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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1925
Page
1
A reflective item notes that progress rarely follows a straight path and is instead shaped by numerous loops and turns. It emphasizes persistence through detours, suggesting long effort yields progress despite setbacks and twists.
Some people foresee a clear end and a straight route to it, yet few possess the skill to rally others. The text notes that predestined ends do not guarantee effective leadership or the ability to marshal a committed following to reach the goal.
The piece recalls Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison in the anti slavery struggle. They denounced slavery as a grave wrong and urged immediate emancipation. Their stance drew mobs and led to ostracism and martyrdom among supporters.
The nation later confronted slavery and slavery’s evil, and slavery was crushed after a difficult reform path. A comparable hard road marked the abolition of the liquor traffic, with years of battle and alternating defeats and wins before rum was outlawed.
The passage reflects on current approaches to taxation education, noting few in responsible roles fully grasp the subject despite decades since Henry George laid its fundamentals. It considers ongoing explorations of its various aspects and the lingering challenges in teaching and applying tax theory.
The president spoke before a National Tax Association meeting in Washington and showed interest in estate and inheritance taxes. Other societies representing varied interests also meet periodically to discuss tax topics of broad concern.
The groups are largely social or apathetic toward taxation. They have never questioned the reason or justification for taxes and treat them as inevitable like aging or death. Their main aim is to shift tax burdens away from themselves, showing little concern for who must bear the costs.
Despite broad condemnation of taxation policies, groups unite cautiously to address government funding. The text notes hopeful protests and studious efforts while warning against feeling plundered by the institution built for protection.
President Coolidge faces organized objection to federal taxation of estates and inheritances arguing it interferes with capital and disrupts business at a time when resources are tight. The protest targets federal taxes and notes many states also levy similar duties.
The article notes federal and state estate taxes operate on progressive scales up to forty percent and that both levels claim their share independently. Some state laws extend beyond state lines, risking near confiscation. President Coolidge warned an estate could be taxed seven times during settlement.
The piece discusses arguments for and against taxing estates, noting estate taxes affect those who can pay and may reduce wealth inequality. It argues the pro tax position is often advanced by those with little inheritance and opposed by the wealthy.
The article discusses President Coolidge’s stance on social legislation through taxation, criticizing a superficial class view favoring the wealthy, and urges focusing on sound tax principles. It notes the need for protests against tax injustice as steps toward a fair system, with broader calls for unified leadership in shaping tax policy.
The piece argues the tariff is used to favor producers over the masses under a revenue motive. It notes sponsors admit social aims, but the inequality remains clear. The text questions the broad benefits claimed and cites limited direct privileges for a few.
President Coolidge explains in a speech that inheritance and estate taxes are capital taxes on accumulated wealth not readily cashable. Executors must liquidate property received by heirs to pay these taxes, risking forced sales and value loss rather than easy cash payment like income taxes.
The president argues that collecting taxes this way depresses values across the nation by forcing market absorption of securities and diminishes the incentive to work and invest. He does not call for abolishing all such taxes, but urges the federal government to withdraw from this field and warns against excessive taxation while acknowledging the idea of a capital levy in principle.
The piece argues that true tax reform requires viewing taxation as a business income for governments. It insists that government revenue must come from actual benefits conferred, not arbitrary confiscation, and that income taxes are improper unless high earners are demonstrably advantaged by government benefits.
Des Moines Iowa February 16 1925 letter from W A Young explains the Weather Bureau may discontinue the Pella observing station unless the local community shows strong support. It notes a Knoxville station and a Monroe Jasper county station as alternatives and laments the loss of J H Ver Steeg. It requests confirmation of local pressure and awaits a response.
An article discusses milk safety highlighting pasteurization, tuberculin testing for dairy cows, and clean handling to prevent diseases like typhoid and tuberculosis. It urges pasteurized milk for all, noting purity is essential and that small extra cost is worthwhile.
Readers glimpse a Hollywood church letter praising First Presbyterian, noting 102 in Sunday School, Bible study on Revelation, and a valentine party. Also reported are local incidents, a gas lighting franchise inquiry, a Chicago visitor aiding a science building drive, and a school district financial summary.
The week’s marriages list Bar bara Veenstra and John Burgraaf Johanna Vos and Harl Parker along with licenses for Henry Van Ekeren Nellie A Koopman Jacob Van Hulzen Nellie Klein J S Franklin and A M Lovell Gerrit Van Wyk Cornelia Roorda and G L Klyn Anjie Beintema. Jake Vander Lyde sold his residence in the west part of town to Peter and Bert Meyer for 2700 dollars. Dirk Van Rees, a single man, died.
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