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"805 Broad Street. Phone 36.
spaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published
at Nevada City. :
so anette p Editor and , MS
Published Semi-Weekly,. Monday aoa lbursday
at Nevada City, California, and entered as ma.
matter of the second class in t).2 postoffice at
Nevada City under Act of Cor.:ess,, March 3,
i 1879,
SUBSCRIPTION BALES .
}. industry.
unsound. ‘In. ‘support
j directors at.its meeting on June 23,
‘ mattied;
»1for @.constitutional, convention. or
. lt did. that the results, would be.
vas is, ‘line qwith; the ,gbjectives of this. proMe ‘@ While, the. ponstitution requires
that.a constitutional convention must.
nd Heng by congress in the event.
‘ al pplicatt _two thirds
Jp, the’ state 1 dh
exists fok-entoreing ©
ment, Anasmuch as the proposal un‘der ‘cor tion involves prieeslnn
Wwers of congress, it is do
that congress would voluntar:
Pine
-. jy }eafesuard the nation’s »
ownership of property and will encourage the investment of venture
{capital and. a healthy expansion of
~~ 3—Restriction. of the. taxing power ‘of congress will:help to Praag te
igbinng it regards
need through _ this,
omically and’ Bove
thie position twken by the board of
11944, the telowing. Feasqus are. avb-.
‘In-There is no. assurance. that .
congress would. yield. to: the. demand
legisiatures, no ‘machinery
this fequirewith the requests for a ‘conla ‘sentation ‘eon“pecan could —
: her}
hently . mee
procedure enaaestes. by!
NEVADA CITY NUGGET
plan is “obpectionable because
these uncertainties.
2—4t is governmentally unsound
stitution any provision the effects of
which are uncertain.
It is not known. definitely how
much revenue “vould be lost to the
federal’ tresaury” under this proposal
how it would affect other segments
of the federal tax base or whether
the limitation would attain the objectives of its sponsors. If for any
reason this proposed tax limitation
proved to be ill-advised or unworkable it could be removed or altered
only through the cumbersome pro¢ess of anether constitutional amendes years and it might never be achieved. In the meantime the financial
structure of thé government would
suffer and this would be reflected
in the economy of the nation.
' 8—The enforcement of the limitation could lead to the enactment of
jother taxes which would be much
more detrimental to the nation’s economy than the present tax system,
or such modified tax structures. as
congress may vVoluhtarily provide in
the post war period.
Although
successful in replacing the revenue
lost thrgugh the imposition of ‘the
25%, ceiling on income, estate and
ylation is confined to portion of the
sch ‘base would leave’ thé way open’
: for the, enactment’ of substitute tax
n-. ress would ‘tilt . have the power,
-. example to ‘supplement the corporstion income tax with
lH raje Gade ae tecroe te ae the
resiul¢” ‘De highly destFwetive td
would not assure the end of exces#
fee" tax’ rgtes and “might go so ‘fara
to injure those whom it is intended
to help.
be
4—The probable effect on revel
nes could lead to crippling the’ go¥«{
ernmetnal srtucture, ‘undermining,
governmelt credit and forcing a dis
‘loéation of the monetary system.
Despite’ the ‘fact © that congress’
would have the right~ to . levy
‘dilbstitute taxes,.thé amount of revenue ‘lost: under the provisions of this
limitation ' eotild greatly exceed the
‘point where ‘it: could be™ ‘Feplaced.
The ‘individual income tax during the
‘current fiscal yedr will yteld about
‘$78,000; 000,000 with tax fates ranging progressively from 23% to 94%!
If progressive tax rates weré to be
of}
if
ma
of
of
. would probably be graduated from
Point fa below the’ present 28%,
minimum with the result’ that the
‘loss of révenué would probably exceed by more than half the amount’
/how ‘received from ‘this sourée. _Inasty
jibe required after the ‘war to ‘service
the war’ debt; to pay ‘veterans bene‘would ‘place the fedéral treasury in
Thus the measure’ ‘could’ Iead to national bankruptey:--*5--Te tax limitation does not ap-}
ply. we spending or borrowing and
therefore neglects the basis for au
fn taxation. .
‘The basis of all federal taxation
the. ‘amount of expenditures. As
ie as congress. has unlimited Ppow. ets to make: appro ropriations and to
incur indebtedness, a partial limit.
ation On its taxing powers will not
economy
ae against the pitfalls. of detauit; the
-Of inflation’ and the Fe.
Ske alte of im advised fiseal practices,
ours” ‘*hanc through. a:
ation . will: be wore’ readily aapel
tax’ limitation: _
} are other “methods. of
; correcting detects in the federal tax
ture. waiok: are safer and “tore
th is already within the power of.
mist s‘ without. the: cumiber, . ’
}some. process required to change the.
:, #toastitution. ‘Tt shouldbe as easy: to.
set. ublic support for such latletasine
s action by congress as it would be to.
~ {get ‘public support for such legislative
. constitutional amendment. The former procedure is governmentally and
as Saag lly. Sounder: and rows: cep
mal results.
‘Teasons the Califor.
of .
to freeze into the United States con-}
ment: Such a process sometimes tak-. ¢
congress might not be
BUREAUCRACY
HORTS MINING
INDUSTRY
(By Charles F. Willis
Editor of The Mining Journal)
After reading scholarly talks on
our tax problems, and after listening to arguments for and against
different methods of taxation,
fact stands. out clearly—everybody
and his dog must now pay sacrificial
taxes and government extravagance
must be eut as drastically as taxes
are increased.
If we fail to do this, we admit that
we prefer to pass on to the boys at
the front not only the risk of life
and limb, but the obligation in buying interest bearing bonds which
éreate debt and in perpetuating
every boondoggling political project
while our fighting men sacrifice their
lives and opportunities and families
to preserve us safe from aes at
home.
The psychological approach toward
maintaining production in the metak
mines has, been terrible. For many
months and from all sides we have
¥
‘. gift taxes, the fact that the limit-}
hata I gyorg gegen go #2 meta} to cover ciy}itian requirements or cutting down
business, Ag a result, the limitation
g. Fetained under the limitation, they
‘Much as high tax tates will: probably’
fits’ andto provide ‘for post ‘War ren
construction, ‘the’ drastic Yeduction)
of the ‘individual incdme’ ‘tax alone}-. @ position. where it-might not’ be able
to ‘take care ‘of: its’ fixed obligations: . :
the top.” “Great.fanfare, was, made
about granting no. more, lead and
zinc premiums as.there was no need
te’ increase. production. by further
. price stimulation, The zinc branch of
WIPB toldiof huge-stocks and. talked
the means of obtaining it.
The Re “tangsten and mere
contracts. were @ancelled and Meta
‘Heserve paid. the. penalty in cash:
father,than take additional, ores, Na-,
{ional publicity said that we had. so}
Much copper that it® was. “running
out-of jour ears” and that WPB had
ih te organize 4 sales force to get rid
ot some. of the accmulated’ surplus.
Mibother publicity story stated -that
70 gold mines had, been given permission to. operate, indicating that
ij Men,were ‘being released to less essential mining.
All-of the above and many stusilar
things have. happened in the last six
months and the result has been just
‘what could be expected—a let down
in. metal production all along the
line, The. énthusiasm which had
been aroused for more and more metal production was flattened out by
the statements of various government. agencies. The:balloon was
—and it looks as though too much
gas _escaped.
-Now the Powers That Be. diabetes
that they need to revive that enthusiasm, and that the balloon must be
ple. believe that the: situation can
that nofrerrous,; metal. production
must ‘be maintained at 1943. levels;
that stockpiles are not sufficient to
take up the slack; and that ‘war Tex
‘quirements of the invasion are att.
ducers and miners. do not know what
to believe:
‘Just when the public is being told
of the great need for more metal
than js being produced and urged to
army steps in and says that it must
how take the men and the soldiers
that were furloughed to the mines.
have a government action that: does
not jibe. with. the statements. that
{ere being made, These. who
logi¢ally—or any other Wway—cannot §.
,. reconcile the demand for increased .
think
"production. ag’ ~deitig ‘eonsistent ‘with
the removal of ‘the mien who make
that production possible.
Meanwhile, “thé “metal producers
are fn a. dither, They do not know
what to believe. They do not know
ihst(what"ls expected’ of them. “They .
pronouncearmed’ ‘forces aust have’ more metal;
‘and then they see the armed. forees
re. induct their workinen and: ‘take away hs
the furlowghed’ boldichs. They like-. *
wise sée that sel&ctive service Tegulations, relating to industries” fy
‘which key ‘men can be deferred, dethe army is tipi nearly so much con‘cerned over metal production . as it
is toward getting more able ‘bodied
men.
It is Sthvicncls that the various
agencies of the government do not
} get together on a coordinated proSram _ where” ‘actions and statements
the. same.alley. When statemade through authorita:-.
Js all the
4 cleat expect suas ae :
one}
. Warl Rickard on Gold Flat.
PERSONALS
Harold Pingaree with the U.
medical corps at Monterey, spent the.
week end holiday season in this city .
visiting his son,‘Lou Pingaree and
relatives. Lom is on a fire suppression crew at Camptonville and came
to this city Wednesday to visit wi:h
his father.
Miss Dorothy Sack of Piedment is
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
‘Miss
Sack’s mother and grandparents are
former 'Nevada City residents.
Mr. and Mrs. R. McQuay of Alameda are enjoying a visit here with
relatives and friends. They sold ‘their
home on the Willow Valley road recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Foreman have
as guests their daughter and son in
law Mr. and. Mrs. George Smith of
Alameda, on a two weeks vacation.
Also enjoying a visit in the F
man home are Roland Judd and
es Marjory and Hetty Clark of d
meda. The-Misses Clark are nieces ‘ot
Ss}
Seard that metal production is/‘‘over!
punctured and the gas.was let ont
blown up again; However, they are
finding it mighty hard to make peopossibly be serious afterall the balJyhoo’ of. the past, six months, They:
LOW say, ‘Positively. and. forcefully, . ;
ually not*being met. No wonder prorenewed and maximum efforts, the} é
Takingthe manpower away indicates}, .
that the army has a greater need for . ,
men, than for metal &nd again wel,
hear Statements made that are just} *
the. opposite of other
' ments ‘from’ equally authoritative
sources. “They hear WPB say that the]
Uiberataty and intentionally omit ‘non . }.
ferrous metal mining, indicating that. *"
Mrs. George Strach ot e ay:
results.
It is no simple matter to convert,
quickly from the past feeling that, g.
there is plenty to a doctrine of scarcity which required ‘extra effort. Such,
conversion cannot pogsibly be made
if thé statements relating to stars
city and need are notiiacked by de-,
cisive™ and positive actions aimed to-,
‘ward’ 'ré a. solution. Tt ‘éarnot .
be accom @ ‘by ‘saying in words}
that we Watt more metal and at thé
same time; “by getion taking away
Several years ago the mining int
dustry blew up" ‘over. the appoints
ment of a userge cmfwyp “3%
ment of a surgeon as thé director of
1 the United States: Buyean’. of Mines,
It could not conceive what there w
about-training and experience in sur, .
gery that qualified a man to’ hea i
the government organization that ig
related only to the mining industry,
a mighty fine fellow, and undowb:édly ‘a capable’ surgeon, but ‘it was
believed that a mdn ould have ~been
found for the post who ‘had sonfe
qualifications pertaining’ to the inserve,
Now comes “another appointment
in that same organization: which the
mining industry is not going to: unx
George A. Lamb has been made assistant director of the United States
Bureau of Mines; While he was born
in an important mining state. ‘Idaho,
his nearest connection ‘with mining
prior to entering government ‘service
is that ‘le “‘attendéd Yale university
—and specialized in studies of bituminous-coal freight rates structurey’%
agencies: inclided the department of!
mere commission. Moré recent work
hasbeen‘as4 coal statistician: bad
One may wonder: if-ithas not been
*hias caused the bureau -of mines -to
be. side tracked im*so much: of the
war effort and ‘been responsible for
ae ‘establishment of’ so: many new
n
to to mining: activities.
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