Judge — June 11, 1932 — page 24: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

JUDGE “What Tax?” Asks Shafer k Pres. of No-Got Ass'n forces new items into Treasury bills again in the »-Got Associa- lin on the aft For what ap- ed to be an insurmountable bar- rier in front of its revenue plan has been scaled, and the Association feels, at this juncture, that it will now be able to balance its budget without the help of circus equi- librists, parasols, twenty foot poles or tight ropes. A week ago, flagrant and un ranted monopolistic tendencies re- garding taxable items by Ogden L Mills and the U. S. Senate Commit- tee seemed to have ked all hopes for readjustment. nt ly grab- bing at everything in sight, includ ing vig’s jowls and wort, they ap- parently had exhausted the available supply of income-producing general- ities. It was obvious to the Associ tion’s officers, that only drastic move could prevent a total collapse of its dreams of a staggered stabi- PTIMISM reigns offices of the tion, under its ta var . ss ds that you! Young dentist practising shadow boxing lization, on a gradual scale upward. A wide-open hearing with » Mills was arranged. “How do t happen that you ex- pect to tax wort?’ he was asked. “Worts the big idea, anyway?” “The eyes of the financial world are upon us,” he said. “We had to do something intelligent.” “Well, it is not our purpose to criticize,” we said, much to his re- lief, “but we faced with the necessity of arr workable common denominator before the s mer solstice sets in. Are you ta: “How about pig-tail greasers for pancake griddles? Pew hassocks, 1re- troactive to 1837? How about bloate: tapering pod augers, and fichus?” “We have generously agreed not to touch them.” “How does it happen that you overlook scintillas and whits; you know—‘scintillas of evidence and whits of difference’? And schizom- yeetes?” “You're first in the field there.” “What about saprophytes, bryo- phytes and pteridophytes?” “You can have them. We thought of them, but we wanted to leave something juicy for the rest.” “And lap-dusters?” “We figured,” answered the secre- comicbooks.com