Vagabond Editorials

(Continued from Page 6) taxes. Not at all. A man who makes a million dollars a year should pay one whale of a tax.

The elepharrtirr" irr"o',rl ;Ju be taxed to the exact point where the tax may be collected without rnaking the owner of the income quit trying to produce. Of course, if you confiscate all he makes, he simply gets him a fishing pole, digs a can of bait, goes fishing, and lets the income slump. Few men possess patriotism to a degree that inclines them to strive, and worry, and work, and sweat just to create taxes. There may be those kind of men, but they haven't been discovered yet.

England has decided that over-sized incomes must pay through the nose. fnheritance taxes surpass anything in history. Three deaths in a succession of inheritors in fifty years wipes out an estate in Engtand today. Think of that !

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I am NOT socialistic. Every fiber of my nature cries oqt against the folly of socialism. But I DO wish it could be so arranged that every boy be given a chance to go out in the world and make his tiving. I wish that for the sake of every boy; for the sake of .that generation of human society which that boy must play a part in.

To my mind any man who has never had the privilege of being turned adrift in a strange town, without either push or pull of any sort, and with one change of shirts and a five dollar bill in his pocket, and left to meet the challenge of the world-has been denied a pt'ecious heritage. For only in such fashion can quatity fiber be truly built.

And, if there is any doubt in your mind that such ex_ perience is needed to build strength and quality and use_ fulness, look about you at the boys from wealthy families who have NOT had that opportunity. you can find your answer there.

One satisfaction the *J"nil**roung man of today has, and that is the certain knowledge that when a child is born who is fated to write his name .upon the deathless scroll of eternity it is a thousand to one he will come in a cottage, rather than a mansion.

Greatness must not *i, ; J*rr-it must be guided- it must be actually buitded. The fames that temper character into greatneSs and fan the latent spark of genius into living fire, are mighty scarce these days in the homes of our so-called "better classes." Never before were we so busy raising and training megalomaniacs and morons.

Great men and women of the future bid fair to be scarce. Laziness and snobbery produce only human weeds. If men and women are'to come with minds and deeds to emblazon future generations, they must come-as they have in the past-from people who strive; for striving tempers and strengthens and builds both brain and sinew.

Philosophers have often said that whenever God has great work to be done, IIe creates a galaxy of great men to do them. Then all I've got to say is, He must not consider our problems of today very serious.

lra S. Kennedy Retires

Ira S. Kennedy, manager of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. yard at Riverside, reiigned on lulv 1. Mr. Kenhedv was connected with the yird for the -past 43 years. first when it was operated by the Russ Lumber & Mill Co. and later by the Patten-Blinn firm. He was manag'er of the yard for 35 years. H'. E. Schnur, rvho has been- with the yard_ for the past 13 years and formerly assistant manager, has been appointed manager.

Harry Bird

Harry Bird, pioneer saw manufacturer and president of the California Saw Works, San Francis,co, died July 15. Founded almost a half century ago by I\{r. Bird and C. F. Fischer, the California Saw Works is one of the best knorvn business institutions in the West. In 1921, Mr. Fischer. who was then president of the company, sold out his interests to Mr. Bird and retired. Mr. Bird continued the business and was president of the firm but he has not been active due to injuries received in an automobile ac,cident about three years ago, at which time his son, Myron Bird, vice president of the firm, took over the management. The company has a Los Angeles office with G. Irving Fischer in charge; Mr. Fischer is a vice presid,ent of the .companv, and is a son of C. F. Fischer.

Besides his son, Myron Bird, and his wife, he leaves a daughter, and a son, Robert Bird. ,Funeral services were held at San Francisco on Talv 17.

Council Meets in San Francisco

California Lumbermen's Council held its regular monthly meeting in the Merchants' Exchange Building, San Francisco, on Saturday, J:uly 2O.

George Ley, president of the Council, presided. Harry A. Lake, Garden Grove, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, attended the meeting.

S. F. \Tholesaler Likes Hard Orders

The office of James L. Hall, San Francisco, although regular suppliers of creosoted and untreated piling, poles and lumber, as well as Port Orford Cedar, likes to tackle tough orders.

For the U. S. Bombing Base at Hamilton Field, Marin County, they recently supplied a butt treated Red Cedar radio pole, 120 feet long. For the San Francisco-Oakland bridge they are supplying over 600 Douglas Fir piling, 90 to l1O feet long.

The producing and delivering of these long pieces is a highly specialized work in which this office has been active for years.

Call on Customers by Air Route

John C. McCabe, A. F. Mahony & Co., San Francisfo, was the guest of George Gorman, sales manager of Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, on a 400-mile business trip by airplane July 12, with George piloting the plane.

They left San Francis.co Bay Airdrome, Alameda, in the morning. Calls were made on yards at Dos Palos, Los Banos, Firebaugh, Madera and Fresno, and the two air travelers were back in time for dinner at home. They reported a most enjoyable trip, both commenting on the absence of fatigue, the cleanliness, comfort and speed of this modern method of travel.

Referendum on Chain Store Tax

Circulation of petitions for a referendum on the California chain store tax began July 23. The Cronin-M,cMurray chain store tax bill was signed by Governor Merriam July 20.

This tax affe,cts lumber yards and starts at one dollar for a single yar.d or store, increasing progressively for the second and additional stores up to $500.00 for each store over nine.

If the necessary signatures are obtained by September 14 the referEndum will be placed on the ballot of the next general election in 1936.

Pending a vote on the issue by the people the tax will not be effective.

Shingle Bureau Activities Endorsed

The executive committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association at a meeting recently held at Chicago adopted a resolution endorsing the activities of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, and urged the Association members to cooperate in every way Dossible with the Bureau to secure a better distribution through retail lumber dealers. The members are requested to see that all shingles sold to their respective yards be designated as to grade liy the official label of the Bureau.

The resolution was preserlted to lV. W. Woodbridge, manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, who was requested to be in attendance at the meeting.