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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1922
Page
6
An Auto Club official opposes a proposed gas tax plan described as a mulct on car owners for the fuel they use. The confrontation centers on policy aimed at funding transportation projects and the potential economic impact on motorists.
A Michigan opinion piece argues against a proposed gasoline tax of one cent per gallon or more. It contends motorists already bear heavy taxes and warns further levies would overtax motor car owners, harming a key state industry symbolized by the automobile. The piece endorses fair, equitable taxes based on justice rather than expediency.
Under Michigan's current Republican administration the state moves into the front rank for humane progress by expanding the Michigan Home and Training School at Lapeer with nine new buildings. About 400000 is spent to care for 775 patients, and the institution may end the year without a waiting list. Dr. H. A. Hayes lauds state support as Michigan ranks among the nation’s leaders in care for this group, noting robust local school and city health planning in Detroit.
The Fordney McCumber protective tariff marks a new era of prosperity in the United States. It offers security from foreign competition to employers and workers and protects all regions and producers. The act is flexible within set limits, enabling rate changes while remaining permanent, shielding American industry from depreciating currencies and shielding consumers from price gouging. The piece also contrasts past tariff battles and notes political shifts around foreign policy and the League of Nations.
President Harding voices support for paying current expenses without raising taxes. He criticizes opponents including Reed in Missouri and Vardaman in Mississippi and notes Ferrig in Michigan branding himself a Wisconsin Democrat. He urges maintaining fiscal discipline as the nation pays its way.
A vintage drug-store ad promotes St Jacobs Oil to relieve rheumatic pain from aching joints muscles and bones. It claims the liniment quickly soothes soreness stiffness and conditions like sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia without skin burning. A trial bottle is urged for fast relief.
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