The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 244, Ed. 1 Monday, February 8, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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taxes, special
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C. J. Smith and Josie Chizer.
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TEXANS ARE WROTH URGES A TAX FIGHT
OVER OFFICIAL FEES BY REALTY OWNERS
THEY TRIED TO
SIDE-STEP LOVE:
Time and Money
Call us first.
Electrical Service
word to
Roosevelt.
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efhct they can hung down the house I
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date
e Bros, will be held at the home of de-
ceased at two o’clock Tuesday, Fob.
► personnel of th
Office occupy
si on headed by Senator Seabury C.
Mastick, Mr Walsh said:
Weather seems to be getting better
1 and numbers of farmers are getting
back into the fields. A month without
ks
rom
. at-
past
be
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Mil-
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Hubert
services
ursday
there
d. The
.it the
Trades
etc. It
merits, codes, regulations and restric-
tions to such an extent that it is be-
coming a real menace."
He said real estate boards have done
tend with for centuries, and we ire
still the victims of some very oppres-
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assess-
fellows
to that
always
rday and
I pleased
The firm
Marriage Licenses.
Jno. M. Armata and Ida Petrucha.
omen. Thia time it is Fay Wray, and
dicated after impeachment proceed-
I ings were brought against him.
Hti<l
al o2
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per-
Co which
d at Corpus
Faironize ane hdvertnezs.
established we declare" and in section
26 of the bill of rights that "perpe-
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indictment.
was vin-
enced anything but fine weather. The (
elements are indeed with us in our
developed and perfected through close
UP; WELL PLEASED WITH
LAST TWELVE.
Bay City Bank & Trust Co
Bay City, Texan
ression and
rain now would prove a great bless-
Ne
l everyone at the drawing w
twelve with the new arrangement.
। bandstand for use generally.
Days, hand concerts, speakings
I DALLAS, Feb. 8.—Great resent-
ment against the fee system and
against fee-grabbing public officers
Ha,
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.“Wall Street" and "international
। bankers.” Tammany is intangible, but
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INVESTIGATION DISCLOSES THAT J.
COUNTY OFFICERS GET MORE
PAY THAN GOVERNOR
this vast improvement, and did well
with his part of the work.
same
battle
Like
Bickford, Wiliam Armstrong
in a picture that depicts life
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was I
with
that society has
that is the power
red flag to a bull. It symbolizes po-
litical corruption of the ugliest sort.
According to Texas opinion, every
New Yorker, if a democrat, is tainted.
Al Smith was fought in 1928 by the
I of Palacios and one daughter,
the correct time. In the display win-■ limitations makes it advisable.
The Priscilla!
and Mri
Mrs W. J Powers, age 72 years, 10
“Taxes have
that in many
that is staunch, conservative and true.
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SALLY
EILERS
S-eethearts of
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Dance Team
hold for your
will be plac
down this
s but one
always re-:
h man can.
his land so,
re with the
By WM A. BLACK.
"Monopoly" and “big business" a
wdrds to conjure with. Politicians lo’
That the trade is asking for tickets
now more than ever is a fact. Can you
deny that? That the trade territory
has been extended and that Bay City
has received wonderful advertising
from the plan is undoubtedly a cer-
tainty That the merchants have or-
ganized and fought together for the
success of the town as well as for
their individual success is something
that must be considered when we go
a
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tea’s disclosures and the auditors
(lower has bloomed in
garden of leading'
stitution states in the bill of rights
Buford Caldwell and Odie Bryant.; "that the general, great and essen-
tial principles of liberty and free
govri nment may be recognized and
A senate
to trade.
The twelve have been remarkably
successful. Is there a merchant in
property owners in the
are now paying taxes at
1 miles east of Palacios Sunday, Feb.
17, 1932. She is survived by her hus-
i hand and one son, Flank J. Powers
mounted so
sive ones. The preamble of our con-
in a statement that real estate paid1
70 per cent of the $1,143,459,000 state
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dined with
IRVING WALSH IN ALBANY
SAYS THEY MIST ORGANIZE
AGAINST AN INCREASING
"MENACE.”
against Governor
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Mr and Mrs. O. E Lewis, Mr. and
MMrs George Folkin. Mr and Mrs
WEElarence Folkin and children. Mr
Kan. I Mrs A Brenden and children
Wand Mi Farris were visitors to the
Ecity of Galveston Sun
hmany interesting plact
real estate board in which they give
concrete examples of this monopoly
feature and openly declare in its fa-
vor. After reciting the concrete ex-,
is no better than its
tubes. Let us check them
Mrs. Bay City who will deny that? Let him
Sewell of Kansas. Funeralspeak up. We are anxious to know
under the direction of Taylor just what he wants for $3 a month.
ALBANY, Feb. 8—Declaring that
real estate owners are being “put on
cases they have be-
ely bank in
and under typical Trades Day weath-
er—excellent. There have been twelve . _ -
of these remarkable trade gathering anti -Tammany democrats. The
days and not one of them has expert- crowd awaits the
A. W. Bryant
You can bank on integrity every time.
f'UUl 'TI One of the first abuses examined
' hR>li by the committee was in connection
! with witness fees. Excessive mile-
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ailroad, whose traffic to Mexico City was carried over this bridge, are
nvest iat ino the fire. It is believed the fire was nf incendiarv origin.
findings alongside excited letters to mated that
the editor about Tammany. To the
avesage Texan Tammany is as a
Qndeavor to bring trade here and to, , ,,
Tkeep what we have from going else-]sinister and good to fight against.
where. The continuation of the Yet the machine in San Antonio
Trades Day almost certain with near- and, political groups all along the
ly forty merchants on the dotted linc: border where Mexican votes are .. -------------------------
now. We need several more and the' plentiful and cheap, are imbued withitheir best to protect the real estate
xem re we get the more secure the no special political righteousness and owner, but that the time has come —I sordlov ana Girt, All. I
▼continuation will be if you have not now this investigation is revealing "when additional numbers and re “ , Ysandosi. ,,
signed up Mr Merchant now is the that even where there are no ma- sources are needed to stay the tide."
time to do that very thing. We needchines, individual office-holders have He added that real estate owners are
you and you need the Trades Day been out-Tammanying Tammany with thoroughly aroused over the extrav-
Say wht you will it has helped the naivete that would amuse even agance in government and the rapid
town and everytime the town is help- Judse Seabury. [ increase in taxes.
ed you derive your benefit. For years a system of unaccounta- After referring to the report which
_____ ble fees kept the public wholly in the the legislature is expecting shortly i
Tomorrow bids are to be received dark 115 to how much county officers । from the special tax revision commit-
for the audit of the road fund.. This were making. . Then , State Senator
audit was called by the commission-1 George C.Purla relentless investi-
era' court, following such a request | Ea tet, staned thing* There was
from the grand jury last fall. Makinguniversal amazement on lean ing that
an audit of public fund, is nothing in a state that pays Ite governor
out of the ordinary, in fact not mak-ly " ‘ "
ing one is out of the ordinary. The
audit of the entire road fund program
second the offices here are the most profit-
added ' able. Civil and criminal suits have
! As one of the commissioners, he
necessarily closely associated
are any way to break
great monopoly? There is
way left us. Society has i
served the power to tax. t
do what he pleases with h
Saturday completed the
He owns it
t reservation
i made and
We need the
the land, so
ito the public
other taxes.
long as it c
privileges u
’ subject, hor
l dows. concealed spotlights will illumi- 0v-------—-
nate special merchandise items fea- WANTED: North or west front house
tured in the display. Surrounding or lot between track and grade schop;
the building on the sidewalk are sev-—M. Epstein at RosenweisS 8“-4d
Bt| business is frequently made the
scapegoat (or the results of our ig-
norance and misdeeds. It is rare to
ig was d
it tonal st
ust been grown up in the purchase of this;
i scrip. Going back only a few years,;
illy designed $209 000 in fraudulent fees were un-
to meet the require- covered in Dallas County.
i— b--.....e -p — -------- ------- the spot” as to taxation burden, the I
| investigation that has carried through New York State Association of Real
I people.
> The one great monopoly today from i
bulb on the building while the other i '
um "m. MARGARET LECKIE
ing is that all window sashes and •••• • —I
screens are made of aluminum to MEI |
| prevent corrosion by the damp. sab VllLuRnk
I atmosphere of the Gulf. This is one
of the first buildings in the state to
it floor by the personnel oftiary.
office and the salesrooms. The Dallas County audit is getting
addition to Corpus
ig business section. Poise
Augustin Rojas and Antonio Guer-
into the Trades Day for another six
months. It is true that a certain num-
iner are paying for the expense and
the rest are rding free bu* before
long we are going to get them all to
realize that the success of the town
regulates their success and the two
are interdependent and as necessary
as any thing we know.
At present there are something over
thirty memberfs signed uy for the
continuation of Trades Day The com-
mittee must have at least 45 members
to make the Trades Day g e ver for
the next six months. As a merchant
you can stand $3 a month for this
worthy cause.
estate has become
The twelfth Trades Day came to a
close Saturday in a blaze of glory
really make money on the sound, con
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excellent example of our age charges appeared the rule. esp-
lighting effects and modemil- cially in criminal cases where out-
itecture is the attractive new of -county witnesses were called. A
uilding of the Central Powerwhole racket was found to have
tenure of office has extended over a
1 period when the county was engaged
I in a great road development, a great
portion of which was in his precinct. | Trades Days outlined for Bay City I from Houston placed it there
and Bay City territory. The throng demonstration and if the 1 ri
was a great day as any ever attend- the need meet with the appr
ing except possibly the great double the members of the Chemi
Fon REAEieeris TRADES DAY HERE XoUioK TsFAKER
Three more
combination street light and flood- --OO-g, ,.
I light standards. Each globe on the1 Mr Woody Watkins of Markham
standards contains two bulbs and a was in the ity last Friday evening;
I special flcodlight reflector. Thia re- and attended the basketball tourna-
I fiector throws the light from one ments held at the high school
Nug tazs.
lure of the tropics. A story
that moves from one great
'adventure to another bringing,
you laughter, tears and ting-
11 .r . c,. Trades Day just before Christmas .Commerce it will be nut +Lg,,
He will appreciate any effort in his .. . . ‘ .j. . .. . . AumnuHt n W1 •5 put -ne’f
tehar - en.....—- shown of the Chambe, of com.
rained out or impeded in any way by merce and all others interested are
disagreeable weather. It seems aa| requested to be present at the regu-
though the elements are with us in Igr meeting Thursday night
institution of encouraging trade to
VOL. 27 NO. 244
has already been made aware of
ries. ; carelessness, ignorance, inefficiency
The lighting arrangements, both inland gross negligence over a term of
the interior and on the exterior of court disregarded the recommenda-(
the building include the latest and lions of four grand juries that this*
most efficient innovations in lighting audit be made and finally ordered it
systems. The light, are controlled au-lonly when Senator Puri cracked the
tomatically by a clock system which whip. Now it probably will be car-1
turns the proper lights on and off at ried back as far aa the statute <f
money and we must use
why not pay for its use in
treasury in lieu of all
Think it for yourself.
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your financial future. . . . Consult us
about investments. This is the time to
tuities and monopolies are contrary
to the genius of a free government
and shall never be allowed, nor shall
the law of primogeniture or entail-
ment ever be in force in this state."
Her e is a distinct declaration that
freedom cannot be maintained if es-
tat eh can be passed or in perpetuity
to the first born of a family. This is
recognition by implication that the
law made privilege of holding land
is subversive of the freedom of the
come confiscatory," he said. “There
must be a redistribution of the tax
burden with relief to real estate if
the system of private ownership of
property is to continue.
“During the past quarter of a cen-
the rate of $2,000,000 a day.
Helen Twelvetrees, Chi
ent basis of land tenure. To prove this
all you have to do in ask some real
estate man. He is always showing you
the land prices will advance as popu-
lation increases and all you have to
do is to get hold of some well placed,
land and sit tight
Thousands will have read a recent
weekly article put out by the national
BAY CITY, TEXAS, MONDAV FEB 8, 1932
pMemnSenno. aHal cwhnihaoneeryeod LAST SATURDAY How did you llke the ■ loud
some lime, today announces himself speaker, used at the drawing Satur-
WELL ATTENDED
Mr Hell Ims lived in and served CONTINUATION OF TRADES DAY Peud anent. will b diseuzzet
hisprecinoh or mantheycrtera ndHis CERTAIN AS merchants sign bandstand n,
are suffering is the pres-
[two years and a resultant audit of Estate Boards warned today that 'he
। Dallas County affairs are mainly re- owners must organize on a state and
sponsible. If the feeling increases. [ national basis "if home ownership
| as further disclosures are made. two is to increase and real estate is to
things are certain: There will be a continue to be one of the safest
| general political house cleaning in and most attractive investments."
counties all over the state and the j Irving Walsh of New York
I fee system will either be abolished president of the association, declared
or radically altered. ,
It is amusing to read the commit-
Voice
on the fu
the local
while the
District
(FIININ: I RID 4, ( liairmen of Woari: IINNWV KU«F;-
• V. Active Presiient: F’ K ll« Mill. Artive Vice Premhlenta I l« I I
IHCR. Cashier; JA(R LWWIN, Casbier; X. H. TAVIR, W K.
IIOWN, Vice Fresidents.
wwwrOR•: I Kill « wonnINs III NIV RI «.FI I % I
1.. it ii ivki, W < ii mi». s, w. TAVIAN, w r NIOIN
This is the international bridge across the Rio Grande at Presidio
Texas, which was destroyed by fire last week. Officials of the Orient months 8 days, died at her home eight
amples of a half a dozen fortunes1
that are today worth more than the
billion mark that were founded on
the purchase and holding of land by
some grandfather conclude* with this
frank statement Business property
I does not require high priced execu-
tives as industrial companies do. It is
monopolistic in character and there •
i is only one 100 per cent district in a
I city. It cannot be stolen as industrial j
equities sometimes are by stock con-
trol. It increases in value with use."
I Dues this mean anything to you? |
Can you see any relation between the
1 monopoly of this prime necessity of
life and the unemployment. hard
times, poverty and crime? Can you
Brown. I find a stump speaker or propagandist
Hany G. Burkhart and Elizabeth that will be specific in his charges j
Coir. arfd point out where the monopoly
John Edgar Hughes and Loi ene comes in.
Elizabeth Groda.
will meet with Mrs.
dnesday afternoon at
Gulf Coast more attention than others because
nents of the personnel of the com-] One of the striking cases was of a,
any’s Gulf Coast District Office and i negro bootlegger indicted thirty- ■
orpus Christi local office in the con- right times. One indictment would
truction of the building Texas-made have been enough, but thirty-eight
Miterials were used wherever pos- fees were collected. One trip was
ible. Granite from Fredericksburg made, but thirty-eight mileage fees
nd Cordova limestone from Austin we re charged The mileage bill alone
ere the materials used in the walls was $36,000, Half was paid and the
f the building, । officers have sued for the remainder
The two-story building is occupied The negro is not yet in the peniten-
strong and true as ever, a strong-
rvative, safe investments we have to
to the building when they become [been threatened, but whether or not
■have this feature Concealed steam ra-
Ediators will heat the building, the
gMaam being supplied by the com-
pany’s power plant which is located
Madjacent to the building
Mfhis new building of the Central I
SPower and Light Company provides;
"An organization of property own- of all place*, in "The Unholy Gar-
ers is especially needed at this time den," which comes to the Colonial,
- c- . ■ c.on- to give backing to the findings of Theatre on Wednesday.
... a year. Dallas Countys oner- the tax revision commission which The beauty of Miss Wray—George
iff was making about $40,000, the taxlis recommending a redistribution of Fitzmaurice, who directed, selected!
collector about $30,000 and so on downjthe tax burden to provide relief to her at one of Hollywood's ten great-
will undoubtedly be let within a few the line' [real estate. est beauties—calls to mind the many
days. Much interest is manifest in this Must Account For Jews. , "Although the commission is pro- famous beauties to whom Colman
audit and especially do the commis- In March, under a new law that posing new and increased revenue has made love uvon the screen,
sioners" ask for prices on the auditing makes al fees accountable, the PM - sufficient to give material relief to
of the lateral roads. lic will know for the first time ex-real estate, Governor Roosevelt in!
----- actly what remuneration these offi-his message proposed to divert the
Several visitors from every part of cers have been paying themselves । revenue fron the four major taxes to
the county visited the new jail on This law fixes the maximum salary | meet the state deficit of $124,000,000.
its opening Saturday. Everyone is4t 12,500 and brings it down to "If this is done, the home owner Amos Lee we
pleased with this newest county $10,000 after this year. It is prob- (and real estate taxpayers can expect 3:30 o’clock,
building. able that legislation will be sought in little relief unless special emergency! ———■
—n ■". । the next session turning all fees into taxes are enacted or drastic cutsfrom the angle of economy, demand-
All members of the Chamber of the state treasury and placing the made in the budget. ing an elimination of overlapping
Commerce are requested to be pres- officers on a straight salary basis, "The property owners will not only governmental units, consolidation of
ent at the regular meeting Thursday with $6000 or $10,000 the maximum. fight for a redistribution of the tax petty offices and a reduction in budg-
night as the decision will be made lhe senate investigating commit- burden, but will attack the problem jet, both state and local."
about the . peake • . be used at tee working without an appropria-
the band stand on the courthouse tion and without remuneration for
lawn. The speaker will be used for its five members, has already left
band concerts Trades Days, speakings in its wake a sting of casualties;
and general get together*. The mem- Three former district clerks and
bers will consider the price anddeputies , committed suicide. One
whether or it it is worth using. Sat-clerk and a sheriff pleaded guilty
urday it was used and the people atand are now in the penitentiary* I
the drawing seemed highly pleased.! One tax collector and two sheriffs.
Be sure to be there Thursday and convicted, are appealing. Several]
vote for the installation of the loud officers are ..still under
speaker.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 244, Ed. 1 Monday, February 8, 1932, newspaper, February 8, 1932; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1554579/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.