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Show n -- v it t . ' - ? f THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH N ft Spotlights Spectacular Growth of Tax Question Draft Touchy Issue For Nation's Politicoes Co-Operati- Movement in U. ve Co-Op- Strong Reaction Against Military Service Even as Occupation Needs Point Up Requirement for Large Army. Fear s Volume Tops Five Billion Dollars enUnder pressure of established to comb the situation be can solons the expected terprises, in the thoroughly, since the rapid growth of tax the of not only question equality, poses presenDi)(Blry but also of maintenance or revenue. But though the question of taxation itself appears to head question now, there are other and even up the more deeply rooted underlying causes, principally the movements threat to the tradition- - U. S. the credit for the birth of the al American business system. movement, the Rochcowhole the In this respect, dale enterprise of 1844 still receives operative development may general recognition for establishing well shape as an economic the three general principles under widely function evolution, though frequent which These today. principles include: of the it robbed have cycles 1. One vote to each member reconsistency necessary for his- gardless of stock holdings. 2. Distribution of net savings to torical reform. patrons in proportion to their purAt the present time, howchases. ever, American 3. Limited fixed interest on capare on a rising tide, with ital shares instead of variable and tax-payi- By BAUKIIAGE WNU Service, JC16 Eye Street NW, Washington, D. C. hottest One of the administration political potatoes is a matter that nobody likes to talk about even the opposition. It is military service. Not . universal military service next month or next year but any old kind of military service today and tomorrow, right up to election day, 1948. The problem has many facets but the vetIt has one, awesome nub eran vote. There are several danger signals which the Democratic administration is watching with some trepidation: the criticism over continuation of the draft which the President has given his complete and unqualified support; recurring complaints of discontented soldiers and their families appearing in radio, congressional, national committee and other Washington fan mail, which add up to a resounding demand for more and quicker discharges, and finally, a growing fear that the feeling which used to be called isolationism Is cropping up in a new form The administration doesn't dare make any move to permit a drastic reduction in the armed forces now. Military experts think it will be the middle of October before any such move can be contemplated. By that time they think the danger of any serious outbreak in Japan will be over, or there will be evidence that . one is coming. A watt Jap Reaction To Occupation The full Impact of the occupation Japan 'will not be felt until American soldiers are deep in the heart of the country. Before that, the reaction of the Japanese people and the influence of the military leaders as opposed to the Influence of the emperor, cannot be gauged. Suffice it to say that the surrender terms as well as the surrender itself came as a shock to the Japanese people. Many Americans fail to realize that a relatively small American army landed In Japan In an area in which there were no Japanese except those permitted to be there by the authorities who arranged the surrender. There was no contact with the general population or the military. Scattered over the rest of the country is a powerful Japanese army, as yet fully armed, in defense positions, strengthened when the Japs completely reorganized their home defense against invasion after the capture of Okinawa, Disregarding the thousands of Japanese sailors now on shore, the air force, the supply troops and others, it is knowm tfiaf on Hokkaido there were two full divisions. (A Jap division is between 13,000 and 20,000 men.) On Honshu there were 44 divisions and 7 brigades (a brigade is roughly half a division). On Kyushu 14 divisions and 7 brigade. It is estimated that we would have 600,000 men in the islands by the middle of September. That is against a Japanese army (not counting the sailors, airmen and others) of well over a million. That is why there can be no sharp reduction in American troops until we know what, if anything, Is cooking under the cherry trees. And then when that question is answered we have the question of occupation. It has been estimated that to police Germany, Japan and Korea and perhaps parts of China will take 1,200,000 men. Where will they come from? Where will 300,000 come from for that matter? Already a sharp reversion against military service has begun and If it follows the curve after the last war recruitment on a basis of voluntary enlistment is hopeless. At its low point the army 0 after World War I numbered men. I well recall the story of one of my officer friends whose regiment, stationed in the middle west, dropped so low that men themselves vutrd to spend their post exchange funds for a recruiting campaign. With a band and a company he paraded the countryside for a week. He got just three recruits and two of those were rejected as physically unfit. As one officer remarked bitterly to me: How are you going to get a man to Join the army for $21 a month (the basic peacetime pay) of 130.-00- BARBS The Mexican government has turned its German prisoners free and invited them to become citizens if they wish, with a thousand peso stake in a plot of land if they want It Ahd now they pick cranberries by machine. But it still takes a deft human hand to roast the turkey to go with them. when Uncle Sam will pay him $25 a week for not working at all?" (He referred to the unemployment compensation called for in pending legis- lation ) Thats the position the administration is in when the cry to end the draft arises. Vet Attitude Bear Watching The complaints from the veterans another matter. They are not so much concerned over who gets into the army as who gets out. A lot of them are marking time right now, later a lot will be sent overseas in the boresome Jobs of policemen. Why shouldnt I get out now and get a start in business? Is the strongly established farm organizations numbering 4,390,000 members being Why shouldnt my husband come back and support me In the manper to which I have been unaccustomed since he joined up? Why shouldn't my boy get back to steadily complemented by urban consumer and manufact- school where he belongs? Why shouldnt my sweetheart be allowed to come home and marry me like he said he would? And some day sonny and daddy and lover will come back. And theyll join a veteran's organization and they will vote at the polls; ah, there's the rub! Now we come to the third point which is really the most insidious, the one which has to be handled the most delicately. We may have learned in this country that an 4 tax-fre- ocean isnd longer a barrier against the enemy. But we know there is another barrier which separates our maritime states from the heartland of the nation bordering the Mississippi flood plain. That part of the isolacountry forgot its tionism and threw its whole heart into the war. But the war is over on paper anyhow. It Is time to put the hand back to the plough again. There is need of stout arms and strong backs In the fields, and though Japs and the Germans may require watching, why not let George do it? That is a natural feeling and clever politicans would have little trouble In turning it to account, by raising the cry of militarism, of im- perialism and all the other isms which men whose barns are their castles and whose meadows are their empires, dislike. Such a sentiment could be turned against one administration as well as another but it so happens that the middle west is naturally somewhat Republican in its leanings normally and the Democrats are now in the dential election tomorrow Truman would win it." And when you consider the matter coldly there artf good reasons for the statement. The Republicans have had one healthy Issue after another knocked out from under them. Truman has given business Hs head, he has sat on the OPA, he has released one con- trol after another, he has most solicitously deferred to congress, he is on the way to break up the war agencies and get the business of government back into the old line departments. Such is the picture as of today-- all clear except for one little cloud in the sky, not much bigger than a servicemans hand, but there is thunder and lightning in that cloud and if the circumstances were such that its bolts of wrath were directed at the administration it would not even take, say a Stassen, to win the Presidential race on a walk. By next February pected developments barring unexall soldiers in Europe except those in the army of occupation and the minimum required to dispose of the army's surplus property will have been returned te the United States. Maj. Gen. C. P. Gross, chief of transportation, said in an announcement by the war department. Return of American forces in the Pacific will be completed next June, according ' to present estimates. More than 1,750,000 men are scheduled for return from the Pacific theaters, while approximately 2.000,-00- 0 remain te be returned from EuSome 150.000 other troops rope. also are to be returned from other overseas theaters. B aukhage to co-o- co-o- co-o- under-servicin- anti-tru- Ibws. The government also set up a federal agency to loan money to cooperatives in 1921, with the financial machinery expanded through the farm credit act of 1933. In 1933, the securities act also permitted to sell equities without prior approval of the Securities and Exchange commission, which exercises that right over corporate issues. Though historians claim for the Geography Divlsioa Holly-woode- n YANK, the army magazine, Jap chow is worse than that served in American outfits where the cooks are recruited from the motor pool According co-o- Though have been the target of competitive businesses complaining of their tax R. Wayne Newton, preferment, manager of the National Association of declares that the increased return of farmers results in payments of higher individual income taxes. At the same time, Newton says, the larger profits enable operators to spend more on merchandise in the local communities. are making Charges that huge profits on their operations only serves to emphasize the size of margins formerly enjoyed by private dealers, Newton avers. By banding together for operations, farmers have tended to offset their co-o- f ASK ME ANOTHER A I ? ? ? ? ? ? General Quiz The Question Who was Rameses II? 2. Do elephants lie down when Notes of m New Yorker: ;hey sleep? Dont be disappointed that Halsey 3. Lentigo is another name for didn't ride Hirehitos horse. . . . what? That was just the colorful Old 4. Aircraft is distinguished by Boys way of saying he'd get to Jie weft" method. What does Tokyo. . . . Admiral Halsey always weft mean? 5. Sterling silver is approxiwas good with the phrase-turnetooL As frixample: The con- mately what part pure silver? 6. Where was Benjamin Frank-i- n gratulatory message he sent to a born? submarine crew after a job well 7. Chile stretches along the west done: toast of South America for how "Your picture is on my piano. siany miles? 8. In Homers Iliad a stentor The Boner Delightful (from an was a herald who shouted at the Gaulle 24th a. m. "De Aug. paper): Here. At City Hall, deception cere- walls of Troy with the voice of low many men? monies will begin at noon. 1. ... rs The Answer Final Guffaw Dept: The foot a 1. Pharaoh of Egypt, and the newsmag once used to kick this is now in its mouth. We richest man that ever lived. were booted because one of our pre2. No, they kneel down. 3. Freckles. dictions fizzled. . , . The Aug. 13th 4. Wings, engine, fuselage and (1945) issue of the same critic contained this gem: Last week Rus- tail. if ever she sia was not ready 5. About eleven-twelfth- s. would be to go to war with 6. Boston, Mass. Japan. . . , Russia went to war with 7. For 2,600 miles. 8. Fifty. Nippon on Aug. 8th. To make the .this broadcaster revenge sweeter was first to accurately forecast Russias positive entry into the war. The House Ways and Means Committee ha been giving a frosty reception to Pres. Trumans request for greater jobless benefits, with Rep. Knutsen of Minnesota asking: If we pay a man $25 a week for not working, what will we have to pay to get him to work?" The answer to that," commented a politico, "is that youll have to pay him a living wage, thats CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AUTOS, TRUCKS USID & ACCESS. SkViflfti r ruv SEU Liraw CARS all. "Yes," agreed a colleague, but what constitutes a living wage?" INSTRUCTION "That," was the retort wonderful, BARBERS ARE IN DEMAND "depends on whether youre giving Bartering taught in a few months. Learn it or getting it. i permanent business with a big income. SALT LAKE BARBER COI LFGE 170 Regent 6L Edw. F. Gillette, Mgr. co-o- Bailies in Our Alley: In the Cub old Room Fanny Ward, the MISCELLANEOUS doll-facswapped howjoodoos with HE BUT AND SELL Typewriters, Addher friend, Supreme Court Justice Office Furniture, Filds,Cash Registers Sates, Machines, ing Frank Murphy. . . . Frank, she EXCHANGE DESK LAKE SALT 15 Heel Broadway, Salt Lake CUy, Utah. so "how do asked, you keep young? . , . Looking at his charmWANTED TO BUT ing companion alongside him, Mr. aU ol your raw furs, r ibblt skins, Ship In Justice replied: Courtin hides and wool to NOKTHYV KSTEltlV HIDE AND FIR COMPANY. 4ti3 South Polonaise," the new Chopin-inspire- d 8rd West, Salt Lake City, where you wilt are the operetta, always receive highest market prices. principals . all European-born. . . Kiepura is a Pole; his wife, Marta Eggerth, is READ THE ADS Hungarian or Austrian. . . . Kurt Bois, the new comedian, is from mittel-Europand other foreigners include David Lichine, the ballet master, and Tanya. . . . Whos the most important person in the show? inquired a clown. The interpreter? ... a, Successful include refinery co-o- The nationalist group has adopted at McPherson, Kan., top, and grain another rodent for a pet: Traitor elevator of Indiana Farm bureau at Petain. . . . The consists Indianapolis, Ind. of sobbing about Petains age and blubbering that he was merely trycomof boo-hooe- with affiliate regional usually groups to obtain maximum efficiency of operation, with the regional bodies in turn sometimes combining with national associations. But, in any case, the local group retains a voice in the broadened organization through the selection of dele-fate- s, previous disadvantage being pelled to sell their products on a flexible open market and buy on a more or less rigid retail price level, he further states. In spearheading the opposition to the National Tax Equality association points to the fact that p reserves retained after patronage refunds remain untaxed, thus enabling them to do business at lower cost while also permitting continuing expansion. As a result, the NTEA asserts, are growing at a rate g of 10 times that possible for enterprises. Not only that but many corporations have shifted to a status either through acor by the quisition by voluntary action of stockholders, NTEA declares. As examples, NTEA president, Ben McCabe, cites the northern California holdings of the Red River Lumber company, bought by the Fruit Growers Supply company, a subsidiary of the California Fruit Growers exchange, with a loss to the U. S. treasury of nearly $1,000,-00- 0 a year in tax revenues; the Ohio Cultivator company of Bellevue, Ohio, purchased by the National Farm Machinery Inc , with a loss of about $196,-00- 0 annually to Uncle Sams coffers, and the Globe Refining company of McPherson, Kans., taken over by the National Refinery association. Against the background of aland ready established enterthe shift of some co-o-p basis. prises to a McCabe also cites the possibility of conthe growth of sumer organizations, which would on two counts: one, remain because ownership would be vested in unions, and two, because they would distribute earnings before computing their levies. pt co-o- membership fees, stock sales and reserves provide working borrow on a capital, large scale to finance operations, a study of the Farm Credit administration in 1939 revealing that apf of the proximately then existent resorted to loans. While figures show 4,390,000 members of 10,300 farm marketing and the actual numpurchasing ber of individuals participating in the movement may be considerably less since a person may belong to more than one organization. With 7,522 units and 2,730,000 members, the farm marketing cooperatives do by far the largest busactivities totaliness, with 1943-4ing almost $4,500,000,000. Handling of dairy products accounted for $702,000,000; livestock, $036,000,000; grain, dry beans and rice, $452,000,-00cotton and its products, fruits and vegetables, poultry and eggs, $130,000,-00tobacco. $120,000,000; wool and nuts, mohair, $107,000,000; and miscellaneous, While co-o- one-hal- co-op- s, 4 0; $258.-000,00- $160,-200,00- 0; 0; $115,-000,00- 0. For the 2,778 purchasing co-owith 1,660,000 members, total busiseason was ness for the 1943-4Seventeen placed at $730,000,000 major regional procurement organizations alone secured $151,640,000 of feed; $50,702,000 of gas, oil and grease; $19,871,000 of fertilizer, and $10,893,000 of seed. Never as successful in the U. S. as in Britain, American urbau or conare insignificant sumer alongside of the farm organizations. It has been figured that there are no 4 co-o- Facts on Farm Purchasing and Marketing Business Week magazine says it Is rumored that Kaiser is going to turn out prefabricated moving picture theaters at $3,000 complete. frames? unlimited dividends. is relOrganization of farm atively simple, with the pattern moulded to give each member an equal controlling interest in the operations. Upon subscribing for capital stock or paying a membership fee, the local group then adopts s and elects a board of directors. A manager is hired, policies outlined and facilities secured. Although in charge, the manager remains under supervision of the directing board. In addition to observing the Rochdale principles in voting, savings distribution and stock payments, local groups often confine ownership to farmers raising products handled restrict securities by the transfers, and limit the amount of shares a member may hold. While are generally organized on the local level, they co-o- saddle. One very keen political observer who has watched the way of the voter for many years said to me the other day: "If there were a Presi- by uring groups. During the 1943-4season rural marketing and puralone did over chasing 5 billion dollars worth of business, e basis. mostly on a As a result of the steady growth of spearheaded by the farmer associations, and their extension Into various fields, traditionally established American businessmen are stirring uneasily. Whereas only the handler and supplier of agricultural products and material formerly had been pressed competition by the now has been extended to manufacturers of farm machinery, hardware, paints, electric refrigerators, washing machines, toasters, clocks, cigars, cigarettes, lipstick, tires and batteries. now In addition, drill wells, own pipe lines, refine petroleum, possess timber tracts, write Insurance, and operate banks, telephone companies and electric power installations. From the beginning, the movement assumed the nature of a Joint enterprise for performing a service for each participants individual welfare. Though contemporary history traces the real origin of the movement back to Rochdale, England, where poor working peop in ple organized a grocery 1844 to avail themselves of cheaper food, some historians credit the birth of the movement to local farm groups which banded together in the U. S. in the 1820s to reduce insurance costs. Following the establishment of the local fire insurance groups, the cooperative movement assumed another form in the U. S. after the civil war in the national farm Grange, a social and educational organization also bent upoq refijvlng stringent economic conditions. Evenmethtually turning to ods to attain Its early dbjectives, the Grange failed In promoting a p because of the unpurchasing scrupulosity of agents; bogged in pushing consumer partly as a result of the panic of 1873, and gave up a farm machinery manufacturp following overproduction ing and As the movement began to take root here during World War I and congress recognized it as an instrument for aiding the farm producer, legislation was enacted to afford tax relief to operators. In 1916, congress stipulated that farmers, fruit growers and like associations organized and operated on a basis and acting as selling agents for their members should not be requested to pay an income tax on earnings. In subsequent legislation, the solons provided that could purchase as well as sell for producers; deal with as well as members; become corporations and pay interest on stock, and not be prosecuted under the more than 400 units at the most with 110,000 members doing about $5,000,-00- 0 business annually. Though cons sumer labor have failed in the past, the CIOs entrance into the field en a limited basis bears watching anew, with the union tactics apparently aimed at making up future tighter wage rates by reducing staple living costs. In singing the praises of farm coops, advocates describe the movement as a means of putting the countrys gigantic rural plant on a more efficient basis, with resultant profits to the producer. This increased efficiency can be attributed to both the size of and the nature of their ownership. By banding together, farmers are able to purchase goods at lower prices, and group distribution results in smaller overhead and decreased handling charges. By owning the business, of course, avert dealers margins. co-op- By AL JEDLICKA When congress ponders a new revenue bill this fall, one of the major proposition under discussion will be the taxation of Newt Anulyit and Commentator. Years S. in Recent Private Business Complains of Disadvantage; I (t- - Associations Co-O- Membership ps g g g labor-sponsore- d tax-fre- 194344 Study Business y ing to save France. Nutz! When Petain was in Verminys he was an accessory to Nazi crimes committed against Frenchmen ol all ages including children. Petain sent 35,000 French children to work in Germany as slave laborers I hip-pock- et Whea the six Americans were arrested on State Dept orders recently front pages whooped about the espionage angle. . . . 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