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Show THE PAY90NIAN, PAYSON, THE PAYSONIAN Issued Every Friday at ryaon, Utah, by the PUBLISHING PAT80XIAN SUBSCRIPTION BATES ia Advnnce ia Advance One Year, Six Months, CO. $2.50 ,.$1.25 -- Entered at the Poatofflea at Payson Utah, aa aaeoad elaaa matter. E. W. ELLSWORTH, Editor and General Manager. rnLrt LOOS vr: at the label Subacribera are asked to watch the label on their paper and to when subscripremit promptly tions are due. If your label read 4 it means that your subscription is paid up to December 1, 1921, and that you should at that time send in another $2.50 for the next year. Subscriptions are payable in advance a re all quirement exacted by nearly It your label shows newspapers. a date that is past, please send without in the amount further notiea BEADY TO PROGRESS. discourages industrial activity automatically reacts against exerj mzon. Harry reuuoiuoro in talking nil the tux question and its leialiou to mm 1 believe that tho dif mg, said: ficultics confronting tho metal pro duccrs, although perhaps more tech uical and mure complicated so fur us tho method of imposing taxos is concerned, ilM not differ in kind from those which confront tho other basic industries of the state. All state and county taxes have risen to an incredible height and such taxes, if continued for a few more years at tho sumo rato of increase, w ill spell nothing less than complete confiscation within two decades." .Mr. Tennomoro presented figures proving thut county tax rates have risea from 50 per cent, in some counties, to 900 per cent in otnors und that tho avorago for tho entire state is a COO per cent increase. L. K. Cates, gouerol manager for t Utah Copper Co. showed that while population has increased but 62 por cent in ten years and the assessed valuation of property has increased 800 per cent in the same period, the actual lovies for taxation have increased moro than 70 por cent in the face of the greater valuations an increase out of all rcasonublo proportion. Ho cited the fact that New Mexico with a population greater by 27,000 than tbat of Arizona, has a tax rate of $3.51 por $1.00 valuation as against a levy of $15.28 in Arizona. ' Commenting on the Fenncmore and Cates discussion, Iloborty Tally ffe- lured both had hit the nau squarely on tho head and that tho facts presented warranted immediate action by every taxpayer. It might be added that all western statos are struggling with tho same tax problem as Arizona and that the general demand is tax reductions. which . That America's sugar industry has passed through a crisis and is now with its foet upon the ground is the belief of liorace Havemeycr, of Now York, director of tho Amalgamated Sugar Company, who has been inspectin ing the western sugar factories the which he is interested. That worst is over and there is a bright future for tho industry is the optimistic view Mr, Muvemeycr expressed. The future of tho American beet jof sugar industry will depend largely on tho proteetion that industry is given against cut throat foreign sugar with the cheapest kind of labor. All the American farmer asks is an BY 11. C. TAYLOB. even break and he will hold his own. 5 The importance of tho beet sugar industry to tho farmer is emphasized Dept, of Agriculture. by the fuct that October beet payChief of the Bureau of Markets, ,11. 8. ments in Colorado alono amounted to about $10,000,000. Business not politics should establish our policy toEditors Note. II. C, Taylor, chief ward protecting such industries. of tho bureau of markets flor the United States dejmrtment of agriculTAXES .AND CONFISCATION. ture, is both n scientific and farmer. While his years Tax burdens are eating into the very core of prosperity in tuis nation. of specialization nml intensive study Ilieli and poor nlike feel tho blighting have givcu him a wide background on which to luise theory nnd practice, he influence of inerensing tax collections. Ims also undertaken the task of unis nnd employIndustry discouraged conditions ment curtailed aa a result. derstanding tho nctual which American confront farmer. the rethe for F.mphnsizing necessity ns one of the men duced taxation, Arizona mining men He is recognize, in a recent discussion of the subject who will light the way for tho American agriculturalist to a future of pointed out the fart that taxation cow ditions affecting the mines were no greater production nnd ever reducdifferent than those governing the ing overhead. farmer, cattleman, business man or The American farmer is now pass- citizen generally. Taxation, however, Better Living the Goal the Fatmer of the Future. pro-duee- 30, 1921 UTAH, DECEMBER ing through a barren and inhospita- miiiiiiiisaMiiBBBBBBBBBBBBBiBiiBBBiBBBiiiiBBBBBBBB a ble waste, a sort of Death Valley it among bis landmarks. Having teen through such experiences before, we may confidently count on corning througa as we always have in the past, but we are living in a fool 'a paradise if by that token we hope to come out at the sam place we went 'L. We might as well admit once for all that the gooi old times" of American agriculture, the free and ous.v times of cheap land, continually advauiiug iu price, are gone forever. lhe change of base was inevitable. Henceforth, instead af an agriculture conducted loosely, with one eye on the increment in land value, we must huve a tight and rational agriculture, - u sound agronomy and ant nial .,Liaudr y, and a knowledge of the oust ox production and of market conditions. Henceforth we must conduct our faming operations so that they will yield profits on a farming basis, rather than as a side line in a in a speculative deal in real estate. This being the situation, what of the outlook! I Do You Know That we carry the biggest stock of Worst is Past. one-hal- one-thir- 1913: d ' Farm income Buying power 1920: Farm income... Buying power: Since the current thus year, imaamaaaaam mmmmanamaamma mmmm maamaamm amt halt pmmnt tin tart mnt in tha aryatat gloat with Mill mamnt mtiatamar top. fcitock paid jjec. 27, 1921. up $6,819.58 50.00 Surplus $0,860.58 Loans Supplies on hand Furn. & Fixtures In Southern Utah County? Feb., $6,500.00 177.06 33.03 158.89 . $6,869.58 Individual Statement Paid up stock $6,621.00 198.58 Dividends (9 p. c.) 163.00 Outstanding dues . $6,982.58 1,000 1921 series sh. $5,676 pr. sh duly, 1921 series 428 sh ($3,052 pr. $5,676.32 sh.) $1, 306.26 $6,982.58 RAY MONSEN, . Secy-Troas- . Furthermore, when all the capitalistic countries become socialistic, who will feed the f online victims! Dallas News. Payson Sheet Metal Works Roofing, Furnaces, Guttering All Kinds of Sheet Metal and Copper Work First Nor thSt. Near Orem Depot EARLY & EARLY, Doctors of Chiropractic, Over Wightmao Supply Company, Main Street. Office Hours from 13 to 1 and 2 to 6. See Our Display Window Showing all Styles and Sizes for Men and Women oooooooo L D. PfOUTB DLNTIHT DB. 0-- . Farmers Merc. Co-o- er Wightman Supply Coapaay, Main Street. Office Hours 9 to 1 tad 2 to S. Saturday, 9 to 1 Only. Office Rhone 15 Bee. Pboss 10 p. Payson, Utah tlEUl JBBBBhBBE5EBdiEilBBBI certainly has been more fovorable to the farnner than was 1920, we may Rain from the plight of these Indiana farmers good idea of the plight of tho American farmer at large. It should be borne in mind in this connection that the above comparisons are drawn on the basis of wholesale prices, that the farmer customarily buys at retail and sells at wholesale, and that retail prices are still relatively very much Higher than wholesale prices. It is also important to note that, though wholesale prices have fallen sinee 1920, the prices of farm products have fallen much farther than those of other commodities. With these facts in view, it is clear that we have not shown the condition far, of these Indiana fanners in its worst possible aspect. Some farmers havo doubtless done better in the past year and a half than have these men; many, especially in tho south, certainly have not done so well. On the whole, I think we may say that the above is a conservative statement oi situation. a representative Is it possible to glean any comfort from such a situation! From the strictly economic standpoint it takes very close study of the price curves, and perhaps a bias toward optimism, to detect signs of improvement, but it begins to look as price curve has though the farm dipped ns low as it is going to on this swing. T. 1KBBBBBBB1BBBBBBBBBBBBIB C. JEITSON, S. C., CHIROPRACTOR that his effort has increased the price of land and lowered only to find tho price of the products of the laud. The day of this kind of farming is about over. The farmer of the new day knows that sue tactics are those of the dog chasing his tail; that in effect they serve to put him in competition with himself, and that they deload periodically to agricultural pression. He knows that farming is fundamiital industry, that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and that he is entering upon an era in which sound agronomy and sound business practices must prevail over tho haphazard methods of the era of American agriculture. Knowing this, he will realize that the steady flow of profit necessary to the successful prosecution of his business and the happiness of his family will depend on the way in which he gauges his production with reference to demand, and on the efficiency with which he grows and markets his products, rather than on his skill or luck in handling real estate. Slump Brings S. DOUGLAS Paone 126. Office ELDO. Hours 2 to 7 p.tn. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Advertisements in this column inserted at the rate of 10 eents per six Count line each insertion. to the words line. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICK& from heavy laying stock. Booking orders now for spring 1922 deliv- live Safe arrival vigorous Prices on rechicks guaranteed. quest. Reliable since 1898. MUSI 493 HATCH INCUBATOR CO. Calif. St. Seventh Petaluma, ery. i'OU RENT. modern. Good 593 house, partly surroundings. Inquire South 3rd East, Payson. 101tp RENT Two partly furnished Infor light housekeeping. Hotel. quire at the Suaw berry BOH rooms Good. tf From this viewpoint, at least, the unmixed not an is agricultural slump bungan It RUN LV Cozy evil, since its tendency is to shake low. Newly relocated, i..side and out of the running the type of farmer out. G. Fred Ott, Payson. whose influence has tended to keep down the prices of farm products and KAPPLE3 LIVE STOCK FARM lower the standard of living on the farm. To tho progressive fanner, who Offers for Sale Weanling Tigs. certainly has been hard hit by the More Optimistic. Price, $4 each. slump, this may seem poor consolaSecond hand range! Must ANTED. There is another point of view, tion now, but as the situation develbe in good condition Inquire however, from which the outlook Js ops it seems likely that the advantage 28 tf. more definitely encouraging. If we w ill swing more and more to his laysoniau office. urn for the time from the cold, sta- side. The farmer who is fitted to Half a farm. tistical viewpoint, and consider the cope with the new situation is the loll SALE.--2- 8 , mile of south sugar factory, Pay-sousituation from that of human life on farmer who is able t0 adjust himself tho nnd ur-county road. the farm in its relation to what we promptly to the new conditions, and Kenneth Tanner, ten. is. Easy call economics, we find that tho situ- who sees that, in the long run, the 4 tf-Payson. ation holds promiso strangely in con cause of agriculture and of rural life trast to the present unhappy condi- in general is served by maintaining WANTED.--Mto take n nml women i tions. It may sound paradoxical to or raisng the standard of living on and friends ordeis neighbors among say that the economic crisis through the farm, rather than by using all for the genuine guaranteed hoswhich we are now passing promises in snrplns profit to bid up the price of iery, full lino for men, women and the long run to make for better land when there are more bidders Eliminates darning. Ye children. farm homes and a higher standard of than the profits of the soil will justior 75c on hour spare lime, pay living on the farm, but there is an fy. $.16.00 a week for full time. After all, better living is the true aspect in which our present loss seems Write Interunncrosnry. to foreshadow decided gain 'in that goal of the farming business. There Norrisnational Stocking Mills, is n0 more biting commentary on our respect. Ta. town, We arc all familiar with He farmmodern life than that cynical aphorin tho ism to which it has given currency dressed K C N i:'0 a number of er, of that type so common business is business." That business Strawberry rhirVrns every week. past, whose Only idea of efficiency is to rob the soil to tho limit, and whos. should become Hotel. Pavsnn. its own synonym," only idea of a way to use profits is ns some one has put it, is a shameful Busito invest them in more land, and thing, and the farmer who thinks of Oil SALlh One of tbo Best in ness toiiicis l'liyson, still more land. Strangely the farming business ns having no enough Frontage, 111 5 1 feet iu Dept, this cousre, which would scorn to lead object beyond mere financial success t with serright of way in tho is in a fair wav to miss the best of at least to financial jrixiirity, threw embraces lenr. Property ves to defeat its own end. The con- life. Modern business and bouses tinual effort to invest farm profits in There is a great class of forwaTd-lonkinInquire except furnace. more land tends to bid up the price farmer., in this country who II. S. Tipton. of land beyond the level justified by know better than thnt. We may rest return from the land, and thus to in- assured that these men, in working lRACTo WORK. 1 am prepared crease the cost of production by in- out thhe vexing problems that the to do all kinds of tractor work, use the of creasing the charge for the agricultural slump has spawned, will belt or drawbar. Lymau Kapplo- land. At the same time the effort to not be so foolish as to forget thnt the 3 tf justify the investment tends to in- question of the financial future of crease production, irrespective of mar- American farming is n1 inextricably con- FOR SALE. Fivo room house ket demands. Thus we have a vic- nected with the question of better of acres Modern. basement. Four ious circle about- which the fanner living in the fam home and the farm good land. Good gnrden site. Wile chases the will-of profit community. f liam Madson, Payson. 18 e two-roo- lltfc c Get that buzzing in your smoke' sectionl Know for a fact what a joy us jimmy pipe; can and will do for your peace and content! Just check up the men in all walks of life you meet daily who certainly get top sport out of their pipes all aglow with fragrant, delightful, friendly Prince pipe-party-b- ee Albart la Mm aalt lx toppr rod tint, !i, (My mpornnt hooaaomo of Business, Close Shoes ' A pipe wont bum your smoke P. A.! tongue if mb you Payson Building & Loan Society at the Cash M From the purely economic side the outlook is dark enough, though there is reasou to believe thnt the worst is now past. The consuming public seeing to have no conception of the plight in which the farmer has been left by the slump in farm prices. All that the consumer knows is that retail prices have not come down to anywhere near the pre-wa- r level, and he may assume that the fanner is still getting high prices, when, as a matter of fact, he is getting smaller net returns for his products than he got in 1913, and in dollars that will buy only about half as much pier dollar as his 1913 dollars would. Take a concrete example. The U. S. department of has agriculture mado an annual analysis of the business of 100 representative farms in central Indiana for the past eight years. In 1913 the average net income of these farms, the return for both labor and capital, was $1,503. In 1920 the net income was only $1,269. However, this falling off does not measure the actual decline in the farmers income, for in 1920 the wholesale prices of commodities other than farm products, averaged more f than two and times as high ns the corresponding prices in 19121 That is, it took at least $2.59 of Ums 1920 income to buy what a dolhr would have bought in 1913. Consequently, with a total smaller by over ' $200, nnd a dollar shrunk t forty cents, the average 1920 income of the group of farms in question would buy not more than as much ns would the average for 1913. On this basis the situation looks something like this: ANNUAL STATEMENT. Alberti And, you can wager your week's wad that Prince Alberts quality and flavor and coolness and its freedom from bite and parch (cut out by our exclusive patented process) will ring up records in your little old smokemeter the likes of which you never before could believe possible I -- t : Rest-deuc- You dont get tired of a pipe with Prince Alberti Cwrrifhtim - N.U H,. when ft's packed Paste that in your hat! ie Albeit Hi the national joy smoke o the-wisp |