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The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL.
An Open Field.

If any one has an impression that
communications to these Studies =
will not be published unless they echo
it's ideas. he is mistaken.
Articles on any side of the question
will always be welcome, SO they are
decent. well written. within reasonable
limits and to the point. except that we
do not discuss the tariff.
We will take our chances in the open
field, and reconsider any proposition
we can not fairly defend.
Land owners especially should be
interested, as the principal benefit OF
any improvement o r social advance
goes to them in the increase of value
given to land. Write your opinions
briefly. Address this office, or T. ..
Box SO, Buffalo, n. Y.
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MANY USES OF TAR.
To the Poultry Raiser 1t May Be Said t
BE Indispensable.

To the Poultry Raiser It May Be Said to
BE Indispensable.
Poultry ralsers seem to have failed
to learn the value of tar. 1t is valua-
BILE in many ways, says G. w. Norris in
the Epitomist. l am led to believe that
to tar the fence around the poultry.
house, instead of whitewashing, will
be much better. 1t will contribute
largely to the durability of the wood,
protecting it from storm and time. 1t
is in the poultry-house that the value
IF tar is the greatest, for it conduces
greatly toward healthfulness. When
cholera makes its appearance, we
would advise, first, a thorough clean.
ing of the house, next, an application
of tar on all the joints, cracks and
crevices of the inside of the building,
and then plenty Of fresh whitewash
properly applied. The tar absorbs or
drives away the faint of disease, and
makes the premises wholesome. The
smell is not offensive, in fact many
people like it, and it is directly oppo
site to unhealthy. To vermin, lice,
ctc., the 'HuelI Oh tdT Is very fepuislve,
and bI* few will remain after you
have tarred the house. A neighbor OF
ours was once troubled with chicken
cholera, and by adopting the above, in
connection with removing affected
fowls, he soon pat a stop to its raw
ages. A small lump of tar in the
drinking water supplied to the fowls
will be found beneficial. 1t is also
very beneficial to the human system in
case of consumption, bronchitis and
severe colds.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
PORTABLE HEN HOUSE.

How Poultry Can BE Made to Utilize
Waste In Grain Fields.
There is always more or less grain
lost in harvesting-shelled off the
heads or broken down out of reach OF
the reaper. When grain was high in
price farmers could afford to ignore
this waste and let it seed the land
with a volunteer crop. The writer
has often herded COWS on the great
Colorado wheat fields. that we're seeded
in this way. In these times, however,
every little counts and even the
waste in the grain fields must be
picked up and utilized. But whose la
Dor is so y~alueless that it will not cost
more than the grain is worth? Mr..
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IN AND AROUND ENGLAND.

TIE announcement was lately made
by the paymaster general Of the SUI
rreme court Of England that the total
amount of dormant funds lying in chan.
Gerry is S., Ooo, 600.
THE Fastnet lighthouse, the spot on
the Irish coast best known to Ameri-
cans, is said to be in a dangerous con-
dition, as the iron fastenings of the
tower have become corroded.
AS MOST of the court ladies OF Europe
smoke cigarettes, some of the crowned
women have elegant boxes of silver
with ash trays of gold, as two OF tho
ornaments of their boudoirs.
"W1NDow gazing" is a profession In
London. A couple Of stylishly dressed
ladies pause before the window OF a
merchant, remain about five minutes
and audibly praise the goods displayed
inside. Then they pass on to another
store on their long list of patrons.
"DocToR, "said Mrs. Weeds, "1can't get it
out of my head that possibly my poor dear
husband was buried alive" 'NOnscnse,"
,norted DR.. Peduncle. Didn't | attend him
myself in his last illness!'-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
FARM AND GARDEN,
ABOUT SWEET CLOVER.

Noztous Weed in the North. Useful Forage
Plant In the South.
In a recent bulletin Prof. Golf de-
scribes swee clover as a noxious weed.
1t is extremely common in many north
ern states, Astounding in waste places.
along roadsides and to some extent I'D
fields. 1t is large and tall, resembling
alfalfa somewhat, although much
coarser. The leaves are large n sue
culent. 1t is extremely fragrant when
in bloom and is an excellent honey
plant.
In most OF the westand central west
as we'll as in the northern states 1t is
regarded as q nuisance, but Prof. Tracy
finds that it is valuable for retaining
waste land, as 1t grows not only upon
rich soil. but thrives On the poorest
kind of land. The large roots contain
q vast number Of tubercles which aid
largely in %enriching the soil. Prof.
Golf says The decay OF all the large
roots not only supplies plant food but
aids in draining the land by forming
numerous narrow passages through
which the soil water finds an outlet
In the south, however, this clio yer is
regarded as a useful forage plant. AL
though not eaten by cattle at first,
they soon learn to relish it. If gut
early it is there regarded as valuaVe
as cowpea, red clover or Japan clovT
hay. Its great value there, %howevet
consists in its power to r%enovate tit
soil, doing for the south in this Limb
what red clover does for the north:
Prof. Golf, however, states that, adj
hitting it has useful qualities, the
sweet clover is a coarse, homely plant,
and where permitted to grow its tall
flower stalk is certainly offensive to
the eye, and the annoyance it causes
would warrant it's destruction. 1t
should not be allowed to bloom or ma
ture seed. This plant is easily got rio
of in cultivated fields, a single year
being sufficient to remove it If the
work is carefully done.-Prof. L.. IL.
Pammel, Iowa Agricultural College.
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I suppose he would not exempt ia.

I suppose he would lot exempt unr
paid taxes as a lien against the land.
But the problem seems less how to
retain small portions of land in posses
sion of users than how to get unused
land Tor the use OF men willing for
work and starving for lack of il.
II we could divide the land of our
country among its families in an in
alienahle possession, we would be eN-
actly following the example Of the Sn-
preme Governor when He directly ruled
His chosen people in the lane lie gave
them.
But this would make no provision for
those who may yet come here. and, per-
haps. we have no right to say others OF
Gods creatures have not an equ;d right
to share this countrSAs the first or SUBJ
sequent caners.
The single tax is the same in princi-
pie as dividing the land among its
families. and e needit to give each one
whom Providence has placed here equal
access with another to his mother
earth, whence our living ultimately
comes.
3. No necessity" exists Cor taxing
improvements until the taX-gutherer
has first taken the rental value Of that
| portion of Gods free gift which we
use.
1t is indeed far preferable to tax
what we have than what W. consume,
since the latter course falls heaviest
on the poor, but since under the ideal
,p ~ ~ fhA Eirr If EinrS we
read of no taxes except what came
from the land. if Justice wonld not
be met by taxing only what we mo-
nopolize of Gods free gift: l leave to
the Judgment of my readers.
My correspondent by an oversight
claims that church property should be
exempt from taxation and in the next
sentence approves Of taxirg it,-Rev.
b. R. Phelps, in The Southern Church.
r,n
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Irrigation by Use OF w,ndmills.

Irrigation by the use of windmills is
receiving attention in NIL sections.
There r now eight journals devoted
to irrigation. AS a remedy against
drought the storage of water for use
when it is most needed will at some
day be a portion of the work of sue.
cessful agriculturists. Necessity is in.
ducing invention in the storage OF
water, and already large market gar
dens Ire being partially supplied by
windmills, though the rains are de-
pended upon for the larger share OF
moisture during growth.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
To sharpen the Carving Knife.

In little things there is always a or
rect way to accomplish the object in
view. The following is described as
the correct way to sharpen a carving
knife: The carver must be held at an
angle of twenty to twenty-five degrees
on the steel. BE careful to have the
angle the same on both sides, so as to
sharpen instead of dull the knife.
Draw it on the steel from heel to point
against the edge; only \ very slight
pressure being required. -Hardwarc.
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A Sermon an Taxation,

Mr.. EDITOR-In answer to my feeble
apology for the single tax, in your is
sue of July &c, Mr.. j. w. johnson, in
that Of August 8, wishes to ask me
some questions, but %propounds only
One.
He thinks land tenure under this sys.
tenn would tend to the Impoverished
of the soil, for mo renter improves
property"
Let me remind him of the large mum.
Der of farmers who are now really
renters, because of the mortgages on
their farms, but under the single tax
a holder would be practically owner.
No one could disposess him SO long as
he paid the tax, and we have no greater
security now.
AS the tax would be heavier on land
sarily (f we raised only the same
amount of tax money as now be
lighter on the land Of the working
farmer who has it all in use. Any
sober, industrious man with only a few
savings, could take land for it's rent
and put up his own buildings, as now
one of that character can set up in bust
ness and get trusted for stock to ten
times the amount of his little capital.
Take the case of one who would pre-
fer to use land of another's holding be-
cause of the buildings already on it.
There would be no comparison between
his condition and that of those who till
the acres of "old shareholders Of Rus
sia' or our southern ttates." See the
difference. Under present circum-
stances he pays the owner one-half
or one-third of the crop. No won
der he has no heart nor ability to en-
rich the soil, for he is on starvation
wages.
Under the plea that acknowledges
the earth as given to the children of
men" MOTTO one out of fifty, he wonld
pay only the government tax on the
land and the owners rent of the build
ings. The holder could get no more
for the use Of the land itself than the
government tax, because SO much land
would have been thrown into the rent
market (since land bore all the taxes
that the competition for renters would
equal the competition for land.
This renter would then only pay
about one quarter what he does now,
and with a life lease on the buildings
he would have every incentive to care
for the soil and make that spot his per-
manent home.
My G~uestioner seems to propose a
substitute for the single tax, having
two features-1st, double taxation for
unimproved property, and, 3 home
stead law preventing, as in Texas,
alienation for borrowed money. and
making in Virginia twenty acres ian.
inalienable possession"
In some states there is only an aver
age Of seven acres to an individual and
n y at least only three Of four.
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KEEP the cultivator going and the

KEEP the cultivator going and the
surface of the ground frequently
stirred in all the growing crops. This
not only keeps the weeds at bay, but
also lets the heat into the soil, and
through that agency forces along the
growth. That ''tillage is manure
may not be quite true, yet it greatly
aids the growth of plants
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
The Tax Rate.

To the Editor OF the Morning Journal
IT has been announced that the New
York city tax rate for 1894 will be $l.79
as against Sl.s3 last year. We all
know of the trick Of increasing the as
sessed value and reducing the tax rate,
but is it known to many that improved
property bears nearly the whole bust
ness?
Vacant land is assessed at only from
20 to 40 per cent of its value. while
improved is assessed at from 80 to 20
per cent. of it's value. What are the
consequences? Not only do we suffer
from being overtaxed on our improved
property, but the inducements to- hold
land out of use are made better there-
by, labor being necessarily idle. !
Surprising we were to nave all land
taxed according to its value, exclusive
of any Improvements. would it not re-
suit in the erecting of mor buildings
and thereby employing labor, brought
about by the very fact that such a tax
would make it Improbable to hold
land out of use?
JV,rrJku JEEPppv
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An Important Omission.

At the eight-hour celebration in Bris-
bane, Queensland, the Typographical
unions display in the procession rep
resented Bellamy's ~allegorical coach.
On a vehicle were comfortably seated
three fat men, representing REM. In.
terest and Profit, and a very bnszen-
faced young lady, fashily attired,, rep
resenting Pleasure. Driving the coach
was a man who indeed looked very
grim and gaunt, emblematic of hunger.
The coach was pulled along by the
workers themselves in adapted cos
tume.-Cleveland Citizen.
Where was the representative of tho
taxes and monOpoly?)EED.
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South Elizabeth, n. j.
No Bounties to Add to Taxes,


The wonderful increase of material
wealth, which fairly distributed would
make want almost disappear, the .swol-
len and stolen fortunes, side by side
with the sweat shops and beggars, the
carnival Of luxury and the discomfort
Of labor, all indicate the dangers which
threaten the republic and which we
would. avert We urge. no arbitrary
remedy but make the safe and moder-
ate demand conveyed in Emerson's
wise words, Give no bounties, make
equal laws, secure life and property,
and you need not give aims. Open the
doors of opportunity to talent and vir-
tue. and they will do themselves JUS
tice, and property will not be in bad
hands.'-People's Party Campaign
Committee, I'd District. Chicago, 1894.
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QUERIES FOR TORONTO CiTl.
zENS.

Some Questions on Taxation Which Legis-
lative Candidates Are Being ASKED.
lis it not unjust to tax a man more
for improving his land than for keep
ing it in idleness?
Should a man be taxed for i'm
proving his property, for giving en-
ployment to workmen. and thus adding
to the prosperity of the community?
a.-Does not the taxation of improve
ments discourage honest industry and
encourage speculation?
4. The building of the court house,
the construction of the King street
subway. the Strengthening Of the Don
added nothing whatever to the value OF
buildings or goods, they did add to the
value Of the land. Should not the tax
for these improvements. therefore,
come from this increased land value"
5. Is it right to encourage men to
hold land vacant. and thus keep men in
idleness. and also compel us to build
more streets, sidewalks and other serv-
ices past the vacant land to reach the
outskirts?
6. Had we confined taxation to land
values and thus rewarded industry,
and discouraged speculation, would we
witness the following distress: LIST, the
debt to make unnecessary
streets. to lay twenty miles OF unneces-
a water mains, and to adorn cow
pastures with electric lights? End,
Would we have witnessed the crazy
boom drawing men into disastrous
speculation? 3rd. Would we have
witnessed the terrible break that
always follows a boom, bring
ing such a loss and bankruptcy on
genuine industries, and driving SO
many thousands into enforced idle
ness? 4th. Would we have witnessed
such a number of empty houses, ten
ants driven to poorer or nor crowded
districts and the dropping Of rents?
I'm what way can a man support
taxation who produces nothing, but
simply speculates Or collects ground
rents? Must not industry furnish all
taxeso Do we not, therefore, place all
taxation on n part of the people, and
are not the Spectator and the tax col
lector of ground rent in reality free
from taxation?
s.-Should not. therefore. all assess
ment Of the products of industry be
abolished?
9.-Should not any municipality have
the power to remove all taxes that dis
courage industry that is a benefit and
which encourage speculation, which is
not honest?
10. Is it a wise and judicious policy
to exempt new manufacturing con-
Germs from taxation on their buildings.
personality, and land, for a period of
years, thus encouraging industry
while we tax those men who have been
long established and who are a benefit
to any community?
II. Would it not be better to relieve
all industries from taxation, on their
buildings and personality. and simply
put a tax on land values!
IL. Why should home seekers be
forced to the outskirts, when there are
hundreds of vacant acres in the city?
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
How Those sonnets Are Made.

Liber-Penleigh is going to make q
success as q poet.
Jamson-What makes you think so?
Liber-Last week he got an order for
. sonnet from q big magazine, and
ever since then he's been going to an
idiot asylum and making careful notes
OF the inmates talk as literary mate
riaL-Chicago Record.
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FOR SALE.

T WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol
l. lowing described property, viz:
!. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six %arI'ents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and Outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
=. A plantation situated on the Courtableau u.
containing four hundred and forty-two and
u. 100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts OF wood land on the bayou
Ieche, situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageously for the year 1891, and if sold | will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w. e. ~PERRAULT.
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IohlAbLns hoCSE FUN TokL1n1.
and Mrs. Hen are the people to do the
work properly. We illustrate the
way this thing is done in England. A
little henhouse on wheels, large
enough for twenty-five hens, is hauled
about from mi part of the field to an
other. Wherever it stops, the hens
clean up all the scattered wheat for
many rods in every direction. They
come back to the house to sleep and
lay. All the farmer has to do is 10
move the house and gather the eggs
the hens do the rest. There is prog
ress for you-a step in advance OF
hens by the acre" On many an
American wheat farm the hens could
make the waste wheat worth a good
deal of money.-Rural New Yorker.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

ALWAYS keep salt where the cove
can have easy access to it
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
B.

Commissioner U. S. Circuit Court for the West
ern District of Louisiana.
Commissioner u. S. Court of Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish of st. Ian.
dry. ONCE with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
to Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes of
st. Landry and Acadia promptly attended TO.
Pensions secured; Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks. ETC., procured without delay.
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Taxing Bank Notes.

The only financial measure which
has been enacted by the Fifty-third
congress, except the repeal of the. pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman act, be-
came a law September 10. 1t was the
bill introduced by Representative
Cooper, Of Indiana, to subject to state
and municipal taxation the national
bank notes and United States treasury
notes, under the same provisions by
which gold, silver and other money is
taxed. It is left optional with the
states to tax those heretofore exempt
ed forms of money.
First catch your bank note.-ED].
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-01
PERSONAL MENTION,

Mrs. E. E. Patton left for Phenix to-day.
 B. Houser returned from the front to-day.
 J. H. McCliutock left for Flagstaff this morning.
 Deputy Sheriff Ruffner left for Williams to-day.
 R. J. Hartman left for Apache county this morning.
 R. C. Brown, representing the Phenix Herald, is in town.
 J. L. Fisher aud family ara now occupying their new residence.
 Dr. c. P. V. Watson returned last evening from visit to California.
 T. E. Peery, the Stanton mer- chant, accompaniedby his wife, are in town.
 Geo. Sands the stenographer, has taken a position with General Pas senger Agent F. A. Healy, of the $. F. P. & F. Railway.
 c. D. Arms. F. NJ. Murphy and Dr. C.. W. Vickers returnel today on the Skull valley express from their visit to Congress.
 Miss Mary Hickey, daugtter of Mir. and Mrs. NJ. J. Hickey enter tained a whole troop of her young friends yesterday afternoon, it being her sixth birthday.
 Judge B'.hune is visiting the Grand Cacyon. He expects to To. turn to Prescott about inly ? and hear a nunscr of eases in the dis triet court in which Judge Hawkins is disqualified.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-01
sa,urday.s Daily. JnIy ss.

District court will meet m Flag stafT August 6. Dr. F. II. Waite has had his office repapered and reprinted. The umar who has mo flies on him these days Is lucky indeed. Tao city council is putting iu a number of new cross walks on the streats.
 Tho county recorder closed busi- ne this evening with everything recorded up to date.
 The Hook and Ladder running team will play a game of hall to- morrow with the railroad boys.
 A party of young people. consist ing of six or seven couples, went out to the picnic on horseback to- day.
 Miles Archibald has recovered the slight use If his arm again. He can now raise it to his head and can bend his elbow.
 The weather clerk has ordered the storm clouds strike of, and this section was again visited by refresh ing showers to-day.
 George Hartman and J. Fl. Mills have formed q copartnership in the painting business. Their shop will be located back of T. w. Otis store. "The water in the political pot is stona cold. Courier. 1T it depends on the supply from the city water works, the probability is that the pot is dry.
 The leading article in the North American Review for July is furn- ished by ex-Speaker Reed, who discusses "The Present Administra ton of National Affairs" in a man. ner that will command wide atten- ton.
 John Murphy was brought in to- day from the A. x r. road, charged with interfering with trains. He will have a hearing before Court Commissioner Andrews on Monday
 Frank Bagley, who was recently blown up in the bottom of mining shaft at the Little Jessie mine, has recovered from his injuries suffl ciently to be able to go to work again.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-01
PERSONAL MENTION.

S. F, Mcguire, the Jerome mer- chant, registered at Hotel Burke yesterday.
 Frank Denny, manager of the Oaks and Willow cattle ranch left for home to-day.
 Jacob Miller, an attache of the Perrin Cattle Company, at the Oaks and Willows ranch, is iu town.
 J.C. Nelson of Albuquerque, and and Henry Essinger, of Cincinnati, inscribed their autographs on the Hotel Burke register to-day.
 Major J. P. Baker, paymaster l.. s. Army, accompanied by his son, w. F. Baker. arrived this morning to pay off the troops at Whipple.
 Andrew Smith, superintendent of the A. & P. telegraph service VI as in town to-day. Mir. Smith was for merly division superintendent of the above road.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. Levy will arrive on this evenings train from Cali fornia. Their son Nathan went out this morning to meet them. It will be gratifying news to our people
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-01

three to five days afterwards, Dr.
 Dawson was called 10 treat the woman, and in about fifteen or twenty days afterwards the woman died. Dr Dutcher had six physi- cians of Prescott and Whipple sub poenaed, and all confirmed his diagnosis and treatment. Two or more physicians were subpoenaed by Shivers. The ease was given to the jury on Saturday evening, and after being out all night and until the mIddle of the afternoon on Sunday. during which time they sifted and dissocted the three days testimony, and returned . verdict as above. T. W. Johnston conducted the ease for Dr. Butcher and did it in a very able manner, his years attendance at a medical college, in his earlier days, being of great
 assistance to him in the examina- tlon of the experts. The trial attracted good many spectators to the court house during it's progress.