds Of copper from
the time Of its beginning to the end
Of 1888, received a little less than an
average of IA cents per pound for this
Upper, making roughly gross pro-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

state to finance the expansion of the
company and it was necessary to go
to investors in other states who could
provide the finances. However, the
people in that state receive over 70
percent of the gross amount that the
company produces, the state receives
about q percent in taxes, the govern
ment receives about % percent in
taxes, and other states receive about
q percent for machinery, supplies,
ETC., before the stockholders receive
less than 3 percent of the gross pro-
duction.
A few years ago a small high-grade
silver mine in that state showed a net
profit, applicable for dividends, of bet
ter than so percent of the gross pro-
duction. That is an unusual case but
it shows how the expenditure of the
production dollar may vary.
Expenses Broken Down
The split-up Of the expense dollar of
the aforementioned larger company is
shown in Diagram A.. This diagram
does not include profits which are es-
timated at 81 percent or less, depend
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

duction of s7OO,OOO,OOO from copper
and about s70,0OO,00O from other
sources, giving a total gross production
of $77O, 100000 So far as its mining
and milling costs are concerned this
company is one of the lowest-cost pro-
ducers in the world, and its labor costs
run much lower than that of most
metal mining companies. However,
during the period the company paid
out about $4,000, 900 for labor, about
$184,O00,OO0 for power and supplies,
some $24,OO0.O0O for federal taxes, about
$2I, 100000 for taxes within the state,
and nearly s142O00OOO for smelling,
freight, and other miscellaneous items.
The labor item of this company must
again be analysed as in Diagram A
and most of the supplies and equip
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

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pay taxes. Last and least, it has given
investors dividends.
A politician once told me that the
best way he could get votes was to
talk against wall Street" However,
he further stated that he had met q
great many men from Wall Street and
had lots of business in the financing
centers of America and that he had
never been treated fairer or better
than by these financiers.
Even if Wall Street we're as bad as
1t is painted by demagogues the in
vestors Of the United States, who in
final analysis really comprise the real
wall Street." do not receive the lions
share of the production of the Western
mines. The cry of absentee landlords
getting all the money from the mines
in the West can easily be disproved,
especially when the larger mines are
considered. The different states get the
lions share of the production of most
of the Western metal mines. I am
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

ing upon the selling price OF the urod-
uct that the company is producing For
the moment let us look at this dollar
which shows 41.346 cents spent FOR
labor. This item includes only the labor
paid on the company's integrateI on
erations in the state in its mining
milling, and smelling plants. 1t does
not include the labor necessary to pro-
duce the supplies, electric power. and
transportation that the ompany navs
for within the state and It does not
include the labor that it takes to make
up the material and supplies purchased
out Of the state, nor does It include
the labor involved in transporting its
products and supplies out of the state
In the state in which that company
operates very few Of the supplies ana
machinery are manufactured so a large
amount OF. the production dollar goes
TO the business industries. IN other
states. This analysis Of the labor item
in the gross production dollar holds
true in most Of the Western states
although in states like California
Washington and Colorado quite a lot
Of the machinery and supplies used are
in those states.
The tax item shown In Diagram A
will show a sharp increase for 1871
and probably for many years to come
Concerning the tax item there Is quite
a difference in amounts in the various
Western states. One large company
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

writing this article to prove that point
and also to show that while we in the
West get most of the money produced
here, quite large amount of the OPP
Grating expenses flow to farmers,
laborers, railroads, and machinery and
supply houses in the East, South, and
Middle West and huge amounts go to
pay government taxes before stock
holders get any dividends.
Dividends Less
While it is true that most successful
mines, both large and small, have paid
large dividends on the original invest
ments, the present stockholders of the
large mines do not receive a huge re-
turn on the prices they paid for their
shares in the company, unless they
purchased them during times of de-
preston. again repeat the fact that
original investors in a successful mine
have received huge returns on their
investment. And that is the way it
should be, as 1t stimulates mining de-
velopment and repays them for the
hazards they took.
Most Of the real high-grade ore
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20
Finds 7O% of Gross Profits of
Large Mines Remain in Montana

mines in this country have exhausted
their high-grade ores. OF course, there
are a few exceptions. On the other
hand, better business methods, more
efficient methods in mining and metal
lurgical treatment have made it pos
sible for a great many Of the former
high-grade mines to operate success
fully on much lower grade ores than
they had in the beginning. 1t usually
takes a huge mining and metallurgical
plant, and means the handling OF a
large tonnage. to successfully operate
a low-grade proposition. 1t also takes
a large amount Of capital to provide
the equipment.
I know of one state in the West
where there is a continual ''hollering"
because most of the stockholders Of
certain company, who get dividends,
live outside of that state. In that
state the company has an investment
of close to $500, 900, 900; more money
than is contained in all the banks Of
the state 1t was impossible for that
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-20

ment came from out of the state.
These costs total about $500 900, 900 but
do not include depletion or deprecia-
ton, which necessarily must have
been large, and materially cut down
the $270,0O0,O00 that is left from gross
production after deducting expenses.
However, Of the $50O,OOO,0OO spent by
that company more than $3.50 600 900
remained entirely within the state in
its initial distribution and about $780,
100000 was paid in government taxes
and to labor machinery and supply
dealers, and transportation companies
in other states.
In Montana, where I am more or
less familiar with the mining opera
lions than IN other states, we have
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-26
County Clerk Gives Taxpayers
Summary OF New Laws Enacted
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

lands which the State of Florida
now holds tax certificates for de-
linquent taxes for the year 1910
and prior years shall be assessed
for the year 194l and subsequent
years as if there were no tax GER
tificates outstanding. Such lands
shall be sold in like manner and
to the same effect as other
lands.
Section 5-Provides that after
the tax assessor has completed
assessment of the tax rolls which
must be by June /, submit the
rolls to the comptroller for APP
prevail, after which the rolls are
equalized by the board of county
commissioners, millage levied
BY the county commissioners
and respective millages extended
by tax assessor. The tax roll
shall be delivered to the tax col
lector on November for collec-
ton by him of taxes shown due.
Two copies of the tax rolls are
to be made, one delivered to the
comptroller and the other to
clerk circuit court. County COM
missioners have no authority to
make any changes in tax roll
after delivery has been made on
November |.
Section 6-Deals with routine
matters of county officials.
Section Provides that tax
Continued IN Page Fnuri
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RUSSIAN MISSION
TO MEET WELLE
SCHEDULED TO HOLD CON
FERENCE THIS AFT
ERNooN
tny As.aeInted Pres.l

WASHINGTON. July 90.
Members of a Russian military
mission were expected to begin a
conference with Under Secretary
Of State Sumner Welles here at
2 o'clock this afternoon.
The Moscow ENJOYS. who talk
ed with Presidential Envoy Har-
ri Hopkins and American AM
hassador John G Winant IN
London. left Canada for Wash
ington this morning They are
expected to study plans for ship
ment Of arms from this country
to Russia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-26

city, and fires were reported
raging in some sections.
With British and Russian
bomberS attacking on both sides
Of Germany, the Berlin high
command admitted huge Red
counter-attack near Smolensk,
and inferentially admitted that
German troops have not occu-
pied the city, as had been pre-
viously announced.
The high command said Rus
sian troops attacking from the
south near Vitebsk, IS miles
northeast of Smolensk, had been
beaten off by Nazi forces. From
the description of the assault, il
appeared the attacking Russians
had moved up from Smolensk te
strike at the Nazi lines, appar-
emily eliminating the possibility
that they had been driven east
of the city.
Berlin explained the slowed
down push on other fronts with
a triple handicap of stubborn
Russian resistance. difficult ter
rain, and impossible weather.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-26
U.S.. CITIZENS
ON WAY HOME
OVER SIX HUNDRED BOARD
NAVY TRANSPORT
WEST POINT
(ny AsaoeIated pressl

LISBON, Portugal, July 90
Six hundred United States citi-
zens, including 16 ambulance
d1 liver survivors of the torpedoed
Egyptian ship canaan, today
were headed for home aboard
the navy transport West Point.
The ambulance drivers, who
were confined in France prior to
their removal to Portugal, said it
is the hope of most of the French
people with whom they came in
contact that the United States
will enter the war.
A constantly recurring ques-
ton, they said, is when are the
Americans landing?"
Other passengers aboard the
ship are consular employees and
their families, expelled from
Germany and Italy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-26
Time For Filing Tax Returns
Expired AT Noon Hour Today

Monroe county property own
ers, making a belated rush to file
personal and intangible tax re-
turns, this morning crowded the
office pf Tax Assessor Claude A.
Gandolfo until the doors were
closed at noon.
Repeating his warning of penal
ties for those who fail to enter
their returns, Gandolfo said he
would accept statements from
property owners through the
mail if they are posted today.
The actual deadline was at noon
today, and the assessment office
will be closed to the public all of
next week, while books are pre-
pared to be turned over to the
county commission August 1.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-26
Gen. Walther Won Brauchitsch


Ross c. Sawyer, clerk of the
circuit court, has attempted in
simple language to give to the
taxpayers condensed summary
of the new tax laws recently en-
acted by the legislature.
The personal tax law and the
intangible tax law, which are
separate and distinct measures,
are not included in this sum-
mary, since they do not pertain
to the office of circuit court
clerk.
Lien OF Taxes
Section 1-Sets up that taxes
in a first lien superior to all 9TH
er liens. No act of omission or
commission on the part of any
official shall operate to defeat
the payment of taxes.
Section Provides that the
tax assessor by diligent inquiry
shall find all persons that should
be taxed, also their personal
tax, real estate tax and tangible
personal property and assess
same at its FULL CASH VALUE.
Tangible personal property shall
be made separate from the as
sessment of real estate.
Section 3-The tax assessor in
all cases where land has not been
returned by the owner for as
sessment shall assess same in the
name of the last known owner.
Section Provides that all
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per cent between 1880 and 1940),
this increase representing an adj
dition of less than 1000, 900 per-
sons during the decade 1870 to
1880.
Z The estimates forecast pop
ulation of 1876, 448, 900 in 1915 and
one of 140,561, 900 in 1850. BY
1880 the population may number
about 153,022,000, as compared
with the 131, 66e,275 enumerated
in the 1910 census.
There may be slight addi-
tional increase between 1880 and
1885. after which date an alb
solute decrease in numbers may
set in.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-26
MORE BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED
THOSE GRANTED THIS WEEK
BRING TOTAL FOR MONTH
UP TO sIso.soo

Building permits issued in the
five business days of this week
amounted to SCI. loo, bringing the
total for the present month up
to 100000. Building Inspector
Y. D. Carbonell revealed today
The months figure, with four
days Of business still to 60 next
week, is the highest reached
here in recent years. All
Permits issued yesterday and
Thursday include those to Will
liam B. Smith, EOS Whitehead
street. $500, general repairs; Z.
Aguilar, I'LL Watson, 500, gen
eral repairs; Samuel Drudge,
1901 Newton, $500, build porch;
Edward Mounts, 713 Elizabeth,
500, general repairs; William
II. Malone, 626 GrlnneH, S2UD,
general repairs; Pearl Thomas,
100 Olivia, 500, general repairs;
Gertrude Golden. TOT Division,
500, screen porch; E. Herman
DEE, Duval street, 500, renova-
ton; j. w. cramer, 400 Simon
ton. $500, remodeling; Oscar
Ramirez Kelsey Lane, $500, new
building: B. r. Curry, 807 Eaton,
500. general repairs, William L.
Austin. 9l0 Center, 500, general
repairs, and Eliza Gardner, Il06
Petronia 500, general repairs
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s.Aw awawsgAaI.as .
WATCHING SOUTH
AMERICAN FIGHT
---- !
tny As.ecla.e.l Pressl

WASHINGTON, July 20
State department officials today
were watching the South Ameri-
can situsEion with keen inter-
est, as Ecuador called up reserves
and Peru announced tentative
moves toward an armistice.
The Ecuadorian government,
blaming Peru for the border dis
pute, called on the United States
and Argentina to step into the
affair as mediators, but govern
ment spokesman insisted their
army is ready to repel the Peru
vians if actual war does start.