PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

Saturday, March 2S. 1959

Saturday, Marc^ 28, 1959

The Most Unfair Of Tax Proposals

Elgg Hunt At The Source

North Carolina has made a great to-do in the past two years over the elimination of a corporate tax structure which was said to be discriminatory toward out-of-state firms with plants in North Carolina.

Now the state legislature has before it a measure which is the worst possible example of singling out a small group of Tar Heel business firms for discriminatory taxation.

The proposal is that which would impose a tax of one to one and one-half cents per bottle on* soft drinks.

It represents a proposal to place a tax of at least 20 per cent on a six cent item. Furthermore, it would go a long way toward wiping out a considerable number of small businessmen in the state, depriving North Carolina of the considerable taxes already paid by these bottling firms and their employes.

As The Reflector has stated previously. North Caroiina should not adopt any tax which singly out a group of business firms or individuals for discriminatory taxation. It is not in keeping with the policies North Carolina has followed in itc tax structure, and in the long run it would surely be harmful to the general welfare of the state.

The proposed crown tax without question would seriously curtail sales of soft drinks in North Carolina. In many instances it would spell ruination for many small bottling firms which, like their larger competitors, depend on volume for their successful operations, in 1057 when prices of soft drinks went generally from a nickel to six cents in North Carolina, it represented the fir.sti price rise for bottled solt drinks in almost half a century. It was neces.^arv from an economic standpoint if bottlers were to survive the constant round of increases in the cost of materials which they used, overhead and wages.

In 1948 there were 202 bottling plants in North Carolina. But bv January of this veai that number had decreased to only 139 .. . and that in spite of the price increr..se which went into effect two years ago.

Certainly the legislature of North Carolina would

ittle Change In ?ros And Antis

By LYNN NINBET

DIVISION At the end of the seventh full week of the 1959 General Aasembly the dividing linea between pro and anti ad> ministration forces are almost exactly where they were drawn on opening day. The term* pro" and anti" admittedly are mU* nomera m applied to large part of the membership.

Among the 50 Senators about one-third can be counted upon to view with RUBplclon" or oppose meaeures labeled as ad* mlnletratton favored. Another third will be inclined to accept the administration viewpoint per se. The remaining third, among whom are some leaning one way or the other, are cUsslfle4 as more independent, considering bills on merit rather than sponsorship. Needless to say this Is tha popular third, the men who art courted by their colleagues, and by rtas<m of their sitqAtton exercise large influence.

The first test vote came on selection of a President pro tern at the pre-session caucus. The predicted close vole developed, with the admlnlstratton candidate winning by 28 to 21. The next test came on a very minor issue. of no consequence except to Columbus county. Sen, Arthur wmitmaon, avowed antl-admlnis-tiaUonlst, sought suspension uf rules to pass a bill delaying re valuation in Columbus county He was supported by Sens, C. V. Henkel of Iredell, John Jordan of Wake and several others. Sens. Lunsford Crew of Halifax, Pat Cooke of Gaston and two or Uuee more admlnUtrationlsts took the floor to oppose rule suspension. Williamson got his lit tie bill on Uie calendar and passed it.

TEST A more significant test vote came this week when by a vote of 23 to 22 the Senate postponed action on the bill, which had passed the House, to set Pp a Stat^ building commission for planning construction of leglslatlve-offtce building. The bill carried no direct appropriation, but Involved the budisi't approved Item of $4 5 million. Action was deferred until the main budget biennial appropriation bill is reported out of rommlttee, There was quite a stir around captol corridors and the Senate chamber Wedne.siiay after noon and Thursday morning as administration Jenders sought

support for a vote to reconsider and recall the bill to the floor now. Most observers agreed they had the necessary margin of votes to reverse the previous action. Undoubtedly the procedure would have Increased enmities and perhaps Jeopardhscd more Important legislation to come up later. Counsel of older heads prevailed and the recall attempt was not made Thursday.

Another test, less conclusive so far as administration strength Is concerned because of the basic policy Involved, was the voU on the prison ftidustiiejt or compulsory purchase bill, which had passed the House by large margin, The bill paased and was regarded as an administration victory although It had strong support from several Senators who are generally counted on the other side, and some staunch admlntstratlonlsti opposed it.

There are no clearcut factional lines, and no outstanding Individual leadership.

HOUSE On the House side It Is more difficult to classify members as pro or anti, although on several votes the division was as close as In the Senate.

Governor Hodges did not take as much hand in selection of a Speaker as he did In the Senate pro tern presidency, but It was generally understood his close associates favored Carl Vent/-ers, Addison Hewlett won, which meant that some of the stalwarts of past sessions lost conmilttee chairmanships.

Not many of the big Issues have yet come to the floor of either branch for action. The real tests will come on some of the government reorgantzatlon bills, the money hills and oonstltutton-al revision. Even here the alignments may not he clearcut. lie-cause Cloyd Phllpott of Davidson. who served as chairman of the reorganlsr-atlon study commission. Is an avowed candidate for Speaker next time. He is very popular and some of his col* leagues will go along with the recommendations of his commlt-lee because of affection for him rather than allegiance to the Governor,

Another working candidate for Speaker la Joe Hunt of Guilford, chairman of the municipal finance study commission. He too will get personal support for his hills from some who do not subscribe to all the provisions

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not consider ptacfng t 20 per cent tax on new automobiles sold in the state, or on appliances, clothes, pencils or any other item for that matter

Why then should thd General Assembly give serious consideration to a crown tax which singles out the bottlers of North Carolina for a discriminatory tax? Obviously it is because it would provide a relatively easy source of tax to collect. The bottler would have to advance payment to the state before he could get the crowns for his bottled drinks. And the bottler in turn would have to pass the tax akng to the consumer as best he could.

In actual practice, however, It is entirely possible that the increa.se in revenue realized from a discriminatory crown tax would be more than off-set by loses in other iorms of tax revenue the state would suffer by forcing a number of bottling firms out of business.

The Hoft drink bottlers of North Carolina are now paying their fair share of taxes in other forms just like most other businesses in the state. Certainly there is no Juetification for singling out this one group of Tar Heel businesses for a discriminatory and perhaps ruinous tax burden.

The legislators of North Carolina should without hesitation kill any tax proposal which is as unfair and discriminatory as the crown tax proposal now before them.

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Bg HAL BOYLE

Might Better Attend To Business At Hand

We find ourselves somewhat amused and at the same time somewhat disappointed that with the present General Assembly only six weeks old, campaigns already are being launched by Hou.^e Speakership hopefuls for 1961.

Such is the way of politics and politicians, and it has been for decades. Even io, It does seem that the candidates could wait until th/s session of the legislature is a little farther along belore making political plans for the next.

To be sure the Hewletl-Venters race for Speakership should have given mo.st of the House members sufficient political fireworks to last them more than six week. It created strong political factions that should be allowed to dissolve before new factions are formed for a 1961 Speakership race.

Hep. Clyde Harris of Rowan, Joe Hunt of Guilford and H. Cloyd Phllpott of Davidson already have avowed their candidacies for the Speakership two years from now. While tending to legislative chores, each is al.io pushing his candidacy, and it is logical to assume that each has supporters in ^Ihe legislature who are dividing their attention betweea writing laws and button-holing potential voters.

People in all the 100 counties of North Carolina probably would feel much better if their representatives in the House paid more attention to the legislative business that must be transacted between now and June, and less to a Speakership rate which is still two years away.

By DON SCHLIENZ

Another Mans Poison

Cm* mans meat 1 another mani poison, they isy; and Ill go along with that.

Now you tak# the field of music.

Rather, B ie the loog-term favorite under brief surveillance: the one particular arrangement of musical notes which eatlees the subconsdoua perscmallty.

A person can encounter a song, a march, a dancing theme, a fugue, a symphony, and all of a sudden his (or her) ear Is attuned to th^ one melody. The melody Is robted In that persons subsconsclous, and may Unger for years.

To Illustrate:

Hardly Workec.

Its a perfect nuisance when one simple little tune dominates your day ... but thoee Instances when a musical phrase plagues the conscious mind for one day, and then forgotten. Is not the topic for todays dissertation.

A wartime acquaUitance aboard ship (who was not of Irish extraction) was a bremendous admirer of the song "MacNamaras Band". As long as I knew him, the only time he displayed this musical failing was when drinking. Then he was prone to bellow the .song and march around as though he were a 8on of Erin. It was something to hear and sec: ... especially hear.

WboreTM* I went with him, call on the piano-player. Hie combo or band to play that mim-br. OiMJC. in Anetralla, he brit>-ed an entertainer la, a pub to play "Begin the Begidnt^ for three straight hours. He was then evicted.

Those# examples are the extreme side of my theme. Not everybody Is so afflicted.

Last night I heard Itr melodious falling. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads". R reminded me for the umptewith time how versatile that particular song could be.

Then, another friend was fascinated by Begin the ^Beguine.

D Good Sweat

Other E(ditors Saying... State Of New York City

By JAMrs MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) ~ Congress. having hardly worked up a good sweat over what It accomplished so far this year, has now gone home for Us usual Easter bieather.

Its work to dale is about par for the course. 11 really has to start rolling when it returns In April,

By now the biggest Issues of the first three months of 1959 have become pretty clear: Inflation. the American ccononjy In general, defense spending, and the Berlin crisis.

Congress has licgun an extensive investigation of what makes the economy tlck.*^ It has held extensive and necessary hearings on many subjects, granted Hawaii statehood, prepared some legislation for later action, and voted on money bills,

Both houses of Congress stand firmly behind Prealdent Elsenhower on the Berlin crisis whlrh the Soviets created. They have given him some suggestions. He hasnt said much except that he won't biidge an Inch on Berlin.

Nevertheless, discussion has been Inteivse and will continue right up to and through the aummlt conference next summer If there la one.

For monih.s now Elsenhower has been hatnmerlng against the danger of Inflation and seetmi to have sUjgled ovit the steel liv dustry for .special attention. He luus ti(1dres.sed his appeals both to .steel managi'inent and to the .Hteel workers union which soon will be a.sklng tnore wages He ha.s cautioned both side# slnee steel prices affect ths whole eeonomy against upsetting tor too nmch money: management by using higher wages as an excuse to raise steel prices.

But while he's Iteeti warning steel to N' careful. Inflation has

monthly report on living costs came down.

Practically every spending category except food went up. Prices for housing and moat fuels went up In February. So did the cost of medical care, gasoline, and such Items as toilet goods, haircuts, household appliances, TV gets, radio and movie admissions.

tw'en Inerenslng In other Industries HUd it la quiktlininble

whether workers and mannge-ment U the steel Imlu.stiy will stand sllll wlitle prices go up Hi'inind lliein.

This week the govenunrnfs

Another argument bound to continue: the I>emocrata contend that Eisenhower, in his desire to show a balanced' budget after three consecutive years of deficits. wants to spend too little on defense.

The Hepubllcan.abut not all of themrally around Elsenhowers rejoinder that he 1s In the beat pasttlon to know what de-fetise this country needs.

What seems the biggest Illusion of 1959 Is Elsenhower's In-slsU'nce that the budget can and must be balanced in the way he proposed. He figures that If the country In fiscal I960 spends only 77 billion dollars it can take It In revenue $77.100,000,000. His figuring Is Rinaalngiy paper-thin.

. He Is not estimating that revenue figure on the basis of taxeg already on the books.

He is asking Congress to get revenue up to that amount by ra Using 600 million more In re vis nue through boosting postal rate.s and the gasoline tax. Since Congress almost certainly wont, that leaves him about 600 million dollars shy to start with.

But the crownlnr blow' was struck this w'cek when tax ex-iM'i'ts wortoiuK for Congress figured revenue would be at Ifrt.st a billion dollars below Eisenhower s 77 btlhon doUar spending budget.

Couple thill with the fact the Democratic run Congreas seems t)cnt on voting more money than Eisenliower asked for In lus tnidget on the grounds that he did not R.sk for enough - and his budget balancing looks long gone

But. like the Berlin crLsls, the rconomy, and inflation, thin argument over the budget will go on and on.

(Henderson Dispatch)

New York City or at least gome people who live there wants to become a State in Its own right. It would have the area sliced off from up-State and made Into a separate unit.

The whole agitation stems back to finances. The metropolis is Democratic, while up-Sta(e ii largely Republican. When the big city wants to spend money freely, somebody at Albany seems to apply the brakes. City employes are up in arms over the prospect of being denied a pay raise, and some nine thousand of the public school teachers have threatened to strike. Others are talking of a one-day stoppage to emphaslEe their demands.

At the capital In Albany the furor elicited laughter, so far as the new-state Idea was concerned. But the City Council of the metropolis appointed a committee to study the possibility and legality of seceding from the rest of the State and forming a sovereign unit all Its own.

Thla Is a bit new with respect to new sovereignty, but It Is not the ftrat instance of areas de-slglng to form a State of their own. Only a few montha ago there was a newspaper poll in California on the Hiought of the southern region breaking away from the north to form two States. For years there has been nimor about a splitting up of the vast territory ofTexaa, although pride In being the biggest Slate may have been a factor In .illencing the talk. It could be revived, of course. If anything should come of the dLscuasions in New York City and California.

Power and Influence and the craving for them could be providing the stimulus In these discussions. Every State, of course, has two members of the United States Senate, regardless of size, though the status In the House is determined on the basis of population.

Admission of Alaska and Hawaii s members of the national union has made the country State-conscious. They are coming in for the first time, of course, and no division is involved. But they are new, and the very thought may have given other sections of the country ideas cf their own.

Well, its a day of change: a time of clamor for new things: of yearning for breaking away from fixed policy and statius. It Is difficult to see how the federation would be helped or the country made any stronger by these latest proposals. If every section of every State wanted to break up Into segments because they could not have their way, this country would soon become a hodgepodge of government that would create greater problems and new schisms to disturb the unity that has existed these many years, and at tJie same time diminish the strength that exists by reason of the efficient manner In which government has been carried on from the beginning.

Agitation in New York City may fade out, but the metropolis feeLs Its oats because of its size. It would probably have as much to lose as It could gain by separation from the neighbors to the north.

I heard It for Rit. Brst time maybe four years ago, maybe five, when the musical production "Kismet" ftrat aiweared (I didnt sec it.) Perhaps my first encounter was via radio, but it caught my fancy kt om hearing. I didn't know the songs name, but teied to buy a recording both here and during a trip to Virginia; and failed. It was still too new.

Why did B B ft B appeal to me? ^

I dont know. It sounds, personally speaking, equally exciting when played by a three-man Jazz combo, by a string ensemble, by a fuU orchestra or by a soloist. One vocalist, a duet, a chorus, can do equal justice to the lyrics. They're elastic that way.

Then Ive noticed "my song" can be played in almost any tempo, barring march-time, and retain its allures. Again, its a matter of opinion; but thats the theme of this whole piece. Whenever I hear this particular song a part of me pauses to listen. Perhaps its the unusual blending of ^uslc, lyrics and sentiment which draw me.

Not everybody is aa'are of a musical theme catching their attention whenever Its heard. But Id guess theres such a song in the lives of us all. All, that Ls, but the tone-deaf. They really miss something.

Dont they?

NEW YORK (AP) Fame ftouebM people at the oddest moments.

Even wm Janet Gasmor. Hollywoods first Academy Award wtnaer, gets a chuckle remembering bow she first realized she had reached stardom on a Irkp to the powder room.

R was In 1927. Uiat she and Chmles Farrell, another screen newcomer, teamed to make the unforgettable "Seventh Heaven."

"Success sometimes comes so unexpectedly, Miss Gaynor mused. "No one even noticed me when I walked into the theater for the premier of that film. *"But when 1 got up at the jUitermisMoti to go to the ladies*-room,'the crowd would hardly let me Brovck. I went into that theator a unknown, and came eut a star.

"R an happened in a single hour."

Jaaet weat oa to the heights. For three years hi a row sha was the aattons Rp star at the bexofftoe.

to 1988. weary o< the screen triad, she retired. The next year she married QHbwt Adrian, the designar, and settled happily into a relative obseurity from which she emerged three years ago whea she rmralned br career.

Janet, a Philadelphia born hoeef-btoade with quick brown eyes, stood only five feet and weighid 180 pounds when she first weat to Kt^Bywood in 1926 ^wMh ao stage experieace. She now weighs 186 pounds and is threa toerths of an iaeh taller.

"I eaat aaderetand It myself-where that eatra three quarters el aa laeh eanm from," she said,

SI$hDf.

She doesn't la any sense regard the two deeades away from tiie sorsM 'as a lost period.

"You dont really ever lose anything you gain something," she said. "They were wonderful happy years. I always loved to act, and still do, but strangely enough I didnt miw H one bit when I wajmt doing it.

Miss ti glamr? No, Indeed.

I had an even mwe glamorous life after I retired. The only reason I quit was because I wanted to Uve another kind of life for a whUe. It was as simple as tiiat.*

This Is Janet Gaynors philosophy today: .

"I never want to stick at any one point in Ufe, and think that lit is everything. You have to learn not to bold on to the past or look too hard to the future, but live each day.

"The eseeiMje of hit is changt, and ws ean hope Ihs changa means growth.*

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUCtLASf DESPAIR

Quote...

When you were figuring tip your income tax returns did you remember to deduct all of the * hidden taxes you had to pay during the year? Likely as not you did not. But these hidden taxes took big bite out of your Income last year, probably much more than you paid In property and Income taxes."Tlie Ahos-kie <N C.) Herald.

It was all over. As one o( the disciples of Jesus put it; We had hoped that it was He that would redeem Israel."

- But that now was behind them. % was a dead dream. This Jesus had been a great man. a noble teacher, a miracle worker, a loving friend to many. But of course He was not the Messiah, they reasoned, else He would not hafe died. God would have protected Him with legions of angels. The good would have recognized Him and risen up In Hbs defense. How dreadful that so much good should perish!

We can picture disciples, each in bis home weeping and shaking his head and asking over and over again how this awful thing could have taken place. And yet, they must have reminded themselves that a thing a# grand as the enterprise Jesus tried to establish must necessarily fall. The world was not ready for that kind of goodness. Humanity would Just have to go along as best it could, serving God, and hoping for the best in the end.

Gods wisest and best had tried something better and had failed. Goodness and hope such as Jesus stood for Just could not be made to work. The cross had apparently proved this

What they did not realize was that within twenty-four hours they would be delirious with Joy over the Resurrection. Easter was about to dawn.

Profitless Poultry Prosperity

By ELMER ROES.SNF.R

ODinions In Brief

"It s rfws.niili\g to know that tlif spac* iRc ami the di.sturb-luK iM>,s,siblUty of nnnihUnUon by miclcHr fl.-isUin hpvon't 'hanged bunntn natinc We re NtUI im>Nt (ntcrested in how we f'Wl nnd how little Johnny behaves" Mliunl HcrwUl.

it to them" vWa.'h t Echo,

Leaveiuvorth

"1)0 VOU frcl tired, run down, hopclc.NN nnd flnblH'iKioitf'tt' or do you get soim'onr else to inukp out your inconie tax '" Miami Herald,

"Dve first man to orbtt in a >.ueUlte, the M'lentbl.s my. must b*' ytHmg, smart, and strong, .vnrt It gives most of us n nice, secure hThng, knowing that we h *vp the.se three gvKxt excuses." Jsck!onvnie Tlme.s-Union.

"Home jM'ople have made an si t of lielng .slow to pick up the check. You v really gut to baud

The U H Vangvisrd xatellit has sent Iwik word that 'old mother earth is a little prnr-.shaped that ix. bulgv in the _amifh and iw^lnted In the nortli Well, aren't we all?-sLexluflou . llcrald.

YouTl find fewer broilers at 29 cents a pound if the National Broiler Council can persuade supermarkets that they are wrlng-luR their own necks with such sales.

Chickens it 29 cent# a pound - and {wmietlmes at .Mi cent# -Lx a strange phenomenon of 19.59 poultry economics.

In an era when almo.st ivery-thlng else except chicle has been gntng up, pmiltry has been becoming amazingly cheaper.

U wa.x pointed out yevXlerday tliat the addition of chemicals, hormones, antibiotic#, and vita mlns, plus the introduction of production-line methods, has reduced the cvxst and time of rats-ing eating broilers. Thi# in turn ha.s re.sulted in an upsurge of production And rapid changes in markets; often cause bizarre re*-Hits.

WHY EVERYBODY LO.SE.S

Those who got into broiler raisins early made splendid pro-fils This -gtlrsctecl thou.xahd# tooit into iht field. Low prices

tnd better birds have been In-ci*ea#lng consumer demand, but production has risen faster than demand.

The overproduction factor has been worsened by two others. One is that broilers must be slaughtered after six or seven weeks because the cost of feeding after that point is unprofitable The other is that weeklj broiler staUstlcs are readily available For example, in 22 major chick en-produclng states in the week ended March 7. a total of 34.-Taa.tkX) day-old chick# were put in production.

So everyone In the busines.x. including brokers and chaln-atoi e buyers, knows that in the week beginning April 12, so many broilers, less nonsurvlvors, will be coming on to market.

If the number L greater than e.stihiated dbmand. buy-ers can beat prices down to cost One chain will announce a 29-cent sale other chain# will Insist sellers give them a price on which they can compete, and

there*.s another one of those cackle splurges

PRDEITLE.SH PROSPERITY

There is no profit for anybody at 29-cent price#, Neither Uie retailers. processors nor producers can make anything. Many producers have barely made wages (if the $60 a week for seven 16-hour days IS wages) for month#. Even their suppliers lose, because they can't pay their bills.

The Broiler CmmcU. it# brokers. tt# promotional agencies and some government aids are trying to conv-lnce the markets that thU system is screwy. i

The marketa lose. They make nothing at that price: most lose. 1 he sales do not attract others customers because the com-peitlors. have simultareous salea. The sale* cut into beef, l>ork and lamb sales, which carry reasonable marksups House-wive# buy In advance t the.se sale#, hence for a week or more thereafter they are interested in neither poultry nor other meato.

The privessors lose, because thflr Ipcome is les# than the cast of claughtering, preptrtog, grad

ing and hipping broiler# whei price# are that low. The growers make no money. Many have guarantees of 5 or 6 cent# a margin over costs but the guaraa|^ amount# to coolie wages, Ahd breeders, hatchers, feed kupplf ers and all others lase tiecaujui growers have difficulty In paying their bills.

.SOLITION.S. ANYONE?

Some In the industry w'ant got^-ernment subsidies. Other# want amendmenUs to antitrust laws so that produci'rs could limit output to demand

But most of the leader# think the an-xwer l# increasing demand: to encourage the average family to eat chicken two and three time.# a week, instead of ouce; h) .sell more chickens to bajrbecuer#. school lunches, plant restaurants, and jvo on, They wont care If somebody starts a fad for rubbing chicken fat In the hair. They Imdst that even gt price.# well above 29 cento, chicken to cheap and delightful, and if they can get the message over, demand will soon catch jp with proddotioxL ^

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