anaheim-gazette 1924-02-07

THE TAX BURDEN President Coolidge took occasion in his recent talk at the business meeting of government executives to warn against the growing expenses, and therefore taxes, of state and local governments. He did this in connection with his discussion of the policy of federal appropriations to aid state activities, if matched by certain state appropriations. President Coolidge accurately characterized such appropriations as "federal subsidies to state governments." He announced his opposition to the enlargement of this policy. There is not any doubt but that the problem of excessive taxes which burden the individual taxpayer and cripple industry, transportation, production, and commerce, is more intimately connected with state and local governments than with the federal government. This can be graphically illustrated by comparing the amount paid the federal government in the form of income tax with the amount paid state and local governments. The United States Census bureau is issuing financial statistics of state and local governments, and from those figures and the report of the U.S. Internal Revenue bureau the following table is compiled. There yet remain 18 states to be reported on, and for these states, therefore, no figures are given. Federal State and income tax local taxes per capita per capita Alabama $1.16 $12.82 Arizona 1.55 58.76 Arkansas 1.07 13.91 California 10.63 59.86 Colorado 1.11 52.82 Idaho 1.14 45.42 Illinois 10.57 40.78 Iowa 2.43 52.72 Kansas 1.92 42.61 Kentucky 1.78 19.40 prove Bond for $5,000 for street work. Supervisor Finley was called from the meeting. Map of Tract No. 461 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. Deed for right of way from A. A. Ball, et al was accepted and declared a public highway. Map of Tract No. 647 was ordered received by the Board and same referred to the City engineer of the City of Anaheim. Map of Tract No. 548 was ordered received by the Board, and same referred to the city engineer of the City of Fullerton. Supervisor Whitsell was called from the meeting. Assessments number 15559, in book 8 at page 235 and number 15902 in book 9 at page 35, Assessment Roll were ordered cancelled. Fumigating licenses were ordered issued to V. Blewett, Noble Hoos, W.A. Chaffin, W. Harrison, and spraying licenses were ordered issued to C.M. Hollingshead. The street work having been completed in Tract No. 317, it is ordered that the bond for same be cancelled. Hearing of the Petition of Louis F.Rochet, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of Wilson Street, Fairview Farms, located in the Fifth Road District, was set for February 19th, 1924, at 10 A.M. Hearing of the petition of J.O.Smith, et al, to vacate that portion of those certain streets and alleys in the Fifth Road District was continued to February 5th, 1924, at 11 A.M. 95 criminal indictment with Democratic cooperation pending for $162,000 recovery hampered by evidence. What are the facts Teapot Dome and serve leases? For the Interior Fall reelection two oil magnets where from Mr. Fall they One of these magna was the chairman delegation from Californiatic Convention subscriber to Demon funds. Four-fifths of his lease. Doher from him a year prior all his life. They gether, practiced together had underprivileges in early west. Mr.Doheny was to aid a lifelong hour of his necessities declare it was corrupted to influence California lease.E which is a mitter or giver and the record are equally guilty; a shred of evidence leses were used for firing or that the taxpayer the transactions orgy during the Will cost the taxpayers millions. The Democrats ffc because of the loan for evil policy and ceased. One zealot has lost a "quarter rols" of oil because thing of the sort On the contrary, the testimony is to the leases were eminent the public standpoint in making their loss of millions of Federal State and income tax local taxes per capita per capita Alabama $1.16 $12.82 Arizona 1.55 58.76 Arkansas 1.07 13.91 California 10.63 59.86 Colorado 1.11 52.82 Idaho 1.14 45.42 Illinois 10.57 40.78 Iowa 2.43 52.72 Kansas 1.92 42.61 Kentucky 1.78 19.40 Massachusetts 12.08 54.37 Michigan 6.60 51.44 Mississippi .60 21.50 North Dakota .75 47.05 Ohio 5.83 45.62 Pennsylvania 9.70 34.04 South Dakota .82 50.07 South Carolina .74 14.15 Oklahoma 2.07 26.11 Oregon 6.22 61.54 Texas 2.72 22.76 Utah 1.88 41.45 Virginia 1.80 19.78 Nebraska 2.57 46.02 Nevada 4.25 82.09 New Jersey 10.54 49.01 Wisconsin 3.41 47.48 Washington 3.62 54.80 Indiana 3.06 43.69 Missouri 4.31 29.06 In compilation just issued by the Bureau of Census it is shown that state taxes from 1912 to 1922 increased by 183 per cent and taxes of county governments for the same period increased 141 per cent. In another report issued since the first of the year upon the debts of state and local governments, the Census bureau shows that public debts of state governments increased 175 per cent between 1912 and 1922, that of county governments 268 per cent, and that of cities and other civil divisions, such as school districts road districts, etc., increased 149 per cent. To sum it up, the state and local governments in ten years have increased their taxes in the percentage above stated, and yet have been unable to run their government with this enormous increase of taxes, and so have piled up public debts which will remain a burden in the form of fixed charges for a generation. In discussing the necessity of rigid economy in federal affairs, President Coolidge warned the executives that every dollar appropriated or expended has to be earned by the taxpayers. "It represents the toll of the people It is so much taken away from everything they produce—so much added to everything they buy." Hearing of the Petition of Louis F. Rochet, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of Wilson Street, Fairview Farms, located in the Fifth Road District, was set for February 19th, 1924, at 10 A.M. Hearing of the petition of J. O. Smith, et al, to vacate that portion of those certain streets and alleys in the Fifth Road District was continued to February 5th, 1924, at 11 A.M. Hearing of the petition of J. A. Armitage, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of that certain public road located in the Second Road District, was continued to February 5th, 1924, at 11 A.M. Hearing of the petition of W. Woy, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of that certain public road, street, alley, and easement, for road highways, located in the Second Road received by the Board, and the same fifth, 1924, at 11 A.M. Map of Tract No. 668 was ordered received by the Board, and the same referred to the City Engineer of the City of Santa Ana. Map of Tract No. 669 was ordered District, was continued to February referred to the City Engineer of the City of Santa Ana. Map of Tract No. 540 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. Resolution was adopted appointing J. L. McBride to prepare and furnish specifications in the matter of road district improvement No. 29. Specifications were submitted and approved Hearing set for February 26, 1924, at 11 A.M. Resolution was adopted appointing J. L. McBride to prepare and furnish specifications in the matter of road district improvement No. 28. Specifications were submitted and approved Hearing set for February 26, 1924, at 11 A.M. Specifications and plans for the construction of a steel and concrete bridge on State highway along the coast were adopted. Blds to be received up to 11 A.M. February 19th, 1924. The Board adjourned to February 5th, 1924, at 10 A.M. The Democrats for because of the loaf for evil policy and ceeded One zealot has lost a "quarter rels" of oil because thing of the sort On the contrary, the testimony is to the leases were eminent the public standpoint in making them loss of millions of drainage into adjacent The question of possession passed upon by a perts. Grafters know there has been grant the public may resent Republican Adminitensity its record wicked The Democracy body Mr Coolidge determination to point is partisan to stand acing justice But I early quit when the being robbed under tension of his party, and suffered from the city To root in the mucous poses when the entire nation displays of Hull and his conquest To attempt to dent Coolidge is too words. HIGH TAXES MEMBER POPULATION United States Senate alh, of Idaho, in an National Republic York City, issued tons all sections and ties to join in a c taxes In opening tor Borah said: "In 1913 the local taxes paid by the per States amounted In 1921 the total The per capita tax and in 1922—even these were reduced The per capita tax some of the largest 1922 averaged as capita In summing approximately 6.4 nation's income were the year 1922 the tent cent The farmers in 1913 was $624,000 was $1,436,000,000." In discussing the necessity of rigid economy in federal affairs. President Coolidge warned the executives that every dollar appropriated or expended has to be earned by the taxpayers. "It represents the toll of the people It is so much taken away from everything they produce—so much added to everything they buy." That is putting it plainly, and the advice which the President thus gave the officials of the federal government may well be taken to heart by the tax levying, tax-collecting and tax-spending authorities of every state and every locality. As the above table shows, if the entire burden of federal taxes were wiped out, the relief in a great many states would be scarcely felt, so small is their contribution per capita to the federal government. It is the state and local taxes which constitute the real menace to production and successful enterprise. SUPERVISOR'S PROCEEDINGS The application for State Aid for Irene Knoth, was approved. H. H. Peterson was awarded the contract in the matter of Road District Improvement No. 26, for his bid price, $52,302.00. Bids were opened for the construction of the County Jail, all bids were taken under advisement until February 5th, 1924, at 11 A. M. Map of Tract No. 624 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. The chairman was authorized to ap- TEMPEST IN TEA POT Chairman Cordell Hull, of the Democratic National Committee, who has attempted to place blame for oil land scandals on the Republican Administration, is impressively silent regarding Democratic participation in those transactions—as silent as he was during the notorious squandering public funds in the Wilson Administration. How about the airplane swindle, the Shipping Board orgy and the cost plus conspiracy? More ill-gotten gains were garnered in any one of these than were squandered on John Law and his Mississippi Bubble. And these were but three of a great number of gigantic frauds on the taxpayers of the United States which caused the entire country to hang its head in shame. Did the Democratic Party, then in power, bring any of these evil-doers to book? Not one. But the Department of Justice, under the Republican Administration saved the treasury $55,000,000 out of $88,000,000 of contested claims arising out of contracts with the Democratic Administration, recovered $3,200,000 wrongfully disbursed by Democratic officials, and obtained Judgment for $1,225,000 more. Grand juries found "The figures which showing the increase country during this years present the agedy of American society the discouragement which lie beneath burden, language is." "You here in the industrial centers, situation, and I also serious enough woman or child, no and no kind of legal capes the demoralize taxes." "But serious as you, I believe it is elsewhere. Out in rural areas, where lysis must be fun national wealth is the place from where there is going on struggle for the pro- clate who has not." "Men and women-the desert, suffered themselves adverse circumstances, now with behind them, start of the coming tax- 95 criminal indictments in connection with Democratic contracts. Suits are pending for $162,000,000 more, with recovery hampered by the "loss" of evidence. What are the facts respecting the Teapot Dome and California oil reserve leases? Former Secretary of the Interior Fall received loans from two oil magnets who thereafter leased from Mr. Fall the two oil reserves. One of these magnets, Mr. Doheny, was the chairman of the Democratic delegation from California to the last Democratic Convention, and a liberal subscriber to Democratic campaign funds. Four-fifths of the loans came of his lease. Doheny had known Fall from him a year prior to the issuance all his life. They had grown up together, practiced law together, and together had undergone hardships and privations in early life in the Southwest. Mr. Doheny declares the loan was to aid a life-long friend in the hour of his necessity. The Democrats declare it was corruption money designed to influence Fall in signing the California lease. Even if this be true, which is a matter of controversy, the giver and the receiver of the bribe are equally guilty, and there is not a shred of evidence that public monies were used for fraudulent purposes or that the taxpayers lost a penny by the transactions. The Democratic orgy during the Wilson Administration cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions. The Democrats further charge that because of the loan the leases make for evil policy and ought to be canceled. One zealot asserts the public has lost a "quarter of a billion of barrels" of oil because of the leases. Nothing of the sort has been proved. On the contrary, the preponderance of testimony is to the effect that the leases were eminently sound from the public standpoint, that the delay in making them resulted in the loss of millions of barrels of oil by ever increasing call. They have seen their tax burden mount 300 and 500 percent in the brief space of a few years, and while reflecting over what has happened they are even more anxious about what may happen. The mad saturnalia of spending is even more alarming than their present plight. They are losing faith in their government and no greater catastrophe could come to us than that. "What do such tax burdens mean? They mean imperilled and forfeited homes; they mean dissatisfied and discontented domestic life; they mean loss of educational advantages for the coming citizen; they mean separated and demoralized families; they mean energy thwarted and enterprise sterilized, and, last of all, they mean thriftlessness and improvidence and moral breakdown of a great and proud citizenship. "We all know the situation well enough. No need of dwelling upon it. No man can be blind to the problem, and if reflected upon no one can be indifferent to the consequences which may follow if it is left unsolved. "The question which confronts the American people and the American government now is not that of finding out our illis, but it is the question which comes to every people who seek to govern themselves; 'Have we the courage to do our plain duty?'" "The supreme question with us as a people today is whether we can stop this unconscionable waste of public funds. If we can not, no man can contemplate the future. I beg the people to understand it is not alone the reduction of taxes, but is also this: 'Can we throw off this national disease of extravagance and waste?' CAUTIOUS It was at the altar. "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife; to have and to The Democrats further charge that because of the loan the leases make for evil policy and ought to be canceled. One zealot asserts the public has lost a "quarter of a billion of barrels" of oil because of the leases. Nothing of the sort has been proved. On the contrary, the preponderance of testimony is to the effect that the leases were eminently sound from the public standpoint, that the delay in making them resulted in the loss of millions of barrels of oil by drainage into adjacent private fields. The question of policy remains to be passed upon by a commission of experts. Grafters know no partisanship. If there has been graft in this instance, the public may rest assured that the Republican Administration will intensify its record for punishing the wicked. The Democrats punished nobody. Mr. Coolidge has evinced his determination to permit nothing that is partisan to stand in the way of exacing justice. But Mr. Hull was singularly quit when the taxpayers were being robbed under the Administration of his party, and no taxpayer has suffered from the oil lease business. To root in the muck for partisan purposes when the affair concerns the entire nation displays the desperation of Hull and his confederates for an issue. To attempt to implicate President Coolidge is too reprehensible for words. HIGH TAXES MENACE POPULAR GOVERNMENT United States Senator William Borah, of Idaho, in an address before the National Republican club, of New York City, issued a call for all citizens, all sections and all political parties to join in a crusade against high taxes. In opening his address, Senator Borah said: "In 1913 the local, state and federal taxes paid by the people of the United States amounted to $2,194,000,000. In 1921 the total was $8,363,000,000. The per capita tax in 1913 was $17,02 and in 1922—even though federal taxes were reduced 8 per cent from 1921—the per capita tax was $64.63. In some of the larger cities the tax in 1922 averaged as high as $91 per capita. In summing up the year 1913 approximately 6.4 per cent of the nation's income went for taxes and in the year 1922 the tar toll was 12.1 per cent. The farmers' bill for taxes in 1913 was $624,000,000 and in 1922 it was $1,436,000,000." CAUTIOUS It was at the altar. "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife; to have and to hold, forsaking all others—" "One moment, Parson," said the groom-to-be; and, stepping aside, he bent over a gentleman in the second row and held a whispered conference. "All right, go ahead," he said when he returned. "I Just wanted to put that up to my attorney." M.Eugene Durfee ARCHITECT Room 5, Cassou Bldg. Phone 692 Anaheim YOU NEED NOT Your Backbone will tell Me What and Where Your Treasure 1. Slip cause so-cause illness, epilepsy facial paralysis 2. A part of throat trunk and arms, grippe, dislocation of gums, cancer 3. The part of cause so-cause illness, breathing 4. A causes so-cause illness, breathing 5. Stemment of other trunkations in the light as to the trained 6. He stones, dysplasia, hiccups 7. Breathing diseases, sinus pluched in 8. Re-called app follow Chiropractic care The per capita tax in 1913 was $17,02 and in 1922—even though federal taxes were reduced 8 per cent from 1921—the per capita tax was $64,63. In some of the larger cities the tax in 1922 averaged as high as $91 per capita. In summing up the year 1913 approximately 6.4 per cent of the nation's income went for taxes and in the year 1922 the tar toll was 12.1 per cent. The farmers' bill for taxes in 1913 was $624,000,000 and in 1922 it was $1,436,000,000. "The figures which I have given you showing the increase of taxes in this country during the last eight to ten years present the most searching tragedy of American life. The anxiety the discouragement, the broken plans, which lie beneath this growing tax burden, language is inadequate to tell. "You here in the East, in the great industrial centers, know well your situation, and I also know that it is serious enough. In fact, no man, woman or child, no part of the country and no kind of legitimate business escapes the demoralizing effect of high taxes. "But serious as this problem is to you, I believe it is even more serious elsewhere. Out in the great agricultural areas, where, in the last analysis, must be fuond the source of national wealth and contentment—the place from which we are fed—there is going on a patient, dogged struggle for the preservation of homes and farms such as no man can appreciate who has not witnessed it. "Men and women who have tamed the desert, suffered and sacrificed, denied themselves and under the most adverse circumstances opened up farms, now with 50 years of struggle behind them, stand in mortal dread of the coming tax collector with his..." wood Home Tract A Beautiful New Development of Richfield line S. F. Railroad, two main artery boulevards, cre tracts, gas, lights, water and streets. Adja100,000 graded school, store, shops, garage, etc. ransit service, good train service to Los Angeles r cities. prices far below real value. Seeing is believing. of our agents to show you this property NOT BE SICK! and Where Your Troubles are Without Asking a Question 1. Slight subluxations at this point will cause so-called headaches, eye diseases, deafness, epilepsy, vertigo, insomnia, wry neck, facial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, etc. 2. A slight subluxation of a vertebra in this part of the spine is the cause of so-called throat trouble, neuralgia, pain in the shoulders and arms, goitre, nervous prostration, la gripe, dizziness, bleeding from nose, disorder of gums, catarrh, etc. 3. The arrow head marked No. 3 locates the part of the spine wherein subluxations will cause so-called bronchitis, felons, pain between the shoulder blades, rheumatism of the arms and shoulders, hay fever, writers' cramp, etc. 4. A vertebral subluxation at this point causes so-called nervousness, heart disease, asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, difficult breathing, other lung troubles, etc. 5. Stomach and liver troubles, enlargement of the spleen, pleurisy and a score of other troubles, so-called, are caused by subluxations in this part of the spine, sometimes so light as to remain unnoticed by others except the trained Chiropractor. 6. Here we find the cause of so-called gall stones, dyspepsia of upper bowels, fevers, shingles, hiccoughs, worms, etc. 7. Bright's disease, diabetes, floating kidney, skin disease, boils, eruptions and other diseases, so-called, are caused by nerves being pinched in the spinal openings at this point. 8. Regulations of such troubles as so-called appendicitis, peritonitis, lumbago, etc., follow Chiropractic adjustments at this point. 5. Stomach and liver troubles, enlargement of the spleen, pleurisy and a score of other troubles, so-called, are caused by subluxations in this part of the spine, sometimes so light as to remain unnoticed by others except the trained Chiropractor. 6. Here we find the cause of so-called gall stones, dyspepsia of upper bowels, fevers, shingles, hiccoughs, worms, etc. 7. Bright's disease, diabetes, floating kidney, skin disease, boils, eruptions and other diseases, so-called, are caused by nerves being pinched in the spinal openings at this point. 8. Regulations of such troubles as so-called appendicitis, peritonitis, lumbago, etc., follow Chiropractic adjustments at this point. 9. Why have so-called constipation, rectal troubles, sciatica, etc., when Chiropractic adjustments at this part of the spine will remove the cause? 10. A slight slippage of one or both innominate bones will likewise produce so-called sciatica, together with many "diseases" of Delvis and lower extremities. likely which of your spinal bones get an X-Ray of your of adjustments Coleman tor successful Practice in Los Angeles. Upper St. Ground floor Anaheim GRADUATE DR. JOSEPH H. COLEMAN