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The Washington times., 1912-08-25
TABULAR EXHIBITS OF ASSESS
MENTS AND VALUES.

OF the following tables the first shows
the assessment OF ground values in the
five classes and ten sections into which
the District has been divided. for the
purpose of this investigation; the ratio
of assessment to the full and true pres
ent value Of the property, and the state
ment of that full and true value, based
upon the testimony and evidence as set
forth. The table shows steady grada-
ton downward. from a 60 per cent as
sessment on ground values in the small
home area, to a 20 per cent assessment
OF ground values In the SUBURBAN ano
sneculatiye areas The total assessment
in the District averages almost exactly
one-third of the true value, or one-halt
of the two-thirds assessment, which the
law requires as minimum.
TABLE l.-GROUND VALUES.
The Washington times., 1912-08-25

Total ............ 16s.sis, ,4sl 1871 5oi. 500, ,Ss5
The second table similarly treats i'm
provement values, showing a much
higher percentage of assessment to true
values, especially in the small-home
area.
rAR1E IMPROVEMENT VALUES.
The Washington times., 1912-08-25

OF the assessor that the Pinchot assess
ment Is on a level with others in that
important neighborhood.
The business area is treated exhaus-
lively from several points of approach.
First. Mr.. Harold e. Doyle's estimate
OF values Opp. 267-269) was compared
with the assessments. Second, the evi-
dences of values discovered by condem-
nation proceedings in the sites of House
and Senate Office Buildings Opp. $50.
35D. then In the five squares south Of
pennsylvania avenue Opp. 3si, 3s4 are
compared with the assessments, and the
fact Is noted that the assessments in
the former showed wide divergence and
In the latter were suddenly and arbi-
trarily raised to anticipate the values
soon to be disclosed by judicial con-
demnation. Official estimates of values
In the remaining seventeen squares be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall are compared with the preceding
and following assessment, and the
vagaries of these assessments traced to
legitimate conclusions (pp. 367-372)
Again, sudden advances, after the as
sessments had been determined, were
made in the squares north of the Capi-
tol to meet the condemnations then
about to be initiated (pp. 373-37s). Third.
comparisons are instituted between as
sessments and values disclosed by the
true consideration Of transfers as shown
in the records of the title insurance
companies Opp. Ss2 3s3). Fourth, long
list of business leases is used to estab-
lish the bases of realty values, and
these results compared with the assess
ments (pp. 421-42s).
In the suburban area, the testimony
Of Mr.. C. C. Glover Opp. 221-32s), Of Mr..
T.. j. Stellwagen Up. 236), and OF Mr.:
Harold e. Doyle (p. 252), who was offered
by Mr.. stellwagen as the highest au-
thority on real estate values I'm the Dis
trict of Columbia, was used to estab-
lish values, and then the comparison
with assessments produced the required
ratio. A few conspicuous cases are
cited of the larger tracts, though there
is no desire to hold up as objects or
criticism any individual property own
ers, when the main fault is with =
system, in which certain classes are
unduly favored, and certain others as
inevitably Disseminated against.
The Washington times., 1912-08-25
Keeping of Records.

One OF the most important duties of
the assessors office is the creation an l
maintenance of records, that there may
be continuity of information for sue
cessive assessments. Save for tile bars
record OF figures in each series of field
books, there is a serious lack of data
which may serve to indicate the rea-
son which caused changes in assess.
ments, especially during the appea
period (p. l09). The appeals are there
with brief notations on the back that
the petition has been granted or dis +.
The Washington times., 1912-08-25
Annual Assessments.

The law has long required triennial
assessments. The Commissioners of
the District p. . and the Assessor (p.
10 ask for change from triennial to
annual assessments. Assessor Richards
says the triennial is mot an honest way
of making an assessment" Commits
sioner Rudolph desires the change in
order to get the taxable increment
yearly and not be compelled to wait a
three-year period.
Mr.. Lawson Purdy. president of the
New York board of assessment and
Taxation, the leading authority on mu-
nicipal taxation. points out opp. 2SS-2S4).
with much clearness. that an annual
assessment is required in justice to the
public treasury and property owners
alike. since II enables the public treas
ury more quickly TO benefit when val
ues are advancing. and relieves the
owner of unjust taxation when values
are receding.
Under the law the assessors are re-
quired each year to take note and add
to the tax list all new buildings erected
within that year. Moreover, personal
property is ASSESSED annually.
The Washington times., 1912-08-25

TABLE S-rriennlai Assessments. 1si1-I2
The Washington times., 1912-08-25

The fact that the assessors are prac-
tically irremovable has not worked to
the advantage of the public Opp. l2-22).
Prior to 1902 the Commissioners had the
power of removal "for cause satisfac-
tory to them" (p. -, and the assessors
were selected for a term of four years.
Then, and for years previously, a we'll
grounded opinion prevailed that I'M
proper influences controlled assess
ments. Some said that toward the END
of their terms the field assessors We're
not to- Fcrupulous about their work.
Others, that they We're ready to do
faVors In powerful places TO secure re-
appointment. At any rate, with the
assigned purpose OF protecting the as
sessing oftcials from wrong Influences
and OF assuring more equable assess
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

Certain of our contemporaries who
are opposed to the candidacy of
Theodore Roosevelt seem to be more
enthusiastic than wise in their hos
tility. There is the esteemed Hart
ford Times, for instance, which be-
trays an implied hostility to the d.
rect primaries simply because Roose-
Welt has come to favor them. Such
opposition will never do. Roosevelt's
strength is the good measures he adj
vocates. His weakness is that he
never advocated any Of them until he
was driven by political expediency to
cast in his lot with the Western pro-
gressives. Direct primaries, which he
now champions, he regarded in the
last state election in New York with
a cold favor which was equivalent to
disfavor, and earlier than this time
he was apparently opposed to direct
nominations altogether. And so IT
was with the initiative and referen-
dunn. While he was president of the
United States, when his friendship for
any measure would have been of as
distance, he opposed these powers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
The TAX ON SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS

first mortgages on real estate, in ap-
proved bonds of public service cor
porations, or in municipal, state, or
other public securities.
The real estate represented by the
mortgage is always taxed and usually
over taxed.
The securities of public service cor
porations have paid a tax. If it is
too small the addition should be made
at source.
The securities of a public nature
are, for obvious reasons not taxed,
and should not be.
There is in bank a certain amount
of money which is idle and unrepre-
sentative of other property.
1t is proper to reach these sums.
A tax of one-sixteenth of one per
cent. on gross deposits would serve
amply for this purpose.
The tax on deposits in savings
banks should be CHARTERED.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
THE TRUE WEAKNESS OF ROOSEVELT

Nay, he was the bitter enemy of the
idea that the people should have a
veto power of the acts of legislatures,
or the right to pass laws which the
legislature had refused. His bitter
ness was betrayed in his opposition
to the constitution adopted by the
people of Oklahoma, which was
adopted despite his objections.
His adherence to the recall of
judges is of yet more recent origin and
is plainly dictated not by affection for
the principle, but by the belief that
the American people have determined
to embody the recall into law, and
that it is useless to oppose and popu-
lar to favor 1t.
AS for direct primaries, even in
Connecticut they cannot be long de-
layed. The report Of the commission
headed by Judge Perry is not dead.
It was never more alive than in the
last general assembly when it passed
the Senate but was defeated in the
House.
1t will be an issue in the next cam
paign, and will not be defeated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

The opposition to the present rate
If taxation on deposits in savings
banks. presented before the tax COM
mission, at the hearing in the state
Capitol, Friday is entitled to serious
consideration.
The rate levied upon deposits is
one quarter of one per cent. This is
one-fourth the amount levied upon
property endowed with the earning
power of monopoly. Railroads, troll
ley lines and telephone companies
pay but one per cent.
But taxation of savings bank de-
posts is double taxation. The mon
ey put into the banks does not lie IN
:he vaults of the bank as potatoes do
in a cellar.
Money is a medium of exchange.
The money in savings banks is invest
ed in certain forms of property each
of which bears a tax, with one ex-
ception.
These investments are mainly in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

DIR. William Osler. in an article IN
the American Magazine. entitled
Mans Redemption of Man" has
written a magnificent eulogy on the
incalculable benefits to mankind de-
rived from the advances in Medical
Science.
1t is one of the finest pieces of
writing and one of the very noblesr
contributions dedicated to the adj
vance of the healing art, which has
ever sprung from the brain of man.
1t should be read with quickened
pulse and uplifted heart. and va
should be duly thankful that we have
in the profession of medicine-men
capable of thinking on these snow
capped levels-men whose shoulders
touch the stars.
There is only one little rift within
the sweet lutte of DR.. Osler's prose
poetry, and that is his attack on anti
vaccination. Here, DR.. Osler seems
TO draw an erroneous conclusion from
his premises. He goes to consider
able pains to prove that the chief
agency in mans conquest of disease,
is the application of modern princi-
pies of hygiene and sanitation. The
terrifying, soul-harrowing epidemics
which devastated the world have
been conquered by the plumber and
sewer-builder, working under the ad-
vice of the sanitary expert.
Professor Osler says But mans re-
demption of man is nowhere so Well
shown as in tine abolition and preven-
don of the group of diseases which
We speak of as the fevers,. or the
acute infections. This is the glory of
the science of medicine, and nowhere
in the world have its lessons been so
thoroughly carried out as in England.
It is too old a story to re-tell in de-
tail, but 1 may remind you that in
London within fifty years there has
been an annual saving of from four
to five thousand lives, by measures
which have directly prevented and
limited the spread of infectious dis
eases The man is still alive (Sir
Henry Littlejohn) who made the first
sanitary survey of the city. When
one reads the account of the condi-
ton of the densely crowded districts
On the south side of High street one
- not surprised that the rate of NOR
:ality was forty and over pCr thou
sand. That London now enjoys one
Of the lowest death rates in Europe
1873 per thousand for the last year
Is due to the thoroughness with which
measures of recognized efficiency
have been carried out. When we
earn that last year there were no
deaths from smallpox, not one from
Ivrhus. and ouly twenty-one from
fevers of the zymotic group, it is
scarcely credible that all this has
been brought about within the men,
DRY of living men. 1t is not too much
to say that the abolition of smallpox,
typhus, and typhoid fevers has
changed the character of the medical
practice in our hospitals
And in the very next paragraph he
says Il do not see how any one who
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
PROFESSOR oSLER'S ERRONEOUS CONCLUSION

has gone through epidemics as have,
or who is familiar with the history Of
the subject, and who has any capacity
left for clear judgment, can doubt
the value of vaccination"
In other words-improved SANTA
ton is to be credited with the de-
crease in all zymotic fevers and acute
misunderstanding smallpox. And
yet DR.. Osler distinctly asserts that
There were no deaths from small
pox, and not one from typhus, ana
only twenty-one from fevers of the
zymotic group in 1908"-presumably
as a result of improved sanitation. At
least, that is the topic under discus.
sion.
1t is difficult to reconcile these two
contradictory statements, and it is
passing strange that the brilliant
teacher should not have seen the
fallacy of grouping-in one breath
smallpox with the other diseases
whose stamping out is due to radical
sanitary measures: and in the very
next exclaim against the lack of rea-
soning powers on the part of the anti
vaccinist who insists that the de-
crease in the prevalence of smallpox
is due to idenNcally the same causes
which result in the decrease of
plague, zymotic fevers, and filth dis
eases generally.
1t is safe to conclude, inasmuch as
Professor Osler unconsciously admits
our contentious, that he will yet be
found fighting in the ranks of the
anti-vaccinists-the PROGRESSIvES
IN MEDICINE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
AN AEROPLANE RAID

Paris. March lit is reported here
that Germany is planning an aero
plane raid on Paris, in case of war,
and that unostent4tiously the Ger
mans have already acquired 300
French built machines as nucleus
of the regiment with which to do It..
According to the story the aero
planes will start from Metz and
Strasbourg, respectively, two and
three hours flight from Paris, and
with Eiffel Tower to steer by. will
sail over Paris dropping terrible ex-
plosives upon the city. Unstopping
they will turn sharply to the right
and land near Mauberge,. (Belgium)
only an hour and a half away. Fig
uring 80 pounds of explosives per ma
chine. the Germans, so the story goes,
figure on dropping on Paris Just TO-
600 pounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
ORDERS FOR SPRING DRILLS
Connecticut National Guard to Come
Out During April and May.

Hartford. March 11-Orders were is
sued from the office of the adjutant
general calling for ala organizations of
the Connecticut National Guard to
perform one days duty on the rifle
ranges during the months of April or
May, and the commanding officers are
directed to assign dates. An ordnance
officer will be on duty with each COM
pany and Major William NJ Stark
will report with Battery A. Troops A
and B. Cavalry, and the First Separ-
ate Company
Orders have also been issued an
that the annual allowance of
ball cartridges to each man authorized
to qualify with either revolver Or rifle
is fixed at $50 rounds. Orders are
also given for the turning in to the
State armory of empty cartridge cases,
clips, bandoleers and zinc-lined pack
ing boxes for ball cartridges.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
DEAFNESS,
HEAD NOISES
New Book on New method-
How to Recover Hearing
Without Drugs OF
Electric Devices
Message Of Hope and JOY to
All Afflicted Persons

There liz hope Of wel1-based KIND
which should bring JOY and ultimate
contentment to muititudes of persons
who have been troubled for years with
deafness or head noises.
DR.. Coutant, an able specialist. has
evolved a newly perfected method tor
treating cases where the hearing is nos
perfect or where the sufferer is harass-
ed by ringing. roaring. bHzzing or other
disagreed bile noises in the head. tt ap-
pears that about 95 out of every hum
to proper treatment.
DR.. Coutant Goes not advocate the
use of drugs or electricity. He .<i'es
chiefly upon cooperating with NarnrU
In bringing about speedy and efet'tu-
ii cure Of morbid aural conditions he
marka BILE cures are reported. ,sny ~
them being in the cases Of dea eEess
that had existed for about 20 TO 40
years. With the description given IN
his newly published hook. the learned
docto provides long series OF letters.
written by per~Ons W. had been given
an as hopeless. and who were speedily
cured 1T home without loss of time and
without Inconvenience by DR.. COutant'e
natural home method.
Anyone who is interested can write
20 a dozen or a hundred of 7he persons
who. not long ago. we're victims OF
deafness or head noises Tor aOth, ana
who are now delighted to proclaim
themselves as marveliously benefited
or completely cured.
DR. Coutant Is not one OF the irrc-
sponsibe quacks. Of which there n
such large number. but is a reput-
able. responsible. lirentiate. practising
physician with a third of q century's
active experience.
The doctor believes there are many
who are troubled with deafness. ETC..
who might be permanently freed from
koeir ma ability TO Dear ana from tla-
nitus noises, if they would do 30 otsa-
ers have successfully done. merely --z-
lowing the advice given.
The book. which any reader can OBJ
tain from the author. Dr. George s.
Coutant. 900 u. Station E. New York,
N Y. has been declared by MANY to
be worth its weight ia gold One needs
only to write for ii and the treatise
till promptly come ina plain wrapper.
Farmer Want Ads. Cent Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
THE STOCK MARKET
(Watson, Alpers & Coz


Where there are still rocks in the
road ahead, there are growing posi-.
eilities that the recent new stir in
speculative circles may foreshadow a
return of aggressiveness by capital.
Prices of sound securities offer wide
margin for advance if events shall
encourage hope of business revival
and by developing confidence, lead to
renewed growth by this country.
which is as rich in natural resources
as 1t has. been for a long time poor
in the statesmen who should encour-
age instead of retarding their deveI-
opments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
UNREST IN PORTUGAL

Paris, March 11-Portuguese loyal-
lists just arriving from Lisbon declare
that if the Republicans take more
prisoners new prisons will have to
be built to house them; that every
ship and every available building be-
longing to Portugal is filled to over
flowing Unrest continues unabat'
ed and concerted coup by the de-
posed King Manuel and his cousin
Miguel de Braganza is almost daily
expected, with success a certainty in
case the prisoners can be liberated
and armed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11
EERNHARDT
NOT WORRIED

Paris, March 11-Mme. Sarah Bern
hardt, the famous actress. has receiv-
ed a letter from an astror omer an-
nouncing her approaching death. She
has but a short time LONGER to live,
the note announces. The actress says
she is not worried by the purophecy
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

The "Child's Welfare" movement
has challenged the attention of
thoughtful people everywhere. Moth
ers are natural supporters, and will
find in Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound a most valuable aid. Coughs
and colds that unchecked lead to
Group, bronchitis and pneumonia yield
quickly to the healing and soothing
qualities Of Foleys Honey and Tar
Compound. L. F. Curtis. Il 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

A society for the education of the
people in dental hygiene, which was
recently founded in Vienna had 400
members within three weeks after its
esta blishment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

A new national school established
by Columbia includes in it's cur
riculum a two-hour course in good
manners
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

NEWS NOTES

From the United States Bureau o:
Education)
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

One law now pending before the
Virginia legislature aims to establish
the Confederate Memorial University
for Women, while another measure
house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

Russia is considering the passage
of compulsory school-attendance
law, according to a correspondent Of
the United States Bureau Of Educa-
ton. The critics of the proposed
measure point out that the law might
be unenforceable, owing to the in
adequacy of the schoolh ouseS and the
apathy of the peasantry. 1t the
measure passes Russian will be
taught in all schools, to the end that
people even in the provinces of the
Empire which are Inhabited by nom
Russians.
Information has been received at
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton that Danish is to be deposed from
its place as the language of culture
in Norway if determined efforts now
made by the Norwegian nationalists
are successful. The Danish has long
been the language used in the schools.
and it's continued use is favored by
a large element among the teaching
profession, which recently organized
an association in its support. 1t Is
said that fully one-half the teachers
of Christiana belong, though many
educators Joined simply in order to
bring about a closer rapprochement
between the two languages. Com
promise measures, such as the ruling
tndI the parent may OSClue tuS
language in which his child is to be
taught, have failed.
American male teachers in Japan
are paid from $50 to $1O0 a month.
while in the smaller Japanese COM
munities the cost of living is about
SIS a month if the teacher lives in
when living in foreign style with
servant. In the ports of Japan where
there are large foreign communities
the cost of living is from s45 to $50
month in boarding houses.
Zone problem of education" says
DR.. P. P. Claxton,, United States Com
missioner of Education, sis that of
not only making persons wise and
good, but of making them wise and
good for something" Accordingly.
DR.. Claxton, has asked Congress for
an additional appropriation of $4,000
to enable the Federal Bureau of Ed
ucation to study vocational educa-
ton.
The Mississippi Legislature has
adopted a resolution requesting the
governor to designate by proclama-
ton a good roads and rural school
consolidation week"
The General Court of Massachusetts
is considering a measure which au-
thorizes cities and towns to appro
pirate money for supplying food or
clothing to needy pupils of the pub
lie schools, as well as to provide
school lunch rooms, where food viii
be given away or sold at cost.
One law now pending before the
Virginia legislature aims to establish
the Confederate Memorial University
for Women, while another measure
also pending provides for placing the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

The General Court of Massachusetts,
is considering a measure which au-
thorizes cities and towns to appro-
pirate money for supplying food or
clothing to needy pupils of the pub
lie schools, as well as to provide
school lunch rooms. where food win
be given away or sold at cost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

Paris March ia bill is to be in
troduced in the Chamber to forbid
the "apaches" from joining the army
and to force them to serve in special
regiments quartered in African colo
MES.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-11

And recommended Tor adoption the
following resolution:
Resolved, That Bernard Cooney be
and is hereby appointed Collector OF
benefits assessed for the construction
of said pavement.
Adopted, March 4th, 1912.
Approved, March 9Th, 1912.
Attest,
STEPHEN r. BOUCHER,
City Clerk