Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

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Gsrmany,a corporation tax differs from
the new law os the United stateS INSTEAD
Of a tax on net earnings. the German law
makes special levies on the companies hay-
ing their securities listed in the stock eN-
changes. Just as g slight addition to exist
Ing taxes, II was proposed In connection
with the revenue bill this year that n
special yearly tax be placed on listed
ing taxes, Il was proposed In connection
10 the average market price. For the
Deutsche Bank. with a capital Of SIS o, 000,
this single tax would have been SSSO,0oO
last year. This particular device was drop
ped, but substitutes. almost as onerous
were found. Hereafter all stocks must pay
q 3 per cent tax when first listed on the
exchanges. Bonds are taxed one-hah Of 1
per cent on listing. The mere right TO
have a 'ten-year coupon sheet" issued in
connection with the bonds-the regular
German way Of making interest payments
involves q / per cent tax. To make al
Investment Of $1,000 in stocks on the ex-
change costa the Investor for his govern
msnt tax alone about "a on each such trans
aeuen.
A French professor named holman, who
has had charge of the education OF the
young Persian ruler for the last five years,
does not give the kid occupant of the pea
cock throne a very cordial certificate Of
character. The professor says the young
ster has regular, almost handsome features,
an uncommon amount Of selfishness and
q temper that Is a hummer. AS an instance,
he mentions an occurrence. which TOOK
place during his stay at the Teheran
court. A Persian nobleman gave Ahmed
Mira and his younger brother. Mohau-
med Hsssan Mira, each a very fine Jew
elled tarboosh. The presents we're exactly
alike, and Ahmed Mira was SO furious
that his brother should have a hat as Cine
a. his own that he forthwith tore the
tsrbooHh off his brothers head and ripped
both tarbooshes to shreds. AS q good
quality Of the young shah, Prof. holman
mentions his intense thirst for knowledge,
especially Of western customs and insti-
tutiohs.
So evenly adjusted Is the balance Of
power in Europe that the movement Of
the scales by even a hairs breadth cannot
be tolerated by the mail fry. Should a
world W start things, tho case Is diff
fersnt. There Is the island Of Crete. The
l(H1AAuh QS8lIeO 10 annex themselves 10
Greece The natives ran zip the Grecian
flag but It was shot down. The island
could not be restored TO Turkish dominion
without causing an Internal as we'll as
international commotion and since a defi-
mite severance from Turkey would have
discredited the Young Turks with the OF
tomap nation and, possibly, brought the
reform regime TO a fall, the powers did
the best that could be done under the cir
cumstances BY Fe-estabiishinR the joint
proteetorate. At an Indefinite and prob
ably remote future time the Greeks of
Crete may be permitted to unite with the
Greeks OF Hellaa or possibly the Ottoman
empire win then be 30 thoroughly re-
formed that the Cretans may determine to
remain In It
The new self-eovernine federation now
rising out Of the Favages Of war In South
Africa halls Louis Botha 81 the Washing
ton Of the United colonies. In the Boer
heart General Botha ranks First in war,
first in peace" but the third division of
the American sentiment hAlts for the YER
dict of history, The Boef leader has much
of his career before him. What he sought
10 accomplish on nan battlefields a few
years ago and failed honorably, he haa
been largely instrumental in gaining by
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Is largely due the healing of war wounds
ana the practical union Of the four colonies
constituting the federation. Tit source
Of his power and influence, the London
Post explains, Is personality, General
Botha knows the Beer from the top Of his
SLOUGH hat TO the sole Of his hob-nailed
boots He can lead his people as II they
were children. The secret Is the Botha
personality, He is an instructive, i~rresist-
ibIe and inspired cognoiliator, He has never
betrayed his people and he has never mis-
led the British, Both sides trust him
implicitly, Yet integrity alone, unaided by
the gifts for reconciliation possessed by
the hero OF the Boer war, would never
have won for him his present eminence.
The foundation of his career is and has
always been this eoncillatory personality.
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When the British Parliament enacted q
law requiring foreign patentees to estab-
liEh branch factories In Great Britain for
the manufacture of the article protected
by law, q substantial gain In industries
was expected. Results so far have not
come UP to expectations. In fact, the gain
has been Insignificant. But IT. has had
the effect Of inducing neighboring nations
against whom the law was directed to
adopt protective measures. A reciprocity
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arranged between Germany and the United
States, by the terms Of which patent
rights Of either country Will be recognized
in the other without the offensive require
ment OF nationaliEed manufacture. This is
In pursuance of an understanding reached
at the last International patent conference,
and IL in retaliation on Great Britain, who
IL now seeking to develop it's own In
dustries by the protection" OF an often
sivs patent law,
A committee Of the British board Of edu-
cation has learned that 10000 children be-
tween the ages OF II and u have left school
ana are not receiving any kind Of further
instruction, and that out Of a total Of
1000, 900 children not yet II years old only
one In four Is striving after additional sdu-
, eational equipment. The natural result is
that through lack Of technical training
countless thousands fail to acquire that
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