The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-05
CURT CURRENT COMMENTS
THE SAME CONTAINING FEW UNBIASED OPINIONS ABOUT
MATTERS OF MORE OR LESS INTEREST TO PUBLIC

The victory won by Havelock in the
Traction company case is all right for
Havelock, but it is going to cost Lin
coin dearly. Mayor Love, before going
to Montreal on a trip at the citys eX-
pense, recommended the abrogation of
the occupation tax, saying that the
Traction Co., is up against it. Com
missioner Winnett asserts that while
Havelock is entitled to the same rate
of fare as College View, the fact re-
mains that the rate will make it i'm
possible for the Traction Co., to pay a
reasonable dividend. therefore it will
naturally result in readjustment of
fares That simply means that the
next move of the Traction Co., will be
to get rid of the siX-for-a-quarter fare.
And the state railway commission, by
the Winnett order, has practically
paved the way for that very thing. If
! had plenty of money | would invest
it in street railway tickets.
On January /. 1910, the statements
of the state and national banks Of Ne
braska showed deposits Of $180,O0O,0O0.
Ninety days later the assessors reported
only $29 100000 deposited in the banks.
This means that there was $151 900, 900
worth Of lying done by the bank de-
positors Of the state-liars who pre-
jured themselves in order to escape
a few dollars of taxation for defraying
the expenses of the state that protects
them in their lives and property. But
the workingman who has nothing but
the furniture in his little cottage, or an
humble little home-he gets the taxing
hooks thrown into him for fair. Then
the automobiles The minute an auto
passes from dealer to user it loses just
95 per cent Of it's value so far as tax
payments are concerned. But it's diff
ferent with the little jag of furniture
that the wage Garner acculumates. That
doesn't lose anything in the eyes of
the tax gatherers. Some of these days
Wei get some sense on this tax ques-
. ton, and when we do we will adopt the
land value tax. That will make every
body pay their just share.
Our present taxing laws manufact-
ures liars, levies the burdens upon
those least able to pay them, and re-
leases in large measure those who
should pay the most Antiquated un-
should be made honest, scientific and
just.
| wish Councilman Schroeder. chair
man of the water committee, was half
dead with thirst and compelled to slake
it from hose connected with the
water main that serves about thirty
families living in the neighborhood Of
Thirty third and @ streets.
Douglas county doesn't like the
"daylight saloon law" and it doesn t
like Governor Shallenberger' insist
ence that Omaha be decent. The
trouble with Omaha is that it is allow
ing lot of booze fighters to make it
appear that Omaha is dependent en-
tirely upon booze for it's prosperity.
The decent people Of Omaha should
rise up and make the booze propagan-
dists shut up.
Chief of Police Donanue is now com
PEELED to show cause why he should
not be removed for failure to properly
discharge his duties. While he is MAX
ing this showing he should be asked to
make another. Chief Donahue is a
, well-to-do man these days. He is cur
rently reported to be worth something
like $250,000 But granting for the
sake of argument that he is worth only
half that amount-where did he get it :?
Chief Donahue, do you own any
stock in the Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway Co? IF so, where and
how did you get it?
What profitable investments have
you made on salary Of $4,000 a year
for twelve or thirteen years that made
you worth $125,OO0?
Did you ever know Guerdon w.
Wattles in Waterloo, Iowa?
Where did you get. it, Chief Dona-
hue?
The grocers and butchers are closing
up their stores every Thursday after
noon, and they and their clerks are en-
joying a mid-week half-holiday. If
the dealers in food can do this, why
not the dealers in dry goods and cloth
ing? Why not everybody take half