Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1931 — Page 5

I The People’s Voice I ThiM column for the me ot our I Th Lr« Who Wish to make sugI r *X for the general good IHZubs Questions of interI " r , Hease sign your name to I es ' .thenticlcr It will not : II»— •“ “ I I not b«' I _ _. ——< ■ The Sale* Tax Ltor Daily Democrat: merchants of Indiana ?ave a i’lden opportunity to P to the farmers that their £ of cooperation has not been Enated by a selfls!l ID, ® peßt bv ” g squarely behind Governor □ie and bis ««* commission <• L proposed sale tax of on p. [nt on gross «ales without ex "Si the Retail Merchants aviation defeat this needed legieJ am of the opinion that the trained relations now existing be- " farmers and merchants will „ brought to a breaking point. Manufacturers and merchants a ve been misrepresenting facts in r(ler to maintain a level, that is ot comparable with present conitions. but stating that raw mater- . but very little to do with > je price of manufactured good:; | the cost of labor is the controll- j ig factor. White the truth re-: tains that millions of men have een thrown out of employment by I ie installation of labor saving ma I bines, and by the use of such ma-i Ihines. merchandise is being man factured cheaper than ever ba-, ore. while raw material is being ) lought at a price far below the | flst of production. I will give th- I oilowing illustration: if a farmer)

inys a set of harness which now etails at $75 he must sell fifty beet tides that weigh fifty pounds each o pay for same; again seventeen ents worth of butter fat is made ito a pound of creamery butter hat retails for 35 cents. I could o on and mention hundreds of the ante examples which should prove | tat the wide margin between the I roducer and consumer places the; lanufacturer and retailer in a posion where they can pay this small ax and yet realise a handsomeroflt. Farmers have been bled white; | ley are staggering under the bur- - en of taxes; the assessed value f their property is now far above i he mark-t value, while the assess-; d value of merchandise is below he market vaiue. Should the Mer-

Government and County I Road Bonds We have a supply of United States Liberty Bonds and County Road Bonds to sell at market prices. Leve your orders at once. Bonds are in denominations of from §2(10 to SI,OOO and carry 4!4 and 4!4 percent interest. We also have other high grade securities in which you may be interested. Our greatest desire is to serve you. Old Adams County Bank MuaaßßmamcraKKSMffinvatasaßßtr LATE MODEL REPOSSESSED CARS Some Like New. See These Before You Buy! 1930 FORD, 3 window sedan, like new. .SSOO 1930 FORD COUPE. New . $495 1930 FORD STANDARD COUPE $395 1930 FORD ROADSTER S3OO 1930 CHEVROLET SEDAN $450 1930 CHEVROLET COACH, 6 wire wheel $475 1930 CHEVROLET COACH SIOO 1929 ESSEX SEDAN $350 1928 CHEVROLET COACH $175 1929 FORD COACH S3OO 1928 FORD ROADSTER, good shape.. $225 1927 CHRYSLER SEDAN $225 1927 W HIPPET, New Tires $l5O 1927 WHIPPET COACH, New Tires.. $125 1926 FORD 1 door Sedan, clean SIOO All Good Rubber JOE McSPADDEN Phone 76 1 Ik North Third St. at Decatur Auto Storage Co. Decatur. Indiana — mi.

At Flood Conference * * * 1 Hr : I / wt w I \ ME ML "JtgSg. Loft to right. Arch Hurley, member of the flood control executive ) committee, from New Mexico; Secretary James E. Reed of the Waterway and Flood Control Association, from Louisiana, and Congressman 1 William E. Hull of Peoria, at the Congress Hotel in Chicago for the Mississippi Valley waterway and flood control conference, which open- ■ led Monday. Mayor William Hale Thompson (inset) acted as host.

, chants' Retail Association thwart j the passage of the proposed legislation. the s«L‘e tax will be raised from twenty-nine to seventy cents and maybe higher, end they will be biting the hand that has 1; en feeding them for years, and farmers may retaliate in away that may be an eye opener when they count up their gross sales. Merchants should remember that twenty-four per cent of the propfcjttj is paying seventy-six per cent

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of taxes. Perhaps the following illustraI I tion will make this statement clear, a stock of merchandise was assess- ’ ed for $1,500 (it was sold soon after for $3.0001 tax rate at $2 per hundred makes S3O, a forty-acre farm assessed at $75 per acre or $3,000 at the same rate makes S6O ■ tax. The farmer is paying twice ; as much tax as does the merchant. | i and the present cash value of this! ( farm is one-third less than assess-! ) ed value.

1 A campaign has been and is be- • ing carried on against chain stores; I through press publicity and by inI dependent merchants. Now’ are] I these independent merchants go-| ing to join hands with the chain store operators, after they have d nounced them for not paying taxes, for the purpose of defeating’ just legislation? They will be shielding the ones they have been fighting against and help to put greater burdens on their friends, 1 , the farmers. This, however, would be exposing a plain case of deceit I that was backed up by personal, prejudice and the remaining faith ; of farmers will be shattered. Robert Sovine. o RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT "The Republican central commit-; j tees of Adams and Wells county, | I Indiana, at joint session assembled lat Berne, Indiana, this 15th day of j ! January, 1931, do hereby take thisopportunity to exirress our sorrow; on account of the unexpected and ■ untimely death of <&r good friend ! and fellow citizen, George L., Saunders. We lament more than j words can express that he has been removed from our midst. Wej always found in him a staunch friend, firm and vigorous in his! , views and always considerate of his opponent. Although he opposed us politically, we loved him and respected him. We always knew that he was honest in his convictions and that his purposes were always worthy. In taking George L. Saunders, death has deprived us of a warm friend whose memory we shall always revere. We take consolation, however, in knowing that his fine qualities of fairness.’ ways be remembered and will furnish a standard to be adopted by his successors. BE IT RESOLVED, therefore, I that the abode expression of sorrow be recorded as the sentiment of this committee and through it, the sentiment of the entire Republican party of both Adams and Wells county, and that a copy of, this expression be furnished to the family and to each of the newspapers of Adams and Wells county. "Paul H. Graham, Chairman, Republican Central Committee, Adams County, Indiana. “John H. Edris, Chairman, Republican Central Committee, Wells County, Indiana.” (Adopted by the Republican con-1 t’-ul committee in convention at Berne, January 15, and read by Fred Rohrer). - o Leo Ehinger visited with friends at Ossian, Thursday evening.

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