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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
Local Taxation in England.

A very interesting and valuable 10.
turn has just been issued on the ques-
ton of local taxation. 1t is practically
a continuation of the particulars given
in the report of the committee over
which Mr.. Goshen presided in 1871, and
is especially valuable just now when
we hear so many complaints of the
pressure of local taxation upon the
owners of land and of the necessity of
further contributions from personally
to relieve real estate.
There are many interesting particu-
lars given in the return, but one inn
portant one is all that we can touch
upon now. This is the proportion of
taxation borne by land and houses re-
spectively. But in this calculation it
must be borne in mind that the term
Glands" includes not only lands which
are or could be used for agricultural pur-
poses but also ornamental grounds, gar
dens attached to houses farm houses and
farm buildings, 1.-THE rent charges,
tithes not arising from lands, Easter
offerings, surplice fees and other dues
and money payments in right of the
manors and other royalties,
profits of cemeteries, easements, right
of way, etc.
Rates by houses and
Rates borne by Lands other property.
Year Amount Percentage Amount Percentage
1917 6,73l00O 6366 3370,OOO 1898
1858 5,5OOOOO 1888 100000 66e6
1891 i,26oOO0 1881 ss5s0,0Oo s468
The whole report shows that land in
this country (England) is far more
lightly taxed than in foreign countries
and in place of the burden of taxation
having increased of late years, the 9TH
er side is the case. This adds strongly
to our contention that the government
ought in place of adding a penny to the
income tax, to have taken back the
grants which the late government
made to local taxation. 1t is the well
fare of the country that must be con.
not the maintaining Of priv
legged and small class in a condition Of
idleness and luxury.-Liverpool (Eng.l
Reformer.
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A New Dodge.

The value of large portion Of jay
Gould's stocks is disputed. David Nc
Clure, leading lawyer Of New York,
is the appraiser, and his appraisal is
disputed. Judge Dillon, John T. Da-
vies and others will appear for the
Gould estate in this matter of valuing
the stocks 1t is, indeed, difficult
matter to value railway and telegraph
stocks. Take Western Union, for in
stance. If my memory serves me right,
when Jay Gould died, on December IL,
1892, Western Union was selling at
about 81. 1t fell in value for a week
after his death, until it reached Sc or 81.
and then it began to rise until it
reached 101. Then there came crash
in Wall street, and it sank to 80. Mis-
souri, Pacific also has had a big tumble
in it's market price. At what time
should the state value these stocks?
remember that certain people month
after Mr.. Gould's death, showed that
by the figures of the stock market his
estate had increased in value from &c.
0cO, 900 to si1A 900. Few persons
would dispute now that it could he sold
for less than when Mr.. Gould dieds
Judging simply by tn. prices Of hin
stocks in the stock market"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
Practical Tax Reform.

ALRANY-The Buffalo delegation OF
the New York Tax Reform association
came out strong at the hearing on the
taxation bills. The senate chamber
was crowded, al.a the members listened
and questioned with the deepest inter
est. Buffalo. as great commercial
center, removed from Wall street in
fiuences, had special attention, and APP
peared at the head and front of the
movement. It is from the state at
large that the members want to hear.
and especially from representative COM
munities.
Samuel c. Rogers made forcible adj
dress from conservative standpoint
on the point that the property bene-
fited by the expenditure of taxes is that
which should bear the burden, and
that, through it, the taxes will be-
equitably distributed. He showed that
personal property. such as merchan-
disc and machinery, can always be re-
produced at its first cost or less, and
therefore can not be enhanced by pub
lie improvement and good government,
but that real estate depends for its
value entirely upon the business activ-
ity and the money spent on and about
it, and especially upon good fire, water.
and police service, and other public
functions.
DIR. Grove spoke at length, showing
the inequalities of the present system
of taxation-how it discourages home
owning, lowers the rate of wages, and
decreases the purchasing capacity of
the producer upon which all business
depends He showed how the man Of
moderate means labors under a burden
which, if rightly adjusted, he would
hardly feel.
Several assemblymen spoke of the
large number of letters received from
influential men in Erie county advocat-
ing the county option in taxation idea
Large properties especially those in tha
hands of corporations, in great measure
escape taxation, while, under the pres
ent administration of the law, the small
business building and the plain home
are in many cases assessed up to or
above their true value. 1t is from the
land values created by these small
owners that the prosperity of the city
arises and taxation should be so laid as
to keep and encourage such residents
Among other speakers was Bolton
Hall, the vice-president of the associa-
ton, who pointed out that a tax on
mortgages is a tax on land, and in
stanced Monmouth county, New Jersey,
where the rate of interest on mortgages
is 5 per cent. when the borrower pays
the tax on the mortgage and 6 per cent.
when the lender pays. He asked, is 10
not clear then that in this instance the
borrower pays the tax in the shape OF
interest?
Representatives of the labor unions.
of the building and loan associations,
and of the farmers, spoke in favor Of
the exemption of personal property,
and asked thorough consideration for
the whole question. Several lawyers
also pointed out how legal devices, aid
ed by the nature of things, will always
compel the borrower, in the shape of
fees or commissions or exchanges for
extending mortgages, to bear any tag
imposed upon capital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
SOME NATURAL INFERENCES.
ImprobabiIity of Human Existence on the
Planet Mars.

Whether or no this planet is inhab-
tied VIII probably always remain 4
matter of inference. 1t is not within
the bounds of possibility-and I wish
to speak cautiOusly-thatm man will ever
construct telescope powerful enough
actually to show us living creatures on
Mars. Telescopes now place us. as it
were. fifty thousand miles from our
neighbor. This is 4 great distance,
more than twice around our globe: and.
if glasses one thousand times more
powerful were made. we would still be
fifty miles off. at which distance the
largest creature on earth could not be
diScerned.
Mars atmosphere would weigh only
four-tenths of ours if it contained the
same number of atoms similarly pro-
portioned: but it is observed to be less
in mass, so that its pressure must be
very much less than ours, and it could
Weld to our lungs less than half the
required quantity of oxygen to the in
spiration. thus having a double action.
by its diminished pressure, and also by
the diminished number of oxygen atoms
to the cubic inch to modify evolution.
Indirectly its lightness must have a
third and perhaps more serious intiu-
ence on evolution. in lowering the boil
ing point of Mars water. On Mars the
water can also have only four-tenths
the weight of our water. and would be
correspondingly volatile. This, with
the slight weight of the atmos-
phere on it's surface, would render
its constant evaporation so easy
and certain. that it is difficult to con-
ceive how it can exist save as aqueous
vapor. or frozen in snow and ice: and
we would naturally surmise that Mars
polar ice caps are very large.
It is not necessary to draw picture
IF the Martial man-shivering in the
low temperature of his planet. drawing
scantv mouthfuls of thin air. Obliged
to veil at the top of his voice to be
heard. Ieaping high with his light body
in his efforts to keep warm. unable to
boil an egg or a potato. eklng pre-
carious existence out of stunted vegeta-
ton and impoverished animal life-for
The reason that we can not. in the face
of the above considerations. suppose
that such a being exists - William
LANES Baker, in Chautauquan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
STUFF CLUBS
Want Mhfonaircs to Bear All the Expense
of Government.

Want MhIfonaircs to Bear All the Expense
of Government.
TOPEKA, Kan.-(Special Dispatch to
The Voice. )-Lieut.-Gov. Percy Dan
iels, of this state, who has for several
years devoted his time to the study of
the problem of taxation. has evolved
what he calls a graduated-tax scheme,
and in order to promulgate this doc
trlne he now proposes to have organ
lied throughout the country ''Gradu-
ated Estate Tax" clubs. Under the
Daniels scheme none but millionaires
will be compelled to pay the expense of
the government. The millionaires will
be taxed as follows: On all estates the
aggregate actual market value of which
is not less than s1,O0O.OOO, nor more
than 100000, one per cent tax;
on all estates the aggregate
actual market value of which
exceeds sa,oOo.OOO, but does not exceed
s5,0OO,00O, a three per cent tax; and on
all estates the aggregate market value
of which exceeds S5,0OO,O0O, but
does not exceed s10,OOO,O0O a tax of
eight per cent. ALI who have more
than s1O,000,0oO worth of property
will be required to pay annually
d TAX OF eighteen per cent. according
to Mr.. Daniels estimates this scheme
will net the government, the first year
it is put in operation, $4,000, 600, 600,
which will be paid by the 10000 unfor-
tunate millionaires whom he has COM
puted will come under the provisions of
his proposed law. One-third of this vast
amount except that collected in the
territories he proposes shall be divided
among the states in proportion their
valuation Another third of the
proceeds among the states by the same
method, in proportion to their popula-
ton. The remaining third, Mr. Daniels
would have divided among the states
according to their area. The proceeds Of
the tax in the territories shall be ex-
pended in the territories in which it is
collected.
There is every reason TO believe that
the income tax scheme will be popular
among the populists of Kansas. I'm
der this plan not a dollar will come out
of the pocket of populist, and as
there is not over two or three million
aires in Kansas, very little of the money
to be received as her portion would De
paid by Kansas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27

confidence either in his own strength
and ability or in their appreciation and
support. T'
Waiting only until the enthusiasm
had subsidized sufficiently for him to
make his voice heard, North began
with graceful acknowledgment
of the reception that had been accorded
him; weaving into his remarks with
consummate tact the most delicate Gat-
terry of the audience, which was in
genuously Endorsed by hearty cheering.
Then he mentioned Col. Clippers name,
and, amid the applause that this refer
ence elected, he proceeded briefly to
~ulogize that gentleman's devoted pub
lie services, giving due credit to Warner
and others who, as faithful coadjutors,
had stood shoulder to shoulder with
the valiant colonel in many hard won
fight.
Finally, having struck fire from the
audience by these sllillful and well-di-
rected blows until the glow could be
seen and felt in all parts OF the house,
North glided neatly and effectively in.
to the elaborate theme that had been
announced for him.
an axiom in oratory. founded on the ex-
pcriencc of many famous public speak
ers. that there can be no signal success
promised TO any orator who does not
approach his audience with feeling Of
Obedience amounting even to stage
fright. Granting this to be correct,
there was brilliant promise of success
il the frame of mind with which Allan
North entered upon his address. Dur
ing all the time ne was speaking with
such ease and huency he was watching
the audience with a keenness that
would have detected the slightest evil
dence of an unfavorable impression;
and it was no doubt due in part to this
intense interest and concentration Of his
own thought upon the audience that he
held them in such close sympathy and
attention. The very novelty of his sit
uation, instead Of embarrassing him,
seemed to afford him peculiar inspira-
ton. and as by degrees he gained con-
fdence from the hearty applause that
he received ho gave himself up to the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
Jedge NSaxem'S Prore-.,s.

It's purity hard job to tell political
onesty when you see it.
The candidate that got 'em amt go
in to worry about how scrtin votes
wuz got, eff nobody else don't.
Sivil servis reform gethers no moss.
Some statesmen are small pertaters
and few in hill.
When the offs wates fer the man in
these United States somethin amt rite.
Napolyan Bonypart couldent a been
precedent of the United States.
Wimmen that air we'll treated at
home mostly amt hankerin' for votes
A patriot may die for his country.
but, ez rule, he'd rather not
Purifyin polliticks is uphill work
The main qualiGkashun OF a candk
date is, can he oi' ~ Detroit Erea
Prasa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
ADVENTURE IN A BALLOON.
Gabriers Trumpet Awakens Village from
It's Peaceful SluInbers.

GabrieIs Trumpet Awakens a Village from
Its Peaceful SAUNDERS.
It was indeed the fierce buster of
the gale tearing its way through leaf
and branch that we heard. If the bal
loon should dash against the hedge of
spears ambushed there. it would be not
only wreck, but the sharpest peril of
life. I'VE must trust to luck" said
Donaldson, grinding his teeth: 1--WE
can't do anything. But be ready to
spring for a big limb and hold on for
dear life when give the word
We were not long in suspense. The
downpour suddenly lessened, and our
balloon rose little. It still Numbered
and lightned, but the rage of the storm
had spent itself. The captain clutched
my hand with Il hard grip. Were all
right now" with culver in his voice,
for his iron nerve had been shaken;
but let me tell you, you will never be
so near death again and escape it,
lie bent over the side of the basket
Il think there's a village close at hand.
Look sharp and you will see the twin
kle of light down there" And it was
so, surely. AS we moved on more lights
shot into view. We were lowering over
a valley between two mountain ridges,
one of which had been so nearly our
ruin. 1t was an hour after midnight
and the villagers We're asleep. Donald
sons gaiety frothed like champagne
after our recent danger. ''We'll wake
the people from their dreams with a
blast from the Skies He laughed and
seized bugle which hung near at
hand. Flows this for Gabriel's horn?"
He blew notes of piercing sweetness Che
had been an army bugler), which rose
and swelled and sent their wild echoes
flying among those midnight hills.
Lights began to shine in every
house. and moving lanterns and the
clatter of voices betokened a general
alarm. What this midnight summons
out of the skies might mean filled the
rural fancy with terror, and the note of
fear could be heard in many Of the
voices which foated up to us. We were
so near the earth that we could hear
the drag-rope slapping the sticks and
stones with its tail.
Village aho-o-oy!" whooped the cap
tain at the top Of his lungs. ''Aho-o-oy
there. Bear a hand, you land-lubbers,
at the rope and pull us down to EARTH"
So our rustic friends, with a hearty
cheer, tumbled over each other in their
zeal to get hold of the rope-fear now
blown away by admiration-and we
were soon safely on the ground with
our air-ship anchored for the night
Chicago Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
PITH AND POINT.

-"Why did Cholly sell his bird dog
and get that silly little pup" Estele
lie wanted him just for company
suppose. Inter Ocean.
-Aunt-"Well, Bobby, what do you
want to be when you grow up?" Bobby
remembering private seance in the
woodshed)-''An orphan"
-Tommy-''Paw, why do they al
ways make the pictures of Father Time
SO lean?" Mr.. Figg-''So he will rep
resent spare time, OF, course. ''-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
Unfortunately Expressed.-Maude
-''Yes, I am obliged to have my shoes
made to order: My left foot is larger
than my right" Ethel-''Is it posi-
ble?"-Boston Transcript
-He-'-What kind of story did that
tramp trump up to get his breakfast"
She-'None at all. He said he'd seen a
good many babies, but our Teddy was
ahead of them all. "-Inter-Ocean.
From Lack of Exercise.
''What kind of fellow is Dumleigh?''-
Tell-''Well. Dumleigh is a fellow who,
if he We're to think twice before he
spoke, would lose the use of his voice.
Puck.
Probably an Exaggeration.-Snoo
What makes you so glum? You say
her father did all he could to hasten
your suit Sledgeby-''You do not
seem to realize that was in the suit at
the tirne.''-Truth.
Mrs. Hicks-''A man was here to-
day who gets living by reading the
hands. He wanted four dollars" Hicks
-''Some swindler, wasn't he" Mrs.
Hicks-''Yes; he read the hands on our
gas meter."-N. Y. Times.
Animal Life. - Doolittle Goode-
How did you spend your vacation?"
Somers Holliday-"Oh, l led a dogs
life!' DOolittle Goode - mo! What
did you do:" Somers Holliday-'Lay
around and slept. Puck.
-''Do make myself plain?" asked
the angular lecturer On woman's rights,
stopping in the middle of her discourse.
''You don't have to, num-" replied
voice from the rear; 1.-The Lord done it
for you long ago."-Vogue.
Mr.. Mix (reading headline from
the newspaper)-''He jumps into the
water and saves her life" Mrs. Mix
"a truly noble husband" Mr.. Mix
'Great Scott, Maria, what an old fogy
you are! It wasn't his wife.''-N. Y.
Times.
Senior Warden-''I see that Mush.
room college has just made Rev. Mr..
Prosy a ID. AS he is now a doctor l
wonder what kind of medicine he will
dispense to his Pensioners. Senior
Deacon-''O, anodynes, the same as
usual. N. Y. Tribune.
-Boerum doing his best to make a
favora BILE impression, has Just finished
his best anecdote}-''Ha!h a! ha! That's
pretty good story, now" Miss
Acres--"Yes. l think so, too. And
they say poor Uncle Phil, who was
killed at Gettysburg, never tired of
hearing it.''-Life's Calendar.
The addresses of a young man hay
ing been declined by a young lady, he
paid court to her sister. GLOW much
you resemble your sister," said he, the
evening of the first call. You have
the same hair, the same forehead, and
the same eyes And the same
nose.' she added quickly .-Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
An Important Matter.

Doctor-Now, here is a bottle of fine
whisky, and I want you to take ia
blespoon OF it every morning before
breakfast.
Patient-Doc, I'm in the habit OF
taking about a mules ear full of the
stuff at exactly that time of the day.
Is this spoonful to be added to the reg.
ular allowance?-Detroit Free Prese
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
No FOrethOuyht.

Mr.. Wayba ck-Some folks amt got
sense enough to come in when it rains.
Did you see that long-haired chap with
his arms full o bundles?
Mrs. Wayback-No; who?
Mr.. WaybaciS-Don't know; but he il
down there at the old pond paintin' a
picture of that tumble-down mill He
might know that mill wasn't built
right, er it wouldn't a been allowed
to go to rack and ruin. Now l s'pose
he'll go off an put up one just like it.,
and lose every cent he's got.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
TAX Reform DEPARTMENT,

This department aims to give everybody's
ideas about taxation mot tariff. Write your
opinions briefly, and they viii be published or
discussed in their turn by the editor or by mem
Der OF the Taxation Society. Address. Taxa
ton Society,"" this ONCE OF r. Q. Box g. But
saIo N w
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27

ish? Then let us agitate until our Leg
islators grant us the privilege OF taxing
what we please for city purposes -Tax
Reform Club, Pc. Box $40, Buffalo, N. 4.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
Too Hot for Him.

r-what has become of Harry
Smith? ~. x,-; 80
rerv summary. He died of sum
.,.troke.-Texa3 SiftingS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
Most Rude.

"You were very impolite tonight
,;a the butter dish to the lamp.
..Why; what did do?' asked the
lamp. ;s .,,s
Observation-Disclosures.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
Taxing His Personally.

Under the listing bill conscientious
Georgian has returned for taxatiOn
lone cork leg. 800; toupee wig. %, ana
sat Of false teeth, t36.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
CHAPTER XV.-CoNrINUED.

lCopy righted 1891, By S. S. Morton, and pub
lished by special arrangement
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-03-10
POULTRY FOR WOMEN.

A farmers wife who does not pretend
to handle many hens, but simply suf-
fciency for her own use and those she
sells once week at the village near by,
has four dozen eggs each evening and q
few over. These four dozen average her
from twenty to twenty-five cents per
dozen, or eighty cents day as an aver
age, and six days would bring $3.50,
and $500 per month, for at least six
months of twelve in the year, $115.20
per annum sure, but more than that by
$25 is about certain. This one item,
without speaking of the number of sur
plus chickens that she will sell in the
market, will pay the taxes on the farm
and buy some clothing besides, and still
some farmers can't see where there is
much to speak of in flock of chickens,
ducks or turkeys. Certainly with the
reasonable facts here before you it should
convince you that you are wrong, and
the time to begin for your own good is
right now.-American Farmer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-03-10
sAvoRY BFEF TEA.

From reliable old nurse, whose soft,
dusky hands tended with loving faith.
fulness sire, son and grandbabies, and
whose gayly turbaned head contained
the wisdom of the ancients, writes Mrs.
Speed, have recipe for delicious
beef tea that seemed to watt odors ~ OF
Araby the blest. Imprimis, 1t was In.
vsriably served in quaint china bowl,
all blue and gold asd crimson, on tiny
salver that emerged only on occasions,
and with particular spoon, thin and
polished until it flashed and raaiatea
light from its long handle and slender,
pointed bowl, and after this pleasant
food, came the deft adjusting and
smoothing of the pillo VS., the refreshing
change of position, the darkened room
and restoring slunber. To make sucha q
broth as this that I renember so we'll, a
pound of beef should be provided, ans
it should he freshly killed and lean: !:
hackle it we'll with sharp knife, or Gus
it into very smak dice. Put it into &
perfectly clean bottle; put in little
salt, one or tive fresh celery leaves and
a sprig of parsley. Pour in a pint Of
cold water and cork the bottle tightly
put into pot of warm water and lot X
come gradually to boil. It must be
kept boiling at least three hours-four
is better. Strain off and serve with q
bit of toast. It will be found that the
seasoning makes this acceptable to in
valids who cannot abide ordinary beef
tea ea.--Chicago News Record.