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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
PLEDGES KEPT.

The end did not come with the passage of the
tariff bif by the senate yesterday, fer the-e bill
must now 60 to conference, where the differences
between the house and senate will be threshed
out and adjusted and agreement reached be-
tween the two bodies on all points. The measure
will then go back to the respective houses and
be passed However, the fight between Republi-
cans and Progressiyes on the one hand and the
Democrats on the other Is over. The contest now
win be between the senate and house conferees
over the changes made in the bill by the senate
after it had left the house This will take little
time. some patience and a Willingness to com
promise on minor points, but nothing more. The
bill is now as good as passed, aud there will be
little difference In form between the present bill
and the measure as 1t will be signed by President
Wilson.
The passage of the tariff bill by the extra
session called by President Wilson is one of the
greatest victories ever won by political party
and one of the greatest victories ever won by a
president The triumph is for Democracy, Tor
Woodrow Wilson and the people.
When Mr. Taft was a candidate for the prest-
dency In 1908, he and his party leaders promised
tariff revision downward The party leaders de-
liherately broke that pledge and President Tart
was weak enough to sign the bill, which stands
| today as a monument to broken vows and a tomb
stone Of a party, When Mr.. Wilson was can
didate for the presidency In 1912, he and his
party leaders promised tariff revision downward
/ and although there were a few leaders who
wished to commit political suicide with the same
weapons employed by their opponents, few
years previously. Mr.. Wilson and his supporters
| prevented The fight was hard one and at
times failure seemed possible, for the margin OF
control in the senate exceedingly narrow
but president and party leaders stood shoulder to
shoulder and the fight is Won
The firmness of strong man conscious OF
being right and backed by public confidence and
! the self-sacrfice of many senators-for many OF
them have courted defeat by their tariff votes
have given the American people the nearest ap
proach to tariff bin drawn In their interest that
has been given them since high protection came
to this nation legacy of war.
/ TO woodrow Wilson. who stood uncompro
misingly for the redemption of party pledges; tt
Oscar Underwood, whose mastery hand drew the
bill which was to redeem those pledges; to Sena
tor Simmons, of North Carolina, who plloted il
through narrow channels avoiding the Scyfls
of Republican opposition and the Charybdis o.
Democratic desertion: to the Democratic mem
bers OF the house Of representatives and to tht
/ Democratic members of the senate, the people
OF these United States debt of gratitude
which, we firmly believe. win be repaid in com
Ing elections
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
MFR. Glass IaureIs.

Just when the Virginia papers congratu-
latinE Representative Glass upon the his cur
rency bill some other papers seem inclined to
diminish his aurels by refusing to credit him
with the authorship of the bill. The Washing
ton Post says:
The identity of the college professor secret
iy engaged to draft the thing having never been
revealed. the real author is unknown. The
House finance committee was ignored in the
w ,rk of preparation, being called in only when
the right of way had been creased for railroad
ing IL through caucus and House putting 1t up to
the Senate"
Whether Mr.. Glass wrote the bill or not 1t Is
surely true that he steered y through the
II gu bled waters OF three weeks debate In COM
mittee and caucus, and will no doubt witness
its passage in the House. In the Senate the
Post predicts changes for it, and says that
1.-The pride of authorship and prestige of lead
arship which have been conspcuousy conjured
with in connection with the bill seemed destined
10 suffer In the process of revision that awaits
it" - $50
The same was predicted for the tariff bill,
but the democratic senators have been able so
fla to preserve that bill from the attacks of the
Republicans-Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
With the State Press
The Fool. .Automobilist.-

year or ago we wrote editorial the
Fool Automoblist.' We raked those cranks
who, because they own machine" think the
whole public highway is theirs. and who. dis
reCe riding speed limits, are a constant menace to
Vie limb and personal property. We have Moth
ne, to retract of what we then wrote, What we
then said and is true. The statute to
speed. to turns, as TO meetings with pedes-
trans equestrans, and those in vehicles Is plain.
It's provisions. which are reasonable should be
observed Violation of those provisions should
be reported At the same time say as
we said n year ago. that the automobile has
come to stay. We say now, as then, that we well
come it as does every live and progressive citi-
zen, not only because it Is a modern convent
ence. TO longer mere luxury. but also a nee
esstv; but furthermore because it Is the har-
binger of improved public highways. the great
and most pressing need of this or any other
rural ommunity.-Northern Neck News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
UNIQUE FAIR
FOR SOUTHAMPTON
LARGE PREMIUM LIST--NO Ads
MISSION OR EXHIBITION
CHARGES MADE.

SUFFOLK. VA, Sept. 9.-Tha
Southampton County Fair association
today issued It's premium list attrac-
lively arranged and containing listed
premiums amounting to $4,000. on
corn, cotton, peanuts. live stock, gen.
eral farm, household and domestic
products Maxim's band, Of Norfolk,
will be present, and no fakirs or OBJ
jectionabie side shows will be per-
mitted.
There will be no admission charged.
making this fair unique in the annals
of the State.
The fair will be held at CORTLAND
October LIST and and.
The officers are r. Fl. Birdsong.
president, CORTLAND. Va; j. T.
knight. secretary. CORTLAND. Va: Paul
Scarborough. assistant secretary.
urer, Capron, Va.
District Vice Presidents-Frank
p. ID. Camp, C. c. Vaughan. c. W.
Darden. Jerusalem. DIR. w. T. Nc
Lemore. Philip Rogers, w. J. See
brell: DrewryviIle. E, w. Crichton.
J. s. Musgrave. F. p. Pope: Berlin and
Ivor, F. p. Pulley. L. II. Bran;lcy,
]. w. White; Boykins, w. II. VIM
cent, ]. Dudley Woodland. F. NJ.
Powell Newsoms, ]. w. Ridley. T. II.
Barrett, r. Howard.
There is not only no admission fec
to be charged, but no charge for
making exhibits.
A separate and distinct space will
be allotted for the boys of the Corn
club and their exhibits. No exhi-
hitor, not a member of the Corn club.
will be eligible to compete for the
prizes donated for this club. The sum
OF 500 has been set aside by the Fair
! association to be distributed among
the boys of the club at the discre.
ton of the country. demonstration
agenk Mr.. c. p. Grizzard. OF Drewry-
Vile. Va.
There will be a special department.
for children's work, especially school
work. according to President Thomas
Fl. Birdsong
The fair this year is to be con-
Quoted uDcx the same plan as last
year, and - the result OF contribu-
tons large and small from all citizens
of the county. supplemented by gem
erous gifts from friends elsewhere.
It's object Is to bring all of the peo-
pie together for two days to witness
the marvellous improvement in farm
yields and advance in farm methods,
and to be benefited by seeing these
things and by the interchange Of ideas
and methods gathered from farm and
garden, barn and workshop. kitchen
and pantry, the sewing room, the
flower garden and the accomplish
ments of the children in manual train.
ing, map drawing, etc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
BAD EQUIPMENT
IS DEATH OF TWO

ALEXANDRIA. VA, Sept. s.--Wil-
liam H. Pack and Ernest Zell, of Alex
andria, Va. came to their death by be-
ing struck by a coach pushed by a
Washington and Old Dominion engine
No. 2, in charge of Conductor Lee
Crockett, at Mount Vernon crossing.
Alexandria county. Sunday morning
between 10 and IL o'clock, according
to the cornore's verdict. The jury add
ed:
I'VE believe the crew to be inexperi-
enced, and the accident could have
ben avoided with proper warning sig
nails at crossing and better brakine
equipment"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
Taxation in Virginia
Licenses 1889 1S60.--IV. The Tendency TO Use
the Graduated License Tax i'm Various Forms.
by EDGAR sYDENsTRICkER

In addition TO the development of the license
tax in the broadening of its scope. there was an
other important development in this form OF
taxation after the constitution OF 1851 went INTO
effect. This development in the method
Of the tax-the tendency to a greater use Of the
graduated license tax. Ihus the incense TAX
formed the basis In large degree of the modern
percentage license or franchise tax on the earn
ings of corporations. although the earnings YAK
was first used in the decade prior TO the civil
war.
cense tax had before $50 been adopted in Ger
tain instances. notably in the licensing OF retail
and wholesale merchants, ordtnaries and auc-
t!oneers But the range Of the GRADUATED tax
was small and 1t largely in obedience to the
development of enterprise that businesses with
large gross incomes should pay large revenue
to the State than smaller concerns II had nov
progressed far; in fact. it is rather strange that
little distinction was made in the amount OF
tribute paid by the user ct ten talents
paid by the one of five; certainly there was rela-
lively little mercy on the investor of a single
talent.
However that may have been there was de-
cided change in the method Of the license tax
after the constitution of 1851 was adopted.
Practically ali taxes were raised. it Is true put
by means of the graduated method the license
tax was designed to be burdensome in pro-
portion to ability to bear.
The graduated method was applied to mer-
chants. peddlers of all kinds. auctoneers liquor
dealers, dealers in live stock, merchant tailors
lumber and coal houses, assurances offices
(agents) and restaurants. 1t was even more
extended by the assemblies of 1856 and 1859
60. All of these graduations may for the sake
( of ClearneSS, be classed lnlo three 'ai4e1iVS
(a) that which levied specific tax on every
I succeeding amount Of sales definitely specified
OBJ that which levied specific tax up to
given minimum and an ad vaorem or percentage
tax on all sales above the minimum tcl tha'
IN which the idea of time was emphaszed-the
levyng of a nominal tax on the business during
its first year of existence and the regular mer-
chant or an otherwise specified. graduate OF
/ percentage tax for succeeding years; d. thai
! in which the size of the town in which the busi'
ness was located determined the rate of tax
/ The most complete example of the first va
] riety is the tax merchants, which may be
best set forth in the following table showing tbs
graduated scale according to the amount OF
gross sales and the rates levied by the genera
assemblies of lS53-1S54 and 1855-56:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
WHY SHOULD WE DREAD TO GO?

Why should dread to GO?
The grave is cool and low,
Our Fathers home is always bright;
No dark clouds gather there's night
For the weary soul that takes its fight
To the home of purest golden light.
No sorrow there-all this know.
Then why should we dread to go?
But still we fear, little child
And our faith is sad to see;
But the Saviour's voice in tones mild,
Says. Dear one. trust in me.
Thy way will not be lonely
l will guide thee Ger the deep;
Be not afraid, only lean on me;
Lay your head on my breast and sleep.
Some day hearts will trust him
And our fear will fade away.
To us will come in dream,
A bright and glorious day.
We will know our Saviour's waiting,
We will long for heavenly home.
We will hear the angels whispering
As they carry us to his throne
MRS. STANSFIELD.
South Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
NEGRO WANTED HERE
HELD IN BALTIMORE

Detective Sergeant Wiley will go to
Ruitimtre to bring rack to Richmond
George Ellis. alias william Holmes,
colored, wanted here on charge OF
selling cocaine. Ellis was arrested in
Baltimore yesterday, according to q
telegram received yesterday by Police
Chief Werner from Marshal Thomas
r. Farnam who. advises the local po-
lice the negro will return to Rich.
mond without equisition papers. Ellia
will be held IN Baltimore for the Rich
mond police until September 18TH the
telegram stated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
STAND ny YOUR BANK.

No Southern city has greater reputation for
the solidness Of It's banks as Richmond This
city Ia noted wherever known for nothing more
than for the solid foundation upon which its fl
nancial institutions are built. II has been the
boast of its people that not only there more
and larger banks in Richmond than in other
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10

cofding TO the population of the town or city
for the first year of business, and graduated
tax of $40 to $500 thereafter. scaled according
to the amount of sales This tax prevailed until
the civil war .
In addition to these, four fairly well Defined
principles on which graduated license taxes were
levied there were also the old fiat or SPECIFIC
and the ad valorem, ungraduated taxes. As has
been indicated above there were instances of
com limitations of two and even three or these half
dozen methods in a single set of licenses
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10

cities its size. but that financially those banks
are rocks.
great advertisement for Richmond this has
been, but 1t has been of more direct benefit. The
banks are conducted for the people of the city
and are essential to them They are not con-
troled by individuals for individuals, but for the
people of the community. For their success they
depend upon the depositors, just as the business
community depends upon the banks.
Since the failure of the Commonwealth bank.
one of the smaller, independent institutions Of
the city, there has been disposition on the part
of some depositors to withdraw their money for
purpose of keeping at home re-depositing in
other banks. This is an unwise view to take.
Your bank is your" bank 1t exists for you and
by your support. without you 1t cannot do its
work for you.
Stand by your own bank Richmond Is just as
sound today as before the Commonwealth failure,
which was the result of influences not operative
upon the others
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
Petition I'm Bankruptcy.

James J. Jones. Hanover NOR
chant, yesterday filed petition in bank
ruptcy in the Federal District court
Liabilities are stated at $6.061 and
assets $2.320. Property valued at
$3.50 is claimed as exempt.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10

With the cotton crop what 1t is. believe it
reasonably safe for almost any South Carolina
girl to begin making a trousseau.--Coumba
State.
Cotton may be "the thing" for the trousseau OF
a South Carolina girl, but Richmond girls alb
solutely refuse to get married unless they can
have the best in the market, And they get it,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
Not Profitable Advertising i.

Governor Foss has been getting good deal
of snation-wide" advertising, but mainly of the
going out of business sort.-Springf1eld Re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10
CANADIANS AND THAW.

New York Times Of sunday, the experienced cor
respondent who represents that newspaper in the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-10

Mr.. Jerome played for small stakes this time
and lost again.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

Bernard Shaw has written many
short plays. any one Of which 10 my
mind would have been much better
adapted for acting by non-profes-
sionais.
THERE were some tense moments
in the house. one came as a dear
old lady. in the neighborhod Of
my seat. read her program and Is
covered that Oscar Wilde was the
author OF the play.
Horrors" she said 10 her com
, panion as she pointed an accusing
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Club unless there is some radical
departure from the present plan OF
giving one short play a year at an
inopportune season. And l submit
to my very good friend, Mrs. Corrine
Horton, that II she will only put her
very active brain TO work. she can
lead the club to new victories in
something unusual at the next per
Torrance.
And while on this subject, and in
the meekest and most humble spirit,
may | suggest that the army Of
friends Of Mrs. Horton might induce
her TO write a play to be performed
by the Players club? She is very
clever with her pen. and says almost
as whimsical things as Barrie and
makes as witty epigrams as George
Bernard Shaw A play written by
Mrs. Horton and performed by mem
bers of the Players Club would un-
doubtedly attract a great deal of at
tention. The play might be called
The Jolly Jumpers" There are un-
limited possibilities, as anyone can
see, in such a title.
Perhaps Miss Isma Dooley or Miss
Louise Dooley might be induced TO
write a skit on Society as Know It
Don't you think that would be some
thing Of a hit?
Or could not the Players club be
induced to give a minstrel show by
amateurs. the performers to be both
ladies' and gentlemen? l know of no
one who could hold face so straight
and yet extract more humor out of
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after his downfall. and after two years
OF treadine the wine press alone that
he revealed himself I'm De Pr0fundls
Tais unusual work should have been
read and studied carefully by the
players before giving the little play
on last Tuesday evening.
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thor. Wilde was at the zenith Of his
power in the world Of letters when
The Importance Of Being Earnest
was staged His eye was not then
normal He did not see things as
they were He saw things as he
thought they were. And 81 was only
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HAVE nothing but praise, the high
est praise too. for the ladies and
gentlemen who took the characters
in Oscar Wilde's play, The lmpor-
tance of Being Earnest" for the bene-
fit of some city charity.
1t would be easy enough TO point
out flaws here and there. but it would
not be kind, for the players were not
professionals and they had given their
time ungrudgingly in a good cause.
John Drew, Sir George Alexander,
Violet Van Brugh, or Billie Burke
would have made much more out OF
the parts, but it would not be fair TO
make comparison with them; and l
shall not do so.
The performance was all that could
be desired, but the audience was not
large. 1t was appreciative, however,
and was we'll rewarded for attend
ing; but ! cannot for the life OF me
see why so many people who should
have been present remained away.
And yet there was a reason. 1t
was the season and the weathr. 1t
is idle for amateurs, however well dis
posed they may be, to attempt to
fill a large playhouse on a stuffy,
sticky night, when theaters are all
closed in every other citl in the Unit
ed States, and professional players
are of recuperating in the mountains
and green fields. The performance
should have been given at least two
months earlier. The audience, l feel
reasonably certain. would at that time
have packed the house
If there was to be a performance
as late as June, 1t should have been
given al fresco. and should have been
along the lines of some Of the famous
English pageants. now so popular all
over Great Britain. and even in the
United States. The great lawns OF
any one Of the country clubs would
have furnished beautiful stage, and
an ensemble could have been OBJ
tanned which would have made an
outdoor performance worth while. Ar
outdoor performance would have beer
a novelty, too. All the town and his
wife could have been invited, and the
PIayers' Club would have done some
thing that was really worth while
fear for the future Of the Players
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the situation ds lnterlocutor than ms
dear friend, Robert F. Maddox or
Colonel Thomas B, Fielder or Colonel
willis Raglan. And what endmen Lu-
Glen York and Forrest Adair would
make!
1 LAYING, in all meekness, made
II this suggestion, l wish to give
this paragraph in communication
Of the players to Miss Hildreth Bur
tom Smith, a very charming girl, who
filled the eye completely on the stage.
She wore beautiful gowns, acted very
naturally; and. while her part Was
not the best in the play, she handled
It with skill and sangfroid,, which
showed that she was not at all lost
behind the footlights Miss Smith
has an air that is all her own and
when she was off the stage, missed
her and felt that something was lack
ing. Icongratulate her on her splen-
did work
AM told that Mrs. Horton selected
the play. Personally, 1 think she
might have made a better selec-
ton. but my opinion is Of little con-
sequence II requires an unusually
capable cast to interpret oscar Wilde.
There are many shades of meaning n
every line and sentence Of his plays,
and ii would be impossible for anna
tours to grasp all Of these, no matter
how clever they might be- / feel
reasonably certain in saying that few
of the players had read enough of
Wilde's works to understand the au-
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In the saddest voice I ever heard, she
asked, whittier are we drifting7"
After that she lapsed into silence, and
I think during the second act she
snored little.
There was another tense moment
when, Marsh Adair kneeled on the
gtage to Gwendolyn Fairfax. Mr..
Adair IS built on long lines. His
clothing was quite English, When
he stopped and began to let himself
down by easy stages. I gasped and
held my breath. What II a button
gave way or a stitch was TO break?
waited breathlessly for that fateful
moment, but thank Heaven, it did not
comet
Still another tense moment was
when Lamar Hill crossed the stage
for the first time. Mr.. Hill IS a
slimly built young man. with an i'm
pressive air and responsibility writ
ten all over his face. He is not a
bad actor. In fact he is quite capa-
bic. He might even make a success
on the professional stage. His face
is quite strong in repose. He is very
earnest, and very serious. But he Is
young and I trust will get over this
feeling that he carries the world on
his shoulders.
Life is too beautiful for young men
to be serious.
Somehow. I don't know why there
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Beautiful Women in Atlantic Society

oheG Mrs hsanezq is
chic and is very
@anda ula mebe o
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came TO my mind the story OF Daniel
webster's first visit 10 Great Britain.
The great American statesman had
been invited TO be present at a re-
ception given by English noblemen
70 welcome him 20 London. Il was
a function. as such things always are
in England.
And how do you Ike this man.
Webster" said one Lord to another.
chatting in a corner. How does ne
impress you2"
well, old chap" said the Lord adj
dressed. L have looked him over very
carefully. and have about come 20
the conclusion that no man can be
as great as Daniel Webster looks!"
ny the way It all came out that
X Lamar Hru was NOT Earnest.
- It he was so very much in earn
est. Just as We began 20 feel quite
sure that the child left in the satchsl
was a poor little American kid
die" who. with patriotic fervor. had
retained his pure, unadulteratad
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