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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
''JOKER" IN INCOME
TAX MEASURE
But 1t Is in the Peoples Interest
Rockefeller Must Pay
Fair Per Gent
CBy Clyde H Tavener, Member of
COngreSS,0

By Clyde H Tavener, Member of
Congress.)
Washington, April 22.-Yes, there is
'Joker'' in the income tax bill. But
in this legislation, for change, the
''joker'' is all for the people. The
possesors of swollen fortunes were
much perturbed by the pending in
come tax legislation, and when the
bill finally issued from the printers
they read it with a great deal of in
terest. The first paragraphs were
disquieting. They fixed the rates OF
taxation on private incomes-one per
cent. on an income of over $4,000 and
under 5000 two per cent. on -
much of the income as is above $780,
600, three per cent. on all Of it above
$50, 900 annually, and four per cent on
any excess of 500, 900 per year. Under
this graduation a plutocrat like John
D. Rockefeller will be required to pay
four per cent. income tax on all his
income except $780, 600 per year. This
was alarming. Tt was not until Wall
Street read down to the corporation
section that it felt that perhaps it
had been judging the Democratic
House too harshly. For, while indi-
viduals are assessed on a graduated
tax rate Of one per cent. no matter
how large their annual profits Even
the great steel Trust will be requir-
ed to pay but one per cent. tax on
it's vast earnings.
When the Wall street lawyers read
this far they smiled cynica1ly. Yes,
they had been to hasty in condemn
ing the Democratic House. Here were
the corporations receiving better treat
nent than individuals. Tt seemed
almost like old times. But the smiles
faded as they read on into the 10
kerr
For while the corporation escapes
the graduated tax, the stakeholder in
the corporation doesn't. Up to $20.-
600 the stockholders income from cor
poration dividendsl is exempt from
corporation itself having
But on dividend income above
$4,000 the stockho1der pays one per
cent, above $50, 900 two per cent. and
above 500, 900 three per cent.
1t didn't take Wall Street more than
a minute to figure out that this meant
that the small stakeholder, the wild |
ow who invests the proceeds of her
husbands small life Insurance policy |
in stocks, the small investor every |
where, will be exempt from excess |
sive taxation. It will put the chief |
burden of taxation on the rich alone. |
Wall Street would have much pre-
ferred to have the corporations them |
selves pay the graduated tax For
then the smallest stockho1der, the
holder of a single share, would be re-
Quired TO contribute from his slim
dividends to pay the four per cent
which such corporations as the Steel
Trust will have to pay on the bulk of
It's earnings.
And in case the rich man would try
to evade taxation on dividends by US
ng the $40, 600 exemption provision
hat is, by scattering his investment
among many corporations SO that his
dividends in no Individual case
amounted to more than $50, Goethe
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

capacity of Mr.. Gillette is Yale man, and
competent obserV He says, in the letter:
ehy, the WON
tofthe averag
by nine
Lastfa in his o
the county
Iwassa OF
sheridan
at collection Of
we
national Of
in the in whc n
complaint criticism against women
the anyn e
Gillette is scientific. He approaches the ques-
along lines He observes the institution at
work, and pronounces Judgment in accordance with the
phenomena he sees.
The prori method of judging social matters is big
a mistake the method applied to chemistry. Ev
erybody who has attempted to produce from his internal
consciousness proof that this that thing could not
pen has made of it, from the gentlemen who adduc
ed that railroad trains could not for lack of friction to
give the wheels grip, to the earlier gentlemen who
certain the world was fat.
The way to judge Institution is to observe it at
work. This Mr. Gillette has done in Wyoming, where
vote. He says that for women are GOOD
THING
Males, please note that the mentality Of the women
elected to the Wyoming legislature is far
average mentality of the elected to the body;
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

Brazfliane will celebrate discovery
day. today, the anniversary OF the
discovery of that vast country by Pc
dro Alvarez Cabral on April %, 1900
CabraI was a Portuguese navigator
and took possession of the land in the
name of his king, calling it Terra da
Santa Cruz, or Land of the Holy
Cross Although Brazil has long since
thrown off the Portuguese yoke, the
country has remained to this day Por-
tuguese in language and culture. Bra
zi1 which means red, was later ap-
piled to the country because of its
vast forests of red dyewoOd.
Four hundred and thirteen years af-
ter it's discovery finds the United
States of Brazil, prosperous repub-
lie with a stable government and a
population now nearing the twenty
five million mark. In area it is the
greatest of the South American re-
resources may some day make 1T the
richest country of the New World.
Coffee is now BraziPs principal source
of wealth, and, by means of valori-
zatton scheme, the price is kept up to
a high standard Nor is the coffee
trust the only monopoly of which
Brazil boasts. The Capitalization of
Industry has been carried almost as
far in Brazil as in the United States,
and in Senior Farquhar Brazil has a
financial wizard as powerful as the
late J. p Morgan. He controls eight
great railroad systems, embracing
practically all of the important lines
in the country. The leading coast and
transatlantic steamship companies are
in his power The strap-hangers and
the gas electricity and water compa-
MES of Rio de Janiero pay tribute to
his organizing ability, and a score of
other big corporations are under his
control
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
a:sO b. "a. TorrorrovH

A. Blwood e. Son w1ll sell at public
auction the two family house on Fair
field avenue, head OF Yale street THE
house is the best up-to-date house IN
the city, just finished and ready to
move In. The sale takes place at SEQ
on Wednesday afternoon. just drop
around and look IT over. Time. s:8g
D. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
Printed Bulgarian Fabrics

Of silk and cotton, in of "tit and miss" line
of patterns, both light and dark effects, as
If they might have been designed by cubist artists
though there is hunting for any special idea
IN them They look just what they meant to be
very pleasing goods of moderately gay color
1ngs, for trimmings, kimonos, etc.
~ inches wide, so
Cotton Goods Section main Aoor
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

Miles Poindexter, United States
Senator, from Washington. is a son of
the South, having been born in Mem
phis, Tenn, forty-five years ago to-
day. AS a student at Washington and
Lee University he was a Democrat
but he switched to Progressive Re
publicanism soon after opening a law
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

York Viscount Milton was the first
president The American Association
TOT the advancement of Science pat
termed after the British Associa tion
held its first convention in Philadel-
phia, in 184s- The German Union Of
Natural Philosophers, similar in pur-
pose to the British, American and
French associations, was founded at
Leipsic in 1922
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

such ailments. He has also used hyp-
notism effectively in the treatment of
diabetes, hay fever, stammering.
pathological bashfulness and epilepsy
That hypnotism has not been more
generally accepted by physicians, Dr.
Quackenbos believes, is due to its vul-
gar exploitation by side-show charIa--
tanS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

office in Wal1a Walla, Wash, in 1891
Six years later he located in Spokane,
and In 1909 was elected to Congress.
HIS brand of insurgency was pleas
ing to his constituents, and they ex-
pressed their gratitude by boosting
him into the Senate
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
The Very Latest

in millinery at E. H Dillon & Co.'S,
11O5 Main street, where they are show
ing the new models, new materials and
new trimmings at prices less than else
where
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22

The members of the Connecticut
Beekeepers' Association at their an
nual meeting, Saturday, elected Ste
phen J. GI-iffen of Bridgeport a MEM
Der of the executive committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
I he y. NJ. Read CO.
Established 1857
lime to Buy Table Cloths
for Summer Use.

And also other Linens of moderate price for cot
tage yacht, and bungalow large assortment
present in plain white and silver bleach.
Mercerized Table Cloths. henlrned ready for use.
nice quality,
So 90 S1.25
So 70 $1.5O
SO x 90 $500
Silver-b1each Her1astitched Cloths these will
whiten
So 50 slips
g x SO $3.50
Tray Cloths, a linen,
16 "a inches for 25 cts
four attractive
Mercerized patterns
Is K niche
:. Remnants of Table Linens, collection averaging
from ~ to 3 yards good qualities and ali linen
sorted patterns 45 cts: very good.
Linen Section, lower
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
wYoM1Ne's WOMEN VOTERS,

Our Intelligent esteemed and admirable contempt
rarv The Newtown Bee, prints communication from
Edward Gillette, of Sheridan Wyoming which is worth
those who habituay deny the intellectual
capacity of Mr.. Gillette is Yale man, and a
cornr1etent Observer He saws. in the letter:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS


bottle a of
ATLANTIC PHARMACY. Next to Davis Ha''le'
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-22
Gay Ribbons

Even among Ribbons is the tendency towards
Eastern cooring Balkans of gayest hue are in all
widths mad tumble of rich orange flaming red en-
erad splashed rregular1y with black IN eff
fective weaves, and in all widths.
Exclusive designs for millinery and sashes.
First Section, Main
Petticoats of Messa1ine and Taffeta. Do not miss
these dainty skirts which selling in medium lengths
and sizes at $2.o8
Extra Sizes 1898. Second
Cordova Leather Goods, Bags, Card Cases, Cigar
and Cigarette Cases, Photograph Frames Music Rolls
Pass Books, Purses Classic designs hand fooled
superb stock
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
APPROVES Pure SEED BILL
Governor McGovern Affixes Signature
to STRINGENT Law.

Governor McGovern Affixes Signature
to Stringent Law.
A stringent law regulating the sale
OF fraudulent seeds has just been
signed by Governor McGovern. The
bill was drawn by Professor r. A.
Moore of the agricultural experiment
station and requires the exact labelling
of the purity of the seeds ON each
container. Inspectors of the agricui
tural department are required to col.
lect samples of seeds on the open
market and to prosecute in the name
of the state those against whom evil
dence OF dishonesty and fraud is So
cured.
The hearing on this bill disclosed
the fact that many thousands of dol
lars are annually wasted in Wisconsin
in the purchase of nongerminating
seeds, and that thousands of acres
are seeded to foul seeds by purchases
where seeds have not been tested
A new duty has been placed upon
teachers. Hereafter in Wisconsin pub
lie schools the subject of manners,
the right and wrong, rectitude of life
and morals will be taught. The gov
ernor has signed the Viebahn bill in
tended to accomplish this purpose.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
HEROICALLY LOSES HIS LIFE
Doctor Tries to Save Three Girls
From Drowning.

Doctor Tries to Save Three Girls
From Drowning.
DR.. r. A. Kinney gave his life in =
vain attempt to save three young Wom-
en- who were thrown into the river
from a rowboat four miles from Cass-
Vile The young women were:
Myrtle Judd, twenty-five years old;
Nora Edwards, nineteen years old,
and Helena Godfrey, eighteen years
old.
All were residents of Lancaster.
They and Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney were
members of party of about twelve
that had gone into camp on the shore
of the Mississippi river.
Dr. and Mrs. Kinney were sitting on
the shore when the girls started out
in a rowboat. Suddenly it overturned
and all were thrown into the water.
The doctor jumped in and swan to
the point where they were struggling
He seized one and started toward the
shore.
He sank before he had covered the
distance. In the meantime the other
two young women also had gone down.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
MORGAN ESTATE$100, 900, 900
Largest to Pay an Inheritance Tax in
This Country.

New York, June 27.-The whole of
the J. P. Morgan estate has value of
about 31OO, 100000. according to an un-
official estimate here credited to
Thomas E. Rush, counsel to State
Comptroller Sohmer, who has been in
Europe the last month examining the
books of the Morgan houses in Lon
don and Paris, to determine the value
of the late financier's holdings.
The European assets he found to
approximate $15,000,000. If the $780,
100000 estimate for the whole estate
is correct it is said this will be the
biggest estate to pay an inheritance
tax in America. New York state will
pe enriched nearly $4,OO0,O00, it is es-
timated, by a tax of per cent on a
greater part of the estate.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04

State of Wisconsin, County Court for
Rusk County:
In the matter of the estate of Eli
Miller deceased.
IN PROBATE
On reading and filing the petition
Of administrative of the estate of
Eli Miller deceased, representing
among other things that said de-
ceased died seized of certain real es-
tate therein described, and that it is
necessary to sell orEincumber the
same to pay the debts and admins
tration expense of said deceased, and
praying for license to sell the same,
and, it appearing to the Court that
the personal estate in the hands Of
said administrative is insufficient to
pay the debts of the said deceased,
and expense of administration. and
that it is necessary to sell or incum
Der all of said real estate for that
purpose:
1T rs ORDERED, That said petit
ton be heard at a special term of
said county court, to be held in and
for said county at the court house in
the city of Ladysmith on the 3rd
Tuesday (being the 18th day. of Jul
ly A. D. 1913, at 10 o'clock A. M.
1T IS FURTHER ORDERED, That
this order be published at least
successive weeks, before said day
fixed for the hearing of said petition,
in the Ladysmith News-Budget
weekly newspaper, published at the
city of Ladysmith in said county,
and that copy thereof be served
personally on George Miller, Nathan
Miller, John Miller, and w. S. Man
ming guardian ad Item of Benjamin
Miller, LOverna Miller and Welton
Miller, minors interested in said es-
tate and all persons interested in
the said estate and residing in this
county, at least twenty days before
such day.
Dated June 16, 1913.
By the court:
D. w. MALONEY,
County Judge.
T. NJ Thomas, Attorney.
(First publication June 20, 1913 13-1ft
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
LONG STRUGGLE
ON WATERPOWER
State Legislature Takes a Re-
cess for Preparation.
FIGHT TO COMMENCE JULY 8

Principle Of State Control of the Wa
terpower Situation Endorsed by
President Wilson, Secretary Bryan
and Senator La Foliette--Lane and
6randeIs Support Bill.
Madison, Wis, July 1.-(Special. y
In anticipation OF long and sharp
6ght on the waterpower question, the
legislature has takn recess for one
week. The big guns will be dragged
into place and the bombardment will
begin all over again when the mem
bers return here ON July s. On or
about that date the water power bill
will be introduced in the senate by
the special committee on conserva-
ton composed of Senators Husting,
Bosshard and Tomkins.
The principle of the fullest pos
Sible control by the state of the wa
terpower situation in Wisconsin, as
1T will be presented in the bill to be
offered by the committee, will have
the approval of President Wilson, Sec
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04

Rotary or state Bryan ana senator La
Toilette. In it's essential features,
the bill will have the o. X. of Secre-
tary Lane of the interior department
at Washington, Louis Brandeis and
other men in this country who are re-
garded as the best experts on the SUBJ
ject of conservation. A legislative
committee has never been better forti-
fed to make winning fight than the
senate committee on conservation.
No Compromise in Sight.
For weeks an effort has been made
to reach compromise in the form of
a bill acceptable to waterpoper own
ers in Wisconsin and the leading
progressive members of the legisla-
ture Fortified in their position fol-
lowing the conference of the senate
committee in Washington with Presi-
dent Wilson, Bryan, La Toilette, Lane,
Brandeis and others, the last posi-
bility OF q friendly compromise has
disappeared. The bill that will be in
troduced and recommended by the
ideas of the waterpower men.
The visit of the Wisconsin commit
tee to Washington and the friendly
support it has received from the most
influential sources in the nation is an
angle that the waterpower owners
did not anticipate and may find it diff
ficult to meet. While in Washington,
Senator Husting, chairman of the
committee, presented to President
Wilson the situation that prevails in
the legislature. H told him of the
fight that is being made on the sub
dect of waterpower, and told him that
there was division of the Demo-
Gratis. President Wilson said that
the national administration believed
in a strong policy in conservation. He
said that the state of Wisconsin in
dealing with the problem as a state
question should aim to give to the
state the fullest possible control of
the waterpowers.
Secretary Bryan said substantially
the same thing. Secretary Lane OF
the Interior anu MI. DIduUSIS Wei .
even more emphatic in driving home
the point of state control. Senator
La Toilette followed with close inter
est the hearings conducted by the
committee while in Washington, and
at the close of the conferences he
said that he cordially supported the
position of the committee in it's es-
sential details.
Effort to Discredit Trip.
An effort was made to discredit the
trip of the committee by the circula-
ton of report that the visit to
Washington was of political char
acter. The report was handed about
that Senator Bosshard merely wish
ed to confer with Senator La Toilette
regarding the campaign to be made
for Lieutenant Governor Morris, the
La Toilette candidate for the United
States senate, and Senator Husting
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
LEGAL koTlCEa.
Circuit Court Summons


State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court,
Rusk County.
Mrs. Hattie Cerarden formerly Hat
tie Jansen, Plaintiff, VS.. Joseph
Mikyska, Anezka Mikyska, Felix
Blaha and Meri Blaha, Defendants
State of Wisconsin to the said De-
PENDANT and each of them:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within twenty days after SER
vice of this summons, exclusive Of
the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the Court
aforesaid, and in case of your fail
ure so to do, judgment will be rem
dered against you according to the
demands of the complaint, Of which
copy is herewith served upon you.
ANDERSEN & FALGE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. O. Address, Ladysmith, Rusk
County, Wisconsin.
Note: The summons and complaint
in above action is on file with the
clerk of the Circuit Court for said
Rusk county.
(First publication June Is, 1913 12-17)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
Items Of Interest From All Parts
| Of the State.
SIGNS COMPENSATION LAW
Governor McGovern Approves Legls-
Iative Act Amending the Pres
ent Statute.

Governor McGovern signed the new
workmen's compensation act, which
goes into full effect Sept l. While
the principle of the act remains the
same several important changes in
detail have been made by the 1913
legislature. All of these changes were
made upon recommendation OF the in
dustrial commission, which admins
ter the law.
Heretofore compensation has been
provided to employees only in case their
employers had elected to abide by the
terms of the act. Under the new act
every employer of four or more per-
sons will be subject to the provisions
of the workmen's compensation act
unless he specifically elects not to be
so subject. The benefits to injured
employees or their dependents remain
almost unchanged.
Following the lead of a score or
more states the new act abrogates the
defense of contributory negligence.
The act of 1911 abolished only the two
defenses of assumption of risk and
negligence of a fellow servant.
Contractors are made liable for in
juries to employees Of sub-contractors.
Special provision is made, however,
for the contractor to protect himself
against losses.
An entirely new section of the act
requires all employers to carry insur-
ance unless exempted by the industrial
commission. Exemption may be Sc
cured by filing satisfactory evidence
with the commission that the employ
er is financially able to carry his own
risk.
Specific provision for compensation
is made in cases of specific injury,
such as the loss of fingers or parts
|thereof-arms, legs, etc. This provi-
sion, it is expected, will greatly SIM
plify the administration Of the act.
This table of specific compensation is
the result of scientific deductions
drawn from the wide experience of the
commission in administering the law
since 1911.