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Show THE LEADER, Thursday. February 24. 1955 ML 'A IR SERVING AHEAD . NAIOtti MMCIOt THE RIVER BEAR Published Dv VALLEY RATES the (in advance) $3.00 If X 1 V - 1 " r - i m f Editor-Publish- l ll 331 per year Entered at the post office at Trenonton, Utah as Second Class matter October 15, 1925 under act of March 5, 1879. A. N. RYTTING, Who hEeJs cHaWs. Ifefcs u)HAt rqy urW-- SaiP. V u B WHY FRIGHTEN YOUR CHILDREN? 1 How often do parents thoughtlessly threaten their children with "If you don't behave, I'll seni the cops after you," or "The cops will get you if you're not good." The results of such intimidation may have far reaching Contributed as a public service by results, even to the detriment of the child. wanchildren small found have officers local Recently dering in the business section of our city, very confused, and A GUEST EDITORIAL really lost. When the officers attempted to help them, they found the children were very frightened of the officers and BE CAREFUL. COULD AND it was difficult to aid them. In fact they were "scared to death" of the officers. MAY HAPPEN TO YOU Peace officers are here to help, not to injure. Only when by WILLIAM J. CULLIMORE people and conditions go to the extreme are they willing to exert to force to maintain the peace of our community. Unless the traffic death and injury curve can be brought Think it over parents. Isn't there a better way to obtain down, one out of every two persons living today will either obedience from children than by threatening them with "The be injured in a traffic accident during his or her lifetime or cops will get you." killed outright. That is what our latest national traffic statist tics for 1954 tell us. Yes, today it is "one out of two - and it; A CLOSE CALL MAKES LOCAL may mean you." Permit me to give you a few vital statistics and comparisons with facts that are near and dear to us. .MAN A WISER CUSTOMER For the past eight years we here in Utah with our sparse who thought he might save A Tremonton home-owne- r and our open highways have killed better than some money by dealing with a traveling salesman instead of population 200 people each year, our highest being 248 in a single year. a local business firm this week is out $125 but hes wiser. We killed 209 last that's the same as killing off our And he was lucky, at that. He managed to squirm out of freshmen class here year, Bear River High school. in the deal, which could have cost him several hundred dollars national record for just a moment. Let consider us our more. And when he told his story to friends, he found that 1954 there were around 35,000 deaths due to automoDuring several others had not escaped so easily. accidents. That is five times as many as were killed on But he's anxious that others be warned of the danger, bile field of Korea in the same length of time. That battle the so he told the story to The LEADER. like killing every man, woman and would be The salesman, working in Tremonton from a larger Utah child in by comparison of the Provo, Utah. Bringing it a little nearer city city, made a smooth and effective "pitch" for a job of home home, that would be nearly two times as many people as was won over. improvement, and the home-ownElder county. Box in our own there are He thought the cost of the job was over $500, and that Think over These victims were drivers who friends. it to near When the $80Q. other charges would bring the total would didn't ever be involved in a traffic think that they signed contract and papers were returned, the total cost was accident; were who sure they could cross safely; pedestrians several hundred dollars higher than he had expected. too young to realize the dangers in traffic little children, A telephone call to the company asked that the order be cancelled, but a truck and crew arrived, insistent on be- It's worth your life to be careful. This shameful record of death, injury, economic and ginning the job. Fortunately, delivery of the product was social waste calls for a change of attitude on the part of a prevented by the family. an acceptance of personal responsi and people It took a cash settlement of $125, plus attorney's fees', to great many to and drive walk safely. bility secure release from the contract. we can reduce traffic deaths and By working together until the end, and Any story teller keeps his punch-linand perhaps prevent a tragedy our communities in injuries the man of our story was no different. He contacted a local that otherwise strike in your home or mine. might outlet for the same type material and service. The total job quoted was approximately $300, almost half the original cost price, nearly the expected contract cost, and almost ' f4 the final deal cost-- . And dealing with a local businessman can be 'more Utah's present individual in- one of the three Western States pleasant, less expensive, and certainly more satisfactory, come tax rates are among the that do not permit tax splitting because he stays in business year after year in the same loca- most for married and pergraduated steeply couples. tion, and must depend on the customers repeat business. sonal income exemptions are The original Utah state inNow one more is convinced of this fact by experience. among the lowest of any of the dividual income tax law, enstates that impose a acted in 1931, imposed rates of twenty-nin- e 1 IT ' er e Utah's Income Tax Rates Check This List For .Allowable . Tax Reductions With the high rates now in effect allowable deductions are very important. Here are a few that are easily overlooked although they are fully deductable in many cases. Abandoned property. Accident insurance premiums. Accountant's fee. Advertising. Alimony. Allowances to customers. Amort'zation, improvements, bond premium, etc. Appraisal costs. Attorney's fees. Automobile expenses or the a share of automobile expenses incurred directly in the production of taxable income. Not commuting or traveling from home to place of employment, however. Be sure to include all expenses, such as; gasoline, oil, tires, parking costs, garages, includ ing the proportionate share of rent or depreciation on the home garage, maintenance, re pairs, depreciation, insurance, etc. ' Casuality damage in expro-rat- auto-mobil- ft I Wl X cess of insur-suranc- uniforms and laundering work clothing if they are required by custom, usage, or your employer, and are not adapted to general wear. Collection costs. Commissions 'paid. convent ons, Contributions, cost of attending your trade. Custodian's fees. Damages you paid. Delivery. Depletion. Employment agency fees. Entertainment costs, but not for yourself or family. Estate tax where paid on income. Estate, costs of. Experimental costs. Fees paid. Flowers. Freight. Gambling losses equal to gambling gains only. Gasoline tax, State, Gift, Heat. Home expenses, business share. In come tax, State, Insurance prim'mums on you business insurance (not life). Interest. Involuntary conversion losses. Investor's costs. Janitor service. Labor costs. Land cleaning, for current crop. Library costs or depreciation. License fees. Light. Living costs away from of TAX FAX e c but not Mr. Wlkel in excess of the cost of the automobile. License fees, sales taxes, interest and finance charges (where shown separately), etc. Back pay, cost of collecting. Bad debts. Bank charges. Board and room furnished employees. Bond costs, business. Bonds, worthless. Bonus paid. Breeding fees. Brokerage costs. Business costs and losses. Carrying charges, up to Child care. Christmas presents to1 customers and employees. Claims paid. Cleaning and 6. raooiAM BMCAfiON LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY Inc. on Thursday afternoon, for Friday Distribution SUBSCRIPTION LOoninG IS A , ID IB "IB Tremonton, Utah state income tax. These facts were disclosed in a special study released this week by Utah Foundation, the private nonprofit tax research agency. Only four other states in the nation impose a rate as high as the present Utah rate of 5 on the fifth thousand dollars of taxable income, the report continues. The Foundation study points out that eight of the eleven Western States levy a state in dividual income tax. Utah's rates result in a higher tax than is imposed in any other Western State except Oregon for all net incomes up to $15,000. More than 99 of all Utah taxpayers who filed state income tax re turns in 1952 report net in comes of less than $15,000. According to the Foundation analysis, five of the eight Western States having an individual income tax, as well as the Fed eral Government, permit the splitting of income between husband and wife on joint returns liome. Losses. Magazines. Maintenance. Mat- filed by married couples. This erials. Medical expenses. Messprinciple allows a married costs. couple to divide the Net enger service. Moving total income in order to loss. family rents. Office operating Painting. Parking costs. Pat- take advantage of a lower tax ents, depreciation. Pensions, rate bracket. Such a provision Power. paid. Postage. Property lessens the progression in the rates and reduces the effective damag". Publicity costs. Peal estate taxes. Rent. Re- - tax for married couples. Utah is pairs. , Research costs. Safe deposit box rent. Safety wear. Union assessments for out equipment. Sales expense. Sales of work benefits. Union dues taxes. Salaries. Scrapped or and initiation fees. Upkeep. abandoned assets. This listing is not intended to Securities, ?osts of dealing in. be a full and complete1 list of Social Security taxes on your all the costs and expenses deemployees' wages. Stamp taxes. ductable in the production of State taxes. Stationary. Storage taxable income. This is only osts. Storm damage. Subscrip- intended to give ycu a broad tions. Supplies. general idea. Almost anything Taxes. Taxie fares. Tele- that you spend is deductible if grams. Telephone. Tools. Trans- it is spent in the production of taxable income. portation. Traveling costs. Before taking any of these Unemployment insurance on your employees wages. Unem- deductions, please be sure to ployment insurance on your refer to the instructions for wages in Alabama, California, exactly how to do it. New Jersey and Rhode Island. I hope that you found at Uniforms, required by your Job least one deduction in these and not adaptable to street lists that applies to you. America Sees Rirth Of Free Enterprise and produced on their land they still got an equal share from the storehouse. In time, the hard working colonists rebelled at supporting these lazy ones; they, too, began to lean on their plows and sit in the tree shade at' the edge of the field. Stofes of foodstuffs dwindled. When Plymouth Colony was two years old, starvation threatened. No man could benefit by his own produce or feed his own family. It all had to go to the central storehouse; and when divided up equally, it would not sustain the Colony's life because there were too many shirkers. The Change The Colony leaders called a meeting. Their desparate plight was discussed. It was suggested that the parcels of land be given each family and that each family have full ownership rights to all it produced. The lazy ones opposed this arrangement, but common sense and the strong impulse for infreedom dividual prevailed. Private ownership of property became the fundamental base of the new world's economic system. And with it came freedom. The fields of Plymouth ColWomen and ony blossomed. children worked at planting and cultivating beside the man of the house. Men cut their timber, hewed the logs and built workshops backyard where they could make crude tools and manufacture furniture for themselves, and for One day at Plymouth Colony, in 1623, something happened that ought to be enshrined in the memory of every American citizen, generation after generation. It was the beginning of the American economic system based on private ownership of property and individual responsibility. It would have begun sooner or later in America because the pilgrims and those who came before and after them coveted individual freedom. And the private ownership system is the only system that brings personal freedom! When the 101 passengers and crew of 48 came ashore at Plymouth Rock from the Mayflower, their first action was to set up a colony of buildings to live in. In the center of the colony they built the "Common Storehouse." Then, following the provisions of the Mayflower Compact, they elected community officials for the purpose of maintaining order and a defense against the Indians. Parcels of land were assigned each colonist in the name of King James of England. sale! All the produce from all these parcels went into the central storehouse, And from this storehouse equal shares of everything were doled out to the ! In time a system of currency was developed to expedite exchange and commerce. Even some of the lazy colonists caught the spirit of enterprise and contributed to progress. At the autumn harvest of 1623, Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony proclaimed "Thanksgiving unto God." Freedom's Anchorage The solid anchorage of private ownership is the bulwark of freedom in America against which all brands of Welfare State advocates and all varieties of Socialists and Communists direct their most concentrated work. If they could dislodge this keystone they would thus strip our American people of their independence, their freedom and a central authority dispensing some form of Socialism woufd take over. Think a moment about your freedom. If your rights of ownership were taken away, the ownership would go to some form of government. Your home would not be yours. You would live in it subject to the will of the government. If the stores were owned by the government, you would buy what the government offered at the price fixed by the government. Americans will not vote themselves into, such a situation with their eyes open. But with their eyes half open they can be fooled, and bit by bit the right of private ownership can be pulled gently away from them. Keep slim and healthy colonists. A Stagnating System was communal living very much like the tribal communism of man's earliest days on earth but with two structures of government, the colony government, and the rigid code of action imposed by King James whose subjects the colonists were. For about a year the rugged communal life provided the bare needs. But some of the less industrious colonists began to shirk when they found that no matter how little they worked DRINK This w MILK! self-impos- UTAH MILK fletd irjrairinTiotifii one to four percent, graduated by Vi percent and k percent increases, with the 4 percent rate applying to all taxable income over $8,000. The personal exemptions allowed were $1,000 for single individuals and $2,000 for married couples. Rates were increased to present levels and exemptions reduced in 1935. The individual income tax in 1932, produced $246,000 $803,000 in 1940, $2,579,000 in 1946. and $5,682,000 in 1954. 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