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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Dallas Discriminates.

On April the city Of Dallas. Tex.
voted on the question of whether $50,
900 should be taken from the general
fund for the purpose of erecting n mu-
nicipal light and power plant The
voters said no by the following vote:
For the plant. 1919; against the plant.
2,319.
1t is particularly interesting to note
in connection with this that two other
propositions of a somewhat similar ma
ture, but not involving municipal own
ership or any Socialistic scheme, were
voted on at the same time. and that
both Of these carried. One was to au-
thoriZe $4,000 bond issue for the
erection of an indus rial home for boys
and girls. and the other was for levy
ing special and additional tax of one.
tenth Of l per cent on each $100 for
school purposes. The fact that both of
these carried and the municipal owner
ship scheme failed shows that the vot-
ers Of Dallas know how to discriminate
between the good and the bad.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

The best interests Of the gas COM
panles are Lest served when those who
direct the gas companies fully realize
that these companies are in business In
precisely the same manner as the mer-
chant ThGy must manufacture and
sell good article. They must give
the public as much light. heat and
power for the money as possible. No
intelligent gas appliance salesman to-
day would offer an appliance for either
Of these purposes and recommend as
one of Its advantages that it would
burn more than the absolutely neces-
sary amour: of gas. Appliances which
will give the public the most and best
service In either light heat or power
for the smallest amount Of gas, and
consequently the least money, are
those which 1t is to the best business
interest of the gas man to recommend
and to INSTALL. II. Eustace, Presi-
dent Illinois Gas Association.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

Under this heading the Buffalo News
says editorihly:
'"The watchword of wisdom in pub
lie service now is private ownership
under public control. The fair meas
ure of return In any department of the
business Of lighting, watering, trans
porting or heating city is coming to
be understood, and through statutes or
commissions just rates of charges are
being established and reasonable
quality Of service eXacted. All that the
impossible ideal Of public ownership
could secure may be had. vet without
losing from the assessors book large
property values for taxation and with
out loading the service with an army
to do the work of political bosses at
the same time that it is grossly incapa.
Bile of rendering the duty for which it
Is paid
''Under the public service principle
business faculty is given its ample
field for exercise, penalties for bau
service are severe enough to compel
good service and the waste impossible
to prevent in municipal departments Is
avoided. 4 great revenue is obtained
from franchise taxes, and everybody Is
happy except the little tin horn blOwP"
who toots for public ownership when Il
week S acquaintance with practical pol
tiles would strike him dumb"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
EXPENSIVE CITY BUILDINGS.
Cheaper to Rent Larger Quarters In q
Private Building Than to Run the
Chicago City Hall.


Cheaper to Rent Larger Quarters In q
Private Building Than to Run the
Chicago City Hall.
Chicago Is having a rather enlighten-
ing experience just now. While the
old city hall is in process. of demoli-
ton preparatory to the erection of a
new building the city departments
have been obliged TO seek quarters In
a modern Office building. Now, the
owner Of an Office building not only
has to pay for maintenance and re-
pairs and Insurance and interest ON in
vestment, just as the city of Chicago
does on all its public buildings, but be
has also to pay taxes and water rates
These are items Of considerable mo-
ment are included in the cost of run
ming public buildings. And yet the
Chicago departments find themselves
able to rent cGmmOdious quarters in q
private building with more floor space
than In the old city hall, for less money
than 1t cost to run that building. The
item of rent will now be less than 1t
cost merely to light and heat the city
hall.
The explanation of this remarkable
condition, Of course. lies in the fact that
the private owner runs his building
economically and efficiently at the low
est practicable cost. The city, on the
other hand, IS without the incentive Of
personal profit and runs its building
on lavish and loose scale. More men
are hired than are necessary in order
to have long payroll for the poll
ticians' benefit. and higher wages are
paid than are necessary. The city's
employees have the loaing habit and,
feeling secure IN their positions, have
no interest in saving the citys money.
A comparison of our own great pub
lie building and the cost of running
it with any Of the better class Office
buildings of the city would beyond
question show that Chicago has no mo-
nopoly of municipal extravaganza In
that direction. The worst of it is that
the difficulty seems so hopeless. No
remedy Is in sight unless perchance 1t
Is the Des Moines or Galveston com
mission plan.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Guess Number Thought OF.

Desire one of the company to think
Of any number she chooses, provided
1t be even. Tell her to triple it, halve
the product, triple this half, and then
tell you how many times nine will go
into this last number. Multiply this by
two, and it will produce the original
number thought of. Thus, suppose to
be the number thought of. You triple
1t, making II. Halve this product,
leaving G, Again triple this, making
Is, in which 8 will go twice. This
twice" multiplied by 2 gives you 4,
the number thought of.
Or, to give another example, suppose
6 to be the number. Triple it, 18; haIve
this, 8; triple 1t again, 27. You ask
how many times will go into the re-
suit, and, being told three times, null
tiply by 2, and the answer is 6.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

amend the constitution on the subject
of taxation:
Majority of votes in favor cast on the
amendment:
1891. 1898. 1903
23S, ,lG3 2IO.lI 2sS. .059
Electors neglecting to vote on amend
ment:
1891. 1898 1903.
4S5 l37 420. .9Ol 50I OlS
Constitutional majority against amend
ment:
1891. 1898 1903.
924S7 IS, $50 III $50
This exhibit proves that the problem
of securing tAe adoption of the pend
ing taxation and other constitutional
amendments will be successfully
solved by the thorCuehrcing organi2l-
tion of The Peoples Can. .paigl," now
being organized by the Ohio State
Board of Commerce to make it certain
that every elector who casts a vote
al the November election shall vote on
the constitutional amendments. A
failure TO do this will be a calamity of
the first magnitude for the people of
Ohio and all those who are earning a
living, operating a business or who
own property in the, state.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
FEATHERS AND EccsAELLs.

Fresh chick weed. tender lettuce and
young green clover for chicks. turkey
pOults and green ducks.
"What will happen If | cross Black
and White MinOrcasT "Oh. you'll get
few mongrel muIattOes that q coon
wouldn't steal"
In setting eggs don't select the lar
gest. The uniform medium sized eggs
hatch the best and most chicks. Freaks
from freak eggs.
When you build that poultry house
don't listen to Cheap John If you're
a three center you'll do 1t, but when
you get more sense you'll rue it.
1t is a mistaken Idea that the larger
the gobbler the better the breeder. A
twenty-five FOUNDER is about right to
bring the size most demanded in mar
ket
In the isle of Bermuda everybody
raises chickens. but breeding, feeding
and rearing are unscienti6c, conse-
quently eggs sold for IS cents at
Christmas.
The reason why so many duck breed
ers get left on early eggs is because
their ducks are exposed to cold and
dampness all winter. They are SO
poor they must lean against the nest
to quack.
AS the hot season approaches re-
member that corn is a cholera breeder.
Cooling feed for simmer and clean
cold water. with shade and open house
to catch the breeze No stimulants for
poultry or poultrymen
California now buys eggs by the
pound. IL this gets to be the rule iD
all the states, 1t will be sumner on
storage, for they nearly half evaporate
Our White Leghorns lay eggs that
weigh over two pounds to the dozen.
When a man makes his own incu-
bator and brooder, his wife thinks he's
gigantic genius till Matching time:
then she wonders why she ever prom
ised to "lOve. honor and obey" such an
awful man. The failure of home
made incubator is nothing to gisgle
over.
When fowls crop is full make an
inciSion In front and take 1t out the
front door or you'n food the inside
with chicken grub and your customer
will have some barnyard fare for his
Sunday dinner "Taint" nice to bite
on such things. 1t spOils the effects
Of that sermon.
New York state has 100000 persons
interested In the poultry business.
They have $15.0OO,0O0 invested In stock
and $45,OOO,OO0 In property and equip
ment, total Of $6O.OOOOOO New
Workers don't oil have Americana
dementia," but there are hundreds OF
thousands gone chicken crazy.
There are people in the poultry bust
ness who are like aaafriend who had
never seen an electric battery. For
enlightenment we gave him the whole
current. His eyes stood out. his hair
stood up. but he couldn't let 60. When
he was sufficiently informed we cut
the current. The handles few across
the room. He buzzed like circular
saw and gave US SO many compllmen.
tary expressions of gratitude that we
would repeat them, but he is q preacher
now. Yes, friend, you made mistake
when you let that paying job go and
jumped head first into the chicken biz
Let go and quit before the sheriff
serves writ.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
A MONUMENT TO TAX EVASION.

Personal property taxes are almost
archaic There is practically no use
OF trying to tax something that can
not b. reached or computed. 1t is not
the unique experience . louisiana
hut is the experience of the world,
that personal property taxes are
eyaded.
The taX-gatheYCr has always been
evaded. Louisiana has had bad eX-
perienCe and furnishes some bad eX-
ampleS Of unequal taxation. Perhaps
tLe most curious monuments to be
found to tax evasion are the almost
windoW.ess houses in certain quarters
Of the city. These we! built this way
lecause the law required the houses
to be ta"ed in proportion to the num-
I'r of their windows. There is no Win
IyW to the places where personal
property is kept. The safety deposit
boxes Of banks contain untold mil
Ions OF dollars in values that can not
be reached. The fOoishneSs of trying
TO tax this wealth. though, is that no
taxes are gathered, but a high per-
sonal property tax amounts in many
cases TO double taxation and drives
wealth out of the city and state. New
Orleans would probably be much bet
t." if it taxed only real property,
eAeMYSins personal property alto.
getheI New Orleans Item.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

some csckling; there was some laying
doing; there were many juicy hens,
fat roosters, mouth melting brOilers.
tender frys. pound squads. fat ducks,
jumbo turkeys ana geese for the cook
pot of 1907, but no one imagined it was
tuned up to $6OO.OOOOOO. Now let us
crow and cackle over it and boost the
rooster higher for 1908. and you. old.
knOcker about hens not paying. go out
and make 6OO.OO0,UOO apologies to the
great American hen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
&.Ma MaIapNnAS.
Plenty of Trouble

is caused by stagnation Of the
liver and bowels. To get rid Of
it and headache and biliOusness
and the poison that brings jaun-
dice, take DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, the reliable purifiers that
do the work without grinding or
gripping. 25c at VIM. Kipp's
Sons drug store.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

Reggie-D-d-d-d-d-do yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-
yo-you r-ker-ker-ker-know ther-
ther-ther- r-ther-ther-ther-that III er-er-
er-er-er-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-have er-er-er-er-
Observation-Disclosures yo-yo-yo-yo-you
f-f-f-f-f-for ther-ther-ther p-p-p-p-p-past
yer-yer-yer-yer-year
Mary-Oh, Reggie, this is so suddenI
Bohemian Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Test the Yeast.

The housekeeper frequently loses a
baking of bread by using stale or in
ferior yeast. This could be prevented
by using this infallible yeast test:
Break one or two cakes of compressed
yeast, according to the size Of the
baking, in cup of warm water, add a
teaspoonfN Of granulated sugar and
set aside for minute or two. II the
yeast is fresh it will come to the top
and float, and If left for FIVE minutes
or so it will become fOamy.
If the yeast does not come to the top
in ten minutes, it Is unfit for use.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
is NO EXCUSE
Fer Voters Not Fully Understanding
Proposed Tax Amendment.

Proposed Tax Amendment.
The proposed taxation amendment to
the constitution has safely passed both
houses of the Ohio legislature, and
Will now be submitted to the people
at the coming November election.
There will be no excuse for any voter
not understanding it fully, and voting
upon it intelligently, for there is am
PIE time for every one to study it and
to understand ii.
Even if the amendment to the con-
stitution carries, it does not give to
the state a new tax law. 1t only en-
Gbles the Legislature to pass new
law. At this time the constitution
fixes the classification Of property for
taxation, or rather it fails to fix it, but
states that the legislature may not
make any classification. The section
of the constitution relating to taxes
| more than so years old, and is, of
course, obsolete at this time How
ever wise it may have been in its day.
IL llo" 10 tl uVNl llllSlll " lllC SluGS.
The amendment to be voted on this
fall is, in substance, this Are you
in favor of the legislature enacung
new taxation laws?
Those who object to the proposed
amendment base their whole argu-
ment on the statement, namely, that
taxation is too important a subject to
leave to the legislature. These op.
onents of the amendment claim, and
with some reason, that as a rule legis-
latures are corrupt; that to give
Legislature unlimited power to classify
property and make laws governing its
taxation, is to place in the hands of
dangerous body a power so great that
the incentive to become grafters could
not or would not be resisted by them.
But such argument does not seem
sound. TO state that the voters OF
this state can not or will not elect
to accuse the voters of the state-all
Of the men of the State--of being in
competent to carry on a republican
form Of government.
If We have not sense enough to elect
honest, intelligent men to office, if we
do not kn2w enough TO select legisla,
tors who will represent rs at Colum-
bus, then we ought to surrender our
charter of government, and hire a Czar
to rule us. TO admit that we can not
prevent the legislature from passing
laws inimical to the interests of the
people who elect them is to admit
that we are nation of fools or scoun-
drels.
We have greater faith in mankind
than that. We believe that the voters
Cl this state are competent to elect
representatives who will represent
them, and, believing so, one is bound
to be in favor of the new amendment
to the constitution for it only gives
the Legislature the right to make new
laws governing taxation matters.-Ed-
itOral: Dayton News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Alfalfa In the West.

One of the principal reasons why al
falfa grows so successfully over ex-
tensive regions In the west is thought
to be the greater uniformity of soil
conditions over larger areas than In
many Of the eastern and especially At
Iantlc coast states.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Constitutional majority against
the amendment ......... 95 8
ANOTHER CLASSIFICATION
AMENDMENT


After the third failure in 1898, the
year In which the tax commission ap-
pointed by Governor William McKin-
ley made its report, no further effort
was made to amend the constitution
fer ten yeaTs.
In 1902 the Ohio State Board of
Commerce took up the work and sue
ceeded In inducing the General AS
Sembly to submit an amendment that
was voted on In 1903. This proposed
amendment provided for classification
as follows:
The General Assembly shall pro
vide for the raising of revenue for all
state and local purposes in such man
Aer as 1t shall deem proper. The sub
jects of taxation for state and local
purposes shall be classified, and the
taxation shall be uniform on all sub
jects OF the same class, and shall be
just to the subject taxed"
RESULT OF THE ELECTION
Vote for the amendment ........ 3g6.622
Vote against the amendment. ... 43, ,563
Majority for the amendment. 2S3.O59
TstAl vote cast at election. ...... S7I 203
Necessary to adopt amendment. +5S COZ
Vote for the amendment ....... 32G, 622
Constitutional majority a ainst
the amendment .............. Ill $50
LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE
These four attempts to amend the
constitution on the subject Of taxation
supply data showing the action of
electors as follows
1889
Total VatS cast .................. T75,721
Total vote on amendment........ 5lS.7OG
Electors neglecting to vote on
amendment ...... ........... 257 ,0l5
constitutional majority against
amendment ........ ......... l42, ,423
1891.
Total vote cast NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SO3,32S
Total vote on amendment. ..... 3GS, l91
Electors neglecting to vote on
amendment ...... ........... 435, 1877
Constitutional majority against
amendment .......... ....... 9S,4S
Majority votes in favor of
amendment ........ ......... 23S, lG3
1893.
Total vote cast. t................... S35, ,6O4
CsaaI vote on amendment. ....... 4O4,7O3
Electors neglecting to vote on
amendment ...... ........... 4So, ,9Ol
Constitutional majority against
amendment ....... ......... $3.50
Z Majority votes in favor Of
amendment .......... ....... 240,1
1903.
Total vote cast 877, 2OS
Total vote On amendment. ...... $40, 1855
Electors neRisctinE to vote on
amendment mum. ........ 507, ,0lS |
Constitutional majority against
| amendment .......,. 80. III. $50
Majority votes in favor Of
amendment ........ ........... 2S3.069
Experience Of three attempts to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Rooar rHE RoosrER.

When you've boosted up your town
And boosted up the booster,
Just turn around and do II brown
BY boosting UP the rooster.
We can't expect the preacher man
To boost the rooster up.
He boosts him down whSrs'sr he can
When he goes out to sup.
The editor Of brilliant brain,
Who's eVerybody's booster,
Will run his presses till they strain
To help boost up the rooster.
The doctor. too, who's such a slave,
Will quilt his pills to booster.
He'll lay his troubles in the grave
And yell. Hip. hip. for rooster!"
And Yankee Doodle Dandy, too,
Will boost up cock-a-doodle,
While Uncle Sam, the chicken man,
viii boost his rooster Doodle.
c. N. B.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Dancer Recoonlzed,

According to the st, Louis Post-Dis
patch. the lighting committee of the
Civic league OF that city has reported
against the establishment of munich
pal street lighting plant ION account of
the danger Of partisan politics, which
tends to reduce efficiency and increase
cost"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

Fer little private Utopia, like other
Utoptas. was filed with delightful re-
suits, independent Of processes. George
Eliot tn "Felix Holt"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18
Notice to Teachers.

THE regular meetings for the examina.
l. ton OF applicants for teachers cerLifi-
Gates will be held in the West School build
Ing ia Greenville. Ohio, on the f1rst Saturday
of each month.
The Patterson ex mi ations will be h eld
on the third Saturday of April, and on the
second Saturday of May.
J.ALV ERTON CROWELL, Pres,
&. H. GARRISON, Vice Pres.
j. II. BROWDER, Clerk.
Board of Examiners.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-18

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ABOVE THEM ALL.

The great American hen and cock.a-
doodle-do are on the pinnacle. There
was some growing done; there was