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The daily sentinel., 1900-09-15
Local News.

Clean rags wanted at this office
Chas. A. Bennett, feft for Oursy this
morning.
B.F. Jay left for Denver last night on
business.
The Western pay car came into the
city last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Mayhem left for
Canon City last night.
Come in and see our fall suitings. We
have the very latest things.
The Fashion.
Fresh line Of bakery supplies always
on hand at "The Progress" Try it.
First door east Of Hardy Bros.
Our early fall hats are selling fast.
Let US show them to you.
The Fashion.
CONNECTIONS, cigars. and fancy grocer
les at "The Progress" Next to Hardy
Bros.
Mrs. Samuel N. Wheeler and Miss
Msgaret Wood, her cousin left for Den
YER last night on brief visit.
The Progress is now ready for business
and solicits your patronage. Give it
trial. Next door to Hardy Bros.
Thornton, first class carpet man, can
be had at B. 7. Napier's. Cutting. 1T
ting, cleaning and laying. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
kindergarten will open Monday, Sept.
18th, at 8 o'clock in the room formerly
occupied. Miss Patton can be seen at
7th and Grand on Sept. 18th and 10Th.
Lost-Astrichan collarette. between
Revere hotel and Rio Grande eating
house. Finder please return to this
office. Mrs G. s. Detwiler.
DR.. Worthington, magnetic healer
cures all manner of disease without
medicine; consultation free. Cor. 4th,
and White sts.
The new Excelsior Steam Laundryis
up-to-date. Try it and be convinced.
Frank Buehring,
Proprietor.
For Sale-At Fairlawn cottage, one
lounge, one cook stove, one table, one
Welton velvet carpet, ingram carpeting,
straw mating and dishes.
Halt rates to Denver and return via
Colorado Midland, September 8 and l8.
For tickets and further information call
at Midland city office.
W. r. Peck, City Agent
Found-Ladiee pocket book with re-
turn ticket to Aspen and small amount
Of money-Cali on Marshal Allison.
The Methodist church. which has re-
Gently been entirely renovated through
out its entire interior will be occupied
by tho congregation tomorrow for SER
vices.
The delegation to the republican judi
cial convention in session at Montrose
today, left this morning over the narrow
gauge. 1t consisted of Edwin Price, @.
F. Caswell, G. }. Carpenter.
L. K. Phillips who was formerly en-
gagged in the Second hand business has
gone to Palisades, leaving for there last
night. Mr.. Phillips will be principal Of
the Palisades schools the present year.
D. Walter Clark. who has been in the
city during the past few days taking in
Peach festivities, left for Gunnison over
the narrow guage this morning to resume
the management Of his fathers sheep
herd.
Main street should have thorough
cleaning from one end to the other. The
accumulation OF the debris during Peach
week has loft it in exceedingly bad con-
dition. While it is being cleaned some
OF the big depressions should be nlled
and the bumps cut of.
Madame Skedgell. the new dressmaker
who will have charge of the dressmak
ing department of the b. T. Napier Co.
store, has arrived in the city and is IN
full charge Of that department. Ladies
desiring to have a strictly up-to-date
garment should call at the Napier Co.
store ard be measured for same.
The daily sentinel., 1900-09-15
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST.
10 a. m.-Sunday school.
IL q. m.-Preaching.
7p. NIB. Y. P. u.
Sp. m.-Preaching.
Rev j. M. P. Martyr,
Pastor.
The daily sentinel., 1900-09-15
CONGREGATIONAL.

CONGREGATIONAL.
10 a. m.-Sundsy school.
IL a. m.-Morning worship with
preaching by the pastor. Subject: "Ral-
lying About the Prayer Life"
7:l5 p. my. P. s. G. E.
Sp. m.-Evening worship with preach
ing by the pastor. Subject: "The Man
Who Came by Night"
A cordial invitation to all.
Rev. Dwight 8. Bayley,
Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN.
10 a. m.-Sabbath school.
IL a. m.-Set mon: Lessons From
the TRANSPORTATION.
7p. m-Christian Endeavor and talk
on the pledge OF the pastor.
Sp. m.-Sermon: "Soul Hunger and
Love to Satisfy 1t.
Rev. G. e. B. Ward,
Pastor.
The daily sentinel., 1900-09-15
Star BAKERY.
THEODOR GOETTE, Prop.

Fresh Bread, Pies, and Cakes de-
livered to any part of the city
"a loaves of bread for 81 90.
nome 1874 Main Bet. Sd and 4th.
The daily sentinel., 1900-09-15
G. b. RICH.

Resident Agent, Grand Junction for partic'
ulRrs.
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tax on commerce, he said that former
ly he paid 500 a year to the state as
an importer of the first class, and
$l,O50 to the municipality. making
S,750 a year. He then placed himself
in the second class and paid $421 to the
state, refusing the municipalities de-
mand for its ~ per cent.
EVERY ONE AND EVERYTHING
TAXED.
"From this brief review of the sys-
TENS of taxation it will be seen that
if the laws had been faithfully admin
istered no person and no article or
form of property could have escaped
his or it's share Of the public burden.
The direct taxes would seem to have
been extremely Onerous. The earnings
of merchants, manufacturers and other
producers We're subject to a tax of l2h
per cent. or more, according to the
financial eXigencies of the treasures,
provincial and municipal. For exam
pie, if a merchants income was valued
at $4,000 a year he would pay in direct
taxes $3.50. He would also pay for
his cedula or personal passport, the
amount of which was graduated, ac-
cording to personal means from 70
cents up to $25 or more. He would pay
direct taxes on his residence and furni-
ture, and on his horses and other live
stock. if not used for labor If he were
just starting in business he would pay
a patente or tax for privilege; yet the
general testimony, as will appear else
where in this report, was to the effect
that taxation was not really Oppres-
sive, or would not have been, if it had
been impartially assessed and collect
ed. But the fact that it was so heavy
doubtless had on influence on people
to conceal their property as much as
possible and undervalue their annual
income. Articles of common use, such
as rice, flour, corn, charcoal, wines,
ETC., not only paid heavy import duties,
but were subject, together with fresh
beef, milk and sugar, produced on the
island TO a consume tax at the gates of
the municipalities. For example, -four,
which had paid a duty of 400 kilos at
the custom house, paid at the city
gates $3.50 consumer tax, or a total of
| Sc. So which was at the rate of SO a
| hundredweight; rice, the common arti-
Gle of diet, paid $40 import duty and
81 consume tax; fresh beef paid a con-
sumo tax of S. a hundred kilos, or 22O
pounds. This was in addition to the
head tax paid the city by the slaugh-
| terer."
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lighted and generally so uncomfortable
that only the necessity of illness kept
the passenger in them. Such a thing
as a smoking room was unknown, and
the passengers INDUCED their fondness
for tobacco sitting in the companions
ways. The suggestion of tiled bath-
rooms on shipboard would have made
a skipper of that day laugh In derisionn
The food consisted of salt meats, and
was generally unpalatable. The vessels
themselves, being much smaller than
those of the present day, and none on
them with the modern advantages OF
construction, rolled and pHched fright
fully, and the passengers generally
were kept in such state that they
would have welcomed land even If the
only way of reaching it had been by
going to the bottom.
Compare this picture with that of the
modern ocean liner. In the latter for-
tunes are lavished in costly furnish
ings. carvings, decorations, carpets and
general equipment. There are libraries
well stocked with books, smoking rooms
luXuriously furnished for the comfort OF
all who care to use them; barber shops,
numerous baths, and, in fact, all the
conveniences OF the best-equipped es-
tablishment on land. If the passenger
is willing to pay for it, he may have a
suite of apartments, in which he VIII
find real beds instead of berths, pri-
vate bathrooms, and all the comforts
and luxuries to which he is accustomed
| in his daily life. /
In the dining-room perhaps the
change is the most marked of all. The
| development of modern refrigeration
makes it possible for the table that is
| spread in the mid-Atlantic to be
| equipped with all the delicacies of the
| season. Game, fruit, ices-everything
| Is to be mad. and the deadly monotony
| palatable and tempting to the appetite
of sea fare is no longer the scourge OF
! the harless passenger On many OF
| the largest liners the music of an orr
chestra is now provided as an accom-L
paniment To the daily dinner.
| The vast scale on which travel is
| carried on at the present day and the
| giant steamships which It has developed
make the organization of a modern
ocean liner entirely different from that
of its early prototype. The sailor is
no longer the supreme factor in the
| management of an ocean steamship.
In fact, the sailor as he existed In the
old day has practically disappeared.
The modern steamship Of the large size
carries a crew of 500 men. OF these,
perhaps seventy-five are classed as
sailors, but their duties relate chiefly
to cleaning decks, operating the auxil-
larry machinery and carrying on such
menial tasks. The old glory of jack
Tar has departed since the days oH
steam.
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According to the law, some classes
of business and occupations are agrem-
liable and some are not. A particular
class is called a gremio. The lawyers,
for example, would form one (class),
the doctors another, the mechanics an
other and so on. The custom was for
the state to announce the amount it
needed, end those composing the var
ious gremios (classes) would meet
each gremio (class) by itself, and ap-
portion the amount among it's MEM
bers on the basis Of the tariff.
TAX ON LAND.
"The territorial tax was levied on
the income of real estate, both urban
and rural. 1t yielded nearly twice as
much as the tax or commerce and in
dustry. The valuation was made in
each municipal district by a commits
sion of three, with three sub-commis-
sioners for each class Of wealth, the
three h-cOmmissioners representing,
respectively, the largest, medium and
the smallest class of taxpayers. These
commissioners were appointed at a
joint meeting of the councilmen, with
three times as many taxpayers, elect
ed in equal parts by the three classes
Of taxpayers. In valuing the income
of farm the commissioners would fix
certain price for the respective pro-
ducts. Sugar, for example, was esti-
mated at SO a quintal (22Ola pounds),
and rs per cent. was deducted for ex-
| penses; coffee, at $12, and So was al
| lowed for expenses. On urban prop
erty 25 per cent discount was allowed
! N
"All taxes We're payable quarterly.
The amount assessed for the benefit
| of the state was per cent, both on
urban and suburban property. The
rate for the municipality varied ac-
cording to its needs, but was generally
z or 7H per cent. The complaint was
quite general that those who had much
property and ought to have paid large
sums, escaped with small payments.
BRIBERY OF OFFICIALS.
| methods of evasion not unknown
in other countries seem to have been
practiced in Porto Rico including
bribery of officials. A German resident
Of an interior district told the COM
missioner how he got his annual tax
reduced by bribery, learning the trick
| from older residents. 1t is charged
that Spaniards were favored by the
state at the expense of the natives.
Mr.. Andres Crosas, a merchant OF
many years standing in San Juan, but
an American citizen, Informed the COM
missioner that Spaniard who rented
a farm had agreed to pay the tax on
II. which. while he had it, was only
$50 year The farm afterward came
into Crosas possession, and the tax
was raised from $50 to s400, AS to the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

The present discussion regarding
methods of raising revenues for Porto
Rico lends especial interest to a state
ment regarding the system of taxation
enforced under Spanish rule made by
DIR. Henry *. Carroll special COM
missioner, who was sent to Porto Rico
last year. The statement is as fol-
lows:
"Customs duties were levied both on
imports and exports. There was also
a special tax on the loading and un-
loading of freight, the embarkation
and Decentralization of passengers and
transitory dues of 10 per cent on inn
ports. The revenues from these
sources, as has already appeared, con-
stituted by far the largest item OF
the receipts of the insular treasury.
"There was a system of direct taxa
tion, resting on T. basis of income
and not on valuation, The territorial
tax, yielding $4,000 to the insular
treasury, affected urban and suburban
property; the industrial and CONNER
cial, yielding $4,000 to the insular
treasury, included all kinds of manu-
factures and industries. all branches
of the mercantile and banking business
and all occupations.
TAX ON COMMERCE AND INDUS
TRY.
1.-THE Industrial and commercial tax
was divided according to the popula-
tion of cities and towns, classified ac'
cording to the character of bushes:
and graded according TO the amount
OF business. There were six divisions
on the basis of population. San Juan
Ponce and Mayaguez constituted the
first division, towns with custom
houses of the first class the second
towns with more than $1,000 inhabi'
tants the third, the other three divi
sions being graded down from 1900
to 1000 and less.
"Then there were five classes of tar
IN. The first, with eight grades, in
cluded merchants, wholesale and re
tau; the second, importers and export
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

ers, money lenders, transportation,
salaries of officials of banks, railroads
and other companies; the third, the
manufacture Of sugar, rum, maChin-
cry, chemicals, chocolate, ice. etc; the
fourth, the professions and occupa-
tions, and the fifth, patents or new
shops, factories, etc, which had to pay
a special installation tax. Merchants
in the first class of the first tariff
would pay 130 pesos in San Juan,
Ponce or Mayaguez; 1Oi in Aguadilla,
Humacao, etc; ~ in Adjuntas, Bay
anon, etc; SO in Ceamo, Camuy, etc;
80 in .,ibonita, Rarranquitas, etc, and
81 in Dorado. Santa Isabella, etc. Mer-
chants, Wholesale or wholesale and re-
tail dealers in various lines of wares,
on commission or on their own ac-
count, paid according to the first
grade; retail shops, hotels and restau-
rants, according to the second; phar-
macies, shoe, provision and other re-
tail stores were in the third; station
cry shops in the fourth; wholesale and
retail tobacco shops in the fifth; cafes
for the sale of soda waters, ETC., in the
sixth boarding houses in the seventh,
and shops for the sale Of native flow
ers IN the eighth.
TAX ON SALARIES.
"The second tariff embraced salaries,
wages, commissions and the like. Gov
| ernors or directors of banks, railroad
componies, etc., paid per cent OF
| their wages or salaries, contractors
| per cent. of the amount of their con-
| tracts, banks 10 per cent. of their
profits, importers and exporters, re-
ceiving and remitting, buying and SELL
! ing, shipping and conducting banking
| operations, paid 500 in cities of the
| first division. Provincial and munich
| pal officers We're not required to pay
! tax on their salaries. But no kind of
business seems to have escaped the
sharp eye of the state experts. Public
baths, balls and concerts, periodicals
including daily papers, laundries, flu
neral agencies, gymnasiums, livery
stables, all kinds of industries, even
the manufacture of artificial feet, were
| taxed. Blacksmiths paid, according tC
the town in which their business was
conducted, from II to 3 pesos; archi-
tects, from 80 to 6; dentists and phar-
macists, the same; physicians and sur.
geons, Az to J2; nurses and midwives
Is to 3; veterinarians, 1G to s; BARRIERS
8 to 2; lawyers, registers of property
and notaries, As to 16; while carpen'
ters, cabinet makers, bookbinders, pro-
fessors of music, languages, painters
etc, paid according to their class anC
grade Among the exceptions may b'
| noted washerwomen, BARRIERS without
| shops, clerks In commercial houses anc
| similar classes. Day laborers were as
| sessed on the basis of one third tn,
value Of half q years wages.
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forward into great field OF duty and oppor-
tnity and appealing to the judgment Of their countymen
make these declarations:
The expectation in which the American people, turn
ing from the Democratic party entrusted power four years
ago to a Republican chief magistrate and a Republican
congress, has been met and satisfied When the people
then assembled at the polls after of Democratic
legislation and administration business dead industry
parayzed and the national credit dsastrousy impaired
The countrys capital hidden away and its labor dis
ressed and unemployed. The Democrats had other
plan with which to improve the rnous conditions which
they had themselves produced than coin silver the
ratio of 1G to l. The Republican party denoncing this
plan produce conditions than those
from which relief sought promised to restore pros
perty by OF Legislative protective
= tariff and law making gold the standard Of value.
The people, by great majores issued to the Republi
. party commission enact these laws. This
mission has been executed and the Republican promise
redeemed Prosperity, general and abundant
than have known has followed those
There longer controversy the vaue of any gov
b obligation Every American dollar is gold dol
lar its assured equivalent, and American credit stands
4 higher than that of any other nation Capital is fully
. poyed and labor everywhere is proftaby occupied.
No single fact strikingly tell the story of
= what Republican government the country than
tsthat while during the whole period of 107 years. from
b 1870 1897 there Of exports imports
b of only 1888 OBS 497 there has been the short three years
r. of the present Republican administration OF
+ ports imports in the of S4S3 537 O94
s And while the American people, sustained by this Repub
;, lcan legislation, have been achieving these splendid
triumps in their business and commerce, they have
Quoted and in victory concluded for liberty and
> human rights No thought of national aggrandzement
= tarnished the high purpose with which American standards
s. unurled It's armies in the field and the quick and
signal trumps of its forces land and bore equal
= tribute courage of American soldiers and sailors and
the skill and foresight of Republican craftsmanship To
ten millions of the human there given "a
q birth of freedom and to the American people and
e. noble responsibility
= We endorse the administration of William Mckinley
s. Its have been established in wisdom and in PATRIOTISM
s. and home and abroad has distinctly elevated and
g. tended the influence of the American nation. Walking
unred paths and facing unforeseen responsibilities, Pres
dent Mckinley has been i'll every situation the true Amer
. patriot and the upright statesman clear i'll vision
q strong in judgment firm in action always inspiring and
s. deserving the confidence of his counrymen.
s. In asking the American people ndorse this Repub
g. can record and their commission the Repub
ican party remind them of the fact that the
T. i, i + j. T. i T. T. j. - j. i i i i i T. i !
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best of ocean steamships was an i'll
smelling and uncomfortable place. The
berths, rough wooden cots, were un-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21
THE OCEAN HOTEL.

From Ainslee's Magazine.
1t is difficult to make the ocean voy-
ager of the present day understand
how great has been the Improvement in
the lot OF his kind since the days when
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

ward in terror to the necessity of
transatlantic trip. In those days the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21
HOW THE SPANISH
TAXED PORTO RICO
EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING
WAS LEVIED UPON.

If 1t Had Not Been for the Ease
with Which Many of These Taxes
Could Be Evaded by Bribery of
the Spanish Officials Life Would
Not Have Been Endurable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

HE REPUBLICANS of the United States
through their chosen representatives, met in
national convention, looking back upon an un-
surpassed record of achievement and looking
forward into great field of duty and oppor-
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-14
A CHILD DRO WNED.

Fitohburg, Mass. February ls.--As a
result of the excessively heavy rainfall OF
the past twelve hours, the Nashua river
has bsen rising very rapidly and over
flowed It's banks and Punch brook. a
covered waterway which runs under the
housss In the centre of the city and
empties into the Nashua river. has burst
through the covering and flooded the
b.semsnts of business houses and the cal
lars Of residences along Its course.
A little girl at South Bitchbars was
drowned this morning In the river.
Over one half OF the mills In the city
have been forced to shut down.
BELFAST SUFFERS DAMAGE.
Belfast, February "A very heavy
storm In this city and In neigh boring
towns has caused no little damage. Dur
Ing the past twenty -four hours the rain
fail has been fully four inches. Trains
have been delayed. there being rsports Of
several vashouts along the line and all
boals are held up here for the night
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-14
SEIZE RAILROADS.
Anti Trust Conventio& Resolves That
Government should Take Possession
ofThcm.

Chica 70, February 13.-Aftsr q heated
debate the resolutions committee OF the
antitrust conference tonight decided to
report In favor Of government ownership
Of railroads ami for their seizure on
payment OF actual value and without
pay ment for "watered stock or other
fictitious values"
There was sharp discussion brought
on By an effort To make the platform
declare that the government should seiss
the railroads on payment OF actual value
"aud without payment for franchise
values"
Unanimous action was finally obtain
ed by emitting out the words franchise
values" inserting instead the phrase,
"'watered stock or other fictitious
| valus."
The committee also unanimously
favored direct popular legislation as
means Of obtaining the res suit.
A number OF set speeches were heard
at the morning and afternoon sessions
Of the confererca.
The night session was in the form OF q
mass meeting at the auditorium and
brought out some OF the strongest speak
ers.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-14
TO AID BOERS.

Boston. Mass, Feb. 13.-The first hos
pital corps sent by the United Irish so
cities of New England for work with the
Beers in South Africa left for New York
at / / O. clock tonight over the Boston d
Albany railroad, their departure being
witnessed by several hundred enthusias'
tic friends.
The corps is organized under the Red
Cross society and the party numbered II
which will be augmented to 16 or ls by
additions at Springfield and other places
en- route, all under the charge of Richard
J. Barry of Lawrence, the organizer OF
the corps. The members of the corps
were very enthusiastic and said they ex'
pected no interference either from the
American or British governments.