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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-03

Enrico Caruso, the famous grand opera tenor, has been compelled to take an eX pensive vacation at the seashore. MT Caruso receives $25OO for each appear ance with the Metropolitan Opera com pany in New York Recently he caught cold and his physician advised MT. Caruso
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-03

to stop singing until he recovered, The tenor missed several performances, and his hoarseness continuing he sought the gea air of Atlantic City to restore his voice, meanwhile speaking in whispers. He expects to lose about S25,0o0 by ab- sence from the stage 
 the doctors, and. above all, let us have no doctors trust" such as the proposed Dill would tend to create. Respectfully submitted.
 GEORGE HUDDLESTON. Birmingham, Ala, March ?. 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-03

overrun with debt the indebtedness be- ing more than s25O0O0, more than allowed under the constitution.
 Judge A. P. Longshore, probate judge, declared that the administration for the last few years had not been extravagant, and denied that the best interests of Shel- by county were back of the establishment of the board of revenue. This view was also taken by MT. Ellis, a lawyer of Shel- by. and MT. Sturdivant, the republican representative from that county, both of whom urged the committee to adverse the bill.
 The discussion continued for nearly two hours, during which number of person. alities were indulged in and charges made against certain officials of Shelby county. The committee adjourned with out action upon the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-03

Lord Lansdowne,. leader of the oppo- sition in the upper chamber of the British Parliament. announced his in tention to introduce bill to amend the constitution of the house of lords
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-03
Report From Rules Committee

Speaker Almon for the committee on rules reported favorably a joint reso- lution calling upon the rules commit tee of the senate and house to hold q joint meeting for the purpose of consid- ering the question of adiourning. In submitting the report Speaker Almon said he did not know when the two committees would meet. but that he thought they would get together us
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
sNuBnINc THE PRESIDENT.

Grange Day" viii be omitted this
year at the Connecticut State Fair
because President Taft has accepted
an invitation to attend the Fair The
Changers We're opposed to the reciprocity
treaty with Canada. and, lin view OF
the Presidents position on reciprocity,
the Grange does not care 10 participa te
in the Fair where Mr. Taft is TO be
the guest" That is a very strange
position for the Changers to take; but
we arc not greatly surprised. as they
are Yankees and really do not know
any better DR.. Charles Hopkins
Clark. editor of the Hartford Courant-
who seems almost human at times and
may be set down among the Yankees
OF the better sort. and there are really
few of them who would compare ia :
vorably with some of our own people
is inclined to think that the Changers
have been influenced 10 do this utterly
disreputabie thing by their New York
lawyers. We are inclined to think.
however, that their own ignorance is
at the bottom OF their indecency The
se!t-respecting people of Connecticut
Should make the Presidential visit the
greatest event in the history Of that
State By turning out in hosts that can
not be numbered to show that they are
10, responsible for. and DO not share
in, the stupid insult the Changers have
offered.
Instead Of going to Connecticut.
however, we would suggest that the
President come on down to Virginia
and so a-hshing, down to old virginny.
where we don't vote for him, but
where we like him for himself. and in
spite of his politics
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
MORE VOTERS THAN EVER FOR
BRYAN

In che OF his recent speeches Cover
nor 1odrow Wilson said tina, the
eontro Of credit is dangerously con-
centra l. in this country, that the
great monopoly in this country is the
money monopoly" anh that so long as
that e-.sts, our old variety and free
dom and individual energy of develop
ment are out OF the question Pro-
ceedng Governor Wilson made these
further observations:
"A great Industrial nation IS cor
troiled by it's system Of credit, Our
system of credit is concentrated. The
growth of the nation. therefore. ana
AL our activities are in the hands Of a
few neR who, even II their action be
honest and intended for the public in
terest, are necessarily concentrated
upon the great undertakings in which
their own money is involved. and VINO
necessarily. by every reason of their
own limitations, chill and check and
destroy genuine economic freedom.
THIS is the greatest question OF all. and
10 this statesmen must address them
selves with an earnest determination
to serve the long future and the true
liberties of men"
II will be observed that the Doctor
was simply demonstrating the disease.
not prescribing remedy 1t was an
idle SORT of exercise. without any spe-
c!al occasion. 50 far as we can see.
except 10 keep people talking. and it
was not even new outburst as we
are told by the Columbia State that he
said practically the same things in his
address to the South Carolina Press
Association two months ago. II is as
sumed that the members of that body.
fearing that they had heen discovered
and that the Doctor was after them.
either deliberately suppressed the dan
. serous passages in the Do.ninie's
speech. or when they went to New
York. under the leadership OF their re-
firing President. colonel August Konn.
( who IS something Of money monop.
/ oily in his own right, induced The
| World 10 hiee its time and to open on
! the Jerseyr!an the next time ne shaved
! his hard on this subject.
/ What he said really did not have
| anything In 1t. IT is true that there
is fearful congestion of money in 4
few hands: but how are we going IA
get it away from them? It is also true
that when they lend IL they rcou,r.
security for Il. How are we going Ia
help thar suppose we should pass :,
law eonhscating the property Of these
people. wha, mejhod OF division shoulo
be agreed upon, so that those who have
little or nothing now would then hay,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
THE LUCK or THE GuGGExntl,,s.

IN 1907 number Of transportation
companies were seeking TO obtain
fishts OF way through tho lands Of he
.hAs2eh forest reservation n Alaska
NE non Il y Haliinger tie Commits
80 o 'he i'aha once called the
e'' W" - me nor lanes 4 Ca
.s'u' ."'h sse'e'arE 81 me interior to
"'s ne O"us8ch FOREST was
sa oE proclamation Of President
l,oYss'e'' al july l'o'' End on thu
0''''''e'''H non 81 FORESTER finchot
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ur no THE lAn ASSOCIATION.

Within short time the Virginia Bar
Association will meet at Hot Springs
There could be no more seasonable
opportunity for taking steps-defnite
practical. efrective-toward legal re-
form in this Commonwealth. That
such reform is needed is undenia BILE.
The cost of appeals is too high in
virginia The eXuctions from litigants
made BY the fee system are In viola
ton OF the principle that justice shall
he within the reach of all the rich
and the poor. corporation and individ-
ual. The present state of things is
plainly discriminatory in favor of the
rich htisant as against the poor. be-
cause the cost of taking an appeal is
outraSeouslv excessive. This excess
In cost is due TO the fact that for
largely unnecessary services the clerks
of the supreme Court of Appeals arc
allowed by law to charge high fees
aggregatimg sums which make litiga-
ton impossible To many clients, and
which iinpoverish others.
1t is generally believed that as
result OF the fee system in connection
with the highest Court OF the Com
monwoalth. all of these clerks are
overpaid No one has risen to deny
the report that these clerks receive
more than the Governor and more than
the President Of the Supreme Court
OF Appeals.
nf
pays mere clerk. of whom no special
ability is required. almost twice as
much BY common report. as the dis
t'nguished head OF the states highest
Court. man learned in the law and
OF the highest talent and equipment?
The state Bar Association of Vir-
G!nia cannot change the fee system
as affects the Supreme Court of
Appeals, hut it can by resolution re-
commend to the General Assembly the
placing of these ovcrpaid clerks
on definite salary basis. such
81 recommendation would have tire
mendous weight with the L,pis.
lature If enacted into law. II
would lower substantially the cost of
appeal TO all classes of litigants and
give the poor man a fair chance to
secure his rights. One such spccinc
recommendation by the Bar Associa-
ton would be worth book of resolu
tons commencing in general terms the
national movement for law reform.
This subject ought to he threshed
f,lf fa,ll
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05

poiicy might De followed, but IS there
corporation or business house in
virginia big enough or strong enough
to put themselves on record? Nearly
every one of them do some business
with the United States government or
with the State of Virginia. and would
any OF them care to have this business
withdrawn from them?
Take the records OF the state of
virginia for the last ten years where
riot has broken out and where troops
have been called for. look into the
matter carefully. and you will find,
without exception, that those who
called most frantically for the pro-
lection OF the State troops were the
merchants. business men and property
owners. the substantial citizens.
nave no doubt il the policy of the lib
crafty to the State militia of a great
many of them was investigated the
loudest howlers for protection would
be those who were opposed to their
employees serving the state in n militia
capacity.
1t is strange thing. and the re-
cords of the Adjutant- Generals Office
VIII bear out the statement, that the
best soldiers, who have ever served
the State. have been the most valued
employees. and there are hundreds of
instances which can he shown where
military service because his business
would not permit it, or. he for whom
he worked. forced him to do so The
best soldiers are the trusted employees.
and the same records will show that
the poorest soldiers have always been
those who never filled a position of
any responsibility for any length OF
time. or those who never could secure
position.
N he init 10
to-day is no pleasure park" The
conditions have changed since the
DICK bill went into effect. and the
soldier whose knowledge OF military
duties consisted in Il dress parade and
Memorial Day procession, or a trip to
the Virginia springs. has passed. To-
day he is nearly always serious and
thoughtful. but he knows more about
the business of hygiene, of engineer
ing, of marching and of shooting to
hit than he has ever known since the
Civil War. In fact. lacking the expe-
rience Of service. which the soldier
OF '65 he'd. he is n very much better
lighting machine and very much more
dependable with the improved condi-
tons of to-day, and, consequently. is
an exceedingly valuable asset to the
State of Virginia. There is practically
no difference between him, plus his
superior intelligence and minus his
experience, and the United States reg
ular. and ii is to be hoped that en-
ployers generally will recognize the
fact that they owe something them
selves to the community in which they
live. and the little mite OF inconven-
fence caused by these annual encamp
ments is a mighty small insurance
premium for them to have to pay for
protection In almost every way in
order that capital and property may
be saved.
.Adiutant-General are 10 be congratu-
lated upon the stand they are taking
and what they are doing for the State
at large. 1t is an uphill job now, but
the seed is being planted. and the crop
will become in time a perennial
'19ll."
Richmond August 4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05

from the Forest by President Roose-
welt upon the recommendation of For
ester Pinchot. The Copper River Rail-
road is owned by the Morgan Gug-
genheim Syndicate
Lucky for Morgan and the Guggen-
helms. wasn't 1t. thet they got there
hrst? That they got into the Alaskan
country while its welfare was being
so securely guarded by Roosevelt, and
Finchot? Lucky also for them that
Roosevelt saved out $4,000 OF land
from the Forest so that they could
Keep up with the growth OF the coun-
trSY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
tFrom the Newcastle Recordl
DIR. FREEMAN AND CRAIG'S $40


AT the recent meeting of the Vir-
g!nia Press Association at Natural
Bridge, DR.. Douglas $. Freeman, sec
rotary OF the State Tax Commission.
the Tax Commission" In his reference
to the undervaluations of personal
property, he stated that pianos in
Craig were worth $40. We were I'M
unfairness OF such statement but
had no facts or data at hand with
which to refute the charge. On exam
port of the Auditor Of Public accounts
for the year ending september 80, 1910.
we find. under table IL, that pianos
melodeons, harps, organs and musical
Instruments of all Kinds" credited to
Craig number 1872. valued at s2.S65, or
lacking few cents Of $40 This as
We stated. includes all classes OF must
cal instruments. from the cheapest
harps and organs to the better grades
OF pianos, and we are assured that the
latter instrument bears an average as
sessment OF $50. 1t Is hard TO under
single out Craig. when ne could have
found subject more in point in the
counties Of buchanan, which pays
SIS SO; Greene. 5000; Grayson. sl0.95:
Floyd, 5000 Patrick. SIS. and a dozen
or more paying less than Craig on the
same class of personality
Referring further to the Auditors
report; we find that Craig pays to the
celves, s2,054.20, or nearly so cents per
capita OF population, a magnificent
shoWipg' while the counties Of Apo
and "A number OF others. show about
the same per capita on the loss side OF
the States ledger
In the real estate and mineral lands
valuations. Craig stands along with
the first in the commonwealth, and in
all we find her showing is excellent.
The Tax Commission has an impor-
tant duty to perform. and not a word
OF this article is meant to detract from
the Importance Of the work or TO be.
little 1t in It's Investigations; but we
are little thin skinned. and insist
on DR.. Freeman dealing with facts in
making comparisons, In view OF this.
we feel It our duty to recommend to
the Tax Commission a perusal of such
an authoritative paper as the Audi
tors report. with especial reference to
the taxable values of Craig. a study
OF such items may help the commits
sion materially in it's labors to equal
lie values by taking Craig as a basis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
P,,no. In crnir Comfy.

TO thc EDITOR OF The Times Dlspatch:
'Sir--In the issue OF The Times Dis
patch OF the ID. we notice your edi-
torial reference to Dr. Freemans
speech at our Natural Bridge meet
ing. in which he makes an error. un-
Intentional perhaps, 20 the taxa BILE
valuation placed on pianos in Craig.
7 ne editorial We inclose covers the
ground pretty fully. we believe. and
we hope you VIII read 1t and give us
just little of your space 10 set us
straight. We refer you 10 the Audi
tors report to substantlate our claim
This. we think. is justice, aud believe
YOU viii grant il. O. w. Fans.
Newcastle, Va. August 3.
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Farmers and Farmers.

o the Editor or The Ttmes-Dis pa tch:
Sir,-I congratulate you on your re-
cent editorials on tax reform and
things economic-as the work of the
Tax Comuission of Virginia and the
great economic revolution in Oregon
and Canada. But why be afraid to use
the precise language OF this new
science of political and social eco
Monies? The readers of The Tines
Dispatch will understand. as the
phraseology is not difficult
Our English speech is being cor
rupted by the headliner and politician,
and think that competent editor
should be better guide to public opin-
ion. Fake the word farmer" which
is now used in connection with Cana
dian reciprocity. The agents of "spe-
cial privilege" are trying to make a
catspaw Of real farmers as they used
to do with labor. But 1t don't take a
professor OF economies to distinguish
between the farmers who farm farms
and the farmers (?) who farm farmers
Please give us more on tax reform,
and we must go deeper than simply to
equalize taxation in the 100 count hrs
of ViSsinia DR. Freeman says that
our land is assessed at Al per cent
OF its value. Why not jump this as
sessment to 100 per cent. and exempt
all personal property entirely. as they
are doing elSewhereI
PIEDMONT"
Charlottesville. Va. August 2. 1911.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
Daily Queries and Answers

ed In current of air The melted
read and other base metals will oxidize
ana SINK INTO the porous crucible used.
yer. The silver is parted" from tn.
gold by boiling in nitric acid after the
button Is hattened out. leaving hmaI
putton or pure gold.
Trance.
known? GEORCE
y trance differs from natural repose
In four particulars: ~ in it's duration:
q, in its profound insensibility 70 any
external Impressions as OF light, touch
and sound: CD in following excitement
amer than fatigue or exhaustion: %
In being an attendant symptom OF dis
eases of the narYous system. 4 person
in trance usually resembles a person
nisleep' ,, lying %i,h closed eyes and re-
culation are always lowered just as In
ordinary sleep. Professor Maudsiav
says 1t is difficult for the casual oh
server to distinguish between person
who Is simply Stimulating or who Is
actually in a trance
Antr
Give a, remedy for removing ants
from house. HOUSEWIFE
III they are black ants. few leaves
OF green ~ormwood scattered among
the hannts OF these insects liz said TO
be efectual in dislodginR them n
req ants. grease plate with lard and
set u where they abound. Place a few
STICKS around the plate for the ants to
climb up on. Occasionally turn the
plate bottom up over the fire and the
ants VIII fall In with the melting lard.
Reset the plate. and In short time you
VIII catch them all. 1t il claimed that
powdered borax sDrlnkled around the
infested places Will extermnate both
red and black ants.
Love.
Which Is correct: II love the noun
tain scenery or II am fond OF IN,
mountain scenery? Also. is IL propet
to say II love my country and nv
nag? Can love be properly used II
referring to nanlmate objects?
SCHOOL GIRL
e eI sentence Read the definition in
Mittn.
VIII you kindly tell me what kind
OF oil IS used by professional Baseball
players to keep "mltts" In good con-
ton so az TO hold the ban7
Neatsfoot oil & ~
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| what they think they are entitled to.
After the division should be made. how
| would the control of credit be arranged
so .hat there might be other divisions
from time to time. according as the
men to whom the talents should be
, given worked them for all they could
or tied them up in napkins? What sort
of law could be passed that would
: make the banks and the capitalists lend
on securities they should not regard
as good?
The question OF Tho New York
World. which seems to have stirred the
lighting blood OF the Columbia Stute-
rs Woodrow Wilson Organizing -
was foolish, of course. because that is
what Dr. Wilson appears to have been
doing with great success ever since
he got the Presidential bee in his bon
net; but il is far more important that
the Columbia state knows absolutely
nothing about finance as a science. and
does not venture TO supplement Gov
ernor Wilson's discovery of the money
monopoly with the suggestion OF any
remedy for the evil which he condemns.
The fact is. the state can make money.
has made great deal of 1t. and gives
credit when and where it pleases: but
1t really does not know as much about
finance as Mr.. Bryan. Who does?
There is one subject, however, on which
it stands at the head OF the heap, and
this subject is Bryan, upon which The
State utters these cheerful words:
With the characteristic provinciality
of the New York journalistic nina,
The World fanc:es that to liken any
Democrat to Mr.. Bryan is to damn him
which, perhaps. il does, in rapidly
and constantly narrowing circle OF per-
sons OF no great we!ght-and so 1t
couples his name with Mr.. Bryan's. with
a repetition that is at least grateful to
It's own complaoency Mr.. Bryan has
been three times defeated for President
But The World will awake before an
other election comes to pass TO the
truth that larger number of voters
now than ever before are convinced
OF Mr. Bryan's d:sinterested patriotism,
the unadulterate soundness of the
civic morality that he teaches, and the
essential correctness of his larger po-
litical doctrine. however many OF them
differed so widely with him as 20 spe-
citic policies that they have not voted
for him for President. Anyway asso-
citation with the name of Bryan will
not harm Wilson, whatever may be The
Worlds design"
That looks good. to us "A larger
number OF voters now than ever before
are convinced of Mr., sryan's dsinter-
ested patriotism" (do you hear that.
We winged winds? The Commoner can
now be had for two years for the price
of one). the unadulterate soundness
OF the civic morality that he teaches
and the essential correctness of his
larger political ooctrine:" Il all this be
true. what's the matter with Bryan
for another term in the Presidency,
Control of credit" indeed. when there
is i chance like this.
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PIANOS IN CRAIG COUNTY.

Instead Of securing earth, sea and
sky to find something else to tax" tho
Newcastle Record thinks that the State
Tax Commission would be doing better
work ii they would bend their efforts
in way to economize on the revenues
already coming into the State Treas
ury." The Tax Commission. however.
has nothing 10 do with the disposition
of the States revenues. Its duties are
specifc-to find out why there are in
equalities in the rate of assessment OF
taxable property; why. for example. a
piano for which Craig County man
paid $500 in Roanoke should be re-
turned for taxation at only s1s in
Craig County. We agree with the Rec
ord that the State has been exceeding
the speed limit in its treatment Of the
corporations. and that it should now
even up things a bit. Good govern
ment is Just as necessary to the plain
citizen as 1t is to the public carrier.
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Advertising pays. even in the Jail
business Jailer West. OF Middletown.
connecticut. has reason to think So
Lately it was made known through
the newspapers that there were not
enough inmates a, the prison to care
Tor the prison farm. and that there
Was danger that some of the crop
would 70 20 waste. Within few days
after this information was published
nine squads of prisoners were COM
mitted for farm work. The crops
have been saved.
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There is one very good reason why
President Taft should approve the wool
tarim bill and the farmers free list
bill He wants to take the tariff out
OF politics. This would help n great
deal. He thinks that the tariff is an
economic. not a political. question. and,
whatever the Interior purpose of the
Insurgents who have beeh cunning for
him. the question Is no less an eco
nomic question because these two bills
WIN 20 TO him. SO far as the InsurJ