| Show NATIONAL written for this paver b bv frank P litschert the people of the united states are paying out each vear ear more than eight billion dollars in the way of direct taxes of this amount about three billion goes to the federal go government ern ment the rest is 18 collected for the tate state and local governments in other words five eights of the taxes paid directly b bv the people go to the state and its subdivisions this mis IB 18 something worth remembering just now when ve ae hear so much about reducing the taxes at washington it is to be remembered also that this does not include money taken in b the N various anous communities through the fee si stems steins in vogue m the various states nor does it include the enormous enor mou gasoline W which aich are nov collected in most of our com the eight billions represents merely the tax lax which vou ou pa directly bebau because e vou ou ire are itt ced for it when the contemplated tax deduc tion lion program is put through congress this vi winter inter it is general believed that the era of federal tax reduction on a large scale will vall be practically over it la ib not likel that governmental ern mental expenses can be reduced much loner people will still be complaining pla ining irling about taxes taeg boN however Neer and it is to be hoped thit they will vill then begin looking a little beirer home the average farmer fanner and the small home owner cannot expect to be ben emitted much further by income tax ta reduction because the next net cut will place them practically beyond the pale of the income tax collector but while abile the will not do much toward providing the income tax them will continue to do more than their share toward paving pacing the taxes in the local community it is there that the burden falls upon the average man and it will b the nature of things con dinue to bear heavily until something is done at home to relieve it just what hat if anything will be done is hard hanl to sav the people insist on public improvements and these cot money and it takes high ta tax rates to raise raie the money economy econom in administering local government aill of course help some the problem is worth north pondering 0 ver for the man v aho ho solves it vill nill gain greater fame and accomplish more than he be who finally reaches the north pole in an airship congre Cong aman nicholas longworth said recen recently tl another thing aluch profoundly im imbres presed ed me and gives rne me growing delight is that ve e are not in an was v aa tangled up with main barship in the league of nations I 1 favor a helping hand in stabilizing business anil and industry of the world but ate e can do it better from the out outside sade I 1 im am against any kind of an agreement in advance to do or not to do anything at the behe behest t of anyone ele ehe el e if in friends are in a maelstrom I 1 can help them better by reaching out a hand band from the bank than b diving in nith them mr longworth usually sas sans the right thing at the right time that is nb ab h he naim success as a leader |
