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The Washington times., 1912-04-27

sI.as Baltimore and Return, Baltimore
& Ohio, every Saturday and Sunday.
Good to return until a. m. train Nom
Royal Limited.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1912-04-27
Buy One With
Your Rent Money
s26:92 Hs% Month

(which pays directly on the home. in
cluding all interest).
The Washington times., 1912-04-27
In Each of the SPRING ROAD PROPERTIES.
We Ask That You Note
These Features Carefully

There's fireplace sumouned by beautiful art mane the
leads to the dining you another.
Noe the massive pillars thai support the between the
similar entrance from the hallway to the parlor.
Look and you will see that the floors parquery and at
The Lighting fixtures of the designs beautiful
Note the fact that the decorators in this home have produced pa
moulding Purchasers have the privilege wide range of decorative
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09
Capital Moves Out.

Still they go.
Here is the Dowagiac Drill company
abandoning it's Madison branch because
of what it regards as unjust legislation
toward nonresident corporation; and
now B. B. Clarke, whose publications
leave untold thousands of dollars an
nually at the Wisconsin capital, an
nounces his intention of disposing Of all
of his holdings here and removing to
another state if the income tax law is
not repealed.
Baraboo has lost the Ringlings.
A we'll known manufacturer and
banker is to remove from Watertown
into a jurisdiction which does not I'M
duly penaliZe capital.
La Crosse reports prospective depart
lures of business interests.
There are numerous transfers from
Milwaukee.
And all over the state elsewhere
alarming disquietude on the part of
manufacturers and investors is chron-
icled.
The income tax poison is at work.
Exactly the result now beginning to
be observed was inevitable. 1t was
known before the radical act was
passed that capital and industry would
be driven from the state just as soon
as the obnoxious, inquisitorial law got
into operation. Therefore, the move
ment now noted can occasion no sur
prise, however tragic it is in fact.
There is but one remedy:
Repeal of the law.
Capital will go and incoming capital
will sharply change it's course just as
long as Wisconsin suffers this harshly
discriminatory act to remain. The
state will be avoided carefully by in
vestors who can invest elsewhere with
out being penalized for doing SO. The
unfortunate consequences of such legis-
lation will multiply till they are felt
directly in every locality of the state.
The law must go. Wisconsin can en-
dure no such blight as it entails. In
every legislative district of the state a
candidate should be pledged squarely
against the law. Supporters Of the act
from governor down should be marked
for defeat. The material interests of
the state demand the immediate repu
diation of this pernicious measure and
of all men who defend it.
A federal income tax is all but here;
and it is quite enough of taxation Of
this peculiar nature.
Wisconsin radicals have carried their
theories in this matter to suicidal
limit. Now they must crawfish or take
the consequences. The latter are due
them anyway for the intolerable vio-
lence of their conduct. Madison Dem
ocrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09
Bancroft Tells Why He Is Not a
Candidate.

In a published statement Atty. Gen.
Bancroft tells why he IS not candl-
date for reelection that makes pretty
reading:
IF there existed in Wisconsin a do
minant political party worthy OF the
name. the record of service rendered
by this department would entitle the
incumbent to denomination without
opposition. .n
as now constituted, having no object
or purpose in the economy of human
affairs except the paradoxical one of
the creation and holding of office, con-
stitutes an exception to the general
rule. Not being in favor of abolishing
the constitution, the recall Of judges,
the multiplication of commissions, the
present Unprecedented extravaganza in
state expenditures, the levying of in
come taxes, the destruction of the re-
publican party, and various other SINH
lar Bull Moose performances, | am
not considered sufficiently progressive
to warrant my retention in office, and
the attorney genera.ship is wanted for
one of the elect.
eff there were no other cOnsldera-
tions to deter me from entering such a
contest, my own self respect and my
own political convictions would be suf
ficient. | am republican, and as such
could not subscribe to the platform of
reputation, hypocrisy and demagogy
which will be framed by the Progress
sive Socialists at the coming so-called
republican platform convention of 1912.
/ could not accept nomination upon
such platform without stultifying my
own intelligence and betraying every
sense of honor and allegiance as a re-
publican. and surrender every sense Of
patriotism and loyalty as an American
citizen in honor bound to uphold the in
stitutions of the country, the integrity
of the courts, and the Departments of
constitutional government
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

SOME of the secrets of the extrava-
gance of recent legislatures are given
out by jim Frear, secretary of state,
who in a recent speech said: "What
legislature would ever dare in its saner
moments to pass the Blue Book bill en-
acted at the last session against the
vigorous protest of the state printing
commission? This law, passed in the
closing days of the session, provides
that each member of the legislature
shall have 200 Blue Books, larger
number than is given by any other
state in the country, and reaching a
total of 80, 900 for the legislature alone,
at an expense of over $40, 900, to be is
sued as perquisite to be used in direct
violation of the corrupt practices act.
At the same time the legislature gives
to the governor of the state only one
Blue Book, with a similar number to
every other state officer. The act is
indefensible and speaks for itself, dis
closing the method of prolonging OBJ
jectionable bills to the close of weari-
some session. /"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

NEVER mind whether American mills
must be closed; we shall not have a
tariff to keep them open-only tariff
to get revenues. Never mind whether
American wages must fall; we shall
not have tariff to protect the Ameri-
can wage-earner against the competi-
ton of cheap foreign labor. Never
mind whether the American workman s
bread and butter shall be forfeit to our
policy; we shall not have tariff to as
sure either the bread on his table or
the butter to spread on it's slices. The
Democratic party couldn't if it would,
for the constitution, it holds, gives it
no power and no right to make tariff
for the protection of American indus
tries and American wage earners. And
the Democratic party wouldn't if it
could, for it will not yield its decree
that American wages must be governed
by the usual conditions of other coun-
tries, however low down they may be
in the human scale, howeve poverty
stricken is their labor. There is the
challenge to all wage earners working
in American Industries that could be
thrown wide Oren to the competition of
foreign cheapness- could be thrown
wide open by that Free List for which
the Baltimore platform declares. N.
Y. Press
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

JUDGE J. c.. KAREL comes back at
the members of his party who accuse
him of being reactionary politically
and criticize his acts while a member
of the state legislature. He shows con-
clusively that ne stood with his party
on every vote, ard defies any so-called
progressives to pick flaw in his rec
ord. The trouble is that Judge Karel
is progressive with big 'P," but
not crazy progressive and not as re-
dictionary as those who are opposing
him, who would pile up taxes upon an
already burdened people to carry out
idiotic schemes. Any rational republi-
can progressive can conscientiously and
consistently vote for Judge Karel- for
their party has gone to the demnition
bow-wows under the leadership of men
who have destroyed it in this state by
their foolishness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

WHY all this fear and lodging of the
income tax law when its opponents far
exceed its supporters in numbers? Why
this apologizing for the intolerable
wastefulness of public money when the
majority is against it? The taxpayers
of Wisconsin are hoping for leader
mentally strong enough to fight their
battles and drive from the state house
the army of tax eaters that is now sap
ping the life out of the farmer and
making home owning an intolerable
burden. Where is the man with the
grit, determination and brains to plan
the onslaught and lead to victory the
burden bearers of Wisconsin? Is he to
be found in the multitude of candidates
now springing up and insisting that
they should have office because they
have been loyal to progressiveism which
is itself largely responsible for much of
the wastefulness now existing in gov
eminent? Is it real progress to devise
new tax laws and spend the proceeds
from their enforcement on new offices?
If it is, then it takes but little to make
a progressive. 1t requires no talent,
no genius, no craftsmanship to formu-
late plans for novel taxation. Almost
any old skate of a loafng, political
plugger can think out plan that will
increase the flow of money into the
public treasury. What is wanted now
is the man who will abolish the cause
which inspires the 'theorist to invent
ways and means of taking money out
of the peoples pocket, some fellow who
will evolve method of conducting gov
eminent upon a national, business plan
olrip to that 11cod hv hior Y1.ivafn COR
porations. Stoughton Courier-Hub.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

THE state administration is evidently
alarmed at the almost universal con-
demnation of the present income tax
law and are employing the plate houses
to offer publishers free matter defend
ing the law in an effort to stem the
tide of disapproval. Too late, the
poison is already working in the veins
of every taxpayer But why is it nee
essary for the tax commission to spend
the public money to defend and bolster
up an unpopular law?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09
Interesting Local Hints

-.'Grace Kimball" cigars. Well to
know the brand. Only sc each.
Attend our clearing sale which con-
tinues till August 18th. T. P. Burns,
Janesville, Wis.
Every puff a pleasure and the same
yesterday, today and always Grace
Kimball'' cigars at five cents each.
The biggest bargains ever known
of in women's, misses and children S
coats, suits and dresses at our clearing
sale which continues till August 18th.
J. P Burns, GAINESVILLE, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

THE income tax assessment of Clark
and Jackson counties amounted to S27OO
all told. After the exemptions are de-
Quoted by personal property tax paid,
how much will be left towards paying
the cost of administration in these
counties do you imagine?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Mr.. TAFT says: 'Referendums do
not pay rent or furnish homes; recalls
do not furnish clothing; initiatives do
not supply employment. The truth,
Mr.. President, but don't you know that
all these frills make politics intricate,
complex and expensive beyond reason,
while it opens up way for an addi-
tional array of office holders all ready
to help work on the machine?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

If YOU do not believe that woman
suffrage is live issue in this country,
just notice what some public men think
about it. A plank in favor of suffrage
for women is going into the platforms
of most progressive parties. In Penn
sylvania, that heretofore rockbound,
conservative state, every party in the
state has endorsed woman suffrage.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09
Farm for Sale.

One of the best farms in Rock county
located on western limits of city, rs
acres, owned by Mrs. A. NJ Court
wright Two houses, two barns, two
corncribs, two orchards, fine we'll, all
tillable land. Inquire on premises. 37tf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A man in Yonkers tried to kick a
dog and fell with his legs paralyzed.
Even nature has joined in the general
objection to kicking dogs around.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Two New York motormen ran over
the same unfortunate pedestrian.
Those two men are wasting their tai
ents by not getting into Wall street.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

This is not such an extravagant ma
ton after all. A New Yorker was kill
ed crossing the subway tracks to save
a nickel
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Proprietors of Ithaca soda fountains
will not hail with joy the news that
Cornell students have adopted the no
treat rule.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Ten aviators have been killed so far
this year, compared with four in the
same time last year. Does this indi-
cate how aviation progresses?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Sarah Bernhard will get $1,000 a
week for playing in vaudeville-al-
most enough to buy fresh eggs every
morning
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A Partisan philosopher says that vio-
lent movements produce violent
thoughts. He must have found slip
perry sidewalk somewhere.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

1t is said that 200 former criminals
are driving taxicabs in New York. In
reading the above sentence the for
mer" is silent
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A preacher says that the saddest
hour Of the day comes after sunset.
That's when most of the vaudeville
stunts are pulled Off
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Andy Carnegie arises to remark
that the farmer is the only happy man
in this country. And yet we seldom
hear of steel magnate dying OF
grief
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A Wisconsin hen has laid an egg
8hx6A inches. Now that size might
be worth the price.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

grass, says a scientist. Possibly a
misprint, for grease"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

The New Jersey assembly has
passed a bill imposing a 81 tax on
female cats. Is there mouse trap
trust?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

The cellar of Pennsylvania farmer
has dropped into coal mine. Lucky
man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A California woman with a model
husband" has been granted divorce.
She deserves it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A club has been organized in New
York to boost good plays. 1t will not
be overworked
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Another blow to woman suffrage.
An Illinois genius has invented an
unbreakable window.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

The Countess of Warwick says that
a woman is at her best at fifty. Guess
how old the countess is.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Our own weather is bad enough,
but in China they are having reign
of terror
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A judge in New York rules that
mother love is not necessary to a
child In some cases we are in favor
Of the recall.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Every little presidential candidate
has a keynote of his own.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

A Missouri girl wants $4,000 for
seven kisses One would almost i'm
agine from that that kisses are scarce
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

The early bird doesn't get the worm
merely by being early.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

Being shot at occasionally is not
one of the legitimate annoyances OF
a kings job.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

In case of a coal strike will the coal
bin give space for a mushroom bed?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17

TWENTY-FIVE women started from New
York yesterday to march to Albany to
deliver TO Gov. SulZer on his inauguration
day q message urging upon his considera-
ton the merits Of the woman suffrage
cause. They adopted this method in order
to attract attention and elicit sympathy.
They plan to distribute leaflets and to
make speeches on the way. Each woman
carried a knapsack containing light prov
ender and one of them had a kit OF
medicine A motor car accompanied the
procession piled with the personal bag
gage OF the marchers. and altogether the
crusaders. headed as they were by
drummer girl and escorted by reporters.
made an interesting II not altogether i'm
pressive array. They plan to take four
teen days to reach Albany, but If the per-
centage Of survival on the FIRST day Is
maintained none will get there on time.
All but seven had fallen by the wayside
by the time they reached Irvington. Pos
sibly some OF those who have yielded to
the strain Of the march will go on later.
There are no rules to disqualify any who
drop out to rest their tired feet and prob
ably there will be volunteers to fill the
ranks SO that eventually, in all likelihood.
some sort of marching squad will climb
the hill to the statehOuse at Albany and
present Gov. Sulzer with the message Of
metropolitan womanhood. This Is not al
together a delectable spectacle. 1t verges
too much upon the militant methods of
the English suffragettes. who have &C
complished absolutely nothing al a re-
suit of their violent demonstrations and
fragrant advertising maneuvers, There is
no fear q Deaoe0t OF an outbreak Of
radical militancy IN this country. and GER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
Sewage Disposal.
from the New York Herald.


The one absolutely sure conclusion OF
modern medicine is that disease never
originates de novo and that cases OF CON
tagious disease always take their rise
from preceding cases. There is no spon'
taneous origin of life. and diffusible dis
ease is due to living germs. Usually the
germs of disease find their way from one
patient to another through excreta.
Hence the necessity for extreme care In
the disposal of excretions of all kinds.
Sewage becomes, then, the possible source
OF disease and must not be neglected. IT
is costly to dispose of it properly, out
the cost is more than counterbalanceo
by the easily calculable money value OF
life and health TO many people. When II
was first proposed to institute sewerage
systems the expense seemed to be an alb
solutely prohibitive factor. Now even
small towns know that 1t pays. When
Berlin found that the two little rivers.
the Havel and the Spree, became sources
of disease because blocked with sewage
the growing city made other arrange
ments. and her sewage farms are one
Of the sanitary lessons Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17

lican leaders Of the Senate Mr.. Edmunds
OF Vermont knew . very accomplished
democrat In his state. who. though I'M
known to the political world. was we'll
known and greatly admired by the legal
world, and he recommended him for the
British mission.
Upon investigation. Mr.. Cleveland was
impressed with the suggestion. adopted
1t. and In E. ]. Phelps found a man who
met all the requirements Of the post. and
filled 1t with distinction. The appoint
ment proved to be one Of the best OF that
day. In London. by reason Of his broad
scholarship and admirable powers Of ex-
preston. Mr.. Phelps became a toast In
all intellectual circles.
Things are different today. The Irish
question is less acute with US. partly by
reason OF It's Improved condition at home
Home rule for ireland has made its way
slowly. Until now much Of what Ireland
has been contending for and we have been
sympathixing with seems near to realiza-
ton.
So Mr.. Wilson has simple task With
the Irish question eliminated. lie has but
to find a man measuring up to am5assa-
dorial duties. and at the same time pos
sessing the PERSONAL accomplishments that
have come TO be associated with the Office
And upon the right sort of man. as Mr..
Asqhith showed yesterday in his graceful
SPEECH in the commons. a most cordial
welcome will he bestowed.
Mr.. Wilson will be embarrassed only by
the quantity OF good material within his
reach. number Of democrats would
serve we'll in the post: and if. Is reported.
one of them resides I'm Washington, and
fills a good space in the intellectual and
social life Of the capital. so much the bet
ter John Hay. II will be remembered.
lived here when chosen as ambassador to
Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
Safe and Sane Christmas.

From the Charleston News ard Courier.
We do not know just when the custom
Of celebrating the Christmas season with
fireworks was introduced into the south.
Probably it followed the discont1nuance
of the habit of observing the Fourth OF
July in this manner. and the use OF ex-
piosives was doubtless suggested in con-
nection with that patriotic event because
in the early days OF the republic other
means for the working off OF youthful
spirits had not been devised. Small can
non were common enough In many rural
communities as we'll as in large ceEters.
and young men frequently spent hours
loading and firing them. regardless OF the
danger involved. Tragedies were not in
frequent Only the other day, in an ac-
count Of the life OF distinguished min
ister Of upper South Carolina, we came
across the story of the bursting Of one
Of these cannon at such celebration
away back in 1881, two Of the young men
who were firing it having their heads
blown off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
No Arbitration.

The words of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty in respect to equality of treatment
apply to ships of war as we'll as ships of
commerce and might be construed, if the
treaty were interpreted by other nations
constituting The Hague tribunal. to forbid
the United States to use its four-hund- ed
million-do,lar canal to move its own ships
of war over it's own soil from one ocean
to the other unless I'm time of war 1t per-
nitted the same privilege to it's Oppo-
nent.
The United States and Great Britain
should thrash out by direct negotiation a
reasonable understanding and agreement
In the matter of the canal. If. as sug-
gested the words of our canal !egisla-
ton do not make it certain that the privi-
lege of free tolls is confined exclusively
to cOastwise vessels the law might we'll
he amended TO avoid this alleged am
biguity. AS final concession to Great
Britain to remove the suspicion that re-
mission of tolls to American coastwise
vessels means higher tolls for British
vessels, the tolls might be exacted and
collected from the cOastwise vessels and
taken into account i'm fixing the general
toll rate and then refunded as a subsidy
TO such vessels.
The contention that the United States
has not the same privilege Of substituting
its eanal-using ships. by reirnbursing toll
payments that every other nation in the
world enjoys, and cannot spend the
money which il receives in canal tolls
in any manner whatsoever that it pleases.
is the most unrea sonable of all the un-
reasonable contentious of our unfriendly
construers OF the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.