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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
BY CLYDE n. TAvENNER.

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus)
Washington, March 7.-Instead of
taxing sugar nearly two cents pound,
place a tax on wealth! The democrat
ic house of representatives has an
nounced this as part of its program
to bring about reduction in the cost
of living.
Now get ready for the old cry: you
can't do it; it's unconstitutional"
When it Is proposed to tax wealth in
stead OF poverty, wealth raises the
question of constitutionality, accom-
panied with the charge of "radicalism. y
The income tax is not radical. Every
first class nation on the face of the
earth-except the United States
raises a part of the revenue to meet
government expenses by taxing in
comes. Among these nations are Great
Britain, France, Germany, Holland.
Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia
and Denmark.
THE PRESENT FISCAL POLICY.
Under our present fiscal policy, the
expense of maintaining the army and
navy, building public buildings, and
running the government, is met by tax
ing the things the people must have
in order to live. Practically all reve
nue. is raised through the customs
houses and the internal revenue of
fees. With the exception of a compar
atively small amount derived from the
corporation tax, which recently was
passed as a cheating substitute for the
income tax, all government revenue is
raised in this way. While the hats
coats and shirts of the masses are tax
ed almost II per cent under the pres
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
CAPITAL COMMENT

emit fiscal system, Rockefeller, Morgan
and the other millionaires are not ask
ed by the federal government to pay
any tax whatever on their swollen for
tunes. Thus a poor man with q family
actually contributes more to the ex-
pense OF the government than rich
bachelor.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN.
The democratic plan is to place su-
gar on the free list, thus repeating
tax on the breakfast table, now borne
by the American people. Then the
present corporation tax will be extend
ed to include individuals and co-part-
nerships having an income of $1,000 a
year or more. The excess of income
over $1,000 will be taxed one per cent,
| bringing into the treasury between
s50,OO0,O0O and $60,000,000 a year,
which will more than cover the $685.
10000 now derived annually from the
sugar tariff. The price of sugar to
the consumer, it is estimated, will then
be reduced about IL cents pound.
TAFT ON RECORD.
Those who scout the idea that an
income tax bill can be so drawn as to
stand the test of the supreme court
may be referred to the opinion of one
of the country's leading lawyers, Will
liam Howard Taft, as follows: I'm my
judgment, an income tax law can be
framed without amending the consti-
tuition. believe that an income tax,
when the protective system of customs
and internal revenue tax shall not fur
nish enough for government needs, can
and should be devised, which, under
the decisions of the supreme court,
will conform to the constitution"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
~ VOTES OF WOMEN X

formly constructive, and the results
of that activity have been almost uni
formly reflected in legislation directly
related to the welfare of the home and
the family-child labor laws, school
laws, and industrial laws that concern
women.
The exercise of the voting privilege
in 1912 will be no novelty to the
women Of Wyoming, where they have
been voting since 1869, the franchise
having been bestowed upon them
year after the organization of the ter
ritory. When the territory became a
state in 1890, woman suffrage was
written in the constitution. Wyoming
women have exactly the same political
significance that men have, and, &C
cording to figures from the state, 80
per cent of them make the most of it.
registering and voting regularly. They
often sit as jurors and serve as JUS
tees of the peace.
EXPERIENCED IN COLORADO.
The women of Colorado are not
novices at voting in presidential cleo
tons. They were franchised in 1893
so that they have been voting for
presidents for 10 years.
Utah women voted when the state
was still territory. The territory
became a state in 1866, and the right
of women to vote was established in
the constitution. A woman has once
been elected to the senate in Utah,
and several have served in the house
Of representatives.
Idaho women will cast their fifth
presidential votes this year, having the
/ franchise since 1896.
Washington women also voted when
Washington was a territory In 1887
woman suffrage was declared uncon
stitutional, and was not put into the
constitution OF the new state upon its
admission to the union. In 1910, how
ever, 1t carried the state by a vote OF
three to one.
California women will be the frs
in the United States TO have an oppor
tunity TO vote directly for president
The presidential primary law passed
both houses Of the California legisla
ture In extra session sometime ago
Six other states, where women do no
vote, have passed laws comforting th'
same privilege upon men voters. Their
are six American cities, with populs
tons Of more than 100000 each, wher,
women vote for president. congress
men, and all other officials, on tn
same basis as men. Three of the si
are in California, San Francisco lead
ing as the largest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
MARRIAGE EVIL" VS.. DIVORCE
EVIL,

New Jersey has placed a law on its
statute books depriving justices Of the
peace of the right TO perform mar
rage ceremonies.
OF course. this will deprive many
justices Of one important source Of
revenue. But Jersey folks have come
TO the conclusion that the affairs Of
their state, legal and domestic, are not
run for the special benefit OF the men
who have eked out the income Of their
petty court business by making hus-
bands and wives out of all sorts Of
raw material
The hope Of the legislators is that
their action will have ultimate effect
in reducing the proportions of the d.
vorce eyil-as it is believed that
greater care will be observed hereafter
in the performance Of the marriage
ceremony.
And, really. the marriage evtl' is
OF far greater proportions in most com.
munities than is the divorce evil. as
the former results directly and inevi
tably in the latter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Heartand
HOftt6
Problems
MpsEI1zABFdT THUn1psoN

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Do you know
of simple remedy for headache?
H A.
Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of finely
powdered charcoal in half tumbler OF
water, and drink. This should relieve
the headache in Is minutes. Take
seidlitz powder an hour afterwards.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell
me how kid gloves can be cleaned at
home. JESSIE.
Make a thick mucilage by boiling a
handful of fiaxseed Add little dis
solved soap. When the mixture is cool.
with piece of white flannel wipe the
gloves, previously fitted to the hand.
Use only enough of the cleaner to take
off the dirt without wetting through
the glove.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell
me how to keep moths out of furs in
summer. MRS. D. F. G..
Beat the furs hard for long time SO
that if there are any eggs in them they
will be destroyed. Then put away in
an alright place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
BY WINFIELD JONES.


Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, March From a mil
lion to a million and half Of women
will have something to say in choos-
ing the next president. In at least six
states the hand that rocks the cradle
will also cast the ballot.
In the six states where women will
vote next November they constitute
somewhat less than one-half Of the
total voting population. The census
report is authority for the statement
that men are increasing in this coun-
try more rapidly than women, due to
the larger number of men immigrants.
The excess male population is fixed at
100000. In the western states men
are not so much in the majority, how
ever, as they were in earlier pioneer
days Moreover, 1t seems to be gener-
ally conceded that women register and
vote in larger proportion than men.
To take the woman's vote, therefore,
at approximately half the entire voting
population of the six states where the
feminine influence is direct" would
not be far wrong.
Estimating Washington's total vot
ing population inclusive of the new
woman vote at 100000, Idahos at 1875,
600, Wyomings at $4,000. Utah's al
15O, 900, Colorado's at 3OO,0 900, and Cali
fornias at 100000, we would have an
aggregate of nearly two million voters
in the six states. Possibly the fairest
estimate would fix the quota of women
voters at about 1,5O0, 900, a number
large enough to be reckoned with il
any campaign.
BIG VOTE AT THAT.
This army of women, despite the fac
that the United States is sometime.
called slow of persuasion by suffrag:
enthusiasts, includes onethird OF tbs
women voters of the world, the othe
twothirds being in Australia, Finland
Norway and New Zealand 1t is NOR
than the usual presidential plurality
II million and half voted solidl.
they might decide the presidency
The women will not vote solidly
any more than men will vote solidly
About the most that can be ESid a
indicative OF women's solidarity il
politics is that they have q tendenc
to break away from party lines, q
choose the man rather than the party
and that in their politics, as in thei
industrial economics, they follow tn
biological law under which the femaI
of all species operates as the VI
builder and conserver of life. Thei
political activity has been almost IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
The MAN BEHIND THE STRIKE.


Louis XVI, looking out the window
OF the Tuilleries upon the mob in the
streets, remarked: ct is riot"
NAY, sire, it is a revolution" an
swered one of his underlings.
The question thoughtful men in
England are addressing themselves is
whether the labor trouble beginning in
South Wales is a strike or a revolu-
ton. A large element Of the English
population believes that it is the be-
ginning of a revolution But it is at
best only an opinion.
What strengthens the suspicion that
there is more behind the strike than
a desire to establish a minimum wage
acceptable to the miners is the fact
that the dominating genius Of the
strike is Robert Smile, the principal
representative Of the Scottish miners
and vice president of the Miners Fed
Grafton of Great Britain. He is de-
scribed as a man of great ability,
acuteness and tenacity, and has con-
Quoted all the negotiations with Mr..
Asquith, dragging" a London cable
dispatch says. "the more moderate
laborers unwillingly behind him" In
fact, Smillie is the Miners Fedora
ton for present purposes.
He is an avowed revolutionary so
cialist and has been advocating a gen.
eral strike for 10 years. There are
some who think that if the mine own
ers shall agree to the minimum wage
terms Smillie will find some other pre-.
text for a general strike The latter
| is the weapon of the socialists in
France, Russia and other continental
countries, except Germany. Barth
! leader of the German socialists, sue,
cessfully has withstood to date all ef
! forts to make the general strike a
weapon Of offense. Until now the so
cialists of Great Britain have been re
strained from its employment, but
Smile seems TO have won them over
TO IT,
The effects OF the strike will be
more than Industrial They will be
political AS likely as not the strike
will multiply the troubles of the lib
eral ministry and, won or lost, imperi
its security.
In seeking its settlement before il
imposes great loss Asquith strives tc
serve not his country alone, but his
party also.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
ROOSEVELT AS A PRESS AGENT

ROOSEVELT AS A PRESS AGENT.
No man IN America knows the psy-
Geological moment better than the self
same Theodore Roosevelt, of whom We
are once more reading so much about.
Perhaps the truest thing that was ever
said OF Colonel Roosevelt was the dec
laratioE of a magazine writer that the
colonel is the most wonderful press
agent OF the age. Roosevelt gives
added proof OF this in his recent an
nounoement OF his candidacy. Every
one realizes that Sunday is the dullest
day Of the week so far as news is con-
oerned. No one knows this better than
the newspaper men who get out the
morning newspapers. unless it is Col
onel Roosevelt. When Roosevelt got
ready 10 reply 20 the western govern
ors he selected Sunday as the day on
which 70 make public his declaration,
knowing full well that the Monday
morning newspapers would find # the
big news and welcome Il with more
than ordinarily large headlines.
The colonel took small chances OF
another story coming on that particu-
lar morning-a story. say, like the dis
Covery OF the south pole or some other
exceptional news event that would rob
bin OF the glory OF the headlines.
Thcre never was a time in Roose-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Skip the TriHes.

Skip the Trifes.
Don't worry over little thingA
That trouble and annoy.
Don't let the TRIES in your path
Put hampers on your Joy.
Perhaps the microscopic ills
The harder seem to bear,
But that's because OF man sized ones
You do not get your share.
II over woes OF no account
You fuss and fret and stew,
Make ungrammatical remarks
Until the air Is blue,
You could not give your feelings vent.
I'm very much afraid,
If you should break an arm or leg
Or crack your shoulder blade.
If all the language in the shop
You use to tell your woe
When you have lost a handkerchief
Or stubbed your little toe.
What sort of words and phrases then
VIII there be left on tap
When you have fallen from house
Or lost paying snap?
So. taking all things in account,
Those persons who are wise
Will let the lesser bumps go by
And just philosophical.
BY doing thus for many years
1t may assist you some
To treat the larger, harder jolts
The same way when they come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

The Illinois chautauquas have taken
up the cudgel and propose If they can
20 free themselves from the bureau of
control that appears to be working the
chautauquas for the benefit Of the
bureaus instead Of for the profit of the
chsutauquas or benefit Of the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Dear Mrs. Thompson-Please tell
me a cure for bunions, blackheads and
dandruff. A READER
Bunions may be checked in their
early development by binding the joint
with adhesive plaster and keeping 1t
on as long as any uneasiness is felt.
The bandaging should be perfect. An
inflamed bunion should be poulticed
and larger shoes worn. Make an ONT
ment of the following ingredients: 10
dine, II grains; lard or spermacett
ointment, half an ounce. This should
be rubbed on gently twice or three
times a day. Pompeian cream Will
soften the skin so that the blackheads
can be squeezed out. To remove dan
druff, take a thimbleful Of powdered
borax. Let it dissolve in a teacupful
of water First brush the hair we'll
and then apply the mixture to the head
with a brush Do this every day for a
week, and then twice week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Mrs John c. Clancy has asked the
state department at Washington to
locate her husband. the former con-
gresham from Indiana, who is be-
heved to be a prisoner In the hands
OF Mexican insurrecto-- He went to
Mexico some time ago with eight
other men Mrs Clancy received a
report that they were captured by a
rebel force. and has had no word
from her husband since.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Hurnor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

MEN regard helpless women as young
girls regard babies-very sweet as
long as they don't have to take care of
them.
Some girls choose a husband as they
do book-by the title.
Any man is happy after a good din
ner, but it takes a compliment to cheer
up woman
A man fears he may get what's COM
Ing to him, woman fears she won't
Some women are so critical that they
even test compliment to see whether
it could possibly fit anybody else.
1t is hard to be true to a man who
can't be true to himself.
The trouble about lies is you never
know when they are around
Some women think themselves such
good company that they never get lone
some.
A man who has an upright character
seldom worries about bis reputation.
Love may drive a man crazy, but Ii
seldom drives him to work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Wears Them Out.

Wears Them Out.
"She has a way of refusing the men
without offending them"
How does she do it,"
"Refers them to her father"
"And does he refuse them"
"He is guarded by four Office boys,
and they never get to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Mr.. Rockefeller says that economy
should be learned in youth. II half
dozen Rockefellers were economizing
when he began the youth wouldn't
find anything to economic in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

News comes from the City OF Mex
leo that changes are expected in the
Mexican cabinet. This Will be an oc-
currence that has not taken place for
three or four days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Rock Island is about to enter upon
on another great undertaking. The
booster spirit. The real booster spirit
is back Of it-and it will win.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Annoying.
"Just my luck" exclaimed the i'm
patient man, biting at the end of his
cigar savagely.
bad luck"
Listen. 1 just bought a new um-
brella."
"And lost it?''
mo; had a chance to pick up three
within an hour afterward."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

II was a miserably mean and incon-
siderate thing for somebody TO come
along and discover the south pole just
as Teddy was occupying all the lime
light
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

veit's career that he did not seek care
fully the psychological moment, and
he has usually found It so far as pub
lefty is concerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
y y
The Coming
fashion.

SIS your daugh-
ter going to mar
ry q duke, Mrs.
Richly:"
Dear me, no!
She would not
think of such a
thing"
at doesn't APP
peal to herr"
Not at all. Too
common by far.
She expects to
marry the man
who sings for all
the leading pic
turn shows"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

The Taft forces are coming back"
in real earnest. The Columbus speech
appears to have solidified the safe and
sane element OF his party for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
knaw What to Expect.

Knew What to Expect.
81 am perfectly crazy to meet the
new boarder."
I'm mott
"Why?'
miss Higgins says he has perfect
~ grand intellect"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Never despair of your friends as
long as you don't number poet among
them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
eabx prowns In . cistern.

Pontiac, March S.-Charles Nolte, g.
yesr-old son Of August Nolte OF EN-
ington. was drowned yesterday after
noon He slipped and fell into an open
cistern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Saturday, March 9, 1912.

II you can't boost don't knock But
boost and get the gettogether spirit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Dqo

TO possess more than you can en-
Joy should be regarded as being as
vicious and vulgar as to eat more than
you can digest or drink more than you
want"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
lakes . Smart Person.

"You can't flatter her.
"Why, has she got too much senseT
mo, you haven't got sense enough"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Ear Attuned.

The artist works for art alone.
Desplsing anything like cash.
But he can always hear the tone
That softly. gently whispers HASH"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
March 9 in American
History.

1773-Isaac Hull. American naval hero,
born; died 1S43.
1906 Edwin Forrest. noted tragedian.
born; died 1872.
1S62-First battle between ironclad
warships. Confederate ram Me--
riTaac defeated in Hampton Roads
By E-icsson's famous Monitor
1907-John Krom Rees. noted Ameri-
can astronomer. died: horz ISsJ.
Little grains OF wisdom. little drops
of wit, make the awful nuisance think
he's made a hit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Matter of Principle.

"How much does he weigh
Brother Tightwad has never been
weighed"
"Superstitious"
mo: too stingy to tip the scales"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

The mistress may have moods. but il
IS always temper with the maid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

A frosty morning is no excuse for
snappy temper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
One View.

do the writers of popular songs
make any money out Of themp
''They ought to be glad if they es-
cape without having to pay a fine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
LIZ E-rIn,.nnn+

-HHiSyhShr
81 am so busy"
Doing what"
Putting things off till feel like do
ing them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Some girls choose a husband as they
do book-by the title.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Any man is happy after a good din.
ner, but it takes compliment to cheer
up a woman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

A man fears he may get what's COM
Ing to him, woman fears she won't
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-04-04

week and no wonder. He had just
received a letter from his sister, Mrs.
Lizzie Hambrick, who now lives at
Garman, Texas. that three weeks
previous to that time there had been
an arrival, or rather a bunch Of ar
rivals, in her family. In fact she had
become the proud mother of Quadrup-
lets-two boys and two girls, all
healthy well-formed children. Mrs.
Hambrick is a former Brookings
county resident and was born in
Sterling township. Some years ago
she went to Colorado and from there
to Texas. These are her first chill
dren. This was Johns first expert
ence in the uncle business and to
have two nephews and two nieces put
in an appearance at the same time
rather dazed him. He expects to go
to Texas within the next few weeks
to make a visit to his sister and her
children.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-04-04
BACK GIVES OUT.
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