Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
A War Couldn't be Worse

WASHINGTON - Our Govern
ment has sought peace at any price.
Threats of new war have been
hurled into every conference and
gathering of the Nations. Our own
United States has been overrun by
Russian Communists, enemies and
spies. At the same time Russia
and its yellow dogs, who claim to
be regular human beings, have
proved that they are about SO per
cent liars and traitors.
Our country is not capitalistic
Nation. We want no country's ter
ritory. On the contrary our Ma
ton has poured billions Of dollars
into plans of Americans to restore
peace on AL the Earth.
Getting right down to facts, ALL
our Americans are the best people
in the WHOLE WORLD. We have
plenty of troubles of our own, and
we fuss and tumble, and even go
off on the wrong track. But-now
be honest-we fall for bad plans
and causes, and our leaders in pub
lie affairs quarrel and abuse each
other-but as rule most OF our
damning and cussing results from
honest differences of opinion. Our
most nonsensicai home battles
are about higher wages, strikes
and increased costs of everything.
We have been throwing cur money
around, playing Santa Claus to un-
deserving governments round the
world.
But, WE ARE THE BEST PEO-
PIE in the world-and If things
come to crisis, and another war,
we are pretty apt to tell Stain &
Co. TO go chase themselves before
we get really mad and feed them
up on atom bombs.
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Who Says "SOak the Richw
In view of the hammering which
our homegrown brand of left
wfngers has been directing against
sales taxes as a source of Govern
ment revenue, the recently approv-
ed budget of the Russian Govern
ment must come somewhat OF
surprise.
While the confused Commie'
clamor that sales taxes are anti
democratic and unfair to our work
ing people, the Supreme Soviet o
the u. S. S. r., (''The Peoples
Democracy" that is) provided tha
sales, taxes on the necessities 0
! life will furnish almost three-fifth
of the total planned revenue TO
the year. These levies range IRON
30 per cent to more than 200 pc
: cent on some articles.
y, For instance, the tax on tolle
soap will reach more than 800 pc
cent. The felt boots worn by man
Russians are taxed from 13 pc
cent to At per cent--depending O
the part of the country where tn
boots are sold. Vodka imbiber
have to fork over a 900 per Ger
tax on their favorite drink. On tn
2 basis of past years, it is estimate
that the Soviet Union will tax
from two-thirds to three-fourth
OF the income of each averag
wage-earner~ in taxes and force
loans.
In. marked contrast to the sale
tax burden levied on the laborin
people of Russia, the approved II
come tax scale favors most highe
bracket groups who will actuall
nav a lower rate than they wcul
in the United States under OF
nresent tax laws. (And this viii
Z our local brand of Communis
cry SOAK the Rich!'O. There
only a mildly graduated tax on il
comes up to about twice what Il
average workman makes. Abo'
this amount, the surtax is 13 p,
cent for all incomes, no matte
how high they go.
All of this, we must be remfnde
is q complete contradiction of Il
tax policies advocated for our ov
country by those who would ha'
5 us believe that Russia can do !
wrong.
= In Dear Old Wisconsin
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin to
the Senate that "the day is gol
when the farmer in Wisconsin
anywhere else in American wou
be content to be a second-class c.
izen so to speak. All of us w
? have lived and worked on farr
know the back-breaking labor a
hours which the farmer and l
family put in. We know that
there is anybody on Gods gre
earth who deserves a higher stan
ard of living, it is the men a
women who produce the Natiol
food and fibers."
The Senator proceeded to CHI
lenge Congress to pass legislati
to improve the standard of livi
of the Nations farmers. He adde
We've got to make the farm,
life more interesting, more co
Portable. . We've got to bri
in electricity to more farms, mt
phones to the farms, more CT
veniences to the farmers hou
wife and children He told
Senate that over 80 per cent of
farms in his dairyland state b;
electricity. He added a tough {
when he told the Senate that
many areas of Wisconsin the I
mers are getting only about
cents for quart of milk, WI
the same quart sells in the big
les for 19 to 20 cents.
How can the farmer posi-
buy the products produced by
city laborer or sold by the co
try store?" he challenged.
The Senator enumerated M
other injustices that have fa
upon the farmers in his and OF
states, and he implored Congl
to do something to restore. pro
returns to farmers who sell Il
nr0dnnfs of low and mora