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...which must hang in the drying rooms four months before being passed by inspectors. Of a 250-lb. hog all but 9.38 Ib. goes into edible products. The residue consists of hides for tanning, hair, skin and sinew good for glue, grease for lubricants, bones for buttons, bone-handles, Mah-Jongg sets and dust. Orientals pay more than $100 per Ib. for hog gallstones. The ultimate remainder is brewed, dried and ground, sold as stock feed. Only the paunch manure is not used for anything. And, as stockroom adage has it, the squeal...
...states have a sales tax on gasoline, no State has a sales tax on every article of trade. During the War and after, the U. S. taxed a variety of luxury commodities from automobiles and candy to cigar holders and Mah-Jongg sets. The Reed plan would tax everything. The sale of a $6 pair of shoes would net the Treasury 3?. Senator Reed estimated such a tax, bitterly opposed by retailers, would net the U. S. $2,000,000,000 per year or about half of its operating costs...
...Mah Jong, 315 Tremont St. -No cover charge-Cabaret 7.00 and 11.00-Mistress of ceremonies, Miss Ann Peter...
...estate in South Dartmouth, Mass. He cooperates with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Goodyear Rubber Co. in aircraft and is considering building a 1,000 foot beacon for airship guidance (a taller structure than any in the world). He is said to use an adding machine to compute mah jong scores. He spends his winters in Texas, his summers in Massachusetts, has five girls as wards whom he educates. He disapproves of charity and charge accounts...
England's greatest race is the Epsom Derby (June 5 this year). A great test preliminary for the Epsom Derby is the Thousand Guineas for fillies, run last fortnight at Newmarket, won by Taj Mah. Another favorite for the Epsom Derby is Cragadour, Lord Astor's colt. Drawings were announced last week in the ?1,000,000 ($4,860,000) London Stock Exchange Derby Sweepstakes. This year two tickets were issued for each of the 335 Derby entries. A ticket on Cragadour was drawn by one Jimmie Gibbs, aged...