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How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct
-123 Your Business
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Author ‘‘Washington Close-Ups,”” “‘Banks and
Financial Systems.” ete. Contributor Political
and Economie Articles to Leading Periodicals
and & Writer of Reco/nized Authority on the
National Guvernment’s Business Methods
Shvors 7("-;;MTWM'.4-"- Newspuper Union
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THE BURDLEN OF TAXES
Beiore the war ine governmenn oi
the United States spent about one bil
tion dollars o year for all purposes,
inciuding interest on the public debt,
[u the fiseal year ending June 30, 1920,
the first full fiscal year after fighting
stopped, the government spent in
round figures six billion four hundred
million dollars. In the fiseal year 1921,
that is, up to June 30, 1921, it spent
$5,115,927,680.30, und in the fiscal year
of 1922, which will end on June 36,
1922, it will spend more than four bil
lon dollars, says Secretary Mellon of
the Treasury Depuartment.
These figures include interest on the
publi¢ debt which amounts to about
one billion dollars, but include noth
ing for ginking fund or other debt re
demption. Including both interest and
~sinking fund, the government will
spend more than four times as much
the fiseal year 1922 as it speng yearly
before the war.
These expenditures and these heavy
charges are a part of the price of vie
tory. Your whole present problem is
to curtail thewn, It concerns you to
know just bow these immense sums
were gathered and how much you paid
and are paying toward them, for of
course we, the tax payers, the men and
women.with jobs, the men and women
who have what the census calls gain
ful occupations, paid every cent of it.
It was our money until the govern
ment took it.
Let us examine the tiseal year 1920,
I have not the deiailed account for
1921, but it was stightly less than the
vear previons, as the year ending June
30, 1922, will be a slightly less burden
on us than the year preceding. Ac
cording to a careful analysis made by
the late Dr. K. B. Rosu, of the United
States bureau of stundards, a govern
ment scientist who was deeply and in
telligently interestod in the subject,
every man, woman and child in this
country contributes an average of
fifty-three dollars in taxes to the sup
port of the national government. Ac
tually it is nearer fifty-four than fifty
three dollars, but I am taking the
smaller sum for the sake of the round
number. That is, the average family
of five persons pays $265 a year out
of its earnings to the federal govern
ment alone, in addition to what is
pald for state, county and clty taxes.
The estimated avernge yearly income
of a family of five is something more
than §7OO. But before any of that $7OO
is spent $265 must be turned over to
the general government to run the
business of the United States,
The actunl amount that ench one of
us paid was $53.77. We paid it through
the medium of internal revenue taxes
and customs duties on imported ar
ticles divided as follows:
Per
Capita
Income and excess pr0fit.......587.20
Cigars and t0bacc0............. 297
Transportation and other utili-
O v Y, e
Autos, eandy, furs, Jewelry, ete. 2.52
BRYAENbON: L e R
Special taxes on capital stock,
e R e 99
Bstate inheritance ............ 07
Stamps on legal papers, ete.... .70
Admissions to amnsements, ete. 77
Insurance and mi: cellaneous. ~ 28
WOIRY esl ann T ol
The taxpayer is next of kin to the
treasury. At any rate he 1s the first
person notified when the treasury
needs money, and he always has to dig
down into his jeans for whatever is
needed. Taxpaying, even more than
charity, begins at home. The boy's
best friend is his mother, but the tax
payer's only friend is hlmself. The
only thing that can be done for him is
to disclose as vividly as possible how
much his government is costing and
let him decide what he will do about
it. It all comes down to this: The
more money the government spends
through defective organization or ex
travagance, the less you have to spend
or save.
So much for the cost of the national
business we support. We are all mi
nority stockholders. The concern has
no other source of revenue than our
contributions. It doesn't make any
money. In times 'ike these, when al
most everybody feels that he gets too
little for what he sells and has to pay
too much for what he buys, it seems
to me the least we can do is to take
an active and inielligent interest in
this great common énterprise of ours
and make sure that it is well organ
fzed: that it doesn't waste or spend
extravagantly ; that the employees are
paifl. an adequate wage and have
proper working conditions; that their
morale is kept high und their enthu
siasm in our interest uunbated ; in fine,
that as a business it shall be conduct
ed as efficiently and economically and
on as modern scientific principles as
any large private business.
Is it? .
That i 1 question you must answer
for yoursell after 1 have acquainted
vou with the neiual situation and con
dition.
Drs. Holtzendorf
and Turner
DENTISTS
Upstairs, Next Door to the National
Drug Company
PHONE 57
THE LEADER
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- Pain From Back
| Rub Stiffness Away With Small Trial
| Bottle of Old “St, Jacob’s Oil”
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; Ah! Pain is gone!
| Quickly?—Yes, Almost instant re
[ tief from soreness, stiffness lameness
;:md pain follows a gentle rubbing with
ISt Tacob’, Ol
| Rub this soothing, penetra jng oil
! vight on vour painful back, afd like
magic relicf comes, “St. Jacol'y Oil*
is a harmless backache lumbagd and
{ sciatica cure which never disapy ints;
g:mrl doesn't burn the skin. I
| Straighten up! Qunit. complainkg! |
| Stop those torturous “stitches Ip a
moment you will forget that you evir
‘had a weak back, because it won'fi
| hurt or be stiff or lame, Don‘t suffvr!i
!(h-r a small trial bottle of old, honcstl
1 “St. Jacob's Oil" frota yout (lrnggist’
inow ond get this lasting relief, adv |
OPEN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.
Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears, Your clogged nos
trils will open, the air passages of
vour head will clear and you can bre
athe frecly, No more snuffling, hawk
ing, mucouc discharge, dryness or a
headache, no struggling for breath at
night, .
Giet a small bottle of Ely’s Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
little in your nostrils, tI penetrates
throngh every air passage of the had,
soothing and healing the swollen or in
flamed mucous membrane, giving you
instant relief, Head colds and catarrh
yield like magic, Don’t stay stuffed up
and miserable. Relief is sure, ady
MR. SANTA SAYS: -
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OUR CHRISTMAS EDITION WILL BE ISSUED DECEMBER 14th,
ENTERPRISE AND PRESS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 7, 1921.
Deputy Uses Plane To
Locate Moonshiners
JACKSONVILLE, ¥l Dec 3-
Beb Shackleford. deputy Sheriff for
Duval County has an up to date way
to detect illicit stills. He uses an
aeroplane, and whep flying low over
the swaraps sod wieds Tn thic scction
locates his st returns to city, gets
his automobile and bingo, the still
is broken up.
Thursday evening late, Deputy Bob
was soaring low over a large swamp
and loc:ted three stills, He pounced
upon them and arzested three men and
dumped out more than 100 gallons
of marh
A TONIC
Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic restores
Energy and Vitatity by Purifying and
Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
strengthening, invigorating effect, see how |
it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children like it. The blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and
Grip germs by its Strengthening, In"igor
ating Effect. 60c.
& Wood
Kentucky Black Beauty
Blocley omo . 81000
Kentucky Egg Nut .. 850
It’s all g and burns good,
Georgia Pi'fe and Oak Wood
any Length \When in need
Figure with U
Prompt Service, Terms Cash,
FITZGERALD COAL &
WOOD COMPANY,
Phone 250-L
Opposite Ocilla Southern
Depot
lSage Tea Dandy
.
I To Darken Hair
| It’s Grandmother’s Receipe to Bring
Back Color and Lustre to Hair
You can turn gray, faded hair beau
tifully dark and lustrous almost over
night if you'll get a hottle of “Wyeth's
|Sa.ge and Sulphur Compound” at any
drug store. Millions of bottles of
this old famous Sage Tea Receipe, im
proved by the addition of other ingred
ients, are sold annually, says a well
known druggist here, because it dark
ens the hair so naturally and evenly
that no one can tell it has been applied
Those whose hair is turning gray
or becomin faded have a surprise
awaiting them, because after one or
" two applications.the gray hair vanishes
and your locks become luxuriantly
dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth, Gray
haired, unattractive folks aren’t want
ed around, so get busy with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound tonight
and you'll be delighted with your dark
handsome hair and your youthful ap
pearance within a few days.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets.) I
stops the Cou&l: and Headache and works off the
Cold. E.W., GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
TIVE BR‘Mg Qt%u&figd&::fltl:)e;l!f‘ec& taken
by anyone without cauain&_ nervousn2ss or ringing
‘n the head. E.W,GROVE'S signature on box. 30c.
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Fitzgerald High School Business College
—— WD .TP s 0 e T R
Is now offering standard and distinet courses in Twentieth Century
Bookkeeping, Gregg Shorthand, Touch Typewriting, and the allied
commercial subjects. . :
Enter now and through its efficient instruction and practical training,
increase your earning capacity, and at the end of the school year be
ready to accept the awaiting positions.
$50.00 Tuition Covers all Subjects
For further information, see or write: MRS. WALTER MORGAN,
Principal, or ULRIC J. BENNETT, Superintendent, Fitzgerald, Ga.
OPTOMETRIST and
MFG. OPTICIAN
Eyes Examined Glasses Furnished,
BROKEN LENS DUPLICATED
We Grind Our Own Glasses.
Phone 359
For Better Than Average
Altering,
Dry Cleaning,
Dyeing,
Pressing,
Tailoring,
We are equipped to do quick
Work That will last long.
THREE-FIVE-NINE
Pressing Club
W. ROY BRAG, Proprietor
Manon Grocery Co.,
“WHERE QUALITY TELLS
AND PRICES SELL”
PROMPT DELIVERY
Gctagon Soap. 8ar.............. S¢
Arbuckles Coffee .............. 2S¢
White House Coffee ........40c b,
Charmer Coffee, Ib. ............ 25¢
French Market Coffee, ......30¢c Ib.
Luzianne Coffee ...... ...... 35c Ib.
Best Green Coffe Ib, ............15¢
Compound Lard, Ib, ........... Il4c
doibs. Vegtole 1 i 000000050
Stgar: per pound ... 00iTe
Best Whole Grain Rice...........7¢
ry Salt Meat Ib. ... ... 14c
Sthoked Meat Mo, o .00 .19¢
Best Self-Rising Flour ...........$1
Scratch Heed b .o, 0.0.0/3Yc
Kerosene. Gallon ... .i ... .. 018¢
Green Cabbage, head, Ib. ......614c
Irish Potatoes, peck ............ Bsc
All 5¢ Soap, 7 bar 5............ 25¢
Dont Forget the Place!!
Manon Grocery Co.,
Phone 520 226 East Pine St