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New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
W0RCEsTER's PROBLEM

Al Worcester there three institutions OF
higher learning which have property Of great value
'hat Is exempt from taxation-CIark University
Holy Cross College and the Worcester Instf-
tute OF Technology. Worcester maintains q mag
nihcent public library, but it is not used by the
students to anything like the extent that the
women Of Smith have been using the hampton
library There has been no discussion on this
score.
President Hall Of Clark University said that the
question Of taxation had come up over some of
the houses occupied by professors He said Clark
paid no taxes as the houses which the university
owned were quite within the law
II my house We're owned by the university il
would be exempt" he declared, because every
Monday evening a class OF graduate Students meets
ne here for three hours instruction and discussion.
me law provides that to be exempt d professor )
house rent must be a part Of his salary. and ehs
-ouse nc must De used 70 q certain extent as place
0L @ -.sLrucIloE @ he dean s house IS one on which
I sorry that this question of taxation Of col
leges must be thrashed out again The tax rate
Is steadily growing. and the rate Of interest in our
State should decide 10 tax colleges, and the tax
rate rises coincide with the interest, OF
would have to close our doors"
Al Holy Cross College the question Of taxation
has never been troublesome. The Jesuit professors
are all QuarteCed in the main college building. The
big dorTitory which has Just been conlpIgted @ nas
not drawn any students ron oTcesleE DoarulAg
houses, but has rather increased the total number
OF studies who acted as spokesman in the absence
Of the president declared that the teelng oetWeeR
friendly and that he believed any agitation for the
taxation OF college property would meet with scant
The Rev. Dr., Harris, president Of Amherst College.
said: AT Amherst we pay few taxes under DroIesl
The buildings involved are the president hoqss
and the astronomical observatory, both Of which
We consider necessary for the educational uses OF
the college We pay the taxes requires on 1ISss yS
bIildings $500 or S+00 year, under protest Inc
case IS now in court. and decision can be expected
yftT5- few months If the college wins, the town
viii appeal and If the wins we will certainly
carr the case into the higher courts. " hen me
litigation is finally ended the matter VII dolpIes
be settled for all time We pay no axes on on o.a %
dorTnitories The town taxed US one year, our ""
Won the protesting suit before the tTIal vas n$.d
over There is no probability thar the eglsaIIuTe lI
F 7TassacFT1setts viii change the existing c0iIese
taxation laws. The towns which have no fts co!tgses
S-lay- +bs- the towns which have such lnstltIlIolS
rean rnlch more benefits than the taxation "ouo
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
DRESSES BOUGHT At HOME.

r,s -r,-,l5 mink that in q vornan's college town
fre d-vgoods men. least, would favor freedom
from college taxation In Northampton they u7
clare tAat they sell little nothing to smith WON
e. except notions
tIf they want dress goods they generally bring
them from home make the want an excuse 1or
Z TIP 10 Boston. New-York, or at least TO SpT1ng-
field, and they never think Of coming nome 10 oF
own d-essraa lers 70 have their goods made up,
sad the owner o. one Of the larger stores MY
trade Is an with the town people and the whole
sa-s-s who get my orders would hardly notice the
difference i 1 lost my entire Smith College tIa4t
Their presence Is good thing for the note!
2r t1e -4Fer1 men, IoI Llt sIIs 40 lolS - -
but raey ere no real help 10 the trade OF the
The college zdherents point out what a me moral
-Hi1leI-re the presence OF the college ana Us st-
gown keeps TO f-seIf draws lines and makes dis
CrlraiEa5ons which nut da1uper cn possible good
part or the town girls against their sisters VINO
Of the latter have huer clothes and put airs
The town people do not attend the college lectures
W1ch are OF general interest 10 any consloS5
extent. Tor many say they are codly received anu
Il seems 10 be a fact that the location OF a col
lege in one Of The smaller Massachusetts towns
rrq-r -e(--Ia 5srIa~e ~ ne colleges do every
thing II the- power 10 discourage the location OF
coming because Of the higher tax rate que 10
college exemption = .
point that is often raised It is variously qealC @
with win be seen n the interviews with coiiee7
II the colleges were struggling we would not not
think much about their escaping taxation saia d
one OF the trustees OF the Forbes Library ana a
prominent citizen of Northampton smith - 49,
.ege Owls more than $L9J0oo worth of real MS
within the town At the tax rate or last year 1t
4o-1d yield S-9o v Alc6 W24e ni>ter5aii - 5ii-t5erds
Z one may be allowed TO use the term From lts
SIS income last year was s29 o2 s5 and its expenses
were S2z465 80 The expenses include the ersctJ 5T1
81 S4s so we may be permitted TO figure the net
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
WILLIAMS PAYS PART

The agitation for increased college taxation
Started a number Of years ago at WiamstowR.
the seat OF Williams College, although the situa-
ton there at TIE present time IS not particularly
acute
There IS little feeling between Town and Gown
At Williams" said Dr. Henry Hopkins the presi-
cent Of that famous old college IN the BerlShres-
One Of the principal reasons II died away Is that
Williams has taken the stand that Il should bear
is share 0f the local burdens and we have only
asked and taken exemption from the general
taxes. We have in WfIIiannEtown what are known
as Fire Districts which include all OF the village
There are taxes or water. electric lights hre pro
lection and other village utilities. We pay these
taxes just the same as any other property owner
Another reason for the friendly feeling which
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
DR.. sEELYE's STAND.

The Tribune correspondent talked for an hour
wsh President L CIary SeeIye. and with other
officers Of Smith College. The president has very
decided views on the action of the library trustees
and the subject viii be dealt with extensively IN
his forthcoming annual report. In view OF the
fact that this report will soon be issued he did not
care to give The Tribune formal interview II
fS rroFa BE that the report viii include appeal
for funds for the UpbuIding Of q Smith College
library on which Dr. Seelye has set his heart. ,
The stand of the college in the matter. as learned
from officials Of authority in the discussion or the
sirTatfon may be set forth as follows;
1Tba raxa+iCu of individual students Is only q
wav Of returning to the old question OF college
+aTa+iou on the ground that they are too great d
t1I-r5an on +hp Individual towns The Massachu-
sets legislature has decided that colleges are not
~ '..-T5e president of Smith was advised when tHe
Forbes library was first projected, not to spend
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
- WANT THE COLLEGES TO PAY MORE TAxEs' -

Northampton Mass. Oct q Speciality ses5
,ock between the officials Of Smith College ona
~ the largest colleges for women in the oountr,
s-6 the trustees OF the Forbes LIBRARY ove- +f,s
question as 70 whether the students shau have
he use Of the library free or not is stiu In eac+
and II has brought the whole issue OF college taxa
,n ether college towns IN this State
For some tine there has been mora or le~s eoa1
iuz between town and gown here but relations
have been worse strained than ever since the trus
tees Of the Forbes Library passed an order derv-
i-g the use OF the library to Smith girls unless
they first paid individual subscription Of 3 fo
the college year The students became iudgnsn&
over what they call an unjust and uncaued-ror
discrimination and only bakers dozen Of then,
have paid their subscriptions or have the usa ~
The big library, Of which the town is so nrouo
TIE trustees took thus stand because the co1laes
would not pay $50 year for the maintenance
OF the library. The college offered 10 nav 50 COO
hut since The put upon the students -ra
trustees declare they viii build I'd an tndepenoer+
library for their use.
That the question OF college taxation lies bacl.
Of al this trouble about the library no one WIN
has studied The question from non-partisan stand
poi1t doubts. The legislature OF Massachusetr.
has passed laws granting exemption from taxation
70 practically al college property Including lormi
tories and the homes Of professors, when owned
by the institution snd used some extent in the
work os instruCttng students. The exemption also
applies &c the expense OF maintaining roads and
psvenents. sewers and street lighting although
re college can be forced to pay its share FOR the
building Of Z new roadway.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

ton and OF the great plans now being carried
out for further transformation OF the DESERT
plains into the richest of farms and orchards.
The Seattle fire chief has laid down a rule that
no fireman in uniform can smoke in public and
the use OF cigarettes IS prohibited in public or
private. The men may smoke pipes or cigars IN
the engine houses or at their homes Another
rule forbids fremen 70 be in places where IN
toxicants are sold. or to have liquors in the en-
stna hons
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

his funds in establishing library, as the one that
Judge Forbes would build would be ample for both
town and gown The founder had not the snghteSl
intention of ever excluding the students
Smith College without any support or subscrlp-
tiou from the town, is doing far more for North
arpton than the Forbes Library, ana Is every bit
as much an institution Of the town. II has added
greatly to the wealth and educational advantages
Of the town without taxation. There IS nor city
in Massachusetts which would not welcome the
college if II were possible TO transfer IL under tne
terms OF the various requests ana endo"rnents
The students in virtue Of what they are doing Tor
Northampton should have every privilege OF resi-
dents. =, -, -
IF the college was allowed any voice IN the man
sgensnt of the Forbes Library, II II had anything
to say in the selection OF books. II the atternpt
had not been made to compel a payment the trus-
tees of the college would have been gIad 10 pay ts
share Of the expense Of maIntaif!ns tne LoTaTy, T
The offer OF 5000 year was nade IN gQod TalLn
and with the intention Of avoiding al! II Teehhg-
Il was found impossible TO comply win n me me re, Re.
uuirer7euts of the library trustees ana ADMIT Ihe
principle Of that form of taxation
IF it had not been for the dscrirlina tons placed
upon them in the library many Of the students
would have been glad 70 pay the 50 tax Inoer L9e
circumstances thew nave wlsey ts ~ ~ ,,J - y
every case, to have anything to do with me library
This action taken or their own VoHtlon. Inc
loss Of the Of the library is not proving
serious handicap. and Smith will be peter on IN
the end from the selfish action Of the toWnsrler-
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
STRONG OPPOSITION.

II the college towns the number Of taxpayers
who oppose this exemption on various grounds IS
Iarge- and many candidate owes his election to
promises thai he VIII rry 70 get more taxes out
O. Tie colleges. The basis Of all objections is that
ne colleges usually own a vas amount Of prop
cry IN the richest portion OF the town which
zae shoulders OF The taxpaytag citizens for that
reason Is greater than they can bear. The defence
OF the colleges Is thai as their wealth and size in
crease. so co their responsibilities and expenses
and rha- even with vastly increased revenue they
have difficulty II making both ends meet and
have 10 money spare for taxes. Then. too, they
declare thar The towns receive so many benefits
from the colleges that they should be glad &c carry
The burden OF taxation
---e~r IS little doubt that 8 remedial measure OF
scTre sort viii be introduced al the next session OF
--e ALass1 cLLSsI-S Legislature A plan which has
he support o. considerable party IN various col
Northampton and OLhers-wOuld be 10 saddle the
college taxes The State, the college paying the
regular the town and being reirnbUrSeo rom
The S-a-e Treasury Il IS dOObIIEl- however &C
cg-C- 20 close students OF the situation, II this
or any other measure increasing the college taxes
could The Legislature. because The towns
which have no colleges take little interest II the
Seve-aI phases Of the strained situation at North
e---C7 are true of other college towns IN MasSa-
cluse--s and perhaps the point that arouses Jhe
early DAYS The student boarding house n4Ied the
place occupied by the uTeprOC- co4eSe COR
nE-o-y with every modern convenience me STU
Le.-s Boarded IN al parts o. The town II pTlNatS0
houses and houses which citizens erected especially
TOR rre purpose. i was source OF never Ia1ling
revenue. for Che boarding house keepers knew now
charge and they lost nothing through pao oeD-s
O. students T1o tried 10 evade payment
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

The delegation Of Congressman that Is visit
ing Arizona and making investigation OF its
fitness TO become a State has evidently changed
its views when brought face 10 face with the
resources of the Territory and the needs Of its
people. The members Of the delegation have
seen that the chief wealth Of Arizona is rapidly
changing from mines TO agriculture and stock
raising and that the population is increasing
The delegation has also become convinced that
it would be expedient to join Arizona and New
Mexico into one State The majority of this
delegation were ignorant Of the enormous de-
veIourent of Arizona due 10 scientific irrtga-
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

itants Of the town could not find seats or reading
matter Indeed, actual count showed that t"2-
thirds Of the reading visitors were bnIt1 sL19
and that one-third of this number were sLudylns
there, a Of the library which we consloer III
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
THE TRUSTEES VIEW.

The Tribune correspondent obtained from the
trustees Of the library the first detailed expression
Of their side Of the controversy with Smith Col
Iepe which has been given out The present rrlis-
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

The Bank Commissioners report this week
that the wealth Of California in State banks eA
elusive of national banks. is S5l5,3Vs-o9f III r.
sources. and thar DEPOSITS are s40o.612O73. This
is gain of S43 100000 in resources and $39.ooo'-
coo in daDosits. There are 497 state banks in
California.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22
REMOVAL IMPROBABLE.

REMOVAL IMFRUbAbAh.
The question Of the removal OF Smith College to
another town in Massac chUsetts or to some point
in the West has never been seriously considered
President seeIye said that one offer Of &0ooo0O to
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

Leon B. Newton. alias Meats, was sentenced
this week in Oakland to five years IN san Quen-
tin prison for petty larceny. He was recently
discharged from Folsom after serving term
for burglary. and he was such model prison.
er that the warden gave him letter 10
former prison guard in Alameda. Newton re-
paid the kindness OF the guard by stealing a
diamond ring from the guards wife. Newton
is said to be the scapegrace son of an English
nobleman.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

George H. Bailey. Of NIodoc County. last year
drained and reclaimed sixty acres of tuIe land
and sowed it TO timothy. Now he has just
finished thrashing thirty thousand pounds Of
timothy seed from these sixty acres. The land
was formerly worthless swamp covered with
a rank growth Of tules ten feet high. The land
seems 10 be as rich as the famous peat lands of
the Sacramento Valley.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

Reports from the California Academy of
Sciences expedition to the Galapagos Archi-
peIago give details OF the work at CIipperton
and CoCos Islands. Extensive collections were
made at CIipperton, the only coral island Of
the Eastern Pacific At Cocos Island specimens
OF many new species OF animal and plant life
were obtained. Although only thirteen miles in
circumference, Cocos Island contains birds. rep
tiles, insects and rnollusks not found in any
other part of the earth.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-24
Storm at Fort Worth.

Fort Worth. Tex. May ga heavy
windstorm, blowing at the rate of sew
enty miles an hour, struck this city
from the southwest at $50 last night
Part of the west wall of the Texas &
Pacific passenger station was blown in
and John Young, train dispatcher
killed.
The storm was most severe west OF
the city and all telephone and tele.
graph wires in all directions are down
passenger on Texas & Pacific
from the west reports that the town OF
Mineral Wells was partly blown
away.
One church building belonging to
the African Methodist Episcopal con.
gregation here was demolished. - Many
business buildings lost their roofs. in.
Guiding the First National bank build
ing. seven story structure.
The Baptist and Episcopal churches
in North Fort Worth were badly
wrecked while the roofs of the Grand
hotel in East Weatherford street and
the johnson house in West Bluff street
were torn away. Fifty dwellings in
various parts of the city were dam.
aged. The Second Ward school build
ing was partially wrecked.
Handley. seven miles east of here,
suffered much property damage. 1t is
not known that any one was killed out
side of Fort Worth.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-24
VOTE FOR CHURCH UNION.
United Brethren to Join With consre
gationai and Methodist Protestants.

Topeka, Kan. May 20.-The United
Brethren general conference Thurs
day voted in favor of union with the
Congregational and Methodist Protest.
ant churches. The opponents of the
plan argued that its adoption would
cause the United Brethren church to
lose its identity, and predicted the
federation would finally be named
Congregational.
Bishop J. S. Mills and Bishop E. b.
Kephart aided DR.. l.. 5. Cornell OF
Denver in supporting the plan.
III the delegates are capable OF
clearly understanding the syllabus as
1t is submitted to them," said Bishop
Kephart, they will see that 1t docs
not provide for an organic union OF
the three churches, but only for d
closer federation"
When vote was taken only eight
negative votes were recorded Com
missioners will be appointed to confer
with representatives of the Methodist
Protestant and Congregational
churches. Whatever plan they agree
upon will be submitted to a referen.
dunn vote of the membership of the
three churches. So far as the legis.
lative bodies of the churches are con.
cerned. the church union is settled.
The closing of the publishing house
which for fifty years has been con-
Quoted by the United Brethren. was
virtually agreed upon. 1t was ex-
planned that the big plant at Dayton.
Ohio. had been running behind for
several years.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-24
CONSUMPTION FOUGHT
BY TUBERCULOSIS CONFERENCE
Hopeful View Taken by National AS
soeiation at Its Meeting in
Washinqton.

| Washington, May 20.-The first an
nual conference of the National Asso
citation for the Study and Prevention
OF tuberculosis ended last night VILE
a banquet. Two days have been occu
pied with the presentation of views by
prominent members of the medical pro
fession from all sections of the coun
| try.
The comparison of data regarding
what Is being done to stamp out the
great white plague" led many speakers
to predict that popular interest is
| awakened on thessubject and that the
immediate future will witness greater
organized activity in the treatment
and care OF conslfmptives than in the
past.
One section of the congress has de
voted itself to the discussion of the
sociological side of the problem, while
another has taken up the medical Tea
lures.
The morning session of the socio-
| logical section embraced a symposium
on sanitarium treatment OF consump
ton. In discussing the sanitarium
movement, DIR. w. J. Marcley of Mas
sachusetts gave great credit to EFFORTS
of labor unions.
H. NJ. Danner of Denver advocated
a special tax on unsanitary sections oil
cities.
H. Allen of New York told of the
experiments in that city in the seaside
treatment of surgical tuberculosis for
children. One hundred and fifty chill
dren have been treated in this man
ner, he said. and the success has been
phenomenal.
One of the points of interest brought
out in this discussion was that every
effort SO far made to establish self
supporting communities or settle
ments of tuberculosis patients had
proved a failure. Nevertheless par
tial support had been accomplished
under carefully directed industries In
the open air. 1t was the general opin-
ion that all cases of tuberculosis
should be allowed to remain at large,
where proper care of the patient was
maintained and proper sanitary re-
quirements observed to protect mem
bers of the family in which the pa
tient resided. Nowhere except in New
York is there legal authority to com
pei the retention of patient against
his will. Such authority, it was ar
gued, was most desirable.
Speaking of the lax enforcement OF
sanitary regulations by municipalities
LIT. d. I. y. roster VI VIEW 1aNth saiu
he arrived at the Boston station one
night at IL o'clock. On all of the sta.
ton walls he observed large signs
stating that 800 was the fine for en-
pectorating on the floor. On the
floor were enough evidences of the vi
olation of this law to support with tho
collected penalty a state institution.
His conclusion was that either such
laws should not be enacted, or tina:
they should be enforced.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-24
ocean Yacht Race Gossip,

New York. May 21.-Paul Eve Ste.
venson. the noted yachting writer,
says:
"All attempt to estimate with even
approximate accuracy the chances of
any given boat in the kaiser's cup race,
which started on Tuesday at the Sandy
Hook Lightship. would be almost as
futile as weather forecast six months
ahead. So great variety of condi-
tions will be encountered in the 5000
miles that the eleven yachts started
upon an almost equal basis, though
naturally the most highly developed
boat from the naval architect view
point would be the favorite in calcu-
lating the odds and chances.
Still, it is entirely conceivable that
the schooner Hamburg. a Watson de-
signed racing boat. should be defeated
by the Fleur de Lis. much smaller
cruising schooner Again, much inter-
est attaches to the various rigs of the
competitors, four types being repre-
sented viz. yawl. schooner, bark and
ship; while a still wider range exists
in the dimensions, the extremes being
obtained in the Fleur de Lis of ninety
one gross tons and the Valhalla of
1,200 gross tons.