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PAGE TWO SOUTH MEW BERLPj BEE THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1965 disagree, to u’se * -his imagina- clique or iclass from whicih Uhey tion, and %o leam. Lookiing ito come.” the schools, may I ask teaohers * h : * to jioiii' with us to use their Juidge Learned Hand Federal excise tax, $3,568.32. and ordered the wall repaired, unique infiuience to aw’aken in xybrase^i it: “Liherlty les*in the Social security tax, match- “I went to court,” says Cope ^ lasting interest hearts of men and women; ing the payments .of his em- “I w-anted to find if a ciity.in- - it dies there, no consti- ployes, $1,187.45. ' . spector can wailk into your that have Shaped the course of '^JU.'tiun, no law, no court can Unemployment Qompensation place of business and tell you . tv The vear«i in (School constitution, no law, tax, $082.47. ^ to fix piaster in a vacant place, condition vounff mind's court even can do much to to-the great adventure of learn- it*” . FROM THE ROLLTOP DESK “Quits Business Before Being Taxed Out” Jack Mabley, .able columnist for t h_e Chicago American, wrote a^ most interesting com- tax, $3,072.81. mentary on a Chicago small in addition, he paid' $55 for business m'an in the Sept. 17 is- driveway permits, $20 for No be six people out of - work sue of that newsp'aper. With our New York legisla tors dO'Ulbiling the automobile license.fee, adding a 2i% sales tax on the top :otf other hea.vy taxes, with the Federal govern ment adding sodial sacurity t:;'X©s starting the first o f n e x t year, w ith' the postoffice de partment continuing to raise the postage on various kinds of mail .and innumerable either tax bites being take.n out of the small business man’s already Icrw margin of pr3fit, it’s hi.gh time thiit our legMators do something about it. ‘'““S I^cloTout there wiH '1^®* <^h^0e. to grad«- aites at coonmencement might well be: ‘Today you cease to be an undergraduate, but never cease to be a student.’ ” Parking signs, $40 for inspec- no, seven. I ’ll be out of wiork, tion of four heating units, too, but I’ll live 10' years longer $1'1.50 for building inspection, not having to deal any more and $151 for sign permits. with aill those politicians, tax The total q:anes to $13,608.49. people, and inspectors.” “The government is making _____ q _____ more out of my business than I ^ ^ says Mr. Cope. “I’d be W l i a t O t l i e r S S a y happy to give the government A b o u t W h a t * . • • my business if they’d let me keep the tax money.” , Imaginative, trail - breaking The' boss can’t • iswing this, ininexvation is the keystone of ■Ralph T. Moore writes in the Oregon Voter: “ . . . beware of the man who eampfaigns on 'th'e grounds that he is of the mass es and is ardently sympathetic to their heeds. His vision is much too apt to 'eonbrace only but some of his workers can. Progress. It is the producer of votes, and to be too narrow to Copie says unskilled workers l^^st in service at the low- lancompass solutions to-vexling can receive ahniast as much cost. IBut, at times, innova- problems. We desparaStely need from the government for not tion is fought tooith and nail by men who have, by their .own working 9 months of the year \Wiose who fear new and ag- efforts, risen isuperior to the re- .as they could if they, took home Sressive competition. striction of enviromnient and Mr. Mabley’s documentary a paycheck every week. The regulated small ishlp- circumstance, to become out- on one small business man is The regulated small ishlp- “I had one fellow on the ruent market provides an im- standing in thedr particular south side quit and tell me he Portant leurrent example. Mo- ©eld. And note carefuMy that was gDiing down south and live loamers have something such men la^re never ordinary for $50 a week on his imem- ^ extraordinary. They, onily, ployment,” says Cope. monopoly if there ever have the true objedtiyity e^sen- was one. All other carriers — tial to the pifblic seririce, the “I don’t demonstoate in the streelfcs. I work too hard and all freight forwarders, air freight, objiectivity that enables them REA Expre^‘ and the rest — to be the rapresentaltive of all worifeh noting. It follows. Julius L. Oope, 57, icwns the Perfect Auto Seat Cover com pany with two small plants at li92ll We;st Norlth avenue and 6840 Stony Isliand avenue. ' _ _ ___ __ ___ ___ _ __ ____ _________ He has owned the company money goes to taxes,” Cope remaining li3.7 the people in their district or since 192i5. His gro*SB is 'Out ^ays. But believe me some- pg^ ^ihis -situation is a under their jurisdiiction, not $120,000 .a yea-r. He has six em- ^^mes I feel like it. It’s a diriby major problem to ' the small merely the representative offithie pioyees, he works 7 days a s^aane after all .these years that gii^jpipers, who often complain week, and figures it is a good business, pQ,Qj. service and high rates. - ■ ■ . . • . year when be can pay himself ^ won’t have a dime left if I go RjEA Express -— which, in its $8,000. way.” coonbined isurface and a ir oper- ’He is 'going out of busj.ness The personal property tsx utions, handles but l.O percent as soon as he can sell his pres— jig,i’t 2 th-e biggest tax but it’s ithe total volume - has at— ent ^^feock. He is not selling Ms Qope’s biggest gripe. He pays tiemopted, with some sutecess, to business . . . he is simply clos- more than do thousands of som-ething aboiut this. It has ing his d'oo-rs. Here, Mr. C-ope Qjj^iQajgo bus'inesses 10 and 20 through innotvation by says, is the reason: ^ qq ijmes his size. providing advanced facilities In 1964 he paid these taxes: spent $20,000 for a 50- eagerly welcomed by Level heat costs At no extra charge, we divide the annual cost of your Gulf Solar Heat® heating oil needs into easy, equal monthly pay m e n ts. This is your chance to keep 'em low —and level all winterl GILBERT Fuaco. GIUBERTSYILl/E, N. Y. PH. 783-2231 R e a l estate tax, $3,335.50. foot Jjot and construction of a the -shipper's conoemed. The Personal property tax, $1,- garage at 1855 West North ave- •carrier’s re'^onse has 4)84.44. nue 3 years ago. His real estate heen to charge unfair compe- bill -on the property is nearly tition and to use every device ^800. -their co-mma-nd to block the He used to pay $5 a year for express company from obtaln- boiler inspedtion. He replaced m'ore of the traSfific. Accord- the old bailer with four gas president, “ Eve- heaiters. “iSo now I pay $40 for ^ adjustment (except in heater dnspection,” Cope re- ci“®sses) and every service in- poixibs. ‘ novation published in express A fir-e inspeetor found loose f^^riffs for the past several plaster in the unused second have incurred the pro floor of 'Ms North avenue pliant, ti®st’s -and. wrath of the organ- ___ ized motor carriers . . fe1R[11[3;This is of immediate concern CONTINUOUSLY SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1952 HeilG. Leonard • ELECTRICAL • HEATING • PLUMBING Phone GilbertsviUe 783-2211 U'ri to small SMppers. 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