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Show TWO - ; , THE PROVO POST, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920 , , THE PROVO POST Provos VINCENT CHILD Popular Newspaper, Published Each Tuesday , and Friday By IS VICTIM THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY Phone IS 125 West Center St. Editor and Manager Entered at the postoffice at Provo City, Utah, as second class matter. Subscription Terms One Year (paid in advance) Six Months (paid in advance) Three Months (paid in advance) o o o 4 4 4 4 44 4 - - $2.00 1.00 .50 T 444444444444444 SUPPORT A HOME INDUSTRY BY SUBSCRIBING! NOW 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 444 4 4 4 4 444 4 4 4 4.4 4 4 4,4 4 4 4 WHY NOT A GRADUATED TAX, ON PROFITS? of raising the revenue to meet the bill THE PROBLEM he proposed expenditure of two or three billion, dollars for soldiers bonuses now cpnfronts Congress. Sun dry demagogues are endeavoring to make the people believe that some system of taxation can be devised whereby the , people will not foot the greater part of the bill A proposed tax on sales of merchandise is opposed on the ground that it makes the ultimate consumer the goat, and that it will only add to the burden of high prices already -- - so heavy. Why not, instead of a sales tax, a graduated sales profit tax? ' " The much bedamned middle man, the inerchant, the. distributor, perform a definite service to the. publip. t The theory that they are mere toll makers, parasites, unnecessary evils, is without foundation in common sense. The very existence of our present system of merchandising is evidence that there is a demand for it, and the wholesaler, broker and retail merchant are all necessary links in the ehain of efficient distribution. . But profiteering may properly, be penalized by the government. There is a reasonable percentage of profit for the wholesaler, the jobber, an dthe retail merchant. That reasonable percentage of profit belongs properly to the man who performs the service involved in buying and storing and distributing merchandise in a competitive market. ) Upon that proper percentage of profit no special tax should be levied. Legitimate business is already suffering . from discriminatory taxation which proceeds on the assumption that the man who conducts a productive enterprise is a public enemy whom the government ought to "trim at every opportunity. Beyond the point of reasonable and legitimate and proper profit graduated taxation should begin. Assume that the reasonable profit to a retailer on a certain class of commodities is twenty per cent. That percentage is an ascertainable figure. The man who charges twenty-fiv- e should pay a stiff tax upon his entire profit; the man who charges thirty per cent should be assessed still more heavily and so on until the tax become practically confiscatory for the conscienceless profiteer. Such a tax would bring to light facts relative to the profits of every distributive business which it would be well for the public to know, and which would put fear of God or Uncle Sam in the heart of the real profiteer. It would eliminate distributive agencies so inefficiently or extravagantly or unnecessarily run that they can be conducted only upon a system of plucking the consumer. It would undoubtedly have a tendency to depress prices of commodities. It would put premium o nthe enterprise and efficiency of the man who is able to serve the public as a distributor in an economical way. It would discourage multiplication of the distri- - ' butive agencies which no longer involve increased competition because of the tendency to standardize prices. -It would discourage and penalize market gambling in foodstuffs, because every speculation could be made subject to profit tax upon the actual amount invested in the transaction. Such a tax would meet the objection of those who aay that a sales impost would merely result in passing on added costs to the consumer. National Republican. Ml , a : Jack Dallas Vincent, old ton of Mr, and Mrs. J. Albert Vincent of Garfield was ran down by an automobile Wednesday afternoon and so severely injured that he died an hour later. The car which struck the boy was driven by Peter Crystal of 1(3 East Ninth South street. Salt Lake, who itr is said was not blamed for the accident. At the time of the accident several Garfield teachers were accompanying a dozen or more school children from one building to another and they were walkfng In the road. When Crystal approached with his car he sounded his horn several times and the children scattered so as to give him room. As he was passing, however, the Vicent boy Is said to have become confused and ran directly In front of the car. He was knocked down and the front wheels passed over his body, before the machine eould be stopped. The body was taken at once to the office of Dr. Robinson, wlere he died about an hour later. Wednesday was the seventh anniversary of the little victims birth. The body was brought to Provo Wednesday and the funeral services were held in the Second ward meeting house this afternoon. Provo A Smart New r Double-Breaste- d By The Designers . Of mSCHBADM CLOTHES V -- . Or - THE BILTMORE The Biltmores one-butto- n effect emphasizes o, the incurved waist The cresent pockets, the si bell- - , shaped sleeves, the ; shapely lines are other features 50 -- which will appeal to young men.. B . 75 '-- JOHN H. WHITING Copyright, 192 SUCCUMBS TO FLU A. B. Kinchbtum Company COMPLICATIONS John H. Whiting, 50 years of age, died at hla home, 56 East Second South street, yesterday morning from a complication of diseases following influenza. Mr, Whiting moved here last fall from Clitheral, Minn., where he had been engaged in the grain business practically all his life, while there he contracted a very severe case of Influenza which greatly Impaired his health. He dec!d-- d to move to a milder climate and came to Utah, bat be wa unable to .regain bis health here. The funeral arrangements are pending word from relatives in tbe East and Montana but It is believed that tbe aervice-wil- l be held Saturday in tbe Congre gatlonal church. y Mr. Whiting la survived by Li widow, two daughters, three son? two sisters, and three brothers. Upon coming to Provo they purchased the Grant C. Bagley home on Second South street. Correct Definition. Bigotry la tbe erfsado of the lead agaluat tbe living. Life. ' wV ' - , .f . .... - "Back To Gods Country At the Columbia. Mon. and Tue. II X INDEPENDENT . PRINCESS. WILL GIVE SPACE TO PROYOCITIZEU - E ,.-- TAYLOR BROS. CO. . AUTO ACCIDENT -:- NEPH HICKS OF . f THE FRUITS OF BOLSHEVISM : S-0-I.- MALE from 16 to 50 and every female from 16 EVERY must now register for work in Russia. Failure to register renders delinquent liable to internment in concentration camps-- Workers will be assigned chiefly to mines, railroad construction work, iron and steel mills. . This experiment will be watched eagerly by alll nations. It is a natural evolution of 'Russia's communistic form of government, a real fruition of Bolshevist principles. Bolshevism could wreck industry and live on accumulated savthe day of reckoning has come ing of others for a while but ' and it is work or starve. , . . Not even in the Russia of the czars nor the eGrmany of the Hohenzollerns was such autocratic rule ever attempted, v And in the face of such a proceeding thousands of American workmen follow strike leaders who seek to establish a rule of this kind in America. 44444444444444 44 444444444444 THE SPICE OF LIFE 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 j HIS AMBITION he? is Johnson Visitor "Rastus very shiftless, isnt Sambo No, suh. Dat map am de most ambitious Oi L . niggah ,what fe. . 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 V "Ambitious?' T 'i "Yessuh. He says he wont be satisfied until his. wife W roes Writings. am doin all de washins in town. . ACCOMODATING Cholly (to shopman) "I say aw could you take that tie with the pink spots out of the window Hosier "Yes sir: Pleased to take anything ofit of the . window, sir, ! The beastly thing bothers Cholly Thanks, awHy me every time I pass. Christian Register. -- ?- -, - , Good-mawnin- g. I-E Goodies! the kind dutm-rl-- t. in your mouth -l- igW Jis$y,tndM .cakeaPUcuititnd doughnuts dial just keep you hanging .round the pantry all made with CALUUET tuna rosea th safest, moot purest, economical kind. Try It dri va away beke-de-y fail urn. ISSSSSKSZS:. Calumet contain oaljr rack e hire been Ingredient tRR&SSSSSS. The work of George Startup, Provos big candy man and ardent prohibitionist la to receive recognition through the columns of the N. Y, Independent. The exact date of Up publication of the article has not been announced, but it will bo In the near future. Professor I. M. Jensen of the Brigham Young University, la the author of the contribution. TONIGHT AND SATURDAY Matinee Saturday 2:3$ WILLIAM FOX Presents . Miss Shirley Mason HER ELEPHANT MAN A Twice Told Tale The Best .and Sweetest Circus Story ever Screened One If Interest to Our Readers when it Is confirmed repeating J and MONDAY AND TUESDAY after' a long lapse of time, even if we hesitated to believe It at first bearing, we feel secure In accepting its truth now. . The following experience of a Provo Is confirmod after seven years. Mrs. David H Jones, 235 E. Fifth North St., says; Ihave used Doans Kidney Pills and am glad to' aay they are a good remedy. 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