Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-03

Effects Of Tariff Law a. Revenue Pro-
ducsr as Vet Unknown-Favors Con-
soiidation Of Revenue Gutter and Lite
Saving Services ~ Coast Guard
Public Health Bureau and "curss."

ton. reviewing the activities IN MS oe
partment related to 1t. He SPEAKS Va
an unrest in business circles foliow1hs
the beginning Of the special session -
congress in April, refers to pfopa
ganda Of pessimism which, desgneoAy
or not. produced condition OF extre1lle
nervousness and tension" and points 70
his announcement in June that tne
treasury was ready to issue $5O0.o0o'-
600 of emergency currency under tho
Aldrich- Vreelant act to prevent re-
striction OF credits and to ease any SIT
uAtion.
Mr. iSfcAaoo details the treasury
offer to loan to banks Of the country
money to move the fall crops. The sum
of s46.5oo. 900 out Of &5O.oo0.Ooo est.
mated tn he needed. was apportloneo
among the states.
ut was essential" says the secretary.
that the action OF tho department
should be non partisan and non poilt-
ical: the crops of republicans demo-
Gratis and progressives, and all otne.
classes Of people had to be moved ano
the earnest effort Of the department
was to have the benefits Of this acton
diffused as widely and tmpartia1!y as
possible
Effect Of Tariff Unknown
OF the new tariff act Secretary NC
Adoo says 1t has not been In 1ofce
sufficient length Of time to make pos
sibla an accurate estimate Of its ulti"
mate revenue-producing powers. he
asks congress to impose nominal tax
Of / per cent proof gallon ON all alco-
hoI withdrawn Tor denaturation-and
LEGISLATION requiring every dealer IN
leaf tobacco to make an inventory OF
stock Jan. 1 Of each year and make q
report OF his transactions quarterly OF
monthly, and that every dealer be re-
CURED to give bond
oieo Law Unsatisfactory.
The present oleomargarine law u
declared to be unsatisfactory and the
government IL said to lose more taxes
from illicit practices in 0leomarkartne
than thru moonshino stills. Tho ddeffr.
ence in the tax on colored and uncol-
ored "oleo" Is held responsible for the
loss and congress 10 asked to impose
a nat nominal tax without any diner-
ence for color with provision for In
dividual stamped or original packages
of certain sizes adequately marked and
safeguarded. The law governing the
sale of adulterated butter IL declared to
have brought about unfortunate con-
ditions thru the difficulty Of its just
enforcement.
Would crsats Coast Guard.
Among his princial recommendations
to Congress tho Secretary placed the
following:
Enlargement Of the public health SER
vice and q closer cooperation with
state authorities to prevent and stamp
out epidemics OF disease
Building Of four revenue cutters. for
need Of which the secretary points out,
the service is seriously crippled.
Consolidation Of tho revenue cutter
and life-saving services into one Or
ganizatton to be known AZ the coast
guard. Such q consolidation, the Sc
cretary says. would increase the effi-
cheney OF such service with the idea
that the new coast guard should become
a first naval reserve in time OF war. The
incease in cost would be about 100000.
In that connection the secretary also
passage Of legislation for
the retirement Of life-savers on pom
sion, and declares that unless some
such measure Is made law. the eni-
cheney OF the service will be impaired
and 1t will become increasingly difficult
to obtain good men. He gives point
to his argument by showing that the
revenue cutter and life saving services
saved 4,423 lives in 1913 and salvaged
property worth more than $16,00o.000.
Establishment Of the revenue cutter
headquarters at Louisville or Cincin-
natl, at st. Louis or some other point
on the Upper Mississippi and at Helena,
Ark, or vicksburg, Miss, is urged as q
measure for the saving Of life in the
flood time in tho Ohio and Miss
issippi valleys.
The income tax Is not dwelt upon at
length, but the report estimates that
425,O0O individuals are subject to it
and that corporations not heretofore
subject to tax will number about $780,
900.
To Prevent Sea Disasters.
Z International action to prevent such
disasters at sea ~ resulted in the sink
Ing Of the Titanic 10 urged.
''The important maritime nations
should unite" says the secretary. I'm
defining lanes of travel across the
North Atlantic to avoid ali danger OF
icebergs during the months Of April.
May and June Of each year. and COM
pei steamship companies. to observe
them. This would result in increasing
to some extent tibet time Of ocean pas
sage but Il would on the other hand.
insure Immunity from the dangers Of
lcebergs during this season. The
steamship companies should not be per-
United to jsopardize needlessly human
life for the purpose Of shortening the
trans Atlantic Journey by a few hours,
and saving . comparatively few dollars.
but II they are they should be COM
PEELED to maintain an effective ice pa
troll at their own cost"
AZ 70 Alleged scurss."
Speaking OF scientific research by
the public health service the report
says:
.On account OF the announcements Of
discoveEie6 of alleged cures for tubsr-
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