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cation; Pumped Away by die Barrel l. j,
of whether the oil com- tl)e itnAgination that any group or indi-
ng enough taxes*Is a prob- vidua is responsible for the infamous
onsidered by ouf legis- “firsts'' that Texas hides. We are saying
problefh has been wide- that Texas needs money and lots of it in
!cje John Sumain, vice presi- order to cure as many, of those ailments
Oil of New Jersey, spoke as possible. . | :
imes Class. But we are sure of one thing; Texas
four students; put up an produces half of the petroleum which is
i Letters Column for the produced in the United States. These pro
ducts bring in a yearly income of nearly
two and one-half billion dollars. This in-
represents 56 per cent of the total
income. Crops of Texas bring about
a
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7,423,7flfy a figure equal
u tjjly ^96 million is found. In
oil companies}may pay as
niliibn dollars (if the Fran-
ill those taxqs adds up to
million—-a numberXwhlch
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thlb' : total UAes and liceii-
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of
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sbrfums
L'exas
Vatls, bit
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g nal editorial we said that
pies are ‘fiat assuming 56 come
state tax bjirden as the state
%jeaker said, and (2) the 25 per cent of the income, and livestock
not paying Enough taxes and products account for about 20 per
e of operating in Texas. cent more.
rin on the right, are com- C^ude oil and natural gas are two of
the total taxes and licen- our most valuable resources and represent
;the words of George H. our greatest source of wealth—until they
broiler of Public Accounts, are exhausted. At the rate oil is being
jk nrd (since they own about removed, Mr. Suman said our known pe-
operty) of thg Ad Valorem troleiim supply will be depleted within 20
and the crude oil taxes years. Does it stand to reason that we
Gross Receipts and Pro- ! should! go on year after year twenty-fifth
in the nation with our public school sys
tem until that resource is exhausted ?
If we can’t improve our state before
that 20-year period is up, we might just
us well throw in the towel and climb on
the futioral band wagon.
Ti> improve its educational program,
Texas needs money. In order for a state
ijtain as befoije, that thieXpil to get money, its citizens must pay taxes,
approximately one-third Only those people with money can^pay
| taxes, j
We; are not pointing a crooked finger
11 at the oil Interests and saying, “Ah ha,
. you are the ones who arte preventing Tex
as from climbing out of the educational
doldijupis.” We are saying that manufac-
, j hirers, farmers, laborers, and oil com
panies should be taxed on a basis com
mensurate with their ability to pay.
If the oil interests produce 56 percent
of the wealth of the state, then definitely
the oil interests should shoulder 56 per
cent of the tax burden. The same rule
should apply to our (jrther sources of
wealth. ^ . I \ . H
Every barrel of oil pumped across our
ajljty, third highest in polio state boundaries represents a better edu-
diphtheria, and has 42 catioh which some Texan, yet unborn, will
hot have dentists. Texas never enjoy. j V
n school expense per We ask you—Is 5100 million “taxes,”
iohly nine per’cent of our on a rapidly diminishing supply of Texas’
uve Completed their high greatest resource, a sufficient contribu-
ipb- ; ti° n from an industry with a $2,400 mil
saying by air' etch of lion oil income?
NEW YORK, *Uy 16 .mi daw •ndf
Now iji the golden time Ht end for tight «hoe. You
many a roue-lipped maiden and in a bigger ui
many a light-foot lad. aity in wnich it
This m the season *hen alma gnt to pick the
avsrjs i un«in»» *
her annual tide of college grad- »omebody read
uater. k, chief to wipe y
Goodbye to Brackety-Yackety- thing you have
Yack. Farewell dear campus so uruversity
well beiovied, but never so loved °t places w
as now. Hello, world, so wide and bleep. There are
terrible. \\y ' '" hAl ,1 "“ 1 ‘”
Ah, me! Ah, youth!
ness! Aw hell! Don’
forlorn, son. Life isn
who; live by th(
h, wilder- »n the hand is kyi
look so hepd. Don’t plag, v
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Success in City
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Report of Comptroller’s Office
\ The following figures are taken verbatim from the Con
densed Annual Report fpr 1948 frojn George H. Sheppard,
Comptroller of Public Accounts:
REVENUE RECEIPTS : t
AMOUNT
$ 27,540,321.14
4,040,955.20
2,255,693.75
t >(ul tuxes and not 56 per
, a 9 • ala,• a a a *a rya a
861,741.92
107,784,900.01
0,393,024.97
1,091,078.12
22,658,156.13
13,222,093.47
eslic
quesUoh of whether
ire being exacted from the
le offer the following bits
Texas brags for being
beef cattle, onions, wool,
r, peanuts, pecans, grain
PETROLEUM.
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other things in which she
one, not even our legisla-
them.j Texas is first in
Ad Valorem Tax*
Inheritance Tax
Poll Tax
Store Tax o-. -..
Gross Receipts and Production Tax**
Insurance Gompanios Occupation T»|x
Occupation Taxes, Miscellaneous
Cigarette Stomp Tax
Liquor, Wine and Beer Tax
Highway Motor Fuel Tax j. : 86,667,416.59
Less: Refund Claimiii (Deduct) 15,031,899.20
Franchise Tax I. 6,188,919.18
Insurance, Commission Maintenance Tux 44d;122.99
Radio, Cosmetics and Calrds Sales Tax 881,608.29
Automobile Sales Tax ...l 9,755,028.11
Automobile Licenses .1 20,750,877.93
Other Miscellaneous Taxes and Licenses 2,192,513.30
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Total Taxes and Licenses... . v ....$300,643,046.90
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*Oil Companies pay, at most, about one-third of this Ad
Valorem or property tax.
**Of this figure, Crude Oil Tax is $87,423,791; Sulphur
Tax, $4,858,451; Natural Gas, $7,328,095; and Carhop Black,
$2,139,900. The source of the other approximately $6 million
is not given, j v fe p ;4
At
has more people without
than any other state, is
nflujenza deaths, third highest
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Letters To The Editor
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Creait Issues; Looking Backward and Forward...
prftdu
thisj sen e
to |>e pretj
has beei
They aieo
eniors who have token meroial for a major oil company,
er’sj Great Issues course seem With two years of experience behind
well agreed that the course the course, next year’s class in Great
f Interest and value to them. Issues-should profit from v things learned
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feciate their acquaintance- last year and this year. We have noted the
shi| with! lie 1 ^luminous Sunday edition immense progress the course made this
of Ihe Nei r York Times. t> reari over la^t year. We are human enough
fn» i J&Wtwent ntothl«ye 1 wvlfc,iT^l eVen ^ Gr “ t I " U “
(iriiiit ourac was not wasted or cy e x r '
S.,r . o ■ Seniors who arc takmK the course this
3k Tv Pr T • I *emlter have made their contribution to
W ii'iity for onWltonln* and ^ tmprovMmmt of i(!relit , HHUCM cou „ 08
fusionsI,d: study on cur- , |vi suftfrestions and criticisms. Tho
T 1 ' iwodle who. have conceived Great lean..
'fi 0 ^ U H*I orc y welcome these suKKestlons and criticisms.
Bood-4raii|,ing from I^t's make this year's success stand
s<i|[eia8ticai eloquence to in the shadow of next year’s greater achi-
vrhat amounted to a com- evement in Great Issues. \
mi^poni.
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stimulatin
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Willfi
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readi
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grade Joints again
Editor, The Battalion: ^
In last Friday’s paper, appeared
an editorial called “Those Little
Rascals, Grade Points, Are Im
portant,” whjch | in my estimation
somewhat discourages one oif the
‘most important parts of college
life, extracurricular activities. The
argument put forth in this article
is a commendable one, but jj’m a-
fraid that ttye group it concerns,
namely : the d ne 6 w bo have over
participated jn extracurricular ac
tivities or will ip the future lure a
small minority of our student j body.
For proqf of this, you need merely
to recall the small number o( can
didates available for many Iqf the
\pffices at the last election.
I think that a more appropriate
theme for an editorial would have
been to encourage extracurricular
activities. Besides the many bene
fits a \student derives from them,
they have much to do with how
people judge our school, Alsido
from being famous for our epirit,
we have the best engineering and
agriculture Schools in the istato,
hut our school is very poorly rep-
; resented In many confoiences
which .the different societies soon-
sor. Stuffs on some of the publica
tions arc lacking.
■*-1 dareaay that some of the group
who have let their grades suffer
some because of their outside work
have gained as much or more from
their [experiences as they would
have from the entire time spent on
studies. A good grade point ratio
shows you have a brain, but extra
work shows Vou know hpw to use
it.
I think that the boys you should
talk to are the ones who don’t do
anything extra. Nobody has to
worry about the boys Who take
responsibility they don’t have to
.... (except maybe theirj competi
tors. k
Dave Sanders f50
(Editor’s Note: You may be
right,)
Job Calls
Opejtirtg for student at tho YM-
CA capip on possum Kingdom lake
north of Mineral Wells; Duties
would consist of caring for saddle
horseaL guide for campers, and
counseling duties. Salary is $160
dollars por month with room and
board furnished frde.'
Gamp opens June 8 |for two
monthj*. All interested I persona
should! leave their namds at the
Placement Office, A personal In-
turvieW will he taken ThUraduy af-
turnooji beginning at 1.
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BATON ROUGE, U. May 25 — ef the dead tHi H ^
(A*)—The story of Snook earned The: best fun i
Robert Leonard Shrabanek a;doc- something betb r {hklt
tor^of Philosophy degree. ' | it. And if you t in t|
mo! It
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The sociology major took Snook, campus, the
Texas, his! home town, p* the sub- In time, as i^t i
ject for hiis thesis.' i : youi will becomii a
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The Cxech-American community dyi
is a tiny Burleson County Hamlet'
about Midway between Houston
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wire presented medals at
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