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Show v THE BINGHAM NEWS 5 Sccro5) a8e T" Room and Chief Figures Next month attention will be centered on the little town of Dayton, Tenn, where John T. Scopes will be tried '.' 'or violating the stute law against the teaching of the theory of evolution. Above Is the Rhea county courtroom where the trial will be held, and 1, John T. Scopes; 2, John K. Godsey, attorney for the defense; 3, 3. K. Dicks, senior prosecuting attorney; 4, Judge J. T. Raulston, who will preside over the trial. - - Congress May Impose a Gasoline Tax Taxntlon of WASHINGTON. the states Is rapidly as to threaten to become almost universal throughout the country. In-formation assembled by the bureau of public roads of the Department of Ag-riculture sliows that 33 states and the District of Columbia had gasoline taxes In effect during 1024., Of the thirteen states without this form of tax, two have enacted new laws since the beginning of the present year and three of the others have Increased their rates. In view of the effort of the federal government to abolish wartime taxa-tion as rapidly as possible, treasury officials are closely observing this marked state tendency toward In-creased taxation. That a federal tix on gasoline also niay be imposed Is considered entirely within the realms of possibility, although members of congress from states where gasoline taxes are already In effect are Inclined to oppose any additional burden of this churacter by the national government. A suggestion for a gasoline tax as a substitute for some of the taxes which have been considered obnoxious was before congress during consideration of the Inst revenue law and Is certain to be put forward again in the forth-coming revision. Congress lust year enacted a gasoline levy law for the District of Columbia. The figures of the bureau of public roads show that the gross receipts from state gasoline taxes In 1024 amounted to $79,734,400. Of this was applied to highway con-struction, the balance to other pur-poses. The largest amount collected by any state was $11,003,222 by California with an impost of 2 cents per gullon. Next came Pennsylvania with also from a 2 cent tax. In-diana collected $4,025,372 with a tax; North Carolina took In at the rate of 8 cents per gal-lon; Georgia collected $4,527,471 with a tax, and Texas raised $3,802,-7- with a tax. Among the eleven states which are still holding out against the plan are some of those with larger Industrial cities, Including New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio. The others are New Jersey, Iowa, Minnesota, Mis-souri, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Rhode Island. Rome of them have the pro-posal pending In the legislature. Why Sea Food Has Become Expensive In 30 years the catch of shad along our Atlantic coast has decreased to only a quarter of what It was, and the price to the cousumer has Increased fivefold. The catch of sturgeon In rivers and lakes has fallen to little more than h of what It was, and the price In the markets has cor-respondingly Increased to eight times what It was. The catch of lobsters Is about one-thir- d ' of that of former years, while the price Is nine times as great. These are facts, officially obtained by Secretary Hoover, and re-ferred to the governors of the sea-board states for their consideration. The causes are obvious to all. They are chiefly two: Wasteful and de-- HOOVER Invited SECRETART of all the from Maine to Texas to send representatives to a conference last week to consider the conservation of food fish til Atlantic and Oulf coastal waters. . Simultane-ously the Navy department announced forthcoming exploration and survey of the Gulf and the Caribbean, and per-haps ot much of the Atlnnttc ocean. In order to study the problem of and cultivating the food re-sources of the sea. The coincidence is significant. Indeed, there Is need of prompt and vigorous action, If sea food Is not al-most to vanish from our markets. It Is easy to say. of course, that the At-- stryctlve. njethods of taking the fish, and pollution of rivers, bays and coastal waters generally with sewage, sludge, oil and other matter stupidly called "'waste.1' Of course, it has seemed to short-sighte- d persons "the easiest way" to get rid of such stuff, simply to pour It Into the nearest wa-ter. Rut the easiest way Is sometimes the worst way, In economics as well as In morals. Jantlc 6cea,n Is too Ug tor man to ex-haust, and that its supply of edible fish i Illimitable. But every one who has looked Into the matter knows thai that Is sheer nonsense. The cold fact is that our supply of sea food Is al-ready sorely depleted, so that some of the choicest varieties, once abun-dant and cheap, are now scarce and costly objects of luxury. Three Major Problems of Next Congress major problems will THREEthe attention of the next In the opinion of Sena-tor Frank R. Willis of Ohio. The first of these problems, Senator Willis said, Is tax reduction; the second, such amendment of the rules as will facilitate public business and still pre-serve the right of legitimate debate, and the third, the world court. The most Important of these three questions, the Buckeye senator be-lieves, Is tax reduction. "Lightening, of the tax burdens of the people Is made possible by the very satisfactory returns from the tax laws now in force and by the substan-tial economies that have been effect-ed," Senator Willis said. "The 0 surplus this year and the esti-mated surplus next year of $300,000,-00- 0 make certain important tax reduc- - prompt action when congress meets. This plan will make unnecessary any special session of congress. General revision of the tariff Is not desirable and will not be undertaken." Senator Willis declared In favor of changing the senate rules to facilitate the business of the senate and at the same time permit debate. "Vice President Dawes Is not pro-posing' any specific change In the rules, as I understand," Senator Wil-lis said, "but he Is calling the atten. tlon of the country to the need of re-vision to eliminate filibusters and pre-vent abuse of power by Individual members. In so doing, General Dawes Is rendering valuable public service." The world court problem Is to be taken up early In December for final decision, and Senator Willis said be will press for consideration of a reso-lution he Introduced In the last regu-lar session ot congress and reintro-duced at, the special session of the senate In March, which embodies the reservations proposed by President Harding. Secretary Hughes and PrelV dent Coolldge. tlon. 'A million a day of tax cut away,' will be the slogan of the next congress. "The way and means committee of the house will begin preparation of the new tax bill early In October, so that the measure will be ready for Changes in Departments at the Canital tine bureaus, and it was then left to the President to decide whether the patent office was to be classified as a scientific bureau.- The present Intention of govern-ment heads with regard to the bureau of mines has not been stated, although officials gave It as their opinion that the transfer of the bureau from the Interior department to the Commerce deportment would need specific au-thorization from congress, inasmuch as the bureau was nlaced In tha Tn. changes In the FURTHER the government depart-- ' looked for following the transfer of the patent office from the Interior department to the Department of Commerce. The trans-fer affected 1,240 employees. The patent-offic- e transfer carried out one of the two recommendations with regard to changes In the lineup of the Interior department bureaus recommended by the Joint congres-sional committee on reorganization of terior department by congress. Ertenslve changes In the personnel of the patent office are not contem-plated. Secretary Hoover said, adding that better organization of the gov-ernment, to secure economy and effl. clency, requires that functions of simi-lar major purpose shall be grouped to getlier. Change In the procedure, with re-spect to protection of rights of Ameri-can patentees In foreign countries forecast by Mr. Hoover. Integration in the Department of Commerce of bureaus tlealing vifh commerce and Industry are regarded by the Joint congressional committee as proper and advisable. the executive departments. The other recommendation involved transfer of the bureau of mines to the Commerce department. 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