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Show • Page S i x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T H E SENTINEL, MIDVALE, UTAH---------------Friday,f'ebruary4,1944 THE MIDVALE SENTINEL l OOKING A8EAJJ Published Every Friday Entered as Second Class Matter at &.t Postoftlce at 'Midvale, Utah, under the Act G! March 9, 1878. HOWARD C. BARROWS Editor and Publisher IVA BARROWS, As.~ociate Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year (ln Suit Lake County) $1.50 Outstd~ Salt Lake County, 1 year $2.00 l'REPARE POSTWAR TAXATION POLICY NOW Of the domestic postwar problems there is none more impOitant than that of taxation and government expenditures. With a federal postwar debt of probably $300,000,000,000, and interest charges of some $6,000,000,000 a year, it is imperative that all other expenditures of government be limited and that a sound policy of taxation be adopted. No tax policy can succeed which ignores the fact that the all-important thing is to increase the national income and at the same time expand the couotry 's total wealth and productive capacity. Failure on the part of our lawmakers to recognize this fundamental truth will lead to the destruction of private enterprise aml substitution of some form of national socialism. Recognizing this danger, a •novetnent is now underway in the 48 states to secure an amendment to the federal constitution limiting the power of congress in peacetime to hnpose taxes on incomes, inheritances and gifts, to a ma.\irnum of 25 per cent. Fifteen states have already passed resolutions requesting congress to call a convention for the pmpose of proposing such an amendment. Supporters of the measw·e emphasize that congress should no more have unlimited power over one's property than over his person; for, in the language of Cltief Justice Marshall, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy." FACT, NOT FICTION One of the points stressed by the five senators wbo visited the world's battlefronts last summer was the fact that the U ttited States furnishes most of the oil for the fighting machines of the United Nations. To fill these war requirements, oil for our own domestic needs has been sacrificed. Either we must discover and produce more oil in this couotry or our domestic or war needs will suffer dangerously. The decision is not left to the oil industry. The increased cost of "wildcatting'· runs headlong into the elaborate anti-inflation schemes of govermnent agencies which decide whether inelastic price fixing rules are mme precious than oil. But our motorized nation cannot run on low prices without gasoline. The oil industry has asked for a very modest increase in the price of crude oil which would mean an increase in the price of a gallon of gasoline of about one penny. There is little question as to the choice jYhich would be made by gasoline starved motorists and cold home owners if they were given the opportunity to choose. Of course even a penny increase in the price of gasoline would admittedly breach the line against inflation-if there is a line to breach. See us for Commercial Printing. FOOD The Way You Like It I FISHER and BECKERS BEER On Draught JACK'S DeLuxe LUNCH ______I ,___ Phone Mid. 298 GEORGE S. BENSON Prcstileiii;}/Rnliitg Colle~e BY SMr&!f. ,A.·kaltSIIS Just Taxes There was one policeman in the town where my father's family went shopping in my boyhood days. I can still see his silver badge of author· ity, his white oak club and leather holstered gun. How distinctly I remember my disappointment in this important personage at seeing him one Saturday morning take a generous handful of raw peanuts from a wire basket at the grocer's store-front. He didn't ask the grocer's leave. He didn't even look to see if the grocer was near enough to be thanked. He just took the treat and walked a way. To my youthful eyes, it looked very wrong. The strong'" arm of the law had taken something that did not belong to him! If the grocer protested, he would surely lose the officer's friendship which was worth more than peanuts. By FRANCES PECK Belna Dome Instltu$e 'h head lettuce. Toss together lightly wit/~ % cup celery sliced crosswise. Mix with Relish French Dressing (recipe below) and serve. Serves 4 or 6. Relish French Dressing Combirw-% teaspoon salt Penny Stretcher 1 teaspoon sugar It is important for the budgeting 'h teaspoon paprika. homemaker to find attractive ways lh cup pure olive oil to stretch the meat dollar. The 1,4 cup pure cider vinegar cheaper cuts are a great help, and Few drops W orcestershire also foods which combine with sauce meats and thus extend their values. 3 tablespoons India relish. Most of these Jess expensive cuts Shake together in a jar or bea~ of meat require longer cooking; A Little Thing What was it, theft, robbery, ex· tortion, bribe-taking? I was not able to classify the offense, neither could I justify it because it was plainly immoral in principle how· ever tl'ivial in nature. Since that time I have acquired more worldly experience but I am still convinced that this is America's national sin: In our prosperity, we Americans have a bad habit of ignoring offenses that are trivial in nature although they may be very wrong in principle. Precisely this is what's wrong 'with our system of taxation in the United States, especially right now. It is wroq.g in principle. In the past, nobody cared because tax was ''pea·nuts." Outwardly there seems to be great variety among tax laws in America but in one respect they are much too nearly uniform: Most tax bills .are born wearing false faces. 'Each one seems to have been drawn up to achieve some popular aim but actually its real purpose was something else. The tax laws of this tree and prosperous country are full of deception. Look Behind Them Everybody who can multiply nn· derstands (or can figure out) that our government can't rnn without taxing poor people. There are not enough rich ones to pay the coFt. even if we taxed away their every penny. Before the present war America's poorest families were paying $1 of hidden taxes out of $5 earned; only they didn't know it. Import duty is paid by consumers at home, not by toreign manufacturers. Even the ancient land tax once was pointed at a few, but finally bad to be borne by many. Gasoline taxes were popular in 1922 when automobiles were scarce, not in 1942 when everybody had a car. Now look what the income tax, aimed at war profits back in 1920, is bringing home to us all this year-a financial burden and a mathematical head· ache. A Gro'Wing 1\lenace In years gone by, revenue bills did not arouse much popular protest because rates were low. The average easy.going American's annual 'taxes amounted to so little that- he looked upon them. as trivial items, but this situation has changed. Taxes are high now. Taxing metb· ods that are wrong in principle (which formerly "made no difference" because they didn't hurt) are beginning to cause pain at unexpect· ed places. Actual motives behind taxes are coming to light. A change .is in process; we may as well look facts in the face. With taxes high, and likely to stay high, they must of necessity be fair or cause trouble. As long as "the law" is content with peanuts, no· body squawks if be makes off with six from a small merchant and two from a large one. But when government's fingers reach the cash drawer and begin fumbling with the folding money, "takes" ought to be in proportion to something; something simple that makes sense to everybody. College graduates are having trouble with this year's in· come tax rules. One Suggestion It is my sincere and studi'Cd con· viction that most of today•s com· plicated tax mechanism ought to be junked and replaced with an honest sales tax, for one main reason: The fairness of a sales tax is so obvious. Paying a sales tax, everybody knows, is in proportion to the tax· payer's spending. He can lower his taxes by saving money, raise them by foolish spending. Sales taxes have many advantages and here are five ot them: I.-Sales taxes are not hidden taxes. They are not drawn up to fool anybody. We can all see bow big they are and who pays them. In short, they are out in the open; no false face. 2.-Being out in the open, in plain view of every voter, certain features can be abolished when no longer needed. Sales taxes are easiest of all revenue measures to repeal. 3.-Sales taxes resist inflation. In· flation is not mysterious. It is noth~ ing but spending power that people have, over and above the available supply of things to buy. 4.-Sales taxes indirectly build cash reserves. Whereas an income tax is a d1·aft on savings, a sales tax throws a brake on spending. After this war America will need savings; so will her citizens. 5.-A sales tax is the only perfect. pay. as-you-go tax ever devised. however, if they a-re ground or chopped they Jnay be cooked topstove style in double-quick time. A grand food with which to combine these inexpensive meats is the prepared cooked spaghetti in tomato sauce with cheese. Its tangy sauce adds flavor to these less juicy meats and the tender strands of spaghetti make it go farther. Try tbi's recipe: Combination Meat and Spaghetti Platter "I'm not going anywhere-l'm just carrying around my ration books, draft cards,. social security cards, tire certificates, etc." Christ LuU1eran Church 171 East 48th South. Murray Norbert F. Roschke~ Pastor Don't come to church Sunday morning at 11 a m! You may not like the sermon. You may hear unpleasant things about all the good deeds you are doing. It would be most unwise to spoil the good impressions you have built up for yourself about your motives. If you come anyway, be prepared to hear a message from God's Word. In addition, there will be Bible study in Sunday school at 10 a m. All soul-seekers will have another opportunity to hear Dr Maier and the Lutheran hour over K L 0, Sunday at 2 p m. MORE FOOD FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES America's school children have b.een assured by the Office of Price administration more gener~ ous amounts of food for lunchroom and cafeteria meals under a new plan for providing rationed food to schools. The new allotments were worked out by OPA in close cooperation with school lunch and nutrition experts of the Food Distribution administration. The government's school lunch program, which went into effect one year ago, is a wartime measure to make sure that school children will have a well-planned and nutrionally adequate noon meal. Fry together in sldllet with faf,lh % pound fresh sausage pound ground beef. Season witlvteaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper. * s mme Ill Iii Ill a Ill ma spa.ghetti in tomato sauce. Stir as little as possible, keeping cove1·ed while heating. Turn out on platter with 1neat on top. Just before serving, svrinkle withGrated sharp cheese. Serves 4. Vegetable Variety For new variety in the vegetables you serve this spring, try this recipe for Mexican Onions in which tomato ketchup adds savor and spice to the cream sauce. Mexican Onions El NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT THE WAC New Spring Salads You can always depend on a salad to give a menu a lift. That is what thess combinations of color, crispness and piquancy were meant for Here are some new ones just out: The Fresh Spinach Salad with Relish French Dressing is gay as can be with its dark green leaves touched up by bits of white celery and the highlights of the shiny oil dressing containing India relish. The other gives you a new slant on cabbage sla-w. with fre~h cuem:nber pickle and mayonna1se for 1ts tartness. Fresh Spinach Salad WANT TO KNOW how the new WAC recruiting policies apply to you? WanJ to know whether you're qualified for a special kind of Army joG-whether you'd serve with the Air. Ground. or Service Forces-whether you could be assigned :to the part of the country in which you enlist? Shredr1h pound fresh uncooked spinach • TODAY--get full details aJ the nearest U. S. Army Re· cruiting Station (youx local post office will give you the address). Or write: The Ad~ jutant General, Room 4415. Munitions Building. Washington. D. C. Salad Co·m6ine and mi:-c thoroughly3 cups shredded cabbage 1 green pepper, shredded 10 slices fresh cucumber pickle, chopped tablespoon grated onion 1 teaspoon sugar 1 1h teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons mayonnaise. r Arrange in cups of crisp lettuce and sprinkle with paprika. Serves 6. Note: One cup shredded carrots may be substituted for one cup of the cabbage. Add1 large (24-oz.) can cooked Buy your Scratch Pads here. INFINITUDE OF SPIRIT IS REVEALED IN SERMON "Spirit" was the subject of the lesson-sermon in all authorized Christian Science chu1·ches on Sunday, February 6. Among the Biblical citations were "Then spake Solomon, the Lord said that he would dwell in tile thick darkness. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? (l Kings: 8: 12,17). Also included were these cor~ relative passages :from Science and Health with key to the scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: "God is ittfinite omnipresent Spirit" (p 223>. The theory, that Spirit is distinct from matter but must pass through it, or into it, to be individualized, would reduce God to dependency on matter1 and establish a basis for panthefsm" (p 334). with a rotary egg beater. Serve on green and vegetable salads. Cabbage and Cucumber Pickle Slice3 medium Bermuda onions. Cook in large amount of boiling salted water until tender. Drain in collander, then run hot water through them. To "Jnll.ke sauce, melt in pan.-4 tablespoons butterAdd, blending well-2 tablespoons .flour. Cook until b1<bbling, then addr1% cups mill{. Cook, stirring constantly, untn thickened_ Addlh cup tomato ketchup 1h teaspoon salt Dash pepper. Add onions to sauce and cook until heated through. Serve hot as creamed vegetable. Serves 8. If a price level is ever estab- lished it will be on a plateau. The huina~ race has come from the stone age down to the carnage. ~ valuable booklet that "f'1' helps solve menu problems "CHEESE RECIPES FOR WARTIME MEALS" Subscribe for The Sentinel and read all the local news. • Here are 22 excellent recipes from the Kraft Kitchen ... recipes for maio dishes tbat will be a big help with ration menus. The book is illustrated; recipes are printed in large, easy-to-read type. For your free copy just send wder form below. • ···"'"""'l. -----·······-················ Kraft Home Economics Kitchen : 502-V Peshtigo Court, Chicago, lllinois Please send me a ieee copy of ~·cheese Recipe$ for Wartime Meals'" and that's Important these war days NAME'--------------------------ADDRESS I I • I CIT STATE I : 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 ··-----------------·---------- HEADQUARTERS FOR I Butter-Wrappers I -- Yes, Electrically operated farm machinery is a great time-saver, and time now is more valuable than ever. 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