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Evening journal., 1911-08-08
DELAY And THE GOOD ROAD.

A CCORDING to a letter sent by General du-
1 Pont to the Highway Commissioner of New
Castle county the new road is to be completed to
Dover before anything is done towards building
it in the remainder of the state
Whether the road is to go through Wilmington
is therefore yet to be determined, and the course
it is to pursue in New Castle county has not yet
been decided.
1t would be we'll for the citizens of rural New
Castle as we'll as those of Wilmington to begin
early consideration of the matter Much time
could probably be saved by so doing
Mr.. DUPONT has shown a disposition to work in
a hurry, and the route should be practically de-
cded upon before the last moment so that the
operation can be completed as rapidly as possible.
Evening journal., 1911-08-08
A TRAGEDY.

All was excitement in the Simper-
ly household chortles the Philadelphia
Times. Ferdie Tinklewix was COM
ing from far-off Samoa to claim pretty
Sallie Simperly as his bride.
Carefully, and with the light Of
undying love in her eyes, Sallie Sim
perly took F'erdie's seven photographs
from the left hand bureau drawer and
arranged them on the piano in the par
lor. Tanned by the Samoa trade
winds, Ferdie strode into the parlor
to take his beloved in his arms.
And my seven pictures have been
ever a source of inspiration to you
while you let your fingerss stray over
the keys in some melody Of love!" he
cried, as the simpering seven met his
gaze.
At that moment little Susie Sim
perly entered the room.
"O-o-o!" she exclaimed in her in
nocent childish way, Il observe seven
likenesses on the piano which can
not recall having hitherto noticed"
Good night and good-byl" said
Ferdie Finklewix.
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The good little fighting man Of ia
pan has a name which lends itself so
amusingly to the paragraphers that
one of them, who out of courtesy to
his family l will leave for the pres
ent unidentified, writes a parody Of
the soliloquy beginning. ITO go OF
not Togo" Another amateur sends
me this: "Nould you care to say
that Togo's reace protestations are
not of a piece with his nations pro-
fessions of love for us?"
Evening journal., 1911-08-08

Distinctly, would. not care to say 1t,
and l hereby refuse. A good many
years ago when the gloriously beau
tiful Maud Come, the militant social
Evening journal., 1911-08-08

There is little doubt that those who have made
a study of feeding will agree with what Mr.. Sim
clair says on the food furnished the prisoners at
the workhouse And Mr.. Sinclair would, no doubt.
make similar comments on the food used in many
private house in Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1911-08-08

$500 China Closets now Sl8.75. Quar-
tered Golden Oak; adjustable shelves;
claw feet.
$500 China Closets now S2100. Of
polished CHARTERED Golden Oak; shaped
fronts; adjustable shelves.
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China Closets

$500 China Closets
now sl2.75. OF polished
Golden Oak; adjustable
shelves; bent glass ends.
$1,000 China Closets
now S17.50. Adjustable
shelves; shaped front;
polished Golden Oak.
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mind.
Some eminent authority, writing in
the magazines is asserting that the
use of paper in the manufacture Of
single service packages-as milk
bottles, for instance,-will use up so
much wood pulp that the forests will
be decimated-if that's the word.
And yet folks down in Washington
go right on franking their anti-re-
ciprocity speeches all over the coun-
try. These speeches, by the way. are
all printed on paper, which would
make perfectly good milk bottles.
"Sky-Meet," as a descriptive name
for an aviation exhibition, seems to
have all the elements Of the cruel
and unusual Technology.
have received the following letter:
SIR
This is to protest against your
stigmatizing my cognomenical
appellation as a pun upun CD
your own. ] leave It to your
q trust) unbiased Judgment
whether an Identifying label
like yours and mine is any joke.
Would it give a Utilization to any
but the most somber and ghoulish
sense of youmor? ] had thought
that a community of interest
would make you deal more gently
with my already sufficiently pun
ished Pat-ro-nym-Mc.
Abusedly but defantly,
R. S. McGinnis.
My retort is found in King Lear
Act 1, scene l:
CAS- If We were villains by neces-
sity; fools by heavenly compulsion.
This were indeed courteous.
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EDW. H. BRENNAN
EDW. H. BRENNAN
EDW. H. BRENNAN

offered for during this August Sale Our
Evening journal., 1911-08-08

$500 Bullets now sl7.75; beautiful
Quartered Golden Oak top and front; claw
feet; exclusive design.
$4,000 Bullets now s2S.25; highly pol
ished and faked Quartered Golden Oak;
French plate mirror.
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cense. and raise row about IT, when
the council has no notification OF the
fact from the court. and has no mea as
of knowing what the court has done,
otherwise than as the court itself Ger
tifies its action, as entirely unfair to the
municipal authorities
The law very likely does not require
the court to give the council any no.
tice when it refuses to grant a liquor
license. II so this is one one Of the
many incongruities and impractical
things about that law. But there is
no reason why the court should make
the enforcement Of the law more dis
jointed than it is. II should notify
the council of its action whenever 1t
refuses to grant license. just rs it
does in any case where it grants a Ii
ccnse. The duty III the one case is pre-
cisely the same as in the other, or else
the whole administration of the saloon
business goes lame. and where the neg
lect of the court is to blame, let the
court shoulder the blame.
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THE JULY CROP REPORT.

The July crop report just made pub
lie by the Government is by no means
discouraging. The opening words Of the
report, which seem depressing, evident
ly are in reversal of the optimism
which has, until recently, prevailed with
regard to the expectation of an unprece-
dented crop. But after these opening
words have been passed we find that,
although the effects Of the drought have
been serious, the wheat crop will be
fully up to- a good average; it will
equal the annual product of the five
year period, which is ample. Oats
and hay will be short, the corn crop
will probably be FIVE per cent below last
year, although the increased acreage
will probably bring the yield up very
close to last years great record, and
with good weather from now on may
indeed surpass it.
We sec that rains have fallen in
number of the agricultural regions
where the drought was severest, and
these rains will help the corn crop
enormously. The crop OF both winter
and spring wheat being well up to the
average, the corn crop promising but
little if any less than last year, there is
in fact no reason to feel gloomy about
the crop report. 1t is true that the op-
timistic outlook for record breaking
crops all along the line that seem to
have been expected by the street has
been dispeIled. but with average crops
and enormous aggregate yields the
country is all right, and will remain so.
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them of the law, And this is very
real trouble in the matter of imposing
an income tax by any State. Persons
liable TO pay the tax endeavor 10 SO
shape matters as to escape liability to
1T by removing either their residence
or as much as possible of their prop.
erty. For these reasons the efforts for
State income taxation are not usually
successful. but are pretty sure 10 he
multiplied as time proceeds. and the
necessity of the States for greater
revenues develop. The income tax as a
National proposition ought to be good
yielder of revenue; as q State PROPOSE.
ton its pTacticabilty is less assured.
But, if both the Nation and the State
levy income taxes. there Will doubtless
be an effort to relieve the burden more
or less by the United States fixing a
tax somewhat greater than the State
tax, and allowing of the deduction from
the returns made to the Federal govern
ment Of the amounts returned to the
States. In that way the general gov.
ernment would get the surplus, and in
States that did not impose an income
tax the Federal government would get
il all
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THE AMERICAN OUTING.

On Thursday of next week, July goth
the American party will have its annual
outing at the Lagoon. A good pro
gramme of attractions has been ar
ranged for; there will be eloquent
sound speaking. and the day will be
one Of nnalloyed enjoyment TO all who
participate.
Let the people all Join with the Amer
lean party on that day, and make it an
occasion memorable in the history of
the city. The time is we'll chosen, the
arrangements are all in good state
Of advancement, the attractions are
first class, and the day will be one of
unalloyed enjoyment for all who partici-
pate.
Let Americanism be triumphant on
that day. Let the eagle bird soar high
and scream to his heart s content note
of triumph for liberty and detestation
of lawlessness and treason.
1t is bound TO be a day of JOY and
and no one can afford to
miss the good things provided.
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GOVERNOR WILSON'S LAPSE.

Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey must be disappointment in a
small way to his friends. His standard
of ethics has been supposed to be high,
his recognition of and obedience to
the laws absolute, and Spartan-like in
their rigor. And vet he has fallen,
failed on small question Of money.
The constitution of the State of New
Jersey (article v, section 13,) provides
that, in case of the absence from the
State of the Governor, "the powers,
duties and emoluments Of the Office
shall devolve upon the President of the
Senate The question of the com
pensation of Governor Wilson during
the month in which he was absent On
lecturing tour to the West Coast natu-
rally arose under this provision of the
constitution. II was, of course, impos-
sible to pay the money direct to Gov.
ernor Wilson. Accordingly the Presi-
dent of the Senate drew the money, he
being entitled thereto under the consti-
tuition. and then turned the money over
W ppft'bp )i5oH, WIN leCelNcu IL
with thanks. This is beating about
the BUSH and a defeat Of the plain pro-
visions of the constitution of the State
of New Jersey, of which we would not
have supposed Governor Wilson to have
been capable. The money he has re-
eeived from the President of the Sen
ate being mouth s compensation OF
the Governor of New Jersey ACQUIRING to
the President of the Senate by virtue OF
the constitution, and by reason Of the
absence OF Governor Wilson. belonged
legally, morally. and on every account
TO the President of the Senate He
turns that money over TO Governor
Wilson.
The mouey, therefore, is not public
money drawn by Governor Wilson; il
is private money, the property of the
President of the Senate given as gift
by him 10 Governor Wilson. We should
have supposed that the Governor would
halt at receiving gift like this. which
is either a personal charity from the
President Of the Senate. or u plain eva.
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EDIsoN's STORAGE BATTERY.

| superintendent j, +. Dunn OF the
motive power of the Oregon Short Line
Company, has just returned from visit
to the East full of confidence that Edi-
son will, in the near future, perfect
a storage battery that will solve the
| problem Of cheap and effective trans
| continental transportation. 1t was
| recently announced that Mr.. Edison had
| completed a storage battery, or accu'
| mulator, which is both effective, easy
| to operate, and quick to be recharged
In an address at an electrical conven.
tion recently, Mr., Edison spoke Of this
storage battery, indicating that it was
a most important advance in the stor.
age and use of electricity. Heretofore
the storage of electricity in batteries
has been tedious, little uncertain as
to retention, and awkward in the way
of handling and application. Now,
however, Mr.. Edison says that his new
storage battery is absolutely safe, re-
tains the electricity, can be tapped
easily, and when exhausted can be re-
plenished through small feed wire in
space of three minutes, with sufficient
electric energy to drive an electric truck
or car fifty or sixty miles on an ordi.
nary road or street.
There has been of late q very marked
increase in the use of storage batteries.
Heretofore the time of charging such
batteries has been measured by hours,
from four to seven, according to the
battery, and the heaviness of the work
to be done It is manifest that bat
terry that is easily handled, that can
be quickly charged. and that is reten-
tive of the charge it receives, so that
it can be used to a high percentage of
the voltage impaired, would be trc-
mendous gain in the electrical world.
There appears to be general idea
among experts that Mr. Edison has at
last hit upon something that will
meet the practical requirements of a
storage battery. We Judge that Mr.
Dunn S opinion is based upon the con
sensus Of Judgment which he has col
lected among those who are accustomed
to using electricity in its various forms,
and that his opinion as to Edison IS sue
cess in this field is based upon the re-
ports that he has received from those
who have actual and practical knowl.
edge of Mr.. Edison IS achievements in
this line. If the fact is as reported
that Mr.. Edison has such battery as
is claimed, then the expectation of Mr..
Dunn will be completely justified. Even
if Mr., Edison has not fully completed
the battery, but has ii in such form
that Success is In sight. then Mr.
Dunn S opinion is still justified, and his
opinion, we take it, is the opinion of
experts generally, as he learned that
opinion in his recent visit to the East.
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MIR. HoRDAY's APPEAL.

The appeal which Mr.. Thomas Hob
day, Superintendent Of Waterworks OF
this city, makes to the public, j:
traightforward and good. He appeals
to all water users to be moderate, te
consider that the water belongs TO them
and that it should be used just as
any one would use his own property
.iudiciously and fairly, so that the sup
ply should last, and be sufficient fol
all. This is the true spirit, and 1t
ought to be needed. Doubtless it will
be needed by all fair minded persons.
But what shall be said of those who
are not fair minded, and who have no
sense of proprietary use, those who are
commonly called water-hogs, and are
universally so designated in their sea-
son here? AS to these we have only
TO renew our recommendation made
heretofore, that persons who waste the
water, and whose waste is so justly
complained of by the Superintendent,
shall be caught and prosecuted.
He speaks of ''the thousands of hose
nozzles that are allowed to play every
night" and rightly says that these are
a dangerous menace In case Of fire, and
that the waste through them is an en-
croachment upon the rights of every
other water user in the city. There is
no doubt OF the soundncss of this posi-
tion, and there is no doubt of the duty
of the Superintendent to exercise the
power vested in his Office of shutting
OFF the water on all persons who are
persistent offenders in this obnoxious
waste of water. Catch a few of the
wasteful hogs, fine them roundly
and good start will have been made
towards curing the evil, of which Mr.,
Holiday so fairly complains.
1t is time that the old methods we're
changed, whereby the whole city is in
by the deprcdations OF
the water-hog. Let the water hog him.
self be the one who suffers this year,
and those who are fair and considerate
in their use of water be unmolested in
that use, Get at the real offender, and
do not bother the one who does not
offend. And let all the oficialdom of
the city, aided by good citizens in all
parts of the city, be alert to stop the
waste
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CUMMINS'S AMENDMENTS.

The fate Of Mr. Cummins's amend
ments is a very plain indication that
the reciprocity agreement viii pass the
Senate as it came from the House, with
no amendments whatever This is what
President Taft has all along insisted
upon. and there is no doubt but the
outlook for success is largely due to his
personal influence upon the Senators.
He has invited them, personally and
in squads, to meet him and talk over
this agreement. He has Just returned
with party of Senators from an ocean
trip, and doubtless those Senators
joined with the majority in squelching
| the Cummins amendments. There were
ten of those amendments, it appears,
and it was Cummins s idea TO have a
roll call on every one of them. But
after having five roll calls, and being
defeated four to one on each of them,
he allows the other FIVE to be smothered
by viva voce vote on them col
lectively. IT was just as well; the in
sistence upon detailed votes on the other
five would simply have been a waste Of
time.
1t is curious to see that the Senators
who are working so industriously in op-
position to this reciprocity agreement
and whose work is hopeless, so far as de
featlng it is concerned, and is directed
solely to the purpose of delaying vote
upon it, cannot understand that the
agreement is certain to pass, and that
their labor is vain. That they should
persist IN protracting a hopeless fight
is one Of those things which it is hard
to explain. 1t is, Of course, quite proper
that any one who opposes the measure
should oppose it sufficiently to make his
position fully understood But when,
after repeated and long continued con-
tests, il is found that the opposition
is hopeless, the continuance of the
struggle, merely to make delay, is as
stupid as it is fruitless. There should be
average horse sense about things of this
kind, and when a Senator sees that his
fight is hopeless, there is absolutely
nothing to gain by fight which be
comes a fight merely for delay, and ex
hibits trait of stubbornness which
Yields. and can possibly yield, no result.
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A LAPSE IN ADMINISTRATIo

Another of the complications Cor shall
we say inadvertences y of the new liquor
law has developed within day OF
two. 1t appears that the court has de.
cided as TO certain saloons that IL will!
not issue them licenses, but no notice
is given TO the city council. the munic,
ipal authorities having no word of the
action Of the court. and the saloons are
running without licenses and loud public
complaint is made of the city authori.
ties, who. 1t appears, are expected to
know what the court has done, without
court.
But it is clear case that the court
ought to certify its action TO the city
council as well as to those licenses
which it refuses as to those which it
grants. Otherwise the council is all at
sea, and there is no comfy between
the two bodies, which together are sup
posed to do the licensing of saloons.
1t is entirely unfair to blame the
council or the city administration in
any case where an application has been
made TO run saloon, and the court re-
fuses to grant the license, if the court
does not let the council know what il
has done. There is no way for the
council to know the action OF the court,
unless the court conveys to the council
direct notice of that action, This we
hold the court is in all fairness and
municipal obligation obliged TO do. To
find that some of the saloons are run
ming without license. that the courts
have refused to grant that saloon Ii
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A STATE INCOME TAX.

The Republican State platform OF
Utah last year declared in favor of the
ratification Of the income tax amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States. 1t was a direct pledge of the
party that, if Republican Legislature
were elected, the proposed amendment
would be ratified by that body. But
Governor Spry, in his message to the
Legislature, took ground in favor of
breaking faith with the people on this
question, and opposed the ratification.
The Legislature followed the Gov
ernor's counsel rather than its plain OBJ
legation, and refused to ratify.
The reason which the Governor urged
against ratifyiug the amendment was
that the State might need that revenue
for itself, and that under the State Con-
stitution an income tax was especially
provided for. But, since no proposition
was made to levy a State income tax,
the whole procedure appears simply as a
straight breach of faith with the peo.
pie, without any move made to carry
out the excuse brought forward for the
political treachery.
The Legislature of Wisconsin has just
adopted graduated tax on incomes
this as a means of getting additional
revenue, since no other form Of taxa
tion is abated, All who receive incomes
of more than $500 must make a return
to the tax assessor The taxation, how
ever, begins on incomes above $500,
which are taxed at | per cent in the
case of unmarried people, but In the
case of married persons the exemption
rises to $1,000. From thence the rate
of taxation increases one-balf of one
per cent upon each additional thousand
dollars, until $4,000 is reached, when
the tax becomes five and a half per
cent. 1t is six per cent on incomes
above $4,000 year, without any
further increase, no matter how much
the income may be beyond that. Off
cials and pensioners Of the United
States, and members Of the State gov
ernment, are exempt on their salaries.
a good deal of interest, the probability
being, as in other like cases, that those
receiving incomes will do their utmost
to evade the tax, and will threaten to
move to Chicago, st. Paul, or elsewhere,
in order to eyade the application TO
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-12

Wolgast fought Moran on July 4tb
IN San Francisco, for the middIeweight
championship, and is to fight Welsh in
Los Angeles OH Thanksgiving day on
the same basis. But the laws of Cali.
fornIa are so strict against prize ghts
that the Johnson-J effries fight was
barred there on July 4th of last year
How is thisl Or is the strictness of
the California law applicable only TO
heavyweight prize.6ghts7 Or. finally
has the fact that State election was
pending last year, while none is pend
ing this year. anything to do with the
easel
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sion of the constitution, Ii is surpris-
ing to find Governor Wilson willing to
accept either horn Of this dilemma; and
yet, dispatches report him as taking
the money IL is not large matter
but it is significant of character. vital
in ethics, and we confess that we are
disappointed in Governor Wilson be-
cause he received that money.
II is bad example, not so much OF
personal cupidity on his part, as of a
willingness to set aside or evade the
constitution Of his State in his own
affairs and in his own personal In
terests
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-12

H. F. Schuettler, assistant superin.
tendent of police in Chicago, SAYS that
Salt Lake City ought to have good
many more policemen than we have.
mat is what The Tribune has said all
along. and what every one of discern
ment Knows to be the case Our small
force is inadequate to do everything
required; but it has to stand abuse and
fault-hnding as though it were big
enough for all purposes.
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1t seems that Mr.. George A. Start.
up Of Provo has been writing to the
Deseret News about the bad effects of
misrepresentation upon business and
products Of Utah, and he wants bust.
ness men to do something about it. We
are sure that every fair minded man in
the State, Gentle and Mormon, Ameri.
can and church politician, will join in
dcnouncing misrepresentation of every
kind, on both sides. and also those OF
individuals. including Startup. But as
ho recsbnts his success in blowing