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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-02-04

stitutions. But how can institutions
be better while men remain bau7
Men must be made better. At pres
ent all they do a TO promise you a
good life II you, leading q bad life,
fight with other men, overthrow them
by force and Kill them IN order 20 at
tain uetter conditions Of life. That Is
you are promised a better life II you
become worse than you are That II
delusion. There Is only one way
70 attain q better life, and that IL 10
become a better man.
Happiness, the happiness OF your
self and Of others, can never be based
upon a fallibie institution sustained
BY force, but only upon the health Of
the soul. Only through the soul can
the individual OF the community attain
the greatest happiness. The true hap
piness which every human heart pants
Tor lies not IN institutions upheld BY
force, 70 can be attained at any NOM
ent Of life, and even Of death, By the
path Of love.
'ench happiness was granted to as
hundreds Of years ago. Men, however,
tailed 20 understand Il and did not
grasp u. Now the time n come when
we must accept it; first, because the
folly and suffering Of our lives have
gone 20 far that our state A unbear-
able; second, the teaching OF Christ
has now become 90 plain that no man
can fan 20 see a. We reach salvation
only By realizing that our life does
not rest IN the body. but I'M the spirit
q God which lives within us; that
therefore all the efforts hitherto direct.
81 % the improvement NJ our bodily
life must be directed b one single and
essential work that each must ex-
tend his love not only 10 those who
love him, but a. Christ says. TO all
men, especially 10 those wno are alien
ated from us, or hate ua Today our
life "a 30 far removed from that ideal
that 70 seems impossible 20 tranafer
our interest from worldly things Go the
one essential and unaccust0med WORK
% love.
sThat however d 4 delusion. 10
love an, even those who hate %, a
really not ~ remote from our souls
o. % hate On and nghl with al. al
change IN our conception OF iife is
not Impossible; the zeal ilnp0ssibillty
b % continue che nght Of all against
OIL IA which We are now cnrnged. Only
such q change can deliver men from
che sulferinFg they now endure. and
The change must lherofOre sooner on
later come.
why should We torture Ourselves
instead 81 Fenlomtorina that The rfnaf.
eFt hnpQInese d destined for u1f All
lIerRotl8 upou ourselves The path n
tasy and direct and brings nothing bul
haprinc1"
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-02-04

stronger drink as his appetite would
demand a. / would put q craving for
drink within him which nothing else
would satisfy. / would send him home
10 bis waiting wife foeling with drink
and with curses on his lips. would
cause him 10 lose his JOB on account
Of drink. would send want into
that home I'd make the bloom Of
health 90 out Of his wife's cheeks I
would send his children 10 bed crying
for bread. I would get him 10 80 70
q temperance meeting and sign the
pledge. ia make bic wife shouting
happy when he told Of his new resolve.
How happy ! would make that home
~ they sat around the llroaldo az night
with husband and father with them.
New shoes should be on the childfen's
feet. new dresses and new hats and
new furniture should come into the
home The old-time smile sh0uld come
30 the wife and mother and hope
should an her heart once more Then
ia send him BY the licensed saloon.
30 should catch whin Of the old
time booze, old friends should entico
him, the harkeeper should laugh at him
for signing the pledge. All night he
should carOuse, and all night his poor
wife should watch while her poor
heart sank within her FOR fear. And
on from bad 90 worse would drive
him tlll be Oiled q drunkards grave
and plunged into drunkard's hell.
Thus ] would destroy my enemy ~
were a fiend.'
m above q a tract that Or. w. b.
Crumpton has been using for several
years with telling effect
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-02-04

The Raleigh News and Observer
myn; "Df Knapp says that forty
years hence the world will need nfty
million bales Of cotton. This should
cause no farmer 30 increase his acreage
Plant for fair sized crop end raise
hog aud homlny, The farmers received
more last year for 100000 bales 81
cotton than they would have received
f0r ff,OO0.OO0 bales Keep down The
acroaeo aud live at home and board
GO TIE same place"
THIS - sound advice "A the main.
Every farmer should raise al The home
supplies that ho may require II be can
Do 60 This a n comm0naon8o prOpO.
aliion Cotton Is BIS money crop, but
AZ n contrary % good business principles
f0f q farmer Go undertake 90 raise cot.
ion Ga ett money with which TO buy
such supplies ns be can raise at home
az lesa cost than be viii have 90 pay
f0r them u Ne has them 10 bus. There
"a not a business man M the world
vino win not agree with ~ on this
proposition, and every one knows that
iiie farmer eau raise hig corn. hogs
pcan, oats, etc, more cheaply tnnn he
can raise cotton end buy them. In a
word, the labor expended upun making
enough cotton % buy one hundred
bushels Of corn would b. sufficient 10
produce much m0re than one hundred
bushels of corn.
Farmers, therefore. should conduct
their farming operations On business
principles. they should make their farm
eellfuataining which means that u
viii De more profitable % them. After
having raised such articles az are need.
ga on the farm tho farmer should plant
90 lnFge IN acreage Ga cotton a. be
eau cultivate a. 4 ought 20 BE- Guilt
gnto0. having the land well forliilaed
~ a. 20 maze 4 as productive a. pos.
able. when he dOos this ne viii be
conducting bis farm GA business prin.
cIplrs nis cotton win be bic money
crop. and be wal not have % poy 4
eIl ont Cor the supplies that be has ~.
ready rnised &C home nut n be raises
40 cotton and 30 supplies Be viii and
Ihhl Do has little or 40 money LEFT
nfiof having paid f0r supplies necessary
ga tho making % biz cotton erola
"a would appour that the idea that
thc ncfnRu M cotton should he I'd.
0nfsd in 0rdof that the prodnelf0n
may De- ru7lniled - that higher prices
may ~ roHi4tf zoe cotton 81 not lhe
fofrecl view 81 take 0f the matter.
On ihe contrary. a seems that che farm.
~ should. after making Arrangements
81 raise be home supplies. raise every
pound % coiton ~ pogaIbly can.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-02-04
ToLsrors FAREWELL MEssAGE

The great Russian novelist and re-
former, Count Leo Tolatoi, Il nearing
death. he has issued his farewell
message 30 the wOrld. from which the
following n taken:
"life u given 20 as that g should
be happy. a - our own happiness
20 make Il happy. The way % make Il
4 certain chain of unhrokn happiness
n 10 live GA love aud not "a hatred
"We hear On AZ sides that life ls
bad and miserable because az ~ bad
institutions: we need only. We are told.
90 change fhe had Institutions Into good
ones ana life viii change FOR the bet.
ter DO not believe that DO not BE-
Here that any particular inEfllulion
can mhho lie either bother or worse
Those people who most thIEslily reok
Tor the beat Institutions are often
themselves living In dlecofd and onnf.
relina. The Institution which some
propose a. che best others declare 90
o. TIE worst ihog desire % substitute
their own ideals. which opponents aEfe1
20 be very bad ana even 81 Rli inali,
lnllone were ne DoGt conttiVanle. n,o,
could not 1--we with them owing CD
their being used lo bad lila Al
present we sEt uae CD q BAD Nle an1
We are conloni vita it We nfaH
nat W. aoale i've smeneat heliel in-|
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

perfect working and unfairness of a
partial application of income taxes
VIII compel another step in the de
velopment of a rational system. II.
as critics say. the corporation encour-
ages bad systems OF finance. then
there Is no need of destroying the
revenue but of perfecting its admins
tration and justice the more rapidly.
II therefore the inheritance tax and
the land tax clearly belong to the
states and an income tax cannot he
successfully nor justly administered
by the states and yet the present sys-
TEN is hopelessIy unjust and fneffi-
cient, what remains but In carry on
the policy already inaugurated and to
be aided doubtless in practical eff
cheney by the adoption Of such fur
ther administrative policies as the in
corporation of great interstate cnrIor-
atoms by the federal government? II
Will require the patient working out of
some cooperative system Of assessment
and distribution between the states
and the federal government Ii no
other program seems even a. possible
nf operation as the income tax. what
other program should be pursued. 1t
is not feasible as has been proposed
to levy a federal direct tax on the
states leaving the method Of it's assess
ment tn the several states. Experience
Of state superintendent to counties is
against this. and the perpiexities Of
interstate administration would be
greatly augmented. while lax systems
would be encouraged and state evas-
ion. for interested purposes such as
the attraction Of capital. The assess
ment Of any kind OF a direct tax on
property tn the states is not think
able. and the remaining proposition
that the unearuei increment should
support the taxes is too ideal for pres
ent consideration. IL may be that an
income tax is step toward that de-
sirabie and just end. Something in
this matter may be learned in the
present English experience.
At present no more hopeful theory
seems 10 offer.
J. II. UNDERWOOD.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23
FEDERAL TAXATION OF INCOMES

strong interests in opposition to the
reform thus forwarded. Corporations
do not favor this method Of being re-
formed. But the argument has little
consistency in a country in which the
revenue has been so long used for con
structive and far destructive purposes
in protection o: industry. 1t is charged
that the tax puts q premium on per
jury. but this is true Of all taxes and
Is less true of this To the extent that
self assessment is superseded by
assessments based on reports. II is
charged that il is contrary To the
theory of moral responsibility which
is curious argument in view Of the
practical working Of that theory in tax
matters. To the charge that the tax
is inquisitorial as applied to the cor
porations and as 1t would he to any
income. Governor Noel says that 1t IS
necessary To be inquisitorial unless q
premium is To he put on perjury and
a tax on honesty. II is probably not
more inquisitorial than any other tax
except one that does not work 1t
does not seem to the ordinary man
that excessive profits and exceptional
opportunity should be aided in con-
ceaiment. for he has been taught that
equalization Of opportunity and of dis
trfbution depend upon competition and
reason tells him that knowledge helps
competition to work. In answer to the
charge that tn. tax discourages bust
ness il may he said that ii does so
no more than any exaction from bust.
ness. and that such argument win
have weight only when a lesser in
come becomes more attractive than a
larger one, even when the larger Is not
much larger.
The arguments as to class legisla-
tion and class feeling and that repre-
sentation without taxation is tyranny
to the taxpayers and that ii is I'M
democratic to exempt the poor. or the
larger part Of the population are al
merely arsumenta ad hon,inem."
one objection oi more weight is the
fear of national power as opposed to
the power of the states. This amounts
to being influenced by the apprehen-
sion of something that has already
happened and Is irrevocable.
1t may we'll be that one Of the re-
suits Of a federal income tax would
he the increase of the central power
over local matters. But the ordinary
man feels that since he is to be ruled
in his economic life by organizations
OF national scope. he needs the power
of correspondence wide political
sovereignty for his protection.
The policy has begun already and
will doubtless shape our future legis-
lation. Lawson Purdy. the president
Of the New York City Board of
Assessments. one of the abest finan-
ciaI authorities in the country. says OF
the corporation tax: While the tax
based on corporation income is called
an excise tax in the apparent hope
that the phrase will disguise it when
ii Is presented to the supreme court.
ii is in reality a partial income tax"
The virtues of that tax are that it
extends government power over strong
economic organizations: that 1t recog-
niZes the income tax principle and the
fact that an entire system OF indirect
taxation Is uncertain: and that its i'm
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gance and improbity. The English at
tribute to their income tax an improve
ment in political intelligence
Such a tax would tend to eauaIiza
the contribution Of citizens. in so far
as the abuse Of monopoly power il
controlled. and in so far as those who
have been beneficiaries of our system.
shall be compelled to pay
An Improvement Of the federal Ia.
would encourage Improvement in the
local tax. and the failure of the local
taxes in justice is indeed one of the
reasons for the demand for An income
tax. This equalization would he meas
nred by the extent TO which taxes
hitherto shifted or evaded should be
paid by incomes, whether the payment
should be made to the federal govern
ment or tn the local. since all taxes of
all kinds are paid by the citizen him
self The improvement of the local
systems would be stimulated by the
removal of one of the greatest oh
stacles 10 such Improvement. the ig-
norant prejudice that every form OF
personal property must bear the same
tax-which We have seen is the popu-
lar theory while not being the popular
practice. A well considered income
tax should decrease the general i'm
probity that follows habitual tax dodg-
ing, by making evasion more difficult
A federal system has better facilities
for stopping income Mt its source. as
may be seen in the operation Of the
new federal corporation tax
Corporatioo con,rot
But there is another and bitterly
contested power incident To such
plan. and there Is little doubt tina, IL
would be used. This is the use of in
come taxation as an agency for the
control of large corporations This is
the cause of the deep concern felt by
large corporations for the invasion of
the rights of the small corporations in
the corporation tax. But from the
standpoint of the ordinary man this
seems to be an argument for rather
than against the system. and there il
little ground for the apprehension
that such power would be abused.
Indeed there is rather little hope that
such power would he resorted TO
nj all
is true that our experience has not
been fortunate with federal income
tax and that as 1t was administered
from 1869 to 1872 the receipts de-
creased with rapidly increasing wealth.
From the standpoint of administration
IL seems to be scarcely necessary as a
permanent revenue producing tax II
Is true that there are almost insuper-
able difficulties Of administration,
largely in our division of governmental,
functions, and largely in the inferior
ity OF our public administrators as
compared with those of other coun-
tries. Such service in the making of
the laws and the administration of the
tax should be of the highest quality.
whereas too often ours Is of the low
est intelligence and inseparable from
venal politics. There Is further reason
10 fear the influence in politics and
business Of the army of tax officials
which would probably he attached to
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23
PILES CURED At HOME az
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD

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blind or protruding piles, send me your
address. and | will tell you how to
cure yourself at home by the new alb
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some Of this home treatment
free for trial with references
from your own locality II re-
quested. Immediate relief and per-
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but tell others of this offer. Write to-
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

the federal administration. The tax
would be difficult of calculation. The
discrimination between earned and un-
earned incomes would b. extremely
difficult in practice. and the tax might
operate a tax on efficiency The
determination of a rate or nf taxes
for the several classes of incomes
whether derived from real estate. gov
eminent bonds. industrial stocks. sal
aries or government employment
would not he easy. Shifting of taxes
could not be avoided by this or any
other system and il is urged that the
tax on income at its source. that Is
while still in the hands Of the cor
poration or monopoly. would merely
become fixed charge. However. ex-
perts maintain that the tax on income
can not he shifted If generally levied
upon all classes Of income. The ex-
pense of administration would be enor-
nous. as is indicated in the criticism
of the corporation tax law: The re-
ports required by the federal govern
ment have no relation to the tax re-
ports required by the states and there
fore will compel additional accounting
expenses"
State Phase.
Financial theorists and administra
tors as well. object to the tax on the
ground that il dsturhs the state sys
TENS. This objection has been mad.
by the republican convention of Mas
sachusetts. The confusion of the state
and federal taxes. or double taxation
re h. ttt,
working of the important principle of
separation Of the sources Of revenue
Thus the corporation tax interferes
with a source of revenue universally
employed by the states and vital to
many Of them. Some Of them indeed
derive their entire revenue from the
tax on corporations. The state sys-
TENS being greatly in need Of i'm
provement this fresh confusion pre-
vents the development of any home
rule system. and sets back the pro-
gress that has been made in this di
rection. The proposed federal inheri
lance tax was dropped because of the
opposite of the states which claim
this as a state revenue, while the
criticism is made that the corpora
or the states revenues than the inhcri-
lance tax would have been and that it
was put through without allowing the
states opportunity To protest. In
answer to this criticism IL has been
said by Governor Noel. Of Mississippi.
that there is no more invasion Of the
states revenues in this than on any
other tax since every dollar of federal
taxes is paid by some individual. in
the United States. This, however.
does not diminish the fact that the
sources Of taxation are confused un-
less one only of the conflicting juris-
dictions shall have the entire admins
alton OF the tax.
Theorists and corporation interests
alike oppose the tax on the ground
that IL may be used by the government
as an instrument of reform. and that
this Is an illegitimate use OF taxation
in that the mixing of reform and reve-
nue. measures prevent the success OF
either by increasing the difficulties of
fiscal hetterment and by putting
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

North Franklin stock is moving rap
idly upwards as the crosscut ap-
rrnacheS the ledge. The tunnel Is in
l+50 feet and within % feet or so of
the vein. with fine indications of ore
in the tunnel fara. The stock is SELL
ing around u cents. y rise of 8 cents
from the price n short time ago The
property lies near Muilan and car"ies
lead and silver
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

The lower crosscut on the Mineral
Farm has encountered large seam
or galena ore when in 1850 feet and
after drifting 30 feet this ore seam has
widened I" 20 inches of concentrating
ore. The property lies near the Morn
ing mine at Mullan.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

Charles Tucker who knocked out
Nick Burley at Saltesc in the first
round Of a scheduled 20-round bout.
has gone to Sacramento. Cal. to get
match If possible. with Mike ,Twin)
sullivan.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

Preferring Jail to the streets. John
Campbell is now serving time as a va
grant in the city Jail and is cleaning
crossings for the city. content to have
three meals day and a warm bed at
night for his pay. Campbell has been
around Wallace a month and has
been unable Ia get job. In despair
he applied to the chief of police who
was struck by til" mans plea and al
lowed him tn become prisoner.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23
WALLACE NEWS

Wallace. Jan. ls.-(Speciai.)-Ano
power company intends supplying the
Occur d'Alenes with power. The Big
Bend Water Power company of Spo-
kane. whose power site is on the Spo-
kane river, 30 miles from Spokane,
will commence development this year.
The electrical plant will be built with
10000 horsepower as starter. the
Occur d'Alenes to he the market. The
Washington Water Power company Of
Spokane is now supplying the Occur
d'Alenes with electric power while at
Thompson Falls Ed Donlan and others
of Missoula are preparing to construct
a plant for u similar purpose
Two years ago j. NJ. Savage oh
tanned "A judgment for $1,000 against
the Mascot Gold Mining company
which owns property near Murray.
The only article of value owned by
the company that would cover the
judgment if sold was the big gold
dredge. The dredge was attached and
several attempts have been made To
sell the dredge. all being delayed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

Since the middle OF the month the
heaviest snow of the season has
fallen in Wallace and vicinity. about
two feet. The snow has been greeted
with joy by prospactors who feared
a scarcity Of water supply in the
mountains. At Lookout and through
the eastern part of the district four
feet Of snow are reported on the hills
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

however by various means. Today the
district Judge vacated the Judgment
and stopped the sale Of the dredge
set for this week. The ground for va
eating the judgment was improper
service of the summons.
The Gold Crown Mining company
which is operating property on the
st. Joe intends To continue operations
all winter. \ force of men has been
employed steadily since last spring
and good Roadway has been made on
the tunnel being driven Tunnel has
gone 600 feet with 80 feet To run. The
assay returns from the upper work
;ngs are in copper. gold. silver and
Lead.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-23

Wallace. Jan. ls.-tSpeciaL)-At the
Handspike property on the North Fork
half dozen carloads OF copper ore
have been thrown on the dump while
the face Of the drift shows three feet
of copper ore. The ore body has been
followed for hundred feet. Ship
ments will he made the coming spring
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-16

west and, passing over the main
portion of town about 200 feet
high, fell upon the Linn elevator,
striking the roof and flying into
thousands OF pieces.
The pieces flew in every direc-
ton and produced a brilliant dis
play, resembling the bursting OF
hundreds Of rockets.
AS the meteor struck the build
ing, a structure so feet high and
3Ox6o the explosion sounded Ike
the firing OF a cannon, and win
dows ratified.
The meteor almost Immediately
fired the wreckage of the buildi. g
and it was destroyed within an
hour.
Fully fifty people saw he m teor
from the time it hove into view
and watched lite course until II
struck the elevator.