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Show I I ' IT i : Desert DustBy Dust - ' ' II IIBy ' By JohnstonMost Johnston ] I ' I IMost Most e\ e everyone eeryone \ eryone has something to l.icl licl lick lickabout Lickabout . : about those that don t are very easilysatisfied eacily ea'ily eaily eacilysatisfied ea'ilysatisfied ' satisfied But right nght now the big hiCk kick hiCkm kickin kickin m in this part of the country is our 2 per percent percent percent cent sales t tax : > . " - That is the most dis- dis disgraceft disgraceful dis disgraceful - - graceful graceft damnable thing thmg that thatwe . -we we v.e ve ne - have havehad havehad havehad had wished off on us since smce the headtax head headtax headtax \eryfevr eryfevr areeryfevr eryfe teryfew tax of one dollar each Theie Theee TheI Theeeare are tery \ ery fe\ fe fepeople few \ " people that would Kick hICk about the the2 2 per cent sales tax if they could get getoff getoff getoff off ab a " > , 2 per cent , but the less you buy buyIn buyin buyin In many business places at present themore the themore themore more ta'c tac tax tae ' you pay Many merchants merchantsin In this state are making mahing a racket out outof outof outof of it For instance you : } ou au buy a loa loaf ! of ofblead ofbread ofbiead blead bread t that at retails for a dime , the mer- mer merchant merchant mer merchant - - chant smiles and charges c.harges . you ou elevencents eleven elevencents elevencents cents , , \ where , here you can spend a dollar dollarand dollarand dollarand ! and get off for two cents It is almost almostimpossible almostimpossible almostImpossible impossible it seems to collect a almostI sales salestax salestax salestax I tax off of anyone except the consumer consumerEvery consumerEvery consumerEvery Every merchant that practices thatsort that thatsort I sort thathe of penny stuff should know that he " would "auld auld mould be better thought of by most mosteveryone mosteveryone mosteveryone everyone If l ' Be lie e "auld auld w " ould advance the pnce price pnceon priceon priceon on some articles enough to make up , the upthe 2 per cent , if he is determined tocollect to tocollect tocollect collect it off th the public It is hard to tofind tofind tofind find a man but what will wUl holler honer louaer louaerif louaerif louoerIf if he kno\1 kno 1 knows \ , s he is getting gyped out of ofa ofa ofa gypedout a cent than he would if he was gyped gypedout gypedout out of a dollar . This penny stuff justwon just justr justwon justwon r won t go over with Wlth most folks talks folksRight folksRight Right now the livestock industry 1S is 1Smaking ismaking ismaking 1SI making a big holler that there is no noI noimprovement noimprovement improvement in their business Some Someof Someof Someof 'is is attmlnistration'is of them say that this administrationis attmlnistration administration is working too slow They must re- re remember re remember - . member that it took the big boys bo s over overI overa overa overa I a hundred years to get this thing thingorked thingworked thingworked \\-orked orked worked \ - around tohere to \ - where \\-here here it is It Itsounds Itsounds Itsounds sounds foolish to think thmk that Mr Roose-\elt Roose elt Roose- Roose Roosei Roosebelt - i belt \ , elt could unwind and unravel RooseII this thiscombination thiscombination II . combination that it took the brains of ofthe ofthe : ! the countr country } so long to build bU1ld But the thelivestock thelivestock I livestock mdusliy ll1dusl1y mdustiy will boom just lust as ascoon assoon assoon coon soon ; as Secretary Wallace WaUace perfects hisbirth his hisbirth hisbirth birth control plans for hogs , sheep and andcattle andcattle andcattle cattle and increases the birth rate for forI forhorses forhorses forhorses I horses and mules and gets those sleeping sleep sleep- sleeptng sleeping - - ing tng sickness germs scattered amongthe amongthe among the tractors traitors and combines I Did you read- read readvhat read - v-hat v hat vhatu , what - u the e director Of ofWashington ofWashington 1 ' 1Did W.ashington Washington IJW.ashington . s 5 NRA drIVE driv ? ' said recently recentlyAll ? " 1 1All IJ All must hang together for NRA , or orhang orhang orhang hang separately Then another fellow fellowthat fellowthat I that don t seem to be much of a Roose-\elt Roose elt Roose- Roose Rooseelt Roosetelt - - : telt \ elt man , says that the proper title for forour forour our president is ' Demander.m.Chief Demanderm.Chief DemandermChief Demander-in-Chief Demander in Chief Demander-m-Chlet'There Demander m Chlet'There ChletThere - . - . . . ' There is a lot of funny stories out It Itis Itis ItIs is claimed that the reason that so som'iny som-iny som iny o om1.ny m1.ny m1ny m'iny miny - . ' wives don t tell their husbandseverything hU husbands husbandseverything bands bandseverything everything nusIband , , is that the average nus-I nus I nus- nus nusband nus-band nus band - - band won't wont ' sit and listen for more morethan morethan morethan than a couple of hours at one sittingBe sitting sittingBe I Be ye not as the horse , or as the themule themule themule mule , which have no understanding understandmg understandmgWhose understandingWhose IWhose Whose mouth must be held in with bit bitand bitand bitand and bridle , lest they come near unto untothee untothee untothee thee ( < Psalms 329) 329 ) . |