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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Single Tax---How 1t Works

our party and we will save you."
Which is right?
The Georgian philosophy does
mt ask you to come to anything.
1t simply asks you to study the
truth and after you have learned
1t go your way and practice it.
1t Is not a sect, party nor religion
1T is simply truth. That is
why 1t Is found in all parties, all
sects and in all religions where
truth Is recognized.
Socialism Is as Jos. Cook said
of 1t: "a castle in the clouds and
no ladder whereby to reach it."
The Single FAX is a ladder of
freedom by which mankind may
reach any truth that is attainable
In a free state.
The socialistic doctrines of the
"Materialistic Conception of His
tory" and the Law of Economic
Determinism" are mere theories
of social development. AS such
they may be worthy of study. AS
scientific facts, they are, and prob
ably always will be, subject of dis
pute while spiritual conceptions
In man have any sway. They are
purely materiallstio doctrines of
force; of tooth and claw; of Might
makes Right. They deny spiritu-
ality In man, therefore, they do
not rise very high--at least not to
heaven. As general movements
they do not reach down to the
land question without coming to
the Single Tax-therefore, they
don't touch the Earth-they are
entangled in the machinery. Too
good for the earth and not good
for heaven-thAv bsns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

When we are in trouble, who
comes along Just at the right time?
Nobody"
He's a peculiar and funny cuss,
this Nobody" His hat is the kind
that Nobody" would wear and his
coat one that Nobody" could have
any use for, and his cane is just
the kind that Nobody" would
choose. And strip him of his
clothes. there is Nobody" there.
We receive a perfect flood OF in
quiries about Nobody" from Con-
slant Reader and Vtrtas and Pro
Bono Public, but they are ques-.
tions that Nobody" could fully
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Article No. o.
BY EDMUND NORTON.


Some one asks: What 10 the
difference between Single Tax and
Socialism? This is an important
question.
AS worldwide humanitarian
movements, both are seeking a
better state of society where JUS
tice, Equity, Peace and Plenty
shall obtain-ths ultimate ideal
of mankind. In this their desires
are the same; but. both believing
that society will bloom
The Single Tax says: Free It
from all distractions and let II
bloom" while
Socialism says: Lett us take
possession of 1t and MAKE II
bloom"
There is all the difference in
these methods that there IL be-
tween the gardener who removes
weeds and frees to air and sun
shine the plant he wishes Nature
to perfect and that of the one who
lighthouses his and forces bud and
bloom out of season.
The Single Tax is a scientific
method of restoring to mankind
that which all know they have a
right to-the Earth.
Socialism Is an ideal, a dream, q
sociological ambition. 1t has no
more right to the name of science
than has the Salvation Army to be
called scientific religion. They are
both sectarian movements In
politics, the other in theology.
One says Come to our army and
It's teachings and we Will save
you." The other saysi Come to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
LaHSNNN

Wherever therailroad has voucbsafed a station,
And many place where it's not
Way out the fringes of civilization
Or close to its busiest spot,
Wherever retailers present to treat WITH
His various samples to scan,
Why, that is the place certain to meet with
And notice the Travelling Man!
He's easy to spot, for you cannot mistake him.
There's a smart sort of tilt to his lid
And dash and devil-may care-ness that makes him
person whose trad can't be hid
Way back in his is luminous twinkle
And his smiles a generous plan,
Each and each word and each laugh
Proclaim he's Travelling Man.
Despite all the horrors of countryside taverns
Which follow wearisome ride,
The rooms which nothing but dreary old
And the dishes eternay fried,
He keeps up his cheer, he's blithe sunny spirit,
He's built the joyfuest plan;
The latest in stories styles-you will hear il
From the lips Of the Travelling Man.
He's gay and he's flippant, trifle flirtaious,
But true, just the to his
The helpless find him both gentle and gracious,
The other kind leave him alone;
Through all kinds of trouble and worry weather
He tends to the work of his can
He's link In the chain that keeps mortals together.
Here's how to the Travelling Man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Editorial PAGE or Che Cacoma Cimes

door loud enough to be distinctly
heard. He is the only individual
who loves some people, but the
goldfish. Yea, he can even safely
trust human nature. oh, he Is &C
complished. too, is Nobody" He
can catch old birds with chaff and
make a purse of a sow's ear. mot
that he needs purse. because he
can get along without money! He
can decide when doctors disagree.
he comprehends eternity, and Is
immortal.
And we almost forgot-he be-
lieves Taft will be reelected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Let's Stand Up

And triumph
land of the the home
through clapped
to honor the everyone used to 10.
Imagine English audience sitting
the rendition Of national of their respective
A who did it there would be Missed
OF course we're still sort of nation and whole
rdicule than anything
emotion a
national characteristic exciting
those haven't anything
o patriotism of
Come everybody. let's stand when 1.-THE
Banner Played applaud for 1t whistle
ashamed to show patriotism out loud
ADVOCATE of childrens bureau asks they aren't worth
had the of
plant industry to start the question.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

ANSWER. The best we can do is
make try at 1t.
Q. Who is he7
Ans. Nobody in particular.
@. Where does he live
Ans. Nowhere.
@. What does he eat?
Ans. Nothing.
Q. Has he any brains7 ID
Ans. That's something he keeps
under his hat. n
q. Is he dissatisfied
Ans. On the contrary, Nobody
is satisfied.
To go ahead and tell you every
thing We know about him will not
take long. He Is a mysterious
member of society and somewhat
OF nuisance. 1t is he who stole
the jam, who struck Billy Patter-
son, who has seen Kelly, and who
understands what the wild waves
are saying.
He is also a good deal of a mar
tyr, for 1t is he who is generally
hanged for the many atrocious
murders that are committed. Well.
we can't be very sorry for him
since the evidence always puts the
blame strongly upon him. Still
he has virtues. He and George
Washington always told the truth.
He never made a mistake, does
his duty always, pays his taxes
willingly and is always helpfui. To
throw a little more light on the
latter statement, what you leave
for Everybody to do Nobody"
does.
Some eccentric qualities he also
has. He believes DR.. Cook really
discovered the North Pole. He Is
he only person who will admit
that Opportunity knocked ct his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

A pompous gent started to
abuse a restaurant waitress be-
cause the buckwheat cakes were
cold.
Go slow there, old man," she
said, 81 amt your wife"
Two things will make a woman
real mad. First don't notice her;
second, and worse, don't notice
her new gown,
Men must be slender, Is the
1912 fashion decree. II that only
meant in the poeketbook we'd all
be there"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

SuperlatlV66 In q
recent bill he
introduced in
the house. 1t
provides for the
longest Ameri-
can road, Wash
ington, d. G., to
Olympia, WASH,
and 1t Is to have
the | o n g 9 st
highway name
-" ID a lighters
of the Ameri-
can Revolution
national ocean
to ocean old
trails road"
Congress is to
provide half the
cost, the states
through which
the road goes,
the other half.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
N0Sf


HE WEATHER. NAN.
Gold wave Is passing over,
Warmer weather on the way
That's what the paper tells us
Pretty nearly every day.
They do not mean to irk us,
Those of journalistic clan,
They get their "dope" on weather
From our friend. the weather
man.
"Fair and somewhat cool tomor-
row."
Is his summers handy phrase,
When the temperatures so siz-
cling
That the sidewalks fairly blaze.
But of course the worthy missed
1t;
We swelter In the heat,
And blame 1t on the paper man
And on his "bunco sheet"
But really he is not to blame,
He does the best he can,
For he gets his dope" on
weather
From our friend the weather
man.
So, when you're angry with the
news
And cannot see the joke,
Just blame 1t on the weather man
And not the paper folk.
Akron man advertises his
shaving mug for sale, "as I'm
about to leave town" Must be
going to Beardstown, Ill.
Loves life Is cast in pleasant
lines,
He's blind and cannot see
The verses on his Valentines
That scan 80 shamefully.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
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BY FRED SCHAEFER

Just becoss a man college SEN
Tor wears mortarboard cap ISIS
no sign he will make a good hod-
carrier.
AS Shakespeare says, der worlt
ISIS but stage und pride cometh
before der stale egg.
Incongruity ISIS ven a man nit
CRAZY spots on hiss vest wears a
buttonhole bouquet.
People who dance und don'd pay
der piper let him vistle for hiss
money.
A lie made oudt of whole cloth
chenerally hass some remnants.
Vot?
Id is polite store vich will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

Frederick Townsend
Idle Rfch writes at his
after this fashion:
welded about the necks
industrial 1t Ia true that the
avy exploitation of the bodies has
been wiped out in civilized nation but equally true that
pollution
ohatte slavery have but stepped of of direct
poaon enchanted
the indirect expoia
ton benefit capital!
world plucked
the
lively small insignificant virtue the
genius their administer
tremendous of capital"
But the Morgans the Rockeeer the Carneges the Asors
Xix that
feel They leave their weak children to play before
the flood that swels rolls
Arbitrary redistribution of wealth?
WRITER of Cincinnati a intangible
punctured, like Cox.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Equal Pay

Spokane they
and they're going practice by paying
the
The
will be
these Married
business ability selected for the positions
pected that others will be selected the positions
will appointed
officers
about 16 to nd then why W. J.
some day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

preached from new angle and
naturally with new men. For ex-
ample, the great question of con-
servation is not merely to keep
our forests renewed our water
supply protected against further
depreciation, and our mines from
waste. That is only the obvious
superficial part of conservation.
The real thing that we have to
conserve in America Is the Amer
lean people, their energy, their
capacity to hope and to achieve.
Our task is to see that great
and ardent people are not de-
pressed.
Sometimes when 1 talk with
manufacturers i realize how true
1t is that they study every piece
of machinery that they are deal
ing with except the human ma
chine. A man will dismiss an
employee IL he overdrives deli
cate machine. Yet he will not
dismiss a superintendent IL he
puts an intOierable strain upon
the muscles, nerves and spirits of
tho
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

George P. Bowler spent $400,-
600 for a five-year college educa-
ton at Harvard, according to a
money lender who is suing him
for $4,000. Doulette in a place
on Broadway, N. Y, cost $75, 900;
tuition fees, books and board
DIDN'T take the rest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

An Indiana man says his chick
ems ride on sheep and COWS to
keep warm. Gee! they must brew
awful stuff down there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

Occasionally the of this presidential possibility
a
the lines You may fill them in easily however with pencil Start
a" drawing a
straight line to the % dot and by consecutive numbers till
all the
dot to dot, regardless of other lines
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

Red Cross Ball Blue makes the
laundress happy, makes clothes
whittier than snow. II you wish
beautiful, clear white clothes, use
Red Cross Ball Blue. At all good
grocers. go
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

Spray Pumps. any style. Taco
ma impit & Seed Co.. 18th and
Commeroe. see
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Conservative Love

People either n
themselves
ruffed. exalted"
imagine the considering
cd" feeling and coming down to the depths
And when right down tacks fellow
the the the world
while happiness
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

Entered at the postoffice at Tacoma, Wash,
as second-cless matter. Telegraphic Service
OF United Press Association.
Published Every Evening Except Sunday By
the Tacoma Times Publishing Company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

Q live and love, worthiIy bear
and be Browning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
About People

Congressman William P. Bor-
land of Missouri, put across two
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
Why Don't We Say It?

The less We try, the more we
cry, the less We have. the more we
buy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
BY WOODROW WILSON.

strikes everything
Everything therefore question be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

AGENT about to sell auto to w said the gear
ought about 16 and henhe
didn't buy IT,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17
My Principles
OF Progress

Herewith is statement by Woodrow Wilson Of his
of of the chief elements in national progressivsr
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-17

WRITER says Boss Cox of Cincinnati has "hard,
surface So had auto tires the agent said But
punctured. just like Boss Cox.
The evening world., 1912-10-25
POISON JAR GOT IN SPRING
BY ACCIDENT, IT is THOUGHT.
No Further Action in Perth Amboy
Case-Mrs. Symer Not Ar
rested, as RepOrted.

Convinced that no criminal action was
attended. neither tho police nor the
Board Of Health Of Perth Amboy. N. j..
VIII investigate further the finding OF
an old jar. which had contained arsenic,
in . spring used by number OF poor
families for water.
The epring 10 In vacant lot of Fran
els street In q north section u Perth
Amboy. settled by foreigners. The Jar
was found before any one had drunk
the water. An analysis by the Board Of
Health showed that the Jar had con-
tained poison. Mira Annie Symer. Mrs.
Harold Waltz and other women, their
husbands and children, were called be-
1ofA the Board OF Health.
II was shown that few OF them spoke
English and could not have purchased
poison had they desired to do 30. Then the
suggestion was made that the old Jar
had probably been dumped on the lot
with refuse and had been kicked acct
dentally into the spring. This struck
the police and members Of the Health
Board as logical. and Mrs. Symer was
not arrested as reported.
The evening world., 1912-10-25
mo BOSS HAS STRING
ION T.R." STRAUS TELLS
THE VOTERS OF OHIO
10
b Cleveland Speech He De.
elares Old Parties Dominated
|. by Property Interests.

CLEVELAND, Dot. 1.-G,ving most
- ~ attention to Barnes and Murphy
- New York and attempting to show
Woodrow Wilson, Democratic candidate
~ President, to be q creature Of the
oessss. Oscar straus. Progressive can
A1dsts for Governor Of New York. ad-
lrsssed . large political meeting last
ulSht ~ Central Armory.
Whsn Mr.. Straus appeared the entire
oudisnce stood. cheering for "Straus.
OtSaus. straus." While the orator went
- the aisle. with the Rev. Worth NJ.
Tippy. Sylvester Everett and Rabbi g.
1arsoliss. the applause gained In vol
umA
EN- New York we have the bosses on
SAs rum" said Mr.. Straus. "Barnes says
that II am elected-and Mr.. Barnes has
. national reputatlon-I will make a
failure. He's right. I'll make a failure
for Mr.. Barnes and failure for Mr..
Murphy. and I'll make a failure for all
che bos.eS. except my boss, and my boss
- the people of the Empire State.
I'VE have no longer a Democratic or a
8epublican party. The several states
ape Hike New York. There VIC have .
Barnes party and Murphy party.
There IL no boss In New York who
Aas any strings on our candidate for
president The Progressive party is the
cause Of the people. Now some are ask
ing what 10 the difference between the
Progressive party and the other parties.
Tn tell you. The so-called Republican
and Democratic parties as they have
developed and are now In the hands of
Ne bosses are dominated by property
interests, while tho cause Of Progress
avism u not only dominated but in
lnpired by human interests"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-06
BY DR. Il. w. WHEY.

ia LIN R4sy W. lNN44HG
Chief Chemist U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
The balanced ration is that Sc
lection of food which furnishes in
the proper quantities the four
kinds of nourishment mentioned
in yesterdays article-fats, car
bohydrates, proteins and mineral
substances. It is evident, there
fore, that the human body can
not live very long eating nothing
but sugar and starch. His health
would soon, be impaired by eat
ing nothing but lean meat. If he
should try to live on fats and oils
alone he would soon find himself
starving, and if he ate nothing
but phosphorus and lime his life
would indeed be short. A proper
combination Of all these elements,
however produces that balance in
his food which nourishes all the
parts of his body and at the same
time furnishes the heat and ener-
gy necessary to his daily exist
ence.
l shall mention some of the
kinds of foods which contain
some one of the different import
ant nourishing elementsmention-
ed in the previous classification
with comparison of the cost Of
each. Such comparison. how
ever, is not a fair criterion for
Judging the comparative econ
omy in foods, because a food
which is cheap and not palatable
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-06

tive palatability is apt to be mis-
leading.
Of the classes of foods men
toned two may be considered as
being prepared in a pure state,
namely, the carbohydrates (the
starches and the sugars) and the
fats and oils. On the other hand
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-06

may, in the long run, be more exr
pensive than one which is dear
and palatable, Attention has ali
ready been called to the fact that
paltability is, to a certain extents
a test of wholesomeness, hence
any system of comparative cost
which does not include compararli
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-06
: ALL LEAN WASN'T
y NOR SHOULD MRS.
HEALTHY FOR JACK spRt
sPRATT HAVE HAD ALL FL

*"cheap" Foods Are Often the Dearest Ones WI
=. in Third Food Article
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-11
ISAAC I. MANN
IN SENATE RACE
5rArlweil Goal Operator and Prominent
Republican Announces His
candidacy to Friends.

Letters were received b. friends IN
the city yesterday from isau, T. Mauu.the
hrlmWel cosl operate. announcing tl-
an4iasr - FOR toe Republic al Iuiniil.i-
lion ana election OF t.v uitrl state.
seuat. tOsa Air Na-u Is one ~ fl,.
best Anown and most active readers OF
tne kep4ulilau PARTY IN t.v southern
tpuni.e- lie IL a native West Via IuiaII.
LaN4ns been born 81 Monroe county. uIt
Nhen Yet very yolnE man. moved TO
Mcdowell com. wr-r" Re has since lt.-
sided re grew ~ with to d.t eiop-
ment OF the Ereat coal Industry 800 ttat
section OF The state and f. uuw one Of
the most wealthy operators 90 tie sta.e.
Mr. Nam has been "a life-Iuut Kep.h-
ican and has always taken au active IN
teTest in political affairs - tue south
eru section % West N.rsIu.a ii" La-
neve- held political Office gud has
many warm friends frroI1.oat the
state. he Will be struuf candidate
TIE list o. formal candidates fur tine
senate toEa nov lUg4uue t4r ton MfI-
ham Seymore Edwards. OF Charleston.
ex-senator Davis f.lK'ES. ~ Nor ss3tLtov.u o..
no announced their candidacy zsNe tl
weeks ago. Judge JOAN Mason. Of Fair
mont. tIi Hon q. IS Waite. 80 iurF-r--
h. .rrDlHseI trir candidacy
since tire election. Hon. " g. hubbard.
..." ..4... .@ AGE launched his rlnli-
aaoy AMI Ex-senator SHtaan Hay sso,t.
~ tHls c.fr. THIS IS "a strong list -
rardftl'es and o iE evident thai tie
contest viii he warm.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-11

Little Children are always charm p
'-"s-ed in iu,t s4.h fr1cs- as this ors
I rr box pIaifs give fhe long slender .in.s
.Hr Che drcrsy iro.s tIading can D.. ..
frd alter fhr manner Illustrated anI l..
7" plain ffork. % ran Dc omitted Do.
masiny r.a'lv m-ana vcfv Eftie labor o.
'h~ result is entirely astisisct1rt 1t.
dress i- made in fl.t THREE rierrs. Be- rio4e
% The back FOR flc entire length ani De-
11. ri~cc sleeves showing iust hff'a
'ulrrss ar the shoulders Aim1-f svcrt
.hiii-1 material - appropriate. Tor the
dress can bc mai from white Lawn uIfh
Arr and embroidery % 30 very dairfr
or o. can ~ made of g1ghsm without
trimming 90 BE- vcry sturdy ami pre-
teal. while Tor Intermediate U.s.. plain
blue gingham with hands Of vhfr ON
lrliirr, would h. pretty IN this csss
there are ..asN~s Cgt Under fh~ risiIs
through Which thr ush De- psssci and the
treatment IS very pretty for the drrssy
ifock. hut the drrss j. quite complete vIfh.
luf the sash.
F1r the 4 y-sf size The dress will require
Yards of material -. - varis - or 81
inches wifIc uith So wards oi banding
The pattern NJ the drrss zss4 is rut in
sizes f1r children a =. 4 aai = years of agr
u vii BE- mailed o. any address bv the
tashion Department Ut tlis papaI. On &C.
.-clot u tea .eg.S
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-11

Mrs John Foster 90 Steubenv.'Ie. . .
- Visiting NJ and Mrs Alfred Davis
~ Lintou'r addition tlm Grove
Dr.. - T. henderson. or gIavsviile
spent yesterday with relatives IA Elm
Grove.
George Tabler las returned 20 Man
ninEtor, utter short VISIT with rfS
parents al t.orlng Place. Elm Grove
Mrs c. ". Erockunitr Is confined 20
Illness
Miss E'hvi Kevse- returned >, her
home IN E.fn Grove last evening after
ruendirr sunday with relatives at
CiGyrvi'lc.
Fulton .ouncl VII meet this evening
IN T"ntnly session n the Fulton bank
Thomas Elliott. of New castle. IA. is
The Guest % fr!'r y ana relatives 90 Elm
Grove
nr ". y Gisse,er returned 10 his
home in Fin Grove last evening after
sn"nd.1r the day with relatives IN
Noundsviite
Tho Colder TtrEa 'hl. class - tie
Elm Grove NJ p. church. Wi! meet WDi-
uesdav evening az the home Of Mrs Ar
thur MARBLE. ~ OVERLOOK
g. - TrusScll returned last evening
10 New York city. after ID short visit
with relatives On the Stone church road
Elm grove
M AMI Mrs. IIa-od Noel ~ Rem
wool. @Vort Nc-trr ..,F with DR. and
Nis Y. ". PeIcpri. - Elm Grove
Mrs. Msttha Armstrong 90 Iuipu-
town. O.. - visiting relatives IA the