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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
PUBLICITY
Urged as One Remedy For Aeknowl.
edged Tax Evils Of This State.

Urged as One Remedy For Aeknowl.
edged Tax Evils Of This State.
Tho discussions Of the represents
tives of Ohio great agricultural inter
ests before the State Tax Commission
last month, brought out many good
ideas on the big subject of taxation.
Publicity was urged as one remedy.
Hon. r. X. Smith, Hon. b. f. Swim
gle and Mr.. ID. L. Dunham all favored
publicity as q solution Of the vexing
problems without amending the con-
stitution. How many look into the
assessors returns to see how his
neighbor has listed property?" said
Mr. Smith. "Once | sent the assessor
to a neighbor to look up some notes
he had not returned. BY this means
$4,000 were added to the duplicate.
believe we could increase the dupli-
cate by this means. Some years ago
| was in Springfield and found prop
erty paying an annual rent higher
than II was on the duplicate for"
IL believe most of the inequalities
can be cured by publishing the prop.
erty returned for taxationrby each"
said Mr.. Swingle. Mortgage indebt-
edness is very great in some sections
of the state, and, though many legls-
latures have tried to correct this evil
none have so far been successful. The
personal property of the farmer gets
on the duplicate at very near its true
value, while the stock of railways, tel
ephone and telegraph companies, gas
and oil companies and other corpor-
ate interests are placed on the dupli.
cate at a very low per cent of their
value"
81 am one OF the men who looks
into his neighbor's returns" said Mr..
Dunham of the executive committee,
State Grange. I'VE try to be fair
, with each other in my section OF tha
state. and | don't believe you could
find ten men who believe our govern
ment to be failure. Most talking
here today think people dishonest ana
| ready to eyade taxes. They say you
can't get the property on the dupli.
cate | don't believe It. The only
trouble is the unequal valuation. I
| look at the other fellows business,
and find a lot worth $1,000 on dupli-
cate at $2,700, another worth $2,700
m duplicate at $3.50, another worth
$4,000 at $4,000. Our rate is 3.12
IN Sl50O,000 It would be much less
| with a true valuation of property. The
fact Is we farmers have not looked
into the other fellows business
enough. Let us get busy. and be.
Iieve without revision of the constitu,
tion every dollar could be taxed at its
| true value.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
New Guinean War Canoe.

At Matupi is preserved the last OF
the great New Guinean war canoes.
This Is an immense and wonderful
structure, 20 feet in length, which be-
sides several hundred natives could
carry 61s tons of cargo upon the deck
Joining the canoe proper and the out,
rigger. At either end is n quantity
carved wooden fgurehead (or tall,
covered with cassowary feathers, and
the immense outrigger consists of q
whole palm tree, followed out and
sharpened fore and aft
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
ROCKEFELLER LIVES IN FEAR.
Dread Of Assassination or Robbery
Always with Him.

Probably the most complete burglar
alarm system in the world Is installed
In John ID. Rockeieller's house at
Cleveland. Both the burglar alarm
and an intricate signaling system are
tested nightly when the master is in
the house, and if'a defect is found an
expert is Immediately summoned to
repair It,
1t is reported but not confirmed,
that Mr.. Rockefeller sleeps In room
on the top floor, the only entrance TO
which is through several other rooms
In which trusted lieutenants are sta.
toned. At night brilliant arc lamps
illuminate the grounds around the
Rockefeller house and at least three
men are always on duty patroling the
premises.
Mr.. Rockefeller's fear of assassina-
tion is such that even in his own
house he will not sit with his back to
window. When forced to travel he
will never, if it can be avoided, enter
the public waiting room of railroad
station, preferring to sit in the bag
gage room Or some other secluded
place. 1t was not vanity, It is said,
which prompted him to buy his now
famous wig, but the fact that his bald.
ness made him too easily recognized,
The oil magnate has two trusted
bodyguards, one an lrishman and the
other Swiss. A century or more
ago Irish and Swiss bodyguards were
the favorites of royalty.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
KANSAS ExEMPTs STATE AND
LOCAL BONDS FROM
TAXATION.

The definition of personal property
in the tax law of Kansas included,
until this year, the words, "all bonds. '
As reenacted at the recent session,
those words are omitted, and while
there is no specific mention in the list
of exemptions of state and local bonds,
they are exempted from taxation un-
der section 10 of the act concerning
assessment and taxation (ch. 40S, laws
Of 1900. This section reads as fol-
lows.
mo person shall be required to list
for taxation any state, county, city,
school. district and municipal bonds of
the state of Kansas, or other evidences
of Indebtedness Of municipal corpora.
tion of this state"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
"And this is what the maiden said
Her words were choice and few:
4 certainly do appreciate Il;
certainly do"

" OF Cuyahoga returned in 1905 SG2,-
100000, while in the banks of Cleve-
land alone there was deposited about
10000, 900. Mr. Bradfute called atten-
tion to the fact that Preble county
paid on a larger personal duplicate
than Cuyahoga or Hamilton"
Mr., G. p Dyar, Marietta: Energy
and determination are good things,
but II we amend the constitution and
do not attempt to assess notes, mortg-
ages or any stock we would have
ample opportunity for all enthusiasm
and energy to get fair valuation on
the tangible property of the state"
DO You think II wise to legislato
into the constitution limitations TO
the classification of various kinds 1f
property" asked Attorney General FL
lis of DR.. Chamberlain.
Qr. Chamberlain: Il do not think
we can legislate any more '~isely for
the people 30 or 80 years hence than
our fathers did for us. Generally
speaking, | do not believe it wise to
legislate into the constitution"
II. p. Miller, sunbury: Three bases
of taxation have been in operation,
First, the theory that government ex-
lists for the protection Of property,
therefore the general property tax,
against which all are protesting today
and confessing its inenlciency after
an experience of 5G years
Second that the government exists
for the individual, hence the poll tax,
and the propositions for income and
inheritence taxes, with all their costly
machinery for collection OF funds.
Third, natural wealth, the coal, iron,
oil, gas in the earth, timber on the
land, the possibilities of the crops in
the earth. BY going directly to the
natural sources OF wealth the cumber-
some machinery of collection is done
away with. All here this afternoon
have tried how to get more things on
the duplicate. | would exactly reverse
that and reduce the subjects and take
those which are the natural sources of
all our wealth. | would favor a non
partisan tax commission whose bust
ness 1t is to know the expenses for
the state, They know the amount of
property by frequent appraisal and
could establish rate to meet the
needs. Remove the obstacles to scien-
tiflc system Of taxation, reduce the
cost of administering, not try to get
'intangibles for they will lie about
them. Get the natural sources of all
our wealth.
! would favor a more frequent APP
praisal My farm lying near the town
is more valuable than IL five miles
away. An electric road would increase
its value. This tract north of the
statehouse was gotten by man by
chance. The capital and the city were
built, not. -Aroush !. his work. .bnt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York, Sept. Is. Butter,
Receipts l4,5S4; choice firm, fan
demand. Creamery extra 27 10;
hrls 70 "a y; state dairy tubs fin
"a % 1-2. -
Eggs - Receipts 1916; choice
firm. Nearby white fancy 2S "a
50; do extra mixed 25 CD 27; west
ern tirsts % "a % 10; do seconds
10 0 81. ~ mus
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
TOLEDO GRAIN

Toledo, o., Sept, Is. Wheat Cash
OG; September SO; December 80 Ia;
May / .05 Ia.
Corn-Cash G7 1-2; September g.
l-2; December 81; May So.
oats-Cash SO 1-2; September SO
l-2; December SO 1-2; May 50 1-2
Cloverseed-Cash .O2 1-2; Sep
tember 90 l-2; December 50 l-2; May
.52 1-2.
Cloverseed-Cash 10. O2 10: Septem-
Der 1000; December 9.35; March,
9.35. AlsiRe, September 3 40. Tim
othy, September 2.3O.
Rye-No, l, SS; No. 2, 81; No. 3,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS

SPECIAL ENGLISH CLASS Begin
ming October l. The School of Com
merce will start a Special Glass in
English, teaching Penmanship,
Arithmetic, Spelling, Reading, Let
ter Writing, Composition. etc A
good chance for all deprived of
early schooling. Teachers, Bauer and
Flicker. Telephone 1890. Office
open every evening this month.
9-1G-Gt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
FOR SALE

The heirs of John NJ Hochstetter,
deceased, will offer for sale, the old
homestead, situated on the Imbody
pike in Green Camp township, Ma
rion county, consisting of 57.7S acres
For price per acre and terms of sale,
see +. NJ. Hochstetter at Marion
Department company or address 3l7
south vine street. 9-14-7t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Ehrenpreis Beer

principles. 1t seems uhwise to legis.
late into the Constitution.
We are no more able to legislate
into that instrument wisely for the
people 20 or so years hence than were
our ancestors to legislate for us. The
power of the people is steadily grow.
ing through the primaries. conven-
tions, initiative and referendum. The
universal diffusion of education Is en-
abling the people to Judge more wisely
each year. Leave them free from con-
stitutional restrictions to work out
their own destiny. Perfect laws do not
spring full-nedged, Minerva.like. but
are creatures OF growth. | would rec.
ommend the creation Of tax commits.
sion in which each industry Is repre-.
sented, and a political economist of
wide experience who could take a sur.
vey of the entire state its sources of
revenue and its needs. and could devise
laws that would secure a just and
equitable distribution Of the burdens
of taxation. 1t also seems imperative
that the constitution be amended SO
that that property whose value is fixed
shall not bear the same rate Of tax as
that property whose value is deter
mined by the judgmen. OF men.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
"A Mirror Want I'D. Mill Find You Buyer

cnance. Society has Increased the
value of his land; he has no moral
right to all this unearned increment.
It belongs to those who made 1t valu-
able, society. Let him return to society
something of the value it has made
in the shape of taxes
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Daily Market Report.
EAST BuFFALo.

East Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 1S, Cat
tie Receipts so neau: marker slow
and unchanged.
Veal calves-Receipts 2OOl active
and 25c higher. Top veals, M 9.25;
Gull to fair, @ SIS,
Sheep and latlbs Receipts 1000
head; active. lambs 10c higher;
sheep steady. Lambs, 5.25 a. 7.85;
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
CHICAGO pRoDuoE

Chicago' Sept. IS. Eggs Extras
rs l-2; firsts 10 1-2; prime firsts 21
buttef-EXtras in creamery 27 l-2,
ilrsts 20 a 26; packing stock, 20.
Live poultry-Turkeys, l3; chickens
hens II "a II 1-2; chickens springs
~ l-2 @ l2; ducks, 10 1-2 a IL;
geese per dozen, IS @ 81
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
THE LOAD OF THE LAZY.
This Man Worked Hard in His own
Particular Way.

One of the neighborhOod loafers sat
comfortably smoking his foul pipe, ac-
cording to his daily custom, in the pre-
scriptiOn room of a drug store. He
was soliloquizing aloud to the clerk.
Here is a sample OF his sound, con-
tented philosophy: I'm tell you what!
A man is mighty miserable If he amt
got nuthin' TO do, when he amt work.
in at somethin'. ! know tive tried
both ways an | find that there amt
nOthin' that makes man more miser-
able than doin' nOthin'. But, you
know, there's two kinds of work; one
Of them is where feller goes to work
at six in the mornln' an works with
his hands till six at night. The other
is where a feller sits around an thinks
| amt never happy unless I'm work.
in, but | don't believe in that first
kind of work. believe in thinl1in' all
day long, an that's harder than the
other kind, | can tell you--you just
try it If you don't believe me; a man
is mighty miserable when he amt
workin'."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18

} yearlings, $50 "a G; sheep 2.75 a
5.75.
Hogs-Receipts 1850; market steady
trade fair. Workers., 6.55 a $50;
pigs. 6 so: mixed 6.75 a $50; heav-
les 6 .25 "a ESQ; roughs 5.25 % 5.65;
stays, 4 .25 "a AIS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18

The general property tax puts the
burden on the fruits Of industry in
stead OF on the profits Of privilege. An
apportionment of the state tax on the
basis of local revenue will put the
burden on the profits Of privilege
where it belongs.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
AUoTIoNEERs

AUCTIONEERING-J. w. Clarl
will cry sales OF every description
at reasonable rates. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Your interest IL my
interest. Office. rooms, Court street
Both phones. Marion, Ohio.
All
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
WORK WANTED

married man
and wife, with not more than one
child to work by year. Must have
satisfactory references Apply at
once. +. T.. Coon, Bell l7S r 2.
9-l7-3tpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
HELP WANTED

room girl at the
Colonial Dining Hall, 3O3 East Cen
ter street. 9-lI-3o
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
FOR kENT

FOR RENT-FurEshed room with
use Of bath room. Cali at 2G5 s.
High street. 9-lS-3t
FOR RENT-IlOuse. seven rooms,
modern, South Main street. Five
rJOmed house Washington Avenue,
gas, Cistern. Mrs Summers, 800
South Main street.
9-lS-3tpd
FURNISHED ROOMS-TIrst or sec
ond floor. Bath, gas and all mod
ern conve l!epces. 113 Blaine Avenue.
IT
FOR Rents room house with bath,
cellar, drilled well, filtered cistern,
city water, paved street. See o. l..
Cozad, 239 Blaine Avenue.
9-14-1S-2lpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
WANTED
a CASE OF ECZEMA

Gcrofula. Salt Rheum. Psoriasis or Ulcers
that has bHtisd all doetors' skill and other
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18

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Ask for free illustrated booklet
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-18
From Chicken=POx
to Cholera
Cure-AHs No Longer Tolerated

Cure-AIIs No Longer Tolerated
In sarIv says every barber shop. was
an GENERATING room and the town pnysl-
clan resorted to bleedlnS o. tnS e19
cure for all ailments 1lIt Iron MANY in
Guiding our first President died pre-
The present low rate of mortality
is dna in large measure to the adj
vances made in medical science ana
the knowledge of the specific treat
ment needed for each disease KNOWN
There is no disease more SOInLl93n O3
among American and English people
than dyspepsia So prevalent las a. a.
become that thousands suner VIII lt-l,,,l- -
half unconsciously, consider the Symp-
toms as natural to their physlcal CON
stitution and resign themselves 10 Nv
ing on in that condition. "a
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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-18

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Most impor-
tant in connection with the news re-
ceived in Washington today regarding
the earthquake disaster at Kingston
was a dispatch from Chief Engineer
Stevens which asked for news of the
disturbance, saying that although the
seismograph at Colon was in good
working order it had recorded no
earthquake. The dispatch was received
at the Canal Commission offices, where
1t is regarded as final answer to
those that have repeatedly declar ed
that the canal, If dug, would be repeat
edly victim of seismic shocks.
The navy also received an important
warming from the New York office of
the Hamburg American line, which
said: Following cable received from
captain of our steamer President, dated
Port au Prince, January 16-Great eau
tion necessary when approaching King
ston, as bottom of sea has changed.
Lighthouse demolished. We took the
liberty of repeating this cable to you
in case 1t should be of any service"
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf today
asked Representative Tawney, chair
man of the House appropriations COM
mittee, to introduce resolution author
is necessary for the furnishing of sup
plies to those in need in Jamaica.
HOUSE PASSES RELIEF BILL
The House resumed consideration to-
day of the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill under the five- minute rule
During the day an emergency bill was
passed for the relief of the sufferers
from the earthquake in Jamaica, cloth
ing the President with power to send
the supply ship Celtic loaded with sup
plies to the relief of the stricken in
habitants of the island.
The bill is as follows: THE President
of the United States is authorized to use
and distribute among the sufferers and
destitute people of the island such pro-
visions clothing, medicines and other
necessary articles belonging to the sus-
tenance and other naval stores as may
be necessary for succoring the people
who are in peril and threatened with
starvation in the said island in con-
sequence of the recent earthquake"
Without division the bill was sent
to the Senate.
rawney. in explaining the need of
Secretary of the Navy had received a
wireless message from one of the bat
tleships which had touched at Kingston
that the devastation was even greater
than reported and that the British Gov
ernment did not know Of the extent OF
the disaster.
RED CROSS ASSISTS
The bill did not reach the Senate be-
fore adjournment, but will probably
be taken up by that body tomorrow.
A wireless message to the Navy De-
partment from Rear Admiral Evans at
Guantanamo states that the battle
ships Missouri and Indiana will arrive
at Jamaica early today. The Whipple
has already arrived at Kingston.
Owing to an error in deciphering the
cable message from Guantanamo yes
terday it was made to appear that Ad-
miral Evans had personally gone to
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-18
Reservoir Bursts, Water
Famine Threatens City

KINGSTON, Jan. 1.-THE people
made attempts to loot while the fire
ragged here. The military, however,
took possession of the foodstuffs. De-
tachments of troops with fixed bayo-
cts were placed on guard. They were
concentrated in central position. No
one Is allowed to pass through the
ruined sections. Kingston is threat
ened with failure of the water sup
ply, owing to the bursting of a reser-
voir, and no water will be obtainable
before tomorrow.
OF the military Major w. H. Hardy
man and Lieutenant Leader are dead.
Colonel ]. r. M. Dalrymple Hay and
Major Lawrenceson are seriously in
jured
Part of the town of Port Royal has
sunk and two men were drowned. The
batteries sank eight feet, killing a
sapper. In several places the water
is spouting through the debris.
A tidal wave mas inundated Anotta
Bay. washing out many houses
The shock was severe at Richmond,
and this town also was destroyed by
fire. Spanishtown was also damaged.
One man was killed and ten men in
jured there.
1t is reported that at Anotta Bay the
crater of an extinct volcano is emit
ting flames and smoke, and 1t is
thought that the earthquake originated
there. The records of Jamaica con-
tain no previous mention of activity
of this volcano.
Appeals have been sent to all sec
tions of the island. asking for assist
ance. Foodstuffs are needed above all
things.
The steamer Bella, from Philadel-
phia. arrived here yesterday with a
small cargo of provisions.
Some shops were opened by China
men, who raised the prices on goods
1000 per cent This angered the
people that the Cinnamon were driven
out and their shops looted.
The hope of food relief lies in the
banana crop, which has not been in
jured.
Medical assistance is limited, owing
to the deaths of several doctors.
Kingston was threatened with a
rainstorm this morning. but at the hour
of sending out this dispatch the wealth
er is clear
The body of Sir James Ferguson was
found and buried today.
The shipping in the harbor is safe.
There have been a number of other
shocks since the first disastrous one,
and the repetitions keep the people in
a state of panic.
White Star Laundry Company
Have resumed business. Market 2O47s