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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-22
BUT CUTICURA WORKS
A MIRACULOUS CURE

"When my little boy was six months
old he had eczema. The sores extended
% quickly over the whole body that
we at once lcalled In the doctor. We
then went to another doctor, but he
could not help him, and In our despair
we went to q third one. Matters be-
came 30 bad that he had regular holes In
his cheeks, large enough to put finger
Into. The food had TO be given with
q spoon, for bis mouth was covered
with crusts as thick as finger, and when
ever he opened the mouth they began
TO bleed and suppurate. as did also biz
eyes. Hands, arms, chest, and back, In
and over. We had no rest by day or
bed, we had 10 pin his hands down,
otherwise he would scratch his face and
make an open sore. / think his face
must have itched most fearfully.
1--WE finally thought nothing could
help, and / had made up my mind 10
send my wife with the child TO Europe,
hoping that the sea dir might cure him,
otherwise he was TO be put under good
medical care there. But, Lord be
blessed, matters came differently, and
we soon saw q miracle. A friend Of
ours spoke about Cuticura. We made
a trial with Cuticura Soap, Ointment,
and Resolvent, and within ten days or
two weeks we noticed a decided Inn
provement. Just as quickly as the
sickness had appeared IL also began to
disappear, and within ten weeks the
child was absolutely well, and his skin
was smooth and white as never before.
+. Hohrath, President Of the G. L.
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Silk Ribbons, to 20 Rink Alley, South
Bethlehem, Pa, June s, 1906"
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-22

Merchandise you want a Job az
Office boy, Ell? Any previous expert
ence?
Boy--No, sir, I don't know how to
do anything In an Office
Merchant--I guess you won't do
Boy-I don't even know how to
whistle.
Merchandising up iour hat.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-22

Mrs. Scrappington-Mrs Gabbledy
called this afternoon.
Mr.. Scrappington--When do you in
tend to retaiiate.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-22
,arkeep-Wotll yeh have?

Barkeep-Wot'll yeh have?
Stoodent B.--Got any champagne on
ice?
Barkeep-Sure!
Stoodent B.-Gimme nickePs
worth of ice.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-22
BAbY'S DREADFUL
CASE Of ECZEMA

Extended Over Entire Mouth
Covered With Crusts as Thick as
Finger Which Would Bleed and
Suppurate Disease Ate. Large
Holes in Cheeks Hands Pinned
Down to Stop Agonized Scratch
ing-Three Doctors Best Efforts
Failed to Give Relief.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-22

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

to think that such action would be
equivalent TO his raising OF the assess
ment on his own holdings, and that
all of that increased rent would go into
the peoples treasury also. Here we
must consider that the taking of some
Of the compleXity out of our industries.
would greatly simplify government,
and hence it would be great saving
of the public funds.
4. Mr.. Osborn's final reason is. that
no matter how taxes are collected
| productive industry must foot the
| bill, and consequently the public would
| be no better off. 1t would interest me
immensely, to know by what bright
chain of reasoning, Mr.. Osborn arrived
at that conclusion. Can he produce
Testimony from experience in sup
port of that conclusion or did he az
rive at it by ANY inference from log
ic'' or ANY deduction from reasoning
Even the most ObtuSe can readily Se3
how the single tax will benefit the pub
lie, if they will but stop to consider
| the single tax in its fuliness. Let me
repeat what the single tax is. 1t is 4
tax on land, equal to the full value OF
the land, irrespective of the improve
ments thereon or the use to which the
land is put This tax on land values
to be accompanied by the repeal of all
taxes now levied on the products and
processes of industry, which taxes fail
on, and are eventually paid by the con
sumer, and which, since they take
from the earnings of labor, are an in
lfrinGement on the right of property
Any taxes on commodities, serve to in
crease the cost of those commodities
and if these taxes are repealed, the ef
feet will be to decrease the cost of tn,
commodities. If the people had to PAY
in direct taxes, the money they nov
pay in indirect taxes, they would throw
conniption fits. three times day. Bu
as it is. they do not realize that the!
Iare paying any taxes, because the take:
are collected in the form of hiShe
prices; and so they say nothing. d.
IL hear Mr.. Osborn asking chow vii
the government make up for the los
of the revenues. which it now gets b.
means of indirect taxes" Simply b,
, taking from the Astors, (who are nov
subjects of Edward VIII and from al
! the other land monopolists, the hundred
of millions which they annually take iron
. the people by virtue of their ownership
: of the land on which and from whicl
the people must live and using thes
: hundreds of millions for the purpose
: which now make it necessary to lev
! indirect taxes. Under the present sys
tenn the people pay double taxes; on
) tax to the land monopolists for tn
} privilege of using the very land whic
rightfully belongs to them, and anothr
: tax to the government for the privilege
|, of consuming the products of thet
present pay for the privilege of con
Stunning the products of their own "A
Dor; and if the holders of land had t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
Pain Kills
\ Some People

Pain kills many people from the
simple fact that it wears them out.
robs them of peace of mind by day
and rest by night. All the opiates in
the world will not cure it. The con-
dition calls for a nerve tonic that will
give strength and resiStive power to
the nervous system and enable it to
throw off the trouble. Mrs. VIM. Spen-
Ger of los Granger St, Syracuse, n. Y,
tells you clearly just how she obtained
positive result in her case. She says:
Il was always nervous, but of late
years 1 could not sleep, was intensely
nervous, ringing sounds in the ears and
sharp noises and pain in my head at
night. My strength was way down.
had attacks of vertigo when 1 was so
dizzy / had to catch hold of something
until it passed off. This condition GER
taiply needed attention as it was grow
ing steadily worse. DR.. A. w. ChaSe's
Nerve Pills We're recommended to me
and / used them. The results were
splendid-the nerves became quiet-the
noises, pain and ringing in the head
together with the dizzy spells disap-
peared completely and I began to sleep
well again. The general strength came
back and as a result l feel well every
way again" SOC a box at all dealers or
DR.. A. w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. None genuine without signature
and portrait of DR.. A. w. Chase.
For Sale at Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

tax values which labor and capital
have intimately combined with that of
land, how much greater discourage
ment is involved in taxing not only
these, but all the clearly distinguish
able values which labor and capital
create? But as a matter of fact, the
value of land can always be distin-
guished from the value of improve
ments. In countries like the United
States there is much valuable Land
that has never been improved; and in
many of the states the valUe of the
improvements are habitually estimated
separately by the assessors, though
afterward reunited under the term
Real estate" Nor where ground has
been occupied from immemorial times,
is there any difficulty in getting at the
value of the bare land. for frequently
| the land is owned by one person, and
the buildings by another, and when Il
| fire occurs and improvements are de-
strOyed a clear and definite value re-
mains in the land. In the oldest coun-
try in the world, no difficulty what
ever can attend the separation, if all
that be attempted, is to separate the
value of the clearly distinguishable i'm
provements made within a moderate
period, from the value of the land
! This manifestly, is all that justice re-
quires.''
| Now what becomes of Mr.. Osborn's
assertion that the value OF improve
ments cannot be separated from the
value of the land? Let us suppose
that Mr. Osborn owns a lot, which he
leases to X. X builds a house on the
lot. Some day | come along and offe!
to buy this lot from Mr.. Osborn; sub
ject to the terms of the lease which
X has on it. Mr. Osborn being willing
to sell the lot, do you think it woul1
take him long to figure out the value
of the lot? Now take away the suppo
sition and we have bare fact. In al
lgebraic form:
improvements plus lot equals total
Total minus improvements equals
lot, and there you have the full unim
proved value of the lot. SO much fol
Mr.. Osborn's second reason.
3. His third reason is that the com
plexity of our industries makes The
single tax impossible.
In the first place, the single tax wi;
take some of that much Wanted con
lplexity out OF our industries, for since
land would have no speculative or sci
ling value, it would hardly be wort
while for anyone to hold land, the i'm
provements on which belonged to all
other: for the land holder in that CASE
would collect that Somewhat indefi
mite something called by single taxer:
ground rent from his tenant, only t;
turn every cent of it into the people:
treasury. But, perhaps the land hold
er would then raise the rent on tht
improvement owner, says Mr. Osborn
Yes, he would if he were an idiot. Blu
maybe he wouldn't, when he stopped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

does it take for what was originally Ii
wrong to grow into a right and at
what rate per annum do invalid claims
become valid and if a title becomes
perfect in a thousand years, how much
more than perfect will it be in two
thousand years?" Perhaps Mr.. Os-
born will say 'but the present land
owners or their predecessors paid for
the land with good honest money
watch and sell it to someone, and that
someone pays me his good honest
money for it, does the title to the
watch rest in that someone?
Does not the law allow him to take
his watch away from that someone,
it, and who bought it from me in Sood
faith? The fact is. that in the last
analysis the titles of all landowners
rest clearly on force, and the landOwn-
ers can have no kick coming when
force annuls them. The peoples land
was taken from them by force, and
whenever the people choose to take
back their own land by force, the "in.
nocent Outstanding land monopolists
can't kick on the score of justice. Let
not the land monopolists cry for jus
tice, lest they get more justice than
they care for. If the people were t.
give the land monopolists strict jus
tice, they would not only take from
them the land they now hold, but
would also make them refund as far a.
possible, that-value of which they anj
predecessors have robbed the peoplt
for centuries. Therefore, let not the
land monopolists cry for Justice" an(
compensation" Rouse not the sleep
ing lion; take mercy when it is offere
to You and ask not for justice
That l think, disposes of Mr.. Os
Iborn's first reason.
2. Consider his second reason: tina
1t is not possible to distinguish be
tween natural and artificial value. Nj
Osborn says that this is the weak 500
In Henry Georges philosophy. | will
let Henry George reply to this him
self. page 422, Progress and POVERTY
by II. George.) "The only objection t,
a tax on rent or land values. which i
to be met in standard politico-econo
mic works is one which comedies it
advantages-for it is, that from thu
difficulty of separation we might il
taxing the rent of land, tax somethin;
else. Macaulay somewhere say
that if the admission of the attraction
of gravitation were inimical to an
considerable pecuniary interest, Their,
would not be wanting argument
against gravitation-a truth of whicl
this objection is an illustration. Fo
admitting that it is impossible invari
ably to separate the value of Ian;
from the value of improvements, i
this necessity of continuing to ia:
some Improvements, any reason VIII
we should continue to tax all improve
iments? If it discourage production 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
Sick Headache.

This disease is caused by derange-
ment of the stomach. Take a dose of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets to correct this disorder and he
sick headache will disappear. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

pay to the people the full value of any
advantage which accrues to them bv
virtue of their exclusive possession Of
that land, would not the people be bea-
Gifted?
In other words, would not the peg
pie benefit thereby, if the hundreds d
millions which are annually spent in
luxurious idleness, or are boarded up.
by a privileged few, were turned into
the national, state and municipal treas
uries and corresponding amount DE-
Quoted from the indirect taxes which
the people now pay in the form Cf
higher prices? Mr. Osborn says, pro
ductive industry must foot the bill"
True. in a sense. All wealth is pro,
duced by labor. But if it is not nee
essary that the actual producer Ct
wealth, should pay a tax to land
monopolist for the privilege of produt-
ing wealth, and then on top of that
should pay a tax to the government
for having produced that wealth. At
present productive industry foots not
one bill, but two. Mr. Osborn contin-
ues: capital would be reluctant to en-
gage in large enterprises. upon the I'M
certain tenure contemplated by the
single tax" Thus speak the uniniti-
ated,
| Why does a man buy or rent land?
| Primarily, to obtain security of pos
session, of course. And would he not
obtain security of possession as &c :
tainly as he does now, if he paid his
rent to the people at large, instead Of
into private pockets? And since the
speculative value of land would b.
done away with by the single tax, the
cost of things necessary to engage II.
large enterprises would be- reduced
and i would require far less capital
than it does now, to engage III a given
enterprise.
Mr.. Osborn says: admitting th1t
the single tax theory looks good on
paper. etc" Fiddlesticks, Evidently
Mr.. Osborn uses the word theory
without knowing its true meaning
What is theory, if it is not the explain
alton of the relation of facts? And i
theory is the explanation of the rela5
ion of facts. how can a theory looi
good on paper and be impracticable,
Facts are facts, whether they are OF
paper or otherwise And in the same
way must the connecting facts, whic-
explain the relation of the primary
; facts, work out whether they are %
paper or otherwise. In conclusion LEI
me say that the single tax would no
hurt farmers and small land owners
but on the contrary it would benefit
them, l would like to show this here
but space does not permit. AIR. Osbor-
observes that the single tax is not 6
social cure at all. No. it is not. bu
freedom is. That the single tax viii
eventually triumph. cannot be doubted
for Truth crushed to earth will rise
iagain." The single tax will but carr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
Very Respectfully.

Note-Tn his letter, VI: Osb"n
speaks as though the community does
not give to land, its value. | do not
think this TO be worthy of reply. lie
also says that the single tax will mt
bust trusts. In my previous article
which appeared in The Argus on Sept.
II, | showed how it would take from
them the power TO bleed the people
and that they could get on their actual
money investment. only what the CIR
rent interest rate would bring them
This will be better than busted trusts
G. ] +.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

out the truths enunciated by our decla
ration of independence. i e. that all
men are created equal: that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights: that among th-se
are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness" 1t is sad TO reflect how truly
these words OF Tiberius Gracious to
the Roman people, apply as well to h
American people. Men of Ron a"
said Gracious, you are called he
lords of the world, yet you have NJ
right to a square foot of its soil! 1Hc
wild beasts have their dens. but III
soldiers of Italy have only water ana
air.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
IRON BEDS

Any size, any color, a special
line priced from $3.50 to $500,
that are 25 per cent below ali
others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

The foregoing, especially the quota
ton from Blackstone, is l think, suffi-
cient to show that private property in
land cannot stand on the pedestal of
divine, Tor if MI. Osborn prefers,) nat
ural justice.
Mr.. Osborn is short sighted when he
traces his titles back to the govern
ment. Look back a little further, and
see if you can find a single title which
does not rest on conquest, robbery and
fraud.
The title to land taken by conquest,
rests on force that compels, not on 4
right which obliges. If were to take
his watch from Mr.. Osborn By force,
would the title to it vest in me? No?
Then how can title to land right
fully rest on force? AS for a titla
which rests on fraud and robbery. who
will defend it? But perhaps Mr.. Os-
born will say slime is a great Legal
izer." l ask him then. to answer the
questions which Mr.. Herbert Spencer
failed to answer, to wit: "How long
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-10-26
A Definition of success.

Ho~ have the Hypothetical scien-
lists and the opponents of unbelief
benefited themselves or humanity at
large by sowing the seeds of doubt
broadcast in the world? The real sci
entists do not fall in this category, for
they are believers in the real sense OF
the word; they know too much. they
have seen too many mysterious mani
festations of the Divine creative pow
er. Now, those who have disposed of
the Bible and all evidences of inspira-
ton, have written a great many books
and some of them have won what the
world at large lightly calls fame. Ac-
cording to the ordinary measures that
are applied in such cases, they have
been extremely successful, but real
success means the benefit of human
ity in some form or other. If no such
benefits can be shown as the result of
their labors, their success is not equal.
to that achieved by the direst poverty
and the deepest ignorance. = Joel
Chandler, in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-10-26
The AMcund CITY,"

st. Louis rejoices in the sobriquet
of Mound City from the fact that the
original settlers found there many
elevations which it is supposed were
relics of that strange people who
dwelt in the Ohio and Mississippi val
1eys and are known to modern times
only as the Mound Builders No ade-
quate explanation has yet been found
of their strange mode of leaving
memorials OF their existence The
limestone bluffs On which part of
ST. Louis stands furnish solid foun-
dation for the business buildings
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-10-26
Latest Kansas Events.
New Farming Club for Boys.


Another movement which ought to
interest everybody in Kansas is the
organization of the Kansas Boys Inn
proved Farming club. In this an
endeavor will be made to interest sew
eral thousand boys in working out
some practical demonstrations In
farming and feeding or dairying, SIM
pie problems that represent best
methods recommended by the heads of
departments for. every farmer and
feeder. Boys who join this club will
receive circulars from the extension
department of the agricultural college
indicating four lines of simple expert
ments or demonstrations, and each boy
may. choose those that suit him best
Then when he has made his choice
and notified the college he will be
given further instruction, suggestion
and help. There is no fee of any kind
connected with this and no charge for
pamphlets sent to the boys. There
ought to be 10000 members in this
Kansas Boys club. All boys who wish
to become members should write to
the superintendent of Agricultural Col
lege Extension of Manhattan, and
membership blanks will be sent and
demonstration circulars and pamph-
let's will be mailed Immediately.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-10-26
HAVE CRAZE FOR FORMULA.
Smokers Follow Fashions in the Use
of Tobacco.

Make me up a package of tobacco
according to the formula used by Ed
win Booth" said the man with
southern accent. THAT is the third
man who has asked for that kind of
tobacco to-day" said the dealer. TT
is strange that people from remote
parts of the country as well as New
Workers make fad of buying the
same brand of tobacco that Booth
smoked. And 1t isn't always the Booth
mixture that they want l have filed
away the formulas for mixing the
favorite tobacco of many famous per-
sons. Smokers the country over have
heard of this collection of recipes and
one feature of every mans trip to
New York is to try pipeful of some
big mans favorite tobacco. In most
cases this special mixture is SO
strong that the nerves of the average
smoker cannot stand it. He has to
give up after a few pipefuls and go
back to popular mixture, but he has
the satisfaction of having had the ex-
perience."-The New York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-10-26
China After Ideas.

Slowly but surely modern ideas are
getting a foothold in China The ap-
pointment of commission to visit
Japan, Great Britain and Germany
with view to examining and report
ing upon the working of constitution
al systems in those countries is full
of significance, which is increased be-
cause of the character of those chosen
for the service. These are men of the
most progressive spirit Further
more, they represent the aspirations
Of the real Chinese rather than the
purposes of the Manchus, who to a
large extent are an alien element, al
though they have managed to fasten
their power upon the government and
to perpetuate dynasty which has
been constant source of political
friction The voice of awakened
China is making itself heard and is
likely to be more insistent in demand
ing changes and reforms that shall be
for the benefit OF all the people And
much of this impetus to better thin gs
comes from Chinese who have been
educated in the United States or have
lived here long enough to see how lib
eral government works.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-10-26
H. S. GIvLER. Pub.
Table Manners.
KANSAS

Man gives up with reluctance the
table manners of the jungle. For CEN
turtles he has been instructed with
line upon line, precept upon precept;
but the average boy and girl still pre-
fer fingers to forks and tongues to
napkins 1t may, however, be encour-
aging to the weary mother to OBJ
serve that little progress has been
made by the human race in four CEN
turtles, even though her individual
specimen of boyhood may lag far be
hind perfection. Erasmus, writing
for the young gentlemen of his time,
laid down a code of table manners re-
markable for what they do not take
for granted; and although we must
make some allowance for the irony OF
the learned critic, We still have a pic
ture of the dinner table of his time
calculated to give US hope OF our own,
He assures his reader that it is very
rude to wipe his nose on the table
cloth or his fingers on his neighbors
coat. One may not praise the achieve
ments of ones own cook, or criticize
unfavorably ones hosts dinner, no
matter how badly it is cooked. A
courteous guest will not give his
bones to the dogs to crack under the
table, nor will he feed the cat, or en-
courage either cat or dog to jump on
the table. But, above ALL" says the
frank and vigorous Erasmus, do not
lick your plate, 1t is an act that i'll
becomes cat, let alone a gentle
mani"