Show 1 1 1 1 04 1 V ia I 1 T 4 I 1 1 communications I 1 q T I 1 ii KI 1 ki i ih v cost of protection editor park record THE WILD WEST living conditions of the early pioneer taught him the value I 0 of f protection and the need of uniting ln in an honest agreement with his neighbor tor for strength of defense in my own experience in the th early days of montana first la in H helena e le n ta w here the vigilantes gave prot protection act lon against the white outlaw then la in gallatin Gallat ln valley with organized settlers to fight the indians who ho came in the night to kill rob and burn I 1 learned the necessity oi of protection that tha t fear and uncertainty of life and aad pro property per ty as against a later day in those places when the people began to pay taxes make local laws and select officers of the law have schools build bridges and better roads impressed my mind nd although but a boy looking back on those early experiences in the sixties and seventies of the last century I 1 can ra more a I 1 ully fully realize the cost ot of this protection and the improved condition that followed and that the cost was willingly paid by all that in addition to the tax levied men and teams were contributed extra for some community purpose to build a dam or a school house lr or a I 1 home tor for some neighbor who had suffered a fire loss the wild west frontier had bad its compensations in its hearty companionship panion ship its kindliness and in the tee development of a sturdy people the american people naturally seek law and order and the organization that gives protection that the cost when it can be directly and honestly applied Is willingly contributed by every able man according to his ability be it small or great I 1 do not believe in any general tax exemptions none except tor for cause there should be a graduated downward tax as well as a graduated upward tax no person should be allowed to forget that he has some degree of responsibility even as the widows mite signified a spiritual interest in a good cause I 1 do not believe la in a SOCK THE RICH as generally construed to those who nho would take or share would be the loss of self respect a feeling of dependence I 1 like to think of every american citizen as having the pride of the old roman who held the honor of his aitt citizenship high even as caesars caesara Cae sars wile wife above suspicion I 1 do believe however that the graduated rise of taxation tor for the higher brackets should recognize a compounding principle of tax application above a certain degree of wealth on the surtax principle not only as to income but as to property value in any form the high limit Is a matter for debate but I 1 would place it at for income and for property above which the tax rate would rise rapidly and cut aniu w nill million lion income entirely with like limit of often alen mlton dollars for property the national govern governoor mot t I 1 taxing one hundred per cent above these limits there is no better way to regulate excessive personal wealth than by taxation tio V aich makes the fairest and only legitimate distribution of wealth wealth tha that which benefits all the contributor j i well ie the average american is a good sport he does not ask that one mans luck or the result of his energy and ability shall tee be in any part handed to him personally white while being forced away from its owner however there are social considerations sIde rations the foundations 0 of f which reach deep and broad underlying underling Y a thousand involved conditions of the general peace protection and welfare ot of the community and the nation which demand correct appraisement we can realize this best perhaps by undertaking a definition of the proportionate value of the protection given the person pc of large and growing g wealth how much property could one man protect or defend alone against attack suppose the unit of one man power of such protection equaled ten thousand dollars then there would be required one huri hundred man units for one million dollars and one t thousand housand man units tor for ten million dollars in the days of feudal lordships lord ships and large holdings a ten million dollar estate would perhaps require at least one thousand men under or ready with arms to protect such an estate the government local and national is the force which supplies this prote protection c tion not only tor for this mans wealth h but of his life the principle of special ledge granted this one person and the rapidly rising cost of responsibility lity makes a necessary limit in a democratic form of government and ordered society of equal rights and opportunities tuni ties it if this promise premise Is not true then carried to an ultimate conclusion with no limit one man but we will say ten men could own the states and the rest ot of the nation would be tenants and an army of protection all at the fe athul cost ol of national freedom I 1 the present condition of fact forces upon the people the con consideration of some limit of personal wealth and its tendency to become a class of special also its organization to maintain that advantage hence we e must regulate wealth and limit it by taxation and as already said this will be the fairest method of dis trib ution A ana circulation possible to adopt the machinery for it Is already set up and working it Is now merely a matter of mechanical application under d e r the principle of 0 lin limitation A tax that shall stimulate at one end of the social scale while it places a proper handicap on the other overmastering end I 1 to the billionaire and the multimillionaire lion lio alre this may seem radical but it Is every ivery different in principle from that of dividing up the wealth of the country I 1 among all the people an equal start that would not last a day what the american citizen wants Is an equal opportunity port unity THE NEW DEAL DOLLAR figures wont lie he but liars will figure now very truly said the salt lake tyl trl bune of february quotes or prints a copyrighted copy righted article from consolidated news features new york the heading beading reads new deal unit worth 59 cents in gold former one about the conclusion of the article gives this idea by using grains and percentages figuring the new deal gold dollar on the gold basis and the old gold dollar on the new basis if this value was in tact fact truel true i as compared the 59 cent dollar would be about one third of the old dollar ns as shown shawn at 61 1 69 I 1 I 1 to correct the value idea compare an ounce of gold the former value was 1 2067 0 67 the present price an increase of 14 1433 33 an ounce or an increase in value of about 69 per cent I 1 it Is well known that the former treasury rea sury gold of over five billion has been revalued at over eight billion doli dol I lars lare but not at fourteen or fifteen billions as the other comparison would inter infer I 1 the dollar has not changed in fact it Is one hundred cents now as before I 1 i exchangeable for anything in the united I 1 states at par As to the foreign exchange there Is vy nation whose money exchange basis Is stable As to the old ald dollar there Is none such but we ha nae e burns gold bullion valued at 35 00 an ounce i this sort of propaganda Is evidently broadcast to create tear fear and to discredit I 1 the present administration and Is in by that money power opposing every movi move of the new deal except the first grab at the money i now comes the MORE MOPE THAN WEL 1 I 1 COME NEWS that a majority of the supreme court decide the gold caus clause se in ini I 1 favor of the nations best interest slid and d dollar 0 11 a r f tor a r dollar legal tender of the I 1 highest gah es t daurt court just happened to be my own words as to the new deal dollar and that congress has the sole power to create money and declare its value the voluminous technical blast ol of tb the minority court and exclamations lamat ions that the constitution has gone to hell Is just where we will cheerfully consign those these who say it i three cheers for chief justice hughes and the tour four faithful who stayed wiehl with him the country is saved I 1 now to lick the wall street gangsters sincerely CHARLES E STREET I 1 february 19 1935 salt lake city utah I 1 reply marianski to editor park record I 1 read with inhere interest the reply to the article which appeared in the february ath 1935 19 35 issue of the park record entitled soaking the rich 1 but kindly permit rne me to make final press your convictions with a all 11 the cook cocksure dogmatism of a pope handing down a and that you run true to form practically the same as other capitalistic favorites they answer vital questions in the same spirit of cocks umess its not what they actually know but what they believe a a person believes la Is never accepted as competent c am detent evidence in any court of law it la is what she knows that counts unfortunately you like other capitalistic favorites will not gracefully accept constructive criticism they all manifest the same mulish stubborn devotion to a set of tenets and they cant reason outside of their own narrow circle of be beliefs I 1 admit in view ot at this it Is impossible to meet persons of that mental type on any kind of common or logical ground to the writer of the reply it may appear a very ingenious performance but in a real debate I 1 fear you would be completely annihilated however I 1 agree with you that there are in this country few who are rich in a big way in tact fact to be exact six hundred families own and control 95 per cant ov the wealth of this nation today the federal reserve board said in a general survey of business conditions in its bulletin profits for or the first nine months or of 1934 1 were 70 per cent greater than in the corresponding period of 0 last year I 1 on the other hand band industrial anem 1 increased hali half million over 19 1933 33 why la Is that I 1 why are those who are very willing to work compelled to remain in a state ot of c coma 0 a starving homeless and naked w when h ran we have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that Is guaranteed to us under the constitution a of f tho the united states and upon which the principles ot of this government are founded and tor for which our forefathers fought bled and died in regards to your statement that our state and national legislatures are introducing numerous nume rou bills intended to harass the rich I 1 nay my have no f tear ear As congress Is very generous with the rich sloans loans them groat great constitutional powers to exercise the right of eminent domain so that they may have no difficulty in making ends meet and even in making them lap over plenty merely little tokens of friendship they are such nice people and never forget a kindness always do the handsome thing when election time comes around which Is perfectly sate safe and sane and sound founded on that wise and virtuous maxim hallowed by time and experience you tickle me and ill tickle you all in accordance with our best traditions and the wisdom of the ages the order of society that we sore heads aim at would care for the unfortunate but not those who have drought brought misfortune on themselves by dissipation neither those lazy hounds M who ho it are re unwilling I 1 to work have the greedy few who control the I 1 wealth of this nation any right to forever keep the wealth and vast resources of this nation monopolized while millions of jobless men and women who are willing to work are starving to death we are today confronted with the question of 0 justice and right human rights the greatest rights we enjoy enjo y in a land of the tree free and the home of the brave why our present system be humanized instead 0 of commer c ciali 1 a 1 iz zed e d w why h y s should h 0 u ld w we e not have a cooperative 0 p e r a ti v e c commonwealth 0 m m 0 n w eal t h IT if we do not solve the problem of distributing the wealth we will face ace a new form ot of government which will attempt to find the answer by some form of 0 communism just what do you think ot of a system that makes it possible lor for one man eugeno eugene grace president ot of the bethlehem steel company to receive as aa salary and bonus per day while are unemployed and get nothing respectfully LOUIS BARGO february 20 1935 per part city utah |