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Highland Park Press, 22 Dec 1927, p. 18

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m; ii,iothe??g m lil TAXAHSEV PAGE In KEEPING DOWN LEVIES An independent minim: of ttil payers, concentrating on keeping down taxes, can render trreat unite in promoting public economy, Dough: Sutherland, secretary of the Civic Federation of Chieago, said in an In- terview, for the Christian Science Monitor. recently. T ' _ . _.e.-t-tiasr. n The federation is an business men and oth the last ten of its 34 Bned its activity sole]: limo Gm]! Tim Sitmtion Extend- at Public Forest owe- Into Own Hands “(I Forced "ship, Better Protection PuMie Economy; - It tusd Before-nth: ’Is Done Shown Will Help It! memner. Experience indicates that while it is easiest to reach and interest the larger taxpayers, it is necessary to have also the active co-operation of a large :percenlage of householders who often feel rising taxes more than those who can pass some of the load) along. In larger centers, bronchi committees for each political subdi- vision would aid results, he said. To prevent' political control, approval of local committee leaders brthe cen- tral organization is generally ad- ' - . ' _...--; local COmmlllw Kw-.- -. tral organiuxion is genertlly ad- vised, Mr. Sutherland suggested. Such an organization will be inter- ested in methods of taxation and equitable adjustment of the burdens of government, he continued. Three Main ottieetHes "Three prime objectives should; Ictunte the associations. The first should be absolute accurlcy in gathering tax information enql BCTRV pulous care in conveying the truth about what is revealed. . . AL' an". uhnnld aw... -_.-_ _, _ "The second prime ob} be to present its views , accurate data to the pl concerned and to see operation. I "The third objective should be to" spread the true facts of are: as widely as possible. Member‘s should be urged at critical times to write, telephone or personally visit otheials involved in appropriating or legislat- ing and express' their views. They -- --- -"-- m do like- 31.7mm encourage others w wise. That is what we do Chicago. "Expression of the taxpayers is needed now more than ever in Ameri- can cities because there is a more intensive oreaniztstion of forces fev- oring expenditures. The burden would be unbearable now if it were) not for many omeiais who stand for low taxes. Whether the Government is to be run by free or conservative ependen depends upon the public - for ell people stand the burden of -Government." -"""2.'f -. rm- my.” TIM-mm“ u TrG77iiiGrrA"u"""" cHttrts"rMAS “ROLES - A ---. uncut Hundred and Four Inmates of Illinois Pgnttenlluy to Be Issuance of plrolu to 104 inmlm at 1m 1m State 9mm. which will permit tale-sen for Christ- mu. Mme first move of the Divi- nion ot Pnrdam nnd Futile. to ii/ new congestion in the ante penal Jo- mention. The paroles ordered Ire the Srst the: tho orpniution of the Mien of Pltdons and Parole: under the chance of the luv inns-sin; men- hnlip to nine in addition to the -irer, of prob. . _ --- ___. -_ Sum-1d” Shoo'lmh l, an increase an. we tGremmedesteiet; 131nm; 'lrsTt%Giii,;rGetPt1'ert ntN m. m. tstat m don damn-1mm lumb- ury o! - but“. In aili- 'trJ,'iuiCkrtiFjetttte,'tdtt llW'rdriiiirFE.vyittes'tr,'t: tllWi7'Giy.'yPLetue2t, -._, J'Grir-a-th- YirrkqtMI rtvw-w. prime obi; rtive should ts views supported by to the public otBeinls I to seek their co- to do like- do here in sl BY FOREST SERVICE CHIEF [iiiamsigopgt Extension of public forest owner-1 ship, intensified protection from (and est fire. and Wm iiiiiiiaiitl of denuded lands are deeiamd on:- standing necessities in the program} for nood conth by Cat. Willi“ B. Greeley, chief of the Forest 2',Utl United States Department of Arri-l culture, in his annual report issued to- 1 United States Den-niacin 0: un- I culture, in his annual report issued to- i day. The great flood disasters which oc-i curred this year have called into ques- l, tion the adequacy of can public Ttl gram of forestry, Colonel Greeley de- clares. While the mnin reliance for; the control of destruction noods must) be placed upon engineering works, I the improvement or extension of for-l, gst cover is an essential supplement, and must be taken into account m any r.,.._,zisrhted oroeram for flood preven- iri,u Lust be when in far-sighted program tion. Prevent Erosion l a Forests aid in the regulation oi" p, stream by holding the soil in place " and holding back rain and snow water i tt more efreetively than any other form) of vegetative cover, In the vast), drain'age system of the .Vliasissippn},I which extends from southwt-ster New ' York to Idaho and from Canada to! the Gulf of Mexico, the condition oi; Ithe watersheds of the innumerable'; feeder streams bears I sirttitieant re-l I lation to the volume of water poured, into the main channel. 1 "To attain the most complete Coll“ trol of floods." say'S Colonel Greeley! "prevention of the rapid movement of I water and silt It the source of rivers/ 1 is necessary no less than structures“ for controlling-the results of sey,thh movements in their lower channels.“ Forests can not prevent noods, himl can reduce them. They retard thel melting of snow. They retard surf-rel run-off both directly and through the: greater porosity of the underlying: 1 soil which they maintain. They retard " erosion and reduce the silt burden} F of streams. Their relative influence', ', in these respects may be greater or; b less in comparison with the many. other factors which tstteet the regi- , men of streams. It can not be sens-4 t rated Ind measured in exact, quanti-‘i tative terms. Nevertheless it in an _ influence which should be brought into! _ play in the progressive betterment) . of conditions which contribute to de- '. structivscf1oodsr of vegetative cover. drainage system of which extends from ', York to Idaho and the Gulf of Mexico, the watersheds of _ Pointing out the most obvious needs in applying forestry to the flood sit- uation. the Chief Forester says: 1 "A need will undoubtedly appear for the extension of public forest own-l ership under the Weeks law or the] CUrke-McNary law in the moantain- ous drainage where the nntural tsnr-l, ance between topognphy, soil, and rover is easily upset and suffice con- 1 ditions augmenting flood discharges are easily brought about by destroc-; tive lumbering, forest fires, or tern- porary Ind shifting agriculture. Need; will undoubtedly also uppear for in- tensifyintt the protection of forests from fire on critical drainlges of the Mississippi through enl-rged co-op- F eration between the states Ind the ' federal government under the Clarke- Ready to jump on the job when you any BO. Ready to repair or install new plumb- ing. Equipped to hurdle the biggest job-ml willing to look the! the ttrtattegt--- nt an inst-n?- Moe. r.g.rtilttNlllt&tl0. away!!!" merahle ant re.) Famous Irish Pttet - poured: Time There 123 Yeats 1 Ago is Reason tet:,,ueg1zutttt,t1t,1 "rNrgromaMmt_urr. ii?i?itt'r"il Tgtff, w“... a: trrAMB FggtmNatArrrrrD atitmprMr & man. ' s: aresradrd “a..." . _ K .aoanumu-u- WchCan-HOII L2t"e.t'g1",'he'ill',1'l _." ft -set'ed. ”Moth! ‘ll '3" “'9' -- .} .-.‘ _.tip,r,eiit.tril'iire,st W nun-00:3 . 'l.'l'la%lri'7Fr, . _f _--- an... .mu 5. fully o-.-""'"' . aii"iiuFiu""I" '. V __ £me , ', W____W,, mm may ad ths “I tor nation-l aetistn should in MI" was»; Colonel - W bat a. mum you at m mm with a. an qrad W" immediately cowl-d M b. I.- cured. "To nun up the situation." on For- um concludes, “the behavior at our great river: and the ph- row for their control can not be "priced from the use of lnnd. Behind the great ttoods in the lower Immippi Hie 800,000,000 mm of inne--ftm", ‘putuns, - und foreata. The Fey,e,'t",' and productive use of (this hm part of the ,yril of the -'I1 7 a.__.ao__§h on "m-aaa-ru-a"""'. El 1 Three ttistorieat societies In ber- lmu<J::i_lm\-e decided to write in greeting I memorial to Tom Moore, i_the poet, whose nnme is almost I t household word in the leisurely, con- {pervntive isle where the poet so- ljourned some 123 - up. The “story of his genius and his triais 7 sod misfortunes, his exile on account ”at the unworihiness of Inother. Is lpassed on with embellishments from m" - .. ...-hosr TO ERECT MEMORIAL TO MOORE IN BERMUDA JOUI'I'IW an“... ._ - story of his genius and his trials , Ind misfortunes, his exile on account “of the unworihiness of Inother. Is ‘passed on with embellishments trom/ 1 one generntion to another. ' While numerous authors of the Hunt century has found delightful l material in and around Bermuda,' ) not one lives in the hearts of the peo- ;ple with the same intensity 3nd love in does-the Irish poet. shout whom ‘overyone has I story to tell. l who}: Claninz Service Installnio- wed-dns. o. FAYJQDFENO- 676 Emlyn-11?? Pe'" mad-Imma- cm WM”!- -.rs-nr.ot Po" J. SMITH FRED C. BEEN] Carpenter and Highland Part 0....” “as Pan. lei in Bers Meeting Htome, Alden. PM 't!"P."'ul “Sydncy. Tuba. W W‘ Greenwich. PIT“ d 0110'.- " Out " the "rstr-2ym",e " '/stii'rr"iiiesriitille.rPe,ty',.tt Jug to the mod "e. In "get __ ____ .. n. Waugh-mi. 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