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Show .11 SOMEONES PICKING YOUR POCKET! '.w tffmwtos. PYENTURERS Llinis f. It s the Hidden Tax Collector He Respects Not Even the Real club Necessities of Life, and How He Wallops Your Budget! from the lives LIKE YOURSELF! ,t0PlE A nother t-- Molly Pitcher B y FLOTD GIBBONS Famous Headline Harter This tale of a brave was deathly afraid of guns, but when corporation hirelings tried to of her home, is the Battle of Monmouth all jj a piece soul-stirri- ELLO, everybody: little mother who all vjd of nothing at Sjg fcfc tip ng . tRl fr again. fyou remember, or do you, how In that Important engagement at Free-K- . JH iway back on June 28, 1778, Molly Pitcher took the place C. Hay, an artilleryman, after he was wounded, a husband. John thus hi preventing its capture by the British. Thats gun, ,ved American gets a kick out of every time im that every aifcj d Mu - eadi it! mighty comforting, I want to tell yon, to know there MHy Pitchers in every generation, atepplng forward fear-O- y It take the places of their men when necessary. Jast such CtHiu is this distinguished adventurer. iieet lira- John Doolin, of Lemon t, HL They call women the weaker 0 jeah? Just put their backs to the walL If you want the proof, d corwhipped a rather hov lira. Doolin, don that seemed to be trying to put over a fast one. a B rV - 1 single-hande- BU ft 6, high-minde- The Doolins , lux' Didnt Need Courts. Cot long after a railroad came through the village of Lemont, where fltoolinj had their home, there were a number of accidents on a The company wanted to straight-lin- e curve close to the Doolin property. by putting it across the Doolin yard. Surveyors staked out the John Doolin right of way; workers appeared and began digging. red them off. Then he took the first train to Chicago and there con-i- d his good friend. Attorney Alexander Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan told him the company had no right to put its W duc ECil. property without permission. But, he continued ui here's the catch). If the company succeeded In erecting ike pales and stringing the power wire, the only thing Doolin Laid do would be to go to court. John Doolin didnt have any rj to pay for long years of litigation so ho beat It for home, Ived U keep the company off his premises. sticking up in the lawn, was s nice new pole that hadbeen . . while he was in the city. John sawed the pole half way through. Then he borrowed a rifle ammunition from a neighbor. k lew dayi later, on a bright June morning in 1903, a policeman aped with a warrant charging John Doolin with destroying public erty. John marched away with the law, leaving three children cry-- a wife on the verge of it Mrs. Doolin and Shotgun Command the Scene. No aooner was John Doolin out of sight than a crew of workmen rmed on the place and began digging so furiously you would think were being paid a dollar a shovelful!. Was little Mrs. Doolin going ee Doolin She called: Threw down your took sr FO shoot. them get away with it? Up to the attic she hurried. There, forget-ib- e ihivered at the very sight of a firearm, she took from the wall a 8 that had hung undisturbed for many years. With her children clinging to her and crying again, she opened the window shutters and rested the ancient fowling piece on the A Then, in a cold fury, she called down to the working men: Throw down shoot! your tools or m They atopped working and then began to kid her. ha one bully, who appeared to be the foreman, ordered: Come Pff. let's go up and take it away from her." Mrs. Doolin leaned a t further out of the window and lifted the rusty shotgun. Jhe first man who takes a step toward my house gets shot, she Now all of you drop your tools, or Ill start shooting. Our Lady Tells the Boys Where to Get Off. And, boys and girls, Mrs. Doolin meant exactly what she said. She determined mother, protecting her home and babies in the ab-o-f her husband. Of course, she thought the gun wasnt loaded, Mr finger was on the trigger and she was all set to pull it if any one n,en made a move in the direction of the house. But their tools down. The workmen sensed this was real drama, not a comedy, and became sober. One spoke np to say the company had sent l1 there to rush up n couple of poles. Plucky Mrs. Doolin then gained to them that they were on her property, that the com-f- T not asked permission to nse it nor offered to pay for it. ,6il Fir, when those men got the low down on the proposition they hats and cheered- You win, lady, youre a game guy," r her. We aint doing any more digging until you get a square key that they picked up their tools and went to town. Mrs. Doolin on her battle, but would the men be back tomorrow? Would the aJ have her arrested for threatening its workmen? And what bad om of her husband? Another Gun p That Wasnt Loaded. these questions, Mrs. Doolin went to the door and was He hadnt been in Jail tv,10 See ler husband coming up the walk. r1 Policeman had taken him before a Justice of the peace, but e cour'room was willing to prosecute him. He thought he rtoxi he had been taken away on a charge no one would press 'a Ituttlh' D0lln told him the men had been back. But when she ,he had pointed the shotgun at them and really intended to . tnsger, he felt a little faint For that old gun was loadedl ther corporation, I "T knew was one thing about the when it was Ucked. The very next morning too f he Doolin family were ever. Right after breakfast tw m v awJrer called to say how sorry they were It had hap-lt-e Pfmj here had been a mistake. The company was willing taod Pr,ce toe land. And they paid, right on too line, 4 toe little woman who didnt know when ahe was licked. the DooUna wedding will be Th, celebrating their fifty-fift- h n Lemont t n J Around the festal board will be the children who skirts while she repelled the raid on the home. ,IT10ther hav chlldren of their own now. NU Service. Jn fr , MJddle Are Mldle Ph Tttua,a Val i H I . J? ages the dePenJed on the 1,1 w? We' A Prince. lone. bar-- 1 mea,ly 18 Cam the high heel, valn woman, but T VI of France. N by raui k tr,ed to appear tte heel o bis . Ihui W iT ad(11nf inches to his Hawaiian King s Gambler Although horse races are held annually In Ha wait gambling-o- f any kind is prohibited by law. Yet horse racing and gambling thereon was once the principal sport of Hawaiian g families kings. Several of today owe much of their acreage to King Kalakaua's poor racing Judgment The king, minus cssh, habitually attended races with a map of Oahu in hi pocket He wagered land against money. land-ownin- , t By WILLIAM C. UTLEY YOU make $150 If you do, you'll ts interested and perhaps a little surprised to learn that the tax collector picks your pocket to the tune of of your income. He sneaks enough from the family wallet in two years to buy a new car. DO rent Song. Is Killjoy. The researchers estimated that the average worker's family with an Income of $150 a month spends $43.50 for food; of this 7.1 per cent, or $3.09, goes to the hidden tax collector. Of the $30 spent for shelter, hidden taxes take more than a 8 quarter, $7.59. They account for per cent of the $16 clothing bill, or $1.28. Fuel and light cost $11,' but 9.5 per cent of this, or $1.05. represents indirect taxes. really cuts into The the familys enjoyment of life. The cost of an average used car, including license, and gas and oil sales tax. Is $14.50 a month; hidden taxes get 20.1 per cent $2.91. And the family can $3.00 the set aside for recreation includes who 30 cents for the seldom shows his face. Insurance bears a lighter tax load. Of the $5.00 spent monthly for that protection, only 2.6 per cent, or 13 cents, falls Into the hidden tax barrel. Sundries and miscellaneous items toothpaste. Jewelcost $27 a ry, tobacco, etc. which with taxes month are burdened or $2.75. amounting to 10.2 per cent, eat which away taxes hidden The y at an $80 monthly Income are slight-lis less in proportion, since it assumed that such an income does ownernot ordinarily permit the of an automobile. or operation ship When you dress up your bed for company, you seek distinction the purpose of this lecy spread. A true reflection of your own good taste is this stunning openwork design, one easily achieved by crocheting simple, single medallions of string. A stunning - i kite-draw- n The Man la the Moon The Irregular markings on the disc of the moon which to the naked eye often suggest a human face are produced by what astronomers calll albedo. that Is, the difference In the reflective powers of various locations. This difference due partly to elevations and depressions, and partly to the various materials of which the surface of the moon is composed. Pattern 1443 dresser or table scarf, or perchance a cloth could also be your choice. It may be done in one or a combination of colors. Pattern 1443 contains detailed directions for making the 8 inch medallion shown and Joining it for a variety of articles; illustrations of it and of all stitches used; Settled Dispute material requirements; color sugFour of the fifteen members of What toe aalesman doesnt always tell yon: The cost af a nsed car the special electoral commission gestions. 13 Send cents In stamps or and ita operation lnclade hidden taxes amounting to 20.1 per cent. If created to settle the coins (coins preferred) for this it were a new car, toe figure would be 21.4 per cent. election dispute of 1876 were Ohioto The Sewing Circle ans. Ohios Rutherford B. Hayes re- pattern Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth were it not for the inevitable taxes. ceived 2 330,698 votes as 1 Hayee-TIIde- n Hayes-Tllde- n against The great proportion of indirect for Samuel J. Tilden, and the taxes to residential rental coats was final vote for the commission, taken investigated with the aid of real on March 2, just three days before estate companies in 48 cities; rec- the to 7 for inauguration, was ords on representative local propHayes. erties were taken at random from their files,... Honored Criminal Heroes A total of 7,964 (ingle and multiple After "the World war, France honfamily dwelling units were covered ored its criminals who had died on by the final averages. These re- the battlefields by destroying their vealed that taxes represented 28 prison records and immortalizing per cent of the current rental rato their -- names with - those - of their of the dwellings studied; fellow countrymen on memorials 19.2 per cent of the rental rates of and In historical documents. Colthe duplexes and 13.6 per cent of lier Weekly. the rental rates of the apartments. Famed Pearls Are Recalled The notably lower ratio of taxes La Peregrins was a celebrated to apartment dwelling is due, says the report, first to the fact that a early American pearl which came portion of the apartment rental dol- to Spain about 1574 and was owned lar represents fuel, water, rent, jan- by the Spanish royal family. La itor service, etc.; second, floor Pelligrina, the other famous pearl, space is more intensively occupied has been In Russia for over a cenin apartment buildings, and third, tury. and weighs llltt grains. apartment rental rates have in genFirst Woman Minister eral recovered somewhat faster than was house rental rates. In many comOlympia Brown (1835-192munities, however, tax rates are the first woman In America to be mounting approximately as fast as ordained for the ministry. She was a graduate of Antioch college and rental rates are recoving." studied at the theological seminary Motorist $48. Taxed Average at St Lawrence university. The automobile today has passed Hand of Fatima the stage where it may be classified The hand of a Fatima charm is as altogether a luxury. But its a in made in simulation of a hand and free luxury tor the fact its soft picking for him. Mo- worn or suspended in the dwellings torists paid an average of $48 apiece of some Mohammedans to ward off the Evil Eye, despite the laws of in taxes, direct and indirect, conthe Koran. a of of total $1,349,000,000 tributing 10V4 per cent of the nation's entire tax revenues during the fiscal year Piccadilly Named for Tailor ended June 30, 1937, according to Piccadilly street got its name from a cockney tailor back in the the study. In a detailed advance estimate, dayi of James I. Pickadills were the report sets total federal, state the high ruffled collars which the dudes of Elizabeths days wore. 0 and local tax collections at for the fiscal year just ended. Ancient Roman Gate Used General property taxes contribute The only Roman town gate in use and income taxes $4,718,000,000, in England is the Newport Arc at federal, atate, and local find that it Lincoln. according to tha study, with was built Archeologists between 50 B. C. and 50 million the owners of twenty-eigh- t motor vehicles ranking a strong A. D. third as a source of revenue. Lose Resistance to Electricity Gasoline and oil taxes, totaling At 452 degrees below zero, some make up the bulk of $884,000,000, metals, such as silver and copper, motorists current tax contributions. lose tneir resistance to electricity, Combined' federal and state taxes becoming on gasoline average slightly over five cents per gallon, for the counChimpanzee, Orangutan Intelligent try as a whole. Among wild animals, the chimThe purchaser of a new panzee and orangutan are rated car pays $101 in taxes, direct and tops in intelligence, with the Asiatic indirect, during his first year of elephant in No. 2 place. ownership, according to the study. He pays approximately $64 in Kings Banned Bowling Lawn bowling was long a bitter taxes as a part of the original purchase priqe, the study shows. This political question in England. Kings figure includes $3.30 estimated tax banned it because it interfered with content in the freight costs, $14.41 their archery practice. in excise taxes, and numerous diFlathead Lake in Montana rect and indirect taxes which acFlathead lake in western Moncumulate in material and production costs to an estimated amount tana is about thirty miles long; of $46.10. area, 189 square miles, and depth, 289 feet Conservative. Computations If the motorist operates his car 7,200 miles a season, his gasoline and oil sales taxes will total approximately $23; with an average cost for bis new car license of $14.50, a motorist thus contributes some $101.50 in taxes during his first year of ownership. If, however, the $64 of taxes contained in the original purchase price is averaged down to an annual depredation basis of $10.42, assuming resale or trade-i- n at the end of the third year for $350, the motorists average tax cost becomes OUAm 2S1 $48.14 annually for the three years, rwn-2- si the study shows. This figure is comconservative opon the very puted A BUN erating basis of 7,200 miles per season, tha report points out. OF STXAI8HT The owner of a used car in its WHISKIII fourth to seventh year of service contributes an average of $35 annually in taxes, the study shows, if vertoos ha operates his car a modest 6,000 miles per jtiason. 323,-18- one-fami- Taxes on $200 Income. There Is a slight difference in the proportion of hidden taxes to the spending of a family with an income of $200 a month. This is again accounted for by the automobile, as shown: af Taitl Cut oil sales taxes. Tax ratio to total time deposits tn banks studied cent. However, the effect would obviously not be to and demand was .1 per of this tax Increase the savings depositors outlay, but could only affect him by reducing the Interest yield on his savings. The moneys and credits taxes levied by many states are paid directly by depositors, with wide variation In rates and In minimum Tax-Grabb- er r, Y Kites for Military Signaling Kites wer? first a means of military signaling. A Chinese general invented them more than 2,000 year ago.Kite flying thenjemained sport until Benjamin Franklin used one to draw lightning from a cloud. From that time science has used kites to test wind and weather conditions. An Englishman once traveled 65 miles in a carriage, and "Buffalo Bill Cody crossed the English channel In a boat towed by kites. In the wholesale price which the for his merchandise is exemptions. necessarily contained an overhead at general tax 'After element consisting of the real estate ratios for arriving the various lines of goods taxes on the building occupied by and products represented by the the wholesaler, and just as neces- concerns studied, says the report, which on the taxes factory sarily,' studies were made of in- further a prodheed the goods contribute portion of the price charged the jobber by the manufacturer. This study, the report continued, "has undertaken to include in the figures finally attained the principal elements affecting ultimate prices charged, whether actually listed as taxes on the books of the business, or contained as a portion of some other entry. Social security taxes were not conbecause they are in a sidered, sense deposits for future withdrawal. Gasoline taxes were computed, because gasoline and oil are sub--; ect to local taxes in all 48 states and the District of Columbia, in addition to the federal levy. retailer pays Lace Spread That " Reflects Good Taste- .I one-eigh-th Yes, he picks your pocket For this take which amounts to 117 cents out of every dollar represents indirect or hidden," taxes. Theyre not like your income tax or personal property tax or a state retail sales tax, for you rarely know when you have to shell out for them. Theyre concealed In the price of the goods and services you buy, even the bare necessities of life such as bread and shoes. Death and taxes are inevitable" and all too often invisible. These are only a few of many Illuminating revelations to come out of a survey Just completed by the Family Economics bureau of the Northwestern National Life Insurance company, of Minneapolis. The study was started in November, 1935.. Records of 206 concerns public utilities, insurance compa nies, manufacturers, jobbers and retailers were investigated "in an effort to measure as accurately as possible the proportion of prices paid by the consumer for which taxes federal, state and local are responsible. AJ1 levies which would not normally be included in the cost of goods and services told were omitted in the calculations which followed from the original producer to the retailer. The principal taxes entering into the picture then were: Farm and urban realty taxes, personal property and general property taxes of business concerns, excise taxes, licenses, fees and .franchises, moneys and credits taxes, gasoline and oil taxes on motor truck deliveries, import dutie and the tax element in freight costs involved in the various steps of distribution. Taxes Are Passed On. To understand the figures it is necessary to understand how some In of these indirect taxes work. the case of a retailer who owns the building which houses his store, says the report, real estate taxes are shown on his books as an item of overhead, and their participawhich he tion in the markup must add to his cost prices can be measured with considerable certainty. "However, if he rents his store building, the taxes on the building are necessarily contained in the rental paid, and are just as surely a portion of his 'overhead expense, even though concealed in the entry Zereaetrlaae' Idea of Heavea . . The Zoroastrlan has perfect confidence in the love and justice of Ahura Mazda and tha ultimate triumph of the forces of good over those of evlL He believes in righteousness tor Its own sake, that toe concept of heaven or hell ii essentially mental and spiritual and that his severest critic and final judge is his own conscience. However, there are frequent but vague references in the Zend Avesta to the Zoroastrlan .and of Endless lightr- leaven as a Fragrant Breezes and Eternal Tonll uever recornixe em, ms-dam- e, but hidden taxes will account for eight per cent of what yon pay for that dress! dividual products In certain lines in the case of food products, bread, pork, beef, sugar etc. The results of these studies gave an additional series of checks though, necessarily, individual items varied rather widely in some cases from the tax proportions arrived at for the general group of goods. The loaf of bread for which you cost .64 pay a dime bears in its too study of a cent in hidden taxes, disclosed. Beef prices contain in- direct taxes amounting to 8.14 per cent; pork prices, 8.04 per cent d A bag of sugar costs a nickel more than It would if there were no indirect taxes concealed in five-poun- it Rent Boosted by Taxes. 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