"Mary doesn't smoke. But John uses a pack a day . . . which are taxed at 6 cents a pack by the Federal Government! And, in some states, there's an additional State tax. John, with his cigarettes, and Mary with her cooking. strike about 12,000 matches a year. These are taxed at 2 cents per 1,000. We All Pay "John and Mary do not spend a dollar or a dime without some part of it going for taxes!" exclaimed Mr. Markham. "If the taxes are high, the things he and Mary eat and wear cost more and leave them less for other expenses. "If taxes are low, things cost less and he is able to buy more. "Taxes must be . . . and are . . . paid by all of us! "That is why John should take a greater interest in taxes and in the way his Government spends the money collected through taxes. "That is why," said Mr. Markham in conclusion, "I have been insisting and will continue to insist on the necessity of reduced government costs. The elements of recovery are ready to produce recovery-but as fast as an improvement is made punitive taxes appear to discourage normal progress. We cannot return to a normal prosperity then without the easing of the present teriffic tax burden." MACHINES MAKE JOBS Machines and the production system have been steadily increasing the number of those gainfully employed in industry, it was shown last night at the symposium on the problem of so-called "technological unemployment" held at the Centerville Engineers' Club. More than 1,500,000 workers were added to industry during the period between 1909 and 1929, said one speaker, Newman Hyde. Eighteen industries that did not exist In 1879, now employ one seventh of all the workers in manufacturing. Newspaper Employment Effects Mr. Hyde traced employment in the field of the newspaper and the industries dependent upon the "writer." He showed the manufacture of printing presses alone was today a vast "employer" industry. Inks, paper, editorial and reportorial staffs, artists and cartoonists, printers, engraving plants, advertising departments and advertising agencies, book binderies, etc., all depend directly upon the printing press. Yet, Mr. Hyde said, the scriveners of Paris tried to keep the evil instrument out of their city because they were afraid of “technological unemployment." Other machines show equally effective employment in their own and their by product manufacture, further speakers stated, naming the cotton gin, reaper and automobile. On the question of re-employment, it was brought out that Industry has provided 83.3 per cent of all the new jobs from January, 1934, to January, 1935, and that Industry today, far from having unemployment amounting to 7,000,000, is only 1,601,757 behind its 1929 peak employment figures. The betrothal of G. Collins ("Gus") Olson and Letitia Timmins was dramatically announced in the editorial offices of the CENTERVILLE HERALD recently when Mr. Olson came in to discuss with Luke Robinson his inheritance of the ,000,000 Collins estate. Miss Timmins, arriving in time to hear the news, decided with her usual sweetness and good nature to let certain bygones remain bygones, and to accept Mr. Olson's suit for her hand. The general astonishment. even of Mr. Olson, is evidenced in the above picture, in which the staff photographer became so excited he included Bob Robinson (posing the happy pair), Editor Luke, and the gaping copy-boy, Freckles. FEATURES Fashions-By Jaqueline Women can wear rings on their fingers and bells on their toes this spring and get away with it. For the first time it is really chic to look too pretty. And all the poor girls who have longed to wear frills, flowers and burbelows can let themselves go without being called dowdy. Such long outmoded adjectives as "elegant" and "fashionable" no doubt will come back too. For as how else but "elegant" can you describe a black broadcloth sent from Paquin, with its puffed shoulders, fitted waistline and slight flare over the hips? Worn underneath this is an ecru lace peek-a-boo-remember?-blouse with a jabot. And topping it off is a bonnet trimmed with red currants. One is not surprised to hear some women of the past generation say with wistful surprise upon viewing this jolly little costume. "Why that is just like the going away suit I wore to Niagara Falls!" Sleeves are the main point about the dresses. They are cut in every conceivable way. The puffed effect is seen on a great many. Some with an extraordinary pushed up look over the forearm give the desired fullness and wrinkles and also suggest you have outgrown them or are about to do a little dusting. Chinese Influence Evening dresses are very beautiful-long bell-shaped tulle skirts and the curved bodices outlined with pleated tulle. In spite of this leaning toward the picturesqueness, however, many of the loveliest models are made on the familiar bias lines Vionnet invented (the traditional words is "created" but I am tired of it). With these are worn wide jeweled belts. Wide belts are another point one should not miss. They are worn both day and evening, and suggest rather than define the higher waistline. The prints are truly poetic. Inspired by the Chinese Exhibition in London, they are reminiscent of the fragile, flowery beauty of ancient Ming porcelains. Fashion is forever throwing back, and this year more than ever have the great dressmakers picked and chosen some of the choicest tid-bids the past has to offer. Radio By Reynolds One of the greatest forces in the "new union" of these United States is the radio the broadcasting station bringing to every home speeches, information and entertainment unavailable heretofore. Now the speaker on national affairs can reach out to an audience of millions instead of thousands. It is no longer necessary to travel to New York in order to hear the latest popular entertainment. The cares of the day can be forgotten in company with great comedians. Mrs. Van Astorbilt in her Fifth Avenue home and Hiram Jones of Centerville may listen to the same speakers, enjoy the same music. The local radio stations make possible the bringing of great men and women, great music and brilliant amusements, to areas where before they were unavailable because of the difficulties of assembling large audiences. America owns 44 per cent of the world's radio sets. The reason is obvious. Production methods made them low-pricedhigh wage scales gave everyone a chance to purchase sets and the quick initiative of the American business man saw and brought into being the value of the broadcasting station for either direct local work or for the great national chairs. The "American Family Robinson" is broadcast regularly from your station for your entertainment. For information regarding time consult your local newspaper. If You Like Our Program Tell Your Friends or let us know where we can send them copies of the Herald Free so they, too, can know the "American Family Robinson." Just write Luke Robinson in care of your local broadcasting station. Help Us In Our Campaign For Recovery. Perhaps your community can use the full page newspaper advertisements prepared for local financing and publication. Perhaps the N. A. M. radio program, the N. A. M. motion pictures for commercial theatres or its sound slide films can be used in your community. Write us for further information on how we can help you spread the truth about industry in your community. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union. establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense. promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." ** With the above preamble America's government was planned and established 150 years ago. On September 17 of this year we observe the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. that document under which has grown the most perfect civilization ever created by man. Under the Constitution there has been created better living, more of the comforts and luxuries of life, for more people than anywhere else in the world. Under the Constitution there has grown a land of opportunity, drawing millions of people from other countries to our shores. Our streets are not paved with gold, as so many of those who came to our shores believed, but there has existed and does exist today golden opportunity and liberty for one and all. What has been the foundation of the vast progress of America in the short space of 150 years? What lies at the bottom of our vast opportunities? How is it that we have built great industries that pay the highest wages in the world and where men work shorter hours than elsewhere? How is it that we have the world's highest living standards? Why do more people own their own homes in America? How is it that we have more schools for the education of our children and that there are more hospitals for the sick? Because behind all of these stands one thing-the Constitution of the United States, which today, as 150 years ago, guarantees freedom, liberty, opportunity for all. No other document in the history of the world has given: 1. Religious freedom. 2. Freedom of speech. 3. Freedom of the press. 4. Freedom of assembly, the right to get together at any time. 5. The right to petition the government to right wrongs. 6. The right to vote and choose our own governing officials. 7. The right to work, using our earnings for ourselves and our families and to hold property which we acquire. 8. The right of citizenship and of equal protection of the law. No political group can pass a law removing the right of citizenship of any class or group. These are but a few of the protections which the Constitution guarantees to every American through a government of three independent parts-the Legislative, headed by the Congress: the Executive, headed by the President; the Judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court. 1 The 16 parts of this exhibit are small leaflets bearing the indicated titles. Illustrations are omitted. |