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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
RIVAL PLANS OF rAx nEroRu.

Tax reform seems to be the para
mount issue. II any doubt existed a
week ago as to what would be the
controlling question before the Assem-
bly,, that doubt has been settled by
the number of tax bills and of taxa
ton ideas that have been submitted
since the opening day. Legislators
are aroused; the press is enthusiastic:
the leading men of the State are in
terested. AS an expression OF this in
terest we print this morning letter
on the subject from Ex-Governor j.
Hoge Tyler,
The eminent services of this Demo
crat entitle him at all times to a
respectful hearing in the party press
and in the state at large. Briefly
stated, Governor Tyler's plan is to
form no tax commission, but to segre-
gate the real estate tax from the other
state taxes. He would give the for
mer source of revenue to the coun-
ties and cities and would have the
State depend on other taxes for its
income. In doing this. he would re-
trench expenditures and reduce the
tax to 25 cents.
The plan to separate sources of rev
enue is not new one. 1t has been
put to the test many a time. But. SO far
as we have observed. 1t has never
been a success except where all per-
sonal taXes have been set aside for
local use, while corporation taxes
have been given wholly to the State.
This plan obviously cannot be adopted
in Virginia, where corporations are as
yet few, and a partial adoption must
be failure. Where equalization is
the ultimate goal, the mere removal
of the real estate tan from the gem
eral statutes will not achieve it. In
equalities in personal property taxes
will still flourish unchecked. Another
insurmountable objection to Governor
Tyler's plan lies in the practical i'm
possibility Of reducing the expenses
of State government. The State can
refuse TO sanction new expenditures,
except in few cases, but it can hard
sly refuse with wisdom to meet the eX-
listing demands of authorized institu-
lions.
In preferrng separation to eqnaiza-
ton by a tax commission. Governor
Tyler, in our Judgment is on The
wrong side. In saying that tax com
missions have been failures, he Is Ger
tainly wrong. If tax commissions are
failures, fifteen States would not have
created and continued them in the last
few years. If commissions arc fail
ures, the Kansas tax commission could
not have located S2l3,Oo0,OOo Of previ
ously exempted property in a single
year. The Wisconsin tax commission
could not have increased the taxable
property of that State in the same
time from $63o,00o,O00 to $1.aa6,3Sa 900.
The Michigan tax commission could
not have produced II per cent. in
crease on the property books OF the
State in a few years.
A tax con mission will succeed
whore IT Is empowered to succeed. If
a few experts are employed by the
state to nix the value Of property In
different counties, to determine def
mite percentage of assessment on ac-
tual values. and to enforce It's rulings
with the assessors, Virginia'a tax code
and revenue systom viii be completely
TRANSFORMED and tremendously im-
proved, We earnestly desire 10 sec
the Assembly establish Just such a
commission.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
Dnnls and Trust Failures.

have failed In Virginia in the past
three years; for what amounts, and
who were the sufferers? II you
haven't 1t. where can such inforina-
ton be obtained? INQUIRER.
Our records. though rather full. do
not give us the total number Of fail
ures. We would suggest that YOU
write to the state Corporation Com
mission, Richmond Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
ANENT MAJOR nEn1pH1LL.
southern Paper. newa'l Departure .

Southern Papers BcwaIL Departure of
Nc,, Times Dispatch Editor.
IN the departure of Major Hemp
hill from Charleston. and, of course.
from the sanctum of the News and
Courier, wherein the major sat for
twenty years, the Spartanburg Herald
finds cause for surprise.
While the passing Of Major Hemp,
Hill from things Charlestonian will
leave an aching void within the pre-
cincts OF that most delightful city,
the News and Courier willS go on Its
Way. 1t VIII not cease to be. 1t may
pc SAD reflection, but still a true
one, that in this day and age no in
dlvidual Is vitality necessary to any
business enterprise. There are none
50 good but that others can fill the
place, even though the traditions ana
anectlons OF a quarter of century
cluster round the departing one.
or course Major Hemphill's selec-
toh OF d new Held Is a SURPRISE. re
W; regarded re as one of Charleston's
wish the major luck in the future,
We cannot repress the feeling that he
VIII sign ever and anon for the field
OF ms carry labors, that he Will often
pine pine y, ior a shake OF the hands that i
severance OF the associations OF so
iong a lllne 10 seek new and untrled
Helds Is ftep from which many
izen. l,
me announcement that Mr. ]. g.
Henphill VIII give up the editorshlp
OF inc News and Courier to become
e cd. Of Hho Times-D lspatch in Rich
iloha 70 received with genuine regret;
Is among Southern editors second only
70 70 nsnry Wattersou, or the louisville
Nv ournal and as man he -
t,ie most lovabe of associates. and
1 rardIi rus departure from South
Gddoi,ila y a loss TO his native state;
well,-~colnmbia Record.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
ian on Drca.llc Gowns.

While Emperor Williams WardrobeI
comprises hundreds of different cos
TUNES. and garments of every conceiv-
able description, there is one which.
Is conspicuous by its absence. namely,
addressing gown--no. not even one Of
those smoking Jackets or morning
hannel romplets which so many mon
affect, He takes the ground that not
only tho soyeretgn, but every true man
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18

| think little too hard. we doubt
IL motives arc as deliberate ant
| definite on newspapers of good stand
ing as she appears to believe. The
argument that newspapers give Their
public about what IL wants she riddle.
as being not founded on known facts
and as further being in essence i'm
| moral. Nevertheless there lis q good
deal in this argument II is true that
! newspapers never make house-to
house canvass OF their readers asking
what the latter desire In the way of
news" The process would be expen-
sive. and 1t Is exceedingly doubtful
whether II would lead to much helpful
information. But the staff or news
paper is constantly circulating among
the people or its community, OF all
sorts and conditions. IT knows, as
few persons do, what the people are
talking about and in what things and
kinds Of things they are interested
We think that the average news
paper appraises pretty accurately its
clientelcs taste In news. That the
ideal newspaper should be better than
its clientele and should give prom-
hence to the things the people ought
TO like rather than what they do like
is true. at least Theoretically. But
whether a newspaper could live on
This basis. with devil-n,ay- rivals
working for popularity and letting the
uplift go hang. is not so sure.
Inaccuracies in newspapers deserve
to be complained of, though they are
not SO plentiful considering the high
speed pressure under which the work
is done. and though every good news
paper lets go many chances for sensa-
tional news" rather than use infor-
nation which cannot be fully relied
upon. a more serious complaint IS the
reluctant attitude OF tile average iour-
Ia toward correcting its inaccuracies.
possibly comparable to the unwilling
less of the school teacher to let the
pupils know that he or she has made
, mistake. The confession tends some
what to lessen influence and usefulness
for ihe future, but it ought to be fun
and frank none the less. The 'front.'
page scare-head statement, followed |
by the ninth-page four-line correction,
ought to go.
Telegraph interviews which are af-
forwards repudated in toto are bad
phase of this abuse. Miss Andrews
mentions alleged interviews with j
Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Hetty
Green which most of us read in ire
proachable journals not many months
ago" and which never occurred This |
lsindjof thing goes on pretty steadily. /
The bgwis supposed to have been in I
terviewed declares the whole story a |
fabrication. the newspapers print his |
statement. often inconspicuously. and !
nothing else seems TO happen. So far |
as the public knows, the author of the
fabrication is neither dismissed nor |
punished in any way. We have long !
thought this one OF the serious re-
proaches of journalism which on the
whole tries hard 10 be honest and fair. !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
pany for full information.
orphnnnge Hons IN YtrstnIn.

Please give me the address OF an
orphanage home and a blind asylum
in Virginia. READER
Baptist Orphanage. Salem, va, and
the Methodist Orphanage, Richmond
Va. are the two largest institutiona
Of their kind. The States Deaf. Dumb
and Blind Institute is located at Staun-
ton, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
THE MERCHANT MARINE LEAGUE
LETTER


The Times-Dispatch learns that
some of its readers in Richmond are
receiving copies of letter recently
sent to this office by the so-called
Merchant Marine League OF Cleveland
and returned to that organization as
unfit for receipt. AS we Indicated
briefly the other day, this letter was
of piece with the blackguardism for
which the Merchant Marine League,
under the guidance of Secretary John
A. Penton, is becoming notorious and
which has brought unpleasant rebuke
upon 1t from various newspapers and
from the floor of the House of Rep
resentativcs. The mere abuse In this
discreditable epistle need not be other
readers may be misled by the false
statements contained in it. it may be
worth while 10 direct their attention
more definitely to the real nature of
the measure which the Merchant Ma
rine League is madly endeavorinG to
club through in the sacred name of
Patriotism
u ought TO be needless to say that
The Times dispatch has never sug-
sested that all those who favor sub
sides are selhshly Interested in max
ing raid on the Treasury. OF course,
many entirely honest and disinterested
PERSONS favor subsidies, persons who
wish to see our merchant
marine built up and who do not al
ways pause to consider whether sub
sides would be fair way to do this.
or whether subsidies would do it at
al, But the original demand for sub
sides and the most active propaganda
for them at present come from a
small band OF greedy cxploiters who
deserve all that this paper has ever
said about them. and more besides.
The chief arguments in favor OF
American lines, in exist
ence or yet unborn, BY the device or
heavy mail suhventions, have been re-
peatediy and most effertually exposed
None the less, the more audacious of
tho subsidy clamorers. like the spokes-
men OF this Merchant Marine League,
go straight on repeating their bald
misstatements The Penton letter de-
clares that because of a clause limit
ing expenditures on foreign mail SER
vice TO the revenue therefrom, the
proposed subsidies will not cost the
taxpayers Of the country one single
dollar. 1T is disagreeable to have to
state that this assertion is simply a
shallow untruth, as its author must
know very we'll The Post-Otiice De-
partment now has its foreign mails
carried at profit amounting to some
S5,001000. The subsidy bill would au-
thorize the transferring OF part or
all Of this profit from the people to
the pockets of few ship-builders and
ship-owners, To say that this costs
the Taxpayers mot a dollar is as
honest as It would be TO say that, IL
The government subsidized the rail
roads by paying them all the profit it
now makes on its hrst-class mail, the
people would not have lost a cent.
Money TO oyerpay grossly for ser
vice which existing agencies are per-
forming at a low and fair ratio must
come from somewhere, and govern.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18

Highest Record for Cotton.
Please tell me what Is the highest
price on record In this country for
cotton. SUBSCRIBER
$3.50 was paid In New York late in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
That Finished Her.
IIirb-Browed Elegance.

THEY say Min has went and married
highbrow."
yes, he's one of them guys that always
waits till they're through eatin before he
drinks his coffee, aud then don't put any
milk in it."-ChicaGo Record Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18

I'Iehse give me The nInes OF tho
Governors of Virginia since 1865.
Red Hill. Va. j. b. TOWNLEY.
1S68-'73, Gilbert C. Walker; 1S73-,7g.
James l.. Kenper. lsTT-'Si. r.. w. n
Holiday; 1S81-'S5 William r. Cam.
eron: lSS5-'sa. Fitzhugh Lee; tSsg-'a3.
p. W. Mckinney; 1S93-'sT. Chas. Il.
O'Ferrall: 1S9T'01, j. Hoge Tyler:
1901 -'o5. A. j. Montague; 1905-l0. C.
w. swanson; 1910, W. II, Mann.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
VIII lIaNe That.

We'll, here am" announced the fash
ionablo physician in his breezy way. And
now what do you think is the matter with
you?''
Doctor. | hardly know 1nurmured the
fashionable patient. What is new?''-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
Consumer Adam

I'm sorry you've got to leave Widen and
30 10 work simply because i gave you the
rest of that APPLE said contrite Eve
Never mind, answered Adam. The u-
innate consumer always gets the worst OF
it."-Washington Star.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
Eeminine Ecnnnmr

Husband: Have you done your best TO
economics this month. Mary, as ! request
ed?''
Wife, ooh, yes / spoke TO the grocer.
the butcher and the landlord, and got
them to put off presenting their bills until
next month."-Illustrated Bits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
Plano Contest.

j. NJ w, Green Bay. Va II you viii
read the caption of this column yon
will see why Your questions cannot be
answered. Write direct 10 the COM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18

This is an old calunny which is al
ways laid against Pope Calixtus III.
u is without foundation. for whilc
the Pope of that day was quick to
assert his claim to lordship on the
earth. he made no claims 10 dominion
over the skies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
MERELY JOKING.
Just n sunrnretfe.

Just Sunrngette.
rs Lady Jane n?'
VERY sorry, sir. but mistress is in prison
this afternoon Life.
That Finished Her.
Women have gained fame despite tho
men" shouted the sharpfeaturcd sufra-
gettc.
Eyes. for untold ages" replied the nero
meek man,-Iudge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
Lacrosse. Etc.
/. Please tell me something about
the game of lacrosse and how 1t is

Lacrosse, Etc.
/. Please tell me something about
the game of lacrosse and how 1t is
played.
9. a boy and a girl have been go
ing together for some time, and then
they had a quarrel. but they still speak
on the street. Is 1t correct for the
girl to speak to the boy first, or the
boy to the girl first?
3. If young man Is introduced to
q young lady whom he has never seen
before. is 1t right for him to shake
hands with her. and lift his hat, too
or is 1T right to simply raise his hat
and say. I'm pleased to meet you?
SPACE BOX.
/. Lacrosse is a game which has
Canadians. TWO opposing teams try
10 carry a small. hard rubber ball
from one net to another. The players
are equipped with sticks not unlike
those used for. hockey. except that
player catches the bali in his stick
and endeavors to throw 1t to one or
his team mates or else carry IT down
the field himself. The opposing team.
of course. tries to take the ball and
carry II to is own net. The game is
an admirable one, and should be adopt
ed in this section OF the country. You
Will find full rules for the game print
ed In the various sporting libraries.
2. The girl should speak to the boy
first.
3. There are no hard and fixed rules
for introductions. The proper thing
for a young man 10 do is what lie
thinks most agreeable TO the young
lady. II she seems inclined to shake
hands. he should, of course, prefer
his. and should certainly remove his
hat. If he does not shake hands hc
should not stand like stick, raise his
hat and say. I'm pleased 10 meet
you" Let him bow as he removes his
hat and make some kindly reference.
Above everything else don't be stiff.
Plano Contest.
j. NJ w, Green Bay. Va: II you will
read the caption of this column yon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18

The new Lord Brabourne Is soldier,
like his father, and holds a commission
IN the Grenadier Guards. He is still
and will inheritGnuit a re-
fortune on the death of his
mother. who Is daughter or the enor-
mously wealthy lirst Lord Allendale.I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
The Comet aud the Duu

Is IT true that some Pope or other
launched the bun against Haliey's
comet when IT last appeared?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT.

TUESDAY. JANUARY is. 1910.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18

Entered January ~, 1903. at Richmond Va.
ne .econd-elass matter under act OF Congres, Of
March 8. 1875
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
ElpG amrg y Digpaleh
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

BY Tirnes-pispatct Carrier Delivery Service in
Richmond land suburbs, Manchester and Peters.
hiltr-- .-.-.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
ODDITIES IN THE NEWS
FROM Everywhere

Newmarket N j. had Darius Green Hans Christensen farm
hand employed by Charles Fleming
Flying looked decided
rugged a pair of wings for his personal
rather crude fastened
to act parachute, and to his he tied inflated
At the
could
opinion the time it took him fall the
He found the
his desire to fly He said coming him.
stopping suddenly
Emily Ennis thinks the ought
the damages they a Albany, N
s6s21 for what did
She wandered by
breaking the smashed
case and broke various bottles of chemicals.
BRIDAL COUPLE, DoDGiNG RICE, PLUNGE INTO RIVER
Edward Gilbert his bride, McCready
learned their
Fifty of their friends Buffalo
and throw
tracks and in the darkness plunged the where
John McI'eady the best half others
to be at their heels them all Ike
scarecrows than human beings when
The brides honeymoon by
from factories that
back home in a hack and the bride is Frustrated
JERSEY PEAR TREE BLOSSOMS SECOND TIME IN SEASON.
The hot spell a
to Frank L. Bope Ridge,
yielded I
Buds began swell
OF
Bayonne also
c,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
ROOSEVELT HAS KEPT
STEP WITH THE PEOPLE,
(By United Press Leased Wire)

PHILADELPHIA 16-Repyng the articles
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt the Philadelphia North American
citizen United States
o his Inconsistencies.
inconsistent" the North
he is he
his he who stood
and
THAT why he today what he nine ago-a man
history These President Tafs words and not
beneficiary criminal and assoc
the the peoples
things big things. his
representative of constituencies and
lot of corr
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
$4,000 IN
GOLD STOLEN
(By United Press Leased Wire)

SEATTLE, Wn., Sept. 16.-The
Alaska Pacific Express company is
expected to offer a reward of &c.
600 today for the arrest of the rob-
bers who made away with $57 goo
in gold bullion, part of a shipment
of $4,000 from Fairbanks, Alaska,
which was missing when the
steamer Humboldt arrived in Sc
attic. The gold was consigned to
the local assay office.
In addition to the theft of the
bullion. nearly $4,000 in gold was
stolen from registered mail pouches
on board the ship, A score of fed
eral secret service agents and Pink
ertons are here working on the
MYSTERY, and the Canadian North
west mounted police at Dawson in
the Yukon have been called upon
to aid.
The Spokane Press. delivered, rs
cents a month
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
WOMAN is ON POLICE FORCE.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 49,
Kansas City has policewoman.
Unlike her masculine co-workers,
she hides the star under her blouse
and seemingly is none too proud of
her authority. She is Miss Eleanor
Canny, director of the Holmes
Square playground. 81 don't need
police authority to govern the boys,
but l do to prevent interference
by outsiders" she said
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
MISSOURI PASTOR UNFROCKED

PLATTSBURG, Mo-, Sept. 49,
The Rev. Clyde w. Cow, who was
convicted and sentenced to the pen
itentiary in connection with the
death of Miss Elizabeth Gleason,
has been found guilty by the Mis-
court conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, and I'M
frocked. Cow appealed his Grim
inal case to the supreme court,
where it now is pending.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16

Prompt delivery of hosiery will
sometimes keep a man out of
trouble, as A. z. Knott found out
yesterday. Knott had been ordered
out of town by the police, but
claimed he had been detained in
delivering an So pair of hose as a
nreSent to a friend
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
'BALL|NCER WON'T SUIT
NH|MS Of V|LL|F|ERSS'
---Ckarence CUNNINGHAM
---CIarence Cunningham

movement was started by those
who desire to make 1t unpleasant
for the administration"
Concerning Ballinger, Cunning.
ham said:
"Mr. Balilnger is made Of too fine
stuff to give up his position as q
member of the administrations cab
met in order to suit the whims Of
his villifiers. He is a part and
parcel of the administration and as
long as he continues to follow cut
the wishes of the president and to
conduct the bushes of the depart
ment within the policy originally
outlined he is going to stay at his
post through thick and thin"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
WOMAN AND THREE DROWN.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, Sept. t.
A submerged log upset a rowboat
and caused the death of Mrs. J. w.
DENIAL and her three small daugh-
tiers in the Licking river. The
husband and two sons escaped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
7. E. WESTLAKE CO.
1856 Riverside Ave.

The Sanitary, Up-to-the-Minute
Grocery. Established 10 Years
Our motto Is quality; our
methods care in filling your or
ders, courteous treatment at all
times and prompt deliveries.
We are at present charging
our plant to meet the require
ments of an increasing business.
Call on us and convince yourself
that we can supply your wants
and insure your satisfaction.
we would be pleased to show
you through our new modern
bakery and other manufacture
ing departments at all times.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16
(By United Press Leased WIre)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. TO-
Clarence Cunningham, whose al
legged attempt to grab" coal lands
in Alaska resulted in the Ballinger
congressional investigation commit
tee, arrived in Portland today. He
declared that Ballinger was made
of too fine stuff to give up his posi-
ton as a member of the adminsis-
tration's cabinet in order to suit
the whims of his villifiers."
Regarding the insurgent move
ment. Cunningham declared it
could not leave we'll enough alone"
and added that the progressive
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16

church at Cincinnati, addressed the
members of Federal union 12,222
last night on industrial conditions.
He said that while wages were good
in Spokane the cost of living was
proportionately high, and that the
same struggle for existence that he
had noted in other cities more or
less prevails here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16

"Do you pay much attention to
public sentiment"
"No, ! always look the other way
when see young couple holding
hands in a park"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16

in the cellar of Frank Shannon, SIT
, Euclid avenue. The parents of the
boys thought they were at church
social.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-16

Frank Poetz, 10, o3103 Post
street, and Leo Woods IL, 502 Eff
fie avenue, were placed in charge
of the Juvenile court last night for
breaking into the jellies and james