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Show r PAGE TWO H E SUN-ADVOC- A And what is the justification for this tax? with un-AinmrWell, as Mr. walloping the public atp no is there organized so it: yet Query aptly puts is an it Too, it. movement to thwart easy tax Oat Coif' "Oat Newtpaptr, Out Courage, means he Of by that course, laauKD Evirv Thuxxdav By Thi to pay and collect. is CARBON COUNTY PUBLISHING COMANY a small it that to charge pay phrase easy PRICK. UTAH, UNDIR TMR ACT OP MARCH , 187 is noticeable not so so it that ut time a at paid VAL II. COWLES, IIAL G. Mac KNIGHT, Publishers to the taxpayer as when it accumulates over the VAL II. COWLES, Editor and Advertising Manager period of a year and hits the taxpayer all at one ROBERT C. ANDRUS, Associate Editor time. LEOLA S. ANDERSON, Society Editor One thing Mr. Query did forget to mention, however, was that it is easy, too, extremely so, ' Or on the coupon clipper who sits comUTAH STATE PtftSi ASSOCIATION fortably by the distant fireside acquiring the dividends which come forth under protection of a NAT I ONA I EDITORIAL state government which is supported by taxation. Of course, the lighter the property taxation load on the coupon dippers investments can consumer be made through the resident-payin- g We WHY PUULIC TAKES A HEATING be dividends. can the much fatter just that are sometimes moved to wonder if this situation ADDED financial weight for the less able to pay and the financing of state and national taxpayand a consequent injury to general business ers associations might not have something in common! much because of the inroads of damage such added very, very weight will make into the buying power of the consumer may be seen in the offing if the proSOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT nadesired of the the by political gram hirearchy tion has its way. WHAT are the disturbing factors which upset This way is the pinning permanently on the our economic structure in such a way as to public of the general sales tax, burdensome bleed- cause great unemployment because of weakening the buying power of the general consumer? That ing of the people through as uneconomic, and unjustified a method as was ever is a question which, of course, cannot be answered concocted by the mind of man. We have heard from one angle. There undoubtedly are a nummuch of the soak the rich cry when certain ber of reasons. measures of taxation have been advanced. HowHowever, one of the outstanding reasons may ever, the general sales tax is just the reverse, its be determnied by a recent report of the United a program to pauperize the poor so far as re- States Department of Agriculture which declares sults are concerned. that for production of the foundation product of Interviewed recently in Salt Lake City, macaroni and whole wheat bread the farmer reWalter G. Query of Columbia, S. C., secretary of ceives only ten cents of the consumers dollar. the National Tax association, said: The same report has it that the farmer receives The trend is toward wider use of sales only nine cents of the consumers dollar on white tax and levying larger amounts. In fact, I flour; on wheat cereals, eight cents; on soda believe they will double in the next five crackers, only seven cents. On white bread, according to the report, the years, because it is an easy tax to pay and collect and there is yet no organized movefarmer receives as his share of the consumer dollar the amount of twelve cents, on corn flakes, ment to thwart it. And there is the picture. The tax is easy to fifteen cents ; rolled oats, twenty-on- e cents ; corn collect so far as the levying department of gov- meal, twenty-eigh- t cents ; rye bread, nine cents. ernment is concerned because the retail merchant Undoubtedly that is one of our chief weakis the fall guy. The expense of collection and nesses. The spread between the producer and turning it over to the taxgrabbers is borne en- consumer is too great. In earlier days it was tirely by the retailer, he must submit to that bur- considered that much of this spread could be den in addition to others which have been dump- charged to the retailer. Nowadays, however, it ed upon his rapidly stooping shoulders during the is quite apparent to all that this is not the case, past few years. And he must do this in the full the margin to the retailer is very limited, too knowledge that this uneconomic tax is slowly but much so in a good many instances. Just where surely ruining his business, destroying by the the chief responsibility lies is difficult to deterdrip-dri- p method in too large a measurve the mine. However, this is a problem that will have buying power of his customers. Bookkeeping to be solved, overcome in order to bring to a much costs to keep the records straight are the respongreater share the returns of produced goods to those who do the producing. sibility of the retailer as another added burden. Punch Bowl Slated To Be November 25th so-call- ed (Ulfp out-of-sta- THE- - te AUZZ: PAST RECORDS OF 4 NATIONS VITAL TO U. S. Don Gibson, district A. A. A. supervisor, was here Friday to check upon the Agricultural Adjustment administration program in general for Carbon county. . 014 customer w4 IF GLASSES ARE NOT NEEDED, YOULL BE FRANKLY TOLD SO! 1935. She shops the town for the latest frock, the smartest hat . . . but never a thought of her eyes! Have you han an eyes! Have you had an Czecho-Slovaki- a, Come in! The capable, registered optometrist with offices here will frankly tell you if glasses are needed! STANDARD Occupied the Rhineland in violation of the Locarno treaty, 1936. Invaded and annexed Austria, 1938. Sliced off a portion of Czecho- Slovakia, 1938. Invaded and annexed the remain- der of 1939. Took Memel and Lithuania by ex- -, tortion, 1939. Started; according to the bfst in- -i formation available at present, a new world war, 1939. I M j upon 1919-192- 9. the League of Nations Pt1' and 31 E. Main Price Manuf. and Dispensing Opticians Wilno in 1924. Occupied the Ruhr valley of Germany on thin leparatiuns pretext, 193, with Piime Minister Poinoaire POLAND: Seized a large part of Upper expressing hope the Ger-- 1 wpu d not Pa' so France could esia from the League of Nations inde-!mafiance of the rest of a plebiscite, 1921. annex he vahey. Seized Wilno, capitol of Lithuania Unofficially supported Japanese invasion of Manchuria until 1924. realizing Mistreated German and Ukrainian her stand was undermining own in- sistence upon sancity of the Versailles minorities, 1919 to 1939. Seized Teschen area from prostrate treaty. 1931. Czecho-Slovaki- a, Block effective sanctions 1938. against! When ldUer inVaded Ethiopia, 1935 Anglo-Franco-- Defaulted on war debts to United States up to and including the ores ent time. ONE POUND CAN Cope. 1339, Cmir m Czecho-Slovak- Owl Hitwal BuIImi Profccb Con., Failed to deal effectively with Italian aggression in Ethiopia 1935 Sacrificed to an peasement policy, 1938. Broke Balfour promise of a Jew is homeland in Palestine 1933 1939 Defaulted on war debts to United States up to and including the Dres ent time. H.T. 2(C Ik 2 MOTHERS 18( CAN UTAH JONATHANS BUY NOW, rams BUSHEL so LB. SACK esisti Cour UTAH DELICIOUS BUSHEL PAIL . JULIA LEE WRIGHTS White or Whole Wheat, LARGE LOAVES 2 20-O- z. a DEER HUNTER SPECIAL- S- Z Kitch'n Graft! 48-L- B BAG HARVST BLOSM BAG CALA LILY bagb PANCAKE 39 20c A CHEESE 19c 129 SALT BACON ro 15 Sliced Lunch haMpouk, $1.08 17c G HAMS pouot or UALP Gre Q1 Macaroni, Percitelji, Rigatoni PURE LB. f15 SALAD OIL May Day Gal. Can Box PEAS, BEANS, CORN TOMATOES 24-CA- CASE N TUNA FISH MIXED UEGTSLV MILK Cherub, 4-c- ns 25c Hf SPRY or CRISCO i05! I s j( POUND CAN -- - CHOICE FRUITS and 16c GRAPEFRUITS 2 r.r 19c GRPFRT JUICE an46 0 19c ' 20C POUND 48-L- B APPLES BANANAS rot, 2 SST $1.95 ONIONS 10 lie YAMS 7c .... r 2- -g lbs FANCY MEDIUM SIZE 23 ORANGES SODAS 2-l- 29c 12 CAMAY ia 61 North Carbon Ave. 3 BARS 17c 15c P & G SOAP GIANT SIZE fHwr 1 GRAPES SEEDLESS CAULIFLOWER SPINACH OC - lOtEJ-- t Jonathans.... SLEEPY HOLLOW SYRUP 26.oIn VEGTS- b bo lie GRANULATED SOAP WITH HAND LOTION INGBEDIANT LARGE BOX fongsi Thi whiskey i J YEARS OLD Y COCOA (SELLING COFFEE Supported Japan against United hme of Manchurian invas- - WHISKEY 45c TWO POUND CAN SCHILLING S COFFEE POUND KfiFFEE HAG OR SANAA OUR FASTEST 1920-193- 9. BRAND sift PpiniIbILe 1939. ENGLAND: Carried on intermittent bombing of tribes on northwest frontier of India BOURBON must HOI PINEAPPLES Sacrificed to aD peasement policy,. 1938 and 1939 in violations of pledges. Violated Syrian mandate by lettinJ Turks take district of Hatay in a deaf T for uikish Years Old-Ta- stes like more! te IF IF (3 CANNED GOODS ey Czecho-Slovak- ia 3 The Monday emi EGG ns OPTICAL COMPANY S de Blocked every effort to induce the' victorious powers to disaim, as prom-i-se- d in the treaty of Versailles, 1919 to 1933. Dominated of the considered for Any person wishing to anonymous as far public is concerned may name left bn, the leu? i-S- POUND bun-dioxid- war signature ft.ted Coffee Values Freshness and Economy Every pound sold with Money Back Guaran. e Carried on economic prostrate Germany, submitted 'i self-intere- st, their families PJ nothing down. fjSBSDI in this column No letter not Thursday Friday Saturday SAFEWAY Mond' caibon-diovid- FVlltu lighters. Advantages of the use of in fire extinguishers were shown by A. J. Kelly, Pyrene company representative, and Phil I. Hon l0 he Lake Hardware company in a demonstration lor members of Carbon county board of public. 1 he , The Publirf Weather in Price during the past eck was of the customary fall vaand riety. the days beinga bitbright but chilly cheery and the nights not cold. No precipitation was recorded, according to Ralph P. Anderson, local weather observer. readHigh and low temperature were: seven days the for past ings E evening, comes liom the dioxice plant near Wellington, Mr. Kelly explained. Its efficiency as a me extinguisher was amply lllustrat-tio- n eJ lor the group here Monday night, the' gas putting out gasoline fires in nlv a fraction of the time needed by several other types ol extinguisher. Cai use in this lield has1 been lather extensive in some parts of the west, notably California, but has been on a limited scale to date in GERMANY: Utah. Spent from 1919 to 1933 complainQualities winch make the gas so1 ing against the treaty of Versailles and trying to evade many of its pro- efficient aie its rapid expansion and its weight, considerably greater than visions. air, thus the gas to settle, from 1933 to 1939 Spent tearing down uponcausing a fire. up the treaty of Versailles. Decreed military conscription in FRANCE: indicate these nations are motivated! without re-- 1 entirely by gard for the consequences to the re- mainder of the world, or to civihza- itself. They are records which give a general hint to Ameiica and all other countries not yet directly in- volved that they had better look to their own interests before taking any part in the present conflict. The records follow: pt WEATHER IN PRICE USE OF CARBON-DIOXIDIN FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS DEMONSTRATED HERE caibon-dioxi- Lent we forget the past in our haste to take sides in the present European war, herewith is presented an impressive presentation of the records of the four nations most directly m- volved, as compiled by the Miami Daily News. They are records which and tioeu weight title holder, as one of the battle will tmez Helper, first Punch the on events season planned Rowl program of the anat 25 Helper, for November iof chairman nounces E. R. Crissman, of Carbon committee the athletic No. 21 of the American Legion. of Martinez is flyweight championwon having Utah at the present time, the title at Helper last March. Another bout under negotiation and will bring together Benny Flake Nick Chizar, two promising young 4 THURSDAY T A II X E ros Frida a1 |