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The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

1t isn't often
c7ny picture shows to-day.
Anybdy with halt for print tell who the s nt Is but
do all honor him The Big Stick that the who
front column to the reading
matter B. Wallace Radcliffe D. d. the
New rizn -
The Pig the he
b
his indicate
which doesn't surprise those who
Be good be be gntl be be cheerful the
senee the DOCTORS posopa and late DISPATCHES from Mcisn STATE
quoe That biting
merely hasd substance created for the especial subbing
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
GOES DOWN IN HISTORY

The Big Stick cannot forbear to
apologize on behalf Of the profesh.
for the attack made upon our friend
Hugh Gibson by that common street
walking reporter in Havana The
blow echoed around the world.
Hugh. and publicity is the life Of
the statesman. even II It does place
bump instead Of q crown On the
head.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
GOOD WORK PUSH IT
ALONG.

II Is rumored that the National
Press Club will ask for Carnegie
medals for William Warwick Cor
coran and James F. Kelly. The
former dragged q drowning lady
from the food OF the Potomad
about 4 week ago. and now Kelly
has duplicated the hero scene at
Atlantic City. There Is talk Of
organizing The Honorary Order Of
Heroic Journalists.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
UP AND DOING.

Lives Of great men oft remind US
They're no great shakes after all.
And their acts that squeeze and
grind u
SAVIOR les Of brains than gall.
Let us then be up and doing.
And with hearty zeal and zest,
Wade into the politicians.
Kick the whole cruwd galley west
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
FOOLISH QUESTION.

Mr.. Big Stick: Is the firefy afraid
Of the oysterf At least, with the
arrival q the frst r they seem to
disappear.
Referred TO the man who said the
best way to catch . squirrel was to
climb Q tree and make . noise like
. nut
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
THERE'S A WILL

Dr. Thomas Elmer win says he
hopes TO see ballot in every Dis
trict fist Doc. we're with you. It
comes only once . year, but its .
coed circulating medium.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
NICK YOUNG IS OK

Asked By = Big Stick reporter
what he thinks about Sunday de-
Livery. Nick Young said:
II you are talking about Walter
Jchnsou. In for II Sunday or
any o<hsr day.s
Niek's hssrt b In Tie risht p,aes.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Instead Of Kicking" we ought to be
grateful to the Congressman for ad-
tournlng so early. They, had until De-
cember, when the session would have
died a natural death by limitation
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
ANOTHER OUTBREAK.

I think to call il Labor Day
rhs queerest kind Of quirk.
Why shouid they brand . holiday
With something meaning work.
JAMES z. wILMErH.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Candidate Wilson, considering certain
recent revelations, will do well to con-
tinue to remain in ignorance of what
money is being contributed for his cam
paign.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
August 81 I'm History.

August il, l5s3-Sir Walter Raleigh
brings the first wooden Indian to Lon
don.
August 81, lSy5-Henry VIII strolls
into the fields and is chased four miles
by a bobcat
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

CeyIon permits the importation Of
ssis only by government medical oeicsrs.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Let's see. How often have "Gyp the
Blood and Lefty Louie now been ar
rested?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Bishop Grafton Dies.

Fon du Lac. Wis. Aug. 3e.-Bishop c.
C. Grafton. Of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese OF Fon du Lac. died here at 1i:8
.. m. to-day. He had been critically -
for more than . weak.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
CAMPAIGN Is OPEN.


CAMPAIGN Is OPEN.
Maud Muller on summers day
Was rather busy ral<ing hay.
The sun was very hot and strong;
A fat old Jurist came along.
!. Maud was a sunrasetts Of note;
The judge desired to get her vote.
And SO his honor took the rake.
Proceeded In the sun to bake,
The Judge a lofty haystack made
While Meudie rested in the shade.
Thk busy farmer and his mates
Get lots of help from candidates.
Uncle Pennywise says,
Children, don't be too strict with your
parents.
with the Movies.
Freedom, represented by beautiful
girl attired In classic draperies. shrieked
when Kosciusko fell.
Don't strain your lungs" said the
man who was operating the picture ma
chine. IF you simply move your lips
We IL get al tne e1ect we Hceu.
The boy stood on the burning deck.
Don't stand like wooden Indian
yelled the man at the machine. II
dunno where the management finds all
these bum hams"
A soldier of the Legion lay dying at
Algiers.
'One minute to change the reel.''
bawled the operator. Keep your pose.
That won't give you time to smoke no
cigarette"
Necessity Works Wonders.
so you flew 100 miles without a stop.
didn't think one could make so long a
flight with an aeroplane."
II had to do II. I didn't have the
money, to ship the machine by freight"
Too Much Slang.
read about the baseball games
And then l find
have to read some Henry James
To rest my mind.
An Abandoned Story.
This is the story of Peieg Oatcake, a
farmer who didn't talk dialect, and John
b. Hustle, a New Yorker. who didn't
talk about Broadway all the time, both
types often met with in real life
But, pshaw! What's the use of writing
that kind of story7
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Thomas A. Fisher, who was recently
elected Mayor of the city. viii qualify
as such tomorrow before N. 8 Green
away, clerk of the Corporation Court.
Mayor-elect Fisher. together with the
other city officers. will be inducted into
office at noon Tuesday next
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
An Abandoned STORY.

This is the story of PeIeg oatcake. a
farmer who didn't talk dialect, and John
b. Hustle, a New Yorker. who didn't
talk about Broadway all the time. both
types often met with in real life.
But, pshaw! What's the use of writing
that kind of a story?
Nobody would read IL.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Edgar Warfeld. jr., has awarded
Joseph F. Rogers a contract for the
erection of a handsome residence in
Rosemont. Material for the residence
will be furnished by II. X Field & Co.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Rev. Edgar Carpenter, of the local
lodge of Elks, was elected chaplain of
the State lodge at the session just con-
cluded in Norfolk. The Alexandria dele
gates to the convention returned homo
this morning
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Rev. C. r. Strasburg. pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church. will de-
liver a special sermon at that church
Sunday night next on Labor" Mem
bers Of the various labor organizations
in the city together with those not
identified with them are also invited to
attend.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

At a meeting of Potomac Lodge OF Odd
Fellows, held at its hall tonight. the
third degree of the order was conferred
on a class of several candidates.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Funeral services for Mrs. John Hans
borough, who died yesterday afternoon.
will be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing next from her residence. - North
West Street. They will be conducted by
Rev. Mr.. King. pastor Of the Free Meth
odlst Church.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Hulk Blown Up.

The hull of the old light ship Relief.
which was located on the flats, opposite
this city, was blown up this afternoon
by Capt. Henry Simms for the owners.
J. Dreifus & Son. of this city. Fifty
pounds of dynamite, and fifty pounds
CT gunpowder were used in blowing up
the hull.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

followed. at the close Of which the Wis
itor remarked:
Bethmann, this is to teach you that
your day starts at 6. and you do not
even have to shave"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Alexandria Council, No. 5, Fraternal
Order of Americans, is planning fol
celebrating its recurring anniversary
which will take the form of a musical
and literary entertainment and public
speaking. September l9, next. The celc-
bratlon will take place at Sarepta Hill.
It's expected that number of PROM
inent speakers will be invited, and tai
ent from this city and Washington viii
Participate in the affair.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Mrs. Mary F. Bolton, sixty-three years
cid. died yesterday afternoon at her
home, 9o6 North Columbus Street. She
vas the widow Of John II. Bolton. and is
survived by several children Her fu-
Eeral will take place from her home at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon Services
will be conducted by Rev. c. R. Stras-
burg, pastor Of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

so you flew 100 miles without a stop.
/ didn't think one could make SO long a
flight with an aeroplane."
II had to do II. I didn't have the
money, to ship the machine by freight"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

TOO hucn SianE.
! read about the baseball games
And then I find
have to read some Henry James
To rest my mind.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10
A PLAN TO MAKE
THE POOR POORER
An Authority on "SiugIe Tax" Says
Farmers Would Suffer.
A COLLEGE PROFESSORS VIEWS
After Careful Study, Prof. SeIlgman
of Columbia University, Says
Single Tax Is Defective from
Every Point of View.

Missouri farmers, home owners,
land owners, and citizens in general
are interested in the study of Single
Tax these days, as the question as to
whether Missouri is to have Single
Tax or not is to be decided at the
election on November 5th. Others
besides Missourians also have been
studying the problem. Professor
Seligman, of Columbia University, one
of the leading authorities on political
economy, sums UP the results Of his
Investigations in the following words
(pages SO and "a of his book The
Single Taxi:
I'VE have studied the Single Tax
from different points of view; and
we have seen that it is defective ifs
cally, politically, morally and econ
omically. We have learned, first, that
it would be inelastc, and that it would
intensity the inequalities resulting
from unjust assessments; secondly,
that although itself proposed chiefly
from social considerations it would
prevent the government from utiliz-
ing the taxing power for other social
purposes, and that it would divorce
the interests of the people from those
of the government; thirdly, that It
would offend against the canons OF
universally and equality of taxation,
and that it would seriously eXaggerate
the difference between profits from
land and profits from other sources;
and finally, that it would be entirely
inadequate in poor and new commu-
mites, that it would generally have
an injurious influence on the farmer,
and that even in the large urban CEN
tiers it would exempt large sections OF
the population without bringing any
substantial relief to the poorer class
es. =
Even as a method of tax reform,
the scheme is, as we have seen, a
mistaken one. Our system of taxation
is far from being ideal, or even COM
paratively just; for we are still cling
ing, in a great degree, to medieval
! errors. But whatever be the much
needed reform, it is safe TO say that
neither the common people nor the
student will ever accept a scheme
! which is palpably unjust, which aban.
| dons the whole ideal theory of modern
taxation-that of relative ability or
! faculty-and which seeks to put tho
| burdens OF the many on the shoulders
Of the few"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10

1910 the trust found It's prestige SUD
denly threatened and its huge profits
imperiled. 1t was confronted with a
competitor so formidable that the
trust, in fragrant violation of law, paid
81. GOO, 900 to buy him out. Thomas G.
Plant had actually succeeded In devel.
oping in about Ave years, while the
trust was stolid from monopoly. Q
substantially complete system Of shoe
machinery which many good judges
declared to be superior to that Of the
trust.
George w. Perkins, apostle Of the
economic and social efficiency OF mo-
nopoly, quoted to the senate commit.
tee on interstate commerce the state
ment that:
1.-The corporations that MI. Edison's
business inventions had made posi-
BILE were today capitalized At $1,000.
oe0, o00.'
The Inventors guild, an association
in which Mr.. Edison IL naturally prom
inent, said In a memorial addressed to
the president:
1T is we'll known fact that mod.
ern trade combinations tend strongly
toward constancy of processes and
products and by their very nature are
opposed to new processes and products
originated by independent inventors
and hence tend to restrain competition
in the development and sale of patents
and patent rights and consequently
tend to discourage independent inven
tive thought, to the great dStriment Of
the nation.'"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10
SINGLE TAX AND SPECTATORS
HOW THE FARMER WOULD FARE
IN A WHEAT CORNER.
Rich Owners of Elevators Could Fill
Their Plants With Cheap Wheat
With No Taxes to Pay.

If the Single Tax Amendment lie
adopted by Missouri at the election
Nov. 5, personal property will pay no
taxes and buildings will pay no taxes.
Land alone, exclusive of improvements
and franchises, will pay all the taxes
and the tax rate will be unlimited.
This offers a premium to the specu-
lator to hoard farm products and raise
or lower their price. How will it work?
Mr.. Grammar owns chain of ele-
vators. Tney stand on ground that
is of little value outside of small
towns. The buildings and machinery
are worth hundreds of thousands Of
dollars. He fills these elevators with
a million dollars worth of wheat, buy
ing when the price is low. Under Sim
gle Tax the buildings, the machinery
and the wheat will pay no taxes. His
only taxes will be on the land On
which the buildings stand.
The Spectator can between crop
times, corner the market and sell half
his stock at high prices. When the,
new crop comes can with the other
half food the market, break the price
and refill his elevators, buying from
the farmer at the low price he has
made. He can repeat this operation
as often as he pleases and do this
under a law that exempts him from
taxes.
Under those conditions the farmer
will get a body blow whichever way
he turns. He will be compelled to
sell his wheat to a Spectator at the
! lowest price, while the land on which
the farmer raises that wheat will pay
/ all the taxes.
Fine for the speculator. but where
! does the farmer get on?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10
THIRD TERMER'S
Joke ON LABOR
Brandeis Shows Right to Organ
lie Is Not Recognized.
THE PLATFORM is SILENT
Noted Lawyer Exposes the Finishes
Of Promises Made to wosSlnsmen by
Perkins and His Candidate, Who
stands for Private Monopoly.

The new party pledges itself TO So
cial and industrial justice and specific
ally to work increasingly for effective
legislation looking to the prevention Of
Ocoupational diseases, overwork, invol-
iuntAry unemployment and other ins
jurieus effects incident to modern In
dnEtry,' but nowhere In that
long and comprehensive platform
can there be found one word
approving the fundamental right of
labor to Organize or even recoEniEtnG
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10

much or the oppression Of which trusts
have been guilty. 1t could prevent I'M
Just discrimination. It could prevent
ruthless and unfair use Of power; but
a government commission would be
powerless to secure for the people the
low prices commonly attendant upon
competition.
AS no means exist for determining
whether greater net earnings are due
to greater efficacy in management or
to excessive profits, large net earnings
would be followed by compulsory TO
duction OF prices, which in turn would
create a sense Of injustice suffered,
paralyze individual enterprise and pro-
ducs unprogressive, slipshod manage
mant The GtteMpt to sscSrs loo
prices through price RE410 could
Prove a. ipapotent a. the stotStes
sohich haVs sought to protect tie pSb-
lie IN railroad rates By Hmtt!11 the
dividends.
THE interstate commerce commits
sion has been invoked as an argument
in favor of licensing monopoly. That
commission has stopped many abuses;
1t has practically put an end to cor
Tupt and corrupting discrimination in
rates; It has protected the shipper
from oppression and arrogance and In
Justice; II has prevented unreasonable
advances in rates; but 1t has secured
comparatively few notable reductions
in rates, except those involved in
0tnDpipor dSanriYp inafinn hakUaan mar.
sons, places OF articles. II has been
pOtDeTIesS to reduce opeTdtiR0 costs,
and greater reductions In rates can
come only toith reductions IN the cost
OF producing transportation. The in
justice and corruption attending the
earlier railroad period were extremely
BeriouA But we must not forget that
orerGttn0 costs and rates belong to the
eGTIier period OF competition amon0
railroads. In the ten years from 1889
to 1899, while competition among the
railroads was active, the freight rate
per ton per mile was gradually re-
duced from .s41 to .724. The years
1s99-19oo marked the great movement
4OA VI Ol IN
tsrest" in the railroad world as well
as in the industrial world, TIE freight
rate per ton per milo began to rise. In
eech Of the eleven succeeding years II
was higher than in 1899, and in 1910
4 was .763.
THE deadening effect of monopoly
IL illustrated by It's arrest of inVen'
ton. Tho shoe machinery trust, form,
cd in 1899. resulted In combining. d.
rectly and indirectly. more than 10C
shoe machinery concerns. It acquired
substantially q monODoly of all the es
sential machinery used In bottomins
boots and shoes, as we'll as many 9th
or machines, 1t believed itself unAs
sailabla, and ahoe manufacturers had
come 10 regard their subsection to the
GpRt as unavoidable. Nevertheless. II
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10
TWO Big ISSUES,
|. SAYS GOLFERS
The Tariff and the Proper Treat
ment of Monopolies.
WON'T TIE TO ROOSEVELT
ACTIVELY plsasrees" With HE Views
About Trusts and WASTES Of Com
petition" and Supports the candi-
daey Of Wilson and Marshall.

Golfers II out for Wilson and Mar.
shall. 1t refuses to support Theodore
Roosevelt, plus George w. Perkins.
NIbridge H. Gary and the rest Of the
steel trust-harvester trust magnates.
Ito open opposition to the third term
ocket was indicated in the issue Of
Sept. IA In the issue Of Sept. Il Its
reasons for espousing the Democratic
cause are clear and forcetul.
The leading editorial, THE Wastes
Of Competition" says
More and more the campaign Is
coming down to two pressing issues,
the tariff and the proper treatment of
monopolies. Golfers actively dis
agrees with the view of monopoly be-
ing urged by Messrs- Roosevelt, Per
kins and Gary.
"They talk great deal about the
wastes Of competition. The necessary
wastes Of competition are relatively
Insignificant, and the wastes OF unfair
and destructive competition are wholly
eliminated when competition is regu-
lated.
"The La Follette-Lenroot and the
Stanley bills to perfect the Sherman
law and the Newlands-Cu pro-
posals for an interstate trade commits
aion are. ali directed in part TO that
end. The remaining wastes Of compe-
tition may be ltkened to the wastes OF
democracy! These are obvious, but we
know also that democracy has COM
penBations which render II more en-
cient than absolutism. So It is In In
dustry. The margin between what
men naturally do and what they can
do Is SO great that the system which
urges men On TO effort is the best sys-
tenn.
1.-THE necessary wastes of monopoly,
on the other hand, are enormous. Some
of these can. OF course, be eliminated
by regulation. An efficient interstate
trade commission, acting under appro-
priate legislation. could Dlt an end to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10

Is there any reason why the Demo.
cratic party should go out Of existence
simply because Mr.. Roosevelt has tax.
en- up the Progressive measures adopt,
ed by the Democrats eighteen years
ago?-W. J. Bryan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10

Democrats in every state OF the
Union should organise and prepare
for polling record breaking vote Nov.
8. Be it remembered that no matter
how certain victory seems, overconti.
dence is always dangerous.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10

Mr.. Roosevelt stood as a guaTantor
for MIR. Taft. Mr., Bryan says, Nov,
when Roosevelt has failed 80 utterly
in his judgement of man. ask can he
pass correct Judgment on himsslha"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10
Here's Your Chance to q
Help Democrats Win
Send One Dollar to Contributors Wilson and Marshall
League and Get Certificate For
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10

There has been no disturbance of
business interests during this presiden-
aal campaign, Why? Confidence in
the integrity of the Democratic nomi-
aNss and right purposes of the party.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-10
GOOD ADVICE.

'1'm just itching to vote the party
ticket"
''Then don't scratch il" /
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-03-01
MANY WILL HEAR
BRUCE, lecture
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO
TALK OF kiPLiNG AND HIS
WORKS.
Address Delivered Under Auspices Of
the Young Mems Association a,
Presbyterian Church.

One of the events of the coming
week that is meeting with consider
able discussion and animated expec-
fancy, is the lecture on Rudyard Kip.
ling by Judge A. A. Bruce at the
Presbyterian church auditorium,
Monday evening at $3.50 O'Clock.
Me lecture will be for the bene.
fit of the Y. NJ. A. which is an Or
ganlzatiohr Of boys and men to pro-
mote gymnastics and, an interest in
healthy sports and recreations. This
will be the last number of the year
In the course given by the associa-
ton, and promises to be the Red Let.
ter entertainment.
Rudyard Kipling is we'll known and
beloved by very large part of the
reading public of the United States
as we'll as Of other places, and to
have one of his admirers delineate
upon the great writer and publicist,
will be indeed a rare treat for the
people Of Bismarck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-03-01

that they will make short work of
the Washburn boys. On the other
hand the Missionaries are just as
confident that the visiting team can
easily be trimmed up, and the score
Of last weeks contest rung up in ia
YQr of the home team:
With this attitude on the parts of
the two teams there will be some
very fast work and the people who
are going to take in the game express
themselves as satisfied with the pros
pect of one Of the Nvliest matches Of
the year.
After the game the Washburn band
will give concert and dance and
those who go on the special train
will have from two to three hours of
music and dancing, before the train
which leaves for Bismarck at ~
o'clock or possibly. 1890 will call
them away from the festivities.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-03-01
SPECIAL train FOR
WAShBORN TONIGHT
BIG BASKETBALL CONTEST HAS
AROUSED GREAT DEAL OF
INTEREST.
Concert and Dance by Washburn Al.
ter Game to Furnish Amusement
for the Visitors.

Shortly after six o'clock this even
ing all the basket ball fans who are
planning to take in the game at
Washburn tonight will meet at the
500 station in order to leave on the
special train that goes to the Nc
Lean county capital at $3.50 p. m.
Reports have come in that large
number of the people of Bismarck
and other towns along the line are
planning to take in the game and
have signified their intention of 60
ing on the train put on by the 500
officials for their accommodation.
Mandan will also send along crowd
of young people who wish to see the
game and possibly arrange a game
between the Washburn team and
their own players.
There is a great deal of enthusi-
asm and the boys who represent
Company A are confident that when
they get into the game up the river,