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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
4 DEMOCRATIC IDEA

With pardonable pride, Senator Newlands has inserted in the Congressional Record an ac- count of his own efforts in 1900 to secure the assent of congress to a tax on corporations and of the proposal of the democratic minority of the ways and means committee for such tax which was offered in 1902 Both propositions were defeated by republican votes, partly on the ground that as the taxation imposed on ac count of the Spanish war was being repealed, it was unnecessary to impose additional taxation
 It is worthy of notice, however, that the cof poration tax was advocated as now, because of the right it would give the Federal govern ment to inquire into the earnings and capltaiza- ton of corporations The tax, said Mir. New lands, in addressing the house, of which he was then a member on December 15, 1900, would afford machinery ''for securing statements for publication from these great industrial combl nations which would yield the information so essential to the just taxation as well as the just regulation and control of abuses so gen. erally complained of, in which publicity is re- garded by all economic writers as an industrial factor" So also argued the democratic minor ity of the ways and means committee two years later when suggesting corporation tax that WOulu eIdDlc lIlc SONtl lO ODldlu llhJO tant information concerning corporate opera tionS.
 The corporation tax amendment which has just passed the senate provides that the returns from corporations shall become part of the public records and be open to inspection. The proposals of 1900 and 1902 contemplated the actual publication of these returns, 'as are the railroad statements by the interstate commerce commission and the bank statements by the comptroller of the currency This is form of publicity far more eficaceous than that pro posed in the senate amendment since corporate statements embalmed in public records may never reach the eyes of the public. However, we are not disposed to be critical of measure which is so like that which but few years ago was rejected by the very men who are now vot- ing it upon the statutes at the behest of repub- lican president.
 It is another instance of conservatives beat ing the radicals at their own game.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
Mexican Students and Politics

It looks at this distance az though the Mexican students of the state schools of law. of medicine and of teaching who have been expelled for partisan activity in the campaign for the election of General Reyes as vice president, had put themselves in the wrong. These are public institutions, supported in the main by pnblic money, and, according to modern ideas. ought to be nonpartisan in their entirety, with perfect freedom for individual students to think and act for themselves. At least such is our northern way. The students of educational institutions. such as Cornell university, that derives part of their income from the state, granting free competitive scholarships in return, afford perhaps the nearest psrallel. The student body as whole takes no part in political campaigns, although many students may attend meetings and listen to platform orators. Those of voting age, who can register or otherwise comply with state election laws, cast their ballots strictly as in. dividuals. Perhaps one reason lies in. the serious fact that the great mass of our college students are altogether too
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
Press Comment
Tales Of Silly Season

From the Chicago Record. Herald.
 The other day hen committed sui. eide for love of its mistress. Also, a small girl swallowed some guncotton (amount carefully specifed), and the scientists were gravely debating whe:h- CT weak or a strong digestion would be most advantageous for her to pre- vent an explosion. Two sea serpents were also present. By these tokens it became known that the silly season had arrived.
 If there was for a while any uncer- tainty about the staying qualities of the silly season, everything is now set tied by an incident that has just hap. pened somewhere off the port of Bos. ton, where a swordfsh met whale just as a steamer from Costa Rica was passing by. It is hotter in Costa Rica than in Boston. Probably that is what made the sword fish stand on it's tai. on top of the foam and the whale flint as though 1t had brass kunckles on its whatever a whale uses when it wants to knock n swordfish silly. But it must have been something peculiar to Bos- ton rather than to Costa Riea which made those two fierce combatants swim along beside the steamer for one solid hour while they continued to fight. And it was certainly a touch of something which makes the whole world kin in the makeup of the first mate who reports the incident which gave us the knowledge that the surface of the ocean was stained crimson when the whale euecnmbed at the finish.
 This is all we are able to gather from the reports as to how it happened. It is enough.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
surragettes and snnragett,u1s $

The New York suffragettes deserve the credit of showing themselves to be thoroughly in earnest, for they are de- pending mainly upon deeds of self-de
 nial which approach the heroec for the raising of campaign funds. That ia their way of being militant, since tn" exercise of the franchise cannot imros, upon them the contingent duty of bear ing arms. Thus tho Harlem branch
 whose members are go young that they are called suffragettines, set a noble example of voluntary .martyr1on hy pledging total abstinence from leo cream sodas for whole week. Th.' surely is heroic amid summer tem7.r,
 lures. The young mems auxiliary pledges its membership to ignore the cigarette temporarily. Young women are going to sell match boxes st the ball games, which seems femininely in
 consistent. Wall street is to be invaded with fair sellers of fans. cooling alike to bulls and bears. This is because perhaps there is an ample supply of fans at the ball games. White-robed agents will offer powder puffs for sale to those of their Sex emerging from matinees into Broadway. This is be
 Eeved to be the first appearance of the powder puff into American politics.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
OUR ABSENT ELKS

With the departure of those gaily bedeckea passenger coaches for Los Angeles last Satur- day morning, very perceptble and Oninous quiet has fallen over our City of Promise. The absence of several carloads of loyal boosters must, of necessity, make its influence felt on any city. But compensation to Globe will be forthcoming when the Elks return. An excel lent grist of new ideas for progress obtained by intimate exchange of thought with some thou sands of pilgrims in Elkdom from all over the United States will surely be factor i'll the making of Greater Globe. And then, quite as enjoyable, if not as lucrative will be the add- tion to the sum total of our cty's wit and humor which is sure to be borne, as it were on the breezes wherever the Bills congregate. With the return of our local Elks, we may look for ward with no small degree of anticipation to the certainty of having our risibles excited anew by stories of human good nature collected from every state in the union. So while we la ment the temporary absence of large and eff fcient body of our citizens, we may find com fort in the thought that the day of their return ing will be very cheering in its influence
 Meanwhile the Angel City plays the hostess. and it is a question whether the visiting Elks or the dispensers of hospitality are getting the most joy out of the occasion.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
THE BRIGHTER OUTLOOK

In addition to higher prices of food, as noted by comparisons of city markets, it is predicted that higher prices of clothing may add to the cost of living. The Chicago buyer for large clothing establishment in that city is quoted as saying:
 "A standard blue serge which was
 bought last year for $l.15 yard, was quot
 ed at $l.50 this year when the market
 opened. There may be another advance as
 the season progresses. It is safe to say
 that suits will be from 10 to 15 per cent
 higher next year. Suits which sold for $20
 will bring about $22.5 50 or $25.00'
 This is only a prophecy, however. It is not accompanied by the consideration that if prices go up for necessities of life the distribution of profits must in time affect favorablv the pur- chasing power of the consumer, whether of food or clothing Otherwise the farmer would be unable to market his produce, and the mills of the manufacturers would come to standstill, pay rolls would be suspended and everybody would be in most melancholy state Some times prophecies are so needessy dark as to obscure the vision of the prophets.
 More welcome is the other prophecy that the present prosperity of the country is only the prelude to still greater prosperity.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
Parental Training Needed

The Association of High School Teachers in New York city has stu dents aid committee which has been finding out why school graduates often fail to find employment. The chief trouble seems to be lack of initiative and inability to carry out the most sim pie instructions. Sixteen boys were told how to write letters of applica- tion, which they were to bring 10 school the next evening. Not one aps peared. Not one wrote on unrued pa per as told. The letters were all badly written and expressed. The conclusion IS that these boys, all naturally bright, had never learned to obey, or to accept responsibility. They had enjoyed coda ling. They were accustomed to have teachers to hand them paper, pen and pencil. It would seem that the lesson is the need of parental advice It is a repetition of the old story that noth- ing can replace home training. In many cases, under conditions of home life too prevalent in large cities, par ents are either unfit or disinchned to give such training. The only solu- tion seems to be to persist in the path of patient repetition. The American boy will win if he has within him tho basic qualities, of which schooling can supply the desirable superstructure The problem of practical success lies deep within the boy himself.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
DAILY ARIZONA SILVER RElr

testimony. Do we drive sharp bargains' It seems that we need as much as other peoples to heed the caution, tCaveat emptor."
 Let not this overanxious bishop despair of his flock The sheep may wander, but they have the confirmed habit of coming home again. The shepherd is too uessimstic. He should cheer up Perhaps he needs little hospitality of some of his countrywomen to dissipate his seeming despair; while look into the eyes of their happy children might turn him into a sturdy American optimist.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
Merrily Twitsering in Sunlight.

From the New York Evening Post
 College presidents in sound middle age succumb 10 the heat and forcsee tse near doom of our democratic insti- tutions. Young sociologists annouuce that half of onr school children are drunksrds. Boards of trade made up of hustling business men in the prime of life see Japanese Dreadnoughts sail. ing up the Miami river. Reverend bishops in the full vigor of mind, dis cover that our universities are nurser. ies of hell Baptist ministers in the west plunge into heresy hunting, while emitting loud shrieks. But all this time our ninety aged men in Washington are mcrrily twitteriEg in the sunlight
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
.AN ANXIOUS PASTOR

It is a severe lecture that Bishop Williams of Michigan has delivered to his fellow country men, He declares that Americans are cruelty materaistic; that we cannot tell the difference between material bgness and spiritual great ness; that We are inidividuastic, not national ; that congress i'll effect says that the devil may take the general public; that material wealth produces public and private ills; that we are inhuman and have horror of being thought sentimental; that we are barbarians in our treatment of women and children; that we are more shrewd than honest, treating trickery with laughter
 No, this is not missionary addressing for eign barbarians. But it is a shepherd essaying to pass his own sheep in review Seemingly, he finds his flock all black. He despairs of bringing back the wandering with his crook His severity is mournful; yet it is possible that the good bishop may be comforted, and that he may find solace even in his own reflections. It is magic power indeed, to see ourselves as others see us. It is also good to look at others for purposes of comparison when we feel thor oughly scoIded Are we materialistc9 Very well we are still aboring at the industrial con quest of a continent and annexing its natural re- sources to the wealth of the world Do we fail to appreciate spiritual greatnessi The good bishop should recall the prophets who have preached without honor in other lands and to other peoples Does congress condemn the pub lic9 Not ill the least, n the face of that public who are its periodically critical constituents Does our wealth foster illsl Look at our hos pitals, our asylums, our varied efforts, oft inef fective, perhaps, but earnest and sincere, to help the unfortunate, to heal the sick to up- lift the fallen. Do we fear sentmenality? Com pare our impulsive selves with our cold British fathers whom now we call our cousins. Will our own women and children join the bishop in calling their fathers, husbands and brothers barbariansl American men will not dread their
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
Four weddings with One Gown

It is indeed a fortunate father who is congratulating himself in Atchisen, Kas., over an economy in wedding gowns that perhaps has no parallel. He has sent four daughters to the altar of matrimony and had to provide but one dress for all of the ceremonies
 This was because the weddings occurred ore after another at periods neither too adjacent nor too widely separated. One
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13

rimonial confection required little alteration here and there for each of the brides. But second though reveals here an admirable cooperation betweel the daughters and the father. IL seems tht each bride in turn was wiling to leave her marriage gown at the paren- tai home for the use in turn of q younger sister. Such economic devo- tion may be rare, but surely it was m. selfish and commendable; provided, of course, that the economy has the req son of need. But the question remains, Which sister finally and fairly owns that dressi
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
THE IDEAL WOMAN

Despite the recent slight increase in the French birth and marriage rate reported re- gently, the crisis in the marriage market con times to engage the attention of some of the foremost writers in the French press. Paul Marqueritte, the womans' champion, has an ln- teresting article in Le Journal.
 He is strong advocate of free womanhood in France. NJ. Marqueritte's article does not deal with woman's legal status so much as with her helplessness in the matter of matrimony.
 He lays it down as a general axiom that the French girl wishes to be married, while the young man wishes to remain single. The phe- nomenon of woman, preferring to remain spinster hardly exists in France. The young man will not marry or defers marriage until comparatively late in life because he fears the responsibilities of household.
 Living has become increasingly dear in Paris. The old simple ways of the economical French are changing in the large towns for greater lux ury and display. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the man of small fixed income to make both ends meet.
 The young man does not precisely blame the girl for the difficulties of modern existence, but he does say: "She has grown much more ex- travagant She detests housework and avoids the kitchen. Her ideas are now centered upon dress and an automobile. She wants big bank book" Therefore the unadventurous young man says: 'I shall not marry unless l can find a wife with money.'' As Paul Marguerite dry and business is bad"
 The author declares that men in the indus trial and work class in France do not marry the aborious, hard-working women with whom they are in daily contact in the offices Their at titude toward the feminine worker is eithe rof comradeship or hostility; it does not lead to marriage. Yet 1t is notorious that these women are good and economical managers in their own homes.
 In connection with this topic the answers to a question which L'Intransigeant, Henri Roche forts paper, has put to its readers, give an in- teresting insight into the modern Frenchman $ mind. It asks how, in the opinion of it's readers, the following thirteen good qualities in a woman should be graded in point of impor- tance: Beauty, kindness, courage, constancy, fidelity, good nature, brightness, frankness, cleverness, wealth. health wit and talent.
 Some 10000 men have sent in answers and the result is surprising.
 One would have thought that a Frenchman would put wealth or beauty first; but no, the majority put wealth about half way down the list, and beauty last of all Neither idealsts nor reaists were prepared for such result.
 The quality regarded as the most precious of all is health. Then comes courage Frank ness comes fourth then follow wit, fidelity cleverness, wealth and constancy. Last but one comes good nature and last of all beauty.
 Of the 10000 replies only 342 placed beauty among the first half dozen desirable qualities.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
LET YOUR PAPER FOLLOW YOU

The SiUer Belt wW be mailed upon request to subscribers IeaUing tue city during the sum- nser months. Change of address t0iH be made as frequently as desired; notices of such change should giUe both the ola and neW address Call at the office or phone any change you wiSh be- fore ieaving tue city. The subscription rate IS the same out Of toWn as in tue city.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13

busy with their own mental develop ment, and incidental physical culture, to allow the turmoil of politics to dis turb the scholastic calm of academic halls. The Mexican students should place their elass-rooms above the hus. tings
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13
Half a Century Ago

From the Chicago Tribune.
 There's funny item in this paper about an Ohio man refusing fat con sulship.
 "Mheref Let me see il"
 'There it is. 7"
 "oh, you ninny' Don't you see the headline over that collection of itemsi Happenings of Fifty Years Ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31

distance of probably less than a mile
The surgeons from Brownwood found
desert scene awaiting them. The
hill sides of Zephyr were covered with
debris of all kinds, carcasses Of am
mails and human bodies. The ruins
were dimly lighted by the burning
buildings and the cries Of the injured
rose above the roar of the elements,
which threatened a second storm. A
hog roaming through the debr S
strewn streets was killed while at
tempting to devour the body of an
infant
Bottles were found twisted about
trees and in every conceivable atti-
tude. Residents walked the streets
almost naked. Houses which escaped
the storm were turned into hosp ptals.
One house collapsed on a family of
nine without serious injury to any.
BroWnwood. with organized relief
work has the situation well in hand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31

are subject to the. attack of vicious pets,
and several have been bitten during
the past week, one or two so, seriously
that the attention of a physician has
been required. The majority of dog
owners, when informed of the trans
gressions of their beasts, are willing
that the poundmaster perform the ex-
ecution ceremony, but on the other
hand there are those who strenuously
object to such stringent methods,
though agree to keep "Rover" tied up
According to reports at police head
quarters, the number of offenses dur
ing the past weeks have reached
number considerably above the average,
and in case the attacks continue, some
method will probably be employed
looking to the offic al determination Of
man eating CANNES.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31
AERONAUT|C
RECORDS ARE
ALL BROKEN
Count Zeppelin Lands After
Most Successful Trip
Through Air.
ALOFT FOR FORTY
HOURS YESTERDAY
Travels a Thousand Miles
Before Colliding
With Tree.

GOPPINGEN4 Germany, May 81. =
Breaking all aeronautic records by re-
naming aloft 40 hours and Is min
utes, covering approximately 1,0s0
miles, Count Zeppelin's voyage
through the ar ended here today when
the great airship, Zeppelin H., collided
with tree and stove in the bow.
The count landed earlier in the day
at Untertueskhein a suburb of Stutt-
gart. to get fresh petrol, and immed-
lately reascended and started in the
direction of Friederichshafen, where
he ascended Saturday night. Making
his way over Necker valley, he passed
Esslingen at 9:45 O'Clock this morning
and Kercheim an hour later.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31
POUND MASTER HAS
HIS TROUBLES TOO
With the Advent of Warm Weather,
Worthless CANNES Are Becoming
More of a Nuisance
Than Ever.

Pouudmaster w. C. Gates busiest
days are Just arriving. During the past
week no less than half a dozen res =
dents of the city have reported at po-
lice headquarters that either they, or
members of their families, had been
bitten by vicious CANNES, and as re-
suit of the disposition on the part of
unruly ours to become ferocious, the
poundmaster is kept on the move, TAX
ing charge of dogs or notifying owners
that their sentinels must be kept tied
1t is given out, on reliable author
ity, that this city has more than its
accredited average of worthless dumb
brutes, some big, some little, and others
only medium; some with an excuse for
wearing a license tag, others with not
vestige of such excuse. With the
approach of warm weather, many of
the animals become affl cted with a
mean disposition" and as a result,
delivery boys, children and visitors to
many homes are wise in coming to the
belief that discretion Is the better
part of valor," and in making a silent
getaway.
Those residents who have recently
encountered the grilling teeth of the
quadrupeds have sworn vengeance. and
are of the opinion that a license tag
should offer no protection whatever for
the offenders. Children, especially,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31
THIRTY DEAD AND
MANY MORE INJURED
Terrible Death Dealing Tornado
Sweeps Texas and Oklahoma,
Leaving Devastated Coun-
try in it's Wake.
DEALING Tornado

BROWNWOOD, Tex. May 31.-Two
relief trains were sent from here to-
day to the town of Zephyr, which was
wrecked by a tornado Sunday The
latest reports are 80 dead, five missing
and % seriously injured, who are be-
ing cared for in tents.
Nearly so houses were demolished.
Lightning started a conflagration
which destroyed one entire business
block No effort was made to fight
the fire, as the care of the dead and
Injured demanded the attent on of
every one.
Section EmpIoye Spreads Alarm.
A section employe rode a handcar
into Brownwood and spread the alarm
In two hours the Santa Fe railroad
was speeding a special train to the
scene of the storm with nine surgeons
and a score of Brownwood citizens.
County Clerk Thad Cabler and wife
and two CHI ldren who had gone to
Zephyr to spend the night, were killed.
The Big school stone building and
two churches were demolished.
Brownwood hurried her second re-
lief train at noon laden with provis-
ions, clothing and necessary art cles
and carrying 40 nurses.
Desert Scene Presented.
The storm swept the earth for