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The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

satisfied. AS they did not pass
those measures in the regular
session, not because they could
not but because they would not
are they likely to do so in an
extra session? The people, we
believe, have lost confidence and
feel little but disgust over the
shattering of their hopes. Ii
left to the masses, we do not
believe they want an extra ses-
sion, for the reasons stated
above: First, they do not be-
lieve anything would be accom-
plished if one was called. Sec
ond, the policy, as stated, OF
calling an extra session of a leg
islature just to pass upon party
measures is one of doubtful wis
dom, and one which the major
ity of thinking voters of any
party would be slow to sanction.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
LEGISLATURE
DOES NOTHING.
From Paonla Booster:

The present legislature bids
fair to go down into history as
about the poorest the state has
seen IN years. 1t is too bad and
it looks as though the best thing
for Colorado at the present time
would be recall act. 1t looks
as though nothing else will bring
to time people who are in the as
sembly only for the purpose of
having nothing done. OF course
the democrats are responsible for
the condition. They will have
to face the music themselves.
They elected corporation sena-
tor and now they are continuing
to bow the subservient knee to
the will of the corporations in
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

1t has no doubt been noticed
that many of the city dailies are
printed on cheap straw paper.
This is perhaps owing to the fact
that the paper trust absolutely
controls all print paper. In dis
cussing prices of paper stock
with a representative of whole
sale paper house last week, the
INDEPENDENT editor was offered
a slight discount on a certain
amount of job stock proposed to
be purchased. But. why" he
asked, cannot you make small
reduction on the larger amount
of print paper, also?" BE
cause" said the salesman, "the
Trust fixes the price and no paper
house dares to lower it the
smallest fraction of a cent. If
they did, they would not get any
more paper" This is not near
ly so much a free country as it
once was.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

The egisl ture which ad-
journed at Midnight Monday
night, cost the state $4,000 in
salaries, while appropriations of
over So, 900, 900 were made. In
summing up its work to Monday
noon, the Democratic newspa-
pers of Denver announce: Plat
form pledges redeemed bills
introduces LOTT. House bills
passed by house 22O. Senate
bills passed by senate 129. Bills
passed by both houses 142. For
doing almost nothing, for doing
what it did poorly, for faction
fighting, for quarreling and for
a total disregard of it's party
pledges according to Democrat
ic party newspapers-the Seven
teenth is entitled to the ribbon.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
AMONG THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

The pastor A. N. Glover will begin a
series of special sermons to young peo
pie at the evening hour next Sunday.
the series to continue each Sunday
evening at 8 p. m. till the close of
May. There will be special music at
all these special services. The subject
for Sunday is. The Measure of Mar" "
The choir will render an anthem and
Mr.. Ballou will sing solo. All friends
coadially welcome and especially young
men and women. Don't forget the
change of hour-Christian Endeavor
now at p. m. and preaching at p. m.
Prayer meeting and Teacher Train
ing Wednesday 1880 Choir practice
Saturday 7:30 p. m. Bible School 10 a.
m. At / a. m. and s p. m. the
pastor A. N. Glover will preach. All
friends and strangers welcome.
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH.
Special Easter services Sunday morn
ing. Sermon, "Our Guarantee of I'm
mortality" The musical program will
consist of "a Sacred Song Cycle. with
Scriptural Readings, Four Scenes from
the Life of Mary. the Mother of Jesus. "
Music by Paul Bliss. The Readings
will be given by Mrs. C. A. Merrill and
the Solo by Mrs. Ashley Forrest. The
evening service will consist of the Sun
day school Easter program of songs,
recitations and class exercises. Special
music by Mrs. Merriman and Miss
Eliza Stone. The public is cordially
invited.
J. A. johnson pastor. Sunday school
10 q. m. Public worship II a. m.
Junior League 3 p. m. Epworth
League 80 p. m. Public worship
7:3O p. m. Prayer meeting Wedne sday
evening.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
II a. m. Easter Day shortened morn
ing prayer and celebration of the Holy
Communion and sermon. 1880 Evening
prayer and sermon. Appropriate
music morning and evening. Sunday
school at 10 a. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
S. A. Hayworth pastor Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching at | l a.
m. and 7:30p. m. b. Y.-P u. at Up. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
All are invited.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at l a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Sunday school 10 a. m. Y. p. S C. Il.
$50 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
1880 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
Meet each Sunday at II o'clock n. m,
at Pythian Hail. corner Third an
Main.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services every third Sunday. Mass
0 80 a. m.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

From a purely selfish stand
point Delta might have been
better satisfied if Grand Junction
and some other wide open towns
had stayed wide open. She was
reaping so great a benefit by
way of comparison; getting such
a high class of investors and
homeseekers, who only had to
sniff the brawls and brothels to
give those places the go-by; and
after which the pure moral air
of Delta so delightfully."- filled
their respiratory organs that
they were wont to exclaim:
Delta is the one place for a
home" Still, selfishness is not
one of the qualities Of which our
people carry very large stock,
so they will join in congratulate
ing the entire Western Slope
valleys upon their uplift.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

1t is regarded practically Ger
tain that an extra session of the
Colorado legislature will be called
by Gov. Shafroth. What for?
AS announced it will be for the
purpose of redeeming party plat
form pledges, in order that the
party may appeal to voters as
having fulfilled it's promis e s.
Why call an extra session to
compel a partisan legislature to
do what it was elected to do,
when it refused to do it while
the opportunity existed? Would
it do it in an extra session
Should the State be put to the
expense of an extra session Just
for the purpose of carrying out
party measures? Had the pres.
ent Democratic legislature passed
the party measures it promised
while in regular session, those
who voted for it's members with
the understanding that tn ey
would do so, would have beer
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

1t would indicate that the
towns, by the voice of their peo-
pie, wish at least to be better,
when they demand so strongly
the election of people who stand
for better moral conditions and
less vice. Of course this does
not refer to Delta, whose people
are all good and where the home,
the school and the church point
to the motto: High Citizen
Ship" 1t is the wicked towns
like Glenwood, Grand Junction
and Montrose, where evidence
of desire to improve civic and
social conditions has been so
commendable this spring. AS a
matter of fact, it is little more
than the march of civilization
and education. Small towns and
cities are learning by the exam
pie of places like Delta that
wide open" measures are a
thing of the past; that dens of
vice are not desirable; that peo-
pie of money and of worth do
not want to select a town where
such conditions prevail for a
home or even for business. A
man recently rid his system of
the thread argumen n t.:
why, the best times this coun-
try ever saw were those when
gambling, drinking, prostitution
and everything else were open. !"
1t may be that those were good
times" to the class who profited
by such conditions, but it is not
natural that any people or any
town can build up permanently
and become great on vice. If
the world isn't getting little
better it should be, and a pre-
ponderance of evidence shows
it is.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
A Splendid Investment.

Five City Lots at 800 lot. See
WEIGH & MERRILL.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

The people are not all total
abstainers-pr probably never will
be. The temperance fight which
has been waged so fiercely all
over the United States has been
for the suppression of saloons,
augmented by the fact that
many of the saloons were dives.
1t may be a little bit far-reach-
ing to class a business respect
able where stuff is sold which
makes men drunk, yet it remains
a fact that some of the men en-
gagged in the business were of
much better class than others.
The opportunities it gives to take
mems money while they are
drunk and irresponsible, must
make it distasteful for the man
of higher principle to engage in
it. Hence the fellows who simply
wanted the money flocked to the
field and dives by the hundred
existed wherever license systems
prevailed. The condition could
hardly last where civilization and
respectability could control.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09

A circular more often finds it's
way to the waste basket or the
stove unread, unwept and un-
mourned, than otherwise. A
one-cent stamp, to the business
man, is usually an index to the
contents which explains "Unim-
portant."
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
BORROWED EDITORIALS

BORROWED EDITORIALS
AS tariff revision is business
retardation the job should be
performed well and not too
often.
The proposition to levy a tax
on pistols, dirks and brass
knucks ought to be amended so
as to include hat pins.
One thing may be said for the
London suffragettes: After a
years struggle they have not
yet shown the first symptoms of
cold feet.
One feature of the money ques-
ton will never be changed.
There will always be man with
money to loan and another man
who wants to borrow.
In an eleven-hour flight the
Zeppelin airship weathered a
storm and landed safely, in spite
of broken motor. Tests like
these are the ones that count.
An engineer estimates that
New York City in 1850 will have
a population of 10, $50, 600. No
wonder each railroad system
there is spending vast sums for
terminals.
President Taft is urging the
engineers on the Panama Canal
to push it through by 1913. 1t
is gratifying to know that man
so well informed on the canal
believes that the feat is possible.
Motor cabs in London are in
creasing so fast that third of
the hanson cabs have been put
out of business. Yet in spite
of cases of this kind horses are
in demand and cost as much as
ever.
Twelve varities OF birds were
discovered by the explorers who
nearly reached the south pole.
The craftsmanship must have
been bad or it would not have
been necessary to eat the faith
full ponies.
Ohio, like Illinois, reports an
increased railroad net revenue
under the operations of 2-cent
passenger rate law. Missouri
would like to be shown if it is
subject to any peculiar local con-
fiscatory conditions.
The kaiser observes that
among the sixty millions of
Germans there are seventy mill
ions of opinions. !" This country
has not made an actual count,
but is inclined to think that
Bourke Cochran can beat the
score single handed.
1t is purposed to remove the
duty of 67 cents a ton on coal.
If consumers notice any differ
ence in their bills they will be
agreeably surprised. The duty
was suspended during the big
coal strike period, but the effect
was the addition of the CT cents
to the price of foreign coal.
In his diary written during
the civil war. Secretary of the
Navy Welles said Farragut does
but one thing at time, but does
that strongly and WELL" and
will more willingly take great
er risks to obtain great results
than any other officer high in
either navy or army" Excep-
tional praise but justified by his
tory.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership existing between J.
F. Rollins and DR.. o. P, Mccartney has
this day been Dissolved.
Joe Rollins assumes the mine obliga-
tions, and o. p. Mccartney, the retail
obligations.
Dated at Delta, Colo this 9TH day
of February, 1909. 8-4t.
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
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Display ads. changed every weeks without extra
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Copy for change Of ads should be supplied aer than
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The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
For Rent.

Pleasant, sunny, furnished room
steam heat, electric light and bath.
Corner Grand Avenue and 7th st. sgt
The Delta independent., 1909-04-09
For Sale.

Sewing Machine and Kitchen Range.
Price right.
ALFRED M. THOMAS.
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OF the ordinary banks are paying tho
same and some much more.
EIGHT MILLION POSTAL SAVINGS
DEPOSITORS.
one person lu every six iu Japan has
some money lu On. postal savings
banks These were started n 1875. and
the depositors have doubled boo the past
five years. There is NOW four times as
much money in the postal savings
hanks as there was at the time the war
with Russia began. ana their accounts
amount TO almost 350.0O000o with over
5000 900 depos.tors The banks pay as
per cent interest, and the interest IS
compounded by addins DC 90 the princi-
pal every six months. To is probably
the highest savings bank rate paid by
any government
As 60 the private savings banks they
number i've or six huurded, with de-
posits aggrcgating N0o0l0oQ0. and the
dividends are on the average OF about
9 per cent The paid-m capital Of such
banks amounts 10 more than $-2,010Oo9.
NEW CORPORATIONS IN JAPAN.
It must be remembered that an those
Institutions have been established with
in a generation. Japan knew pracu-
caIly nothing or corporations uull
few years ago, and the people are still
afraid OF them. Marquis KatsursL, the
premier who originated the new fuanc-
ial policy now starting says he wants
combinations OF capital and the bigger
tho better. Baron Shibusawa. one OF
Japan's multl-miuionalras who was I'M
strumental 90 starting some o. the first
Of such combinations, says that they
have already Gulntupled the value OF
every japanese industry and have in
creased that of many twentyfold. He
believes the future Of the country de-
ponds upon them. Today japanese cap
ital is organizing. There was a big era
Of such speculation al the close OF the
Ch.ua-Japan war and a similar one has
Just passed. During these periods there
were many over-capitaNzed companies,
but most OF them have gone TO the wall.
and the greater part OF the corporations
now in existence are paying dividends.
There are now nine or ten thousand DIFF
fcrent companies with "a paid-up capi-
tai of more than $500 600 00o
THE ELECTRIC ROADS AND
THEIR DIVIDENDS.
There are electric railways in tho
larger cities. These have capital OF
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ALL. ABOUT THE NATIONAL ASSETS
AND THE NATIONAL DEBT.

NO question, although doubt wharf,.
they are us bad as thoy were lr me-.
oi our cities during the mast 49,
Every one seems busy. and aiih,,-t.
some OF the factories have end 5a...
the forces there are few unen,t,,.t
The mon have o.hcr Jobs. Tor In ns..,..
every house the people are making c.
thing or another for sale. At tho sar1C
time, Wagcs are low, and tnvre No..
been continued on the war f,otI,-
the struggle with Russia.
TAXED TO DEATH.
Everything IN Japan Is taxed. Tb,,.
are stamps on an bank Chccka st.
whom YOU pay your bin. your reooiri
has stamp. Every business ia tayl5
according 20 the amount of lbs yoirr,s
and ovcry pedlcr and ilnrikisha man
pays a license, There is task ur
medicines, on sake and liquors ar.
on Japanese Soy the sauce which fr.
people use with their food. This v..
increased az the time OF war.
All incomes pay taxes. and tboe.
grow with the amount OF ones rr.
perry. There are about 5000 0..
families I'm Japan, and all are cxpe.f.
ed TO pay certain percentage 30
they make more than $3.50 al wear
These taxes were increased during tr.
o..
course, taxes on lands, which uuy.
run from 3 per cent upwards TO n
per cont, according 20 the class of t5,
land There are inheritance taxes. min
ing taxes, taxes on stock exchange,
and the issue OF bank notes.
There are customs duties on cyar,..
thing imported. and there IS a spnri. d
tax on travellers whether thoy go b..
steamboat, steam train or on cIectr..
cars. This tax depends on tho mHa.ea
running from 8 sen to 90 sen. accom-.
ing 90 distance, for tho first el3...
from 3 20 10 sen FOR second class anal
1 to 4 sen for the third class a ..,
is onc-half cent It will be seen thaf ,f..
tax is very light on the third gIs..
the longest trip costing 2 cents and
that it IS heaviest on tho first crss.
where the same distance Is taxed rs
cents.
GOVERNMENT MONOPOLIEs.
In addition 20 all this are the roy.
eminent monOpolies. including tobacco
salt and Camphor. There a. no pIar5
where good cigars cost so much ana
where tho homemade cigaro are poorer
Any kind OF tobacco costs three times
as much here as in the United States.
an ordinary "two-for" Is sold for
dime. while nickel cigar easpy
brings % sen. Cigarettes are e1usr.
/ high. The tobacco monopoly brine.
IN about S16,OO0,OOO a year Co tbs
government and the salt monop6rv
Yields over 100000. On the whole
the nation is taxed Just about aI ID
can stand.
FRANK g. CARPENTER.
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some months 600 this strange mixture of
hriilauce and gloom they can see noth-
ing when they go above ground, though
their sight sim serves them IN the mine.
cideuts are exceedingly rare. Those
who are 700 ola 20 work with the pick
make oandiesticks, trays and stttu-
cites out of the SALT which they sen
90 tourists. The souvenirs last for
years ln q mild climate and can only be
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Special '.'i'.l o. ,..-. tart-
..-,a rrs country ou,a ale
.. r.n 100000
\ '''''.' ... f..t ,.rr
NNI Hni Ut"
wan. rin.-. tI.UH.1 a day. THO
. t.. .,....r. .r. NOW H..
''" .t...
tN.'n VT. 'n' '-' DIT.
have boon steadily increasing ron DIT.
,,si d. ,..r. vr.v won. considerably
- .-....... Dol. t... f..t ...f.
'"'' -
they anurnNmii'd "l....''f ''
much lf tHn Increase lue boon sine.
y.. ,r,e. az Cha ru.aiar war; The
....,... af frr nation rl.. mon. HIU
,5..1l4f.f.f eIu.. ur Chimes. uar. Hu
a.. l,r.Irr I.4ra H.va uMupI from
9I.rost nothing to more Imam slHU.U..
O0n Th.v aHs NOW ea arr. chat fn.
,,,..rrr,rrt ras called al haf. and DO Be-
riffirr down Its ovpendIuIas Hy
IN. now p1ficv mst lnauraI1tcd DO
has choiped o0 q r,eol tlo,... .... s l...
vl,rs T1o bankers are demanding
That the expenses boz further reduced
ana the whole nation De- calling ugt
for ruueuehmeut. economy and ug-
form
..... ..,....... ,.-,-t
Evrrv ono m Japan. from the eu'-
rar1r to lhe poorest ro0Ic. now ..a.-
yes la5l lne a'''I ... ''' s.,, .....,...
- t,,.t. ....I ....5It irr
.... .a. r.tI.....
10y ,Er f...
armies of tine world To has more tlIu
660.OU1 soldiers. with almost 10000 OH
GERS no has moro than 100000
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..,...p-ar ratios are about lh cents
. ,.u.. and our freight rates are equal
b.. I.v. our rates on the average are
Iast about half those OF the United
T.on Goto says that the traffic on
r.. railroads shows that The business
..rHIfI1ua are improving. he referred
d.. tre mct that wo had last year somo-
Inur like 100000 cars idlo on the
tm.Holu tracks. while Japan had
moro noIrhts than sc could handle.
.1I d.. stations are now filled with
goods awaiting transportation.
SHIP SUBSIDIES WHICH PAY.
BARON Goto SAYS that the shipping I'M
forests are doing wen. and that the
government subsidies arc paying in
tho Increase of foreign trade. Japan
has now steamers which aggregate
Vessels whose tonnage As one-third
chat amount II has regular lines of
vessels TO Europe, America, Australia
and india. as wei as TO Manchuria
aud Siberia. and on an the big rivers
of China Tho steamship lines are
raylng dividends. The Nippon Nusen
Naisha. which Is the largest In Japan.
pays g per cent. and the Togo Kisen
lcaisha has dividends equally good.
Many of the ships are built I'm Japan,
some OF the vessels constructed being
1000 tons or more. There are 200
private shipyards In Japan.
In another letter / shall write about
the factories OF Japan, giving the
amount Of business they are doing and
showing how they are growing. Suf-
flee lt Co say that they include cotton
and spinning mills, machine shops,
chemical works, wood-worl1s establish
mcnts. match factories and those
which make watches ana electrical
supplies.
HARD TIMES AND THE TAXES.
From what have written in this
letter 10 will be seen that the finances
Of Japan are not founded altogether
on wind. The country IS In many re-
spects rich, and IL has considerable
uudevcloped resources, the chief OF
which are the Industrial possibilities
OF IT'S people. At the same time tho
cost OF living is comparatively low.
although more than I'm the past, owing
CD the gradual changing TO tho more
expensive customs coming IN with tho
new civilization. Whether tho country
viii continue TO prosper with the eX-
travagances of this civilization re-
mains TO be seen. As il is now. what
the United states wastes az every
breakfast would feed an Japan for a
whole day. and the money she spends
for carpets would buy all the furni-
ture OF this nation OF 100000 peo-
Pile
This letter is about the hard times
| Of today That they are hard there Is
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NEW EDITION

or Reynolds Dictionary of the Book of
Mormon. no wready no Doserct Sunday
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City 1925 postpaid
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ings. about two billions 10 furniture and
works OF art and over one billion BOB
goods and other merchandise. Its ship
ping 81 estimated at "a hundred millions,
which is probably low and its marine
products az eight hundred millions,
which may be high Japan has over
$500 600 900 worth 0f mines. She has
almost one thousand millions invested
Ia companies and banks, and over $780,
600 900 worth Of railways, telegraphs
and telephones.
BANKS AND STOCK COMPANIES
WHICH PAY DIVIDENDS.
These islands are rapidly becoming q
land OF factories. Formerly, everything
was made by hand I'm tho houses and
today there are millions OF men, women
and children who work at their homes.
There are also something like 5000 fac
tories moved by steam gas turbine wa
ter wheels and electricity, and more
than 100000 hands are employed in
them. over 1000 OF these factories are
devoted to textiles and about 400 TO
machinery and work in iron and steel.
The government alone has 1000 fac
tories of its own. in which almost 100000
men are employed IL has one connect
ed with It's shipbuilding and naval es-
adjustment which employs over $4,000
mon.
Many Of the private companies have
large capitals paid iu. The total aggre-
gates over $500, 100000 with a surplus
of more than fourth OF that
amount This includes agricultural
companies and ,ndustrials OF various
kinds Il comprises many commercial
combinations and transportation COM
panies. and also insurance companies,
stock exchanges and multiplicity Of
banks.
As 10 the banks. there are now over
22OO. an managed by japanese with
Japanesa capital Their paid-up stock
aggregates over $3.50 100000 and their
dividends are big. Take the Bank OF
Japan. which does the business OF the
government That bank has "a capital
and reserve fund amounting 90 about
$50 000. 000 and its assets are $4,000 600.
It's deposits show a balance on hand OF
over 5000. 900 600 and the net profits are
about 100000 q year. The stock pays
" Der cent. Tho Yokohama Specie
bank made S2.000000 in 1907 and paid a
dividend OF 10 per cent. while the Hy-
uotheck bank paid 10 per cent. There
are as agricultural banks here which
pay dividends of per cent and most