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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
6
The Senate fights to force the House to accept a constitutional amendment for a 50 million dollar sales tax. For four months the Senate has pressed its plan, facing repeated House resistance. A resolution asks the House to adopt the measure, citing social security and pension tax precedents to justify the amendment.
The House, tired of Senate delays, passes an omnibus tax bill by 110 to 25 to raise about 16 million dollars annually for social security. It boosts taxes on oil and gas and adds a one percent sales tax on utilities, motor vehicles, and other luxury goods. Rep. Ross Hardin sought a gross receipts tax substitute while Rep. W. N. Corry tried to strike the enacting clause. G. C. Morris of Greenville led the anti sales tax fight.
The Senate may adopt the omnibus tax bill after extensive changes while the House refuses to adjourn and demands a clear Senate record. The oil lobby protests growl in the Senate lobby as observers weigh Governor O’Daniel’s re election chances amid tax fight with the Legislature and old age pension promises. The coming two weeks in both chambers will reveal the political tempo and possible outcomes.
Ex Gov Jim Ferguson urges lawmakers to back a constitutional amendment as sales tax supporters push last minute. He claims Texas has 400000 people over 65 and estimates 72 million dollars yearly to fund 15 dollar monthly pensions. federal pension expansion faces opposition with reports it will add 50000 to 160000 new beneficiaries.
Uncle Sam may drop Texas from the pension alliance if the plan fails federal tests for needy aged. A special session to unwind current legislative actions seems likely as the reckoning nears, and the elderly will learn that the legislature and Gov. O'Daniel lack Santa Claus promises.
Dr. Sidney M. Lister of Houston becomes chairman of the State Prison Board, succeeding Joseph Wearden of Victoria. Denver Chestnutt of Kennedy is named vice chairman. D. E. Blackburn of Victoria heads the South Texas C of C as president, Ray Leeman reappointed executive secretary for his 13th term. The barber price fixing bill is vetoed again after previous veto and legal questions, ending the measure.
Texas lawmakers touched on cigarette tax revenue totaling 7.03 million in 1938 as Sam Kimberlin noted. Gov. O’Daniel vetoed a bill limiting appeals from district courts to Courts of Civil Appeals, while Tom Beauchamp advised against the measure. A new jail break penalty bill won final governor approval after a Galveston incident. The Senate, stalling on the fair trade act, debated a Clint Small substitute addressing county bond indebtedness and road bond issues.
Washington dispatch reports Southern and Southwestern members of Congress informal Friday talks on creating a non production area in Northern Mexico to curb the North American pink bollworm infestation. Cotton leaders from Texas Louisiana and Alabama push a $1 366 000 appropriation for boll worm fight and urge U S Mexico cooperation to halt the pest source. They contend suspending cotton production in Mexican areas would be most effective. Termite infestation notes add context about building damage in St Louis and Southern California.
The South Plains of Texas, once a cotton stronghold, is rapidly turning to large scale livestock feeding. Vast trench silos hold 1,000 to 6,000 tons of silage stored underground, supporting feed for thousands of steers, including about 1,000 Jersey calves at H W Stanton’s yards. Cotton declines from 1937 to 1938 trigger new economics as regions like Lubbock, Dawson, Lynn, Terry and Crosby counties push beef production to compete with the Corn Belt, with more than 20,000 silos planned and ongoing shipments to Kansas City and Chicago.
A note from the South Seas reports that unusually large forty-pound sweet potatoes are grown on New Britain Island. The tidbit highlights the island's agricultural peculiarities and draws curiosity about root crop varieties in remote locales.
Texas led the nation in cigaret tax collection increases with 378,944 for the year ending Aug. 31, 1938, said Sam Kimberlin director of the cigaret and occupation tax division. He noted 14 states collected more revenue from cigarets in 1938 than 1937 amid overall tax declines. Texas credit for a five-year 121 percent rise is due to stronger enforcement and better business conditions. More than 3,258,000 cigaret levies from Sept 1 last year to date were allocated to old age pensions and about 1,630,000 to the available school fund.
The cartoonish line features a couple debating marriage over religious differences. One says they cannot marry due to differing faiths, the other retorts that they can still coexist by sleeping in separate churches. The humor hinges on a playfully pragmatic view of religion and marriage.
A humorous dialogue imagines worse fates for crops as cornstalks endure ear-pulling by farmers while potatoes lament eyes full of dirt. The playful exchange satirizes harvest hardships through personified vegetables in a rural setting.
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