The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-05

The fertilizer trust has Just made a
deal by which IL controls the situation
In the south. By manufacturing fer
tilizer In the penitentiary the state
could make q profit and deal the trust
q blow at the same tine.-Durham
Herald.
The four new judgeships and four
new solicitorships are nice plums. and
the aspirants are having some trouble
In arranging the districts so as to be
satisfactory all u There Is some
mighty kicking at the report of the
sub-committee.-Raleigh News n
Observer.
With cotton mills shutting down part
Of the time and federal taxes going I'D.
we are getting the first fruits Of Nc
Kinleyism. North Carolina pays slo.-
o@o.ooo annually TO the federal govern
ment and only q little over a million
dollars TO the state government. Tha's
Mckinleyism.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
The new causes OF divorce that have
been added in recent years have ''iet
down the bars and given an impetus
TO the divorce mill. heretofore
In North Carolina. In Wake county
IL has, come to be a and and Wake
is as good as my oun I'm the state.
At one term Of Wake court in the past
year or two there were nineteen d.
WV 49, SA III ~
News n Observer.
Mr.. McIver. OF Chatham county. has
introduced q bill in the house to pre-
vent the use OF profane language in
the presence OF women. A law that
would prevent the Use Of profane Ian
guage at all. IL such a law were pos
sible, would be better than this, but
then Gods law forbids IL, and that Is
not needed, neither would a state law
prohibiting 1t. SO what's the use.-New
Bern News.
Mr.. Zachary's bill TO discharge drum
ken solicitors ought to pass. II may
save impeachment proceedings I'm the
future. Neither drunken judges nor
drunken solicitors should be tolerated
for a ONE In the past drunken
judges have disgraced the bench in
North Carolina and in one we'll known
instance a judge was intoxicated on
the bench during a murder trial in
which a mans life was at stake. IL
was a mistake not TO impeach Judge
Norwood.-RaIeigh Times.
North Carolina has always been con-
upon the question of taxa
ton and wisely so, yet IL is sadly in
need OF public funds and an increase
either in the tax rate or taxable values
is inevitable. This can be one and
still North Cardinals tax rate will not
be near SO high as many of her sister
states. In criticising IL is well to re-
member that no business, private or
public a be conducted wisely without
funds, and frequently IN expenditure
that seems q burden at first, later turns
out to be a Observation-Disclosures News.
We believe that a bond issue for run
ming expenses ill-advised and that IL
offers no permanent relief, and IL
adopted, all coming legislatures will be
comforted with the same problem for
which a solution is now sought. Our
platform is simple and can be express
ed in a few words. We believe that
all property in the state should be az
sessed at its proper value. and that
the tax rate on this property be raised
or lowered as circumstances may de-
mand. We never have favored an in
come tax, nor do we believe in fasten-
ing a tax on any particular industry
because 1t is able to stand 1t or cam
not help itself.-Durham Herald.
If there is any one hin that North
Carolina needs more than good schools
it is good roads. Captain Alexander
has seen the benefit resulting to his
own county from a system OF good
roads. and. desiring to extend their
benefits to all the state, drafted with
| pains-taking care a general roa law.
When this came up for action In the
senate Tuesday one senator after an
other had his county excepted until
finally an amendment was adopted
| piON IulH6 ludl liz ACT SHOulu lOl y
| ply to any county unless adopted ,
the county commissioners. This &c :
the VitalS out of the measure and -
1t gets on the statute books in this
shape it will stand there as a dead le-~
ter.-Charlotte Observer.
All visionary schemes and fine spun
theories should be excluded from the
school law. Unnecessary machinery
should be eliminated and only that
which is simple and eminently practi-
cal retained. These things together
with intelligent supervision and ample
appropriations would infuse new life
into our public school system and make
1t subserve the glorious end for which
it was designed. The public schools
lie at the base of our educational
work. Their foundations therefore
should be broad and deep and sure.
Otherwise, 1t matters not how beauti-
full n stately may be the superstruc-
ture reared thereon IL will ere long
latter. and finally topple to it's ruin.
w. NJ. Hinton in Raleigh Post.
1t is perhaps difficult to specify any
exact sum but certainly no income less
than 81. 500 or 81, 900 should b. taxed.
This makes the tax easy to pay, anoth-
er reason why II is democratic. Again
in very many states and countries it
has been tried and found practical and
profitable. But the income tax may
De mace oppressive. 1t may be so laid
as to be burdensome and oppressive.
In such ase 1t is undemocratic be-
cause 1T Ia not sensible. II an income
Of 1000 should be taxed at the same
per cent as an income Of $50. 900. the
tax would, while apparently Just be
unjust. Suppose the tax lie one per
cent. A whose income Is he smaller
sum has but $500 left Of his salary
Winston Journal.
When Napoleon wal made First Con-
SUI OF France, none dreamed, save per-
maps that ambitious man himself, that
ne would ever be the military dictator
Of Europe. In q more engaging man
ner. Mckinley has entrenched himsel,
In power, and by a diplomatic distrf.
button OF offices, both civil and mill.
tary. he has fortified the power tina,
his ambition dictated. till today, liks
Napoleon, he IL all thing to all men