Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 88, Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 1923 Page: 4 of 6
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THE BROWNWOOD BULLETIN JANUARY 29 1923
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THE BBOWNWQQD BULLETIN
SUBSCRIPTION:
Brown county by mail or carrier
Kc per month; $3.75 6 months; $7.20
m year.
Texas outside county New Mexico
Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana 75c
per month; six month's $4.00; one year
17.76.
All other states $1.00 per month
15.00 six months $9.00 one year.
HAYES PRINTING CO. PUBLISHERS
Member Associated Press.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character standing or reputation of
any person firm or corporation which
may appear In the columns of The
Daily Bulletin will be gladly correct-
ed upon Its being brought to the atten-
tion of the publishers.
Entered at the Postofflce at Brown-
wood Texas as second-class matter.
rr T " V j 7. "Lilli 'construction and maintaina'nee. If
The Associated Press Is exclusively
ntitled to the use of republication of! the Legislature must levy additional
all news dispatches credited to it or
not other wise credited In this paper
and also the local news published
fcereln.
TAXING GASOLINE.
FROM THE old-fashioned viewpoint
of The Bulletin the task to which
the Legislature should devote its at-
tention is that of reducing the expen-
ditures of the state government for all
purposes rather than finding new
sources of revenue by taxation. This
is much easier said than done of
course; but It is undoubtedly true
ithat the steady increase in taxation
both state and national "has not been
accompanied during the jpast "decade
or twe- by a corresponding develop
ment of the service rendered to the
peopae by the tax-supported govern-
'ments. It however the Legislature does not
propose seriously to undertake the re-
duction of expenditures and is deter-
mined to continue its search for addi-
tional sources of revenue it should be
extremely careful in its application of
new tax rates in order that they may
be levied equitably and economically.
This is particularly true of the pro-
posed new tax on gasoline which is
now being given consideration at Aus-
tin. The Bulletin is of the opinion that
a gasoline tax if levied should be
levied for the specific purpose of pro-
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Tiding funds for. state highway con-
struction including the support of the
"Highway Commission and should su-
persede the state automobile tax!
which was designed for the same pur-j
:pose. To tax gasoline consumption an
order to provide funds for school pur-
poses would be fundamentally wrong.
We are in hearty accord with the view-
point of the Star-Telegram In this re-
"gard as expressed thus:
"If it Is found necessary to levy a
gasoline tax certainly the revenue thus
raised should be devoted to highways.
. Texas is faced with the necessity of
placing the duty to build and main-
tain a system of state highways under
the jurisdiction of the .state govern-
ment and in order to do" thio specific
revenue must be provided. It will be
the duty of the Legislature to provide
this specific revenue and in view of
this. If seems to us that if a levy upon
gasoline is to be made it should be
provided that the revenue thus raised
shall be devoted to the building and
maintaining of highways. I
'There are many reasons for this
the chief one being' that it would be
- mdre . in accordance with economic
law. For if the revenue raised on a
gasoline tax is devoted to highways
It will be rendering a direct return
to the taxpayer and at the same time
'will be .tending to Increase the con-
sumption of gasoline by providing
better facilities for motor transporta-
tion. It would thus tend to Increase
the revenue from the tax itself and to
increase also the service rendered by
the State to the taxpayer in return.
"When Secretary of. the Treasury
Mellon suggested last year that a tax
on gasoline would he a proper method
.of raising general revenue for the Fed-
eral Government jt was pointed out
'that 18 states in the Union already
ievy a tax on gasoline for highway
purposes and that in order to carry
out the highway programs of other
estates It would become necessary for
them to raise revenue in this way.
Protest against the proposal was made
by some of the states having such a
tax and it was urged that the Federal
Government should not enter this
field for the specific reason that such
revenue should properly be devoted to
highways. These states by the way
are Pennsylvania Louisiana Colorado
Wa8hlnBton' Oregon Arizona Arkan-
sas Mississippi Kentucky Florida
Connecticut Georgia Montana South
Carolina New Mexico North Carolina
South Dakota and Maryland. In every
Instance the tax is devoted to high-
ways. "If It is found necessary by the Leg-
islature therefore to levy a per gal-
lon tax on gasoline thus placing new
taxation on motor traffic the revenue
raised in this way should be devoted
Sriusively to highways. The State is
SSfSh the necessity of raising in
creased revenue for highway purposes
and the problem of raising it equit-
ably is not an easy one. In view of
this the Legislature would be making
its own task more difficult if it pro-
vided for a gasoline tax for any other
purpose."
The present automobile tax syas lev-
ied for the purpose of maintaining the
Highway Commission and providing
funds for road construction anu main-
Jtenance.
It has never been proposed
that owners of automobiles should be
required to provide through taxation
all the funds for the construction nnd
maintenance of liighways and such a
proposal will probably not be made
for obvious reasons. It Would be an
unsound economic policy to place upon
the use of motor vehicles a tax suffi-
cient to provide such a fund. It would j
be fundamentally unfair to tax the use
of motor vehicles for both highway
taxes it should proceed with the ut-
most care and deliberation in order
to avoid further complication of the"
tax problem of the state.
The Legislature is working on an
amendment to the highway law de-
signed to provide a valid regulation-
of the use of headlights on motor. ve
hicles Glaring headlights arc more
dangerous than speeding. They cause
half the motor traffic accidents that
occur at night and without doubt the
Legislature will be able to provide a
measure for regulating them that will
be valid when tested in the courts.
The intelligent use of a road drag
works wonders on a properly graded
dirt road. Comanche county is us-
ing the drag to splendid advantage on
the Brownwood-Fort Worth highway.
Just about time to be showing some
speed with the development of that
Brown County Fair Association. Tem-
pos fugit like the dickens.
Today's news in today's newspaper.
Even if you can look at a woman
and tell her age you had better not
A man who runs things on a bluff
is liable to fall over it.
Young folks never hate to face the
music if it is jazz music .
All you have to do to go to sleep is
try to stay awake.
Two divided by one e'quals divorce.
If your wife finds poker chips In
your pocket tell her they are milk bot-
tle tops.
It is better to laugh your head off
than to worry yourself to death.
The honeymoon is over when she
asks him for money and he- say's
"About how little will do?"
Women want the last word espe-
cially the last word in clothes.
Sometimes it looks as if they tax
everything except their judgment.
A bachelor's main troubles are that
he has no wife to blame for his trou-
bles. Throwing cold water on a project
always dampens the enthusiasm.
Buying trousers to match-a coat and
vest is getting more difficult every
1 year.
It isn't so Very hard for a skinny I
girl to be modest.
Our objection to radio is they are
all party lines.
An open mind is all- right If your
mouth isn't that way.
The world -makes things hot for a
man with cold feet
The man who "protects the law" In
such -.a way that he has to mask to
protect himself has no place in Amer
ica. Washington Post.
Minors appear confident for some
reason that the Government could run
the coal-mines better than it ran ;thc
railroads. Washington Star.
An astrologer foretells a lot of trou-
ble for 1923. He probably refers to
the fact that State Legislatures will !
be in session. Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
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Income- Tax Facts
Editor's Note The sad ami irloomy
dajs In which prosperous Americans
calculate the nnmnnt of their income
tax assessments' have nr rived. In tli
column each day there vtiH be-civen a
series of "Income Tax Facts' pre
pared by the Internnl Itevenue Depart-
ment for the irnldance and Informa
tion of income tax payers.
INC03IE TAX IN NUTSHELL.
WHO? Single persons who had
net Income of ?1000 or more or
gross income of $5000 o r
more. Married couples who had
net income of.. $"2000 or more or
gross income of $5000 or more.
WHEN? March 15. .1923 is final
date for filing returns and mak-
ing first payment.
WHERE? Collector of internal
revenue for the district in -which
the person lives or has his prin-
cipal place of business.
HOW? Full directions on Form
1040A and Form 1010; also the
law and regulations.
WHAT! Four per cent normal
tax on taxable Income up to $4000
in excess of exemption. Eight per
cent normal tax- on balance of
taxable income. Surtax from 1
per cent to-50 per cent on net In-
comes over $6000 for the year
1S22.
INCOME TAX FACTS.
No. 1.
Arrival o"f the period for filing in-
come tax returns January l to March
1-5 1923 presents to American citi-
zens and residents the question "Am I
required. to file a return?". and "How
shall I be assured of making a cor-
rect return?"
To every person who last year filed
a return will be sent a form for mak-
ing a return of Income for the year
1922 Form lOiOA for reporting net
income of $5000 and less and Form
1010 for reporting net Income' in ex-
cess of $500.0 Careful study of the
instructions on these forms will solve
many difficulties which at-first glance
may seem perplexing.
As a further aid the Bureau of In-
ternal Revenue has prepared a series
of newspaper statements based on the
latest rulingH and decisions governing
the administration of the revenue act.
Answers to the questions which from
the bureau's correspondence during
the last year appear perplexing will
be presented dally. Taxpayers are
advised to preservo these articles as
they appear in order that when they
begin preparation of their returns they
may have before them a' comprehen-
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sive summary of the requirements of
the revenue act.
The tax is imposed upon net in-
come which is gross income less cer-
tain specified deluctions for business
expenses losses bad debts etc. to be
fully explained later. Single persons
may subtract from net Income before
calculating the normal tax an ex-
emption of $1000. The exemptions
for married persons and heads of fam-
ilies are $2500 on incomes of $5000
or less and $2000 on incomes in ex-
cess of $5000.
Taxpayers are allowed also an addi-
tional credit of 440O for each person
dependent upon them for chief sup-
port if such person is under IS years
of age or incapable of self support be-
cause mentally or physically defec-
tive. Requirement to file an income tax
return rests Upon every single person
whose net income for 1922 was $1000
or more or whose gross income was
.$5000 or more and upon every mar-
ried person whoso net income was
$2000 or more or whose gross jncomo
was $5000 or more jegardlcss of
whether or not the Income is taxable.
For example a man and wife with two
children 12 and i4 years old had a net
Income for 1922 of $2700. Their ex-
emptions and credits amount to $3-
300. A single man whose net Income
was $1800 supports in his home an
aged mother. His exemption is $- '
as the head of a family plus a $100
credit for a dependent. In both cases
returns' must be filed though the n-
comes are not taxable.
"RICH MEN'S WIVES" AT
LYRIC TODAY & TUESDAY
"Rich Men's Wives" a Preferred
Picture wlijch wa3 directed by the
celebrated Gasnler and which will be
seen in this city today -at the Lyric
Theatre Is prodigal in the matter of
playing talent in fact the cast may
lx said to be an all-star one in the
best meaning of. this frequently mis
used term
House Peters heads thc list of not
ed actors and this splendid portray-
er of virile roles is ably seconded by
the ethereally beautiful Claire Wind
sor Who has the part of the wife of
the rich man of the story Peters of
course being the nuin of wealth. It
is a fine role and one in which Miss
Windsor has many chances to prove
that she is an emotional nctress of
uncommon skill.
Little Richard Ileadricic the- almost
super-naturally glften child actor
whose success . in "The Child Thou
Gavcst Me" and other productions
are-so familiar will further endear
himself to all who see. "Rich Men's
Wives" by the unusually flue work
he contributes to the picture.
WANTED Clean cotton rags at The
Bulletin office
Danny Meets the Boss
NEBRASKA DOCTORS'
LICENSES IN PERIL
MEDICAL HOARD WHICH GRANTED
THEM SAID TO BE .MINUS
LEGAL STATUS.
(By International News Service.)
LINCOLN Neb. Jan. 29. Nebrask i
physicians nnd surgeons licensed
within the last three and one-balf
years are watching court records
with considerab'e anxiety. Every
license Issued since the passage of
the Code bill in 1919 it has been rib-
covered . may be t!e?!nrod" illegal
should the issue bo carried to court.
This discovery was iredo by the
new Governor C!arle3 V. Bryan in
exani'ninc tne lyju uotu ii was ai
view to repttfcf several of Us pro-
visions. Governor Bryan found that
the Code law nullified the. act creat-
ing the State Medical Advisory Board
and that the body which ifiues med-
ical licenses has been serving for
nearly four yeare withcut leg?! au-
thority. When the board is aga'n legalized
by an act to be presented at the pres-
ent session of the State I cgislaturu
it is nlp-ined lo icsuo a blniiket or-
dor settting young phyeiehns and i
surgeons at their ease. Meanwhile
the now M. D.'& will keep a wsather
eye on opponents of tholr rroression
-and the court dockets.
Gets Drunk on Cologne
and Canned Heat; Auto
Owners Guard Gasoline
.(By International News Service.)
BUCYRUS Ohio Jan. 29. Auto
owners have been warned ot place
padlocks on their gasoline tanks be-
fore Calvin Bippus is released from
the city prison. Calvin obtained a
sure-enough jag by drinking violet-
scented' cologne w.ater.. While sober-
ing up ho aromatlcized the jail.
Following his release he again fell
into the police net because of another
souse. When searched he had two
cans of "canned heat" known as so-
lidified alcohol.
If bootleggers can not be made to
pay an income tax.they at least should
be made to pay a water tax. Detroit
News.
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CITIES WILL BE BUILT
IM HOBE SECURE PUCES
SCIENTISTS 18 OF OPINION FOR IX
STANCE PLACE- MAY BE FOUND
FREE OF QUAKES.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON Jan. 29. While man
can never hope to harness the forces
of nature to the extent of preventing
or even foretelling earthquakes it is
not impossible says the Carnegie In-
stitution of Washington that scien-
tists may be able to devise methods
of. forestalling their disastrous effects
by the selection of safer locations for
cities and by appropriate hiethods of
construction.
Earthquakes have occurred ever
sincq the crust of the globe began to
form. Indeed the condition of un-
.Htability is the earth's normal one and
man long has suffered in consequence.
To say then that what mankind has
characterised as a phenomenon which
is as sure and as inevitable as an
eclipse of the sun might bo eluded
finally seems almost an impossibility.
Yet such thorough studies of the na-
ture of quakes and their occurrence
have been made in recent years that
In future years construction of great
buildings dams and even cities may
be effected by recent discoveries in
geology.
-Earthquakes are a natural 1 occur-
rence in certain regions where the
mountains are alive Carnegie officials
declare. There are districts like the
Atlantic Coast where the mountains
a.e dead but around the Pacific and
in a great belt which reaches across
Asia and the Mediteeranean.the moun-
tins still are growing. In their growth
large masses comprising many thou-
sand cubic miles of rock are pressed
against each other but are held by
frlction until the strain becomes too
great. Then they slip and what is
called an earthquake occurs. This Is
the modern theory of earthquakes. It
ha3 been developed through prolonged
studies and demonstrated by observa-
tions of many minor quakes and of
the lines along which they occur.
. The earthquake plane -is often spo-
ken of as a fracture but it Is really
not a break a recent statement of the
institution declares. It is the sur-
face between great masses which nev-
er have been united but which for
ages have been slipping past each oth-
er; and where this plane comes to the
surface of the earth there Is a line
called an earthquake rift. The great-
est of these rifts In the United States.
so far as known extends along the
coast ranges of California for a dis
tance of six hundred miles. It passes
just west of San Francisco to the
east of Los Angeles and disappears
in the Gulf of California. Along the
San Andreas rift as it Is called earth
shocks have occurred at different
times in different sections.
FLORIDA NEGROES ASKED
TO ABANDON OLD I'OMCY
OF FUNERALS ON SUNDAY
(By International News Service.)
TAMPA Ia.. Jin. 23! In' a re-
cent public address tD prominent
negroes of the city . including the
iuln'sters nnd teachers. Dr.
Harris. City Fcalth Officer. Hi
J. R.
leolored
the practice of negro secret socle' ie.-s
holding so many funerals on Sun-
days. It has been the custom here.
Dr. Harris pointed .out for. the lodges
and relatives of negroes dying dur-
ing the week to postpone the fun
erals until the following Sunday. This
oftn ncssitates a considerable delay'
which is not only opposed to he
rules of public health but also is a
hH?dship upon the feelings of num-
erous bereaved relatives whose suf-
ferings are prolonged by postponed
and elaborate lodge funeral cere-
monies. The negro ministers adopted
a resolution supporting the stand of
the City Health . Officer.
MODERN CLOCK
DESIGNS
AND FINE
TIME
KEEPERS
CURRY &
BREWER
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IN TEXAS IS
VERY WELL ADVANCED
CONDITIONS AS TO DIFFERENT
LOCALITIES DIFFER OUTLOOK
GENERALLY VERY GOOD.
(By Associated Wess.)
HOUSTON Jan. 29. A number of
Texas counties arc well-advanced In
plowing for spring: crops. It having
been completed In some places and
in other sections at least the usual
progress having been named for this
time of year reports of correspond-
ents of the Division of Crop Esti-
mates Bureau of Agricultural Eco-
nomic United States Department rof
Agriculture revealed today.
Angelina Kleberg Burleson. San
Saba and Callchaji counties report
excellent advancement in the plow-
ing and EI Paso county reports more
plowing done than in the past three
years.: Round planting Is in fine shape
the L'ell county coreupandent de-
clares. The plowing in Comal coun-
ty is declared to be ono hundred -per
cent done.
Farmers are well up in their work
5n. Collin county and Red River coun-
Jv shows more progress than usual.
Mitchell county farmers -are said 'to
be putting up their land as -fast a3
ihey can now as' they are enjoying a
goad plowing season.
Reports on plowing for spring crops-
from other counties shqw: Lavaca
county about 40 per cent.; San Pat-
rick plowing- begun in September
1922 and finished about December 1;
Runnels one-third of plowing done;
Wood. 75 per cent.; Nacogdoches
just begun by the farmers; Brazos
as usual; Knox not five per cent of
the land prepared for the- crops:
Wichita considerable plowing has
been done but the ground ip getting
too dry except for dryland plows.
Hamilton county plowing Is well
advanced but the ground Is very dry
and breaking up In clods; Madison
20 per cent plowed; Bee half done;
Nueces about 70 per cent 'plowed;
Willacy 30 per cent complete;
Washington 75 per cent of farm landa
plowed if fa'r weather prevails work:
will be completed this mdhth;
Williamson backward on account ot
dry weather; Jasper 25 per cent
done.
Gillespie county three fourths done;
Young a little below the average for
this time of year and getting dry;
Zavalla abouv average; Wharton
75 per cent finished; Nelta" SO per
cent of plowing finished; Lampasas
was never so behind considering
the weather.
Lamar county practically ready "for
planting; Blanco good progress;
Scurry more advance than tuvual MO
per cent done; Tom Green plowing
over an average on account ofCSj
mo'sture; Swisher ten per cent;
Webb proceeding about no'rmSl;
Montague very little; Live Ojik
stopped plowing due to the drouth
hut resumed .since recent rain.
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