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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

MI McAIlister introduced a bill to
exempt the following property in Hen
nepin county from taxation: First,
when the same is used solely for public
educational purposes: second, when the
rents and issues arising from the same
are used solely for public educational or
charitable purposes without profit to
the corporation
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19
Boys Spring Reefers.
A ROUTINE TINGE.

| seful and jaunty At The Plyn
outh.'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

CaOn IllA FOX A WATCH WORTH S35-
D[O.OO 1t is a gents hunting filed
watch. stem winder and setter. with Key
stone Watch Company ieweled movement,
engine-turned engraved eases; will wear Tor
twenty years No. 1f53.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

Mr.. Demo had bill read the first
time. the object of which is to have all
land abandoned by railroad company
revert back to the original owner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

Mr.. Demo had bill read the first
time. the object of which is to have all
land abandoned by railroad company
revert back to the original owner.
Mr.. White proposes to fix the holding
of the general terms OF the district
court in the Ninth district as follows:
Renyille county. first Tuesday of Nav
Ollet county, third Tuesday in Nav and
fourth Tuesday of November: Brown
county. first tuesday of June and see
Ond Tuesday of December: Lyon
county, first Tuesday after the first dav
of January, aud second Tuesday in
June.
Mr.. Berning proposes to place the
clerk of the district court of Wright
county upon a salnry Of sl,0S0 a year,
ana s. per day for a deputy during the
general or special terms of court.
Mr.. McAilister introduced a bill which
is worthy of more than passing consid-
Grafton. At present to incorporate a
company under the laws of this state, a
certain fee Is required. according to the
amount of capital stock. Mr.. Meal
lister proposes to abolish this fee. the
STATE merely to receive a certain NOM
inal sum for recording the articles of in
corporation.
The house will visit Saltwater this
afternoon, as, upon the motion of Mr..
Tucker, the members decided to adjourn
to-day at o'clock. The binding twine
mandatory at the state prison is to be
Inspected.
Mrs. J. J. Furlong. wife of Chairman
FurlOng, of the judiciary committee.
was visitor yesterday on the floor of
the house.
The Carrier railroad bill and the
Searle substitute bill will be reported
back to the house this morning.
The house judiciary committee dis
posed of a lot of bills last evening. Sen
ator McHale's bill providing for the
sale oil city franchises by public auction
was recommended to pass. as was also
Mr.. Trips bill requiring licenses to
be taken out by pawnbrokers. Mr.
Lymau's bill under which any person
applying for warrant before justices
|. of the peace must give bonds for costs
was recommended to be indefinitely
postponed. Considerable discussion
arose over Mr. Shouts proposed
amendment to the constitution. by
which immigrants TO the state are de-
MED the right TO vote until they have
taken out their final papers. In other
words. while at present an immigrant to
the state can vote after ne has been
here Il year, having declared his inten-
tons to become a citizen. Mr.. SmOut
would extend the time five years. The
committee decided to report the bill
without recommendation
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19
SEE OUR GREAT DISPLAY OF BARGAINS

COl 00TS ANOTHER CENTS SOLID
,0.OU.OO gold hunting case watch,
stem winder and setter; it has an Elgin
nickel movement expansion balance, and
II Jewels. fancy engraved cases. No. 1868.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

The Carrier railroad bill and the
Searle substitute bill will be reported
back to the house this morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

senator Ayers measure relating to
liens of taxes between grantor and
grantee on real and personal property,
and senator Glaciers bill authorizing
The leasing of the state capital lands.
Wrrc TWO more important measures
passed upon and recommended favor
ably Taken all-in-ail Yesterdays work
was very satisfactory: in addition to
the regular introduction Of bills
and other business of like order
no less than twenty house files and four
senate measures were considered and
recommended to pass. 1t was a great
day work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

Mrs J. J. FurIong. wife of Chairman
Furlong, of the judiciary committee.
was visitor yesterday on the floor of
the house.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

The house will visit Saltwater this
afternoon, as, upon the motion of Mr..
Tucker. the members decided to adjourn
to-day at o'clock. The binding Irvine
mandatory at the state prison is to be
iuSDpPfed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

Mr.. Berning proposes to place the
clerk Of the district court of Wright
county upon salnry Of sI.0S0 year.
ana 50 per day for deputy during the
general or special terms of court.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
The Single Tax in Minneapolis, MINI

G. j. Buell., Of Minneapolis, writing
to the Standard, says: The single tax
is moving right along here. The fact
that Mayor p. i. Winston has joined
our league has caused considerable
comment in the newspapers. Very
many OF our leading business men here
are single takers; while as to the
masses of the people, have very little
doubt that they would give a large ma
jority for the single tax, if the matter
could be presented to them on its mer-
its. In the meantime we are trying to
SO amend the constitution that the peo-
pie Of any country or city, or Of the
State at large, can vote upon the mat
ter. There arc a good many single tax
ers in the Legislature. The entire
Democratic contingent from this coun-
ty-nineteen in number-with one pos
sible exception, will favor our bill. and
one of the two Republicans will also
favor us. Mayor Stivers. of Brainard,
who is in the House; also John Sheets,
of Todd County, Mr.. Bull, of Wright
County. and John A. Reyes. of Winona,
are single takers. 1t was Reyes who
put through the Australian ballot law
two years ago, and he is now at work
on Il bill to apply the reform to the en-
tire State. 1 don't know how many
other single takers there may be in the
House, but our bill is so framed that
any opposition to it has got to deny the
Democratic principle Of local self-gov-
eminent We have great hopes of be-
ing able to carry the measure through.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
An Amusing Economist.

The Peoria (Ill.) journal prints, with
ton from Eli c. Lisk. Mr.. Lisk de.
clares that the farmer now pays ninety.
two per cent. of the taxes of this coun-
try. One reason for this is, that ''all
his property lies open to the assessor
and it all goes on the assessors books. >"
whereas 1.-The rest of the community,
manufacturers and merchants excepted,
have their wealth laid aside in their
drawers and safes and can not be seen
by the assessor, but he has to depend
on their word alone for the correctness
of their listed property" Mr.. Lisl is a
little foggy in his English, but his
meaning is quite clear, and he sensibly
declares that ''t!lis mcdc OF assessment
is all wrong" What do orr readers
suppose is the remedy Mr. Lisk pro-
poses? 1t is to exempt land entirely
from taxation and assess Improvements
and personal property alone. Of course
he suggests new and drastic methods
for ascertaining the amount of bonds
and mortgages, ETC., held by each indi.
vidual. and equally, Of course, fails to
remember that those concerned have q
perfect right to remove themselves and
their possessions out of any State adopt
ing such a law. Having started out by
showing that personal property can not
be equitably taxed, he insists that il
alone shall be taxed. The Peoria Jour
nal sapiently remarks that sit will be
observed that the writer does not
espouse the theories cspoused by Henry
George, but, on the contrary, takes jus
the opposite VIEW Yes, this will b,
! observed
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

fast that all renorts blend into one
mighty roar The shrek of shell is
the wiciledost sound in war. but moth
ing makes the flesh crawl like the
demoniacal singing. purring, whist
ling grape shot, and the serpent like
hiss of caoister Mems legs and heads
are torn from bodies, and bodies cut il
two. A round shot or shell takes two
men out of the rank as it crashes
through. Grape and canister NOV a
swath and pile the dead on top of each
other.
Through the smoke we see swarm
of men. 1t is not battle-line. but a
mob OF men desperate enough to battle
their bayonets in the flame of the guns.
The guns leap from the ground, al
most, as they are depressed on the foe,
and shrieks and screams and shouts
blend into oae awful and steady cry.
Twenty men ont of the battery are
down. and the firing is interrupted
'.he foe accept it as a sign of wavering
and come rushing on. They are not
ten feet away when the guns give them
last shot. That discharge picks liv-
ing men off their feet and throws them
into the swamp, blacAened, bloody
mass.
Up, now, as the enemy are among
the guns! There is silence OF ten
seconds, and then the flash and roar
OF more than 5000 musllets and a rush
forward with bayonets. For What?
Neither on the right nor left nor in
trout of us is living foe There are
corpses around us which have been
struck by three. four, and even SIX
bullets and nowhere on this acre of
ground is q wounded man. The
wheels of the gun cannot move until
the blockade of dead is removed. Men
cannot pass from caisson to gun with
out climbing over windows of dead.
Every gun and wheel is smeared with
blood: every foot of grass has its hor
rible stain.
Historians write of the glory OF war.
Burial parties saw murder where his.
torians saw glory.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

o.s+ trano. ana compels the c1osing
- lio,or saloons on election day.
a,,o hin also admits the military and
nolice to the franchise Inns Is .he
most swccpingly radical measure that
has ever vet been proposed, but it is like
w that II will go through. The Govern
mcnt have not vet announced specially
their financial proposals. but they have
limited at sweeping reductions to the
tariff and the imposing of taxes on land
volnes ar. on property to supply the
loss on toms revenue. Inc single
tax mcr, .,elcome the proposition but
viii Il the property tax.
The ;..nlc tax men throughout Aus
1ralia Sc to be in the highest spirits.
Althoup ohe great strikes have result
cd in nue. loss. they have done great
deal to call the public attention to the
social problem. The Government of
New South Wales has appointed a
ROYAL Commission to take evidence and
report upon the cause of the conflict be-
tween labor and capital and the best
means of preventing labor disputes.
Several single tax men have been
named on this commission, Mr.. Frank
Cotton being of the number. Rev.
DR.. Roseby. of Sydney. Chairman OF
Congregational Union. the leading man
of the Congregational clergy OF New
South Wales, has delivered an address
upon the relations of Christianity to the
social question which has attracted
much attention. He declares that it is
hopeless to attempt to elevate men sc
long as they are placed in conditions
where their integrity is impossible
Hence the most urgent reform is the ad
iustment of the land laws on the b'ssi:
of justice to. all.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
Australia.

The Legislative Assembly OF Queens
land has passed bill for the imposing
of tax Of three pence on the pound on
capital land values. irrespective of i'm
provements. The upper House, how.
ever. threw out the bill on the second
reading. This is the first start of the
single tax in Queensland, and a good
one it is. The landlords of the upper
chamber may resist for little while.
but will soon have to give way
Sir Henry Parks for the Government
of New South Wales has introduced a
most sweeping elective reform bill,
which provides for all that the most
thorough Democrats have asked. II
gives female suffrage, provides for
single ELECTORAL district, abolishes
property qualifications and cumulative
voting, does away with hustliny nomi-
nations, provides stringent provisions
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
SINGLE TAX DEPARTMENT.
FARMERS AND TIE SINGLE TAX.

walter Mir, President of The North E'a-
ln.a state Farmers Alliance, Writing 10
tho New York journal.
A roodly number of single tax men
were among the delegates to the recent
Farmers Convention at Oc:.ia, tla.'
where represented North Dakota. a
resolution would have been presented
at the convention favoring the single
tax had we been sure that the members
were not in want of thorough inforlna-
ton on the subject.
am single tax man, and recon-
,nendcd it to our people in this State.
/ would not do this if ! held to the be-
lief that the single tax would increase
the burden of the farmer. That is a
myth that will be exploded among the
farmers in a few more months of edu-
cational work.
Then they will see. as the Knights of
Labor have long seen. that single tax
levied solely on the value OF land, ire
sr,ective OF Improvements, can not bur-
den IL worker. be he farmer. mechanic,
or professional man.
The adoption OF the single tax by the
NOlOGcu ItlTllieES All1dllGS rs Duo ull LII
dieation of what is coming. When the
farmers of the country take up the
single tax there will be such an awaken
ing as this country has never seen. 1t
will be greater than the anti-slayery
movement because it will not be sec
tional.
The man who is riding the storm OF
rural discomfort is Henry George.
Once the single tax is ''platformcd, >
there will be fighting issue that will
wipe out all past issues of race, section
and religion. The farmers of to-day
are not the farmers of twenty years
ago. This time they arc going to the
root Of our social troubles. They are
coming to sec that all other reforms are
fruitlcss if monopoly and speculation
are permitted in land-the source of all
wealth. The eastern farmer needs the
single tax just as much as the western.
Ii it We're not SO the single tax would
be but a local and temporary eXpedient
of relief The farmers are a liberty.
loving class, and the single tax, i'll levy.
ing no tax ON the products of labor, and
in giving to irdividualism the frecst
scope, feeds their aspirations for free.
DOM
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
Is Tax On Ground-Rent Paid BY tn,
Tenant2

l have sometimes irreverently made
fun of those opponents of the single tax
who insist that it will be distributed
just like a tariff tax, and, therefore that
it has no advantage over any indirect
taxes. II it were in the least likely
that the chief opponents OF the tax re-
form would believe this theory, we
would keep silence on the subject, be-
cause nine-tenths of all the opposition
would be removed, and the single tax
would at least be adopted in several
States.
But landlords are not SO simple
minded as to be deceived by any such
plan as this. They know very we'll
that they now charge all the rent for
land which they could possibly get, tax
or no tax. Not one of them can be per-
sladed that a tax on ground-rcnts can
ever be shifted upon tenants. So we
must meet this idea with facts and
figures in order to convince the tenant
majority of the Ricardian doctrine that
tax on ground-rents will always be
paid by landlords alone.
Suppose the ground-rent of the United
States to be S90O.000,O0O Suppose the
single tax, unlimited, to be adopted:
and this is the particular form of tax
which Mr. Edward Atkinson and the
other advocates of this distribution the
,ory are considering. Something over
Ss0O,00o,O0O would then be collected.
On Mr.. AtlSinson's theory, the landlords
would add this to their rents, and the
tenants would add it to the prices of
goods. Very well: then rents would be
raised to S1,7oo, 100000 Instantly the
taxes would be raised to about 81 .6OO.-
100000. Rents are then put up to So
! 100000, 600. But the taxes are Just as
quickly put up to $1,000, ooo. 900. Rents
are again raised to $4,000, 900, 900. Taxes
instantly swallow up Sc. 400. 600. 600.
Rents arc now raised to 1918. 900, 900, 900.
But taxes as swiftly follow, absorbing
$4,000. 000.0OO The all-powerful land
lords once more raise rent to SsG, OOO,-
100000. But, as this is more than twice
as much as the whole productive power
of the whole United States, how are
the landlords going to get it? And if
they could get, how can they keep it?
There is no use in going any further
although the figures might be carried
into infinite numbers. The idea that
landlords can add to their ground-rents
taxes on ground-rents, so long as the
people are determined to take even
half the gronnd-rents i'll taxes, is trans
parently absurd. But the idea that
they can add any taxes at all to ground
rents, when they are already charging
all the rent which they can possibly OBJ
tain, is equally absurd, though not per-
haps so transparent. The American
landlord very properly charges now all
the rent for land which he can possibly
get lie can get no more. if compelled
to pay a quarter or half OF the whole
OF his rent in taxation, for the plain
reason that he gets now all which he
possibly can, and no man can get more
than he can set.-Thomas G. Shearman.
in the Standard.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

who lacked previous military training,
he relied upon his little book OF tao
tics to help him out.
1t was no unusual sight to see him on
battalion drill, with his eyeglasses on
his nose and his book in his hand,
reading off his orders in a loud Meth
odistic tone Of voice.
| 70 be sure. he made mistakes at
times, and read the wrong command;
but he never made quite SO bad a
break as did tho Colonel of an Indiana
regiment who. when he had marched
4; his men down to the Ohio River at
Cincinnati, and realized that some
command must I've given to prevent
them from marching into the water.
! ha silly consulted his book and read:
"Head of column to the right, OF to
! the left. as the case may BET"
No, Major Nj had filled the pull
pit too long time to be led into such
an error: but then he was in love with
his deep, souorous voice, and some
times made o faux pas from paying too
/; much attention to emphasis and enun-
citation, and not enough to his subject
matter.
The false step am about to relate
was made by the pompous Major on
dress parade one afternoon, when he
happened 10 be in command of the
regiment. l say pompous, for. be it
known the Major was not only that
i'll speech, but in style and physical
proportions, and the way his corpulent
figure stroTe to burst the belt that en-
circled il was highly suggestive of
plum buildings and acknowledged
chickens.
On this occasion the Major not only
had some general orders to read, but
he also had sentence of court-martial
to pronounce
It transpired that one of the boys
had been caught sleeping on his post
while on camp guard duty. This sort
of duty, at that particular time and
place, was considered unnecessary bv
the boys, and. in fact. was only en-
J forced for purposes of discipline; so
} that while the offense was not seri-
GUS one, it nevertheless furnished a
good pretext for the assertion of Off.
cial authority.
The line having been formed and
everything in readiness for the Major
he put us through few movements in
the manual of arms. brought us to a
parade rest. adjusted his glasses to the
tip Of his nose, threw his ches-no, his
abdomen-to the front, and. after
reading the general orders, glanced
with a frown intended to be very
whitening up and down the line, and
read, in voice calculated to carry
terror to the hearts of future wrong
doors, the following sentence:
"Private John Jones. for sleeping or
his post, is hereby sentenced to thirt,
days in bread and water, on close con
} tinement!'
He probably never would have known
what threw the ranks into convulsion.
if he had lot been informed by thu
Adjutant
! BELOIr, Kan.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
A Fnce.

In an interview with a leadino d..
the New York World, Nov. o, ism us hoy
following comment on tho propriet e o.Ses
liable patent medicines: 'rS OF
..He is II specialist, and should l,
Of the disease he actually trents , ~ mo-
ordinary physician; for while tt .aah
may come across say fifty cases in a q iaN3
the particular disease which this N.Y. ssat
combats, its manufacturer inval seeI
thousands. Don't you suppose his nso
tion. which you buy ready made nm ~
cents, is likely to do more good th thu ror
OF the ordinary physician, who charroa, N,
anywhere from 50 to $40 for giving IL u
leaves you to pay the cost OF hayinS ~
pared? w
..Thc patent medicine man. too -,
has the good sense to confine h.mss,st, ual
binary. everyday diseases. He lnan !"
the physician cases in which tber" ~,
mediate danger to life. such as yiolo ~ ! I
vers. He does this because, in the
mcnt OF such cases, there are otbo Wa
mcnts Of Importance besides medicinn "
as proper dieting, good nursing, a H., sa]
edge of the patients strength and ~
Where there is no absolute danger IN n
where the disease is one which the NJ. y
can diagnose for himself or which ~
physician has already determined, tha y
emit medicine maker says fearlesslv! y
have preparation which is better III
any other known and which will cure r ~
In n!ne cases out OF ten his state;urn.
true
This is absolutely true as regards
great remedy for pain. st. Jacobs OIL
can assert without fear OF contradirt
that it is prompt and permanent cnra
pain. Ii can show proofs OF cures OF chro
eases OF 20, 30 and 40 years STANDING
truth it rarely ever fails ii used Accord
to directions, and large proportion
cures is made by half the contents .
| single bottle. 1t is therefore the bes,
| From an intcrucr, NeW York World
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
The Single Tax Principle.

The single tax idea is steadily COM
mending itself to earnest thinking men.
It is a rank injustice that man should
hold property vacant, with nominal
taxes, and gain the increment of value
produced by the improvements made by
his neighbors, who pay taxes upon
those improvements. The bed rock of
taxation is this: no tax on the products
OF labor. This principle is worldwide.
1t applies with equal force to the town,
the State, the Nation, the world. By
it's adoption labor would receive a
healthy stimulus, and would create
wealth as never before throughout
the world the burdens of taxation have
fallen upon labor, and in all forms of
indirect taxation the burden falls with
almost equal weight upon all, regard
less OF their circumstances. But place
this burden upon land values only and
at once the basis of taxation becomes
absolutely equitable, land speculation
becomes improbable, and the induce
ments to labor to place improvements
upon the land and to advance to it's
more general ownership are vastly null
tlpllcd-Grand Rapids Building and
Rea ty.