Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1941 Page: 2 of 6
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PACE TWO
FALFURRIAS FACTS
FRIDAY. AUGUST 1, 1941
JalfurriaBiflartfi
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At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
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U. S. TAX PROGRAM
rpflE GOVERNMENT’S present tax policy
has two distinct phases. First and most ob-
vious phase is the necessity of raising more
revenue. Second phase is to reduce consumer
purchasing power, as one means of fighting
inflation. War priorities will result in a con-
siderable reduction in the amount of goods a-
vailable for consumers. War spending, on the
other hand, will result in a great increase in
payrolls and income. That situation, unless
corrected, must almost inevitably result in
prict inflation. And one means of correcting
it is heavy taxation-
Few authorities oppose these purposes. But
a good many authorities arc extremely dubious
of the wisdom and justice of the new tax bill
as tentatively approved by the House of Rep-
resentatives committee. Their opposition is
based on varied grounds.
The netw tax bill places its heaviest burdens
on the middle-income groups—present rates of
taxation on big-income make it impossible to
substantially increase revenue from them. Per-
sons and families earning from $4000 to $12,-
000 per year will be forced to pay the bulk of
the increases in taxes. Writing in the New
York Times, Godfrey N. Nelson says that, if
the proposed bill passes in its current form,
less than 4 per cent of the population will have
to make returns, and nearly one-half of these
will not be required to pay a tax because of
their exemption credits. In other words, the
tax does not reach down into the smaller
bracket incomes. Mr. Nelson, like other eco-
nomists, suggest that it is advisable to reach
these lower incomes either by reducing a-
mounts, or by levying a flat tax, payable at the
source, on all incomes. “It seems reasonable to
assume.” he says, ‘‘that if the national debt is
to be paid, all earnings be made to contribute
to the liquidation.”
Furthermore, it is clear that the middle-in-
come groups—which are composed largely of
salaried people—‘will share the least in war
spending. Wages for workers are going up far
faster than salaries for white-collar help. On
these grounds alone, the new bill seems def-
initely inequitable.
Some are convinced that the burden the new
bill will place on industry is dengerously high.
No one wants “war profiteering.“ But it is
clearly necessary for industry to earn suffi-
cient profits for expansion and to attract new
capita], if it is to continue as a healthy, pro-
gressive factor in our national life. For this
reason the soundness of the excess profits tax
provisions of the bill is gravely doubted in
many quarters.
Still another provision of the bill is now
coming in for severe criticism. That is the pro-
vision which would force husbands and wives
to lump their income in one return, even
though each earned separate incomes which
were in no way connected. Government ex-
perts estimate that provision would provide
some $340,000,000 of additional revenue. Com-
menting on this, F. L. Lipman, Western
banker, said: “Such an important amount as
$340,000,000 must not be superficially dealt
with, but one would scarcely argue that the
size of the amount determines the justice or
propriety of the tax” Bishop William T. Man-
ning assailed the provision on othfer grounds
when he said: “If Congress retains this provi-
sion, those who have been divorced—or who
live in immoral sexual relationship—will' be
called on to pay far less to the government
than the married couples.” And David Lawr-
ence points out that “the Supreme Court has
even gone .**> far to hold that, even where a
husband and wife receive a joint income from
a single source, they have the legal right to
file separate returns for tax purposes.”
Still another general criticism of govern-
ment fiscal policy is that almost nothing has
as yet been done to reduce non-defense Fed-
eral spending. Various authorities, including
Treasury experts, have estimated that $1,000,-
000,000 to $2,000,000,000 could be saved by
pruning unnecessary and avoidable items from
the budget-
Summing up, the feeling is almost univers-
al that all of us, without exception, must pay
greatly increased taxes, and make all neces
sary sacrfices for defense. But many econom-
ists regard the new tax bill as a helter-skelter
affair, unsound, and in some cases confscatory,
which needs a thorough overhauling.
CACTS \ FANCIEI
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MAKE THE DISTINCTION
MAINSPRING
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^lOR THE first time in years,” writes William
R. Kuhns, in Banking, “the butcher, baker,
and candlestick makre, their sisters, cousins
and aunts are beginning to discover what a
fine assortment of useful and unsuspected
items their bank has for sale.”
Many of us used to think of banks as insti-
tutions which were only interested in “big
money” operations, and which had little to of-
fer the ordinary man. Today, the typical bank
is actively seeking accounts of all sizes—and
it offers as cordial a welcome to the legitimate
borrower who needs a few hundred dollars as
it does to the borrower who needs tens of
thousands. It finances the purchase of auto-
mobiles and homes.
Today the banks are carrying on still another
big job—the sale of defense loans securities.
It is estimated that more than $100,000,000
worth of these bands and stamps must be sold
to the public each week if the Treasury is to
avoid further inflationary sales of government
securities to the banks. Private banking is a-
gain proving that it is one of the mainsprings
that keep this country going.
A reading of old newspapers,
no matter of what period, will
show that the city, the country or
the world was upset about some-
thing. It ran like this: The ship-
ping clerk was making more
money on stocks than the com-
pany president was making run-
ning the business, oil was sell-
ing at ten cents a barrel and be-
eing waste fully produced, stocks
were crashing, Japan was rav-
ishing Shanghai, and Germany
was arming. Technocracy was the
goblin one month and chain let-
ters the siren of the next.
It wasn’t imagination or calam-
ty howling. All those things were
happening. They were affecting,
did affect, and will affect our
lives tremendously.
So we find a thought. And that
thought is that if we wait to find
a settled time in which to do
something, we may wait out our
three score and ten years and die
from shock on the last day from
some newr and startling develop-
ment wholly unexpected If yo-u
ever intend to build the dog a dry
house, read good biography, or
leam to carve a turkey, you
might as well get started. There’s
no use waiting for things to set-
tle down.
That’s sound advice handed us
by cur contemporary colmunists,
Boyce House and Dick Brown,
and we recommend it for serious
consideration . . . so why not go
fishing?. . .
Outside of a major tnrust on
the matrimonial front, most
of the news this week is of a
piscatorial nature .... Take,
for instance, AL WIESENTHAL,
chemical engineer for Gray &
Wolf, who is stationed here. He
flashes a call to his friend MIL-
TON SUPPER, head of the men’s
department of Sakowitz in Hous-
ton to come on down to South
Texas for some deep sea fishing
. . . and that’s where they are
now- enjoying the undulations
of the cradle of the deep. . .
KiliaWorw
WANT ADS
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FALFURRIAS, TEXAS
"It is illusory to suppose that the cost of liv-
cun be held down if wages continue to ad-
vance.”—The New York Times.
HEY, LOOK BEHIND YO'J!
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If you’re going to count the
heads of the Isaac Walton disci-
ples, don’t overlook the local boys
. . . Ever since E. D. McINTYRE
and HAPPY HOPPER got back
from Point of Recks in the bay
with tales of fish leaping into the
boat to spar five rounds with the
hook, the pressure has been on
. . . Right now there’s a party of
big guns out there with a hook
behind every ear and two in the
briny . . . JACK CASEY, who
probably knows every rock and
sandbar in the whole bay area,
acts as sort of a guide for the
party which Includes C. F. WAG-
ENSCHEIN. D. O. SIKES, FOR-
REST SMITH and BOB HASSELL
and maybe a couple of others
who escaped our notice. . .
And so from fish to orange
blossoms . . . JOYCE CASEY says
“I do” to Lieut. JAMES MUR-
PHEY at El Paso and thus joins
the Army. Going on down the
line, there’s SUE FARR and
RUSSELL BARNES who will take
the vows Sunday, August 3. Next
there's COY LITTLEFIELD and
Mrs. INEZ MARTIN who tie the
knot last Saturday. Another wed-
ding scheduled for next Sunday
is that of MARIE BURDETT and
GEORGE MELVIN CROOK, and
we don’t want to overlook BILL
JUNGEMANN and an Irish col-
leen l»y name of PAT O’BRIEN
—a wee bit cf the Emerald Isle
transplanted in Chicago. BILL’S
a Falfurrias lad who is at pres-
ent employed by Consolidated
Aircraft at San Diego, Cal., and
the wedding will take place there
August 14. . .
With a little managernent. we
may have the green and white
colors of the “Land of Heart’s
Delight” flying over the battle
fronts of England and Continen-
tal Europe, as ERNIE WILLIAMS,
Jersey quarterback in past years,
leaves for Canada where he will
join the Royal Canadian Air
Force . . . SAM McBRIDE. of
Kingsville but formerly of Pre-
mont, is already in Canada with
the same idea . . .
Now that youth has been serv-
ed, it’s only fair to give the old
timers a little recognition . . . J.
D. HELMS can claim the distinc-
tion of having read the lirst is-
sue of Facts off the p:ess way
back when in about 1906 . . . And
that’s a record of which we are
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prourt, too. Thirty-five years, or
more, of friendship for a news-
paper is just like a shot in the
arm for any editor . . .
Anybody noticed our good
South Texas heat lately? . . . You
have? Well, don’t be discouraged.
Mi and Mrs. AUSTIN GATES
are just back from the land of
big snows in the Canadian
Northwest and they tell of walk-
ing on glaciers, marveling at
mountains, etc. . . . And now they
insist they need a jesU-from
their vacation. . .
The Rev. A. T. WHITE and son,
T LAWRENCE WHITE, are off to
New Orleans where LAWRENCE
has been ordered to report fqr ac-
tive duty in V-4, the Intelligence
Division of the Navy Department.
Farming by moonlight. There’s
a sort of fascination in oriving a
tractor through rich, sandy loam
with Old Man Moon providing the
right-of-way as R. R. (Scotty)
SCOTT will tell you ... He leaves
his banking duties and makes a
beeline for the farm where
there’s satisfaction to be gained
in turning the good earth. . .
Capt. GARLAND M. LASATER
who’s number in ihe Army is 0-
7592(32 is appointed Assistant Post
Operations Officer at headquart-
ers. Brooks Field. Texas, after re-
porting for active duty in the Air
Corps. . .
And that’s “30” for (his week.
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WANTED barnyard manure for,
Loma Bonita. Dick Miller. 8—7t
LOST—Gold Elgin hand-decorated
ladies chain watch Monday,
July 21. Reward. Calixto Ramirez.
8—3t
RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES
Don’t wait for the prospell to
canvass the whole city before find-
ing your place. If you have room,
apartment or house for rent, list
them in this column. The newcom-
er’s first stop is at the local news-
paper office.
FOR SALE—5-room house with 3)
good 50-ft. lots.—J. C. The mas.
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FOR RENT northeast bedroom In
private home to one or two gen-
tlemen. Quiet, easily accessible.
Apply this office.
NOTICE—After Aug. 4 my jewelry
shop will be located in ‘Meyer’s”
Barber Shop.” Ira Pool’, jewelr.
9—It
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FOR SALE -1940 Ford Tudor 20,000
mi.: in good shape. See Marie
Burdett. 9—3tp
VARIETY STORE Fixtures for sale
cheap. Inquire Box 626 Sinton.
Texas. 9—3t
LOST ladles navy blue purse be-
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White Spot Cafe about 6 A. M.
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needed by the avnraqn person a quart
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The Secretary of Agriculture has requested an in-
crease in milk production to help our national defense
and a recent survey shows that Texas production is up
14 percent as compared to last year.
It is important that we hold this increase and to do
this we must protect our cows during the hot summer
months. Given them every protection from flies and
hot sun—balance their feed properly.
Falfurrias Creamery Co.
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