Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1943 Page: 3 of 8
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SHINER GAZETTE, SHINER, TEXAS
Washington Digest;
Many Tax Laws Suggested
To Get 'Nervous Dollars'
Compulsory Savings, Personal Excess In-
come Tax, Spending Levy Found Unpopu-
lar or Unwieldy; Orthodox Bill Seen. :
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
YOUR TAX- AND BOND-DOLLAR
HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS IT
(First Half of 1943)
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Washington, D. C,
As far back as biblical days, the
tax collector was an unpopular per-
son.
Today you don’t see the tax col-
lector but you know who writes the
tax laws and the folks who do (con-
gress) lead a most unhappy life,
especially in an election year such
as we are approaching.
The complicated problem they
face can be simply stated—think it
over and figure out what you would
do if you had to write a tax law.
The problem is this: how to collect
the most dollars and lose the least
votes.
Soak the rich? Well, they have
the money and it hurts them the
least, but unfortunately there are
not enough of them to soak. It is
too bad because they are so few in
number that their votes don’t mat-
ter so much. (Only 46,949 people or
approximately, one eight-hundredth
of those with incomes earn over $10,-
000 a year.)
Tax the rest? That will bring in
the biggest total but they are the
ones with the votes.
The President says we need 106
billion dollars to run the war this
year. The treasury says that out of
every dollar collected, 90 cents goes
to pay the war bills.
So there have been a number of
schemes concocted which are aimed
at getting the nervous dollars, the
ones most likely to create inflation.
Presumably they are the dollars that
belong to the people who are now
getting a lot more money than they
did before the war. It would be just
to take the “excess profits” to pay
for the war especially because the
people who are getting a lot more
than they are used to are the ones
who spend most freely.
So compulsory savings has been
suggested. That is, making Uncle
Sam collect a part of everybody’s
income, which would be returned
after the war. Then there is a
scheme to tax spending. In other
words, tax the dollars which are
spent on extras, dollars that get
back into circulation and push up the
inflation spiral. Not the dollars that
go into homes or life insurance or
paying old debts, but the dollars
that romp off for more clothes than
you need to wear, more food and
drink than you need to absorb,
more gadgets than you ought to get
along with in wartime.
Then there is another tax—the
personal excess income tax.
That is a tax on the amount of
money that you are receiving now
that you weren’t receiving before
the war.
Lacking Popularity
None of these methods is popular.
There is a sentimental objection to
compulsory savings. It smacks, ac-
cording to its opponents, too much
of totalitarianism, of an interfer-
ence with the individual’s personal
habits. The President is opposed to
it—and his wife agrees with him—
the treasury is opposed to it.
The spending tax is said to be too
complicated and likewise appears to
be unpopular with the treasury.
Then there is this personal excess
income tax of which you will soon
be hearing more. The chief objec-
tion to that tax seems to be that it
is too hard to work out; that it is
too hard to make it just and fair.
Even the Nazis who tried it gave it
up after about a year’s trial.
When the personal excess income
tax comes up, you will hear many
arguments against it. Like many of
these other “unorthodox” methods,
it requires the establishment of what
is called a “base period” to estab-
lish a comparison. That is, some
period of time during which the
amount earned by the individual is
taken as a base. Then what he is
making now is compared with that
“base” and the difference taxed.
But that is a pretty hard thing to
work out because so many adjust-
ments would have to be made for
special cases that the government
would never be able to examine each
case and pass on it fairly.
Take the young doctor. The year
before the war, he may have been
graduated from medical school.
Probably he had little or no income
then. Then he begins to practice
and in wartime, doctors are in de-
mand. He may have made a fair
income this year. Would it be fair
jto tax the “excess” if it were the dif-
ference between this year’s earning
and the “base period” when he was
earning nothing at all?
Too Many Inequities
Then there are many men who
are getting more money now be-
cause they work longer hours or
have received just and deserved pro-
motions—all these things immedi-
ately come into the picture when you
begin to straighten out the inequi-
ties, when you really try to tax a
just percentage of a man’s income.
And so the predictions which are
being made in Washington now are
that the next tax bill will be a pretty
“orthodox” affair, it will simply
have about the same kind of exemp-
tions, a little higher percentage tax,
and will be rushed through at the
last minute after as many members
of congress have objected to the
clauses which they think will be un-
popular with their constituents. The
government needs the money and
needs it quickly. The people don’t
want to be taxed any more than
can be helped and the congressmen
will lean over backwards trying to
please the people.
Meanwhile, the treasury tells us
that most of the money which is be-
ing earned due to the great in
crease in production caused by the
war is going to people whose in
comes are less than $5,000 a year—
seven-eighths of it. So at least seven-
eighths of the taxes ought to come
from that group.
BRIEFS
by Baukhage
An honorable discharge from the
army during the present war will be
signified by a lapel button, the
war department has announced.
* * *
The British radio in a French-
language youth hour broadcast to
the continent declared: “Young
men, gain time. If you avoid going
to Germany today, perhaps you will
never have to go.”
The Nazi ministry of propaganda
has ordered all literature about Be-
nito Mussolini withdrawn from Ger-
man libraries and bookshops espe-
cially those drawing a parallel be-
tween him and Adolf Hitler, the Rus-
sian Tass news agency said in quot-
ing a report from Berlin reaching
Geneva. The parallel did exceeding-
ly little to help the cause of Hitler
in his countrymen’s eyes.
BEAT
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HEAT
To help prevent heat rash
(so called prickly heat) as
well as to relieve and soothe
heat-rash irritated skin,
use Mexsana, formerly
Mexican Heat Powder. Just
sprinkle this refreshing
medicated powder well
over such irritated skin.
Costs little. Get Mexsana.
Rich Milk
The milk of mother seals is ten
;imes as rich as cow’s milk.
FOR QUICK RELIEF
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ANTISEPTIC 1- W A-e
Used by thousands with satisfactory re-
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RHEUMATIC PAIN
GET
AFTER ....__________
With a Medicine that will Prove Itself
If you suffer from rheumatic pain
or muscular aches, buy C-2223 today
for real pain-relieving help. 60c, $L
Caution: Use only as directed. First
bottle purchase price refunded by
druggist if not satisfied. Get C-2223.
Acid Indigestion
Relieved in 5 minutes or double money back
prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known fc
symptomatic relief—medicines like those in Bell-ar
Tablets. No laxative. Bell-ans brings comfort in a
jiffy or double your money back on return of bottle
to us. 25c at all druggists.
TWIN-AID f or SMALL CUTS and BURNS
CAMPHO-PHENIQUE
LIQUID AND ^ POWDER
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ORIGINAL!
; Apply
both for
best results:
Small cuts and hums,
scratches, abrasions/-
non - poisonous insect -
bites. Use. powder bn
open blisters, small'
cracks between toes.
James F. Ballard, Inc.
COOLING
SOOTHING
ANTISEPTIC
DRESSING
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Liquid foi
take 6^6
Liquid for Malarial Symptoms.
• Our soldiers are sure glad to
get FLIT — and all our other
super-slaying insecticides.
They’re real weapons of war on
many insect-infested battle-
fronts.
Their spray of death kills many
foul foreign insects just as FLIT
blitzes your household pests here
at home!
FLIT is Grade AA. It far ex-
ceeds minimum requirements of
Commercial Standards CS 72-38
as issued by the National Bureau
of Standards.
Insist on FLIT... the
double-A killer. Buy a
bottle — today!
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Copr. 1943
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ANOTHER
I A General Quiz
Lucky Baby.
DERFECT summer wardrobe
* that will give mother as much
pleasure as baby. Fun to make
and easy to launder.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1765-B de-
signed for sizes 6 mo., 1, 2, 3 and 4
years. Size 1 play suit and dress require
2% yards 35-inch material, slip and
panties 13,4 yards.
Use Waste Space
For a Linen Closet
LIVERY homemaker knows how
many steps could be saved if
table linens could have a special
closet in the kitchen or pantry. In
one home that we know of space
for such a closet was going to
RED AND
WHITE
TICKING ON
A SHADE
ROLLER
ZIPPER LAUNDRY" BAG
HANGS UNDER SHELF
waste all because cupboard doors
or drawers would interfere with
the door shown here in the small
sketch. At the right you see how
that space became an efficient
linen closet.
The high compartment has a
door of plywood. Below this are
shelves with a curtain on a shade
roller. The curtain runs up and
down between the shelves.
* ❖ *
NOTE: Mrs. Spears has prepared a
large sheet giving complete working
sketches for making this closet and the
laundry bag. All dimensions are given
and step-by-step directions are illustrated.
An itemized list of all materials and fit-
tings is included. Ask for Design No. 256
and enclose 15 cents. Address:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer 10
Enclose 15 cents for Design No. 256.
Name
^Jdress
Here, at Least, We Have
A Man of His Word!
Jones looked coldly at his friend
Smith. “A short time ago,” he
said, “I thought you never meant
anything you said. Lately I have
changed my mind.”
“Oh,” replied Smith, somewhat
surprised, “and what caused you
to change your opinion of me, may
I ask?”
“You remember borrowing five
dollars from me?”
“Yes.”
“You said that if I lent it to you,
you would be indebted to me for-
ever.”
“Yes.”
“Well, you’re keeping your word
like a man.”
1. What was the most important
naval battle of World War I?
2. What was the population of
this country when Washington was
President?
3. What is the approximate cost
of training a U. S. pilot?
4. If it is 7 p. m. in New York,
what time is it in San Francisco?
5. What is the average length of
time spent by an American soldier
at his meals?
6. What is the scuttle butt on a
ship?
7. What is the largest army hos-
pital in the United States?
8. What food crop exceeds all
others in the world in tonnage pro-
duction?
9. What is vellum?
10. How long does it take an
American SLibmarine to sub-
merge?
The Answers
1. Jutland.
2. The population was 3,929,000.
3. For a trained pilot, $27,000.
4. It is 4 p. m.
5. The average length of time
spent by an American soldier at
his meals is 18 minutes at break-
fast, 19 at dinner, 17 at supper.
6. A drinking fountain.
7. The Holleran General hospi-
tal on Staten Island occupying 383
acres, with 43 brick buildings, in-
cluding auditorium, recreation
hall, mess buildings and garages.
8. Potato.
9. A fine variety of parchment.
10. American submarines, when
on the alert on the surface, can
submerge entirely in 40 seconds,
during which time the ballast
tanks have to be opened and part-
ly filled, the conning tower closed
and all power connections switched
over from the Diesel engines to
the electric motors.
—Buy War Savings Bonds—
NO SUGAR NEEDED
IN EASY-T0-MAKE
ALL-BRAN MUFFINS
Here’s an already favored recipe
that’s gaining new wartime fame . ..
all-bran Muffins without sugar! See
for yourself how the flavorsome crisp-
ness of KELLOGG’S ALL-BRAN gives these
delicious muffins a texture and taste
all their own!
Kellogg's All-Bran Muffins
2 tablespoons % cup milk
shortening 1 cup flour
% cup corn syrup % teaspoon salt
1 egg 2% teaspoons
1 cup Kellogg’s baking powder
All-Bran
Cream shortening and corn syrup
thoroughly; add egg and beat well.
Stir in All-Bran and milk, let soak
until most of moisture is taken up.
Sift flour with salt and baking pow-
der; add to first mixture and stir only
until flour disappears. Pill greased
muffin pans two-thirds full and bake
in moderately hot oven (400° F.)
about 30 minutes. Yield: 8 large muf-
fins, 3 inches in diameter, or 12 small
muffins, 2% inches in diameter.
Slenderizing.
XX/ONDERFULLY designed slip
’ ’ and pantie set to make every
last one of your clothes fit better.
Note the slenderizing details.
* * *
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1832-B de-
signed for sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48,
50 and 52. Size 38 requires 2% yards 39-
inch material, panties VA yards.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St. Chicago.
Enclose 20 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No...............Size........
Name.................................
Address.........................
Transcribing Battle Noises
Real battle noises will soon be
transcribed by American radio
stations through a new sound re-
corder about to be used on many
fronts, says Collier’s. Operating
on batteries and recording mag-
netically on a thin wire that runs
for four hours without a reload,
the machine registers the sounds
of battle and a running description
made on the spot by the news
commentator who carries the de-
vice on his back.
When the word went out that
soldiers overseas wanted pack-
ages from home—the response was
so overwhelming that Uncle Sam
reluctantly had to call a halt. To-
day, due to shipping space, there
are Post Office restrictions on
packages to overseas Army men—
but you can still send packages
to soldiers in the U, S., and to
Sailors, Marines, and Coast
Guardsmen wherever they are.
When you do, remember—one of
their favorite gifts is cigarettes,
and the favorite brand is Camel.
Sales records in Post Exchanges
and Canteens show that Camel
is first choice with men in all the
services. So send him that carton
of Camels today.—Adv.
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