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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-03

Do not doubt it, Vail the facts as
they VIII. the meaning Of socialism to
the man Of the rank and file. IS an
equal division OF wealth we made it
alive mean to take II all7-thats
the song Of the socialist camp, as ne
banner is set toward modern capital
ism. This slogan Is listened to and
applauded in the great cities where
wealth and population are congested
AS long as several millions Of peo-
pie persevere in trying TO live on one
square mhe " frst, abnormal condi-
tions are inevitable. AS long as labor
ing men flock to places where the
labor market is already glutted the
workman win suffer
God forbid that /, or any man.
should dismiss such human problems
as these lightly unfeelingly Ny
for the weak and the opt
pressed is neither shallow nor ftful.
have been for the under dog all my
life, and am TOO old now to we're frona
or reverse my course But having
been the poorest Of poor boys myself.
and having studied these questions IN
he lives Of the poor as well as in
looks, ! am as certain that socialism
s wrong as am that true democfscygi q
s right it can be shown that
u abuses at which the socialist party |
Justly rails. grow out Of violations Of ,
he principals Of our system The true
emedy therefore is to vigorously as
iert these principals The thing to
10 Is to purge the temple--not destroy
t."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-03

iiYes and Labor of their feiiowmen as
waa never before proposed in ths an-
nails of ths human race
Studying the problsmz Ok lie in
Chicago and New York. IL Berlin and
vienna. ia Paris ard Lo1dou. i IS
easy Tor one 70 fall into vital eErDr
Arguing fronS local condition to a
general conclus5on. the student may 60
far astrzy. Certain laws and certain
conditions have caused a congestion
of population a. certain places. but Is
i Impossible for the wise physician
10 remove the cause of that c0nges
ron. and thus restore health 70 the
whole BODY Wealth and labor have
been concentrated Ia the big cities
but cannot wealth aid labor be eguit-
ably distributed2
SUPPOSE We reverse The policies that
have cagyes the congestion OF wealth
and lsAs,r II the citt.s, wrsld not the
proofs Of distribution al once BE-
ginz
II be have ten thousand workman
in Chicago out Of a job ard ten thou
sand Jobs ii Georgia out of a work
man. is American statesmanshfp in-
capable Of dealing with such a simple
Droblems
We have ten thousand homeless
families ID New York hungriIy eyeing
the Astor estate, but We have ten thou
sand farms in Texas hungrily eyeing
the horizon for the coming Of ten
thousand home seeking families
Cannot American craftsmanship
cope with a situation like this2 Shall
We never be able 70 direct the guest
10 the spare room and the spare bed.
shall we always be made wretched
because every soul ii the house wants A
o sleep in the same ROOM
Ten thousand workmen cling to
when every Job fl the city
Iiready has two men after il; why on
sarth cannot the surplus of labor be
Irawn to the west and the south
where two jobs are chasing every
nam
There is not one Of the evils upon
which socialism bases its just dis ]
ontent that cannot be removed By
me simple, practical. possible and ]
emocratic remedy Down with spe- {
ial privilege" /
As to the other foundation Of So a
hatred-it plays more t
nportant part than is generally sup b
osed The rank and file Of the social Il
It movement care nothing about il
sientinc theories and Utopian DREAMS a
hat they want is, a part Of the good il
lings Of life which the other fellow ii
as got r.
The dust for loot that winged The S
et Of the yandal hordes burns in the d
east Of the rank and file socialist. +
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-03
Class Hatred Important
Factor in Socialism

DOWN. VIII they change human minds
and heartsg win they be able to
make the imperfect reach perfectiong
WIN they cause human to cease to
err
n not, woe TO the land where social.
ism prevails, for they propose 70 give
their head men such power over the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-03

A horse attached to buggy. driven
by Mrs Harvey Shelton became
frightened in crossing the Frisco
tracks this morning and ran away. de-
molishing the buggy Mrs. Shelton
however escaped without injury.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-03

Guthrie. Okla. Nov I'm an article
entitled Orthodox Socialism" publish
"a in the Fra oainst April. Hon.
Thomas r Watson used some splen-
aid logic of which the following ,is a
part
How % the socialists know that
they win be able 70 hold bad men
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-03

Smoke The Compeer' Banded Pro-
gress sc cigar, for sale by all firstclass
dealers 71-2
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10
MADAME nloDJEsKA DEAD.
Celebrated Actress Passed Away in
Bay City, Cal.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 10-Mme.
Modjeska, the famous Polish TRACED
ienne and one of the most noted ac-
tressess of the American stage, died
at 10 o'clock yesterday at her home
at Bay City, Orange county, at the
age of 65, after an illness of about
two months. For several days she
had been unconscious and her death
was almost hourly expected.
Gathered around the bedside of
the noted actress when she passed
away were Count Bozenta, husband
of Nine Modjeska; Ralph Modjeska,
a son. of Chicago, and DR.. ]. c. Boyd
the family physician.
The body of the actress Will be en-
balmed and taken to Los Angeles,
where it will lie in vault for some
time. Later Count Bozenta will take
the remains to Cracow Poland, the
early home of Nine. Modjeska, and
there they viii be inferred. No ar
fragments for any public funeral ser
vices have yet been made
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10

H Hollingsworth of Harlingen
came down on the noon train today
John Nicholson of Kingsville came
down today for an over Sunday visit.
B. F. Hooks Of Donna spent last
night in the city. returning home this
morning.
J.. H. Smith of McAllen was among
the visitors from up the branch over
last night.
David Crump of Corpus Christi
was among the arrivals on the noon
train today.
John J. Conway came down from
Mission last evening, accompanying
Col. and Mrs. Bryan.
County Judge S. P. Silver of Hi
dalgo county came. down from Mer-
cedes last night on business mis-
sion.
Joe Osborn of Mercedes arrived
last night on short visit to the
metropolis of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
D. L. Vents of Muncie, Ind. is
visiting Brownsville on prospecting
tour, and may make some investment
while here.
F. F. O'ConneH of Jeanette, Pa,
who is secretary of one of the leading
brewing associations of his state, is
here on a vacation visit. This is Mr..
O'Cornell's first visit to the South,
and he finds much to interest him
here.
Mr.. ana Mrs. T. J. Cox of Chicago
arrived in Brownsville on last
nights train and will spend about a
week here looking over the country.
This is their first visit to the valley
and they are very much surprised and
greatly pleased with the country so
far as they have seen it.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10
IRRIGATION ON
PACIFIC COAST
BIG PROJECTS ARE BEING Eos
TERED BY GOVERNMENT.

Planned to Reclaim One and a Half
Million Acres of Land in Washing
ton at Cost OF Fifty Million Dol
lars.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10

these works in the Yakima valley;
Sunnyside. $4,000 acres, to cost ST.
500, OO0; the Teton, 10000 acres,
costing S1,5O0,O0 and the Wapato,
10000 acres to be completed at a
cost of $1,500,000.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10
DISTRICT COURT
IS ADJOURNED
SIX WEEKS TERM WOUND Up AT
NOON TODAY.

Docket at Today's Session Was Light,
Being Only Routine Work-Re-
sumo of the Work of the Term
Which Was an Unusually Busy
One.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10

Spokane. Wash April 1O.-More
than loo. goo acres of land. exclusive
of government projects, will be added
to the irrigated area in eastern and
north central Washington this year,
and arrangements are also under way
to put water on thousands of acres
of land in northern Idaho and Ore
gon western Montana and southeast
ern British Columbia. As most of
these lands will be devoted to apples.
peaches. pears and plums it is esti-
mated that from 1000, 000 to 10, 000,
600 trees viii be planted during the
next 4 months giving employment to
hundreds OF men in various parts Of
the Inland Empire this spring. next
fall and the spring of 1910.
Reports are also current in Spo-
kane that the federal government
will take up the Benton and Kittitas
projects. including S77, 500 acres. in
Yakima. KIickitat and Benton coun-
ties. already reported upon by the re-
clamation service, and it is believed
that the Palouse projects including
100000 acres. abandoned by the re-
clamation service for, lack of funds,
will receive attention this year. Other
government works in Washington to
be taken up include 10000 acres in
the Ellensburg district, zoos acres
in the Rattlesnake and Coal Creek
districts and 10000 acres in the Okla
hogan country.
If these and other plans OF the re-
elamation service are successfully ex-
ecuted, the government will in time
have reclaimed l,500.00 acres Of
wholly or partly waste lands in the
state of Washington at an estimated
cost of S51,O00,000 which is pro-
rated among the owners of the land
where water is used. The projects
in operation and under construction
by the reclamation service INCLUDE
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-10

One.
The district court adjourned at
twelve O'Clock today. after a six
weeks term. No business of any i'm
portanee was transacted today. be-
yond winding up the business of the
term, and some routine matters.
Yesterdays transactions in the
court included the final disposition of
several important civil suits. which
were as follows:
w. A. Fifield ct al versus Eliza A.
Kennedy, trespass to try title to
tract of Is 900 acres of land. known
as the La Feria grant The hearing
resulted in verdict for the plaintiffs.
: Messers. Keller & Keller. r. B. Rent
fro and Kibbe & Holland were
counsel for the plaintiffs in this case,
the defense being represented by A.
l. Hudson byappointmento of the court.
First National Bank versus the
Harlingen Land and Water Company
ct al !, suit on note for $4,000 with
interest, judgment being granted for
plaintiff.
Estate H. NJ. Field, deceased, YER
sus Brownsville Land and Improve
ment Company ct al, trespass to try
title This suit involved the title to
small tract of land situated near
Brownsville A settlement of the
matter was agreed upon by the par
ties to the suit, and Judgment was
entered for the plaintiff in accord
anee with this agreement.
Work of the rpa,1o,
The work of the term Just expired
summarized shows the following
cases tried and disposed of:
Six jury civil cases. 10 non jury
civil cases, 10 criminal cases. q tax
suits. There were three convictions
in criminal cases.
Order for Hearing of Cases IN Future.
An important order was entered
by Judge Hopkins on the minutes of
the court yesterday, with reference
to the order in which the business of
the court shall be conducted which is
as follows:
In the matter of the designation
of a day of the term for taking up
for trial causes on the docket at
subsequent terms, Cart 1888, R. S.
1880.
Be it remembered that on this. the
9Th day of April, 4 D., 1909, the
court makes and causes to be entered
this order as follows. relating to the
disposition of cases at all subsequent
terms, TO wit:
At all subsequent terms of this
court. Monday of he third week of
the term shall be set for call and dis
position of criminal cases
All jury civil cases shall be called
for trial, in the order in which they
appear on the jury civil docket, as
soon as the criminal docket for the
term is disposed of. All cases ap-
pearing upon the non jury civil
docket will be called for trial during
the first and second weeks of the
term. and all civil causes, jury and
non jury. will be called for DISPOSE
ton of ali law issues therein prelim-
airy to trial on Wednesday of the first
week of the term and on succeeding
days of the first and second weeks of
the term.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
John O. Maxey, Pres,

done for this commonwealth in the last
twenty years by men whose patriotism
is unouestioned and whose names are
written upon every milestone of our
progress.
Taxation" said Gov. John A. John
son, the well beloved son of Minnesota,
when this same tonnage tax idea was
repudiated in the Gopher State year
ago, lis not for punishment.
Taxation must be fair and it must be
equitable.
The amount of taxes paid per dollar
of value by the man Of wealth ought to
be exactly the same as the poor man
pays per dollar of value.
The theory of taxation is that the
common expense shall be paid by mo-
ney raised from taxes levied fairly and
without passion or prejudice upon all
men according to their ability to pay
and their duty to pay.
Wayne, Houghton, Roscommon and
every other county should pay into the
state treasury for state purposes the
same amount of taxes per dollar of
valuation
Valuation, or assessed valuation, hon
esty assessed, is the only fair basis of
taxation.
No man would seriously propose to a
specific tax of twenty cents an acre on
every acre of Michigan land. no matter
how rich or how barren.
No man would seriously propose tax
Of twenty cents on every hundred
pounds Of manufactured product. re-
CARELESS of what such products were.
No man would seriously propose the
same tax on pound of fine gold as on
q pound Of clay.
Why7
Because honest taxes are based on
values and not on weights or measures.
want to pay the same tax per dol
lar Of value which you pay. No more.
No less.
| want no privileged class Of Michigan
citizens. Ny wealthy neighbor may moi
have any more square feet Of land thar
have, but II he Is on boulevard ant
lam on side street want him to pa,
taxes on the vsluation of his land. no
on its measurement.
We all want to be fair to each other
There il no peninsula, upper or low
er. when the whole state 10 threatened
We are one.
And the state Is threatened when I
ID proposed to tar one man 20 mucl
per dollar on the value Of his property
and some other man 90 much per pount
Or ton regardless Of value.
The men Of Michigan, no mattel
where they live, no matter whethsl
they are merchants, mechanics, farm
err On manufacturers, win not pormi
! such scheme to live in this stat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
William II. Oakley,

Fourth: A tonnage tax would destroy
a valuable market for farm products.
The mining towns Of Michigan depend
for their supplies upon the farms and
the farmer.
If work were scarce, pay rolls reduced
and activities transferred to Minnesota,
the farms of Michigan would lose one
of the best markets they have.
Such law, with its trail Of unfair
ness and uncertainty, would retard the
growth and settlement of the Upper
Peninsula and drive away the new farm
ers who might otherwise develop and
transform the erstwhile forest into q
garden.
Twill not discuss the unworthy claim
that the mining companies are robbing
Michigan of her mineral wealth and
running away with their iIl-gotten gains.
Our mines are now assessed on their
valuation by honest officials, with State
Tax Commission as an anchor to wind
ward, and when ore first taxed in the
mine gets out into the stock nile Il 4
again assessed and taxed as personal
property. II these mines do not pay
theirfull share Of taxes we have one GER
tain remedy in the State Tax Commits
sion.
How can any man ask you and me to
endorse plan for unfair taxation Of q
mining country because he claims that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18

where all honest men are free and equal
and where square deal is constitution
ally guaranteed to every upright citi-
zen, rich or poor, north or south, black
or white.
No sectional warfare will be tolerat-
ed in any part of Michigan. If the
mines of the north or the mills of the
south are not paying their just share of
taxes we have our remedy.
Our last legislature guaranteed fair
play when it put into Michigan laws .
provision that any citizen anywhere may
compel the State Tax Commission to
investigate any unfair assessment Our
present Tax Commission has never been
charged with either incompetence or
corruption
Yet the anonymous critics, travelling
incog, feed and stir up sectional strife
by claims which would be given vigor-
ous official correction if the complain
ant came out in the open.
The Upper Peninsula, therefore, trusts
its better apd bigger half below the
straits All we ask is justice. All we
demand is investigation. A true know
ledge of this tonnage tax viii make it
forever impossible within this state.
] respectfully offer to fair minded
men special reasons why the tonnage
tax is unfair and consequently un-Michi-
gan.
First: 1t would resurTect the anti
quated plan ofspecifc taxation which
Michigan has finally thrown of.
At great expense Of time and money
Michigan has remade her taxation laws
on an ad valorem according to value)
basis. We have placed railroads, manu-
featuring institutions, mines, farms, ex-
press and sleeping car companies all on
the same basis.
The farmer and the sleeping car conn
pany pay the same amount Of state taxes
per dollar Of valuation.
The miner and the manufacturer also
stand equal with each other and with all
others before our laws Of taxation.
To 60 back to specific taxes in any
way would be costly and grievious err
ror. In the case Of the miners Of iron
and copper such . specific tax would
in time kill of every small miner be.
cause he would have to pay twenty
cents per ton on his iron ore or one
cent per pound on his copper metal q
he found it. regardless Of value, while
his rich competitor was paying only the
same tax on ore worth five or ten times
- much.
| Who win say it's fair to charge twenty
cents ton tax on ore worth Is cents I
ton and the same twenty cents per tor
tar on ore worth IS per ton.
Shall We stop assessing these nine,
It their value b doIlars aqd ny to max,
! the miners Of low grade ore pay az
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
The Tonnage
Tax Idea.
A Question Of Vital Interest To Every
Citizen Of the Upper
Peninsula.

The limit Of endurance is reached
when a proposition is sprung in lower
Michigan to tax our mining companies
out of business. 1t seems beyond be-
lief that such a suggestion should be
agitated, to saddle upon our mines the
entire tax burden Of the state, but
such is the case and the issue must be
net squarely. Roger M. Andrews, of
Menominee, gives the question thought
full consideration in the following arti-
Gle:
"A suggestion has been made that
the State of Michigan so change its
laws that iron and copper mining COM
panies shall be made to pay specific
taxes on every ton of iron and every
pound Of copper mined. regardless Of
value. The plan is called the tonnage
tax idea.
! am willing to discuss it because
happen to be the first State Commits
sioner on Mineral Statistics selected by
the governor Of Michigan from an ag-
ricultural county. ] am not interested
directly or indirectly in any Michigan
mine. and all the copper and iron coun.
ties favored another man for the offics
to which the governor appointed me.
So much for the personal side Of THU
article.
The proposed tonnage tax is unfair
and un- Michigan.
When it Is understood and discussed
it will be repudiated by lovers Of fan
play, whether they are farmers. mer
chants, manufacturers or miners, ant
whether they live in this southern or tn.
northern Michigan peninsula.
We ara all citizens Of Michigan, W.
are members Of the same great com
monwealth and there il not in all the
state one loyal citizen who does not IA,
vor equal rights to al and special priv,
ileges 70 none.
The proposed tonnage tax would
place upon the upper peninsula . bur.
den Of taxation almost equal to the to
til state and county taxes now paid BY
al the counties ofthe state put togeth-
en-.
Such : condition would crash the up
PER peninsula, 70 be sure, but Il would
do more. Il wopH b . bjow - indus-
trial, agricultural and moral Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18

steamer "Hoyt. which was aground on
Outer Island. The tug is owned by the
Reid Wrecking Co., of Port Huron,
Michigan. The "Boyce" is bound down,
light.
The saw mill is still running night
and day. This is the first time the mill
ever ran so late in the season.
The tug ID. L. Hebard" was laid up
for the winter this week.
Mr.. F. w. Hebard was in Chicago
on business Wednesday.
Louis Reynolds is clerking in the store.
Annie Medoeh, who has beer, here
with her sister Mrs. Susan Kroft, for a
couple Of months, returned to her home
in Marquette Monday.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18

actly the same tax per ton as is paid
for the richest ore in Michigan?
We want taxes on dollars of value,
not on pounds of weight.
We tired specific taxes and want no
more of them. They cost the poor
man too much and the rich man too little.
Second: It would leave the state in
the lurch.
Taxes are levied neither for fun nor
Punishment. They are levied to raise
the necessary money for the carrying
on of the state government. The ex-
penses of state 60 on almost the same
regardless of panic orprosperity. Yet,
If we depended on a tonnage for mil
lion dollars of revenues, in q year when
the mines were not working full time,
because of business conditions, we should
face deficit which you and ! would
have to pay in increased taxes. ~
But when we assess on mine 8 value
we get our taxes in good years and bad
years, regardless of whether the mine
ID working or not and independent en-
tirely of strikes and other industrial
disturbances.
Let rs keep our state taxes where we
know how much money we are to receive.
Recall 70 mind the days when we taxed
the railroads on their gross earnings. 1t
il very expensive lottery. But now
we tax their value as we tax our own
homes and stores, and we know where
the money is coming from to carry on
the business Of the commonwealth.
Third: Michigan would bring up the
rear Of the industrial procession, besides
having TO care for thousands Of depend
ent families whose wage earners were
out of work.
Why?
Because no other state has tonnage
tax. II our iron companies, operating
as they do in both Minnesota and Wis
consin,. were to meet time Of business
depression with low prices for iron, will
anyone claim that they win continue 70
work mines in . state where the taxes
were based on the the tonnage instead
Of on the value Of the ore?
Certainly not. They would shut down
Michigan mines and work in Minnesota
and. Wisconsin.
They could not be blamed for doing
Whist business wisdom demanded.
With no tonnage tax to be paid be-
cause no ore was being mined, Michigan
in general and You and l in particular
would be compelled to dig deeper into
our pockets and furnish the extra mon
| ey needed.
We should be state summed BY in
vestos - unfair and unfriendly, and
our working men who now dsbsni On
the Michigan mines would be tossed
about On every wsve Of business sdv<r-
siky.