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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
RECON- MEN OATIONS
OF UNITED STATES
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Signed by Governor Harris and
Twelve Commissioners.

l. That the states abandon the
general property tax and raise
their revenues by taxes upon cor
porations, inheritances and in
come, supplemented when neces-
sary by indirect taxation; that To-
cal revenues be raised by taxes
! on real estate and personality un-
I der the general property-tax sys- ,
TEN as at present
2. That Orporations. public
service and other, be taxed by
state boards, at rates fixed by
legislation, upon the value of
their franchises assessed ac-
cording 10 the actual value of
their stocks and bonded debts,
less the valu o. their real estate
as assessed locally, and that the
real estate owned by them be
taxed locally as other real estate
/ is taxed.
The revenues received from
I public service corporations
! should be returned to the mu-
I niciE alities wnere the properties
of said corporations are located
I or operated.
! 3. That the system of levying
graduated taxes upon inherit
! ances be adopted by those states
/ which do not now employ it, and
! that it be abandoned by the fed
eral government.
4. That taxes upon corpora.
tions, inheritances, etc, be sup
I plemented by graduated tax
upon Incomes, to be levied and
collected by the state.
5. That notes, mortgages, and
other like property be taxed by
! the state at full value, but at low
fixed rates, through an appropri-
\ ate listing and recording system
similar to the Pennsylvaniameth-
cd, and proposed by the New York
/ legislative committee of 1899.
1900. 8 CHI taxes and other rev.
enues o. the states in excess of
! their needs should be distributed
to counties or localities upon
some equitable basis.
6. That to promote greater uni
formity in state taxation and to
consider interstate problems con-
neeted Herewith, the states pro-
3 vide for national conventions of
4 fiscal officers.
: Z. That the general property
Il tax upon real estate and tangible
= personality be supplemented by
4 special taxes or licenses upon
+ any business tnat is not by the
\ general property tax made to
bear its just share of the local
4 public burden.-Q902, Vol XIX
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
The Price of Health.

''The price of health in a ma
larious district is just 25 cents;
the cost of a box of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. writes Ella
Slayton, Of holland, Ark. New
Life Pills cleanse gently and i'm
part new life and vigor to the
system. 25c. Satisfaction guar
anteed at VIM. Kipp's Sons drug
store.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The Presidents return to the
capital has operated, as usual, to
give impetus to the national gov
ernment and everything seems
to be moving more briskly under
the stimulus of his energy. One
of the first acts of the chief eX-
ecutive, and one which exhibits
his characteristic fairness, was
to announce that he would for
mally approve Of the Oklahoma
convention, which will add five
members to the House and two
to the Senate at the coming ses-
sion. Mr.. Roosevelt made it very
clear that he did not approve of
the convention personally, that
he shared the very poor opinion
which Secretary Taft expressed
of the instrument. In fact, he
told some of his friends that
were he to put his personal opin-
ion of the constitution into words
it would not be fit for publica-
ton. But he examined it in the
light of the discretion conferred
on him by Congress and finding
no ground on which to reject it,
within such circumscribed limits,
he will formally approve it as
soon as the certified copy and the
certificates of its adoption reach
him. Oklahoma has ALREADY e.
lected her officers and members
of Congress. The latter include
two Democratic senators, three
/ Democratic representatives and
two Republican members of the
lower house. The chief oppo-
nent of the admission of Oklaho-
ma has been Speaker Cannon,
but the President believed that
he had no right to take political
considerations into OsaccOunt when
he passed on the problem.
The President is keeping very
quiet regarding his coming
speeches which are said to be
very interesting and straight
| from the shoulder, as his utter
[ances usually are. Neither will
The reveal anything regarding his
looming message to Congress, ex'
lcept that SO far as he now knows
lit win not contain any sugges'
ti0ns Of amendment Of the anti.
TRUST law. The Attorney Genera
has some ideas on this subject
however, and when he has lale
them before the executive they
may appeal to him 50 strongly a
Ito lead to their being incorpora
ted in the message. 1t is prob
able that the President will TAX
advantage Of the great prosper
Iity Of the country and the extra
ordinarily prosperous condition
II Of the treasury to urge q consld
!, erable addition itoithe navy an
the enactment of the navy pa
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03

IICI Gil 10 LIldI WIlICIl lids USCIl dI
ranged and planned by the best
minds and is great broadening
to the intellect of all. Second,
socially. In the way of socialism
it is a great factor in keeping the
boys and girls in school because
the mingling of pupils of same
classes and ages breaks the mo-
notony of school work and is eff
fectual in producing more en-
thusiasm. Another feature, that
OF grasping our opportunities, il
Illustrating with that we'll known
quotation from Shakespeare
There is a tide in the affairs of
men, which, if taken at the flood,
leads on to fortune; omitted, all
the voyage of life is lost in shall
lows, and in miseries." And
those beautiful and expressive
words of Holmes:
Once, to every man and nation,
Comes the moment to decide
In the strife of truth with falsehood
For the good or evil side.
And the close SO fittingly made
was the story of a great sculptor
whom he had seen carving the
image of angels from a block of
marble, with no lines by which
to guide his chisel; while others
about him were guided by con.
spicuous lines. Unable to com.
prehend, he inquired, why is
your Qhisel not guided by lines
as others about you are?" The
sculptor replied, II have a beau,
tiful picture of angels constantly
in mind and am continually guided
by the celestial vision" Thus il
is today. Each holds chisel ir
his hand and it is for him to de-
eide. He may carve angels, which
is typical of a life of success, one
that is ennobling, is helpful t(
others and will live after him, OF
if he may carve demons, signif
cant of a life of destruction, deg
radiation, and is only remembered
by the many stains Of vice anC
pollution left in the sands of time
Glenn Cassel then gave a hu
morous reading, yet full Of NOR
ais for boys and girls.
Music Instrumental duet OF
violin and flute by Supt. McCOo
and Roy F. Honeyman,
After which Forrest R. Grof
gave an excellent story, "Th'
Twofold Entity"
Longfellow's poem, ''Estray"
vivifying the beautiful scenes O
autumn, by Ethel Riffel.
The editorial paper, edited b.
Elizabeth Neff, Alma Kreider
T. S. Eikenberry and Harry c
Roger, was very interesting.
Critics report, Carl Wright.
Farewell song, School.
Cor. SECRETARY.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
VOL. L.76-EstabIishediS32
Anent the Conversion of
w. J. Bryan.
BY LEO,
BY LEO.

pLColNOASJ INV q AS5 NASsA' AAAAN
crat, into something of the sim
ilitude of Judge Parker or Grow
er Cleveland, so that the old Dem
ocratic party might unite on him
and elect him. His vagaries in
politics are against him, but if he
would only renounce them all
what a candidate the Democrats
would have! So some think.
Well, now, if the Democrats
want a man like Judge Parker,
why not take the Judge himself?
He is an upright man, Demo
crat of the old school, entirely
devoid of all modern vagaries. If
that is the sort of man wanted,
there he is. No doubt he would
be willing to try it again in the
hope of better luck next time.
AS to the conversion of Bryan
into anything of that sort, the
thought is ludicrous! And sup.
posing the thing possible, what
sort of candidate would Bryan
make with all the Organism left
out? Make him like Parker and
he would have Parker's strength
no more. =
It was Bryan's political vaga-
ries that made him so popular in
1896. Without his peculiar views
on money matters Bryan would
have been of little force at that
time. Men focked to his support
because of the rash promises he
made, all clustering around his
16 to l. His peculiar notions are
parts of himself. Let him recant
his political errors, and become
an orthodox old-fashion, Demo-
crat, and he would be no strong
er than many other good Demo
Gratis.
The Scripture story of giant
Samson tells us that while Sam
son kept his hair uncut. he was
strong could NOW downthe Phil
istines with the "jaw bone of an
ass; but that when he was shorn
of his long hair, he became weak
like another man. Shear off Bry-
ans vagaries and his strength
would pass from him. His pc
culiar notions? They are the
strength of his political life.
Without his free silver notions
what could he have accomplished
in 1896? No more than any 9th
er respectable Democrat. That
craze gave him nearly one-half
the votes of his countrymen.
Oh, no, let us not shear from
Bryan his vagaries. Therein lies
the secret of his great strength
ay, and the secret of his failure
to win the great prize.
The Democrats would like to
make Bryan over so aslto render
him an ideal Democratic candi-
date acceptable to both wings OF
the party. Can it be done2 Yes,
when they canmix oil and wat.
er-no sooner.
If Bryan could be converted in
to a sort Of Cleveland or Parker
Democrat, the Populist party
would renounce him at once, anc
what could he be without them?
Of course, Bryan will be th'
Democratic candidate next year
converted or not converted. AIle
he will do as we'll as any man tn
party can put up. His election
may not follow. It is not likel!
to occur next year at least. Tn
trend Of things is against him
But then a third failure will d
him no great harm. twill hard
" break his heart, for he is
e defeats, and takes>them quit
philosopaieally. He win make
brilliant campaign once more
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03


bill, which will give to the en-
listed men and officers of both
the army and navy, material in
creases of compensation, running
from a 30 per cent increase for
the enlisted men of both arms of
the service down to 10 per cent
for the higher ranking officers.
National Committeeman Ward
and BROKER, of New York and
Connecticut, respectively, took
luncheon with the President the
day after he reached Washington
and reported on political condi-
tions in their respective states.
They told the President that ev-
erything in both states looked
most favorable for a great Re-
publican victory next autumn.
Mr., Ward said that New Yorkers
were delighted with Governor
Hughes administration and
re-nominate him and re-elect him
governor. Healso expressed the
belief that the New York delega-
ton would cast a solid vote for
Secretary Taft in the national
convention. Mr.. Brooker told
the President that he was certain
Connecticut would send a Taft
delegation to the convention.
The President expressed the ut
most qualification at this news.
If there was any doubt in the
minds of the readers of certain
newspapers regarding the COM
ing cruise of the Atlantic naval
feet to the Pacific, the President
must have removed it. He took
occasion to assure a number of
newspaper correspondents who
called on him that the fleet would
go or he would know the reason
why. Moreover, he has sent
word to the Navy department
that everything must be pushed
to the utmost to enable the fleet
to get away on schedule time.
At present it is expected that the
feet will rendezvous at Hampton
Roads by December 10. A week
will then be required to coal and
to make the final preparations,
so that it is expected that, bar
ring unforeseen accidents, it will
sail for the Pacific about Decem-
ber II. 1t has been decided to
install an elaborate system of
telephone communication in each
of the battleships, the whole to
constitute what is known as a
system of fire control. By its
use the commander Of the ship
will be able to issue his orders
simultaneously over the telephone
to the commanders of every gun
Iof a given size, there being a
separate central" for each size
of guns on the ship. 1t is esti.
mated that this will require each
battleship to remain fifty days ir
a navy yard, but as it had 'al.
ready been calculated that each
must remain in a navy yard fol
at least thirty days for painting,
repairs, etc., and it is assumed
that as the electrical installation
: can go on simultaneously, no fl
J nal delay will result.
: It is regarded as noteworthy
4 that never since the Presiden
announced that the battleshil
feet would go to the Pacific hal
] a cross word been heard from
Japan. It is known in inner cir
} cles in Washington that the Jap
anese legation of the last session
has signally failed of its purpose
e the exclusion of japanese labor
: ers from this country and'itis re
! Igarded as almost certain that tn
. United States will be obliged t
l Iseek an exclusion treaty with ia
q Ipan during the coming winter
ylOf course, battleships are no
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07

ssAvED"- The other beautiful picture which win be
sent to you for you to keep.
What perfectly beautiful picturesl" she ex-
claimed.
DO you like them?" asked Mrs. Miller.
Indeed do"
You can have my ofrer at CSC"
will you give me two on this plan for 50cf"
Yes"
Mrs. Miller's friend purchased two pictures
and took them away and told some of her &C
quaintances of her good fortune; they called on
Mrs. Miller thatvery day. and before Mrs Miller
retired that night she had disposed OF all "a pic
lures and forwarded the $500 to Mr. Clark.
Prize Winner Is Pleased
three days the prize dishes arrived and Mrs. Miller
tells they the most beautiful she any
place ~ would not take anything for that set right
now" she declared.
Can you picture your dining room with q beautiful
gold monogram Parisen CHR dinner set graeing the
sideboard the dinner table and the plate rail Haven't
you for q long time been wanting set like thist
have several OF Mr. Clark's pictures in my home
aud they certainly very beautiful. cannot be-
splendid coors They perfect works OF art
nt for any residence measuring l6I9O inches What is
more, they ready to hang the wall, for every
picture finished complete ready for the wall just
received from Mr.. Clark.
Hope that every of my readers will sign the free
coupon ana send for Mr. Carks h0art pictures today
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07

"NATURE's GODDESS One of the beautiful fac.
smile framed pictures which will be sent to you.
Now, Mr.. Clark, as you may have heard. is the
publisher Of the famous high-art pictures, among
the most beautiful pictures in the world, and he
has asked me to tell you that he will give every
one of my subscribers one OF these magnificent
dinner sets absolutely free as a prize III you
merely help Mr.. Clark O little by recommending
and introducing few OF his pictures In your
locality.
AS you see. Mr. Clark does not want you to do
any canvassing. 1t is not necessary to do any
canvaSsing.
How To Win a Prize
Read carefully on this page where 1t says in
big type. Win prize-how."
am pleased to guarantee Mr.. Clark's offer is
exactly as represented and am giving you GER
titcate OF guarantee. lam proud he has selected
the readers of this paper to profit by this mar
velous prize Offer This offer shows his conf.
dence in the honesty of my subscribers.
Even II you do not succeed in carrying out the
simple conditions OF Mr.. Clark's offer. you will
receive an elegant prize anyway. You do not
have to send any money as you do in so many
prize offers, and for whatever effort you put out
you will get at least one prize; SO 1t is, as Mr.
Clark says. case where you can't lose."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
So Easy, So Very Easy

Mrs. Charlotte Miller of Purdue, Ind. o lady
OF my acquaintance. took advantage OF Mr..
Clark's offer. She received the pictures and was
amazed at their beauty and Mr.. Clarks method
OF disposing OF them. That very afternoon one
OF her neighborS came in and saw the pictures
lying on the table with part Of the wrapping
paper still around them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
Beautify Your Home
The Editor Tells You Today How
Easily You Can Win a Prize
to Decorate Your Home

Did you ever win prize-a real beauti-
full, artistic. valuable prize. something Of
which you felt prouda
If you have. can point out a way for
you to win another. If you have not, can
show you how you can win a magnificent
one by the slightest effort.
For this great prize offer does not cost you one
cent.
You want pretty home, don't your
So il you will follow me through this short
article and then read the great prize offer this
page, you will discover how very, very easy 1t is
to secure something that will give your home an
artistic tone. something that will beautfy it and
mako your friends envy you. You win say to
yourself:
my. wish had had this offer long ago."
Dinner Set For a Prize
Look at the picture Of the magnificent mono
gram dinner set on this page. 100000 of the
prize sets are going to be distributed free, and
every one of our readers can have one Of these
sets free by doing good turn for friend Of
mine Geo. Clark.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

man has helped, but has accounted for
but small percentage of the eggs put
out of business.
Trees of which the foliage has been
injured or even totally destroyed by
these marauders may be seen on al.
most any street Of Washington, the
caterpillars attacking by preference
poplars, soft naples, elms, alders,
birches and willows. But other trees
by no means escape their depreda-
lions, though the gingko and tulip are
almost immune. Besides destroying
the foliage, the caterpillars are often
sively intrusive, invading the homes
of the residents and otherwise becom-
ing nuisance.
AS usually seen, the tussock cater
pillar has two big, hairy protuberances
like horns sticking out of where his
forehead would be if he had one, and
another one-really two close togeth-
er-projecting like the rudder of an
airship. He is excessively hairy and
ugly, and his hairs are stuck in loose.
ly and are apt to fall out on any per-
son upon whom he drops, causing in.
flammation and swelling. These hairs
are finally tangled up in the silk as
the caterpillar weaves his cocoon, and
become part of the egg receptacle,
leaving the caterpillar a smooth
worm," not "woolly one," and look
ing far unlike his original hirsute self.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
Eaters of Camphor.

It IL surprising what number Of
camphor eaters there are among the
well-to-do classes. The idea seems to
prevail that this article, taken in small
and regular doses, gives peculiarly
clear creaminess of complexion, and
score of young women buy it for this
very purpose. The habit is, more
over, very difficult to cast aside, for
camphor produces mild form Of
exhilaration and stupefaction, and IN
many instances where very la1xe
doses have been swallowed the habit
has become a sort of slavery. These
Compton eaters all have a dreamy.
dazed and very listless air, and in
most of them there is an ever pres
ent longing to sleep, or at least rest.
Extreme WEAKNESS generally follows
the taking of regular doses, and
cases have been seen where it has
been almost difficult to tell the ef-
fects from those of alcohol AS to
the complexion, if CHASTITY pallor be
an improvement, camphor certainly
produces it.-Dundee Advertiser.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

saw the larger snake, three feet long,
gliding up the sleeve of the presi-
dents son. In the most gingerly man.
ner they took hold of the collar of the
boys coat and gently removed the
garment, taking care to keep out of
range of the snake. Disdaining rescue,
Quentin seized his coat, and while he
toyed with the squirming reptiles
skated outside, where party of
women visitors were thrown into hys-
terics at sight of the snakes.
Quentin brought three snakes from
Oyster Bay with him. He found that
he could not take care of them prop
erly and turned them over to an ami
NAL fancier. But Quentin got lone
some without his snakes, and the fan
cier loaned him a king snake and q
smaller reptile. Quentin went to the
executive Offices to show his new
treasures to his father, who observed
that the king snake was about to
make meal of the little one, and
warned his son to be careful to pre-
vent such calamity
Quentin finally left the White House
to the great joy of everybody there
His father remarked to a caller that
Quentins taste was inherited, for he
not only liked snakes, but had scotch
ed few in his time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
ARMY OF CATERPlLLARS
IS DEVOURlNC FOLIAGE

FOLIAGE on Washington's trees is
i being devoured wholesale by an
army Of tussock caterpillars, the
larvae of the tussock moth, and ap-
parently nothing can be done to check
the ravages of those now doing the
damage, though precautions can be
taken against a repetition of the pest
next year. Aiding and abetting the
tussock caterpillars are the cohorts of
the fall web worms" which are by no
means so numerous, but which, never
theless, are doing an immense amount
of damage.
For many years the tussock cater
pillar has been the most serious of the
shade-tree pests in Philadelphia, New
York, Brooklyn and Boston, but it was
not until 1895 that it appeared in
Washington in sufficient numbers to
be regarded as menace to the foil
age. In that year also the fall web
worm was more abundant in this city
than it had been since 1886. In 1901
the pests of both kinds again appeared
in great numbers, and now there is
another invasion, giving period of
six years between each great attack.
Hitherto the chief check upon the
insects has been the parasites that
come in great numbers in the same
years that the caterpillars abound and
destroy most of the multitude of eggs
laid by the pests. Destruction by
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
QUENTIN HAS FUN WITH
SNAKES in WHITE HOUSE.

observation-disclosures Roosevelt
" caused chills to chase up and
down the spinal columns of Attorney
General Bonaparte, Representative
Hepburn, and ex-Representative Lac
ey, OF Iowa, the other day when he ap-
peared in the presidents Office with
two live snakes coiled about him.
Quentin is somewhat fmpetuous, es-
pec1ally when on roller skates, and he
skated into the Office of his father,
who was having conference with At
torney General Bonaparte. AS Quen-
TIN approached, the snakes Kissed and
the attorney general side-stepped with
great agility. President Roosevelt
suggested to Quentin that he disap-
pear Quentin fastened into the cab
met room where Representative Hep
burn and Mr.. Lacey were waiting to
see the president. They thought the
snakes were harmless wooden affairs
and began to admire them. Then the
larger snake began to wriggle and
wrap itself around the arm of Quen-
tin and the distinguished Iowans in
their terror made frantic efforts to
walk up the walls.
Regaining their composure it oc.
Cured to them that Quentin might be
in danger, and that they should rush
to the rescue, especially when they