The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-10-11

When the President signed the Woodrow Wilson Tariff
Bill done with all possible Jefer-onlan simplicity
ina,much a. used single quill pen while the
latter equred gold pens one for Woodrow and one
for W-on Those present the signature last FRIDAY
night threw bouquets themselves by saying 1t was the
tariff bin that has been enacted And yet had
not been subjected a single trial it, merits Bryan
was there and lauded it the skies, just he didI
a former Wilson bill when he member of Congress
years With the exception of not passing
proper law in the former Wilson Bill, Bryan
thought just the thing and he ardent free
trader and as the bill suited him it have been astn-
gent free trade bill No heard of Bryan being cor>
his free trade belief and if the present Woo-
Wilson tariff bill better than the former free trade
bl--we there is but conclusion. But how about the
morning That delightful vision that these saw
the night of the signature, placid and free free from
rocks has different aspect viewed by the treasury de-
patmen the following morning. he storm cloud was only
about as big as mans hat but how it did spread. That
percent reduction American shippers raised
with nations wing treaty that there should
be dierentia and determinations while those coun
tries that had such agreement would kick because
they dscrmpaten against if other foreign countries
allowed this five percent Then the the same
landed in New York and had their agrette ne
taken from hats b house officers because the
bill prevented the importation of such plumes raised
cain They Just denounced everything from Custom houses
officer the white house for this unchvarous proceeding
There will be other kicks registered the
Perfect Bill
The tax assessment has caused considerable grief all
around and commissioners, and state tax cons
mission have been in order satisfactorily adjust
matters Under the recently passed essaton the
ment of property to be made on cash valuation This
in itself difficult problem account Of depreciation in
nanv pieces of property and while the cash price for which
they could be sold would be exceedingly low yet
where a man own. his hone, it is worth to him a
good price much lower offered for sale compared
with actual The aimed to adjust these mat
ters there ha. been coed sized raise in the valu-
alton for taxable purposes When this was submitted to the
state tax commission there another horizontal per-
pendcuar other kind of raise that increased the
valuation of the little over thirty percent Now
arises the question, How equitable levy be made
that will keep the total of mans assessment about the
same as the past This has been the statements of
the Of the present law namely the increased
men would be offset by the decrease in the mills levy
This remains be and when people to pay their
taxes they will compare their receipt c the past
with those that viii confront them in the future
There be siderable the of the Re-
committee the basis of of DELE
gates the Republican There question
that the present unjust The only basis the
Der the presidential election the
as is done congressional and other subdivisions
their conventions called that single ec
toa a republican presidential under the ys
tenn has lust influence National Convention
state for nominee its
entities that always democratic and
eight delegates
president Convention republican state of
sentatou will full electoral while the
single electoral vote Hence the only
able wa, to adjust the representation
each state based republican in that