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SCIENTIFIC TAX SYSTEM
What the country generally want
of congress in the enactment of a nev
tax program, or in the modification o
the existing income tax law, not onl;
is a scientific tax system that will re
duce the tax burden, but one that wil
contribute the greatest good to tin
greatest number.
In a statement several months ag<
so responsible authority on economic:
and current business affairs as Roge
Babson said tax reduction was the on
ly preventative of a business setbael
that would work a serious hardship 01
the country.
The Mellon tax program, was evolv
ed by treasury experts on a scientifi
basis, the best balanced program tha
has been presented to the congress ii
years, according to men best informe*
on tax questions. The lower house o
congress has taken liberties with th<
Mellon plan, particularly insisting tha
the maximum surtax rate be place*
considerably higher than that recoin
mended by the treasury department
The Senate finance committee now i
considering the house bill as a scien
tifieic document rather than politica
—though neither branch of congres*
owing to the existence ol a powertu
radical bloc, is above making of th<
revenue measure a handy political foo
ball.
The seriousness of tax revision an<
of the effects of political revision b
illustrated in the experience of th<
head of the Victor Talking Machin*
company, who has sent to Senate
Smoot, chairman of the senate finane
committee, a telegram saying :
“I started the business that is nov
the Victor Talking Machine compan;
in 1894 on my own small capital,
have reinvested 56 per cent of th<
earnings in expansion. 1 have distrib
uted us much of the stock as is advis
able. There are now 500 stockhold
ers and ten thousand employes all re
ceiving high wages and many receiv*
large salaries. My taxes, income tar
t, . ...
We have new Dresses
in Poiret Twill, Canton,
and Georgette Crepe.
COME AND ASK US
ABOUT A P. N. PRAC
TICAL CORSET
Banbury and Ogle
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON
Propr
Pool Soft Drinks
HIGH GRADE
CANDY
TAILORING
C. Henning
SEWARD ALASKJ
C. E. ORLANDEPi
Jeweler
and
Watch Repairer
and computed inheritance taxes amout
Uo 1US per cent of my income since
5 191f, and if the house bill becomes the
r law these taxes will amount to 128 per
f | cent of my income since 1917. The
• gift tax, the stock divided tax and in
- heritance taxes are all capital taxes,
11 in truth veiled confiscation. There
' can be no economy in low income taxes
: if capital taxes are to be raised.”
Henry Ford, who admits he could
keep the wolf away from his door,
if the government topk 99 per cent of
his income, says that when he started
his automobile business in small capi
tal small wages were taken out for
the owners and most of the profits
were put into better machinery, which
made it possible to reduce prices.
t This is another side of the tax ques
1 tion—one which has to be recognized
1 in any honest consideration of the tax
1 revision problem. But it is not con
? sidered by self-seeking congressmen,
1- whose only slogan is “soak the rich.”
1 If soaking the rich got the higher rev.
" enue and still kept industry going, the
• formula would be tenable, but experi
5 ence shows that if the rich are soak
' ed too heavily they find a way to
1 dodge the tax—which falls back on
others—and the effect is to stifle pri
' i vate initiative and expansion.
The problem is to find out just how
hard they can be soaked without kill
I! ing them off—and even that, perhaps,
_ | is secondary to tax reduction ali-round.
In any event the real solution is for
' j the honest export to find, not the dem
’ i agogic politician.
IFORESTPROTECTIONWEEK
1824
. i By the President of the United States |
j of America—A Proclamation.j
> j Whereas, it is essential to the con- \
•: tinued comfort ,welfare, and prosper
ity of the people of the United States
j mai abundant forests, widely distrib
! uteu and maintained in a condition of
i high productiveness, be forever wisely
! conserved as one of oar greatest nat
! ural resources; and
Whereas, because of our constantly
increasing need for wood and other
iorest products, together with our past
failure fo provide for reforestation we
are drawing upon our supplies of tim
ber four times as fast as they are re
newed through growth; and
Wheres, the most formidable agency
of forest destruction and prevention of
reforestation is fire and, of the fires
which annually devastate vast areas,
four-fifths are ascribed in origin to
human agencies ami virtually all may
be controlled and made innocuous thru
prudence, care, and vigilence;
Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, Pres
ident of the United States, do urge up
on the Governors of the various States ,
to designate and set apart the week j
of April 21—27, 1024, as Forest Pro- j
tection Week, and, wherever practi
cable and not in conflict with State
law or accepted customs to celebrate
Arbor Day within that week. I also
urge all citizens either in association,
or as individuals, all schools, and the
press of the land to give common thot
to the protection of our forests from
fire, to the end that, in the future as in
the past, these forests may supply us
with wood, protect the purity of our
streams, and otherwise serve the peo
ple of the United States.
In witness whereof I have hereunto'
set my hand and causd the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Do le at the City of Washington this
15th clay of February, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty four, and of the Indepen
^ dence of the United States of America
. the one hundred and forty-eighth.
(Seal) CALVIN COOLIDGE.
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Jack Pickford in
Garrison’s Finish”
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Thrills, Horn* Racing, Beautiful Downs
and Laughter
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TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY
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Nilsson and Raymond Hatton in
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Coming Saturday—Prof. Frank Bell,
Buck and Wing Dancer,—a special at
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TAMMANY CHIEF
Charles F. Murphy, big chief of New
York City’s Democratic organization.
He will probably be a prominent fig
ure in the National Convention.
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BELOIT, Wis., April 9—Two negro
bandits made the mistake of holding
up David Wilson of Blue Island, 111.,
in front of his fraternity house and
trying to make away with his wealth,
amounting to 27 cents. The robbers
had barely covered two blocks when
they were overtaken by a posse of pa
jama-clad Beloit College students who
had come to the rescue of their com
panions.
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Facing the fire of a 32-calibre re
j volver held by one of the stickup men,
j three of the students advanced, and,'
| while Carl Beerwald, of Milwauke, ar-:
j gued with him Robert Irvine, of New j
| York attacked him from the rear, and
| Teddy Schron came in on the flank and |
| downed him with a well-aimed blow j
i on the head with a two-by-four.
1 After recovering the 27 cents from
1 him, the bad man was turned over to i
l the police. The other bandit escap-1
ed, but was taken into custody the fol
lowing day in Rockford.
| “That’s the spirit that won the war” j
j said the Rockford chief of police, who :
; is an ex-service man.
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M)Tn uiPl PRIMARY ELECTION
10 BE HELD ON TUESDAY
rr , ^ APRIL 29, 1924.
to the Qualified Electors of the Towr
ot Seward, Territory of Alaska, Di
vision No. Three.
Notice is Hereby Given: That pur
suant to the requirements of Chapter
89, Session Laws of Alaska, 1919, ap
; proved May 3, 1919, a PRIMARY EL
EC1I0N will be held on Tuesday, Apr.
I “9th, 1924 for the purpose of nominat
ing candidates of the various political
parties in the Territory of Alaska for
the following offices, to-wit:
A Governor of Alaska.
A Delegate from Alaska to the
House of Representatives of the
United States.
An Attorney General for the
Territory of Alaska.
A Member of the Territorial
Senate for the Third Division of
the Territory of Alaska.
Four Members of the Territor
ial House of Representatives for
the Third Division of the Terri
tory of Alaska.
Two Road Commissioners for
District No. Three and for the
purpose of electing the following
party officials, to-wit:
A Democratic National Commit
teeman from the Territory of Al- j
aska.
A Republican National Commit
teeman from the Territory of Al
aska,
Six Delegates to the Democratic
National Convention.
Six Alternates to the Democrat
ic National Convention,
Two Delegates to Republican
National Convention.
Two Alternates to the Republi
can National Convention.
The Incorporated Town of Seward,
Alaska constitutes one voting precinct i
and the Mayor and Common Council
of said Town, by Resolution to such ef
fect duly adopted, have designated the
Town Hall in said Town as the polling
place wherein such election shall be
held and have authorized and directed
that ,in accordance with law, notice
thereof be given.
Thereupon between the hours of
Eight (8) o’clock in the forenoon and 1
Seven (7) o’clock in the afternon of
said Tuesday, April 29th, 1924, in the
Town Hall at Seward, Alaska a pri
mary election will be held for the pur
poses hereinbefore set forth.
Qualifications of voters: Must be
a citizen of the United States, 21 years
of age; Must have resided in the Ter
ritory of Alaska one year continuous
ly and within the incorporate limits
of the Town of Seward, Alaska, thirty
days continuously, next preceeding the
date of said election.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, March 24,
1924.
(Seal) WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk of the Town of Sew
3rd Alssks.
Date first publication March 27, 1924.
I Last Publication April 28, 1924. Daily
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
April 8
Arrives Seward
Seward South fm
April 15 April 20
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
April 29 Mav 4tl
\pril 22
( ailing at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Anchorage and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81
lies., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
H.F.ALEXANDFR. PREflDFNTrs
aaKBama»a
STEAMSHIP STARR
The steamship Starr will sail from Seward about
April 13, connecting with steamship Alameda
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
phone madison i3\
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CITY EXPRESS
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Meets All Boats and Trains
Wall Paper
Painting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG. ADAMS 145
THF PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone Mam 55
CHOP SUEY
Noodles
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j o
Phone Madison 16
Second Avenue
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harrlman Bank Building
DR J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
°hone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office In Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone. Madison 58
Office Phone, Madison 130
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
—- Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
CLARA PERRY, Secretary.
Seward Reoekah
Lodge No. 6-A.
O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 8r<3
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
TmT . ing members welcome
MRS. A. H. THODAY N. G.
come
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. A A. M.
stated communication*
1st onH 9«rl nr_»_
-- wuiuiuuiLjuioni
% 1st and 3rd Wednes
\ days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
W. O. Perry, Secretary.
I* O', o. F.
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^ No- A_7.
Meet. Thursdays at 8 p. m Visiting
Brothers welcome. Frank Lagerquist,
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IGt-OO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday
Odd Fellow’* Hall.
at
F. B. MOORE, Pres.
C. A. M DOUGALL, Sec’y.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdaya
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant
TOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA