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Show PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ON HIGHWAY BEAUJIFICATION Stat automobll ocUtlona and various stata hlfhway departments are planning1 ways and means to beautiful tha roadside scenery. Among other things tha planting of trees Is being urged. In making selections of trees It is essential es-sential that a species be chosen that will not grow rapidly and In a short time be a menace and an Inconvenience by Interfering with telephone and electric elec-tric wires along the highway. Blow growing and spreading varieties vari-eties should b chosen rather than thosa which shoot up Into the air. For public convenience and as a matter of necessity It Is essential that light, power and telephone llnea follow fol-low tha highways and In the Interest of good service these wires must be kept free from obstructions such as limbs. 80 In consider! nr the artistic side of highway beautlflcatlon let us also con-alder con-alder practical Ideaa and by combining combin-ing the two get reaulta which do not work ji detriment to the public Interest. Inter-est. WHY ARC MEN IDLE? Tou know what "tsx exempt" securities securi-ties are? . They are elate and municipal, bonds Issued to the tune or tens of thousands thou-sands of millions. They pay the Investor as high as per cent Interest and more, and the owner paya not a cent of Income tax on these Investments. Naturally men prefer those exempt bonds, paying no Income tax or other tax. bearing no risk, to any Investment In Industry. In-dustry. No wonder an expert tells you "More money Is Invested In tex exempt securities than In the nation's business." Thst explalna why so many factories are closed, so many men out of work In America. Why ahould a man risk his cap. I lay hiring men in Industry, to make 1" or 15 per cent profit, and give half or three-quarters of it bsck to the government govern-ment In Income tax, when 'he can buy perfectly safe bonds, draw his I or I per cent until the tax storm blows over, and pay the government not one ornt? IVealdent Hardin- ha. ti-Uwt hut with. out success thus far, to do awuy with this system that enables accumulated wealth to dodge Ita ahare of the netlonal burden and that keepe men out of work. |